2005 Giro d'Italia
Route and stages

2005 Giro d'Italia

Section Title: Route and stages
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Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner

P	7 May	Reggio Calabria	1.15 km (1 mi)	Individual time trial	Brett Lancaster (AUS)

1	8 May	Reggio Calabria to Tropea	208 km (129 mi)	Flat stage	Paolo Bettini (ITA)

2	9 May	Catanzaro Lido to Santa Maria del Cedro	182 km (113 mi)	Flat stage	Robbie McEwen (AUS)

3	10 May	Diamante to Giffoni Valle Piana	205 km (127 mi)	Flat stage	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)

4	11 May	Giffoni Valle Piana to Frosinone	211 km (131 mi)	Flat stage	Luca Mazzanti (ITA)

5	12 May	Celano to L'Aquila	223 km (139 mi)	Medium mountain stage	Danilo Di Luca (ITA)

6	13 May	Viterbo to Marina di Grosseto	153 km (95 mi)	Flat stage	Robbie McEwen (AUS)

7	14 May	Grosseto to Pistoia	211 km (131 mi)	Medium mountain stage	Koldo Gil (ESP)

8	15 May	Lamporecchio to Florence	45 km (28 mi)	Individual time trial	David Zabriskie (USA)

9	16 May	Florence to Ravenna	139 km (86 mi)	Flat stage	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)

17 May	Rest day

10	18 May	Ravenna to Rossano Veneto	212 km (132 mi)	Flat stage	Robbie McEwen (AUS)

11	19 May	Marostica to Zoldo Alto	150 km (93 mi)	Mountain stage	Paolo Savoldelli (ITA)

12	20 May	Alleghe to Rovereto	178 km (111 mi)	Medium mountain stage	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)

13	21 May	Mezzocorona to Urtijëi	218 km (135 mi)	Mountain stage	Iván Parra (COL)

14	22 May	Neumarkt to Livigno	210 km (130 mi)	Mountain stage	Iván Parra (COL)

15	23 May	Villa di Tirano to Lissone	154 km (96 mi)	Flat stage	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)

24 May	Rest day

16	25 May	Lissone to Varazze	210 km (130 mi)	Flat stage	Christophe Le Mével (FRA)

17	26 May	Varazze to Limone Piemonte	194 km (121 mi)	Mountain stage	Ivan Basso (ITA)

18	27 May	Chieri to Turin	34 km (21 mi)	Individual time trial	Ivan Basso (ITA)

19	28 May	Savigliano to Sestriere	190 km (118 mi)	Mountain stage	José Rujano (VEN)

20	29 May	Albese con Cassano to Milan	119 km (74 mi)	Flat stage	Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)

Total	3,447.15 km (2,142 mi)

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Villa di Tirano stage was shortened to 154 km (96 mi).

final_sentence: Villa di Tirano stage was shortened to 154 km (96 mi).