Paris – Nice 2005

Final score
winner	Bobby Julich	22: 32: 13h
2.	Alejandro Valverde	+0: ​​10 min
3.	Constantino Zaballa	+0: ​​19 min
4th	Jens Voigt	+0: ​​44 min
5.	Jörg Jaksche	+0: ​​45 min
6th	Franco Pellizotti	+0: ​​49 min
7th	Frank Schleck	+0: ​​58 min
8th.	Cadel Evans	+0: ​​58 min
9.	José Ángel Gómez	+1: 20 min
10.	Davide rebel	+1: 21 min
Scoring	Jens Voigt	94 P.
2.	Erik Dekker	70 p.
3.	Alejandro Valverde	68 P.
Mountain scoring	David Moncoutié	58 P.
2.	Jörg Ludewig	28 p.
3.	Óscar Pereiro	19 p.
Young talent evaluation	Alejandro Valverde	22:32:23 h
2.	Frank Schleck	+ 0:48 min
3.	José Ángel Gómez	+ 1:10 min
Team evaluation	Team CSC	67:38:08 h
2.	Saunier Duval-Prodir	+ 0:17 min
3.	Liberty Seguros-Würth	+ 1:50 min

The 63rd Paris – Nice cycle race took place from March 6th to 13th, 2005. It was held in a prologue and seven stages over a distance of 951.5 kilometers. Originally the course was supposed to be longer, but some stages have been shortened due to bad weather.

94 of the 168 starters reached the finish in Nice . As the only professional continental team was AG2R invited.

The queen's stage led to the city of Toulon on the Mediterranean coast on March 11th . From there, the ascent to the 584 meter high Mont Faron had to be tackled. The Italian Gilberto Simoni secured the stage win single-handedly ahead of Cadel Evans and David Moncoutié .

Stages

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
prolog	6th March	Issy-les-Moulineaux	4 ( EZF )	Jens Voigt	Jens Voigt
1st stage	7th March	Étampes - Chalbris	186.5	Tom Boonen	Erik Dekker
2nd stage	8th of March	La Châtre - Thiers	46.5	Tom Boonen	Tom Boonen
3rd stage	9th March	Thiers - Craponne-sur-Arzone	118	Vicente Reynés	Tom Boonen
4th stage	March 10th	Le Chambon-sur-Lignon - Montélimar	105	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara
5th stage	March 11	Rognes - Toulon	172.5	Gilberto Simoni	Bobby Julich
6th stage	March 12th	Le Craus - Cannes	184	Joost Posthuma	Bobby Julich
7th stage	March 13th	Nice - Nice	135	Alejandro Valverde	Bobby Julich

Web links

• Paris – Nice 2005 in the Radsportseiten.net database