2005 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21

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Stage results and recaps of the 2005 Tour de France from Stage 12 to Stage 21.

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[edit] Stage 12 (July 14th): Briançon - Digne-les-Bains (187 km)

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 David Moncoutié  France Cofidis 4h 20'06"
(43.137 km/h)
2 Sandy Casar  France Française des Jeux 57"
3 Ángel Vicioso  Spain Liberty Seguros-Würth 57"
4 Patrice Halgand  France Crédit Agricole 57"
5 José Luis Arrieta  Spain Illes Balears 57"
6 Franco Pellizotti  Italy Liquigas-Bianchi 57"
7 Axel Merckx  Belgium Davitamon-Lotto 57"
8 Juan Manuel Gárate  Spain Saunier Duval-Prodir 57"
9 Thor Hushovd  Norway Crédit Agricole 3'15"
10 Stuart O'Grady  Australia Cofidis 3'15"

This Bastille Day stage saw a large breakaway with thirteen riders (top-ten plus Giunti Massimo, Stephan Schreck and Giovanni Lombardi) that gained over four minutes on the peloton. Included were the cycling sprinters Thor Hushovd and Stuart O'Grady. The escape was disorganised, with mostly Axel Merckx trying to set the pace and organise. On the Col du Corobin it was Merckx 's task to throw the sprinters off to minimize Robbie McEwen's green jersey point loss. At the same time Davitamon-Lotto in the peloton chased the sprinters. Sandy Casar escaped first on the ascent to the Col du Corobin, but is caught again. David Moncoutié tried next and manages around a 30" lead. Despite the rest chasing him he is holding them off. Moncoutié follows Richard Virenque's National Holiday stage win of last year.

[edit] Stage 13 (July 15th): Miramas - Montpellier (173.5 km)

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Robbie McEwen  Australia Davitamon-Lotto 3h 43'14"
(46.632 km/h)
2 Stuart O'Grady  Australia Cofidis s.t."
3 Fred Rodriguez  United States Davitamon-Lotto s.t."
4 Guido Trenti  United States Quick-Step s.t."
5 Thor Hushovd  Norway Crédit Agricole s.t."
6 Anthony Geslin  France Bouygues Télécom s.t."
7 Robert Förster  Germany Gerolsteiner s.t."
8 Magnus Bäckstedt  Sweden Liquigas-Bianchi s.t."
9 Gianluca Bortolami  Italy Lampre-Caffita s.t."
10 Chris Horner  United States Saunier Duval-Prodir s.t."

[edit] Stage 14 (July 16th): Agde - Ax-3 Domaines (220.5 km)

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Georg Totschnig  Austria Gerolsteiner 5h 43'43"
(38.491 km/h)
2 Lance Armstrong  United States Discovery Channel 56"
3 Ivan Basso  Italy Team CSC 58"
4 Jan Ullrich  Germany T-Mobile 1'16"
5 Levi Leipheimer  United States Gerolsteiner 1'31"
6 Floyd Landis  United States Phonak 1'31"
7 Francisco Mancebo  Spain Illes Balears 1'47"
8 Michael Rasmussen  Denmark Rabobank 1'47"
9 Andreas Klöden  Germany T-Mobile 2'06"
10 Haimar Zubeldia  Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi 2'20"

[edit] Stage 15 (July 17th): Lézat-sur-Lèze - Saint-Lary Soulan (Pla d'Adet) (205.5 km)

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 George Hincapie  United States Discovery Channel 6h 06'38"
(33.360 km/h)
2 Óscar Pereiro  Spain Phonak 6"
3 Pietro Caucchioli  Italy Crédit Agricole 38"
4 Michael Boogerd  Netherlands Rabobank 57"
5 Laurent Brochard  France Bouygues Télécom 2'19"
6 Ivan Basso  Italy Team CSC 5'04"
7 Lance Armstrong  United States Discovery Channel 5'04"
8 Oscar Sevilla  Spain T-Mobile 6'28"
9 Jan Ullrich  Germany T-Mobile 6'28"
10 Michael Rasmussen  Denmark Rabobank 6'32"

Stage 15 recap

[edit] Stage 16 (July 19th): Mourenx - Pau (180.5 km)

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Óscar Pereiro  Spain Phonak 4h 38' 40"
(38.863 km/h)
2 Xabier Zandio  Spain Illes Balears s.t."
3 Eddy Mazzoleni  Italy Lampre-Caffita s.t."
4 Cadel Evans  Australia Davitamon-Lotto s.t."
5 Philippe Gilbert  Belgium Française des Jeux 2'25"
6 Anthony Geslin  France Bouygues Télécom 2'25"
7 Jörg Ludewig  Germany Domina Vacanze 2'25"
8 Juan Antonio Flecha  Spain Fassa Bortolo 2'25"
9 Ludovic Turpin  France Ag2r 2'25"
10 Cédric Vasseur  France Cofidis 2'25"

[edit] Stage 17 (July 20th): Pau - Revel (239.5 km)

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Paolo Savoldelli  Italy Discovery 5h 41'19"
(42.101 km/h)
2 Kurt Asle Arvesen  Norway Team CSC s.t."
3 Simon Gerrans  Australia Ag2r 8"
4 Sébastien Hinault  France Crédit Agricole 11"
5 Andriy Hryvko  Ukraine Domina Vacanze 24"
6 Oscar Sevilla  Spain T-Mobile 51"
7 Bram Tankink  Netherlands Quick-Step 51"
8 Daniele Righi  Italy Lampre-Caffita 53"
9 Samuel Dumoulin  France Ag2r 3'14"
10 Allan Davis  Australia Liberty Seguros-Würth 3'14"

[edit] Stage 18 (July 21st): Albi - Mende (189 km)

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Marcos Serrano  Spain Liberty Seguros-Würth 4h 37'36"
(40.85 km/h)
2 Cédric Vasseur  France Cofidis 27"
3 Axel Merckx  Belgium Davitamon-Lotto 27"
4 Xabier Zandio  Spain Illes Balears 1'08"
5 Franco Pellizotti  Italy Liquigas-Bianchi 1'08"
6 Thomas Voeckler  France Bouygues Télécom 1'18"
7 Luke Roberts  Australia Team CSC 1'28"
8 Matthias Kessler  Germany T-Mobile 1'44"
9 Egoi Martínez  Spain Euskaltel-Euskadi 2'03"
10 Carlos Da Cruz  France Française des Jeux 2'38"

[edit] Stage 19 (July 22nd): Issoire - Le Puy-en-Velay (153.5 km)

Giuseppe Guerini in the last kilometre of the stage
Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Giuseppe Guerini  Italy T-Mobile 3h 33'04"
(43.225 km/h)
2 Sandy Casar  France Française des Jeux 10"
3 Franco Pellizotti  Italy Liquigas-Bianchi 10"
4 Óscar Pereiro  Spain Phonak 12"
5 Salvatore Commesso  Italy Lampre-Caffita 2'43"
6 Kurt Asle Arvesen  Norway Team CSC 2'48"
7 Nicolas Portal  France Ag2r 2'48"
8 Bert Grabsch  Germany Phonak 2'48"
9 Sylvain Chavanel  France Cofidis 2'48"
10 Pieter Weening  Netherlands Rabobank 3'50"

[edit] Stage 20 (July 23rd): Saint-Étienne - Saint-Étienne (55.5 km)

Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Lance Armstrong  United States Discovery Channel 1h 11'46"
(46.4 km/h)
2 Jan Ullrich  Germany T-Mobile 23"
3 Alexandre Vinokourov  Kazakhstan T-Mobile 1'17"
4 Bobby Julich  United States Team CSC 1'33"
5 Ivan Basso  Italy Team CSC 1'54"
6 Floyd Landis  United States Phonak 2'02"
7 Cadel Evans  Australia Davitamon-Lotto 2'06"
8 George Hincapie  United States Discovery Channel 2'26"
9 Francisco Mancebo  Spain Illes Balears 2'51"
10 Vladimir Karpets  Russia Illes Balears 3'06"

Highlights:

  • Ivan Basso: Spent much energy in the first half of the race, which made him faster than Armstrong at the 14 km flag but in the end he was placed only fifth.
  • Michael Rasmussen: Defending his third place did not work out too well. Nearly everything that could fail, failed. First he slipped and fell at a rotonde after 4 km. This caused his specially calibrated bike to ride suboptimally. He demanded a new hind wheel, but instead got a whole new bike. Not happy with this bike, he had to wait for the mechanic to fix his personal bike. This caused him to panic, lose his self-confidence and his ability to cut curves. On a technical downhill part he saltoed into a ditch. In total, he changed his bike two times and his wheels two times.
  • Santiago Botero: Missed a curve.

[edit] Stage 21

(July 23) Corbeil-Essonnes - Paris Champs-Élysées (144 km)
Rank Name Country Team Time
(Ave. Speed)
1 Alexandre Vinokourov  Kazakhstan T-Mobile 3h 40'57"
(39.239 km/h)
2 Bradley McGee  Australia Française des Jeux s.t."
3 Fabian Cancellara  Switzerland Fassa Bortolo s.t."
4 Robbie McEwen  Australia Davitamon-Lotto s.t."
5 Stuart O'Grady  Australia Cofidis s.t."
6 Allan Davis  Australia Liberty Seguros-Würth s.t."
7 Thor Hushovd  Norway Crédit Agricole s.t."
8 Baden Cooke  Australia Française des Jeux s.t."
9 Bernhard Eisel  Austria Française des Jeux s.t."
10 Robert Förster  Germany Gerolsteiner s.t."

[edit] See also

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2005 Tour de France
List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Tour de France
Stage 1–11  · Stage 12–21
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