2005 Giro d'Italia
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The 2005 Giro d'Italia
, the 88th running of the race, was held from 7 May to 29 May 2005, consisting of 21 stages for a total of 3,417 km, ridden at an average speed of 37,375 km/h. It was won by Paolo Savoldelli
who had worn the Maglia Rosa
since the 13th stage.
The stages eight (May 15) and 18 (May 27) as well as the preliminary (May 7) were time trials.
n Brett Lancaster
with a 0.289 second advantage over Matteo Tosatto
, who scored second. After the last rider, Mario Cipollini
received the homage of the Italian cycling world, doing the 1.15 kilometre race out of competition. He had announced his retirement just ten days before.
was finally captured again about 20 kilometers before the end. However, his efforts paid by giving him the first maglia verde of the Giro. On the last kilometre Paolo Bettini
managed to get away on a very steep gradient.
and Robbie McEwen
on the previous stage, Italian favourite Alessandro Petacchi
failed yet again in the bunch sprint in Santa Maria del Cedro. This time, he claimed, he had been forced to change his direction because of Estonia
n Jaan Kirsipuu
.
, in a great form in season 2005, beat fellow Italian Damiano Cunego
in the sprint for the stage victory.
won the sprint at the end which was fought between five cyclists. But in this process he caused Baden Cooke
to fall and was declassified because of this. Luca Mazzanti
, who came in second, inherited the victory. After the stage, Bettini threatened to abandon the race, but it turned out to be an empty threat.
got his second stage victory in 2005 Giro d'Italia, notching this win ahead of Fassa Bortolo's Marzio Bruseghin
. Otherwise, this stage had no important influence on the fight for General Classification.
had done the previous day, Australia
n Robbie McEwen
took his second win in this year's Giro. This time, he did not have to beat Alessandro Petacchi
, since the Italian's treno biancoblù de-railed, causing the fall of some of the Fassa Bortolo riders, and forcing "Ale-Jet" to halt to a stop. McEwen's teammate Henk Vogels
attacked in the last kilometre, but was surpassed just on the finish line by up to four other cyclists.
was the first to arrive in the finish line in Pistoia. Damiano Cunego
, who was second, leading a pursuing group, celebrated thinking he had won the stage, not knowing that Gil had already taken the victory. Ivan Basso
, who had been forced to change his bicycle because of a puncture in the last climb of the day, lost thirty seconds to his rivals for GC.
, and the revival of his teammate Ivan Basso
, second in the time trial, and who made up for all the time he had lost the day before and even more. On the other hand, this was a very bad day for both Lampre riders; Damiano Cunego
and Gilberto Simoni
.
got his first victory in the 2005 Giro. Paolo Bettini
and Swiss Aurélien Clerc
had a great performance in this stage, surpassing pure sprinters such as Robbie McEwen
or Erik Zabel
.
took vengeance on Alessandro Petacchi
, in a bunch sprint which had to be solved with the aid of the photo-finish, which determined that the Australia
n had beaten the Italian by a mere question of millimetres.
raced away from the field. After about 100 kilometers, shortly after the first mountain standing which Joachim won, he was captured by the field. 26 kilometers before the end, and following an attack by "Gibo" Simoni, Ivan Basso
raced away with only very few riders able to keep up. Only Paolo Savoldelli
, who had picked up a twenty seconds advantage on the descent and therefore was able to reserve strengths, could stand Basso's rhythm, and he beat the Varesian rider at the summit of Zoldo Alto
. Simoni came up 21 seconds later, but defending champion Damiano Cunego
lost around six minutes and was ruled out from the list of contenders.
's efforts during winter, striving to gain ability in the mountains, paid off just as they had done in Milan – San Remo, enabling him to recover from the gruelous Dolomiti stage far better than any of his opponents, and the Italian from Fassa Bortolo sprinted to his second victory in this Giro.
n Iván Parra
won the stage in St. Ulrich by breaking ahead of his fellow breakaways on the previous climb. Spaniard Juanma Gárate
, fourth in the 2004 Giro d'Italia
, came in second. As for the GC, Ivan Basso
, with gastrical problems, lost one minute and the maglia rosa to "Il Falco" Paolo Savoldelli
.
's illness was really going to take its toll. Upon the first gradients of the Stelvio Pass
, Cima Coppi of this edition, the Team CSC
rider was left behind, unable to react because of his health problems. He lost eighteen minutes to the other GC riders. Savoldelli lost time to Simoni and Di Luca, who arrived in Livigno 3' 15" later than Iván Parra
, who scored an impressive Dolomiti double.
, after the abandon of sprinters such as Baden Cooke
, Robbie McEwen
, Stuart O'Grady
or Jaan Kirsipuu
, had only Erik Zabel
to challenge him, but the Italian's speed was too much for the veteran T-Mobile
rider.
rider Christophe Le Mével
, who outpowered his fellow breakaways to notch up his first pro victory.
King of the Mountains Classification
Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia , also simply known as The Giro, is a long distance road bicycle racing stage race for professional cyclists held over three weeks in May/early June in and around Italy. The Giro is one of the three Grand Tours , and is part of the UCI World Ranking calendar...
, the 88th running of the race, was held from 7 May to 29 May 2005, consisting of 21 stages for a total of 3,417 km, ridden at an average speed of 37,375 km/h. It was won by Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia....
who had worn the Maglia Rosa
Maglia rosa
The pink jersey is awarded to the leader of the General Classification at the Giro d'Italia. The leader of the GC is the rider who has the fastest time when all the stage results are added together, taking into account time bonuses for high finishes and intermediate sprints...
since the 13th stage.
Overview
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | Info | |
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| P | May 7 | Reggio Calabria Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian... |
- | 1.15 km | Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006...  |
Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006... |
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| 1 | May 8 | Reggio Calabria Reggio Calabria Reggio di Calabria , commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria, southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian... |
Tropea Tropea Tropea is a municipality located within the province of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria .The town is a famous bathing place, situated on a reef, in the gulf of St... |
208 km | Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006...  |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
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| 2 | May 9 | Catanzaro Lido | Santa Maria del Cedro Santa Maria del Cedro Santa Maria del Cedro is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza, Calabria, Italy. The towns name indicates the cultivation of the special Diamante Citron which uses as Etrog for the Jews, during their Feast of Tabernacles.... |
182 km | Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
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| 3 | May 10 | Diamante Diamante - Argentina :* Diamante, Entre Ríos, a municipio in Diamante Department* Diamante Caldera, a volcanic caldera partly in the Province of Mendoza* Diamante River, a river in the Province of Mendoza* Laguna del Diamante, a lake in the Province of Mendoza... |
Giffoni Valle Piana Giffoni Valle Piana Giffoni Valle Piana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.Economy is mostly based on agriculture, with the presence of a small number of light industries and services firms.-History:... |
205 km | Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
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| 4 | May 11 | Giffoni Valle Piana Giffoni Valle Piana Giffoni Valle Piana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.Economy is mostly based on agriculture, with the presence of a small number of light industries and services firms.-History:... |
Frosinone Frosinone Frosinone is a town and comune in Lazio, central Italy, the administrative seat of the Province of Frosinone. It is located about 75 km south-east of Rome close to the Rome-Naples Autostrada A1... |
211 km | Luca Mazzanti Luca Mazzanti Luca Mazzanti is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .-Palmares :Source:1998... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
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| 5 | May 12 | Celano Celano Celano is a town and comune in the Province of L'Aquila, central Italy, east of Rome by rail.-Geography:Celano rises on the top of a hill in the territory of Marsica, below the mountain range of Sirente. It faces the valley of Fucino, once filled by the large Fucine Lake, which was drained during... |
L'Aquila L'Aquila L'Aquila is a city and comune in central Italy, both the capital city of the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 73,150 inhabitants, but has a daily presence in the territory of 100,000 people for study, tertiary activities, jobs and tourism... |
223 km | Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
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| 6 | May 13 | Viterbo Viterbo See also Viterbo, Texas and Viterbo UniversityViterbo is an ancient city and comune in the Lazio region of central Italy, the capital of the province of Viterbo. It is approximately 80 driving / 80 walking kilometers north of GRA on the Via Cassia, and it is surrounded by the Monti Cimini and... |
Marina di Grosseto Marina di Grosseto Marina di Grosseto is a famous tourist destination located twelve kilometers from Grosseto; it is an important seaside resort in Grossetan Maremma... |
153 km | Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
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| 7 | May 14 | Grosseto Grosseto Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river.... |
Pistoia Pistoia Pistoia is a city and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km west and north of Florence and is crossed by the Ombrone Pistoiese, a tributary of the River Arno.-History:... |
211 km | Koldo Gil Perez Koldo Gil Koldo Gil Pérez is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental...  |
Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
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| 8 | May 15 | Lamporecchio Lamporecchio Lamporecchio is a comune in the Province of Pistoia in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 30 km west of Florence and about 13 km south of Pistoia... |
Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area.... |
45 km | David Zabriskie David Zabriskie David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times...  |
Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
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| 9 | May 16 | Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area.... |
Ravenna Ravenna Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome... |
139 km | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
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| 10 | May 18 | Ravenna Ravenna Ravenna is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy and the second largest comune in Italy by land area, although, at , it is little more than half the size of the largest comune, Rome... |
Rossano Veneto Rossano Veneto Rossano Veneto is a town in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, Italy. SR245 goes through it.-Sources:*... |
212 km | Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
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| 11 | May 19 | Marostica Marostica Marostica , is a town and comune in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy. It is mostly famous for its living chess event and for the local cherry variety.-History:... |
Zoldo Alto Zoldo Alto -External links:* on Wikivoyage... |
150 km | Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
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| 12 | May 20 | Alleghe Alleghe Alleghe is a village and comune in the province of Belluno, Veneto, NE Italy.To the west Alleghe borders with Alleghe Lake, which was formed in 1771 by a landslide from the adjacent Mount Piz.-Name:... |
Rovereto Rovereto Rovereto is a city and comune in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River.-History:Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier between the bishopric of Trento - an independent state until 1797 - and the republic of Venice, and later... |
178 km | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
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| 13 | May 21 | Mezzocorona Mezzocorona Mezzocorona , until 1902 Mezzotedesco is a comune in Trentino in the northern Italian region Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, located about 15 km north of the city of Trento.... |
Urtijëi Urtijëi Urtijëi is a town of 4,637 inhabitants in South Tyrol, in the Italian region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. It occupies the Val Gardena within the Dolomites, a mountain chain that is part of the Alps... |
218 km | Iván Parra Iván Parra Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family...  |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
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| 14 | May 22 | Neumarkt | Livigno Livigno Livigno is a town and comune in the province of Sondrio, in the region of Lombardy, Italy, located in the Italian Alps.- Geography :Livigno is located 1,816 metres above sea level. Livigno's main river is called Aqua Granda or Spöl. Trepalle, a frazione in the municipality of Livigno, is... |
210 km | Iván Parra Iván Parra Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family... |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
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| 15 | May 23 | Livigno Livigno Livigno is a town and comune in the province of Sondrio, in the region of Lombardy, Italy, located in the Italian Alps.- Geography :Livigno is located 1,816 metres above sea level. Livigno's main river is called Aqua Granda or Spöl. Trepalle, a frazione in the municipality of Livigno, is... |
Lissone Lissone Lissone is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is 18 kilometers far from Milan, that is the capital of the Region to whom the municipality belongs.... |
147 km | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
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| 16 | May 25 | Lissone Lissone Lissone is a town and comune in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy. Lissone is 18 kilometers far from Milan, that is the capital of the Region to whom the municipality belongs.... |
Varazze Varazze Varazze is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 km west of Genoa and about 11 km northeast of Savona in the Riviera di Ponente... |
210 km | Christophe Le Mével Christophe Le Mevel Christophe Le Mével is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He signed with them for the 2011 season, after they sought to add a leading French rider to their roster.-Palmares:...  |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
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| 17 | May 26 | Varazze Varazze Varazze is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 30 km west of Genoa and about 11 km northeast of Savona in the Riviera di Ponente... |
Limone Piemonte Limone Piemonte Limone Piemonte is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km south of Turin and about 20 km south of Cuneo, on the border with France... |
194 km | Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
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| 18 | May 27 | Chieri Chieri Chieri is a town and comune in the province of Turin, Piedmont , located about 11 km southeast of Turin... |
Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat... |
34 km | Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
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| 19 | May 28 | Savigliano Savigliano Savigliano is a comune of Piedmont, northern Italy, in the Province of Cuneo, c. 50 kilometers south of Turin by rail.... |
Sestriere Sestriere Sestriere is an alpine village in Italy, a comune of the Province of Turin. It is from the French border. Its name derives from Latin: ad petram sistrariam, that is at sixty Roman miles from Turin.... |
190 km | José Rujano José Rujano José Humberto Rujano Guillen is a Venezuelan professional road bicycle racer who is currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team .... |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
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| 20 | May 29 | Albese con Cassano Albese con Cassano Albese con Cassano is a town and comune in the province of Como, Lombardy, Italy.... |
Milan Milan Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,... |
119 km | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
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The stages eight (May 15) and 18 (May 27) as well as the preliminary (May 7) were time trials.
Teams
The following teams started for the Giro d'Italia 2005.| Team |
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Prologue
The prologue was a 1.15 kilometers time race. It was won by the AustraliaAustralia
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n Brett Lancaster
Brett Lancaster
Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006...
with a 0.289 second advantage over Matteo Tosatto
Matteo Tosatto
Matteo Tosatto is an Italian road racing cyclist who rides for in the UCI ProTour.- Tour de France participations :*1997 - 132nd*2001 - 60th*2004 - 110th*2006 - 125th- Major achievements :...
, who scored second. After the last rider, Mario Cipollini
Mario Cipollini
Mario Cipollini , often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance and his colourful personality. His nicknames include Il Re Leone and Super Mario...
received the homage of the Italian cycling world, doing the 1.15 kilometre race out of competition. He had announced his retirement just ten days before.
Prologue Result
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General Classification after Prologue
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Stage 1
At the beginning of the first stage, a four-man breakaway formed and led by almost ten minutes at one point. Thorwald VenebergThorwald Veneberg
Thorwald Veneberg is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Rabobank between 2001 and 2007.- Major achievements :20022005- External links :*...
was finally captured again about 20 kilometers before the end. However, his efforts paid by giving him the first maglia verde of the Giro. On the last kilometre Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006...
managed to get away on a very steep gradient.
Stage 1 Result
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General Classification after Stage 1
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2nd stage
Having been defeated by Paolo BettiniPaolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006...
and Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...
on the previous stage, Italian favourite Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...
failed yet again in the bunch sprint in Santa Maria del Cedro. This time, he claimed, he had been forced to change his direction because of Estonia
Estonia
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n Jaan Kirsipuu
Jaan Kirsipuu
Jaan Kirsipuu is an Estonian road bicycle racer, living in Estonia. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time. In 2008 he was the manager of Latvian UCI Continental cycling team Rietumu...
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| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) | 4:34:47 | 1 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) | 9:45'14" | |||
| 2 | Isaac Gálvez Isaac Gálvez Isaac Gálvez López was a Spanish track and road racing cyclist who rode for Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears in the UCI ProTour. He died during the Six Days of Ghent cycling event in Belgium after colliding with Dimitri De Fauw and crashing against the railing. He died from internal bleeding... (Esp Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... ) |
0" | 2 | Paolo Bettini (It) | 8" | |||
| 3 | Robert Förster Robert Förster Robert Förster is a German professional road racing cyclist, specialising in bunch sprints, currently riding for .He turned professional in 2001, initially riding for Team Nürnberger... (Ger) |
0" | 3 | Alessandro Petacchi (It) | 14" | |||
| 4 | Alessandro Petacchi (It) | 0" | 4 | Isaac Gálvez (Esp) | 27" | |||
| 5 | Baden Cooke (Aus) | 0" | 5 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 30" |
3rd stage
Just as in the first stage, the sprinter's teams were not able to stop a break-away in the last kilometres of the race. This time, it was a group of fifty riders which included all the GC important riders. Danilo Di LucaDanilo Di Luca
Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring...
, in a great form in season 2005, beat fellow Italian Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the...
in the sprint for the stage victory.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... (It) |
5:24'17" | 1 | Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... (It) |
15:09'35" | |||
| 2 | Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the... (It) |
0" | 2 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 9" | |||
| 3 | Stefano Garzelli (It) | 0" | 3 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 17" | |||
| 4 | Mirko Celestino Mirko Celestino Mirko Celestino is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, specializing in the classic cycle races. His biggest career achievements to date include winning the monumental classic—Giro di Lombardia, the classic HEW Cyclassics and two-time winner of the semi-classic... (It) |
0" | 4 | Stefano Garzelli (It) | 23" | |||
| 5 | Francisco Ventoso Francisco Ventoso Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi is a Spanish road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . Ventoso turned professional with in 2004 before moving to in 2008. He won the 2010 Paris-Bruxelles in a bunch sprint... (Esp) |
0" | 5 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 26" |
4th stage
Paolo BettiniPaolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006...
won the sprint at the end which was fought between five cyclists. But in this process he caused Baden Cooke
Baden Cooke
Baden Cooke is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Cooke began competitive cycling at 11. He completed secondary school at Galen College in Wangaratta, Victoria....
to fall and was declassified because of this. Luca Mazzanti
Luca Mazzanti
Luca Mazzanti is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .-Palmares :Source:1998...
, who came in second, inherited the victory. After the stage, Bettini threatened to abandon the race, but it turned out to be an empty threat.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Luca Mazzanti (It Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... ) |
5:10'09" | 1 | Paolo Bettini (It) | 20:19'44" | |||
| 2 | Dario Cioni Dario Cioni Dario David Cioni is an English-born Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .-Mountain bike career:... (It) |
0" | 2 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 13" | |||
| 3 | Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam .In 2006, Scarponi was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case... (It) |
0" | 3 | Luca Mazzanti (It) | 16" | |||
| 4 | Paolo Bettini (It) | 0" | 4 | Dario Cioni (It) | 19" | |||
| 5 | Mirko Celestino (It) | 0" | 5 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 21" |
5th stage
Danilo Di LucaDanilo Di Luca
Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring...
got his second stage victory in 2005 Giro d'Italia, notching this win ahead of Fassa Bortolo's Marzio Bruseghin
Marzio Bruseghin
Marzio Bruseghin is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His best achievement is winning the 2006 Italian time-trial championship, as well as winning two time trial stages in the Giro d'Italia...
. Otherwise, this stage had no important influence on the fight for General Classification.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 6:01'18" | 1 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 26:20'55" | |||
| 2 | Marzio Bruseghin Marzio Bruseghin Marzio Bruseghin is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His best achievement is winning the 2006 Italian time-trial championship, as well as winning two time trial stages in the Giro d'Italia... (It) |
0" | 2 | Paolo Bettini (It) | 3" | |||
| 3 | Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the... ) |
2" | 3 | Luca Mazzanti (It) | 25" | |||
| 4 | Bjoern Leukemans (Bel Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many... ) |
2" | 4 | Dario Cioni (It) | 28" | |||
| 5 | Ivan Basso (It) | 2" | 5 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 30" |
6th stage
Just as Danilo Di LucaDanilo Di Luca
Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring...
had done the previous day, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...
took his second win in this year's Giro. This time, he did not have to beat Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...
, since the Italian's treno biancoblù de-railed, causing the fall of some of the Fassa Bortolo riders, and forcing "Ale-Jet" to halt to a stop. McEwen's teammate Henk Vogels
Henk Vogels
Henk Vogels is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who retired from competition at the conclusion of the 2008 season, which he rode with the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team...
attacked in the last kilometre, but was surpassed just on the finish line by up to four other cyclists.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) | 3:37'17" | 1 | Paolo Bettini (It) | 29:58'09" | |||
| 2 | Jaan Kirsipuu Jaan Kirsipuu Jaan Kirsipuu is an Estonian road bicycle racer, living in Estonia. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time. In 2008 he was the manager of Latvian UCI Continental cycling team Rietumu... (Est Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies... ) |
0" | 2 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 3" | |||
| 3 | Volodymyr Bileka Volodymyr Bileka Volodymyr Bileka is a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer. He rode for Discovery Channel between 2005 and 2007. As with fellow teammate and compatriot Yaroslav Popovych, he has shown promise by winning numerous races as a junior before turning professional... (Ukr Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... ) |
0" | 3 | Luca Mazzanti (It) | 28" | |||
| 4 | Isaac Gálvez Isaac Gálvez Isaac Gálvez López was a Spanish track and road racing cyclist who rode for Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears in the UCI ProTour. He died during the Six Days of Ghent cycling event in Belgium after colliding with Dimitri De Fauw and crashing against the railing. He died from internal bleeding... (Esp) |
0" | 4 | Dario Cioni (It) | 31" | |||
| 5 | Henk Vogels Henk Vogels Henk Vogels is an Australian former professional road bicycle racer who retired from competition at the conclusion of the 2008 season, which he rode with the Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team... (Aus) |
0" | 5 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 33" |
7th stage
After a long break-away, lasting throughout most of the stage, Spaniard Koldo GilKoldo Gil
Koldo Gil Pérez is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental...
was the first to arrive in the finish line in Pistoia. Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the...
, who was second, leading a pursuing group, celebrated thinking he had won the stage, not knowing that Gil had already taken the victory. Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...
, who had been forced to change his bicycle because of a puncture in the last climb of the day, lost thirty seconds to his rivals for GC.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Koldo Gil Perez Koldo Gil Koldo Gil Pérez is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental... (Esp) |
5:08'17" | 1 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 35:06'41" | |||
| 2 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 20" | 2 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 26" | |||
| 3 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 20" | 3 | Mirko Celestino (It) | 54" | |||
| 4 | Mirko Celestino (It) | 20" | 4 | Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni is an Italian ex-professional road bicycle racer, most recently for . Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race... (It) |
54" | |||
| 5 | Patrice Halgand Patrice Halgand Patrice Halgand is a French professional road racing cyclist, who is not currently signed to any team. He was one of only three Festina team riders who were named as clean during the Festina doping scandal during the 1998 Tour de France.Halgand indicated on 28 December 2008 that he is considering... (Fra France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... ) |
20" | 5 | Dario Cioni (It) | 1'06" |
8th stage
The eighth stage was a time trial. Danilo Di Luca came in tenth and was able to keep the Maglia Rosa. Otherwise, this stage meant the victory for American David ZabriskieDavid Zabriskie
David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times...
, and the revival of his teammate Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...
, second in the time trial, and who made up for all the time he had lost the day before and even more. On the other hand, this was a very bad day for both Lampre riders; Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the...
and Gilberto Simoni
Gilberto Simoni
Gilberto Simoni is an Italian ex-professional road bicycle racer, most recently for . Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race...
.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | David Zabriskie David Zabriskie David Zabriskie is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for . His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times... (USA) |
58'31" | 1 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 36:06'47" | |||
| 2 | Ivan Basso (It) | 17" | 2 | Ivan Basso (It) | 9" | |||
| 3 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 44" | 3 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 35" | |||
| 4 | Marzio Bruseghin Marzio Bruseghin Marzio Bruseghin is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His best achievement is winning the 2006 Italian time-trial championship, as well as winning two time trial stages in the Giro d'Italia... (It) |
48" | 4 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 1'15" | |||
| 5 | Serhiy Honchar Serhiy Honchar Serhiy Honchar is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He is a former world time trial champion. In the 2006 Tour de France, Honchar lead the general classification after a time-trial win in stage 7.... (Ukr) |
51" | 5 | Dario Cioni | 1'27" |
9th stage
Finally, Alessandro PetacchiAlessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...
got his first victory in the 2005 Giro. Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini
Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006...
and Swiss Aurélien Clerc
Aurélien Clerc
Aurélien Clerc is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team . He retired from pro cycling after 2009, unable to find a new team, and started a new career as an insurance adviser....
had a great performance in this stage, surpassing pure sprinters such as Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...
or Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel is a former German professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some one of the greatest German cyclists and best cycling sprinters of history...
.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Alessandro Petacchi (It) | 3:15'32" | 1 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 39:22'19" | |||
| 2 | Paolo Bettini (It) | 0" | 2 | Ivan Basso (It) | 9" | |||
| 3 | Aurélien Clerc Aurélien Clerc Aurélien Clerc is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team . He retired from pro cycling after 2009, unable to find a new team, and started a new career as an insurance adviser.... (Sui Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... ) |
0" | 3 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 35" | |||
| 4 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) | 0" | 4 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 1'15" | |||
| 5 | Erik Zabel Erik Zabel Erik Zabel is a former German professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some one of the greatest German cyclists and best cycling sprinters of history... (Ger) |
0" | 5 | Dario Cioni (It) | 1'27" |
10th stage
On the stage after the race's first rest day, Robbie McEwenRobbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...
took vengeance on Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...
, in a bunch sprint which had to be solved with the aid of the photo-finish, which determined that the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n had beaten the Italian by a mere question of millimetres.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Robbie McEwen (Aus) | 5:29'21" | 1 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 44:51'40" | |||
| 2 | Alessandro Petacchi (It) | 0" | 2 | Ivan Basso (It) | 9" | |||
| 3 | Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics... (Aus) |
0" | 3 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 35" | |||
| 4 | Erik Zabel (Ger) | 0" | 4 | Damiano Cunego (It) | 1'15" | |||
| 5 | Paolo Bettini (It) | 0" | 5 | Dario Cioni (It) | 1'27" |
11th stage
Already one kilometer after the start, Benoît JoachimBenoît Joachim
Benoît Joachim is a professional road racing cyclist from Luxembourg.Joachim started his professional career at the age of 18 for a small Italian cycling team, Sonego Sport, After racing with them for three months, he was noticed by a bigger, De Nardi who were interesting him...
raced away from the field. After about 100 kilometers, shortly after the first mountain standing which Joachim won, he was captured by the field. 26 kilometers before the end, and following an attack by "Gibo" Simoni, Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...
raced away with only very few riders able to keep up. Only Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia....
, who had picked up a twenty seconds advantage on the descent and therefore was able to reserve strengths, could stand Basso's rhythm, and he beat the Varesian rider at the summit of Zoldo Alto
Zoldo Alto
-External links:* on Wikivoyage...
. Simoni came up 21 seconds later, but defending champion Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego
Damiano Cunego is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Italian UCI ProTeam . His biggest wins are the 2004 Giro d'Italia, the 2008 Amstel Gold Race, and the Giro di Lombardia in 2004, 2007, 2008. He finished second in the UCI Road World Championships in 2008 and in the...
lost around six minutes and was ruled out from the list of contenders.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) | 4:13'43" | 1 | Ivan Basso (ITA) | 49:05'20" | |||
| 2 | Ivan Basso (ITA) | 0" | 2 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) | 18" | |||
| 3 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) | 21" | 3 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | 1'04" | |||
| 4 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | 1'01" | 4 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) | 2'27" | |||
| 5 | Daniel Atienza Urendez (ESP) | 1'50" | 5 | Serhiy Honchar (UKR) | 3'45" |
12th stage
Alessandro PetacchiAlessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...
's efforts during winter, striving to gain ability in the mountains, paid off just as they had done in Milan – San Remo, enabling him to recover from the gruelous Dolomiti stage far better than any of his opponents, and the Italian from Fassa Bortolo sprinted to his second victory in this Giro.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Alessandro Petacchi (ITa) | 4:50"00' | 1 | Ivan Basso (ITA) | 53:55"20' | |||
| 2 | Paride Grillo Paride Grillo Paride Grillo is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Professional Continental team .- Palmarès :200320042005... (ITA) |
0" | 2 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) | 18" | |||
| 3 | Isaac Gálvez (ESP) | 0" | 3 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | 1'04" | |||
| 4 | Robert Forster (GER) | 0" | 4 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) | 2'27" | |||
| 5 | Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) | 0" | 5 | Serhiy Honchar (UKR) | 3'45" |
13th stage
ColombiaColombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
n Iván Parra
Iván Parra
Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family...
won the stage in St. Ulrich by breaking ahead of his fellow breakaways on the previous climb. Spaniard Juanma Gárate
Juan Manuel Gárate
Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He currently rides for the Rabobank team. He is perceived to be a climbing specialist, and to date his greatest achievements have been in the Giro d'Italia, where he placed fourth overall in 2002, fifth overall in 2005 and won...
, fourth in the 2004 Giro d'Italia
2004 Giro d'Italia
The 2004 Giro d'Italia of cycling, the 87th running of the race, was held from 8 May to 30 May 2004, consisting of 21 stages for a total of 3,420 km, ridden at an average speed of 38.565 km/h. It was won by Damiano Cunego...
, came in second. As for the GC, Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...
, with gastrical problems, lost one minute and the maglia rosa to "Il Falco" Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia....
.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Iván Parra Iván Parra Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family... (COL) |
6:31'34" | 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) | 60:31'12" | |||
| 2 | Juan Manuel Gárate Juan Manuel Gárate Juan Manuel Gárate Cepa is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He currently rides for the Rabobank team. He is perceived to be a climbing specialist, and to date his greatest achievements have been in the Giro d'Italia, where he placed fourth overall in 2002, fifth overall in 2005 and won... (ESP) |
23" | 2 | Ivan Basso (ITA) | 50" | |||
| 3 | José Rujano José Rujano José Humberto Rujano Guillen is a Venezuelan professional road bicycle racer who is currently riding for UCI Professional Continental team .... (VEN Venezuela Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south... ) |
23" | 3 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | 53" | |||
| 4 | Pietro Caucchioli Pietro Caucchioli Pietro Caucchioli is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Caucchioli is under suspension, since June 2009, following abnormal testing results within the Union Cycliste Internationale's biological passport system.His two stage wins at the 2001 Giro d'Italia and a podium finish at the 2002... (ITA) |
27" | 4 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) | 2'16" | |||
| 5 | Tadej Valjavec Tadej Valjavec Tadej Valjavec is a Slovenian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Zheroquadro Radenska. He is well known as a good climber due to his rides on mountain stages in the Giro d'Italia... (SLO Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of... ) |
1'46" | 5 | Juan Manuel Garate (ESP) | 2'39" |
14th stage
But it was to be in this 14th stage that Ivan BassoIvan Basso
Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders...
's illness was really going to take its toll. Upon the first gradients of the Stelvio Pass
Stelvio Pass
The Stelvio Pass , located in Italy, at 2757 m is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, slightly below the Col de l'Iseran .-Location:...
, Cima Coppi of this edition, the Team CSC
Team CSC
Team Saxo Bank-SunGard is a professional cycling team from Denmark. It competes in the UCI ProTour. The team is owned and managed by former Tour de France winner Bjarne Riis, under the management of his company Riis Cycling. The sponsor is a Danish investment bank.Founded for 1998 Team home – Jack...
rider was left behind, unable to react because of his health problems. He lost eighteen minutes to the other GC riders. Savoldelli lost time to Simoni and Di Luca, who arrived in Livigno 3' 15" later than Iván Parra
Iván Parra
Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family...
, who scored an impressive Dolomiti double.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Iván Parra Iván Parra Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family... (COL) |
6:46'33" | 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) | 67:21'28" | |||
| 2 | Tadej Valjavec (SLO) | 1'50" | 2 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | 25" | |||
| 3 | José Rujano (VEN) | 1'50" | 3 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) | 1'48" | |||
| 4 | Unai Osa Eizaguirre (ESP) | 2'51" | 4 | Juan Manuel Garate (ESP) | 2'11" | |||
| 5 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | 3'15" | 5 | José Rujano (Ven) | 2'18" |
15th stage
This stage, originally 205 kilometres long, was reduced to a length of 147 kilometres due to bad weather conditions at Forcola di Livigno, one of the mountain climbs that the peloton had to go through that day. Alessandro PetacchiAlessandro Petacchi
Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...
, after the abandon of sprinters such as Baden Cooke
Baden Cooke
Baden Cooke is an Australian professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTour team .Cooke began competitive cycling at 11. He completed secondary school at Galen College in Wangaratta, Victoria....
, Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen
Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes...
, Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
or Jaan Kirsipuu
Jaan Kirsipuu
Jaan Kirsipuu is an Estonian road bicycle racer, living in Estonia. Kirsipuu initially retired at the end of the 2006, but participated in the 2007 Estonian championship, becoming time trial champion for the sixth time. In 2008 he was the manager of Latvian UCI Continental cycling team Rietumu...
, had only Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel is a former German professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some one of the greatest German cyclists and best cycling sprinters of history...
to challenge him, but the Italian's speed was too much for the veteran T-Mobile
T-Mobile
T-Mobile International AG is a German-based holding company for Deutsche Telekom AG's various mobile communications subsidiaries outside Germany. Based in Bonn, Germany, its subsidiaries operate GSM and UMTS-based cellular networks in Europe, the United States, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands...
rider.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) | 3:32'41" | 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (ITA) | 70:54'09" | |||
| 2 | Erik Zabel (GER) | 0" | 2 | Danilo Di Luca (ITA) | 25" | |||
| 3 | Paolo Bettini (ITA) | 0" | 3 | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) | 1'48" | |||
| 4 | Simone Cadamuro Simone Cadamuro Simone Cadamuro is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the Amica Chips-Knauf cycling team.He is a native of San Donà di Piave.- Major results :20012003-External links:... (ITA) |
0" | 4 | Juan Manuel Garate (ESP) | 2'11" | |||
| 5 | Marco Velo (ITA) | 0" | 5 | José Rujano (VEN) | 2'18" |
16th stage
After the second rest-day, the peloton did not want to spend too much energies on a flat stage, so it was easy for a break-away of eighteen men to gather an advantage of 10 minutes. Amongst these breakaways, there was Crédit AgricoleCrédit Agricole (cycling team)
Crédit Agricole was a French professional cycling team managed by Roger Legeay and sponsored by the French bank, Crédit Agricole, since 1997. Before 1997 the team was known as GAN. Since 2005, the team is one of the 20 that compete in the UCI ProTour. Crédit Agricole announced that they would...
rider Christophe Le Mével
Christophe Le Mevel
Christophe Le Mével is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He signed with them for the 2011 season, after they sought to add a leading French rider to their roster.-Palmares:...
, who outpowered his fellow breakaways to notch up his first pro victory.
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Christophe Le Mével Christophe Le Mevel Christophe Le Mével is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He signed with them for the 2011 season, after they sought to add a leading French rider to their roster.-Palmares:... (Fra) |
. | 4:50'51" | 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 76:07'16" | ||
| 2 | Christophe Brandt Christophe Brandt Christophe Brandt is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He started his career with Saeco, but after one year he transferred to Lotto and stayed there for the rest of his career. In the early 2000s he was a good rider in the big rounds, like a 14-th place in the giro and 33the in the... (Bel) |
9" | 2 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 25" | |||
| 3 | Alessandro Vanotti Alessandro Vanotti Alessandro Vanotti is an Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .Vanotti rode the Tour de France twice, in 2006 and 2009.-External links:*... (It) |
16" | 3 | Gilberto Simoni (It) | 1'48" | |||
| 4 | Dimitri Fofonov (Kaz Kazakhstan Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe... ) |
16" | 4 | Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) | 2'11" | |||
| 5 | Fränk Schleck Fränk Schleck Fränk René Schleck is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . At the start of 2005, Schleck was joined by his younger brother Andy on , and they split the 2005 national championships between them, with Fränk winning the road race and Andy winning the time trial... (Lux Luxembourg Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south... ) |
16" | 5 | José Rujano (Ven) | 2'18" |
17th stage
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Ivan Basso (It) | 5:15'46" | 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 81:24'50" | |||
| 2 | José Rujano (Ven) | 1'06" | 2 | Gilberto Simoni (It) | 58" | |||
| 3 | Gilberto Simoni (It) | 1'06" | 3 | José Rujano (Ven) | 1'24" | |||
| 4 | Wim Van Huffel Wim Van Huffel Wim Van Huffel is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI Continental team Team WorldofBike.gr.- External links :... (Bel) |
1'32" | 4 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 1'36" | |||
| 5 | Iván Parra (Col) | 1'48" | 5 | Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) | 2'11" |
18th stage
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Ivan Basso (It) | 45'05" | 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 82:10'18" | |||
| 2 | Vladimir Karpets Vladimir Karpets Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets is a Russian road bicycle racer currently riding for UCI ProTeam , most notable for winning the white jersey for best young rider in the 2004 Tour de France. Karpets is a two-time Olympian. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Karpets competed in the men's team pursuit and... (Rus Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... ) |
9" | 2 | Gilberto Simoni (It) | 2'09" | |||
| 3 | David Zabriskie (USA) | 20" | 3 | José Rujano (Ven) | 3'00" | |||
| 4 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 23" | 4 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 3'08" | |||
| 5 | Dario Cioni (It) | 28" | 5 | Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) | 3'13" |
19th stage
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | José Rujano (Ven) | 5:49'30" | 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 88:01'43" | |||
| 2 | Gilberto Simoni (It) | 26" | 2 | Gilberto Simoni (It) | 28" | |||
| 3 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 1'37" | 3 | José Rujano (Ven) | 45" | |||
| 4 | Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) | 1'53" | 4 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 2'42" | |||
| 5 | Wim Van Huffel (Bel) | 1'55" | 5 | Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) | 3'11" |
20th stage
| Stage | Tour (Maglia rosa) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Name | Team | Time | # | Name | Team | Time | |
| 1 | Alessandro Petacchi (It) | 3:24'08" | 1 | Paolo Savoldelli (It) | 91:25'51" | |||
| 2 | Erik Zabel (Ger) | 0" | 2 | Gilberto Simoni (It) | 28" | |||
| 3 | Robert Forster (Ger) | 0" | 3 | José Rujano (Ven) | 45" | |||
| 4 | Mirco Lorenzetto Mirco Lorenzetto Mirco Lorenzetto is an Italian racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam . He has won victories in the Tour Méditerranéen 2007, the Tour of Sardegna and Giro del Friuli in 2009.Lorenzetto became a professional cyclist in 2004... (It) |
0" | 4 | Danilo Di Luca (It) | 2'42" | |||
| 5 | Marco Velo (It) | 0" | 5 | Juan Manuel Garate (Esp) | 3'11" |
Jersey Progress
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Points classification |
Mountains classification Mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia The mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification. In this classification, points are awarded to the leading riders over designated climbs. Most climbs are sorted into one of three scales based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage...  |
Intergiro classification Intergiro The Intergiro was a competition in the annual Giro d'Italia bicycle race. It was a temporal classification based on midway points on every stage. The overall leader in this competition was awarded a blue jersey to wear on the following day's stage....  |
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| P | Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006... |
Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster Brett Lancaster is a professional racing cyclist from Australia, currently riding for UCI ProTeam . He started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for before moving to Team Milram in July 2006... |
no award | no award | no award |
| 1 | Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
Thorwald Veneberg Thorwald Veneberg Thorwald Veneberg is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Rabobank between 2001 and 2007.- Major achievements :20022005- External links :*... |
Sven Krauss |
| 2 | Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
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| 3 | Danilo di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
Dario Cioni Dario Cioni Dario David Cioni is an English-born Italian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team .-Mountain bike career:... |
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| 4 | Luca Mazzanti Luca Mazzanti Luca Mazzanti is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Professional Continental team .-Palmares :Source:1998... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
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| 5 | Danilo di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
Danilo di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
Danilo di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
José Rujano Guillen | |
| 6 | Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
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| 7 | Koldo Gil Koldo Gil Koldo Gil Pérez is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental... |
Danilo di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
Danilo di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
Koldo Gil Koldo Gil Koldo Gil Pérez is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental team Liberty Seguros Continental... |
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| 8 | Dave Zabriskie | ||||
| 9 | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
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| 10 | Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen is an Australian professional road bicycle racer, for on the UCI ProTour, specializing in sprint finishes... |
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| 11 | Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
José Rujano Guillen | ||
| 12 | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
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| 13 | Ivan Parra Iván Parra Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family... |
Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
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| 14 | Ivan Parra Iván Parra Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family... |
Danilo di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
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| 15 | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
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| 16 | Christophe Le Mevel Christophe Le Mevel Christophe Le Mével is a French road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam . He signed with them for the 2011 season, after they sought to add a leading French rider to their roster.-Palmares:... |
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| 17 | Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
Stefano Zanini Stefano Zanini Stefano Zanini is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, the leadout man for Liquigas-Bianchi in 2006, after riding for Mapei, , and Quick-Step.... |
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| 18 | Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
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| 19 | José Rujano Guillen | ||||
| 20 | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
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| Final | Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
José Rujano Guillen | Stefano Zanini Stefano Zanini Stefano Zanini is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, the leadout man for Liquigas-Bianchi in 2006, after riding for Mapei, , and Quick-Step.... |
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General classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 91h 25’51” | ||
| 2 | Lampre-Caffitta | + 0’28” | |
| 3 | Selle Italia Colombia Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Androni Giocattoli-C.I.P.I. is an Italian-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participates in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events... |
+ 0' 45" | |
| 4 | + 2' 42" | ||
| 5 | + 3' 11" | ||
| 6 | + 4' 22" | ||
| 7 | Illes Balears-Caisse d’Epargne | + 11' 15" | |
| 8 | Crédit Agricole Crédit Agricole Crédit Agricole S.A. is the largest retail banking group in France, second largest in Europe and the eighth largest in the world by Tier 1 capital according to The Banker magazine. It is also part of the CAC 40 stock market index.... |
+ 11' 38" | |
| 9 | Fassa Bortolo | + 11' 40" | |
| 10 | Panaria Navigare | + 12' 33" | |
| 11 | + 13' 49" | ||
| 12 | + 14' 42" | ||
| 13 | + 15' 26" | ||
| 14 | Cofidis Cofidis Cofidis is a French company, one of the Otto Group's financial services providers.Founded in 1982 by 3 Suisses International in cooperation with Cetelem, Cofidis specializes in the consumer credit business of the 3 Suisses Group.... |
+ 15' 52" | |
| 15 | + 19' 22" | ||
| 16 | Illes Balears-Caisse d’Epargne | + 20' 46" | |
| 17 | Euskaltel-Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi Euskaltel-Euskadi is a professional road bicycle racing team from Spain. The team is commercially sponsored, but also works as an unofficial Basque national team and is partly funded by the Basque Government. Its riders are either from Basque Country, or at least have grown up in the cycling... |
+ 21' 55" | |
| 18 | Lampre-Caffitta | + 24' 05" | |
| 19 | Liberty Seguros-Würth | + 24' 29" | |
| 20 | Colombia-Selle Italia | + 25' 37" | |
| 21 | + 34' 50" | ||
| 22 | Lampre-Caffitta | + 38' 17" | |
| 23 | Crédit Agricole Crédit Agricole Crédit Agricole S.A. is the largest retail banking group in France, second largest in Europe and the eighth largest in the world by Tier 1 capital according to The Banker magazine. It is also part of the CAC 40 stock market index.... |
+ 44' 55" | |
| 24 | + 46' 19" | ||
| 25 | Team T-Mobile | + 50' 49" |
Points Classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006... |
162 | |
| 2 | Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... |
Fassa Bortolo | 154 |
| 3 | Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
136 | |
| 4 | Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli Paolo Savoldelli is an Italian former road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.... |
124 | |
| 5 | Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
114 |
King of the Mountains ClassificationMountains classification in the Giro d'ItaliaThe mountains classification in the Giro d'Italia is a secondary classification. In this classification, points are awarded to the leading riders over designated climbs. Most climbs are sorted into one of three scales based on difficulty and its position on that day's stage...
| Cyclist | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | José Rujano Guillen | Selle Italia Colombia Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Androni Giocattoli-C.I.P.I. is an Italian-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participates in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events... |
143 |
| 2 | Ivan Parra Iván Parra Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family... |
Selle Italia Colombia Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni Androni Giocattoli-C.I.P.I. is an Italian-registered UCI Professional Continental cycling team that participates in road bicycle racing events on the UCI Continental Circuits and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events... |
57 |
| 3 | Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni Gilberto Simoni is an Italian ex-professional road bicycle racer, most recently for . Simoni is twice winner of the Giro d'Italia cycling race... |
Lampre-Caffita | 45 |
| 4 | Ivan Basso Ivan Basso Ivan Basso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam . Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders... |
41 | |
| 5 | Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca is an Italian professional road racing cyclist who rode for numerous UCI Professional Continental teams throughout his career including Liquigas-Bianchi and . He holds victories in the Giro di Lombardia in 2001, the 2005 UCI ProTour and won both the Giro d'Italia and the spring... |
29 | |
Trofeo Fast Team Classification
| Team | Country | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 274h 42' 31" | ||
| 2 | + 24' 28" | ||
| 3 | + 29' 21" | ||
| 4 | + 32' 27" | ||
| 5 | Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne | + 1h 8' 29" | |
| 6 | + 1h 21' 34" | ||
| 7 | + 1h 24' 50" | ||
| 8 | Liberty Seguros-Würth | + 1h 26' 50" | |
| 9 | + 1h 37' 32" | ||
| 10 | + 1h 49' 00" |