2005 Tour of Britain explained

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:

Stages

Prelude

29 August: GlasgowMass participation ride followed by Glasgow criterium stage part of the Elite Circuit series.^[1]

Stage 1

30 August: Glasgow to Castle Douglas, 185km (115miles)

	Cyclist	Nationality	Team	Time
1	Nick Nuyens		QST	4h 24' 32"
2	Michael Blaudzun		CSC	+ 0' 02"
3	Jeremy Hunt		MRB	+ 0' 03"

Stage 2

31 August: Carlisle to Blackpool, 160km (100miles)

	Cyclist	Nationality	Team	Time
1	Roger Hammond		GBR	3h 58' 48"
2	Robin Sharman		REC	+ 0' 05"
3	Mark Cavendish		GBR	+ 0' 10"

Stage 3

1 September: Leeds to Sheffield, 160km (100miles)

	Cyclist	Nationality	Team	Time
1	Luca Paolini		QST	4h 27' 24"
2	Bram Schmitz		TMO	s.t.
3	Russell Downing		REC	+ 0' 02"

Stage 4

2 September: Buxton to Nottingham, 195km (121miles)

	Cyclist	Nationality	Team	Time
1	Serguei Ivanov		TMO	4h 24' 17"
2	Evan Oliphant		SCO	s.t.
3	Kazuo Inoue		BGT	s.t.

Stage 5

3 September: Birmingham ITT, 4km (02miles)

	Cyclist	Nationality	Team	Time
1	Nick Nuyens		QST	4' 54.06"
2	Kurt Asle Arvesen		CSC	+ 0.75"
3	Michael Blaudzun		CSC	+ 1.21"

Final Stage (6)

4 September: London – London, 64km (40miles)

	Cyclist	Nationality	Team	Time
1	Luca Paolini		QST	1h 30' 54"
2	Enrico Degano		TBL	s.t.
3	Roger Hammond		GBR	s.t.

Notes and References

Web site: Fancy being a marshall at the ToB?.