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:
Image:TourofBritain2005.jpg|thumb|Stage 3 of the 2005 race passing through Honley, near Huddersfield
[Image:View_of_the_Tour_01.JPG|thumb|Final stage: view of the peloton]
Image:View_of_the_Tour_02.JPG|thumb|Final stage: peloton rounding a corner in Westminster
[Image:View_of_the_Tour_04.JPG|thumb|Final stage:]
[Image:View_of_the_Tour_05.JPG|thumb|Final stage:]

Stages

Prelude

;29 August: Glasgow
Mass participation ride followed by Glasgow criterium stage part of the Elite Circuit series.

Stage 1

;30 August: Glasgow to Castle Douglas,
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Nick NuyensBelgium

Stage 2

;31 August: Carlisle to Blackpool,
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Roger [Hammond (cyclist)|Roger Hammond]United Kingdom

Stage 3

;1 September: Leeds to Sheffield,
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Luca PaoliniItaly

Stage 4

;2 September: Buxton to Nottingham,
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Serguei IvanovRussia

Stage 5

;3 September: Birmingham ITT,
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Nick NuyensBelgium

Final Stage (6)

;4 September: London – London,
CyclistNationalityTeamTime
1Luca PaoliniItaly