2005 Tirreno–Adriatico

The 2005 Tirreno–Adriatico was the 40th edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 9 March to 15 March 2005. The race started in Civitavecchia and finished in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was won by the then-current road race world champion Óscar Freire of Rabobank.

2005 Tirreno–Adriatico

2005 UCI ProTour, race 2 of 28
Race details
Dates	9–15 March 2005
Stages	7
Distance	1,235.4[1] km (767.6 mi)
Winning time	32h 37' 19"
Results
Winner  Óscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank)   Second  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (Fassa Bortolo)   Third  Danilo Hondo (GER) (Gerolsteiner) Points  Óscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank) Mountains  José Luis Carrasco (ESP) (Illes Balears–Banesto)   Team Ceramica Panaria–Navigare
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Teams

Twenty-three teams, containing a total of 184 riders, participated in the race:^[2]

• Quick-Step–Innergetic
• Acqua & Sapone–Adria Mobil
• Bouygues Télécom
• Ceramica Panaria–Navigare
• Cofidis
• Crédit Agricole
• Davitamon–Lotto
• Discovery Channel
• Domina Vacanze
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Fassa Bortolo
• Française des Jeux
• Gerolsteiner
• Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne
• Lampre–Caffita
• Liberty Seguros–Würth
• Liquigas–Bianchi
• Naturino–Sapore di Mare
• Phonak
• Rabobank
• Saunier Duval–Prodir
• Team CSC
• T-Mobile Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[3]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	9 March	Civitavecchia to Civitavecchia	160 km (99 mi)		Hilly stage	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
2	10 March	Civitavecchia to Tivoli	181 km (112 mi)		Hilly stage	Óscar Freire (ESP)
3	11 March	Tivoli to Torricella	228 km (142 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Óscar Freire (ESP)
4	12 March	Teramo to Servigliano	160 km (99 mi)		Hilly stage	Óscar Freire (ESP)
5	13 March	Saltara to Saltara	170.4 km (105.9 mi)		Flat stage	Servais Knaven (NED)
6	14 March	Civitanova Marche to Civitanova Marche	164 km (102 mi)		Hilly stage	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
7	15 March	San Benedetto del Tronto	164 km (102 mi)		Flat stage	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)

Stages

Stage 1

9 March 2005 — Civitavecchia to Civitavecchia, 160 km (99 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Fassa Bortolo	4h 25'35"
2	Bernhard Eisel (AUT)	Française des Jeux	s.t.
3	Robbie McEwen (AUS)	Davitamon–Lotto	s.t.

Stage 2

10 March 2005 — Civitavecchia to Tivoli, 181 km (112 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	4h 45'36"
2	Ángel Vicioso (ESP)	Liberty Seguros–Würth	s.t.
3	Laurent Brochard (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.

Stage 3

11 March 2005 — Tivoli to Torricella, 228 km (142 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	5h 52'07"
2	Laurent Brochard (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
3	Danilo Hondo (GER)	Gerolsteiner	s.t.

Stage 4

12 March 2005 — Teramo to Servigliano, 160 km (99 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	4h 53'27"
2	Danilo Hondo (GER)	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
3	Fabrizio Guidi (ITA)	Phonak	s.t.

Stage 5

13 March 2005 — Saltara to Saltara, 170.4 km (105.9 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Servais Knaven (NED)	Quick-Step–Innergetic	4h 22'42"
2	Andrea Peron (ITA)	Team CSC	+ 17"
3	Pavel Padrnos (CZE)	Discovery Channel	s.t.

Stage 6

14 March 2005 — Civitanova Marche to Civitanova Marche, 164 km (102 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Fassa Bortolo	3h 53'40"
2	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	s.t.
3	Robbie McEwen (AUS)	Davitamon–Lotto	s.t.

Stage 7

15 March 2005 — San Benedetto del Tronto, 164 km (102 mi)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Fassa Bortolo	4h 23'22"
2	Mario Cipollini (ITA)	Liquigas–Bianchi	s.t.
3	Danilo Hondo (GER)	Gerolsteiner	s.t.

General standings

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	32h 37'19"
2	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)	Fassa Bortolo	+ 9"
3	Danilo Hondo (GER)	Gerolsteiner	+ 25"
4	Fabrizio Guidi (ITA)	Phonak	s.t.
5	Laurent Brochard (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 33"
6	George Hincapie (USA)	Discovery Channel	+ 36"
7	Ángel Vicioso (ESP)	Liberty Seguros–Würth	+ 37"
8	Markus Zberg (SUI)	Gerolsteiner	+ 40"
9	Patrice Halgand (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
10	Andreas Klier (GER)	T-Mobile Team	+ 42"

• Danilo Hondo was later disqualified for failing a doping test.

KOM classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	José Luis Carrasco (ESP)	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank

Best team

	Team	Country
1	Ceramica Panaria–Navigare	Italy