2005 Tour of the Basque Country

Race details
Dates	4–8 April 2005
Stages	5
Distance	743.3[1] km (461.9 mi)
Winning time	18h 13' 53"
Results
Winner  Danilo Di Luca (ITA) (Liquigas–Bianchi)   Second  Davide Rebellin (ITA) (Gerolsteiner)   Third  Alberto Contador (ESP) (Liberty Seguros–Würth)
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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.^[2] 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, 133 km (83 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)	Liquigas–Bianchi	3h 10' 51"
2	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP)	Phonak	s.t.
3	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.

Stage 2

5 April 2005 - Zarautz to Trapagaran, 166 km (103 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	David Moncoutié (FRA)	Cofidis	3h 52' 56"
2	Aitor Osa (ESP)	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1"
3	Davide Rebellin (ITA)	Gerolsteiner	+ 3"

Stage 3

6 April 2005 - Ortuella to Gasteiz, 176 km (109 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne	4h 19' 09"
2	Giovanni Lombardi (ITA)	Team CSC	s.t.
3	Björn Leukemans (BEL)	Davitamon–Lotto	s.t.

Stage 4

7 April 2005 - Gasteiz to Alsasua, 167 km (104 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne	4h 12' 05"
2	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)	Liquigas–Bianchi	s.t.
3	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero (ESP)	Phonak	s.t.

Stage 5a

8 April 2005 - Alsasua to Arantzazu, 93 km (58 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Jens Voigt (GER)	Team CSC	2h 23' 24"
2	David Blanco (ESP)	Comunidad Valenciana–Elche	+ 1' 15"
3	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)	Liquigas–Bianchi	+ 1' 34"

Stage 5b

8 April 2005 - Oñati, 9.3 km (5.8 mi) (ITT)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Liberty Seguros–Würth	13' 43"
2	Bobby Julich (USA)	Team CSC	+ 5"
3	Davide Rebellin (ITA)	Gerolsteiner	+ 8"

General standings

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)	Liquigas–Bianchi	18h 13' 53"
2	Davide Rebellin (ITA)	Gerolsteiner	+ 3"
3	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Liberty Seguros–Würth	+ 11"
4	Aitor Osa (ESP)	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne	+ 14"
5	Bobby Julich (USA)	Team CSC	+ 18"
6	Óscar Pereiro (ESP)	Phonak	+ 24"
7	Michael Boogerd (NED)	Rabobank	+ 25"
8	Michael Rogers (AUS)	Quick-Step–Innergetic	+ 26"
9	Damiano Cunego (ITA)	Lampre–Caffita	+ 27"
10	Ricardo Serrano (ESP)	Kaiku	+ 29"

Mountains classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	David Latasa (ESP)	Comunidad Valenciana–Elche

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Liberty Seguros–Würth

Best team

References

External links

• Race website