Giro d'Italia 2005
| Final result after the 20th stage | ||
| winner | Paolo Savoldelli | 91:25:51 h (37.855 km / h) |
| Second | Gilberto Simoni | + 0:28 min |
| Third | José Rujano | + 0:45 min |
| Fourth | Danilo Di Luca | + 2:42 min |
| fifth | Juan Manuel Gárate | + 3:11 min |
| Sixth | Serhiy Honchar | + 4:22 min |
| seventh | Vladimir Karpez | + 11:15 min |
| Eighth | Pietro Caucchioli | + 11:38 min |
| Ninth | Marzio Bruseghin | + 11:40 min |
| Tenth | Emanuele Sella | + 12:33 min |
| Scoring | Paolo Bettini | 162 P. |
| Second | Alessandro Petacchi | 154 P. |
| Third | Danilo Di Luca | 136 P. |
| Mountain scoring | José Rujano | 143 P. |
| Second | Iván Parra | 57 P. |
| Third | Gilberto Simoni | 45 p. |
| Team evaluation | Liquigas-Bianchi | 274: 42: 31 h |
| Second | Crédit Agricole | + 24:28 min |
| Third | Lampre caffita | + 28:21 min |
The 88th Giro d'Italia took place from May 7th to 29th, 2005 . It consisted of a prologue and 20 stages with a total length of 3440 kilometers (3498 km were planned).
The prologue in Reggio Calabria was the shortest ever: it was only 1150 meters long and was won by Brett Lancaster with a margin of 29 hundredths of a second. The first half of the Giro was characterized by flat to slightly hilly stages. Paolo Bettini and Danilo di Luca fought an exciting duel for the Maglia Rosa ; only a few seconds separated the two.
After the 11th stage up to Zoldo Alto , Ivan Basso , the most-cited favorite for the Giro victory, was able to put himself at the top of the overall classification, but he was only 18 seconds ahead of Paolo Savoldelli . After the 13th stage, Savoldelli was back in front. Basso complained of a slight stomach ache and lost a little more than a minute. In the difficult 14th stage (including the Stilfser Joch ), Basso had a pitch-black day; the stomach ache had gotten worse. Basso lost no less than 42 minutes to the stage winner and fell far behind in the overall standings.
Due to bad weather in the Livigno region , the 15th stage had to be shortened from 205 to 147 kilometers. This also shortened the total distance from the originally planned 3498 kilometers to 3440 kilometers. In the meantime, Ivan Basso had recovered and won the mountain stage to Limone Piemonte and the individual time trial to Turin . Before the 19th stage everything seemed already decided: Savoldelli was 2:09 minutes ahead of Gilberto Simoni and 3:00 minutes ahead of José Rujano . On the climb up to Sestriere Savoldelli could not keep up with the two and fell back. In the end he saved a lead of 28 and 45 seconds respectively.
Stages
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* Shortened due to bad weather, 205 kilometers were planned
Web links
- Giro d'Italia 2005 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
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