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| Tour de France 2005 - Course Outline | ||
| Race details | ||
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| 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 |  Lance Armstrong |
(Discovery Channel) |
| Second |  Ivan Basso |
(Team CSC) |
| Third |  Jan Ullrich |
(T-Mobile Team) |
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| Points |  Thor Hushovd |
(Crédit Agricole) |
| Mountains |  Michael Rasmussen |
(Rabobank) |
| Youth |  Yaroslav Popovych |
(Discovery Channel) |
| Team | T-Mobile Team |
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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.
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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. 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
- Lance Armstrong / Discovery Channel
- Ivan Basso / Team CSC
- Jan Ullrich / T-Mobile Team
- Joseba Beloki / Liberty Seguros
- Santiago Botero / Phonak
- Stefano Garzelli / Liquigas-Bianchi
- Roberto Heras / Liberty Seguros
- Andreas Klöden / T-Mobile Team
- Floyd Landis / Phonak
- Levi Leipheimer / Team Gerolsteiner
- Francisco Mancebo / Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne
- Iban Mayo / Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Denis Menchov / Rabobank
- Alexandre Vinokourov / T-Mobile Team
Stages
| Stage | Route | Distance | Type | Date |
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| 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) | |||
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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
Rider's jerseys progress chart
- Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions
- In stage 1, Lance Armstrong wore the green jersey.
Notes
See also
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