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.

Denmark 2005 Danmark Rundt
The peloton near Randers on stage 2
The peloton near Randers on stage 2
Race details
DatesAugust 3–7, 2005
Stages6
Distance839 km (521.3 mi)
Winning time19h 58' 37"
Results
Winner  Ivan Basso (ITA) (Team CSC)
  Second  Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR) (Team CSC)
  Third  Rory Sutherland (AUS) (Rabobank)

Points  Ivan Basso (ITA) (Team CSC)
Mountains  Martin Müller (GER) (Team Wiesenhof)
Youth  Rory Sutherland (AUS) (Rabobank)
  Team Denmark Team CSC
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Stages edit

The total length of the race was 848.8 km.

Stage 1: Skive – Skive (210 km) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Time
1 Ivan Basso Team CSC   Italy in 4h55'13"
2 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof   Germany at 9"
3 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC   Norway s.t.
4 Jens-Erik Madsen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens   Denmark s.t.
5 Paride Grillo Paniare Navigare   Italy s.t.
Full result

Stage 2: ViborgÅrhus (185 km) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Time
1 Ivan Basso Team CSC   Italy in 4h31'08"
2 Daniele Nardello T-Mobile Team   Italy s.t.
3 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof   Germany s.t.
4 Iljo Keisse Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen   Belgium s.t.
5 Martin Pedersen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens   Denmark s.t.
Full result

Stage 3: ÅrhusVejle (185 km) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Time
1 Ivan Basso Team CSC   Italy in 4h44'15"
2 Rory Sutherland Rabobank   Australia at 1'09"
3 Moisés Aldape Panaria Navigare   Mexico s.t.
4 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC   Norway at 1'10"
5 Daniele Nardello T-Mobile Team   Italy s.t.
Full result

Stage 4: AssensOdense (90 km) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Time
1 Paride Grillo Panaria Navigare   Italy in 1h56'36"
2 Alexandre Usov AG2R Prévoyance   Belarus s.t.
3 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance   Lithuania s.t.
4 Martin Pedersen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens   Denmark s.t.
5 James Vanlandschoot Landbouwkrediet–Colnago   Belgium s.t.
Full result

Stage 5: Nyborg (13.8 km, ITT) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Time
1 Ivan Basso Team CSC   Italy in 16'15"
2 Jens Voigt Team CSC   Germany at 24"
3 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC   Norway at 40"
4 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance   Lithuania at 43"
5 Łukasz Bodnar Team Intel Action   Poland at 51"
Full result

Stage 6: SlagelseFrederiksberg (165 km) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Time
1 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof   Germany in 3h35'37"
2 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance   Lithuania s.t.
3 Paride Grillo Panaria Navigare   Italy s.t.
4 Graeme Brown Panaria Navigare   Australia s.t.
5 Marcin Lewandowski Team Intel Action   Poland s.t.
Full result

Final classifications edit

Overall classement (yellow jersey) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Time
1 Ivan Basso Team CSC   Italy in 19h58'37"
2 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC   Norway at 2'21"
3 Rory Sutherland Rabobank   Australia at 2'51"
4 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance   Lithuania at 2'55"
5 Daniele Nardello T-Mobile Team   Italy at 3'07"
6 Sergey Lagutin Landbouwkrediet–Colnago   Uzbekistan at 3'41"
7 Grischa Niermann Rabobank   Germany at 3'50"
8 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank   Russia at 3'56"
9 Roy Sentjens Rabobank   Belgium at 3'58"
10 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof   Germany at 4'05"
Full result

Ivan Basso's average speed for the race was 42.489 km/h.

Point classement (purple jersey) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Points
1 Ivan Basso Team CSC   Italy 66 points
2 André Greipel Team Wiesenhof   Germany 43 points
3 Kurt Asle Arvesen Team CSC   Norway 39 points
4 Paride Grillo Paniare Navigare   Italy 33 points
5 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance   Lithuania 31 points
Full result[permanent dead link]

Hill classement (red-dotted jersey) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Points
1 Martin Müller Team Wiesenhof   Germany 54 points
2 Martin Mortensen Team Post Danmark   Denmark 36 points
3 Sergiy Matveyev Paniare Navigare   Ukraine 28 points
4 Jens Voigt Team CSC   Germany 24 points
5 Tom Stubbe Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen   Belgium 20 points
Full result[permanent dead link]

Youth classement (white jersey) edit

# Rider Team Nat. Time
1 Rory Sutherland Rabobank   Australia 20h01'28"
2 Tomas Vaitkus AG2R Prévoyance   Lithuania at 4"
3 Sergey Lagutin Langbouwkrediet-Colnago   Uzbekistan at 50"
4 Alexandr Kolobnev Rabobank   Russia at 1'05"
5 Roy Sentjens Rabobank   Belgium at 1'07"
Full result (without times)[permanent dead link]

Team classement edit

# Team Nat. Time
1 Team CSC   Denmark 60h01'21"
2 Rabobank   Netherlands at 4'48"
3 AG2R Prévoyance   France at 7'32"
4 Landbouwkrediet–Colnago   Belgium at 7'40"
5 Team Wiesenhof   Germany at 7'59"
Full result[permanent dead link]

Fighter classement edit

# Rider Team Nat. Points
1 Allan Bo Andresen Team Designa Køkken   Denmark 12 points
2 Martin Mortensen Team Post Danmark   Denmark 12 points
3 Jens Voigt Team CSC   Germany 10 points
4 Jacob Moe Rasmussen Glud & Marstrand–Horsens   Denmark 10 points
5 Sergiy Matveyev Panaria–Navigare   Ukraine 10 points
Full result[permanent dead link]

References edit