2005 Tour de France
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| 2005 final standings | ||
|---|---|---|
| Overall | Lance Armstrong | 86h 15' 02" |
| Second | Ivan Basso | +4' 40" |
| Third | Jan Ullrich | +6' 21" |
| Points | Thor Hushovd | 194 points |
| Second | Stuart O'Grady | 182 points |
| Third | Robbie McEwen | 178 points |
| Climber | Michael Rasmussen | 185 points |
| Second | Oscar Pereiro Sio | 155 points |
| Third | Lance Armstrong | 99 points |
| Youth | Yaroslav Popovych | 86h 34' 04" |
| Second | Andrey Kashechkin | +9' 02" |
| Third | Alberto Contador | +44' 23" |
| Teams | T-Mobile Team | 256h 10' 29" |
| Second | Discovery Channel | +14' 57" |
| Third | Team CSC | +25' 15" |
Overview
The traditional prologue on the first day was replaced by an individual time trial of more than twice the length of a standard prologue. This stage crossed from the mainland of France to the Île de Noirmoutier. The most famous route to this island is the Passage du Gois, a road that is under water at high tide. This road was included in the 1999 Tour. Several of the favorites crashed there that year, and ended that stage 7 minutes behind the peloton. Fortunately, this year they took the bridge to the island.
Later in the race, there was one more time trial, on the penultimate day. Also, there were just three uphill finishes (Courchevel, Ax-3 Domaines and Pla d'Adet), a lower number than in previous years. The finish line of the last stage was, as has been since 1975, on the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
The Tour commemorated the death of Fabio Casartelli. During the 15th stage the riders passed the Col du Portet d'Aspet, where Casartelli died exactly 10 years earlier. The Tour also commemorated the first time there was an official mountain climb in the Tour, the Ballon d'Alsace. During the 9th stage this mountain was passed again, exactly 100 years after the first ascent in the Tour.
The race jury invoked the 'rain rule' for the Champs-Elysees, meaning that Lance Armstrong became the winner of the General classification the first time the race passed the finish line, rather than the eighth time as normal.
Podium favorites
- Lance Armstrong / Discovery Channel
- Ivan Basso / Team CSC
- Jan Ullrich / T-Mobile
- Joseba Beloki / Liberty Seguros
- Santiago Botero / Phonak
- Stefano Garzelli / Liquigas
- Roberto Heras / Liberty Seguros
- Andreas Klöden / T-Mobile
- Floyd Landis / Phonak
- Levi Leipheimer / Gerolsteiner
- Francisco Mancebo / Illes Balears
- Iban Mayo / Euskaltel
- Denis Menchov / Rabobank
- Alexandre Vinokourov / T-Mobile
Stages
UCI ProTour 2005 |
| Paris-Nice |
| Tirreno-Adriatico |
| Milano-San Remo |
| Ronde van Vlaanderen |
| Euskal Herriko TI |
| Gent-Wevelgem |
| Paris-Roubaix |
| Amstel Gold Race |
| La Flèche Wallonne |
| Liège-Bastogne-Liège |
| Tour de Romandie |
| Giro d'Italia |
| Volta a Catalunya |
| Dauphiné Libéré |
| Tour de Suisse |
| TTT Eindhoven |
| Tour de France |
| HEW Cyclassics |
| Tour du Benelux |
| Clásica de San Sebastián |
| Tour of Deutschland |
| Vuelta a España |
| GP Ouest France-Plouay |
| Tour de Pologne |
| Road World Championships |
| Meisterschaft von Zürich |
| Paris-Tours |
| Giro di Lombardia |
| Stage | Route | Distance | Type | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fromentine - Noirmoutier en l'Île | 19 km (12 mi) | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 2 | |
| Challans - Les Essarts | 181.5 km (112.5 mi) | Sunday, July 3 | ||
| La Châtaigneraie - Tours | 212.5 km (132 mi) | Monday, July 4 | ||
| Tours - Blois | 67.5 km (42 mi) | Team time trial | Tuesday, July 5 | |
| Chambord - Montargis | 183 km (113.7 mi) | Wednesday, July 6 | ||
| Troyes - Nancy | 199 km (123.7 mi) | Thursday, July 7 | ||
| Lunéville - Karlsruhe (Germany) | 228.5 km (142 mi) | Friday, July 8 | ||
| Pforzheim (Germany) - Gérardmer | 231.5 km (143.8 mi) | Saturday, July 9 | ||
| Gérardmer - Mulhouse | 170 km (105.6 mi) | Mountain stage | Sunday, July 10 | |
| Rest day | Monday, July 11 | |||
| Grenoble - Courchevel | 192.5 km (119.6 mi) | Mountain stage | Tuesday, July 12 | |
| Courchevel - Briançon | 173 km (107 mi) | Mountain stage | Wednesday, July 13 | |
| Briançon - Digne-les-Bains | 187 km (116 mi) | Mountain stage | Thursday, July 14 | |
| Miramas - Montpellier | 173.5 km (107.8 mi) | Friday, July 15 | ||
| Agde - Ax-3 Domaines | 220.5 km (137 mi) | Mountain stage | Saturday, July 16 | |
| Lézat-sur-Lèze - Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet) | 205.5 km (127 mi) | Mountain stage | Sunday, July 17 | |
| Rest day | Monday, July 18 | |||
| Mourenx - Pau | 180.5 km (112.2 mi) | Mountain stage | Tuesday, July 19 | |
| Pau - Revel | 239.5 km (148 mi) | Wednesday, July 20 | ||
| Albi - Mende | 189 km (117 mi) | Thursday, July 21 | ||
| Issoire - Le Puy-en-Velay | 153.5 km (95 mi) | Friday, July 22 | ||
| Saint-Étienne - Saint-Étienne | 55 km (34 mi) | Individual time trial | Saturday, July 23 | |
| Corbeil-Essonnes - Paris Champs-Élysées | 144 km (89.5 mi) | Sunday, July 24 | ||
| Total | 3606 km (2240.7 mi) | |||
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Stage recaps
See:Teams and riders
189 riders in 21 teams commenced the 2005 Tour de France, 155 riders finished.
Of the competitors in the 2005 Tour, the tallest rider was Johan van Summeren at 1.98 metres and the shortest was Samuel Dumoulin at 1.58 metres. The heaviest rider was Magnus Backstedt at 95 kg, the lightest was Leonardo Piepoli at 57 kg. Christopher Horner and Laurent Lefevre shared the lowest resting heart rate, 35 beats per minute. The "average" rider in 2005 was 1.79 metres tall, weighed 71 kg, and had a resting heart rate of 50 beats per minute.
Final standings
Rider's jerseys progress chart
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Retirement/Withdrawals
189 riders started the 2005 Tour de France, 34 did not complete the event.
- Constantino Zaballa, Saunier Duval - Prodir (SDV) – Withdrawal, Stage 5
- Claudio Corioni, Fassa Bortolo (FAS) – Withdrawal, Stage 6
- Steve Zampieri, Phonak (PHO) – Withdrawal, Stage 7
- Alessandro Spezialetti, Lampre-Caffita (LAM) – Withdrawal, Stage 7
- Christophe Mengin, Française des Jeux (FDJ) – Did Not Start, Stage 8
- Serhiy Honchar, Domina Vacanze (DOM) – Did Not Start, Stage 8
- Sylvain Calzati, AG2R Prévoyance (A2R) – Withdrawal, Stage 8
- Isaac Gálvez, Illes Balears (IBA) – Withdrawal, Stage 8
- Leon van Bon, Davitamon-Lotto (DVL) – Withdrawal, Stage 8
- Luciano Pagliarini, Liquigas-Bianchi (LIQ) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
- Jaan Kirsipuu, Crédit Agricole (C.A) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
- Igor González Galdeano, Liberty Seguros team (LSW) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
- Jose Angel Gómez Marchante, Saunier Duval - Prodir (SDV) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
- David Zabriskie, Team CSC (CSC) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
- Gerrit Glomser, Lampre-Caffita (LAM) – Withdrawal, Stage 10
- Jevgeni Petrov, Lampre-Caffita (LAM) – Excluded (Did not pass blood test after 10th stage), Stage 10
- Dario Frigo, Fassa Bortolo (FAS) – Excluded (due to finding of doping products in his wife's car before 11th stage), Stage 11
- Kim Kirchen, Fassa Bortolo (FAS) – Withdrawal, Stage 11
- Stefano Zanini, Quick-Step (QST) – Withdrawal, Stage 11
- Jean-Patrick Nazon, AG2R Prévoyance (A2R) – Withdrawal, Stage 11
- Jens Voigt, Team CSC (CSC) – Eliminated on time, Stage 11
- Kevin Hulsmans, Quick-Step (QST) – Eliminated on time, Stage 11
- Tom Boonen, Quick-Step (QST) – Did Not Start, Stage 12
- Manuel Beltran, Discovery Channel (DSC) – Withdrawal, Stage 12
- Robert Hunter, Phonak Hearing Systems (PHO) – Withdrawal, Stage 12
- Nicolas Fritsch, Saunier Duval - Prodir (SDV) – Withdrawal, Stage 12
- Angelo Furlan, Domina Vacanze (DOM) – Withdrawal, Stage 12
- Alejandro Valverde, Illes Balears (IBA) – Withdrawal, Stage 13
- Gerben Löwik, Rabobank (RAB) – Did Not Start, Stage 14
- David Herrero, Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – Withdrawal, Stage 15
- Wilfried Cretskens, Quick-Step (QST) – Withdrawal, Stage 15
- Magnus Bäckstedt, Liquigas-Bianchi (LIQ) – Did Not Start, Stage 16
- Gianluca Bortolami, Lampre-Caffita (LAM) – Did Not Start, Stage 16
- Andreas Klöden, T-Mobile Team (TMO) – Withdrawal, Stage 17
- Cofidis, Bouygues Telecom and Gerolsteiner finished with full line-up.
See also
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External links
- [Tour de France 2005 official site]
- [Outside Online's coverage of the 2005 Tour de France]
- [More: Tour de France 2005 links]
- [2005 Tour de France coverage]
- [Humorous look at the Tour de France]
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