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2005 Giro d'Italia#Points classification

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name =

| image = Giro d Italia 2005.png

| image_size = 350px

| image_caption = Overview of the stages:
route from Reggio di Calabria to Milan covered by the riders on the bicycle (red)
and distances between stages (green).

| image_alt = Map of Italy showing the path of the race, going counter-clockwise from Reggio di Calabria to the finish in Milan

| date = 7 – 29 May 2005

| stages = 20 + Prologue

| distance = 3447.15

| unit = km

| time = 91h 25’ 51”

| speed = 37.37

| first = Paolo Savoldelli

| first_nat = ITA

| first_team = {{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}

| first_color = pink

| second = Gilberto Simoni

| second_nat = ITA

| second_team = {{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}

| third = José Rujano

| third_nat = VEN

| third_natvar = 1930

| third_team = {{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| points = Paolo Bettini

| points_nat = ITA

| points_team = {{UCI team code|QST|2005}}

| points_color = violet

| mountains = José Rujano

| mountains_nat = VEN

| mountains_natvar = 1930

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| mountains_color = green

| intergiro = Stefano Zanini

| intergiro_nat = ITA

| intergiro_natvar =

| intergiro_team = {{UCI team code|QST|2005}}

| intergiro_color = blue

| combativity = José Rujano

| combativity_nat = VEN

| combativity_natvar= 1930

| combativity_team = {{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| team = {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

| teampoints = {{UCI team code|DVL|2005}}

| previous = 2004

|next = 2006

}}

The 2005 Giro d'Italia was the 88th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It began in Reggio Calabria with a {{convert|1.15|km|1|abbr=on}} prologue. The race came to a close with a {{convert|119|km|1|abbr=on}} mass-start road stage that stretched from Albese con Cassano to Milan. Twenty two teams entered the race that was won by the Italian Paolo Savoldelli of the {{UCI team code|DSC|2005}} team.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=results/giro0520 |title=Salvation for Savoldelli |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Anthony Tan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622070215/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=results/giro0520 |archive-date=22 June 2013 |url-status=live }} Second and third were the Italian Gilberto Simoni and Venezuelan José Rujano.

Five riders led the race over eight occasions before Savoldelli gained the lead after the Giro's thirteenth stage.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0513 |title=Il Falco flies again: super Savoldelli soars to maglia rosa |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-21 |access-date=2012-09-30 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519063422/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=results/giro0513 |archive-date=19 May 2015 |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro2005.html |title=2005 Giro d'Italia |author=Bill and Carol McGann |work=Bike Race Info |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016084509/http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro2005.html |archive-date=16 October 2013 |url-status=live }} The Giro was first led by Australian Brett Lancaster, who won the race's opening prologue.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro050 |title=Big Bird Lancaster soars to Giro prologue win |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-07 |access-date=2012-09-30 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102040029/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro050 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |url-status=live }} He lost the lead the next day to Paolo Bettini,{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro051 |title=The return of golden boy: Paolo Bettini takes stage and maglia rosa |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-08 |access-date=2012-09-30 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919050009/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro051 |archive-date=19 September 2015 |url-status=live }} who gained the race lead three separate times before Savoldelli took over. Ivan Basso was the leader of the race for two days, before he lost the lead to Savoldelli who then held that lead until the race's conclusion.

Having previously won the general classification in 2002, Savoldelli became the nineteenth rider to repeat as winner of the Giro d'Italia. Amongst the other classifications that the race awarded, Paolo Bettini of the {{UCI team code|QST|2005}} team won the points classification, Selle Italia Colombia rider José Rujano won the mountains classification, and Italian Stefano Zanini won the intergiro classification. {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}} finished as the winners of the Trofeo Fast Team classification, ranking each of the twenty-two teams contesting the race by lowest cumulative time. The other team classification, the Trofeo Super Team classification, where the teams' riders are awarded points for placing within the top twenty in each stage and the points are then totaled for each team was won by {{UCI team code|DVL|2005}}.

Teams

{{main list|List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Giro d'Italia}}

Twenty-two teams were invited by the race organizers to participate in the 2005 edition of the Giro d'Italia.{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/upload/par/partentiGiro.pdf |title=Partenti Giro |language=it |pages=1–3 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=30 September 2012 |format=PDF |trans-title=Giro Participants |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304002044/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/upload/par/partentiGiro.pdf |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }} Twenty of the teams were UCI ProTour teams, while Ceramica Panaria-Navigare and Colombia-Selle Italia were wild card teams invited by the organizers. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, which meant that the race started with a peloton of 198 cyclists. From the riders that began the race, 153 made it to the finish in Milan.

The teams entering the race were:{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-ditalia-2005/start-list |title=Giro D'Italia 2005: Start List |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2012-09-20 |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202184425/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/giro-ditalia-2005/start-list |archive-date=2 December 2013 |url-status=live }}

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  • {{UCI team code|BTL|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|PAN|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|COF|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|C.A|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|DVL|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|DVE|2005}}

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  • {{UCI team code|EUS|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|FAS|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|FDJ|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|GST|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|MOV|2005b}}
  • {{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|LST|2005}}

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  • {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|PHO|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|QST|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|RAB|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|SDV|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|CSC|2005}}
  • {{UCI team code|TMO|2005}}

Route and stages

File:Ortisei.JPG hosted the end of the {{convert|218|km|0|abbr=on}} thirteenth stage, which was classified as a summit finish.|alt=A mountain town in the distance.]]

The route for the 2005 Giro d'Italia was unveiled by race director Angelo Zomegnan on 23 January 2005 in Milan.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/ |title=Giro presentation story - January 2005 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-01-23 |access-date=2012-09-30 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627045220/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/ |archive-date=27 June 2014 |url-status=live }} It contained three time trial events, all of which were individual.{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/eng/letappe/tappe.html |title=Stages |language=it |date=4 May 2005 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=2012-09-30 |trans-title=Stages |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219011445/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/eng/letappe/tappe.html |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live }} The organizers divided the remaining eighteen stages into three categories: flat stages, medium mountain stages, and mountain stages. Ten of the stages were declared flat stages. Of the eight stages remaining, three stages were designated medium mountain stages and five were ranked as mountain stages. In the stages containing categorized climbs, four had summit finishes: stage 11, to Zoldo Alto;{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=stages/giro0511 |title=Stage 11 - May 19: Marostica - Zoldo Alto, 150 km |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101235245/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=stages/giro0511 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=live }} stage 13, to Urtijëi;{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=stages/giro0513 |title=Stage 13 - May 21: Mezzocorona - Ortisei, 218 km |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305065707/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=stages/giro0513 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=live }} stage 17, to Colle di Tenda;{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=stages/giro0517 |title=Stage 17 - May 26: Varazze - Limone Piemonte (Colle di Tenda), 194 km |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402174130/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=stages/giro0517 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }} and stage 19, to Sestriere.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=stages/giro0519 |title=Stage 19 - May 28: Savigliano - Sestriere (Le Valli Olimpiche), 190 km |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=2012-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125917/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=stages/giro0519 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=live }} The organizers chose to include two rest days. When compared to the previous year's race, the race was {{convert|23.25|km|0|abbr=on}} longer, contained the same amount of rest days and one more individual time trial event. In addition, both races contained a prologue to open the race.

The fifteenth was originally intended to be {{convert|205|km|0|abbr=on}} and to start in Livigno.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=results/giro0515 |title=Petacchi makes it three |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-23 |access-date=2012-09-30 |author=Jeff Jones |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519215547/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=results/giro0515 |archive-date=19 May 2015 |url-status=live }} However, due to very poor weather conditions the start was moved to Villa di Tirano, and the stage was shortened to {{convert|154|km|0|abbr=on}}. The route originally had the riders crossing the Forcola di Livigno, a mountain located {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} outside of the original start in Livigno, but due to the bad weather at the base and top of the climb the organizers were forced to exclude the pass.

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|+ Stage characteristics and winners{{cite news|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/upload/Reg/Regolamento_francese_2005.pdf |title=88° Giro d'Italia - Le Règlement |language=fr |pages=1–24 |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |access-date=2012-09-30 |format=PDF |trans-title=88th Giro d'Italia - The Regulations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219010937/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/upload/Reg/Regolamento_francese_2005.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2013 |url-status=live }}

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!Stage

!Date

!Course

!Distance

!colspan="2"|Type

!Winner

style="text-align:center"|P

| style="text-align:center;"|7 May

|Reggio Calabria

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|1.15|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

|{{flagathlete|Brett Lancaster|AUS}}

style="text-align:center"|1

| style="text-align:center;"|8 May

|Reggio Calabria to Tropea

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|208|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Paolo Bettini|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|2

| style="text-align:center;"|9 May

|Catanzaro Lido to Santa Maria del Cedro

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|182|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}}

style="text-align:center"|3

| style="text-align:center;"|10 May

|Diamante to Giffoni Valle Piana

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|205|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Danilo Di Luca|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|4

| style="text-align:center;"|11 May

|Giffoni Valle Piana to Frosinone

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|211|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Luca Mazzanti|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|5

| style="text-align:center;"|12 May

|Celano to L'Aquila

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|223|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Mediummountainstage.svg

|Medium mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Danilo Di Luca|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|6

| style="text-align:center;"|13 May

|Viterbo to Marina di Grosseto

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|153|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}}

style="text-align:center"|7

| style="text-align:center;"|14 May

|Grosseto to Pistoia

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|211|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Mediummountainstage.svg

|Medium mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Koldo Gil|ESP}}

style="text-align:center"|8

| style="text-align:center;"|15 May

|Lamporecchio to Florence

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|45|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

|{{flagathlete|David Zabriskie|USA}}

style="text-align:center"|9

| style="text-align:center;"|16 May

|Florence to Ravenna

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|139|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

| style="text-align:center;"|17 May

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"|10

| style="text-align:center;"|18 May

|Ravenna to Rossano Veneto

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|212|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Robbie McEwen|AUS}}

style="text-align:center"|11

| style="text-align:center;"|19 May

|Marostica to Zoldo Alto

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|150|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Paolo Savoldelli|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|12

| style="text-align:center;"|20 May

|Alleghe to Rovereto

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|178|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Mediummountainstage.svg

|Medium mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|13

| style="text-align:center;"|21 May

|Mezzocorona to Urtijëi

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|218|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Iván Parra|COL}}

style="text-align:center"|14

| style="text-align:center;"|22 May

|Neumarkt to Livigno

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|210|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Iván Parra|COL}}

style="text-align:center"|15

| style="text-align:center;"|23 May

|Villa di Tirano to Lissone

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|154|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

| style="text-align:center;"|24 May

| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day

style="text-align:center"|16

| style="text-align:center;"|25 May

|Lissone to Varazze

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|210|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Christophe Le Mével|FRA}}

style="text-align:center"|17

| style="text-align:center;"|26 May

|Varazze to Limone Piemonte

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|194|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Basso|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|18

| style="text-align:center;"|27 May

|Chieri to Turin

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|34|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"|Image:Time Trial.svg

|Individual time trial

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Basso|ITA}}

style="text-align:center"|19

| style="text-align:center;"|28 May

|Savigliano to Sestriere

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|190|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Mountainstage.svg

|Mountain stage

|{{flagathlete|José Rujano|VEN|1930}}

style="text-align:center"|20

| style="text-align:center;"|29 May

|Albese con Cassano to Milan

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|119|km|0|abbr=on}}

| style="text-align:center;"| Image:Plainstage.svg

|Flat stage

|{{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Total

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|3447.15|km|0|abbr=on}}

Race overview

{{main|2005 Giro d'Italia, Prologue to Stage 10|2005 Giro d'Italia, Stage 11 to Stage 20}}

The Giro began with a {{convert|1.15|km|1|abbr=on}} prologue that navigated through the streets of Reggio Calabria. The event was won by Australian Brett Lancaster who won by a .289 second margin over the second placed rider Matteo Tosatto. After the last competing rider took the course, famed sprinter Mario Cipollini took the course for a final farewell after announcing his retirement ten days beforehand. The Giro's first stage came down to an uphill, bunch sprint that Paolo Bettini won. Along with the stage victory, Bettini took the overall lead of the race. The second stage ended in another sprint finish, which Robbie McEwen won and also saw him take the race lead.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro052 |title=McEwen takes pink as Petacchi's train upset |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-09 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Jeff Jones |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130624075654/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro052 |archive-date=24 June 2013 |url-status=live }} Stage 3 saw a breakaway go the distance as a group of fifty riders broke free about {{convert|30|km|1|abbr=on}} from the finish.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro053 |title=Vai Dani - Liquigas gives it gas! |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-10 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Anthony Tan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102040739/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro053 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |url-status=live }} Liquigas-Bianchi's Danilo Di Luca lunged ahead of Damiano Cunego to win the stage, while the race lead fell back into Bettini's hands. The fourth stage closed with a sprint finish that Italian Paolo Bettini won.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro054 |title=Brutto sprint in Frosinone |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-11 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102020350/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=results/giro054 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |url-status=live }} However, Bettini was later disqualified after the judges saw that he caused fellow sprinter Baden Cooke to fall, which gave the stage victory to second-place finisher Luca Mazzanti.

The seventh stage saw a breakaway succeed again, as Liberty Seguros-Würth rider Koldo Gil took the downhill stage win.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro057 |title=Great Gil takes big stage win in Pistoia |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-14 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101200413/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro057 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=live }} Danilo Di Luca regained the lead of the race as the time gaps widened due to the climb that was placed shortly before the finish. Stage eight was a {{convert|45|km|0|abbr=on}} individual time trial that was won by American David Zabriskie.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro058 |title=CSC's Zabriskie exceptional in TT stage win in Firenze |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-15 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101200420/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro058 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=live }} Di Luca placed tenth overall and maintain the race leader's pink jersey, while the general classification contenders Ivan Basso and Paolo Savoldelli gained valuable seconds over Di Luca. Alessandro Petacchi won the next stage by means of a bunch sprint, while the general classification remained largely unaltered.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro059 |title=Petacchi does it on the 10th day |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-16 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Jeff Jones |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101200355/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro059 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=live }} Stage 10 took place after a rest day.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0510 |title=Aussies school Euros |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-18 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101200049/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0510 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=live }} The stage again came down to a bunch sprint that was won by Australian Robbie McEwen, who captured his second stage win of the Giro.

File:Danilo diluca.jpg riding during the stage 8 individual time trial.]]

Stage 11 was the first big mountain stage of the 2005 Giro d'Italia and it began with a breakaway that was eventually swept after the first climb of the day.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0511 |title=Basso busts Giro wide open on first mountain stage and takes maglia rosa |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-19 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102005022/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0511 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |url-status=live }} Ivan Basso attacked with {{convert|26|km|0|abbr=on}} remaining in the stage and only Paolo Savoldelli was able to keep pace with him. The two raced to the top of the Zoldo Alto and Savoldelli won the sprint to the line, while Basso claimed the race lead. The twelfth stage of the race was downhill after the lone categorized climb of the Passo san Pellegrino.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0512 |title=Petacchi back to his best |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-20 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Jeff Jones |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150922013155/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0512 |archive-date=22 September 2015 |url-status=live }} The stage ultimately came down to a field sprint, which Alessandro Petacchi won. The Giro's thirteenth stage saw a breakaway succeed as Colombian Iván Parra beat out his fellow breakaway members for the stage win. Paolo Savoldelli claimed the overall lead after Ivan Basso lost over a minute as he was suffering from a gastric problem. The next stage, stage 14, contained the Cima Coppi of the 2005 Giro d'Italia, the Passo dello Stelvio, along with other climbs of lesser severity.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0514 |title=Parra does the double; Savoldelli still strong on Stelvio |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-22 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518084547/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0514 |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=live }} Iván Parra struck again by winning the stage by almost two minutes over the second-place finisher. Ivan Basso lost even more time due to his illness, while general classification contenders Danilo Di Luca and Gilberto Simoni gained valuable seconds over the race leader Paolo Savoldelli.

The fifteenth stage's start was moved from Livigno to Villa di Tirano and the route was shortened by {{convert|51|km|0|abbr=on}} due to poor weather conditions on the stage's first scheduled mountain pass, the Forcola di Livigno. With the exclusion of the uphill earlier portion of the stage, the route was relatively flat which led to the stage ending in a bunch sprint that Fassa Bortolo's Alessandro Petacchi won. After the second rest day, the riders began stage sixteen of the Giro.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0516 |title=Le Mevel shows Le Mettle |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-22 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Anthony Tan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921220250/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0516 |archive-date=21 September 2015 |url-status=live }} A breakaway containing eighteen men got away from the peloton and stayed away for the length of the stage. Christophe Le Mével out-sprinted his fellow breakaway members to win the stage and earn his first professional victory. The race's seventeenth stage contained a summit finish on the Colle di Tenda.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0517 |title=Basso is back |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-22 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Jeff Jones |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414180606/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0517 |archive-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live }} While on the final climb of the day, the race was headed by a lead group that contained the race leader Paolo Savoldelli and general classification favorites Ivan Basso and José Rujano. Basso slipped away with {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} left to go in the climb and win the stage.

File:Bettini maglia ciclamino.jpg wearing the purple jersey as leader of points classification while climbing the Colle di Tenda during stage 17.]]

Stage 18 was an individual time trial that stretched {{convert|34|km|0|abbr=on}} Chieri to Turin.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0518 |title=Basso bis |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-22 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Jeff Jones |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913054340/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=results/giro0518 |archive-date=13 September 2015 |url-status=live }} Team CSC's Ivan Basso won the stage by nine seconds over Russian Vladimir Karpets. The penultimate stage of the Giro featured a summit finish on the fabled Sestriere.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro0519 |title=Courage under fire: Savoldelli saves the day |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-22 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Anthony Tan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027174158/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005//giro05/?id=results/giro0519 |archive-date=27 October 2014 |url-status=live }} The race leader Paolo Savoldelli was in trouble throughout the stage and his lead was in jeopardy. However, on the final climb of the Sestriere he received aid from two riders and made it to the finish two minutes after the stage winner José Rujano. Savoldelli's lead shrank to twenty-eight seconds over the second placed rider Gilberto Simoni. The twentieth and final stage of the 2005 Giro d'Italia came ended with a bunch sprint in the streets of Milan. Italian Alessandro Petacchi edged out Erik Zabel and Robert Förster to win the stage. Savoldelli won his second Giro d'Italia after crossing the finish in 24th place on the stage.

Success in stages was limited to ten of the competing teams, six of which achieved multiple stage victories, while five individual riders won multiple stages. The riders that won more than once were Robbie McEwen in stages 2, 6,{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro056 |title=McEwen "Il Furbo" today in Marina Di Grosseto |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-13 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101200401/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro056 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=live }} 10, Danilo di Luca in stages 3 and 5,{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro055 |title=Homeboy Danny D flies like an eagle to maglia rosa in l'Aquila |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |date=2005-05-12 |access-date=2012-09-26 |author=Tim Maloney |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101200427/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=results/giro055 |archive-date=1 November 2014 |url-status=live }} Alessandro Petacchi in stages 9, 12, 15, and 20, and Iván Parra in stages 13 and 14, and Ivan Basso in stages 17 and 18. {{UCI team code|PAN|2005}} won two stages, with Brett Lancaster in the prologue and Luca Mazzanti in stage 4. {{UCI team code|DVL|2005}} won three stages with Robbie McEwen. {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}} won two stages with Danilo di Luca. {{UCI team code|CSC|2005}} won three stages, with David Zabriskie in the stage 8 time trial and two stages with Ivan Basso. {{UCI team code|FAS|2005}} won four stages with Alessandro Petacchi. {{UCI team code|CLM|2005}} won three stages, with Iván Parra in two stages and José Rujano in stage 19. {{UCI team code|QST|2005}}, {{UCI team code|LST|2005}}, {{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}, and {{UCI team code|C.A|2005}} each won one stage at the Giro d'Italia. Quick Step-Innergetic's Paolo Bettini won stage 1 by out-sprinting the rest of the field. Liberty Seguros-Würth rider Koldo Gil won stage 7 by means of a long breakaway. Discovery Channel's Paolo Savoldelli won stage 11 through a last second attack, as did Crédit Agricole rider Christophe Le Mével in stage 16.

Classification leadership

Four different jerseys were worn during the 2005 Giro d'Italia. The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.{{cite web|author=Laura Weislo |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |title=Giro d'Italia classifications demystified |date=13 May 2008 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508234448/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/giro08/?id=/features/2008/giro_classifications08 |archive-date=8 May 2013 |url-status=live }}

For the points classification, which awarded a purple (or cyclamen) jersey to its leader, cyclists were given points for finishing a stage in the top 15; additional points could also be won in intermediate sprints. The green jersey was awarded to the mountains classification leader. In this ranking, points were won by reaching the summit of a climb ahead of other cyclists. Each climb was ranked as either first, second or third category, with more points available for higher category climbs. The Cima Coppi, the race's highest point of elevation, awarded more points than the other first category climbs. The Cima Coppi for this Giro was the Passo dello Stelvio. The first rider to cross the Stelvio was Selle Italia Colombia's José Rujano. The intergiro classification was marked by a blue jersey.{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=features/FAQ |title=Giro d'Italia 101 |work=Cycling News |publisher=Future Publishing Limited |access-date=2009-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714232945/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2005/giro05/?id=features/FAQ |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=live }} The calculation for the intergiro is similar to that of the general classification, in each stage there is a midway point that the riders pass through a point and where their time is stopped. As the race goes on, their times compiled and the person with the lowest time is the leader of the intergiro classification and wears the blue jersey. Although no jersey was awarded, there was also one classification for the teams, in which the stage finish times of the best three cyclists per team were added; the leading team was the one with the lowest total time.

There were also two classifications for the teams. The classification was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time; the Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.

The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.

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|+Classification leadership by stage

style="background:#efefef;"

! style="width:1%;"| Stage

! style="width:12%;"| Winner

! style="background:#efefef; style=;"width:14%;"| General classification
Image:Jersey pink.svg

! style="background:#efefef; style=;"width:14%;"| Points classification
Image:Jersey violet.svg

! style="background:#efefef; style=;"width:14%;"| Mountains classification
Image:Jersey green.svg

! style="background:#efefef; style=;"width:14%;"| Intergiro classification
Image:Jersey blue.svg

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Trofeo Fast Team

! style="background:#efefef; width:14%;"|Trofeo Super Team

P

| Brett Lancaster

| style="background:pink;"| Brett Lancaster

| style="background:#EFEFEF;"| not awarded

| style="background:#EFEFEF;"| not awarded

| style="background:#EFEFEF;"| not awarded

| style="background:lightyellow;"| {{UCI team code|FAS|2005}}

| style="background:#EFEFEF;"| not awarded

1

| Paolo Bettini

| style="background:pink;"| Paolo Bettini

| style="background:violet;"| Paolo Bettini

| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| Thorwald Veneberg

| style="background:#99CBFF;" rowspan="14"| Sven Krauß

| style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="6"| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

| style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="2"| {{UCI team code|LTB|2005}}

2

| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:pink;"| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:violet;" rowspan="2"| Robbie McEwen

3

| Danilo di Luca

| style="background:pink;" rowspan="2"| Paolo Bettini

| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| Dario Cioni

| style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="3"| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

4

| Luca Mazzanti

| style="background:violet;"| Paolo Bettini

5

| Danilo di Luca

| style="background:pink;"| Danilo di Luca

| style="background:violet;"| Danilo di Luca

| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="2"| José Rujano

6

| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:pink;"| Paolo Bettini

| style="background:violet;"| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:navajowhite;"| {{UCI team code|LTB|2005}}

7

| Koldo Gil

| style="background:pink;" rowspan="4"| Danilo di Luca

| style="background:violet;" rowspan="3"| Danilo di Luca

| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="4"| Koldo Gil

| style="background:lightyellow;"| {{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}

| style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="3"| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

8

| David Zabriskie

| style="background:lightyellow;" rowspan="13"| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

9

| Alessandro Petacchi

10

| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:violet;" rowspan="3"| Robbie McEwen

| style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="4"| {{UCI team code|LTB|2005}}

11

| Paolo Savoldelli

| style="background:pink;" rowspan="2"| Ivan Basso

| style="background:lightgreen;" rowspan="10"| José Rujano

12

| Alessandro Petacchi

13

| Iván Parra

| style="background:pink;" rowspan="8"| Paolo Savoldelli

| style="background:violet;"| Paolo Bettini

14

| Iván Parra

| style="background:violet;"| Danilo di Luca

| style="background:navajowhite;"| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

15

| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:violet;" rowspan="6"| Paolo Bettini

| style="background:#99CBFF;" rowspan="2"| Paolo Bettini

| style="background:navajowhite;" rowspan="6"| {{UCI team code|LTB|2005}}

16

| Christophe Le Mével

17

| Ivan Basso

| style="background:#99CBFF;" rowspan="4"| Stefano Zanini

18

| Ivan Basso

19

| José Rujano

20

| Alessandro Petacchi

colspan=2| Final

! style="background:#F660AB;"| Paolo Savoldelli

! style="background:#c0f;"| Paolo Bettini

! style="background:#32CD32;"| José Rujano

! style="background:dodgerblue;"| Stefano Zanini

! style="background:yellow;"| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

! style="background:orange;"| {{UCI team code|LTB|2005}}

Final standings

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colspan=4| Legend
  Image:Jersey pink.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the General classification{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLGEN.html |title=Classifica generale |language=it |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-10-01 |trans-title=General Classification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213004/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLGEN.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }}

|   Image:Jersey green.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLGPMGEN.html |title=Classifica GPM Generale |language=it |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-10-01 |trans-title=Mountains Classification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303185719/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLGPMGEN.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }}

  Image:Jersey violet.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the Points classification{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLPUNGEN.html |title=Classifica a punti generale |language=it |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-10-01 |trans-title=Points Classification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060532/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLPUNGEN.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}

|   Image:Jersey blue.svg  

| Denotes the winner of the Intergiro classification{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLINT.html |title=Classifica Intergiro |language=it |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-10-01 |trans-title=Intergiro Classification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212947/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLINT.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }}

{{columns-start}}

=General classification=

class="wikitable"
!Rider

!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center;"| 1

| {{flagathlete|Paolo Savoldelli|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg

| {{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| {{nowrap|91h 25' 51"}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2

| {{flagathlete|Gilberto Simoni|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 28"

style="text-align:center;"| 3

| {{flagathlete|José Rujano|VEN|1930}} Image:Jersey green.svg

| {{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 45"

style="text-align:center;"| 4

| {{flagathlete|Danilo Di Luca|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 2' 42"

style="text-align:center;"| 5

| {{flagathlete|Juan Manuel Gárate|ESP}}

| {{UCI team code|GEO|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 3' 11"

style="text-align:center;"| 6

| {{flagathlete|Serhiy Honchar|UKR}}

| {{UCI team code|DVE|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 4' 22"

style="text-align:center;"| 7

| {{flagathlete|Vladimir Karpets|RUS}}

| {{UCI team code|MOV|2005b}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 11' 15"

style="text-align:center;"| 8

| {{flagathlete|Pietro Caucchioli|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|C.A|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 11' 38"

style="text-align:center;"| 9

| {{flagathlete|Marzio Bruseghin|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|FAS|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 11' 40"

style="text-align:center;"| 10

| {{flagathlete|Emanuele Sella|ITA}}

| {{UCI team code|PAN|2005}}

| style="text-align:right;"| + 12' 33"

{{column}}

=Points classification=

class="wikitable"
!Rider

!Team

!Points

style="text-align:center;"| 1

|{{flagathlete|Paolo Bettini|ITA}} Image:Jersey violet.svg

|{{UCI team code|QST|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 162

style="text-align:center;"| 2

|{{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|FAS|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 154

style="text-align:center;"| 3

|{{flagathlete|Danilo Di Luca|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 136

style="text-align:center;"| 4

|{{flagathlete|Paolo Savoldelli|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg

|{{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 124

style="text-align:center;"| 5

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Basso|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|SAX|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 114

style="text-align:center;"| 6

|{{flagathlete|Erik Zabel|GER}}

|{{UCI team code|TMO|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 92

style="text-align:center;"| 7

|{{flagathlete|José Rujano|VEN|1930}} Image:Jersey green.svg

|{{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 89

style="text-align:center;"| 8

|{{flagathlete|Isaac Gálvez|ESP}}

|{{UCI team code|MOV|2005b}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 85

style="text-align:center;"| 9

|{{flagathlete|Gilberto Simoni|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 81

style="text-align:center;"| 10

|{{flagathlete|Iván Parra|COL}}

|{{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 80

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Mountains classification=

class="wikitable"
!Rider

!Team

!Points

style="text-align:center;"| 1

|{{flagathlete|José Rujano|VEN|1930}} Image:Jersey green.svg

|{{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 143

style="text-align:center;"| 2

|{{flagathlete|Iván Parra|COL}}

|{{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 57

style="text-align:center;"| 3

|{{flagathlete|Gilberto Simoni|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 45

style="text-align:center;"| 4

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Basso|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|SAX|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 41

style="text-align:center;"| 5

|{{flagathlete|Danilo Di Luca|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 29

style="text-align:center;"| 6

|{{flagathlete|Patrice Halgand|FRA}}

|{{UCI team code|C.A|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| 27

style="text-align:center;"| 7

|{{flagathlete|Juan Manuel Gárate|ESP}}

|{{UCI team code|MOV|2005b}}

style="text-align:center;"| 8

|{{flagathlete|Paolo Savoldelli|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg

|{{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 17

style="text-align:center;"| 9

|{{flagathlete|Ruslan Ivanov|MDA}}

|{{UCI team code|DVE|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 15

style="text-align:center;"| 10

|{{flagathlete|Daniel Atienza|ESP}}

|{{UCI team code|COF|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 14

{{column}}

=Intergiro classification=

class="wikitable"
!Rider

!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center;"| 1

|{{flagathlete|Stefano Zanini|ITA}} Image:Jersey blue.svg

|{{UCI team code|QST|2005}}

| align=right| {{nowrap|54h 37' 01"}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2

|{{flagathlete|Paolo Bettini|ITA}} Image:Jersey violet.svg

|{{UCI team code|QST|2005}}

| align=right| + 27"

style="text-align:center;"| 3

|{{flagathlete|Sven Krauß|GER}}

|{{UCI team code|GST|2005}}

| align=right| + 30"

style="text-align:center;"| 4

|{{flagathlete|Bram Schmitz|NED}}

|{{UCI team code|TMO|2005}}

| align=right| + 2' 16"

style="text-align:center;"| 5

|{{flagathlete|Ivan Basso|ITA}}

|{{UCI team code|CSC|2005}}

| align=right| + 2' 31"

style="text-align:center;"| 6

|{{flagathlete|Paolo Savoldelli|ITA}} Image:Jersey pink.svg

|{{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}

| align=right| + 2' 41"

style="text-align:center;"| 7

|{{flagathlete|David Zabriskie|USA}}

|{{UCI team code|CSC|2005}}

| align=right| + 2' 52"

style="text-align:center;"| 8

|{{flagathlete|Philippe Schnyder|SUI}}

|{{UCI team code|CLM|2005}}

| align=right| + 3' 00"

style="text-align:center;"| 9

|{{flagathlete|Ángel Gómez|ESP}}

|{{UCI team code|SDV|2005}}

| align=right| + 3' 04"

style="text-align:center;"| 10

|{{flagathlete|Dariusz Baranowski|POL}}

|{{UCI team code|LST|2005}}

| align=right| + 3' 06"

{{columns-end}}

{{columns-start}}

=Trofeo Fast Team classification=

class="wikitable"
!Team

!Time

style="text-align:center;"| 1

|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

|align="right"| {{nowrap|274h 42' 31"}}

style="text-align:center;"| 2

|{{UCI team code|C.A|2005}}

|align="right"| + 24' 28"

style="text-align:center;"| 3

|{{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}

|align="right"| + 29' 21"

style="text-align:center;"| 4

|{{UCI team code|DVE|2005}}

|align="right"| + 32' 27"

style="text-align:center;"| 5

|{{UCI team code|MOV|2005b}}

|align="right"| + 1h 8' 29"

style="text-align:center;"| 6

|{{UCI team code|SIL|2005}}

|align="right"| + 1h 21' 34"

style="text-align:center;"| 7

|{{UCI team code|CSF|2005}}

|align="right"| + 1h 24' 50"

style="text-align:center;"| 8

|{{UCI team code|LST|2005}}

|align="right"| + 1h 26' 50"

style="text-align:center;"|9

|{{UCI team code|FUJ|2005}}

|align="right"| + 1h 37' 32"

style="text-align:center;"| 10

|{{UCI team code|PHO|2005}}

|align="right"| + 1h 49' 00"

{{column}}

=Trofeo Super Team classification=

class="wikitable"
!Team

!Points

style="text-align:center;"| 1

|{{UCI team code|DVL|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 347

style="text-align:center;"| 2

|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 316

style="text-align:center;"| 3

|{{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 311

style="text-align:center;"| 4

|{{UCI team code|FAS|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 296

style="text-align:center;"| 5

|{{UCI team code|MOV|2005b}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 224

style="text-align:center;"| 6

|{{UCI team code|QST|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 224

style="text-align:center;"| 7

|{{UCI team code|C.A|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 213

style="text-align:center;"| 8

|{{UCI team code|GST|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 210

style="text-align:center;"| 9

|{{UCI team code|LAM|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 208

style="text-align:center;"| 10

|{{UCI team code|DSC|2005}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 204

{{columns-end}}

=Minor classifications=

Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. Other awards included the Combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Venezuelan José Rujano won the most combative classification.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLCOMGEN.html |title=Classifica combattività generale |language=it |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-10-01 |trans-title=Combativity Classification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220406/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLCOMGEN.html |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=live }} The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. Alessandro Petacchi won the Azzurri d'Italia classification.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLAZZGEN.html |title=Class. azzurri d'italia generale |language=it |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-10-01 |trans-title=Azzurri d'Italia classification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050504/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLAZZGEN.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }} The Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stayed clear. The classification was won by Sven Krauß.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLFUGGEN.html |title=Fuga piaggio generale |language=it |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-10-01 |trans-title=Trofeo Fuga Piaggio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061005184852/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLFUGGEN.html |archive-date=5 October 2006 |url-status=live }} Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. {{UCI team code|FAS|2005}} and {{UCI team code|TMO|2005}} were most successful in avoiding penalties, and so shared leadership of the Fair Play classification.{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLFAPL.html |title=Classifica FAIR PLAY |language=it |work=La Gazzetta dello Sport |date=2005-05-29 |access-date=2012-10-01 |trans-title=Fair Play Classification |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001539/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2005/ita/classifiche/t_20_class_CLFAPL.html |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live }}

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