 Overview of the stages: route from Reggio di Calabria to Milan covered by the riders on the bicycle (red) and distances between stages (green). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 7 – 29 May 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 20 + Prologue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,447.15 km (2,142 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 91h 25’ 51” | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2005 Giro d'Italia was the 88th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Reggio Calabria with a 1.15 km (0.7 mi) prologue. The race came to a close with a 119 km (73.9 mi) mass-start road stage that stretched from Albese con Cassano to Milan. Twenty two teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Paolo Savoldelli of the Discovery Channel team.[1] Second and third were the Italian Gilberto Simoni and Venezuelan José Rujano.[1]
Five riders led the race over eight occasions before Savoldelli gained the lead after the Giro's thirteenth stage.[2][3] The Giro was first led by Australian Brett Lancaster, who won the race's opening prologue.[4] He lost the lead the next day to Paolo Bettini,[5] who gained the race lead three separate times before Savoldelli took over.[3] Ivan Basso was the leader of the race for two days, before he lost the lead to Savoldelli who then held that lead until the race's conclusion.[3]
Having previously won the general classification in 2002, Savoldelli became the nineteenth rider to repeat as winner of the Giro d'Italia.[1] Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Paolo Bettini of the Quick-Step–Innergetic team won the points classification, Selle Italia Colombia rider José Rujano won the mountains classification, and Italian Stefano Zanini won the intergiro classification.[1] Liquigas–Bianchi finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty-two teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time.[1] The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by Davitamon–Lotto.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f Anthony Tan (2005-05-29). "Salvation for Savoldelli". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 2012-09-26.
- ^ Tim Maloney (2005-05-21). "Il Falco flies again: super Savoldelli soars to maglia rosa". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ a b c Bill and Carol McGann (2005-05-29). "2005 Giro d'Italia". Bike Race Info. Dog Ear Publishing. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ Tim Maloney (2005-05-07). "Big Bird Lancaster soars to Giro prologue win". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 2012-09-30.
- ^ Tim Maloney (2005-05-08). "The return of golden boy: Paolo Bettini takes stage and maglia rosa". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 2012-09-30.