# 2005 Danmark Rundt

The 2005 Danmark Rundt was ridden from 3 August to 7 August 2005. This edition is remembered for the complete dominance of Ivan Basso, who won 4 of the 6 stages, and the overall classification. It was the 15th edition of the men's stage race, which was established in 1985.

## Stages

The total length of the race was 848.8 km.

### Stage 1: Skive – Skive (210 km)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Team CSC | Italy | in 4h55'13" |
| 2 | André Greipel | Team Wiesenhof | Germany | at 9" |
| 3 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | Norway | s.t. |
| 4 | Jens-Erik Madsen | Glud & Marstrand–Horsens | Denmark | s.t. |
| 5 | Paride Grillo | Paniare Navigare | Italy | s.t. |
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### Stage 2: Viborg – Århus (185 km)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Team CSC | Italy | in 4h31'08" |
| 2 | Daniele Nardello | T-Mobile Team | Italy | s.t. |
| 3 | André Greipel | Team Wiesenhof | Germany | s.t. |
| 4 | Iljo Keisse | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen | Belgium | s.t. |
| 5 | Martin Pedersen | Glud & Marstrand–Horsens | Denmark | s.t. |
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### Stage 3: Århus – Vejle (185 km)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Team CSC | Italy | in 4h44'15" |
| 2 | Rory Sutherland | Rabobank | Australia | at 1'09" |
| 3 | Moisés Aldape | Panaria Navigare | Mexico | s.t. |
| 4 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | Norway | at 1'10" |
| 5 | Daniele Nardello | T-Mobile Team | Italy | s.t. |
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### Stage 4: Assens – Odense (90 km)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | Paride Grillo | Panaria Navigare | Italy | in 1h56'36" |
| 2 | Alexandre Usov | AG2R Prévoyance | Belarus | s.t. |
| 3 | Tomas Vaitkus | AG2R Prévoyance | Lithuania | s.t. |
| 4 | Martin Pedersen | Glud & Marstrand–Horsens | Denmark | s.t. |
| 5 | James Vanlandschoot | Landbouwkrediet–Colnago | Belgium | s.t. |
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### Stage 5: Nyborg (13.8 km, ITT)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Team CSC | Italy | in 16'15" |
| 2 | Jens Voigt | Team CSC | Germany | at 24" |
| 3 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | Norway | at 40" |
| 4 | Tomas Vaitkus | AG2R Prévoyance | Lithuania | at 43" |
| 5 | Łukasz Bodnar | Team Intel Action | Poland | at 51" |
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### Stage 6: Slagelse – Frederiksberg (165 km)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | André Greipel | Team Wiesenhof | Germany | in 3h35'37" |
| 2 | Tomas Vaitkus | AG2R Prévoyance | Lithuania | s.t. |
| 3 | Paride Grillo | Panaria Navigare | Italy | s.t. |
| 4 | Graeme Brown | Panaria Navigare | Australia | s.t. |
| 5 | Marcin Lewandowski | Team Intel Action | Poland | s.t. |
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## Final classifications
### Overall classement (yellow jersey)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Team CSC | Italy | in 19h58'37" |
| 2 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | Norway | at 2'21" |
| 3 | Rory Sutherland | Rabobank | Australia | at 2'51" |
| 4 | Tomas Vaitkus | AG2R Prévoyance | Lithuania | at 2'55" |
| 5 | Daniele Nardello | T-Mobile Team | Italy | at 3'07" |
| 6 | Sergey Lagutin | Landbouwkrediet–Colnago | Uzbekistan | at 3'41" |
| 7 | Grischa Niermann | Rabobank | Germany | at 3'50" |
| 8 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Rabobank | Russia | at 3'56" |
| 9 | Roy Sentjens | Rabobank | Belgium | at 3'58" |
| 10 | André Greipel | Team Wiesenhof | Germany | at 4'05" |
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Ivan Basso's average speed for the race was 42.489 km/h.

### Point classement (purple jersey)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Points |
| 1 | Ivan Basso | Team CSC | Italy | 66 points |
| 2 | André Greipel | Team Wiesenhof | Germany | 43 points |
| 3 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | Team CSC | Norway | 39 points |
| 4 | Paride Grillo | Paniare Navigare | Italy | 33 points |
| 5 | Tomas Vaitkus | AG2R Prévoyance | Lithuania | 31 points |
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### Hill classement (red-dotted jersey)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Points |
| 1 | Martin Müller | Team Wiesenhof | Germany | 54 points |
| 2 | Martin Mortensen | Team Post Danmark | Denmark | 36 points |
| 3 | Sergiy Matveyev | Paniare Navigare | Ukraine | 28 points |
| 4 | Jens Voigt | Team CSC | Germany | 24 points |
| 5 | Tom Stubbe | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen | Belgium | 20 points |
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### Youth classement (white jersey)

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | Rory Sutherland | Rabobank | Australia | 20h01'28" |
| 2 | Tomas Vaitkus | AG2R Prévoyance | Lithuania | at 4" |
| 3 | Sergey Lagutin | Langbouwkrediet-Colnago | Uzbekistan | at 50" |
| 4 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Rabobank | Russia | at 1'05" |
| 5 | Roy Sentjens | Rabobank | Belgium | at 1'07" |
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### Team classement

| # | Team | Nat. | Time |
| 1 | Team CSC | Denmark | 60h01'21" |
| 2 | Rabobank | Netherlands | at 4'48" |
| 3 | AG2R Prévoyance | France | at 7'32" |
| 4 | Landbouwkrediet–Colnago | Belgium | at 7'40" |
| 5 | Team Wiesenhof | Germany | at 7'59" |
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### Fighter classement

| # | Rider | Team | Nat. | Points |
| 1 | Allan Bo Andresen | Team Designa Køkken | Denmark | 12 points |
| 2 | Martin Mortensen | Team Post Danmark | Denmark | 12 points |
| 3 | Jens Voigt | Team CSC | Germany | 10 points |
| 4 | Jacob Moe Rasmussen | Glud & Marstrand–Horsens | Denmark | 10 points |
| 5 | Sergiy Matveyev | Panaria–Navigare | Ukraine | 10 points |
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