2005 Tour of Britain

The 2005 edition of the Tour of Britain stage race was run as a UCI 2.1 category in six stages starting in Glasgow on 30 August and finishing in London on 4 September:

Stage 3 of the 2005 race passing through Honley, near Huddersfield
Final stage: view of the peloton
Final stage: peloton rounding a corner in Westminster
Final stage:
Final stage:

Stages

Prelude

29 August: Glasgow

Mass participation ride followed by Glasgow criterium stage part of the Elite Circuit series.[1]

Stage 1

30 August: Glasgow to Castle Douglas, 185 km (115 mi)
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Nick Nuyens  BelgiumQST4h 24' 32"
2Michael Blaudzun  DenmarkCSC+ 0' 02"
3Jeremy Hunt  United KingdomMRB+ 0' 03"

Stage 2

31 August: Carlisle to Blackpool, 160 km (99 mi)
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Roger Hammond  United KingdomGBR3h 58' 48"
2Robin Sharman  United KingdomREC+ 0' 05"
3Mark Cavendish  United KingdomGBR+ 0' 10"

Stage 3

1 September: Leeds to Sheffield, 160 km (99 mi)
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Luca Paolini  ItalyQST4h 27' 24"
2Bram Schmitz  NetherlandsTMOs.t.
3Russell Downing  United KingdomREC+ 0' 02"

Stage 4

2 September: Buxton to Nottingham, 195 km (121 mi)
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Serguei Ivanov  RussiaTMO4h 24' 17"
2Evan Oliphant  United KingdomSCOs.t.
3Kazuo Inoue  JapanBGTs.t.

Stage 5

3 September: Birmingham ITT, 4 km (2.5 mi)
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Nick Nuyens  BelgiumQST4' 54.06"
2Kurt Asle Arvesen  NorwayCSC+ 0.75"
3Michael Blaudzun  DenmarkCSC+ 1.21"

Final Stage (6)

4 September: London – London, 64 km (40 mi)
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Luca Paolini  ItalyQST1h 30' 54"
2Enrico Degano  ItalyTBLs.t.
3Roger Hammond  United KingdomGBRs.t.

References