2005 Tour de France
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The 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 2–24 July, with 21 stages covering a distance 3,593 km (2,233 mi). It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-Doping Agency announced on 24 August 2012 that they had disqualified Armstrong from all his results since 1 August 1998, including his seven Tour de France wins from 1999 to 2005. The verdict was subsequently confirmed by the UCI.
2005 UCI ProTour, race 17 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dates | 2–24 July 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distance | 3,593 km (2,233 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winning time | 86h 15' 02" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The first stages were held in the département of the Vendée, for the third time in 12 years. The 2005 Tour was announced on 28 October 2004. It was a clockwise route, visiting the Alps before the Pyrenees. Armstrong took the top step on the podium, for what was then the seventh consecutive time. He was accompanied on the podium by Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich, but in 2012 Ullrich's results were annulled.[4] The points classification was won by Thor Hushovd, and the mountains classification by Michael Rasmussen.
The race was seen by 15 million spectators along the road, and by 2 billion viewers on TV.[5]