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32nd Tour of Hungary - NE
Hungary, August 1-7, 2005
2004 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Prologue - August 2: Veszprém ITT, 4 km
- Stage 1 - August 2: Balatonfüred-Balatonfüred, 41 km
- Stage 2 - August 3: Balatonföldvár-Kecskemet, 169 km
- Stage 3 - August 4: Csongrád-Békéscsaba, 128 km
- Stage 4 - August 5: Szeghalom-Mezokövesd, 150 km
- Stage 5 - August 6: Mezôkövesd-Kékestetô, 93 km
- Stage 6 - August 6: Mátraháza-Kékesteto ITT, 4 km
- Stage 7 - August 7: Vác-Dunakeszi, 70 km
- Stage 8 - August 8: Újbuda-Újbuda, 51 km
Tour of Hungary celebrates its 80th anniversary
The Tour of Hungary/Tour de Hongrie, the country's national tour, celebrates its 80th anniversary this year. The race starts on August 1 with the official opening ceremony, and ends on August 7 in Budapest. The tour starts in Veszprém and loops around the country in an anti-clockwise direction, covering a total of 700 km. There are 96 riders from 10 countries in the field this year.
The 32nd Tour of Hungary was to be a 2.2 classed event on the UCI calendar this year, but due to a misunderstanding between the organisers and the UCI over financial requirements, it will not be on the calendar. Last year, it was ranked as a 2.6 race in 2004 and met its requirements, gaining praise from the UCI and ASO director Jean-Marie Leblanc.
Stage by stage
The Tour of Hungary follows a route similar to recent years. It starts with a prologue in the Queen's town of Veszprém (West-Hungary). The riders have to go through the historic downtown and through one of the symbols of the town, the Viaduct. The stage includes difficult sections with cobbles. Its aim is to introduce riders, and define the first cyclist to wear the yellow jersey of overall leader during the first stage.
The first stage is a circuit in downtown Balatonfüred, which allows the spectators to see the field several times. After this short, but spectacular stage, a real test is going to come. On August 3, the caravan crosses Lake Balaton by ferry, and starts the second stage in Balatonföldvár. The stage finishes in Kecskemét after 169km.
The destination of the Stage 3 is Békéscsaba, where the riders will complete finishing laps. On August 5, the race heads northward to Mezokövesd for Stage 4. The fifth stage is the hardest: the cyclists will ride up to the highest peak in Hungary, Kékesteto. In the afternoon on the same day, there is a mountain time trial.
The last day also covers two stages: 70km from Vác to Dunakeszi, and a circuit race in Budapest. The last stage is organised on the streets of Budapest, where the Tour of Hungary started 80 years ago.
Start list
CK ZP Sport Podbrezova P-Nivó Betonexpressz SE 1
1 Zoltán Remák (Svk) 11 Lengyel Tamás (Hun)
2 Miroslav Keliar (Svk) 12 Szekeres Csaba (Hun)
3 Martin Pzadnovsky (Svk) 13 Kusztor Péter (Hun)
4 Radovan Husar (Svk) 14 Arany Gábor (Hun)
5 Jan Kruzic (Svk) 15 Zsombók Dániel (Hun)
6 Dalibor Grebeci (Svk) 16 Garamszegi László (Hun)
P-Nivó Betonexpressz 2000 SE2 FTC
21 Haiszer Ákos (Hun) 31 Árvai Attila (Hun)
22 Vizer Barnabás (Hun) 32 Berkesi András (Hun)
23 Kiskó Gábor (Hun) 33 Szórádi Balázs (Hun)
24 Cziráki István (Hun) 34 Szuromi Bence (Hun)
25 Szoke Gábor (Hun) 35 Speciár Viktor (Hun)
26 Ördög Krisztián (Hun) 36 Rónaszéki Balázs (Hun)
Békéscsabai Kerékpáros Klub Tamási Kerékpáros Egyesület
41 Szeghalmi Bálint (Hun) 51 Kiss Gergo (Hun)
42 Ivan Viglasky (Svk) 52 Hrotkó Csaba (Hun)
43 Ábrók Norbert (Hun) 53 Horváth Zoltán (Hun)
44 Juraj Karas (Svk) 54 Grósz Béla (Hun)
45 Andrei Lalinsky (Svk) 55 Hemmert János (Hun)
46 Michal Skvarka (Svk) 56 Nagy Gyula (Hun)
Pannónia Regional Team Cyclingnews.com
61 Ivanics Gergely (Hun) 71 Glen Chadwick (Aus)
62 Csomor Zoltán (Hun) 72 Hamish Haynes (GBr)
63 Török Zoltán (Hun) 73 Cameron Jennings (Aus)
64 Tóth Attila (Hun) 74 Leigh Palmer (Aus)
65 Mero Csaba (Hun) 75 Kane Oakley (Aus)
66 Varjas István (Hun) 76 Cody Stevenson (Aus)
Zeleznicar US Financial
81 Dér Zsolt (SCG) 91 Guido Fulst (Ger)
82 Goran Smelcerovic (SCG) 92 Robert Bartko (Ger)
83 Dragan Spasic (SCG) 93 Leif Lampater (Ger)
84 Igor Pajovic (SCG) 94 Christian Grassman (Ger)
85 Josip Dulic (SCG) 95 Karl-Christian König (Ger)
86 Mladen Mirkovic (SCG) 96 Robert Kriegs (Ger)
BBC CSM Puteaux
101 Thomas Herbstreit (Ger) 111 Julien Modenese (Fra)
102 Marco Kiritschenko (Ger) 112 Farid Achache (Fra)
103 Fabian Matthes (Ger) 113 Nicolas Venaut (Fra)
104 Manuel Reuter (Ger) 114 Sylvian Pigeau (Fra)
105 Tilo Schüler (Ger) 115 Gál Attila (Hun)
106 Thomas Hegel (Ger) 116 Romain Appert (Fra)
Austria U23 Winfix Arnold Sicherheit
121 Andreas Simon (Aut) 131 Philipp Metzke (Ger)
122 Hanno Hofmeister (Aut) 132 Heinrich Habenicht (Ger)
123 Georg Hausbacher (Aut) 133 Mitja Schütler (Ger)
124 Ciemens Fankhauser (Aut) 134 Artur Gajek (Ger)
125 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) 135 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
136 Hendrik Werner (Ger)
Team Maxbo Bianchi Trienkalis Apac Cyclingteam
141 Svein Erik Vold (Nor) 151 Bertil Klootwijk (Ned)
142 Leonard Snoeks (Nor) 152 Folkert de Haan (Ned)
143 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) 153 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned)
144 Christopher Myhre (Nor) 154 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned)
145 Frederik Willmann (Nor) 155 Florian Smiths (Ned)
146 Stian Sommerseth (Nor) 156 Wilbert Broekhuizen (Ned)
Past winners
2004 Remák Zoltán (Svk) 2003 Remák Zoltán (Svk) 2002 Vanik Zoltán (Hun) 2001 Mikos Rnyakovics (Yug) 1998 Alekszandr Rotar (Ukr) 1997 Bebtó Zoltán (Hun) 1996 Andrej Tolomanov (Ukr) 1995 Szergej Ivanov (Rus) 1994 Wolfgang Kotzmann (Aut) 1993 Jens Dittmann (Ger) 1965 Mahó László (Hun) 1964 Stámusz Ferenc (Hun) 1963 Mészáros András (Hun) 1962 Adolf Christian (Aut) 1956 Török Gyôzô (Hun) 1955 Török Gyôzô (Hun) 1953 Kis-Dala József (Hun) 1949 Andre Labeylie (Fra) 1943 Liszkay István (Hun) 1942 Barvik Ferenc (Hun) 1937 Anton Strakati (Aut) 1935 Németh Károly (Hun) 1934 Szenes Károly (Hun) 1933 Kurt Stettler (Swi) 1932 Vitéz József (Hun) 1931 Liszkay István (Hun) 1929 Vasco Bergamaschi (Ita) 1927 Vida László (Hun) 1926 Vida László (Hun) 1925 Jerzsabek Károly (Hun) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
