Internet Tour de France Game 2005

The Internet Tour de France Game 2005 is a free competition organized on Internet in which participants attempt to predict the results of the stages of the cycling race Tour de France 2005. Each participant selects a team of 15 cyclists and the team members earn points when they finish in the top 10 of a stage. The participant with the team that has collected the largest number of points after the Tour de France is the winner of this game.

• Description of the game
• History of the Internet TdF Game
• Game participants: All 904 teams (big) | Search
• Cyclist list Tour de France 2005
• Dropouts Tour de France 2005
• The most favorite cyclists of the game participants
• Stage top ten positions in 2000-2004
• Optimal team for the game in 2005

The Tour 2005 has started on Saturday July 2 in Fromentine, France and has finished on Sunday July 24 in Paris. The race contained a team time trail, two individual time trials, 18 regular stages and two rest days. Information about this event can be obtained from the official site.

News: The 2006 course has been announced on October 27, 2005.

Stage results

Winner stage 21: Martin Hoffellner (Austria)

1. Stage 21: July 24, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search
2. Stage 20: July 23, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search
3. Stage 19: July 22, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search
4. Stage 18: July 21, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search
5. Stage 17: July 20, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search

This overview starts with Stage 1: July 2, 2005

Stage winners | Hall of Fame 2005 | All-Time Hall of Fame

Overall Rankings

Winner: Amadeus Bike (The Netherlands)

1. Stage 21: July 24, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search
2. Stage 20: July 23, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search
3. Stage 19: July 22, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search
4. Stage 18: July 21, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search
5. Stage 17: July 20, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search

This overview starts with Stage 3: July 4, 2005: Top 100 | All results | Search

External links

If you know interesting sites that are relevant for the Tour de France you can mail the urls to erikt(at)xs4all.nl

Major Cycling Sites

• Cyclingnews.com
• Cycling Union UCI
• Michiel van Loon's Fietspad Langs de Digitale Snelweg (in Dutch)

Other important cycling races

• Giro d'Italia (May 7 - May 29): Gazetta and Cyclingnews.com
• Dauphiné Libéré (June 5 - June 12): official site.
• Tour de Suisse (June 11 - June 19): official site.
• Vuelta Ciclista a España (August 27 - September 18): official site.
• World Championships (September 25, Madrid, Spain): official site.

Tour de France information

• Official Tour de France site.
• Cyclingnews.com: Live stage coverage.
• The NOS Teletekst Tour de France pages (in Dutch)
  850 Stage summary: graphics | text
  851 Live stage coverage: graphics | text
  852 Stage report: graphics | text
  853 Results intermediate sprints: graphics | text
  854 Results climbs: graphics | text
  855 Stage results: graphics | text
  856 Overall rankings (yellow jersey): graphics | text
  857 Climber rankings (polka dot jersey): graphics | text
  858 Sprinter rankings (green jersey): graphics | text
  859 Young rider rankings (white jersey): graphics | text
  860 Team rankings: graphics | text
  861 Rider list: graphics | text
  862 News: graphics | text
  863 News: graphics | text
  864 News: graphics | text
  865 Tomorrow's stage: graphics | text
• Tour de France pages by Eurosport, BBC, ESPN, Yahoo!, Roadcycling.com, ARD (in German), NOS (in Dutch), Pagina.nl (in Dutch) and VeloNews.

Other Cycling Games

• BikeDork Game by Owen Sicily.
• Cobblestone Fantasy League
• DR Tour de France 2005 by DR (in Danish).
• Fantasy Cyclingnews.com by Cyclingnews.com.
• Fantasy Cycling by Performance Bicycle.
• Fantasy Tour de France by George Chapman.
• Moos TourPoel by Moos Maasbree (in Dutch).
• Paidia Games Wielerspel by Sander Kaspers (in Dutch)
• RaboAD RondeMaster By Rabobank and AD (in Dutch).
• SuperTour.nl by Frank (in Dutch).
• Tour de France Competitie by Marc Toonen (in Dutch).
• Tourspel Texel by Ruud van de Wetering (in Dutch).
• Wielerpools.com by Anonymous (2004, in Dutch).

More links to fantasy cycling games can be found at Pagina.nl and A1 Boulevard (under Tourpools and Tour toto's).

People that want to organize their own game and need software can try the Tour software of Rene Zuidgeest (for Windows, in Dutch) or DruSoft (for Windows, in Dutch).