2005 in road cycling |
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List of men's road bicycle races |
List of women's road bicycle races |
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.
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
No major races.
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 |
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 |
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