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By Barry Boyce, CyclingRevealed Historian |
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Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
March 19, 2005 |
Milan-San Remo |
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) |
294 km |
April 3, 2005 |
Tour of Flanders |
Tom Boonen (Bel) |
Brugge-Meerbeke 256 km |
April 10, 2005 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Tom Boonen (Bel) |
259 km |
April 24, 2005 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) |
Ans-Liege 260 km |
May 7-29, 2005 |
Giro d'Italia |
Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) |
Prol-20 Stages,
3,461.2 km |
July 2-24, 2005 |
Tour de France |
Lance Armstrong (USA) DQ'd |
21 Stages,
3,550.5 km |
Aug 27-Sept 18, 2005 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Dennis Menchov (Rus) |
21 Stages,
3,359.5 km |
September 25, 2005 |
World
Championships |
Tom Boonen (Bel) |
Madrid, Spa 273 km |
October 15, 2005 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Paolo Bettini (Ita) |
Mendrisio, Sui-Como,
246 km |
- January 26 - Condoleezza Rice is sworn in as U.S. Secretary of State, the first African American woman to hold the post.
- April 19 - Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger elected Pope Benedict XVI on the second day of the Papal Conclave.
- * July 7 - Bombing of 7/7: Three Islamic terrorists separately detonated three homemade bombs aboard London Underground trains, and a fourth terrorist detonated another bomb on a double-decker bus. 52 people of 18 different nationalities were killed and nearly 800 were injured in the attacks.
- * July 21 - Two weeks after the bombing of 7/7, four Islamic terrorists again targeted London's public transportation system. This time all four bombs fail to detonate leading to the capture of all the bombers.
- August 29 - Hurricane Katrina made its second and third landfall as a Category 3 hurricane. Katrina devastated much of the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 people and causing over $115 billion in damage.
- November 22 - Angela Merkel became the first female Chancellor of Germany
Notable Deaths -
Johnny Carson (1925-2005) American comedian and TV host (The Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust), died of respiratory failure arising from emphysema at 79.
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005) 264th Roman Catholic Pope (served 1978-2005), died of heart failure at 84.
Rosa Parks (1913-2005) American civil rights activist, who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, died of natural causes at 92.
Notable Deaths in Sports -
* Tour de France/Giro d’Italia Champion: Charly Gaul (1932-2005) Luxembourg cyclist won the Tour de France 1958 and Giro d’Italia 1956, 1959. He died Dec 6 at the age of 73.
* World Road Race Champion: Theo Middelkamp (1914-2005) Dutch road cyclist. Middelkamp became 1947 World Road Race Champion. In 1936 he was the first ever Dutch cyclist to win a stage in the Tour de France. He died at 91.
Max Schmeling (1905-2005) German boxer (world heavyweight champion 1930-32) died Feb 2 at 99.
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