On this page: Short race history | statistics,| individual final classification | stage details, results and running GC.

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Short history:

Tour boss Henri Desgrange recast the Tour to fight the problems of rider cheating and spectator interference. The stages mostly ended outside the finish towns. There were more stages (11) and the stages were shorter so that the riders would not have to start in the night. Instead of calculating the General Classification on elapsed time, the Tour was scored on points in order to make judging simpler. It remained a points race through 1912.

The 1905 Tour was still marred by some of the same protests and sabotage that bedeviled the 1904 Tour.

After demonstrating his climbing superiority, René Pottier dropped out of the third stage with tendinitis. He would go on to win the 1906 Tour. Aucouturier, winner of the 1903 and 1904 Paris-Roubaix took the lead and later relinquished it to Trousselier, who had won Paris-Roubaix that Spring. Trousselier's consistency is made clear by his 5 stage wins.

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Statistics

Number of stages	11
Number of riders starting	60
Number of riders finishing	24
Distance	2,994 km
Average speed	27.107 km/hr

Complete 1905 Tour de France Final General Classification

1	Louis Trousselier (France)	35 points
2	Hippolyte Aucouturier (France)	61
3	Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq (France)	64
4	Emile Georget (France)	123
5	Petit-Breton (Pseudonym of Lucien Mazan)	155
6	Augustin Ringeval (France)	202
7	Paul Chauvet (France)	231
8	Philippe Pautrat (France)	248
9	Julien Gabory (France)	255
10	Julien Maitron (France)	304
11	Alois Catteau (France)	355
12	Martin Soulie (France)	358
13	Léon Leygoute	394
14	Camille Fily	415
15	Antony Wattelier	441
16	Henri Lignon	488
17	Maurice Ducaop	490
18	Maurice Carrere	497
19	Gustave Guillarme	509
20	Julien Lootens "Samson"	515
21	Pinchau	707
22	Eugène Ventresque	797
23	Fernand Lallement	797
24	Clovis Lecroix	870 pts

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Stage results with running GC. Times are listed, but points, which are also listed, were what determined the General Classification.

Stage 1: Paris - Nancy, 340 km

1. Louis Trousselier: 11hr 25 min. 1 point

2. Jean-Bapatiste Dortignacq @ 3min. 2 points

3. Rene Pottier @ 4min. 3pt

4. Hippolyte Aucouturier @ 26min. 8pt

5. Henri Cornet s.t. 8pt

6. Augustin Ringeval @ 1hr 40min. 20pt

7. Emile Georget @ 2hr 40min. 31pt

8. Germain Fourchotte s.t. 21pt

9. Julien Gabory @ 2hr 48min. 34pt

10. Henri Lignon @ 3hr 39min. 45pt

GC after stage 1:

1. Louis Trousselier: 1point

2. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 2pt

3. Rene Pottier: 3pt

Stage 2: Nancy - Besançon, 299 km

Major Ascent: Ballon d'Alsace

1. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 10hr 11min. 1pt

2. Rene Pottier @ 10min. 4pt

3. Louis Trousselier @ 26min. 8pt

4. Julien Maitron @ 31min. 10pt

5. Henri Cornet @ 45min 30sec. 13pt

6. Germain Fourchotte @ 51min 30sec. 15pt

7. Lucien Petit-Breton @ 1hr 10min. 19pt

8. Julien Gabory s.t. 20pt

9. Emile Georget s.t 21pt

10. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq @ 1hr 29min. 25pt

GC after Stage 2:

1. Rene Pottier: 7 points

2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 9pt

3. Louis Trousselier: 9pt

Stage 3: Besançon - Grenoble, 327 km

1. Louis Trousselier: 11hr 14min. 1 point

2. Lucien Petit-Breton @ 45sec. 2pt

3. Augustin Ringeval @ 50sec. 3pt

4. Henri Cornet @ 5min. 4pt

5. Hippolyte Aucouturier @ 10min 15sec. 6pt

6. Philippe Pautrat @ 19min 50sec. 8pt

7. Paul Chauvet @ 19min 51sec. 9pt

8. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq @ 19min 52sec. 10pt

9. Julien Maitron @ 19min 53sec. 11pt

10. Julien Gabory @ 19min 54sec. 12pt

GC after Stage 3:

1. Louis Trousselier: 10 points

2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 15pt

3. Henri Cornet: 25pt

Stage 4: Grenoble - Toulon, 348 km

Major Ascents: Bayard, Laffrey

1. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 13hr 19min 45sec. 1 point

2. Louis Trousselier @ 24min 10sec. 6pt

3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq @ 24min 11sec. 7pt

4. Julien Maitron @ 59min 1sec. 14pt

5. Lucien Petit-Breton @ 1hr 8min 24sec. 16pt

6. Emile Georget @ 1hr 8min 26sec. 17pt

7. Philippe Pautrat @ 1hr 8min 26sec. 18pt

8. Paul Chauvet @ 1hr 51min 15sec. 27pt

9. Germain Fourchotte @ 1hr 51min 16sec. 28pt

10. Augustin Ringeval @ 2hr 26min 15sec. 35pt

GC after Stage 4:

1. Louis Trousselier: 16 points

2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 16pt

3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 44pt

Stage 5: Toulon - Nîmes, 192 km

1. Louis Trousselier: 7hr 24min. 1 Point

2. Maurice Decaup s.t. 2 pt

3. Emile Georget @ 20sec. 3 pt

4. Lucien Petit-Breton @ 30sec. 4pt

5. Germain Fourchotte @ 50sec. 5pt

6. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq @ 1min. 6pt

7. Augustin Ringeval @ 32min 30sec. 13 pt

8. Philippe Pautrat @ 32min 40sec. 14pt

9. Julien Gabory @ 33min. 15pt

10. Leon Leygoute s.t. 15 pt

GC after Stage 5:

1. Louis Troussellier: 17 points

2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 34pt

3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 50pt

Stage 6: Nîmes - Toulouse, 307 km.

1. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 12hr 7min 45sec. 1 point

2. Lucien Petit-Breton s.t. 2pt

3. Louis Trousselier: @ 2sec. 3pt

4. Emile Georget @ 3sec. 4pt

5. Hippolyte Aucouturier @ 4sec. 5pt

6. Maurice Decaup @ 5sec. 6pt

7. Germain Fourchotte @ 6sec. 7pt

8. Alois Catteau @ 7sec. 8pt

9. Jean-Baptiste Fischer @ 8sec. 9pt

10. Julien Gabory @ 9sec. 10pt

GC after Stage 6:

1. Louis Trousselier: 20 points

2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 39pt

3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 51pt

Stage 7: Toulouse - Bordeaux, 268 km

1. Louis Trousselier: 10hr 12min 40sec. 1 point

2. Philippe Pautrat @ 1sec. 2pt

3. Maurice Decaup @ 2sec. 3pt

4. Hippolyte Aucouturier @ 3sec. 4pt

5. Paul Chauvet @ 4sec 5pt

6. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq @ 5sec. 6pt

7. Leon Leygoute @ 6sec. 7pt

8. Emile Georget @ 7sec. 8pt

9. Julien Gabory @ 8sec. 9pt

10. Camille Fily @ 9sec. 10pt

GC after Stage 7:

1. Louis Trousselier: 21 points

2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 43pt

3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 57pt

Stage 8: Bordeaux - La Rochelle, 257 km

1. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 8hr 25min 45sec. 1 point

2. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq @ 1sec. 2pt

3. Louis Trousselier @ 2sec. 3pt

4. Augustin Ringeval @ 3sec. 4pt

5. Emile Georget @ 4sec. 5pt

6. Paul Chauvet @ 16min 55sec. 9pt

7. Jean-Baptiste Fischer @ 16min 56sec. 10pt

8. Camille Fily @ 16min 58sec. 11 pt

9. Lucien Petit-Breton @ 23min 17sec. 13pt

10. Julien Maitron @ 23min 20sec. 14pt

GC after Stage 8:

1. Louis Trousselier: 24 points

2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 44pt

3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 59pt

Stage 9: Le Rochelle - Rennes, 263 km.

1. Louis Trousselier: 10hr 25min 45sec. 1 point

2. Maurice Decaup @ 1sec. 2pt

3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq @ 2sec. 3pt

4. Emile Georget @ 3sec. 4pt

5. Lucien Petit-Breton @ 4sec. 5pt

6. Philippe Pautrat @ 5sec. 6pt

7. Hippolyte Aucouturier @ 6sec. 7pt

8. Augustin Ringeval @ 7sec. 8pt

9. Gustave Guillarme @ 8sec. 9pt

10. Henri Lignon @ 9sec. 10pt.

GC after stage 9:

1. Louis Trousselier: 25 points

2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 51pt

3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 62pt

Stage 10: Rennes - Caen, 167 km.

1. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 6hr 33min 1sec. 1pt
2. Maurice Decaup @ 1sec. 2pt
3. Lucien Petit-Breton @ 2sec. 3pt
4. Louis Trousselier @ 3sec. 4pt
5. Philippe Pautrat @ 4sec. 5pt
6. Julien Maitron @ 5sec. 6pt
7. Hippolyte Aucouturier @ 6sec. 7pt
8. Augustin Ringeval @ 8sec. 9pt
9. Alois Catteau @ 9sec. 10pt.

GC after Stage 10

1. Louis Trousselier: 29 points
2. Hippolyte Aucouturier: 58pt
3. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 63pt

11th and Final stage: Caen - Paris, 253 km.

1. Jean-Baptiste Dortignacq: 7hr 30min. 1 point
2. Lucien Petit-Breton @ 1sec. 2pt
3. Hippolyte Aucouturier @ 2min 30sec. 3pt
4. Louis Trousselier @ 17min 1sec. 6pt
5. Augustin Ringeval @ 23min 8pt
6. Emile Georget @ 25min 15sec. 9ot
7. Paul Chauvet @ 1hr 18min 10sec. 20pt
8. Henri Lignon s.t. 20pt
9. Antony Wattelier @ 1hr 18min 15sec. 22pt
10. Camille Fily @ 1hr 40min

Final 1905 Tour De France General Classification

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