# 2005 Tour of Slovenia

The 2005 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 12th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as 2.1 stage race (UCI Europe Tour) held between 9 and 12 June 2005.
The race consisted of 4 stages with 611 km (379.7 mi) in total.

## Teams

Total 123 riders (75 finished it) from 16 teams started the race.

### Pro Continental

* Acqua & Sapone–Adria Mobil
* Ceramica Panaria–Navigare
* Miche
* Tenax–Nobili Rubinetterie

### Continental

* Perutnina Ptuj
* Sava
* KRKA–Adria Mobil
* Radenska–Rog
* Team Nippo
* Androni Giocattoli–3C Casalinghi
* Amore & Vita–Beretta
* Volksbank–Leingrüber Ideal
* Rabobank Continental Team
* Ed' System ZVVZ

### National

* Slovenia
* Austria

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 9 June | Ptuj – Ptuj | 160 km (99 mi) | | Hilly stage | Ruggero Marzoli |
| 2 | 10 June | Medvode – Beljak/Villach (Austria) | 171 km (106 mi) | | Intermediate stage | Marco Marcato |
| 3 | 11 June | Trbiž/Tarvisio (Italy) – Vršič | 133 km (83 mi) | | Mountain stage | Przemysław Niemiec |
| 4 | 12 June | Šentjernej – Novo mesto | 147 km (91 mi) | | Hilly stage | Boštjan Mervar |
| Total | Total | 611 km (379.7 mi) | 611 km (379.7 mi) | 611 km (379.7 mi) | 611 km (379.7 mi) | 611 km (379.7 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Ruggero Marzoli | Ruggero Marzoli | Ruggero Marzoli | Wolfgang Murer | Simon Špilak | Rabobank |
| 2 | Marco Marcato | Ruggero Marzoli | Ruggero Marzoli | Matej Stare | Marco Marcato | Team Androni Giocattoli-3C |
| 3 | Przemysław Niemiec | Przemysław Niemiec | Ruggero Marzoli | Fraser MacMaster | Janez Brajkovič | Miche |
| 4 | Boštjan Mervar | Przemysław Niemiec | Ruggero Marzoli | Przemysław Niemiec | Janez Brajkovič | Miche |
| Final | Final | Przemysław Niemiec | Ruggero Marzoli | Przemysław Niemiec | Janez Brajkovič | Miche |

## Final classification standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the leader of the team classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Przemysław Niemiec | Miche | 15h 34' 33" |
| 2 | Fortunato Baliani | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 30" |
| 3 | Radoslav Rogina | Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie | + 35" |
| 4 | Raffaele Ferrara | Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi | + 50" |
| 5 | Jani Brajkovič | KRKA-Adria Mobil | + 54" |
| 6 | Valter Bonča | Sava | + 55" |
| 7 | Mitja Mahorič | Perutnina Ptuj | + 59" |
| 8 | Robert Kišerlovski | KRKA-Adria Mobil | + 1' 02" |
| 9 | Slawomir Kohut | Miche | + 1' 09" |
| 10 | Matija Kvasina | Perutnina Ptuj | + 1' 13" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Ruggero Marzoli | Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil | 65 |
| 2 | Rene Weissinger | Volksbank Leingruber Ideal | 42 |
| 3 | Marco Marcato | Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi | 37 |
| 4 | Juan Magallanes Aranda | Team Androni Giocattoli-3C Casalinghi | 36 |
| 5 | Boštjan Mervar | Perutnina Ptuj | 35 |
| 6 | Uroš Murn | Slovenija | 30 |
| 7 | Przemysław Niemiec | Miche | 25 |
| 8 | Matej Stare | Perutnina Ptuj | 25 |
| 9 | Maurizio Carta | Miche | 22 |
| 10 | Mitja Mahorič | Perutnina Ptuj | 21 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Przemysław Niemiec | Miche | 15 |
| 2 | Fraser MacMaster | Volksbank Leingruber Ideal | 11 |
| 3 | Matej Stare | Perutnina Ptuj | 10 |
| 4 | Matic Strgar | Radenska Rog | 7 |
| 5 | Rok Jerše | Sava | 6 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jani Brajkovič | KRKA-Adria Mobil | 15h 35' 27" |
| 2 | Robert Kišerlovski | KRKA-Adria Mobil | + 08" |
| 3 | Miha Švab | KRKA-Adria Mobil | + 35" |
| 4 | Lars Boom | Rabobank | + 1' 27" |
| 5 | Jure Kocjan | Radenska Rog | + 1' 47" |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Miche | 46h 46′ 48″ |
| 2 | Krka Adria Mobil | + 20″ |
| 3 | Perutnina Ptuj | + 01′ 19″ |
| 4 | Team Androni Giocattoli-3C | + 03′ 33″ |
| 5 | Sava Kranj | + 05′ 14″ |
| 6 | Radenska Rog | + 06′ 54″ |
| 7 | eD'system - ZVVZ | + 7′ 10″ |
| 8 | Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie | + 7′ 34″ |
| 9 | Acqua & Sapone-Adria Mobil | + 9′ 01″ |
| 10 | Rabobank | + 13′ 34″ |