Tour de Luxembourg - 04.06.2005 - 3rd stage B: Bettembourg (11 km individual time trial)

Ralf Grabsch (Team Wiesenhof)

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Tour de Luxembourg - 02-05.06.2005 - Luxembourg-Diekirch

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Stage 1: Luxembourg - Mondorf (176 km) Claudio Corioni (Fassa Bortolo) leads the break in front of René Obst (Wiesenhof) Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) in the leading group Defending champion Maxime Monfort (Landbouwkrediet) very active in the lead group Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) Eddy Serri (Barloworld) alone in the lead in Altwies Fassa Bortolo leads the chase on the cobbles of Altwies Fassa Bortolo leads also the main field with Dario Frigo and Andrej Hauptmann The sprint for stage victory with Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) in front of Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) takes third place and Serguey Lagutin (Landbouwkrediet) fourth Kim Kirchen in the peloton Kim Kirchen in the peloton Kim Kirchen in the peloton Kim Kirchen in the peloton 2ème étape: Colmar/Berg - Leudelange (188 km) David Kopp (Wiesenhof) leads the break in front of Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) and Jeremy Hunt (Mr Bookmaker) Andrej Hauptmann (Fassa Bortolo) and Marc Scanlon (Ag2R) in the small climb in Leudelange David Kopp (Wiesenhof) in the lead during stage 2 Rolf Grabsch (Team Wiesenhof) Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) in the main pack Alberto Ongarato wins the second stage of the Tour de Luxembourg 2005 Kim Kirchen in the peloton Kim Kirchen in the peloton Kim Kirchen in the peloton Kim Kirchen in the peloton 3ème étape A: Mersch - Luxembourg (95 km) Stefan Schumacher (Shimano) in the white jersey of the leader of the UCI Europe Tour Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) alone in the lead on the local circuit The field in the suburbs of the capital Serguey Ivanov (T-Mobile) leads a group The field uptown Francesco Chicchi (Fassa Bortolo) in the climb of Clausen Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) very agressive during this Tour de Luxembourg Dario Frigo (Fassa Bortolo) winner of stage 3A Kim Kirchen uptown Kim Kirchen on attack during stage 3 Kim Kirchen on attack during stage 3 Kim Kirchen in the climb of Clausen Kim Kirchen in the climb of Clausen Kim Kirchen interviewed by the Luxemburgish press 3ème étape B: Bettembourg - Bettembourg (11 km individual time trial) Stage winner Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) Stage winner Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) Peter Wuyts (Mr Bookmaker) Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) Ralf Grabsch (Team Wiesenhof) Lorenzo Bernucci (Fassa Bortolo) Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) under the rain Alberto Ongarato (T-Mobile) under the rain Kim Kirchen Kim Kirchen 4ème étape: Diekirch - Diekirch (155 km) Claudio Corioni (Fassa Bortolo) and René Jörgensen (Barloworld) leading the break Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) victim of a puncture Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) remounts on his bike after his puncture René Jörgensen (Barloworld) very active at the front race René Jörgensen (Barloworld) leads in front of Claudio Corioni (Fassa Bortolo), Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) and Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) Ronald Mutsaars and Matthew Hayman (Rabobank) in front of cyclo-cross specialist Davy Commeyne (Mr. Bookmaker) Angel Castresana (Mr Bookmaker) in front of eventual stage winner Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) Claudio Corioni (Fassa Bortolo) suffers in the climb of Huelewee Ludo Dierckxsens (Landbouwkrediet) suffers in the climb of Huelewee Maxime Montfort (Landbouwkrediet) attacking Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) trying to hold on to the lead group Kim Kirchen in the peloton Kim Kirchen next to King of the mountains David Kopp (Wiesenhof). In the background, Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) has just punctured Kim Kirchen in the climb of Huelewee Kim Kirchen reacts to an attack of Maxime Monfort (Landbouwkrediet) in the climb of Huelewee

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