2005 Tour Down Under
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| Dates | 18—23 January | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 16h 45' 44" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Tour Down Under was the seventh edition of the Tour Down Under stage race. It took place from 18 January to 23 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. This particular edition was won by Luis León Sánchez, who rode for the Libery Seguros-Würth[1]
Stages[]
Stage 1[]
18 January 2005 – Adelaide - Adelaide, 50 km
Stage and General Classification after Stage 1
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Robbie McEwen (AUS)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | 1h 00' 45" |
| 2 | Allan Davis (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | s.t. |
| 3 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
|
Cofidis | s.t. |
| 4 | Baden Cooke (AUS)
|
Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 5 |  Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (ARG)
|
s.t. | |
| 6 |  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)
|
AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. |
| 7 | Aaron Kemps (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | s.t. |
| 8 |  Giosuè Bonomi (ITA)
|
Lampre–Caffita | s.t. |
| 9 |  Dimitri De Fauw (BEL)
|
Quick-Step–Innergetic | s.t. |
| 10 | Gene Bates (AUS)
|
Team UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
Stage 2[]
19 January 2005 – Salisbury to Tanunda, 150 km
Stage 2 Result
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie McEwen (AUS)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | 3h 43' 28" |
| 2 | Paride Grillo (ITA)
|
Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 3 | Allan Davis (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | s.t. |
| 4 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
|
Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 |  Erki Pütsep (EST)
|
AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. |
| 6 | Mark Renshaw (AUS)
|
Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 7 | Samuele Marzoli (ITA)
|
Lampre–Caffita | s.t. |
| 8 | Hilton Clarke (AUS)
|
UnitedHealthCare | s.t. |
| 9 | Giosuè Bonomi (ITA)
|
Lampre–Caffita | s.t. |
| 10 | (AUS)
|
Team UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
Stage 3[]
20 January 2005 – Glenelg to Victor Harbor, 139 km
Stage 3 Result
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 3h 19' 39" |
| 2 | Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | s.t. |
| 3 | Gene Bates (AUS)
|
Team UniSA-Australia | + 16" |
| 4 | Robert McLachlan (AUS)
|
Team UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
| 5 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | s.t. |
| 6 | Allan Davis (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | + 18" |
| 7 | Paride Grillo (ITA)
|
Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 8 | Mark Renshaw (AUS)
|
Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 9 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
|
Cofidis | s.t. |
| 10 | Simon Gerrans (AUS)
|
AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. |
Stage 4[]
21 January 2005 – Unley to Hahndorf, 152 km
Stage 4 Result
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matthew White (AUS)
|
Cofidis | 3h 35' 00" |
| 2 | Robbie McEwen (AUS)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | s.t. |
| 3 | Sébastien Joly (FRA)
|
Crédit Agricole | + 2" |
| 4 | Frederic Finot (FRA)
|
Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 5 | Fortunato Baliani (ITA)
|
Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | + 6" |
| 6 | Nicolas Portal (FRA)
|
AG2R Prévoyance | + 10" |
| 7 | Mark Renshaw (AUS)
|
Française des Jeux | + 3' 42" |
| 8 | Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA)
|
Cofidis | s.t. |
| 9 |  David Loosli (SUI)
|
Lampre–Caffita | s.t. |
| 10 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
|
Cofidis | s.t. |
Stage 5[]
22 January 2005 – Willunga to Willunga, 147 km
Stage 5 Result
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 1h 45' 29" |
| 2 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | s.t. |
| 3 | Allan Davis (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | + 22" |
| 4 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
|
Cofidis | + 25" |
| 5 | Javier Ramirez Abeja (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | s.t. |
| 6 | Simon Gerrans (AUS)
|
AG2R Prévoyance | + 36" |
| 7 | Cadel Evans (AUS)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | + 42" |
| 8 | Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | s.t. |
| 9 | Mark Renshaw (AUS)
|
Française des Jeux | + 50" |
| 10 | Mario Aerts (BEL)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | s.t. |
Stage 6[]
23 January 2005 – Adelaide to Adelaide, 81 km
Stage 6 Result
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie McEwen (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 3h 17' 51" |
| 2 | Paride Grillo (ITA)
|
Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 3 | Allan Davis (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | s.t. |
| 4 | Guillermo Bongiorno (ARG)
|
s.t. | |
| 5 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
|
Cofidis | s.t. |
| 6 | Erki Pütsep (EST)
|
AG2R Prévoyance | s.t. |
| 7 | Baden Cooke (AUS)
|
Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 8 | Giosuè Bonomi (ITA)
|
Lampre–Caffita | s.t. |
| 9 | Graeme Brown (AUS)
|
Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | s.t. |
| 10 | Sébastien Hinault (FRA)
|
Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
Final standings[]
General classification[]
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 16h 45' 44" |
| 2 | Allan Davis (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | + 33" |
| 3 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
|
Cofidis | + 47" |
| 4 | Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | + 48" |
| 5 | Javier Ramirez (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | + 50" |
| 6 | David McPartland (AUS)
|
Team UniSA-Australia | + 53" |
| 7 | Simon Gerrans (AUS)
|
AG2R Prévoyance | + 1' 04" |
| 8 | Paride Grillo (ITA)
|
Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | + 1' 10" |
| 9 | Mark Renshaw (AUS)
|
Française des Jeux | + 1' 18" |
| 10 | Robert McLachlan (AUS)
|
Team UniSA-Australia | s.t. |
Points Classification[]
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie McEwen (AUS)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | 54 |
| 2 | Paride Grillo (ITA)
|
Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | 32 |
| 3 | Allan Davis (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 32 |
| 4 | Gene Bates (AUS)
|
Team UniSA-Australia | 16 |
| 5 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 14 |
| 6 | Matt White (AUS)
|
Cofidis | 12 |
| 7 | Stuart O'Grady (AUS)
|
Cofidis | 12 |
| 8 | Mickael Delage (FRA)
|
Française des Jeux | 10 |
| 9 | Alberto Contador (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 8 |
| 10 | Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | 6 |
King of the Mountains classification[]
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gene Bates (AUS)
|
Team UniSA-Australia | 52 |
| 2 |  David O'Loughlin (IRL)
|
Navigators | 40 |
| 3 | Fortunato Baliani (ITA)
|
Ceramica Panaria–Navigare | 24 |
| 4 | Alberto Contador (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 22 |
| 5 | Mickael Delage (FRA)
|
Française des Jeux | 20 |
| 6 | Nicolas Portal (FRA)
|
AG2R Prévoyance | 16 |
| 7 | Johan Vansummeren (BEL)
|
Davitamon–Lotto | 12 |
| 8 |  Sergio Paulinho (POR)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 12 |
| 9 | David McKenzie (AUS)
|
United Water | 10 |
| 10 |  László Bodrogi (HUN)
|
Crédit Agricole | 10 |
Young Riders' classification[]
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | 14h 45′ 44" |
| 2 | Aaron Kemps (AUS)
|
Liberty Seguros-Würth | + 2′ 07" |
| 3 | Mickael Delage (FRA)
|
Française des Jeux | + 33′ 46" |
| 4 | Arnaud Gerard (FRA)
|
Française des Jeux | + 34′ 35" |
| 5 | Christopher Sutton (AUS)
|
United Water | + 38′ 49" |
References[]
- ^ "Tour Down Under 2005 - Australia - Classifications - Racespecial by CyclingFever.com - The International Cycling Social Network". Tdu.cyclingfever.com. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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