Road Cycling Season 2005
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The 2005 season will be best remembered for
Lance Armstrong Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. He achieved international fame for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times fro ...
's unparalleled seventh successive victory in the
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
, however it was also notable for other reasons. After months of wrangling between the
UCI UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer In ...
, teams, and organizers of the major tours, the
ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, eac ...
finally became a reality.


Elite Men


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October


November – December

No major races.


Final rankings


ProTour


Continental Circuits


See also

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Road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The ...
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UCI Continental Circuits The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...
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UCI ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle racing, road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, i ...
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List of men's road bicycle races This is a list of important men's road bicycle racing events. The list only includes road races, and no track cycling, track, mountain biking, mountain or cyclo-cross races. Championships *UCI World Tour, used to be UCI ProTour *Five UCI Continent ...


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External links


Cyclingnews.com Road Calendar 2005

Giro d'Italia 

Tour de France 

UCI ProTour 

UCI World Road Championships 

Union Cycliste Internationale 

Vuelta a España 
{{2005 in road cycling Men's road cycling by year