2005 in men's road cycling

none 2005 The 2005 season will be best remembered for Lance Armstrong's unparalleled seventh successive victory in the Tour de France, however it was also notable for other reasons. After months of wrangling between the UCI, teams, and organizers of the major tours, the ProTour finally became a reality. Elite Men January Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 01/18 – 01/23 Tour Down Under Australia Hors Catégorie Luis León Sánchez ESP 01/28 – 02/06 Tour de Langkawi Malaysia Hors Catégorie Ryan Cox RSA 01/29 Doha International GP Qatar Robert Hunter RSA 01/31 – 02/04 Tour of Qatar Qatar Lars Michaelsen DEN February Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 02/01 GP d'Ouverture La Marseillaise France Nicki Sørensen DEN 02/02 Étoile de Bessèges France Freddy Bichot FRA 02/06 GP Costa degli Etruschi Italy Alessandro Petacchi ITA 02/06 Trofeo Mallorca Spain Óscar Freire ESP 02/07 Trofeo Alcudia Spain Óscar Freire ESP 02/08 Trofeo Soller Spain Alejandro Valverde ESP 02/09 Trofeo Manacor Spain Alejandro Valverde ESP 02/09 – 02/13 Tour Méditerranéen France Jens Voigt GER 02/10 Trofeo Calvià Spain Toni Colom ESP 02/10 – 02/13 GP Internacional Costa Azul Portugal Rubén Plaza ESP 02/13 – 02/17 Vuelta a Andalucía Spain Francisco Cabello Luque ESP 02/15 Trofeo Laigueglia Italy Kim Kirchen LUX 02/16 – 02/20 Volta ao Algarve Portugal Hugo Sabido POR 02/19 Tour du Haut Var France Philippe Gilbert BEL 02/19 Trofeo Luis Puig Spain Alessandro Petacchi ITA 02/20 Classic Haribo France Gorik Gardeyn BEL 02/22 – 02/26 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana Spain Alessandro Petacchi ITA 02/26 Gran Premio di Chiasso Switzerland Kim Kirchen LUX 02/26 Omloop "Het Volk" Belgium Hors Catégorie Nick Nuyens BEL 02/27 Clásica de Almería Spain Ivan Gutierrez ESP 02/27 Gran Premio di Lugano Switzerland Rik Verbrugghe BEL 02/27 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Belgium George Hincapie United States March Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 03/02 – 03/06 Vuelta a Murcia Spain Koldo Gil ESP 03/05 Milano–Torino Italy Hors Catégorie Fabio Sacchi ITA 03/06 – 03/13 Paris–Nice France ProTour Bobby Julich United States 03/07 Giro della Provincia di Lucca Italy Mario Cipollini ITA 03/09 – 03/15 Tirreno–Adriatico Italy ProTour Óscar Freire ESP 03/16 Nokere-Koerse Belgium Steven de Jongh NED 03/19 Milan–San Remo Italy ProTour Alessandro Petacchi ITA 03/20 Cholet-Pays De Loire France Pierrick Fédrigo FRA 03/20 GP Rudy Dhaenens Belgium Koen Barbé BEL 03/20 Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau Switzerland Danilo Napolitano ITA 03/21 – 03/25 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme Spain Hors Catégorie Alberto Contador Velasco ESP 03/22 – 03/26 Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale Italy Franco Pellizotti ITA 03/23 Dwars door Vlaanderen Belgium Niko Eeckhout BEL 03/26 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen Belgium Hors Catégorie Tom Boonen BEL 03/26 – 03/27 Critérium International France Hors Catégorie Bobby Julich United States 03/27 Brabantse Pijl Belgium Óscar Freire ESP 03/28 Giro della Provincia Reggio-Calabria Italy Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno ARG 03/28 Rund um Köln Germany David Kopp GER 03/29 Paris–Camembert France Laurent Brochard FRA 03/29 – 03/31 Three Days of De Panne Belgium Hors Catégorie Stijn Devolder BEL April Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 04/01 Route Adélie de Vitré France Daniele Contrini ITA 04/02 GP Miguel Indurain Spain Javier Pascual-Rodriguez ESP 04/02 Hel van het Mergelland The Netherlands Nico Sijmens BEL 04/03 Tour of Flanders Belgium ProTour Tom Boonen BEL 04/03 GP de la Ville de Rennes France Ludovic Turpin FRA 04/04 Tour of the Basque Country Spain ProTour Danilo Di Luca ITA 04/05 – 04/08 Circuit Cycliste Sarthe – Pays de la Loire France Sylvain Chavanel FRA 04/06 Gent–Wevelgem Belgium ProTour Nico Mattan BEL 04/07 GP Cerami Belgium Kai Reus NED 04/09 Albert Achterhes Profronde van Drenthe The Netherlands Marcel Sieberg GER 04/10 Paris–Roubaix France ProTour Tom Boonen BEL 04/10 Klasika Primavera Spain David Etxebarria Alkorta ESP 04/13 Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen Belgium Hors Catégorie Thorwald Veneberg NED 04/13 – 04/17 Vuelta a Aragón Spain Rubén Plaza ESP 04/14 GP de Denain Porte du Hainaut France Jimmy Casper FRA 04/15 Veenendaal–Veenendaal The Netherlands Hors Catégorie Paul Van Schalen NED 04/16 Tour du Finistère France Simon Gerrans AUS 04/17 Amstel Gold Race The Netherlands ProTour Danilo Di Luca ITA 04/17 Giro d'Oro Italy Luca Mazzanti ITA 04/17 Tro-Bro Léon France Tristan Valentin FRA 04/19 – 04/22 Giro del Trentino Italy Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio MEX 04/19 – 04/24 Tour de Georgia United States Tom Danielson United States 04/20 La Flèche Wallonne Belgium ProTour Danilo Di Luca ITA 04/20 – 04/24 Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt Germany Stefan Schumacher GER 04/21 – 04/24 Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja Spain Javier Pascual Rodriguez ESP 04/24 Liège–Bastogne–Liège Belgium ProTour Alexander Vinokourov KAZ 04/24 Berner-Rundfahrt – Tour de Berne Switzerland René Weissinger GER 04/24 Giro dell'Appennino Italy Gilberto Simoni ITA 04/24 Ronde van Noord-Holland The Netherlands Paul van Schalen NED 04/26 – 05/01 Tour de Romandie Switzerland ProTour Santiago Botero COL 04/27 – 04/30 Circuit de Lorraine Professionnels France Andris Naudužs LAT 04/27 – 05/01 Vuelta a Castilla y León Spain Carlos García Quesada ESP 04/30 GP Herning Denmark Michael Blaudzun DEN 04/30 GP Industria & Artigianato – Larciano Italy Luca Mazzanti ITA May Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 05/01 CSC Classic Denmark Jacob Moe Rasmussen DEN 05/01 Giro di Toscana Italy Daniele Bennati ITA 05/01 Rund um den Henninger Turm Germany Hors Catégorie Erik Zabel GER 05/01 Trophée des Grimpeurs – Polymultipliée France Philippe Gilbert BEL 05/02 – 05/05 Internationale UNIQA Classic Austria Bram de Groot NED 05/04 – 05/08 4 Jours de Dunkerque France Hors Catégorie Pierrick Fedrigo FRA 05/07 – 05/29 Giro d'Italia Italy ProTour Paolo Savoldelli ITA 05/07 – 05/08 Clasica Internacional a Alcobendas Spain Pavel Tonkov RUS 05/11 – 05/15 Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt Germany Stefan Schumacher GER 05/13 – 05/15 Tour de Picardie France Janek Tombak EST 05/16 – 05/22 Volta a Catalunya Spain ProTour Yaroslav Popovych UKR 05/16 Grand Prix de Villers-Cotterêts – Trophée Skoda Automobiles France Bradley McGee AUS 05/22 Tour de Vendée France Jonas Ljungblad SWE 05/25 – 05/29 Bayern-Rundfahrt Germany Hors Catégorie Michael Rich GER 05/25 – 05/29 Tour de Belgique Belgium Tom Boonen BEL 05/25 – 05/29 Volta ao Alentejo Portugal Xabier Tondo ESP 05/27 Ühispanga Tartu GP Estonia Tomas Vaitkus LTU 05/28 EOS Tallinn GP Estonia Janek Tombak EST 05/29 GP Llodio Spain David Herrero ESP 05/31 Wachovia Invitational – Lancaster United States Greg Henderson NZL June Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 06/01 – 06/05 Euskal Bizikleta Spain Hors Catégorie Eladio Jiménez ESP 06/02 Wachovia Classic – Trenton United States Gordon Fraser Canada 06/02 – 06/05 Tour de Luxembourg Luxembourg Hors Catégorie László Bodrogi HUN 06/04 GP Schwarzwald Germany Fabian Wegmann GER 06/05 – 06/12 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré France ProTour Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga ESP 06/05 GP Kanton Aargau Switzerland Hors Catégorie Alexandre Moos SWI 06/05 Wachovia USPRO Championship United States Hors Catégorie Chris Wherry United States 06/09 – 06/12 Tour de Slovénie Slovenia Przemyslaw Niemiec POL 06/10 – 06/12 GP CTT Correios de Portugal Portugal Alexei Markov RUS 06/19 UCI ProTour Eindhoven Team Time Trial The Netherlands ProTour Gerolsteiner 06/15 Subida al Naranco Spain Rinaldo Nocentini ITA 06/15 – 06/18 Ster Elektrotoer The Netherlands Stefan Schumacher GER 06/16 – 06/19 Route du Sud France Sandy Casar FRA 06/17 – 06/21 Vuelta Ciclista Asturias Spain Adolfo García Quesada ESP 06/11 – 06/19 Tour de Suisse Switzerland ProTour Aitor González Jimenez ESP 06/22 Brussel – Ingooigem – Omloop van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap Belgium Bert Roesems BEL 06/22 Noord Nederland Tour The Netherlands Stefan Van Dijk NED 06/29 – 07/03 Course de la Solidarité Olympique Poland Piotr Wadecki POL July Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 07/02 – 07/24 Tour de France France ProTour Lance Armstrong United States 07/03 Tour du Doubs France Philip Deignan IRL 07/03 Trofeo Matteotti Italy Ruggero Marzoli ITA 07/04 – 07/10 Wiesbauer Tour – Internationale Österreich-Rundfahrt Austria Juan Miguel Mercado ESP 07/06 – 07/10 Troféu Joaquim Agostinho GP Int de Ciclismo de Torres Vedras Portugal Guido Trentin ITA 07/16 – 07/24 Tour of Qinghai Lake China Hors Catégorie Martin Mares CZE 07/20 – 07/24 Sachsen-Tour International Germany Mathew Hayman AUS 07/22 – 07/24 Brixia Tour Italy Emanuele Sella ITA 07/25 Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia – Clasica de Ordizia Spain Carlos García Quesada ESP 07/25 – 07/29 Tour de la Région Wallonne Belgium Hors Catégorie Luca Celli ITA 07/26 – 07/30 Wyscig Dookola Mazowska Poland Piotr Zaradny POL 07/30 LUK Challenge Chrono Bühl Germany Time Trial Team CSC DEN 07/31 HEW Cyclassics Germany ProTour Filippo Pozzato ITA 07/31 Circuito de Getxo – Memorial Ricardo Otxoa Spain David Fernández Domingo ESP 07/31 Polynormande France Philippe Gilbert BEL August Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 08/02 – 08/04 Paris–Corrèze France Frédéric Finot FRA 08/03 – 08/10 Eneco Tour The Low Countries ProTour Bobby Julich United States 08/03 – 08/07 Post Danmark Rundt Denmark Hors Catégorie Ivan Basso ITA 08/04 GP Città' di Camaiore Italy Maxim Iglinskiy KAZ 08/05 – 08/15 Volta a Portugal Portugal Hors Catégorie Vladimir Efimkin RUS 08/06 Giro del Lazio Italy Hors Catégorie Filippo Pozzato ITA 08/07 Sparkassen Giro Bochum Germany Lubor Tesar CZE 08/07 – 08/10 Tour de l'Ain France Carl Naibo FRA 08/07 – 08/11 Vuelta a Burgos Spain Hors Catégorie Juan Carlos Domínguez ESP 08/09 2 Giorni Marchigiana – GP Fred Mengoni Italy Luca Mazzanti ITA 08/10 2 Giorni Marchigiana – Trofeo Città' di Castelfidardo Italy Murilo Fischer BRA 08/10 – 08/14 Regio-Tour Germany Nico Sijmens BEL 08/13 Clásica de San Sebastián Spain ProTour Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez ESP 08/13 TEAG Hainleite Germany Bert Grabsch GER 08/14 Memoriał Henryka Łasaka Poland Marek Maciejewski POL 08/14 Urkiola Igoera – Subida Urkiola Spain Joaquín Rodríguez Oliver ESP 08/15 – 08/23 Deutschland Tour Germany ProTour Levi Leipheimer United States 08/16 Tre Valli Varesine Italy Hors Catégorie Stefano Garzelli ITA 08/16 – 08/19 Tour du Limousin France Sébastien Joly FRA 08/17 Coppa Agostoni Italy Paolo Valoti ITA 08/18 Coppa Bernocchi Italy Danilo Napolitano ITA 08/20 Giro del Veneto Italy Hors Catégorie Eddy Mazzoleni ITA 08/20 Tour de Rijke The Netherlands Stefan Van Dijk NED 08/21 Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre Trophée Fenioux France Jimmy Casper FRA 08/21 Clasica Ciclista los Puertos Spain Xabier Zandio ESP 08/21 USPRO National Criterium Championships United States Tyler Farrar United States 08/23 GP Stad Zottegem Belgium Thomas Dekker NED 08/23 – 08/26 Tour du Poitou-Charentes France Sylvain Chavanel FRA 08/24 Druivenkoers – Overijse Belgium Leonardo Duque COL 08/24 GP Nobili Rubinetterie – Borgomanero Italy Damiano Cunego ITA 08/25 GP Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese Italy Simon Gerrans AUS 08/28 GP Ouest France – Plouay France ProTour George Hincapie United States 08/27 – 09/18 Vuelta a España Spain ProTour Denis Menchov RUS 08/30 Schaal Sels – Merksem Belgium Marcin Sapa POL 08/30 – 09/04 Tour of Britain United Kingdom Nick Nuyens BEL 08/31 – 09/04 Internationale Hessen-Rundfahrt Germany Cezary Zamana POL September Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 09/01 Trofeo Melinda Italy Damiano Cunego ITA 09/01 – 09/10 Tour de l'Avenir France Lars Bak DEN 09/03 Coppa Placci Italy Hors Catégorie Paolo Valoti ITA 09/04 Giro della Romagna Italy Danilo Napolitano ITA 09/04 GP Jef Scherens Leuven Belgium Joost Posthuma NED 09/04 Barclay's Global Investors Grand Prix United States Hors Catégorie Fabian Wegmann GER 09/07 Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen Belgium Jean-Patrick Nazon FRA 09/10 Paris–Brussels Belgium Hors Catégorie Robbie McEwen AUS 09/11 Grand Prix de Fourmies – La Voix du Nord France Hors Catégorie Robbie McEwen AUS 09/11 Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt Germany Ronny Scholz GER 09/12 – 09/18 Tour de Pologne Poland ProTour Kim Kirchen LUX 09/14 GP de Wallonie Belgium Nick Nuyens BEL 09/16 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen Belgium Sergey Lagutin UZB 09/17 Gran Premio Città di Misano – Adriatico Italy Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno ARG 09/18 GP d'Isbergues France Niko Eeckhout BEL 09/18 GP Industria & Commercio di Prato Italy Murilo Fischer BRA 09/22 World Time Trial Championship Spain Time Trial Michael Rogers AUS 09/24 Delta Profronde The Netherlands Bram de Groot NTH 09/25 World Road Race Championship Spain ProTour Tom Boonen BEL 09/27 Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden Belgium Niko Eeckhout BEL 09/29 – 10/02 Circuit Franco-Belge Belgium Marco Zanotti ITA October Date Race Location Notes Winner Nationality 10/01 Memorial Cimurri Italy Murilo Fischer BRA 10/02 Züri-Metzgete Switzerland ProTour Paolo Bettini ITA 10/06 Coppa Sabatini Italy Alessandro Bertolini ITA 10/06 Paris–Bourges France Lars Ytting Bak DEN 10/08 Giro dell'Emilia Italy Hors Catégorie Gilberto Simoni ITA 10/09 Paris–Tours France ProTour Erik Zabel GER 10/09 GP Beghelli Italy Murilo Fischer BRA 10/11 Nationale Sluitingprijs – Putte-Kapellen Belgium Gert Steegmans BEL 10/13 Giro del Piemonte Italy Hors Catégorie Murilo Fischer BRA 10/15 Giro di Lombardia Italy ProTour Paolo Bettini ITA November – December No major races. Final rankings ProTour Rank Rider Nationality Team Nationality Notes Points 1 Danilo Di Luca ITA Liquigas-Bianchi ITA 229 2 Tom Boonen BEL Quick Step BEL 171 3 Davide Rebellin ITA Gerolsteiner GER 151 4 Jan Ullrich GER T-Mobile GER 140 5 Lance Armstrong United States Discovery Channel United States 139 Continental Circuits Circuit Winner Nationality Team Nationality Notes Points Africa Tiaan Kannemeyer RSA Team Barloworld-Valsir GBR 163 America Edgardo Simón ARG Selle Italia COL 238 Asia Andrey Mizurov KAZ Capec KAZ 213 Europe Murilo Fischer BRA Naturini-Sapore Di Mare ITA 748 Oceania Robert McLachlan AUS MG XPower AUS 85 See also Road bicycle racing UCI Continental Circuits UCI ProTour List of men's road bicycle races References Robert Garbutt 2005 Cycle Sport IPC Country & Leisure Media London 0969-2576 Robert Garbutt 2005 Cycling Weekly IPC Country & Leisure Media London 0011-4316 Jeremy Whittle 2005 Procycling Cabal Communications London 1465-7198 External links Cyclingnews.com Road Calendar 2005 Giro d'Italia  Tour de France  UCI ProTour  UCI World Road Championships  https://web.archive.org/web/20201121141610/https://www.mundialmadrid2005.com/ 2020-11-21 Union Cycliste Internationale  Vuelta a España  Category:Men's road cycling by year