2005 Tour of Britain

The 2005 edition of the Tour of Britain stage race was run as a UCI 2.1 category in six stages starting in Glasgow on 30 August and finishing in London on 4 September:

Stage 3 of the 2005 race passing through Honley, near Huddersfield
Final stage: view of the peloton
Final stage: peloton rounding a corner in Westminster
Final stage:
Final stage:

Stages

Prelude
29 August: Glasgow

Mass participation ride followed by Glasgow criterium stage part of the Elite Circuit series.[1]

Stage 1
30 August: Glasgow to Castle Douglas, 185 km (115 mi)
Cyclist Nationality Team Time
1 Nick Nuyens  Belgium QST 4h 24' 32"
2 Michael Blaudzun  Denmark CSC + 0' 02"
3 Jeremy Hunt  United Kingdom MRB + 0' 03"

Stage 2
31 August: Carlisle to Blackpool, 160 km (99 mi)
Cyclist Nationality Team Time
1 Roger Hammond  United Kingdom GBR 3h 58' 48"
2 Robin Sharman  United Kingdom REC + 0' 05"
3 Mark Cavendish  United Kingdom GBR + 0' 10"

Stage 3
1 September: Leeds to Sheffield, 160 km (99 mi)
Cyclist Nationality Team Time
1 Luca Paolini  Italy QST 4h 27' 24"
2 Bram Schmitz  Netherlands TMO s.t.
3 Russell Downing  United Kingdom REC + 0' 02"

Stage 4
2 September: Buxton to Nottingham, 195 km (121 mi)
Cyclist Nationality Team Time
1 Serguei Ivanov  Russia TMO 4h 24' 17"
2 Evan Oliphant  United Kingdom SCO s.t.
3 Kazuo Inoue  Japan BGT s.t.

Stage 5
3 September: Birmingham ITT, 4 km (2.5 mi)
Cyclist Nationality Team Time
1 Nick Nuyens  Belgium QST 4' 54.06"
2 Kurt Asle Arvesen  Norway CSC + 0.75"
3 Michael Blaudzun  Denmark CSC + 1.21"

Final Stage (6)
4 September: London – London, 64 km (40 mi)
Cyclist Nationality Team Time
1 Luca Paolini  Italy QST 1h 30' 54"
2 Enrico Degano  Italy TBL s.t.
3 Roger Hammond  United Kingdom GBR s.t.

References
  1. "Fancy being a marshall at the ToB?".
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