2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

The 2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 57th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race and was held from 5 June to 12 June 2005. The race started in Aix-les-Bains and finished in Sallanches. The race was won by Spanish rider Íñigo Landaluze,^[1] who has given positive in a doping test but whose case is still under dispute.

2005 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2005 UCI ProTour, race 14 of 28
Race details
Dates	5–12 June 2005
Stages	7 + Prologue
Distance	1,149.4 km (714.2 mi)
Winning time	28h 24' 46"
Results
Winner  Iñigo Landaluze (ESP) (Euskaltel–Euskadi)   Second  Santiago Botero (COL) (Phonak)   Third none Points none Mountains  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) (Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne) Combination  Santiago Botero (COL) (Phonak)   Team Discovery Channel
← 2004 2006 →

Teams

Twenty-one teams entered the race:^[2][3]

AG2R Prévoyance Bouygues Télécom 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 Phonak Quick-Step–Innergetic Rabobank Saunier Duval–Prodir T-Mobile Team Team CSC

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
P	5 June	Aix-les-Bains	7.9 km (4.9 mi)		Individual time trial	George Hincapie (USA)
1	6 June	Aix-les-Bains to Givors	224 km (139 mi)			Thor Hushovd (NOR)
2	7 June	Givors to Chauffailles	187 km (116 mi)			Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)
3	8 June	Roanne to Roanne	46.5 km (28.9 mi)		Individual time trial	Santiago Botero (COL)
4	9 June	Tournon-sur-Rhône to Mont Ventoux	182 km (113 mi)			Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
5	10 June	Vaison-la-Romaine to Grenoble	219 km (136 mi)			Axel Merckx (BEL)
6	11 June	Albertville to Morzine-Avoriaz	155 km (96 mi)			Santiago Botero (COL)
7	12 June	Morzine-Avoriaz to Sallanches	128 km (80 mi)			George Hincapie (USA)

Stages

Prologue

5 June 2005 — Aix-les-Bains, 7.9 km (4.9 mi), individual time trial (ITT)^[4]

Prologue Result[5][6][7] Rider Team Time DSQ  George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9' 55" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 1" 3  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 3" 4  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 5" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 6" 6  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) Phonak + 7" 7  Alberto Contador (ESP) Liberty Seguros–Würth + 9" 8  Davide Rebellin (ITA) Gerolsteiner + 13" 9  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 13" 10  Francisco José Lara (ESP) T-Mobile Team + 14"

General Classification after Prologue[5][7] Rider Team Time DSQ  George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 9' 55" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 1" 3  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 3" 4  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 5" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 6" 6  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) Phonak + 7" 7  Alberto Contador (ESP) Liberty Seguros–Würth + 9" 8  Davide Rebellin (ITA) Gerolsteiner + 13" 9  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 13" 10  Francisco José Lara (ESP) T-Mobile Team + 14"

Stage 1

6 June 2005 — Aix-les-Bains to Givors, 224 km (139.2 mi)^[8]

Stage 1 Result[5][9][10] Rider Team Time 1  Thor Hushovd (NOR) Crédit Agricole 5h 10' 55" 2  Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak s.t. 3  Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Fassa Bortolo s.t. 4  Luke Roberts (AUS) Team CSC s.t. 5  Manuel Quinziato (ITA) Saunier Duval–Prodir s.t. 6  Mickaël Delage (FRA) Française des Jeux s.t. 7  Heinrich Haussler (GER) Gerolsteiner s.t. 8  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) AG2R Prévoyance s.t. 9  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Liquigas–Bianchi s.t. 10  Koldo Fernández (BEL) Euskaltel–Euskadi s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1[5][9][10] Rider Team Time DSQ  George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 5h 20' 50" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 1" 3  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 3" 4  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 5" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 6" 6  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) Phonak + 7" 7  Alberto Contador (ESP) Liberty Seguros–Würth + 9" 8  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 13" 9  Davide Rebellin (ITA) Gerolsteiner + 13" 10  Francisco José Lara (ESP) T-Mobile Team + 14"

Stage 2

7 June 2005 — Givors to Chauffailles, 187 km (116.2 mi)^[11]

Stage 2 Result[5][12][13] Rider Team Time 1  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) AG2R Prévoyance 4h 47' 06" 2  Anthony Charteau (FRA) Bouygues Télécom s.t. 3  Frédéric Finot (FRA) Française des Jeux s.t. 4  Frédéric Bessy (FRA) Cofidis s.t. 5  Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak + 3' 16" 6  Thor Hushovd (NOR) Crédit Agricole + 3' 16" 7  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Cofidis + 3' 16" 8  Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Fassa Bortolo + 3' 16" 9  Enrico Franzoi (ITA) Lampre–Caffita + 3' 16" 10  Enrico Gasparotto (ITA) Liquigas–Bianchi + 3' 16"

General Classification after Stage 2[5][12][13] Rider Team Time 1  Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) AG2R Prévoyance 10h 08' 06" 2  Frédéric Finot (FRA) Française des Jeux + 20" 3  Anthony Charteau (FRA) Bouygues Télécom + 21" 4  Frédéric Bessy (FRA) Cofidis + 28" DSQ  George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel + 3' 06" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 3' 07" 7  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 3' 09" 8  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 3' 11" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 3' 12" 10  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) Phonak + 3' 13"

Stage 3

8 June 2005 — Roanne to Roanne, 46.5 km (28.9 mi), individual time trial (ITT)^[14]

Stage 3 Result[5][15][16] Rider Team Time 1  Santiago Botero (COL) Phonak 1h 00' 06" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 1" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 26" 4  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 39" 5  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team + 1' 00" 6  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) Phonak + 1' 09" DSQ  George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel + 1' 11" 8  Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 1' 14" 9  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 1' 16" 10  Sebastian Lang (GER) Gerolsteiner + 1' 19"

General Classification after Stage 3[5][15][16] Rider Team Time DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 11h 11' 20" 2  Santiago Botero (COL) Phonak + 12" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 30" 4  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 42" DSQ  George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel + 1' 09" 6  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team + 1' 12" 7  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) Phonak + 1' 14" 8  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 1' 27" 9  Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 1' 36" 10  Sebastian Lang (GER) Gerolsteiner + 1' 43"

Stage 4

9 June 2005 — Tournon-sur-Rhône to Mont Ventoux, 182 km (113.1 mi)^[17]

Stage 4 Result[5][18][19] Rider Team Time 1  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team 4h 07' 23" 2  José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) Saunier Duval–Prodir + 6" 3  Wim Van Huffel (BEL) Davitamon–Lotto + 16" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 37" 5  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 41" 6  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 43" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 46" 8  Iñigo Landaluze (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 1' 31" 9  Nicolas Fritsch (FRA) Saunier Duval–Prodir + 1' 36" 10  David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 45"

General Classification after Stage 4[5][18][19] Rider Team Time DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner 15h 19' 29" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 21" 3  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team + 26" 4  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 47" 5  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 2' 00" 6  Santiago Botero (COL) Phonak + 2' 25" 7  José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) Saunier Duval–Prodir + 2' 53" 8  Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 3' 07" 9  Óscar Pereiro (ESP) Phonak + 3' 16" 10  David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis + 3' 45"

Stage 5

10 June 2005 — Vaison-la-Romaine to Grenoble, 219 km (136.1 mi)^[20]

Stage 5 Result[5][21][22] Rider Team Time 1  Axel Merckx (BEL) Davitamon–Lotto 5h 15' 01" 2  Iñigo Landaluze (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 2' 15" 3  Benjamín Noval (ESP) Discovery Channel + 5' 45" 4  Eddy Mazzoleni (ITA) Lampre–Caffita + 5' 45" 5  Paolo Bossoni (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 6' 15" 6  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Cofidis + 6' 15" 7  Rafael Casero (ESP) Saunier Duval–Prodir + 6' 15" 8  Mario Aerts (BEL) Davitamon–Lotto + 6' 17" 9  Francis Mourey (FRA) Française des Jeux + 6' 18" 10  Thor Hushovd (NOR) Crédit Agricole + 7' 32"

General Classification after Stage 5[5][21][22] Rider Team Time 1  Iñigo Landaluze (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 20h 41' 15" 2  Axel Merckx (BEL) Davitamon–Lotto + 2' 32" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 2' 51" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 3' 12" 5  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team + 3' 17" 6  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 3' 38" 7  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 4' 51" 8  Santiago Botero (COL) Phonak + 5' 16" 9  José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) Saunier Duval–Prodir + 5' 44" 10  Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 5' 58"

Stage 6

11 June 2005 — Albertville to Morzine-Avoriaz, 155 km (96.3 mi)^[23]

Stage 6 Result[5][24][25] Rider Team Time 1  Santiago Botero (COL) Phonak 4h 30' 54" 2  David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis + 23" 3  Francisco Mancebo (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 53" 4  Christophe Moreau (FRA) Crédit Agricole + 58" 5  Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 2' 27" 6  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team + 2' 50" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 2' 52" 8  David Arroyo (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 2' 52" 9  José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) Saunier Duval–Prodir + 2' 52" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 2' 52"

General Classification after Stage 6[5][24][25] Rider Team Time 1  Iñigo Landaluze (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 25h 16' 36" 2  Santiago Botero (COL) Phonak + 49" 3  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 1' 16" 4  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 1' 37" 5  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team + 1' 40" 6  David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis + 2' 32" 7  Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak + 3' 13" 8  Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 3' 58" 9  Christophe Moreau (FRA) Crédit Agricole + 4' 01" 10  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 4' 07"

Stage 7

12 June 2005 — Morzine-Avoriaz to Sallanches, 128 km (79.5 mi)^[26]

Stage 7 Result[1][5][27] Rider Team Time DSQ  George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 3h 07' 10" 2  Yaroslav Popovych (UKR) Discovery Channel s.t. DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 22" 4  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team + 22" 5  Santiago Botero (COL) Phonak + 22" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 22" 7  David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis + 24" 8  Wim Van Huffel (BEL) Davitamon–Lotto + 24" 9  José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) Saunier Duval–Prodir + 45" 10  Francisco Mancebo (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 59"

General Classification after Stage 7[1][5][27] Rider Team Time 1  Iñigo Landaluze (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 28h 24' 46" 2  Santiago Botero (COL) Phonak + 11" DSQ  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner + 38" DSQ  Lance Armstrong (USA) Discovery Channel + 59" 5  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) T-Mobile Team + 1' 02" 6  David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 56" 7  José Ángel Gómez Marchante (ESP) Saunier Duval–Prodir + 3' 54" 8  Marzio Bruseghin (ITA) Fassa Bortolo + 3' 58" 9  Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) Crédit Agricole + 5' 04" 10  Francisco Mancebo (ESP) Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne + 6' 20"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Team Classification
P	George Hincapie	George Hincapie	Alberto Contador	George Hincapie	Phonak
1	Thor Hushovd		Francis Mourey	Thor Hushovd
2	Samuel Dumoulin	Samuel Dumoulin	Frédéric Finot	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R Prévoyance
3	Santiago Botero	Levi Leipheimer		Santiago Botero	Phonak
4	Alexander Vinokourov		Alexander Vinokourov	Levi Leipheimer
5	Axel Merckx	Iñigo Landaluze
6	Santiago Botero		Iván Gutiérrez	Santiago Botero
7	George Hincapie			Lance Armstrong	Discovery Channel
Final		Iñigo Landaluze	Iván Gutiérrez	Lance Armstrong[28][29]	Discovery Channel

References

1. "Ciclismo/Dauphiné Libéré" [Cycling/Dauphiné Libéré] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 13 June 2005. p. 49. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
2. "57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré - PT". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
3. "Les engages (provisoire)" [Those involved (provisional)] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.
4. "Prologue - Sunday, June 5: Aix-les-Bains ITT, 7.9 km". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
5. "Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
6. "Ciclismo/Dauphiné Libéré" [Cycling/Dauphiné Libéré] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 6 June 2005. p. 49. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
7. Tan, Anthony. "Hincapie surprises; Armstrong on track". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
8. "Stage 1 - Monday, June 6: Aix-les-Bains-Givors, 224 km". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
9. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 7 June 2005. p. 39. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
10. Jones, Jeff. "Hushovd for three". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
11. "Stage 2 - Tuesday, June 7: Givors - Chauffailles, 187 km". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
12. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 8 June 2005. p. 41. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
13. Tan, Anthony. "Dumoulin does the deed". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
14. "Stage 3 - Wednesday, June 8: Roanne - Roanne ITT, 46.5 km". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
15. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 June 2005. p. 52. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
16. Jones, Jeff. "Botero repeats 2002 TT win". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
17. "Stage 4 - Thursday, June 9: Tournon-sur-Rhone - Le Mont Ventoux, 182 km". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
18. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 10 June 2005. p. 52. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
19. Tan, Anthony. "Vino the King of Ventoux". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
20. "Stage 5 - Friday, June 10: Vaison-la-Romaine - Grenoble, 219 km". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
21. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 June 2005. p. 48. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
22. Jones, Jeff. "Superb solo for Merckx". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
23. "Stage 6 - Saturday, June 11: Albertville - Morzine-Avoriaz, 155 km". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
24. "Clasificaciones" [Classifications] (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 June 2005. p. 44. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
25. Tan, Anthony. "Botero back in business; Landaluze still leads". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
26. "Stage 7 - Sunday, June 12: Morzine-Avoriaz - Sallanches, 128 km". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
27. Tan, Anthony. "Inigo's race to Luze, and theirs to win". Cycling News. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
28. "Lance Armstrong: Governing body strips American of Tour wins". BBC News. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
29. "Union Cycliste Internationale".^{[permanent dead link]}

Further reading

• "Prologue : dimanche 5 juin 2005" [Prologue : Sunday 5 June 2005] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.
• "1ere étape : lundi 6 juin 2005" [Stage 1 : Monday 6 June 2005] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.
• "2e étape : mardi 7 juin 2005" [Stage 2, Tuesday 7 June 2005] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.
• "3e étape : mercredi 8 juin 2005" [Stage 3 : Wednesday 8 June 2005] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.
• "4e étape : jeudi 9 juin 2005" [Stage 4 : Thursday 9 June 2005] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.
• "5e étape : vendredi 10 juin 2005" [Stage 5 : Friday 10 June 2005] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.
• "6e étape : samedi 11 juin 2005" [Stage 6 : Saturday 11 June 2005] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.
• "7e étape : dimanche 12 juin 2005" [Stage 7 : Sunday 12 June 2005] (PDF). Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 October 2005.

External links

• "57e Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré" [57th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]. Le Dauphine (in French). Archived from the original on 15 October 2005.