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2005 Tour de France

 
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2005 Tour de France
Tour de France 2005 - Course Outline
Tour de France 2005 - Course Outline
Race details
Dates July 2–July 24, 2005
Stages 21
Distance 3,607 km (2,241 mi)
Winning time 86h 15' 02" (41.654 km/h/25.883 mph)
Palmarès
Winner Flag of the United States Lance Armstrong (Discovery Channel)
Second Flag of Italy Ivan Basso (Team CSC)
Third Flag of Germany Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile Team)

Points Flag of Norway Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole)
Mountains Flag of Denmark Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
Youth Flag of Ukraine Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel)
Team Flag of Germany T-Mobile Team

The 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd Tour de France, taking place from July 2 to July 24, 2005. It comprised 21 stages over 3607 km, the winner's average speed was 41.654 km/h. The first stages were held in the département of the Vendée, for the third time in 12 years. The 2005 Tour was announced on October 28, 2004. It was a clockwise route, visiting the Alps before the Pyrenees. The 2005 Tour saw Lance Armstrong make history by winning the Tour for an unprecedented seventh time, all of which were won consecutively.

Contents

Overview

Commercial poster for the 2005 Tour.
Overview of the stages

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. 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'[1] for the Champs-Élysées, 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

Stages

Stage Route Distance Type Date
1 Fromentine - Noirmoutier en l'Île 19 km (12 mi) Individual time trial Saturday, July 2
2 Challans - Les Essarts 181.5 km (112.5 mi) Sunday, July 3
3 La Châtaigneraie - Tours 212.5 km (132 mi) Monday, July 4
4 Tours - Blois 67.5 km (42 mi) Team time trial Tuesday, July 5
5 Chambord - Montargis 183 km (113.7 mi) Wednesday, July 6
6 Troyes - Nancy 199 km (123.7 mi) Thursday, July 7
7 Lunéville - Karlsruhe (Germany) 228.5 km (142 mi) Friday, July 8
8 Pforzheim (Germany) - Gérardmer 231.5 km (143.8 mi) Saturday, July 9
9 Gérardmer - Mulhouse 170 km (105.6 mi) Sunday, July 10
Rest day Monday, July 11
10 Grenoble - Courchevel 192.5 km (119.6 mi) Mountain stage Tuesday, July 12
11 Courchevel - Briançon 173 km (107 mi) Mountain stage Wednesday, July 13
12 Briançon - Digne-les-Bains 187 km (116 mi) Thursday, July 14
13 Miramas - Montpellier 173.5 km (107.8 mi) Friday, July 15
14 Agde - Ax-3 Domaines 220.5 km (137 mi) Mountain stage Saturday, July 16
15 Lézat-sur-Lèze - Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet) 205.5 km (127 mi) Mountain stage Sunday, July 17
Rest day Monday, July 18
16 Mourenx - Pau 180.5 km (112.2 mi) Mountain stage Tuesday, July 19
17 Pau - Revel 239.5 km (148 mi) Wednesday, July 20
18 Albi - Mende 189 km (117 mi) Thursday, July 21
19 Issoire - Le Puy-en-Velay 153.5 km (95 mi) Friday, July 22
20 Saint-Étienne - Saint-Étienne 55 km (34 mi) Individual time trial Saturday, July 23
21 Corbeil-Essonnes - Paris Champs-Élysées 144 km (89.5 mi) Sunday, July 24
Total 3606 km (2240.7 mi)



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 Bäckstedt 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

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Lance Armstrong  United States Discovery Channel 86h 15' 02"
(41.654 km/h)
2 Ivan Basso  Italy Team CSC + 4' 40"
3 Jan Ullrich  Germany T-Mobile Team + 6' 21"
4 Francisco Mancebo  Spain Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne + 9' 59"
5 Alexander Vinokourov  Kazakhstan T-Mobile Team + 11' 01"
6 Levi Leipheimer  United States Gerolsteiner + 11' 21"
7 Michael Rasmussen  Denmark Rabobank + 11' 33"
8 Cadel Evans  Australia Davitamon-Lotto + 11' 55"
9 Floyd Landis  United States Phonak + 12' 44"
10 Óscar Pereiro  Spain Phonak + 16' 04"
11 Christophe Moreau  France Crédit Agricole + 16' 26"
12 Yaroslav Popovych  Ukraine Discovery Channel + 19' 02"
13 Eddy Mazzoleni  Italy Lampre-Caffita + 21' 06"
14 George Hincapie  United States Discovery Channel + 23' 40"
15 Haimar Zubeldia  Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi + 23' 43"
16 Jörg Jaksche  Germany Liberty Seguros-Würth + 24' 07"
17 Bobby Julich  United States Team CSC + 24' 08"
18 Óscar Sevilla  Spain T-Mobile Team + 27' 45"
19 Andrey Kashechkin  Kazakhstan Crédit Agricole + 28' 04"
20 Giuseppe Guerini  Italy T-Mobile Team + 33' 02"
21 Carlos Sastre  Spain Team CSC + 34' 24"
22 Xabier Zandio  Spain Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne + 36' 20"
23 Leonardo Piepoli  Italy Saunier Duval-Prodir + 36' 20"
24 Michael Boogerd  Netherlands Rabobank + 38' 29"
25 Paolo Savoldelli  Italy Discovery Channel + 44' 30"
26 Georg Totschnig  Austria Gerolsteiner + 49' 14"
27 Mikel Astarloza  Spain AG2R Prévoyance + 54' 03"
28 Laurent Brochard  France Bouygues Télécom + 55' 29"
29 Sandy Casar  France Française des Jeux + 56' 47"
30 José Azevedo  Portugal Discovery Channel + 59' 48"

Rider's jerseys progress chart

Stage Winner General classification
Maillot jaune
Mountains classification
Maillot à pois rouges
Points classification
Maillot vert
Young rider classification
Maillot blanc
Team classification
Combativity award
Prix de combativité
1 David Zabriskie David Zabriskie N/A David Zabriskie Fabian Cancellara Team CSC N/A
2 Tom Boonen Thomas Voeckler Tom Boonen Sylvain Calzati
3 Tom Boonen Erik Dekker Yaroslav Popovych Jakob Piil
4 Discovery Channel Lance Armstrong N/A
5 Robbie McEwen Juan Antonio Flecha
6 Lorenzo Bernucci Karsten Kroon Christophe Mengin
7 Robbie McEwen Fabian Wegmann Fabian Wegmann
8 Pieter Weening Michael Rasmussen Vladimir Karpets Pieter Weening
9 Michael Rasmussen Jens Voigt Michael Rasmussen
10 Alejandro Valverde Lance Armstrong Alejandro Valverde Laurent Brochard
11 Alexander Vinokourov Alexander Vinokourov
12 David Moncoutié Thor Hushovd David Moncoutié
13 Robbie McEwen Yaroslav Popovych Carlos de la Cruz
14 Georg Totschnig T-Mobile Team Georg Totschnig
15 George Hincapie Óscar Pereiro
16 Óscar Pereiro Óscar Pereiro
17 Paolo Savoldelli Discovery Channel Sébastien Hinault
18 Marcos Serrano T-Mobile Team Carlos de la Cruz
19 Giuseppe Guerini Sandy Casar
20 Lance Armstrong N/A
21 Alexander Vinokourov Philippe Gilbert
Final Lance Armstrong Michael Rasmussen Thor Hushovd Yaroslav Popovych T-Mobile Team Óscar Pereiro
Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

Notes

See also

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