2005 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20

Cycling race stages thumb|300px|alt=Map of Italy with the route of the 2005 Giro d'Italia|Route of the 2005 Giro d'Italia The 2005 Giro d'Italia was the 88th edition of the cycle race, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Giro began in Reggio Calabria with a prologue individual time trial on 7 May, and Stage 11 occurred on 19 May with a mountainous stage from Marostica. The race finished in Milan on 29 May. The winner of the race was Paolo Savoldelli. Stage 11 19 May 2005 — Marostica to Zoldo Alto, 150 km onhttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/ 88th Giro d'Italia - PT Cycling News 9 December 2017 Already one kilometer after the start, Benoît Joachim raced away from the field. After about 100 kilometers, shortly after the first mountain standing which Joachim won, he was captured by the field. Twenty-six 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. Stage 11 resulthttp://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro2005.html 2005 Giro D'Italia BikeRaceInfo 10 December 2017 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 4h 13' 43" 2 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2005 + 0" 3 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 21" 4 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 1' 01" 5 Daniel Atienza ESP COF 2005 + 1' 50" General Classification after stage 11 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2005 49h 05' 20" 2 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 + 18" 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 1' 04" 4 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 2' 27" 5 Serhiy Honchar UKR DVE 2005 + 3' 45" Stage 12 20 May 2005 — Alleghe to Rovereto, 178 km on Alessandro Petacchi'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 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA FAS 2005 4h 50" 00' 2 Paride Grillo ITA PAN 2005 + 0" 3 Isaac Gálvez ESP MOV 2005b + 0" 4 Robert Forster GER GST 2005 + 0" 5 Jaan Kirsipuu EST C.A 2005 + 0"General Classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2005 53h 55" 20' 2 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 + 18" 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 1' 04" 4 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 2' 27" 5 Serhiy Honchar UKR DVE 2005 + 3' 45" Stage 13 21 May 2005 — Mezzocorona to Urtijëi, 217 km on Colombian 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. Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Iván Parra COL CLM 2005 6h 31' 34" 2 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP SDV 2005 + 23" 3 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 23" 4 Pietro Caucchioli ITA C.A 2005 + 27" 5 Tadej Valjavec SLO PHO 2005 + 1' 46"General Classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 60h 31' 12" 2 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2005 + 50" 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 53" 4 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 2' 16" 5 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 2' 39" Stage 14 22 May 2005 — Neumarkt to Livigno, 210 km on It was in this stage that Ivan Basso'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 and 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, scored an impressive Dolomiti double. Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Iván Parra COL CLM 2005 6h 46' 33" 2 Tadej Valjavec SLO PHO 2005 + 1' 50" 3 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 1' 50" 4 Unai Osa Eizaguirre ESP MOV 2005b + 2' 51" 5 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 3' 15"General Classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 67h 21' 28" 2 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 25" 3 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 1' 48" 4 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 2' 11" 5 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 2' 18" Stage 15 23 May 2005 — Villa di Tirano to Lissone, 207 km on 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 Petacchi, 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. Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA FAS 2005 3h 32' 41" 2 Erik Zabel GER TMO 2005 + 0" 3 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2005 + 0" 4 Simone Cadamuro ITA DVE 2005 + 0" 5 Marco Velo ITA FAS 2005 + 0"General Classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 70h 54' 09" 2 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 25" 3 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 1' 48" 4 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 2' 11" 5 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 2' 18" Stage 16 25 May 2005 — Lissone to Varazze, 210 km on 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 Agricole rider Christophe Le Mével, who outpowered his fellow breakaways to notch up his first pro victory. Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Christophe Le Mével FRA C.A 2005 4h 50' 51" 2 Christophe Brandt BEL DVL 2005 + 9" 3 Alessandro Vanotti ITA DVE 2005 + 16" 4 Dimitri Fofonov KAZ COF 2005 + 16" 5 Fränk Schleck LUX CSC 2005 + 16"General Classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 76h 07' 16" 2 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 25" 3 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 1' 48" 4 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 2' 11" 5 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 2' 18" Stage 17 26 May 2005 — Varazze to Limone Piemonte, 194 km on Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2005 5h 15' 46" 2 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 1' 06" 3 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 1' 06" 4 Wim Van Huffel BEL DVL 2005 + 1' 32" 5 Iván Parra COL CLM 2005 + 1' 48"General Classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 81h 24' 50" 2 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 58" 3 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 1' 24" 4 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 1' 36" 5 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 2' 11" Stage 18 27 May 2005 — Chieri to Turin, 31 km on (ITT) Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Ivan Basso ITA CSC 2005 45' 05" 2 Vladimir Karpets RUS MOV 2005b + 9" 3 David Zabriskie USA CSC 2005 + 20" 4 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 + 23" 5 Dario Cioni ITA LIQ 2005 + 28"General Classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 82h 10' 18" 2 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 2' 09" 3 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 3' 00" 4 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 3' 08" 5 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 3' 13" Stage 19 28 May 2005 — Savigliano to Sestriere, 190 km on Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 5h 49' 30" 2 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 26" 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 1' 37" 4 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 1' 53" 5 Wim Van Huffel BEL DVL 2005 + 1' 55"General Classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 88h 01' 43" 2 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 28" 3 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 45" 4 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 2' 42" 5 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 3' 11" Stage 20 29 May 2005 — Albese con Cassano to Milan, 121 km on Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA FAS 2005 3h 24' 08" 2 Erik Zabel GER TMO 2005 + 0" 3 Robert Forster GER GST 2005 + 0" 4 Mirco Lorenzetto ITA DVE 2005 + 0" 5 Marco Velo ITA DVE 2005 + 0"General Classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 Paolo Savoldelli ITA DSC 2005 91h 25' 51" 2 Gilberto Simoni ITA LAM 2005 + 28" 3 José Rujano VEN CLM 2005 + 45" 4 Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2005 + 2' 42" 5 Juan Manuel Garate ESP SDV 2005 + 3' 11" References 2005 Giro d'Italia P 10 11 20 Category:2005 Giro d'Italia Category:Giro d'Italia stages