Giro d'Italia 2005
May 7-29, 2005, Reggio Calabria, Italy, Road - UPT (ProTour)
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Stages
- Prologue0.115km Reggio Calabria - Reggio Calabria
- Stage 1208km Reggio Calabria - Tropea
- Stage 2182km Catanzaro Lido - S.M. del Cedro
- Stage 3210km Diamante - Giffoni Valle Piana
- Stage 4220km Giffoni Valle Piana - Frosinone
- Stage 5223km Celano - L'Aquila
- Stage 6153km Viterbo - Marina Di Grosseto
- Stage 7211km Grosseto - Pistoia
- Stage 845km Lamporecchio - Firenze ITT
- Stage 9139km Firenze - Ravenna
- Stage 10212km Ravenna - Rossano Veneto
- Stage 11150km Marostica - Zoldo Alto
- Stage 12178km Alleghe - Rovereto
- Stage 13218km Mezzocorona - Ortisei
- Stage 14210km Egna - Livigno
- Stage 15154km Villa di Tirano - Lissone
- Stage 16210km Lissone - Varazze
- Stage 17194km Varazze - Limone Piemonte (Colle di Tenda)
- Stage 1834km Chieri - Torino ITT
- Stage 19190km Savigliano - Sestriere (Le Valli Olimpiche)
- Stage 20119km Albese con Cassano - Milano
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Complete Live Report
Stage 13 - Friday, May 22: Lido di Camaiore - Firenze, 176km
Live commentary by Laura Weislo
17:43:53 CEST
A couple of straightforward climbs early on in the stage apart, this is a pan-flat day's cycling that looks guaranteed for a sprint finish. In fact, it would be no surprise to see several of the sprinters pull out after this stage with so few opportunities for them in the last week, which only makes a sprint even more certain.
Firenze is a city of art, but in cycling it is known for the famed Gino Bartali, who comes from nearby Ponte a Ema. It is a stage dedicated to him and it will pass through his city.
17:44:13 CEST
Welcome back to Cyclingnews' live coverage of the Giro d'Italia. It was incredibly difficult to tear ourselves away from the beach in Lido di Camaiore this morning. It's such a gorgeous summery day and we really need to work on our tan... but alas, duty calls!
17:44:29 CEST
The riders also seem to be in a lazy summer afternoon mood. They got underway at 1:15PM local time and were in no real hurry to ride hard from the start. Seems that 60km time trial took a little sting out of everyone's legs yesterday!
17:44:00 CEST
Barloworld's Robbie Hunter said that he was hoping for an old-fashioned Giro stage today - 120km of "piano!" and then wind it up for the sprint. However, there were three men who weren't going to follow that plan today.
At km 12, Leonardo Scarselli (ISD), Mikhail Ignatiev (Team Katusha) and Björn Schröder (Team Milram) went on the attack and the peloton decided to let them have their day in the sun.