Germany Tour 2005

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Final result after the 9th stage
winner Levi Leipheimer 37:24:25 h
(40.893 km / h)
Second Jan Ullrich + 0:31 min
Third Georg Totschnig + 1:23 min
Fourth Jörg Jaksche + 1:29 min
fifth Cadel Evans + 1:53 min
Sixth Tadej Valjavec + 3:53 min
seventh Fabian Jeker + 4:26 min
Eighth Marzio Bruseghin + 5:07 min
Ninth Saul Raisin + 6:03 min
Tenth Patrik Sinkewitz + 6:30 min
Scoring Daniele Bennati 101 P.
Second Jörg Jaksche 60 p.
Third Levi Leipheimer 54 P.
Mountain scoring Levi Leipheimer 25 p.
Second Cadel Evans 22 p.
Third Markus Fothen 21 p.
Team evaluation Liberty Seguros-Würth 112: 33: 56 h
Second Team Gerolsteiner + 3:40 min
Third Davitamon Lotto + 7:49 min

The 7th Germany Tour took place from August 15th to 23rd, 2005 . It was held in nine stages over a distance of 1,529.7 kilometers.

With the newly created UCI ProTour , the tour no longer started at the beginning of June, but in the middle of August. In addition, the tour was extended by two more stages to make the race more attractive.

From August 17, there was a general event accompanying the Deutschland Tour : The Giant Tour ran over seven stages - each between 30 and 105 kilometers had to be mastered.

course

The most difficult stage was that from Kufstein to Sölden , the route of which lay entirely in Austria . After crossing the Kühtai (2,017 m), the final ascent was 10% steep on average from Sölden to the Rettenbachferner . The target was at an altitude of 2,684 meters; this was also the highest mountain finish of the UCI ProTour 2005 . Other difficult sections were the fifth stage with the Arlbergpass (1,793 m), as well as the seventh stage with the Notschrei (1,119 m) and the mountain arrival on the Feldberg (1,280 m).

Already on the first stage Bram Tankink reached the finish as a soloist and secured the yellow jersey. The sprinters Filippo Pozzato and Daniele Bennati were able to decide in their favor on the following stages . On the fourth stage, the American Levi Leipheimer from the Gerolsteiner team laid the foundation for his overall victory when he was able to break away from his teammates Georg Totschnig and Jan Ullrich on the final climb, the Rettenbachferner , and won. On the next two stages Bennati again won the sprint of the main field and Maxim Iglinski with a breakaway attempt. On the seventh stage up to the Feldberg, Leipheimer manifested his top position. In the following individual time trial Ullrich was able to beat Leipheimer for the first time, but his lead of 55 seconds was not enough to snatch victory from him. As it turned out later, Ullrich won despite a wrongly mounted front wheel. Bennati won for the third time on the final stage.

Stages

Levi Leipheimer in the individual time trial
stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall first
1st stage 15th of August Altenburg - Plauen 164.2 Bram Tankink Bram Tankink
2nd stage August 16 Pegnitz - Bodenmais 199.3 Filippo Pozzato Bram Tankink
3rd stage 17th August Bodenmais - Kufstein ( AUT ) 227.3 Daniele Bennati Bram Tankink
4th stage 18th of August Kufstein - Sölden ( Rettenbachferner ) (AUT) 171.6 Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer
5th stage August 19th Sölden - Friedrichshafen 219.2 Daniele Bennati Levi Leipheimer
6th stage 20th of August Friedrichshafen - Singing 171.3 Maxim Iglinski Levi Leipheimer
7th stage August 21 Singing - Feldberg 177.7 Cadel Evans Levi Leipheimer
8th stage August 22nd Ludwigshafen - Weinheim 31.1 ( EZF ) Jan Ullrich Levi Leipheimer
9th stage August 23 Bad Kreuznach - Bonn 168.0 Daniele Bennati Levi Leipheimer

Stage details

1st stage

2nd stage

3rd stage

4th stage

5th stage

6th stage

7th stage

8th stage

Before the individual time trial at the Germany Tour 2005

9th stage

Web links

Commons : Deutschland Tour 2005  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Leipheimer accepts USADA sanction following doping admission. cyclingnews.com, October 11, 2012, accessed July 23, 2013 .
  2. ↑ radsport-news.com from February 9, 2012: Two-year doping ban against Ullrich