The 2005 Danmark Rundt was ridden from 3 August to 7 August 2005. This edition is remembered for the complete dominance of Ivan Basso, who won 4 of the 6 stages, and the overall classification. It was the 15th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985.
Stages The total length of the race was 848.8 km.
Stage 1: Skive – Skive (210 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Ivan Basso Team CSC in 4h55'13" 2 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof at 9" 3 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC s.t. 4 Jens-Erik Madsen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens s.t. 5 Paride Grillo Paniare Navigare s.t. Full result
Stage 2: Viborg – Århus (185 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Ivan Basso Team CSC in 4h31'08" 2 Daniele Nardello T-Mobile Team s.t. 3 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof s.t. 4 Iljo Keisse Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen s.t. 5 Martin Pedersen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens s.t. Full result
Stage 3: Århus – Vejle (185 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Ivan Basso Team CSC in 4h44'15" 2 Rory Sutherland Rabobank at 1'09" 3 Moisés Aldape Panaria Navigare s.t. 4 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC at 1'10" 5 Daniele Nardello T-Mobile Team s.t. Full result
Stage 4: Assens – Odense (90 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Paride Grillo Panaria Navigare in 1h56'36" 2 Alexandre Usov AG2R Prévoyance s.t. 3 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance s.t. 4 Martin Pedersen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens s.t. 5 James Vanlandschoot Landbouwkrediet–Colnago s.t. Full result
Stage 5: Nyborg (13.8 km, ITT) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Ivan Basso Team CSC in 16'15" 2 Jens Voigt Team CSC at 24" 3 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC at 40" 4 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance at 43" 5 Łukasz Bodnar Team Intel Action at 51" Full result
Stage 6: Slagelse – Frederiksberg (165 km) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof in 3h35'37" 2 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance s.t. 3 Paride Grillo Panaria Navigare s.t. 4 Graeme Brown Panaria Navigare s.t. 5 Marcin Lewandowski Team Intel Action s.t. Full result
Final classifications
Overall classement (yellow jersey) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Ivan Basso Team CSC in 19h58'37" 2 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC at 2'21" 3 Rory Sutherland Rabobank at 2'51" 4 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance at 2'55" 5 Daniele Nardello T-Mobile Team at 3'07" 6 Sergey Lagutin Landbouwkrediet–Colnago at 3'41" 7 Grischa Niermann Rabobank at 3'50" 8 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank at 3'56" 9 Roy Sentjens Rabobank at 3'58" 10 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof at 4'05" Full result Ivan Basso's average speed for the race was 42.489 km/h.
Point classement (purple jersey) # Rider Team Nat. Points 1 Ivan Basso Team CSC 66 points 2 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof 43 points 3 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC 39 points 4 Paride Grillo Paniare Navigare 33 points 5 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance 31 points Full result
Hill classement (red-dotted jersey) # Rider Team Nat. Points 1 Martin Müller Team Wiesenhof 54 points 2 Martin Mortensen Team Post Danmark 36 points 3 Sergiy Matveyev Paniare Navigare 28 points 4 Jens Voigt Team CSC 24 points 5 Tom Stubbe Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen 20 points Full result
Youth classement (white jersey) # Rider Team Nat. Time 1 Rory Sutherland Rabobank 20h01'28" 2 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance at 4" 3 Sergey Lagutin Langbouwkrediet-Colnago at 50" 4 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank at 1'05" 5 Roy Sentjens Rabobank at 1'07" Full result (without times)
Team classement # Team Nat. Time 1 Team CSC 60h01'21" 2 Rabobank at 4'48" 3 AG2R Prévoyance at 7'32" 4 Landbouwkrediet–Colnago at 7'40" 5 Team Wiesenhof at 7'59" Full result
Fighter classement # Rider Team Nat. Points 1 Allan Bo Andresen Team Designa Køkken 12 points 2 Martin Mortensen Team Post Danmark 12 points 3 Jens Voigt Team CSC 10 points 4 Jacob Moe Rasmussen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens 10 points 5 Sergiy Matveyev Panaria–Navigare 10 points Full result
References cyclingnews