2005 Vuelta a Colombia explained

2005 Vuelta a Colombia
Date:	July 24 – August 7, 2005
Stages:	14
Distance:	2111.9
Unit:	km
Time:	54h 24' 55"
Speed:	38.8126
First:	Libardo Niño
First Nat:	COL
First Team:	Loteria de Boyaca
First Color:	red
Second:	Walter Pedraza
Second Nat:	COL
Second Team:	Orbitel
Third:	Álvaro Sierra
Third Nat:	COL
Third Team:	Orbitel
Points:	Libardo Niño
Points Nat:	COL
Points Team:	Loteria de Boyaca
Mountains:	Álvaro Sierra
Mountains Nat:	COL
Mountains Team:	Orbitel
Combination:	Daniel Rincón
Combination Nat:	COL
Combination Team:	Orbitel
Youth:	Mauricio Soler
Youth Nat:	COL
Youth Team:	Orbitel
Team:	Orbitel
Previous:	2004
Next:	2006

The 55th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from July 24 to August 7, 2005.

Stages

2005-07-24: Pitalito — Pitalito (5.7 km)

Place	Prologue		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
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2005-07-25: Pitalito — Yaguara (226.9 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-07-26: Neiva — Agua de Dios (198 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-07-27: Melgar — Armenia (180.4 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-07-28: Armenia — Cali (185.7 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-07-29: Cali — Cerrito (41.2 km)

Place	Stage 5 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-07-30: Palmira — Santa Rosa de Cabal (197.6 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-07-31: Chinchina — Medellín (202.2 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-08-01: Medellín — Jerico (113.1 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-08-02: Jerico — Ciudad Bolívar (124.3 km)

Place	Stage 9		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-08-03: Ciudad Bolívar — Palestina (188.7 km)

Place	Stage 10		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-08-04: Chinchina — Mariquita (138.6 km)

Place	Stage 11		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-08-05: Dorada — Fontibón (175.6 km)

Place	Stage 12		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-08-06: Bogotá — Bogotá (20.9 km)

Place	Stage 13 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2005-08-07: Bogotá Circuito (113 km)

Place	Stage 14		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

Jersey progression

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Youth classification
P	Alejandro Cortés	Alejandro Cortés	Jairo Pérez	Javier Zapata	Mauricio Soler
1	Manuel Medina		Manuel Medina	Fernando Camargo
2	Nilton Ortíz	Carlos Ospina	Nilton Ortíz		Carlos Ospina
3	Walter Pedraza	Walter Pedraza	Walter Pedraza	Álvaro Sierra	Rafael Ramírez
4	Javier Zapata	Javier Zapata	Heberth Gutiérrez
5	Libardo Niño	Heberth Gutiérrez			Mauricio Soler
6	Vladimir González		Javier Zapata
7	Graciano Fonseca	Javier Zapata	Libardo Niño
8	Daniel Rincón
9	Jorge Humberto Martínez
10	Fernando Camargo
11	Urbelino Mesa	Hernán Buenahora
12	Víctor Niño
13	Hernán Buenahora
14	Mauricio Soler	Libardo Niño

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.		Loteria de Boyaca	54:24:55
2.		Orbitel	+ 1.14
3.		Orbitel	+ 1.34
4.		Orbitel	+ 1.44
5.		Aguardiente Antioqueño	+ 1.48
6.		Orbitel	+ 3.24
7.		Orbitel	+ 3.25
8.		Loteria de Boyaca	+ 17.40
9.		Mixed Team 2	+ 24.42
10.		Orbitel	+ 25.25

References

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