Prologue
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- 7 May 2005 — Reggio Calabria, 1.15 km (0.71 mi) (ITT)[1]
The prologue was a 1.15 km (0.71 mi) individual time trial. It was won by the Australian Brett Lancaster with a 0.289 second advantage over Matteo Tosatto, who scored second. After the last rider, Mario Cipollini received the homage of the Italian cycling world, doing the 1.15 kilometer race out of competition. He had announced his retirement just ten days before.
Prologue result[2]
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General Classification after Prologue[2]
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- 8 May 2005 — Reggio Calabria to Tropea, 208 km (129 mi)[1]
At the beginning of the first stage, a four-man breakaway formed and led by almost ten minutes at one point. Thorwald Veneberg was finally captured again about 20 kilometers before the end. However, his efforts paid by giving him the first maglia Verde of the Giro. On the last kilometer Paolo Bettini managed to get away on a very steep gradient.
Stage 1 result[2]
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General classification after stage 1[2]
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- 10 May 2005 — Diamante to Giffoni Valle Piana, 210 km (130 mi)[1]
Just as in the first stage, the sprinter's teams were not able to stop a breakaway in the last kilometers of the race. This time, it was a group of fifty riders which included all the GC important riders. Danilo DI Luca, in a great form in season 2005, beat fellow Italian Damiano Cunego in the sprint for the stage victory.
Stage 3 result[2]
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General classification after stage 3[2]
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- 11 May 2005 — Giffoni Valle Piana to Frosinone, 197 km (122 mi)[1]
Paolo Bettini won the sprint at the end which was fought between five cyclists. But in this process he caused Baden Cooke to fall and was declassified because of this. Luca Mazzanti, who came in second, inherited the victory. After the stage, Bettini threatened to abandon the race, but it turned out to be an empty threat.
Stage 4 result[2]
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General classification after stage 4[2]
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- 14 May 2005 — Grosseto to Pistoia, 205 km (127 mi)[1]
After a long breakaway, lasting throughout most of the stage, Spaniard Koldo Gil was the first to arrive at the finish line in Pistoia. Damiano Cunego, who was second, leading a pursuing group, celebrated thinking he had won the stage, not knowing that Gil had already taken the victory. Ivan Basso, who had been forced to change his bicycle because of a puncture in the last climb of the day, lost thirty seconds to his rivals for GC.
Stage 7 result[2]
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General classification after stage 7[2]
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- 15 May 2005 — Lamporecchio to Florence, 215 km (134 mi) (ITT)[1]
The eighth stage was a time trial. Danilo DI Luca came in tenth and was able to keep the Maglia Rosa. Otherwise, this stage meant the victory for American David Zabriskie, and the revival of his teammate Ivan Basso, second in the time trial, and who made up for all the time he had lost the day before and even more. On the other hand, this was a very bad day for both Lampre riders Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni.
Stage 8 result[2]
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General classification after stage 8[2]
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Stage 10
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- 18 May 2005 — Ravenna to Rossano Veneto, 212 km (132 mi)[1]
On the stage after the race's first rest day, Robbie McEwen took vengeance on Alessandro Petacchi in a bunch sprint. The bunch spring had to be solved with the aid of the photo-finish, which determined that the Australian had beaten the Italian by a mere question of millimeters.
Stage 10 result[2]
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General classification after stage 10[2]
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References
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