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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = Tour of Flanders
| image              = Ronde van Vlaanderen-2005 poster.png
| image_caption      =Poster for the events in starting place [[Bruges]] 
| image_size         = 
| series             = [[2005 UCI ProTour]]
| race_no            = 4
| season_no          = 29
| date               = 3 April 2005
| stages             = 1
| distance           = 256
| unit               = km
| time               = 6h 22'
| speed              = 40.208
| first              = [[Tom Boonen]]
| first_nat          = BEL
| first_natvar       =
| first_team         = [[Quick Step - Innergetic]]
| second             = [[Andreas Klier]]
| second_nat         = GER
| second_natvar      =
| second_team        = [[HTC–Highroad|T-Mobile Team]]
| third              = [[Peter Van Petegem]]
| third_nat          = BEL
| third_natvar       =
| third_team         = [[Lotto-Domo]]
| previous           = [[2003 Tour of Flanders|2004]]
| next               = [[2006 Tour of Flanders|2006]]
}}The 89th edition of the [[Tour of Flanders (men's race)|Tour of Flanders]] [[cycling classic]] saw the emergence of [[Tom Boonen]] in the Flemish classics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2019 |title=Report 2005 Ronde van Vlaanderen |url=https://sporza.be/nl/2019/04/04/2005-tom-boonen/ |website=[[Sporza]] |language=nl}}</ref>

== Race overview ==
This edition was run under clear skies and good weather. Even past the feared [[Muur van Geraardsbergen]] there were still a handful of riders in the front group: favorites [[Tom Boonen]] (Quick Step-Innergetic) and [[Peter Van Petegem]] (Davitamon-Lotto), [[Erik Zabel]] and [[Andreas Klier]] (T-Mobile), [[Roberto Petito]] (Fassa Bortolo), and [[Alessandro Ballan]] (Lampre). Klier set the tempo to keep the group together for a final sprint, hoping for Zabel to win.

Given Boonen's reputation as a [[cycling sprinter|sprinter]], he surprised his adversaries by launching a solo attack in the run-in to the finish to counter van Petegem's attack, after the [[Bosberg]] climb. Despite being chased by the two T-Mobile riders, he managed to take a solo win to [[Meerbeke]].

==General standings==
[[File:Tenbosse.jpg|thumb|260px|Tenbosse street in [[Nederbrakel]] during the 2005 Tour of Flanders]]
;3 April 2005, Brugge-Meerbeke, 256&nbsp;km.:

{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#ccccff;"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|'''{{flagathlete|[[Tom Boonen]]|BEL}}'''
|'''{{UCI team code|QST|2005}}'''
|align=right|'''6h 22' 00"'''
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Andreas Klier]]|GER}}
|{{UCI team code|THR|2005}}
|align=right| + 35"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Peter van Petegem]]|BEL}}
|{{UCI team code|OLO|2005}}
|align=right| + 40"
|-
|'''4'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Erik Zabel]]|GER}}
|{{UCI team code|THR|2005}}
|align=right| + 40"
|-
|'''5'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Roberto Petito]]|ITA}}
|[[Fassa Bortolo]]
|align=right| + 40"
|-
|'''6'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Ballan]]|ITA}}
|{{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}
|align=right| + 40"
|-
|'''7'''
|{{flagathlete|[[George Hincapie]]|USA}}
|{{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}
|align=right| + 1' 42"
|-
|'''8'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Léon van Bon]]|NED}}
|{{UCI team code|OLO|2005}}
|align=right| + 1' 42"
|-
|'''9'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Sergei Valeryevich Ivanov|Sergei Ivanov]]|RUS}}
|{{UCI team code|THR|2005}}
|align=right| + 1' 42"
|-
|'''10'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Vladimir Gusev (cyclist)|Vladimir Gusev]]|RUS}}
|{{UCI team code|SAX|2005}}
|align=right| + 1' 42"
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rvv.be/ Race website]

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{{Tour of Flanders winners}}

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