2005 Tour of the Basque Country

The 2005 Tour of the Basque Country was the 45th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country cycle race and was held from 4 April to 8 April 2005. The race started in Zarautz and finished with an individual time trial in Oñati. The race was won by Danilo Di Luca of the Liquigas–Bianchi team.

Stages

Stage 1

4 April 2005 - Zarautz,

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	Liquigas–Bianchi	3h 10' 51"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Phonak	s.t.
3	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MOV	s.t.

Stage 2

5 April 2005 - Zarautz to Trapagaran,

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data COF	3h 52' 56"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MOV	+ 1"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Gerolsteiner	+ 3"

Stage 3

6 April 2005 - Ortuella to Gasteiz,

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MOV	4h 19' 09"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC	s.t.
3	Template:Flagathlete	Davitamon–Lotto	s.t.

Stage 4

7 April 2005 - Gasteiz to Alsasua,

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MOV	4h 12' 05"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Liquigas–Bianchi	s.t.
3	Template:Flagathlete	Phonak	s.t.

Stage 5a

8 April 2005 - Alsasua to Arantzazu,

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC	2h 23' 24"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Comunidad Valenciana–Elche	+ 1' 15"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Liquigas–Bianchi	+ 1' 34"

Stage 5b

8 April 2005 - Oñati, (ITT)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	Liberty Seguros–Würth	13' 43"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC	+ 5"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Gerolsteiner	+ 8"

General standings

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagathlete	Liquigas–Bianchi	18h 13' 53"
2	Template:Flagathlete	Gerolsteiner	+ 3"
3	Template:Flagathlete	Liberty Seguros–Würth	+ 11"
4	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data MOV	+ 14"
5	Template:Flagathlete	Team CSC	+ 18"
6	Template:Flagathlete	Phonak	+ 24"
7	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data RAB	+ 25"
8	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data QST	+ 26"
9	Template:Flagathlete	Template:Cycling data LAM	+ 27"
10	Template:Flagathlete	Kaiku	+ 29"

Mountains classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	Template:Flagathlete	Comunidad Valenciana–Elche

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	Template:Flagathlete	Liberty Seguros–Würth

Best team

	Team	Country
1	Liberty Seguros–Würth	Spain

External links

• Race website