Tour de France 2005

Tour de France 2005
Details
Race	92. Tour de France
Competition	UCI ProTour 2005
Stapas	21
Dates	2 – 24 July 2005
Total distance	3607 km
Countries	France Spain Germany
Start place	Fromentine
Place of arrival	Paris
Equipment	21
Participants	189
Cycling completed	155
Average speed	41,654 km/h
Final classification
Winner	not granted
Second	Ivan Basso (CSC)
Third	not granted
Points	Thor Hushovd (Crédit agricole)
Mountain	Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
Young	Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel)
Combating	Óscar Pereiro (Phonak Hearing Systems)
Equipment	T-Mobile
◀2004	2006 dismissed
	Documentation

The 92nd edition of the Tour de France began on July 2, 2005 in the Vendée region of France and ended on July 24 in Paris, in the classic finale on the Champs-Élysées.

The route of this Tour was announced on October 28, 2004 at the Paris Congress Center. As a novelty, there was no prologue since the initial stage was over 8 km and was considered a stage.

That year saw Lance Armstrong's seventh consecutive win, surpassing his own record for French round wins set the previous year. However, in 2012 the UCI decided to annul all the American's results since 1998 due to doping, so that the 2005 edition was officially declared without a winner.

Participating teams

The 2005 Tour de France was contested by 189 cyclists divided into 21 teams representing 28 countries; 155 finished.

ProTeams (20) Bouygues Télécom Cofidis Crédit Agricole Davitamon-Lotto Discovery Channel Domina Vacanze-De Nardi Euskaltel-Euskadi Fassa Bortolo Gerolsteiner Illes Balears-Caisse d'Épargne La Française des jeux Lampre-Caffita Liberty Seguros-Würth Liquigas-Bianchi Phonak Hearing Systems Quick Step-Innergetic Rabobank Saunier Duval-Prodir T-Mobile CSC Professional continental equipment AG2R Prévoyance

Stages

Phase	Date	Tour	type	Distance (km)	Winner	Leader
1. Phase	2 Jul	Fromentine – Noirmoutier-en-l'Île		19	David Zabriskie	David Zabriskie
2. Phase	3 Jul	Challans – Les Essarts		181,5	Tom Boonen	David Zabriskie
3. stage	4 Jul	La Châtaigneraie – Tours		212,5	Tom Boonen	David Zabriskie
4.a	5 Jul	Tours – Blois		67.5	Discovery Channel	Lance Armstrong
5th stage	6 Jul	Chambord – Montargis		183	Robbie McEwen	Lance Armstrong
6.a	7 de jul	Troyes – Nancy		199	Lorenzo Bernucci	Lance Armstrong
7. stage	8 Jul	Lunéville - Karlsruhe		228,5	Robbie McEwen	Lance Armstrong
8. stage	9 Jul	Pforzheim – Gérardmer		231,5	Pieter Weening	Lance Armstrong
9.th stage	10 Jul	Gérardmer – Mulhouse		171	Michael Rasmussen	Jens Voigt
	11 Jul	Day of rest
10.th stage	12 Jul	Grenoble – Courchevel		181	Alejandro Valverde	Lance Armstrong
11th stage	13 Jul	Courchevel – Briançon		173	Alekszandr Vinokurov	Lance Armstrong
12.th stage	14 Jul	Briançon – Digne-les-Bains		187	David Moncoutié	Lance Armstrong
13.th stage	15 Jul	Miramas – Montpellier		173.5	Robbie McEwen	Lance Armstrong
14.th stage	16 Jul	Agde – Ax 3 Domaines		220.5	Georg Totschnig	Lance Armstrong
15.th stage	17 Jul	Lézat-sur-Lèze – Pla d'Adet		205,5	George Hincapie	Lance Armstrong
	18 Jul	Day of rest
Sixteenth session	19 Jul	Mourenx – Pau		180.5	Óscar Pereiro	Lance Armstrong
17th stage	20 Jul	Pau – Revel		239,5	Paolo Savoldelli	Lance Armstrong
18.th stage	21 Jul	Albi – Mende		189	Marcos Serrano	Lance Armstrong
19. Phase	22 Jul	Issoire – Le Puy-en-Velay		153.5	Giuseppe Guerini	Lance Armstrong
20. Phase	23 de jul	Saint-Étienne – Saint-Étienne		55.5	Lance Armstrong	Lance Armstrong
21st stage	24 Jul	Corbeil-Essonnes – Avenue of the Champs-Elysées		144,5	Alekszandr Vinokurov	Lance Armstrong

Final standings

Overall classification

General classification Cycling Equipment Time 1.o Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel DES 2. Ivan Basso CSC + 4 min 40 s 3.o Jan Ullrich T-Mobile DES 3.o Paco Mancebo Illes Balears-Caisse d'Épargne + 9 min 59 s 4.o Alekszandr Vinokurov T-Mobile + 11 min 01 s 5.o Levi Leipheimer Gerolsteiner DES 6.o Michael Rasmussen Rabobank + 11 min 33 s 7. Cadel Evans Davitamon-Lotto + 11 min 55 s 8. Floyd Landis Phonak Hearing Systems + 12 min 44 s 9. Óscar Pereiro Phonak Hearing Systems + 16 min 04 s 10. Christophe Moreau Crédit agricole + 16 min 26 s

Source: ProCyclingStats

Rating by points

Norwegian Thor Hushovd, who won the prize of regularity.

Classification by points Cycling Equipment Points 1.o Thor Hushovd Crédit agricole 194 pts 2. Stuart O'Grady Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 182 pts 3.o Robbie McEwen Davitamon-Lotto 178 pts 4.o Alekszandr Vinokurov T-Mobile 158 pts 5.o Allan Davis Liberty Seguros-Würth 130 pts 6.o Robert Förster Gerolsteiner 101 pts 7. Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel DES 8. Baden Cooke La Française des jeux 91 pts 9. Bernhard Eisel La Française des jeux 88 pts 10. Michael Rasmussen Rabobank 84 pts

Mountain Classification

Michael Rasmussen, with the best climbing point leotard of the Tour 2005.

Classification of the mountain Cycling Equipment Points 1.o Michael Rasmussen Rabobank 185. pts 2. Óscar Pereiro Phonak Hearing Systems 155 pts 3.o Lance Armstrong Discovery Channel DES 3.o Christophe Moreau Crédit agricole 93 pts 4.o Michael Boogerd Rabobank 90 pts 5.o Santiago Botero Phonak Hearing Systems 88 pts 6.o Alekszandr Vinokurov T-Mobile 75 pts 7. Laurent Brochard Bouygues Telecom 75 pts 8. George Hincapie Discovery Channel DES 9. Pietro Caucchioli Crédit agricole 73 pts 10. Ivan Basso CSC 65 pts

Best Young Classification

Classification of the best young Cycling Equipment Time 1.o Yaroslav Popovych Discovery Channel 86 h 34 min 04 s 2. Alberto Contador Liberty Seguros-Würth + 9 min 02 s 3.o Andréi Kashechkin Crédit agricole + 44 min 23 s 4.o Maxim Iglinskiy Domina Vacanze-De Nardi + 59 min 42 s 5.o Jérôme Pineau Bouygues Telecom + 1 h 12 min 36 s 6.o Vladimir Karpets Illes Balears-Caisse d'Épargne + 1 h 24 min 43 s 7. David Arroyo Illes Balears-Caisse d'Épargne + 1 h 35 min 10 s 8. Patrick Sinkewitz Quick Step-Innergetic + 1 h 48 min 46 s 9. Thomas Lövkvist La Française des jeux + 1 h 48 min 46 s 10. Philippe Gilbert La Française des jeux + 2 h 04 min 58 s

Team classification

Classification by teams Equipment Time 1.o T-Mobile 256 h 10 min 29 s 2. Discovery Channel + 14 min 57 s 3.o CSC + 25 min 15 s 4.o Crédit Agricole + 55 min 24 s 5.o Illes Balears-Caisse d'Épargne + 1 h 06 min 09 s 6.o Phonak Hearing Systems + 1 h 09 min 20 s 7. Liberty Seguros-Würth + 1 h 47 min 56 s 8. Rabobank + 2 h 26 min 30 s 9. Saunier Duval-Prodir + 2 h 48 min 58 s 10. AG2R Prévoyance + 2 h 52 min 04 s

Evolution of rankings

Phase		Winner _	General classification	Points	Mountain	Young	Combating _	Equipment
1. Phase		David Zabriskie	David Zabriskie	David Zabriskie	not granted	Fabian Cancellara	not granted	CSC
2. Phase		Tom Boonen		Tom Boonen	Thomas Voeckler		Sylvain Calzati
3. stage		Tom Boonen			Erik Dekker		Erik Dekker
4.a		Discovery Channel	Lance Armstrong			Yaroslav Popovych	not granted
5th stage		Robbie McEwen					Juan Antonio Flecha
6.a		Lorenzo Bernucci			Karsten Kroon		Christophe Mengin
7. stage		Robbie McEwen			Fabian Wegmann		Fabian Wegmann
8. stage		Pieter Weening			Michael Rasmussen	Vladimir Karpets	Pieter Weening
9.th stage		Michael Rasmussen	Jens Voigt				Michael Rasmussen
10.th stage		Alejandro Valverde	Lance Armstrong			Alejandro Valverde	Laurent Brochard
11th stage		Alekszandr Vinokurov					Alekszandr Vinokurov
12.th stage		David Moncoutié		Thor Hushovd			David Moncoutié
13.th stage		Robbie McEwen				Yaroslav Popovych	Carlos Da Cruz
14.th stage		Georg Totschnig					Georg Totschnig	T-Mobile
15.th stage		George Hincapie					Óscar Pereiro
Sixteenth session		Óscar Pereiro
17th stage		Paolo Savoldelli					Sébastien Hinault	Discovery Channel
18.th stage		Marcos Serrano					Carlos Da Cruz	T-Mobile
19. Phase		Giuseppe Guerini					Sandy Casar
20. Phase		Lance Armstrong					not granted
21st stage		Alekszandr Vinokurov					Philippe Gilbert
Final classifications			not granted	Thor Hushovd	Michael Rasmussen	Yaroslav Popovych	Óscar Pereiro	T-Mobile

Jan Ullrich sanctioned

In 2012 Jan Ullrich was sanctioned and disqualified from his results from May 2005 until his withdrawal in 2007 due to blood transfusions related to Operation Puerto. Other runners who were involved in said doping scheme were not disqualified from This race and its sanctions came from 2006 when said plot came to light. It was the case of Francisco Mancebo, who would climb to third place on the podium with the disqualification of Ullrich.

However, the official website of the Tour has not withdrawn Ullrich from the record to date.

Sanction for Armstrong and his former teammates

Following the lifetime ban and disqualification of all results of Lance Armstrong from 1998 to 2005, on October 26, 2012, the UCI declared "vacant" the 7 Tour de France that he had won, as well as the stages that he had won. Wins by teammates David Zabriskie, George Hincapie and Levi Leipheimer were also disqualified and withdrawn.