2005 Tour de France

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, ridden at an average speed of 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 Le Tour for an unprecedented seventh time, all of which were won consecutively.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Podium favorites

• Lance Armstrong / Discovery Channel
• Ivan Basso / Team CSC
• Jan Ullrich / T-Mobile
• Joseba Beloki / Liberty Seguros
• Santiago Botero / Phonak
• Stefano Garzelli / Liquigas-Bianchi
• Roberto Heras / Liberty Seguros
• Andreas Klöden / T-Mobile
• 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

[edit] Stages

[edit] Stage recaps

See:

• 2005 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11
• 2005 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21

[edit] Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Tour de France

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.

[edit] 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	Caisse d'Epargne Illes Balears	+ 9' 59"
5	Alexander Vinokourov	Kazakhstan	T-Mobile	+ 11' 01"
6	Levi Leipheimer	United States	Team 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	+ 24' 07"
17	Bobby Julich	United States	Team CSC	+ 24' 08"
18	Oscar 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	Caisse d'Epargne Illes Balears	+ 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	Team 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"

[edit] 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.

[edit] Retirement/Withdrawals

189 riders started the 2005 Tour de France, 34 did not complete the event.

1. Constantino Zaballa, Saunier Duval-Prodir (SDV) – Withdrawal, Stage 5
2. Claudio Corioni, Fassa Bortolo (FAS) – Withdrawal, Stage 6
3. Steve Zampieri, Phonak (PHO) – Withdrawal, Stage 7
4. Alessandro Spezialetti, Lampre-Caffita (LAM) – Withdrawal, Stage 7
5. Christophe Mengin, Française des Jeux (FDJ) – Did Not Start, Stage 8
6. Serhiy Honchar, Domina Vacanze (DOM) – Did Not Start, Stage 8
7. Sylvain Calzati, AG2R Prévoyance (A2R) – Withdrawal, Stage 8
8. Isaac Gálvez, Caisse d'Epargne Illes Balears (IBA) – Withdrawal, Stage 8
9. Léon van Bon, Davitamon-Lotto (DVL) – Withdrawal, Stage 8
10. Luciano Pagliarini, Liquigas-Bianchi (LIQ) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
11. Jaan Kirsipuu, Crédit Agricole (C.A) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
12. Igor González de Galdeano, Liberty Seguros team (LSW) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
13. Jose Angel Gómez Marchante, Saunier Duval-Prodir (SDV) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
14. David Zabriskie, Team CSC (CSC) – Withdrawal, Stage 9
15. Gerrit Glomser, Lampre-Caffita (LAM) – Withdrawal, Stage 10
16. Jevgeni Petrov, Lampre-Caffita (LAM) – Excluded (Did not pass blood test after 10th stage), Stage 10
17. Dario Frigo, Fassa Bortolo (FAS) – Excluded (due to finding of doping products in his wife's car before 11th stage), Stage 11
18. Kim Kirchen, Fassa Bortolo (FAS) – Withdrawal, Stage 11
19. Stefano Zanini, Quick Step (QST) – Withdrawal, Stage 11
20. Jean-Patrick Nazon, AG2R Prévoyance (A2R) – Withdrawal, Stage 11
21. Jens Voigt, Team CSC (CSC) – Eliminated on time, Stage 11
22. Kevin Hulsmans, Quick Step (QST) – Eliminated on time, Stage 11
23. Tom Boonen, Quick Step (QST) – Did Not Start, Stage 12
24. Manuel Beltrán, Discovery Channel (DSC) – Withdrawal, Stage 12
25. Robert Hunter, Phonak Hearing Systems (PHO) – Withdrawal, Stage 12
26. Nicolas Fritsch, Saunier Duval-Prodir (SDV) – Withdrawal, Stage 12
27. Angelo Furlan, Domina Vacanze (DOM) – Withdrawal, Stage 12
28. Alejandro Valverde, Caisse d'Epargne Illes Balears (IBA) – Withdrawal, Stage 13
29. Gerben Löwik, Rabobank (RAB) – Did Not Start, Stage 14
30. David Herrero, Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS) – Withdrawal, Stage 15
31. Wilfried Cretskens, Quick Step (QST) – Withdrawal, Stage 15
32. Magnus Bäckstedt, Liquigas-Bianchi (LIQ) – Did Not Start, Stage 16
33. Gianluca Bortolami, Lampre-Caffita (LAM) – Did Not Start, Stage 16
34. Andreas Klöden, T-Mobile Team (TMO) – Withdrawal, Stage 17

• Cofidis, Bouygues Télécom and Team Gerolsteiner finished with full line-up.

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

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[edit] External links

• Tour de France 2005 official site
• Outside Online's coverage of the 2005 Tour de France
• More: Tour de France 2005 links
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• Humorous look at the Tour de France