2006 Tour of Flanders for Women

For the men's race, see 2006 Tour of Flanders.
2006 Tour of Flanders
2006 UCI Women's Road World Cup, race 3 of 12
Race details
Dates2 April 2006
Distance112 km (69.59 mi)
Winning time3h 16' 57"[1]
Results
  Winner  Mirjam Melchers (NED) (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team)
  Second  Christiane Soeder (AUT) (Univega Pro Cycling Team)
  Third  Loes Gunnewijk (NED) (Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team)
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The third running of the Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's road cycling race in Belgium, was held on 2 April 2006. The race started in Oudenaarde and finished in Meerbeke, taking in 12 climbs and covering a total distance of 112 kilometres (70 miles).[2] It was the third round of the 2006 UCI Women's Road World Cup.[3] Dutch rider Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel won her second consecutive Tour of Flanders in a two-up sprint with Austrian Christiane Soeder.[2]

  1. ^ Jones, Jeff; Decaluwé, Brecht. "3rd Women's Ronde van Vlaanderen - CDM. Belgium, April 2, 2006". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 29 April 2018.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b O'Shea, Sadhbh. "Women's Tour of Flanders: Six of the best". Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ^ Jones, Jeff. "3rd Women's Women's Ronde van Vlaanderen - CDM". autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 April 2018.