Vuelta al Táchira 2005
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Racing series | UCI America Tour - Category 2.2 |
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Competition period | 8-21 January 2005 |
Stages | 14th |
overall length | 1800 km |
Starting field | 130 from 5 nations in 15 teams (69 of them arrived at the finish) |
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Overall rating | 1. José Rujano 45:48:40 h 2. José Chacón + 1:48 min 3. Carlos Maya + 3:05 min![]() ![]() ![]() |
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The 40th Vuelta al Táchira took place from January 8 to 21, 2005 in Venezuela . The bike race was held in fourteen stages over a distance of 1800 kilometers. It belonged to the UCI America Tour 2005 and was classified in category 2.2.
Overall winner was the Venezuelan José Rujano from Selle Italia-Colombia ahead of his compatriots José Chacón and Carlos Maya (both Loteria del Táchira ). Rujano first captured the jersey on the sixth stage, only to lose it again to José Chacón. But in the time trial on the penultimate day he regained the overall lead and defended it on the final stage. Rujano also secured the mountain classification , while Chacón won the points classification . Rujano repeated his previous success at the Vuelta al Táchira with the victory.
Attendees
At the start were teams from Colombia , Cuba , Chile , Mexico and Venezuela , including two national teams. A total of fifteen teams took part.
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Stages
stage | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner |
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1. | January 8th | Maracaibo Street of July 5th Circuit | 136.5 |
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2. | January 9th | Maracaibo - Ciudad Ojeda | 137.7 |
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3. | 10. January | Valera circuit | 178.1 |
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4th | 11th January | Caja Seca - Tovar | 149 |
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5. | January 12th | San Josecito - San Juan de Colón | 149.4 |
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6th | 13th January | El Vigía - Mérida circuit | 121.2 |
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7th | January 14th | Santa Cruz de Mora - La Grita | 155.3 |
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8th. | 15. January | Seboruco - Cerro del Cristo Rey | 132.2 |
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9. | January 16 | San Cristóbal circuit | 115.2 |
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10. | January 17th | San Rafael de El Piñal - Santa Ana del Táchira | 176.8 |
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11. | January 18th | Rubio circuit | 128 |
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12. | January 19th | Táriba - San Juan de Colon | 120.2 |
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13. | January 20th | Individual time trial San Cristóbal | 22nd |
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14th | 21th January | Periceba - San Cristóbal | 131 |
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Web links
- Official website of the Vuelta al Táchira
- Results on ciclismo.8m.net
- Vuelta al Táchira 2005 in the database of Radsportseiten.net