2005 Tirreno–Adriatico

These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Tirreno–Adriatico race, a sprinter showdown won by then World Champion Óscar Freire.

2005 Tirreno–Adriatico

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Race details
Dates	March 9–March 15
Stages	7
Distance	1,214.4 km (754.6 mi)
Winning time	32h 37' 19"
Results
Winner  Óscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank)   Second  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (Fassa Bortolo)   Third  Danilo Hondo (GER) (Gerolsteiner) Points  Óscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank) Mountains  José Luis Carrasco (ESP) (Illes Balears–Banesto)   Team Ceramica Panaria–Navigare

Stages

09-03-2005: Civitavecchia, 160 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alessandro Petacchi	Fassa Bortolo	4h 25'35"
2	Bernhard Eisel	FDJeux	s.t.
3	Robbie McEwen	Davitamon-Lotto	s.t.

10-03-2005: Civitavecchia-Tivoli, 181 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	4h 45'36"
2	Ángel Vicioso	Liberty Seguros	s.t.
3	Laurent Brochard	Bouygues Telecom	s.t.

11-03-2005: Tivoli-Torricella, 228 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	5h 52'07"
2	Laurent Brochard	Bouygues Telecom	s.t.
3	Danilo Hondo	Gerolsteiner	s.t.

12-03-2005: Teramo-Servigliano, 160 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	4h 53'27"
2	Danilo Hondo	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
3	Fabrizio Guidi	Phonak	s.t.

13-03-2005: Saltara, 170.4 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Servais Knaven	Quick Step	4h 22'42"
2	Andrea Peron	Team CSC	+ 17"
3	Pavel Padrnos	Discovery Channel	s.t.

14-03-2005: Civitanova Marche, 164 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alessandro Petacchi	Fassa Bortolo	3h 53'40"
2	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	s.t.
3	Robbie McEwen	Davitamon-Lotto	s.t.

15-03-2005: San Benedetto del Tronto, 164 km

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alessandro Petacchi	Fassa Bortolo	4h 23'22"
2	Mario Cipollini	Liquigas	s.t.
3	Danilo Hondo	Gerolsteiner	s.t.

General standings

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Freire	Rabobank	32h 37'19"
2	Alessandro Petacchi	Fassa Bortolo	+ 9"
3	Danilo Hondo	Gerolsteiner	+ 25"
4	Fabrizio Guidi	Phonak	s.t.
5	Laurent Brochard	Bouygues Telecom	+ 33"
6	George Hincapie	Discovery Channel	+ 36"
7	Ángel Vicioso	Liberty Seguros	+ 37"
8	Markus Zberg	Gerolsteiner	+ 40"
9	Patrice Halgand	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
10	Andreas Klier	T-Mobile Team	+ 42"

• Danilo Hondo was later disqualified for failing a doping test.

KOM classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	José Luis Carrasco	Illes Balears

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	Óscar Freire	Rabobank

Best team

	Team	Country
1	Ceramica Panaria-Navigare	Italy

External links

• Race website