2005 Tour de France

Tour de France standings
year = 2005
gc1 = Lance Armstrong
gc1time = 86h 15' 02"
gc2 = Ivan Basso
gc2time = +4' 40"
gc3 = Jan Ullrich
gc3time = +6' 21"
pc1 = Thor Hushovd
pc1points = 194 points
pc2 = Stuart O'Grady
pc2points = 182 points
pc3 = Robbie McEwen
pc3points = 178 points
kom1 = Michael Rasmussen
kom1points = 185 points
kom2 = Óscar Pereiro
kom2points = 155 points
kom3 = Lance Armstrong
kom3points = 99 points
youth1 = Yaroslav Popovych
youth1time = 86h 34' 04"
youth2 = Andrey Kashechkin
youth2time = +9' 02"
youth3 = Alberto Contador
youth3time = +44' 23"
team1 = T-Mobile Team
team1time = 256h 10' 29"
team2 = Discovery Channel
team2time = +14' 57"
team3 = Team CSC
team3time = +25' 15" 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.

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' [cite web
url=http://www.letour.fr/2005/TDF/LIVE/us/2100/depeches.html
title=Tour de France 2005 Newsflashes
publisher=letour.fr] 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
*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

tages

;Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions:
*In stage 1, Lance Armstrong wore the green jersey.

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, Caisse d'Epargne Illes Balears (IBA) – Withdrawal, Stage 8
#Léon 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 de 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 Beltrán, 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, Caisse d'Epargne 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 Télécom and Team Gerolsteiner finished with full line-up.

Notes

ee also

* List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Tour de France
* List of doping cases in cycling
* Road bicycle racing

External links

* [http://www.letour.fr/index_canalletour2005.html Tour de France 2005 official site]
* [http://outside.away.com/outside/tour-de-france-2005.html Outside Online's coverage of the 2005 Tour de France]
* [http://www.w3os.nl/logos/protour/#letour More: Tour de France 2005 links]
* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/tour05/05index.php 2005 Tour de France coverage]
* [http://unfortunateideas.blogspot.com/2005/07/tour-of-francea-winos-tale.html Humorous look at the Tour de France]