The 45th edition of the annual Clásico RCN

Clásico RCN

The Clásico RCN is an annual cycling road race that takes place over many stages through different regions of Colombia during October...

was held from October 2 to October 9, 2005 in Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

. The stage race started in Cúcuta

Cúcuta

Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...

 and finished with an individual time trial in Manizales

Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....

. RCN stands for "Radio Cadena Nacional" – one of the oldest and largest radio network

Radio network

There are two types of radio networks currently in use around the world: the one-to-many broadcast type commonly used for public information and mass media entertainment; and the two-way type used more commonly for public safety and public services such as police, fire, taxicabs, and delivery...

s in the nation.

2005-10-02: Cúcuta

Cúcuta

Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...

 – Cúcuta

Cúcuta

Cúcuta is a Colombian city, capital of Norte de Santander, in the northeast of the country. Due to its proximity to the Colombian-Venezuelan border, Cúcuta is an important commercial center. The city has the constitutional category of Special District. It is located at the most active...

 (120.4 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|02:04.32	|02:04.21
2.	|—	|+0.04
3.	|—	|+0.05

2005-10-03: Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga

Bucaramanga is a Colombian city, and capital city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth largest city economy and sixth largest population in Colombia, with 1,212,656 people in its metropolitan area...

 – El Socorro

Socorro, Santander

Socorro is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It was founded in 1681 by Don José de Archila and Don José Díaz Sarmiento.The town was very influential in the history of Colombia...

 (121.8 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|03:14.32	|05:18.54
2.	|+0.07	|+0.09
3.	|+0.10	|+0.13

2005-10-04: El Socorro

Socorro, Santander

Socorro is a town and municipality in the Santander Department in northeastern Colombia. It was founded in 1681 by Don José de Archila and Don José Díaz Sarmiento.The town was very influential in the history of Colombia...

 – Tunja

Tunja

Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km...

 (162 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|04:47.28	|10:06.16
2.	|—	|+0.05
3.	|—	|+0.19

2005-10-05: Duitama ("Circuito Mundialista 1995") (142.4 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|03:53.47	|13:59.53
2.	|—	|+0.09
3.	|—	|+0.32

2005-10-06: Tunja

Tunja

Tunja is a city and municipality located in the central part of Colombia, in the region of "Alto Chicomocha". As of the 2005 Census it had 152,419 inhabitants. It is the capital of the Department of Boyacá and part of the subregion of the Central Boyacá Province. It is approximately 145 km...

 – Bogotá

Bogotá

Bogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...

 (198.2 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|05:17.53	|19:20.28
2.	|+2.37	|+0.23
3.	|—	|+0.25

2005-10-07: Soacha

Soacha

Soacha is the city of Colombia on the southern edge of Bogotá, the country's capital. It has an important industrial zone and is home to mostly working class families.-Demographics:...

 – Ibagué

Ibagué

Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River...

 (190 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|04:21.06	|23:44.32
2.	|—	|+0.19
3.	|+2.39	|+0.25

2005-10-08: Ibagué

Ibagué

Ibagué is the capital of the department of Tolima in Colombia. It is situated 1,285 m above sea level, on the eastern slopes of the Cordillera Central between the Chipalo and Combeima rivers, tributaries of the Coello River...

 – Armenia

Armenia, Colombia

Armenia is the capital of Quindío, a department in Colombia. The city is located at coordinates 4.5170° north, 75.6830° west, 290 kilometers west of Bogotá. Armenia is a mid-size city located between Bogotá, Medellín and Cali, the 3 largest Colombian cities. The city's area code for phone calls is...

 (105.2 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|02:45.52	|26:10.03
2.	|+0.05	|+0.35
3.	|+0.05	|+1.04

2005-10-09: Chinchiná – Manizales

Manizales

Manizales is a city and municipality in central Colombia, capital of Department of Caldas and part of the region of Colombian Coffee-Growers Axis, near the Nevado del Ruiz volcano....

 (26.4 km)

Place	Stage 8 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	|00:47.37	|27:17.40
2.	|+0.34	|+1.49
3.	|+1.14	|+3.03

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.		Lotería de Boyacá	27:17:40
2.		Orbitel	+ 1.49
3.		Orbitel	+ 3.03
4.		Orbitel	+ 3.30
5.		Aguardiente Antioqueño	+ 4.00
6.		Lotería de Boyacá	+ 4.33
7.		Orbitel	+ 6.05
8.		Orbitel	+ 7.54
9.		Aguardiente Antioqueño	+ 7.55
10.		Indeportes Paipa	+ 11.03

Teams

05 Orbitel

1.   Álvaro Sierra
   Álvaro Sierra
   Álvaro Sierra Peña is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199019911993 19941995...
   
   
2.   Mauricio Soler
   Mauricio Soler
   Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He competed in the Tour de France for the first time in 2007, winning stage 9 having broken away on the Col du Galibier. He won that year's King of the Mountains title. Soler stated the stage win...
   
   
3.   Mauricio Neiza
   Mauricio Neiza
   Mauricio Neiza Alvarado is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002200320042005...
   
   
4.   Hernán Darío Muñoz
   Hernán Darío Muñoz
   Hernán Darío Muñoz Giraldo is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia, who became a professional rider in 1996.-Career:1997...
   
   
5.   Javier Zapata
   Javier de Jesús Zapata
   Javier de Jesús Zapata Villada is a retired male road racing cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional rider from 1993 to 2004...
   
   
6.   Jairo Hernández
   Jairo Hernández (cyclist)
   Jairo de Jesús Hernández Montoya is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19901993...
   
   
7.   Herbert Gutiérrez
   Herbert Gutiérrez
   Herbert Gutiérrez García is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia. His first name is sometimes also spelled as Héberth.-Career:1996...
   
   
8.   Walter Pedraza
   Walter Pedraza
   Walter Fernando Pedraza Morales is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:20002001...
   
   
9.   Jhon García
   Jhon García
   Jhon Freddy García Fería is a male professional track and road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1999...
   
   

Lotería de Boyacá-Coordinadora

11.   Libardo Niño
    Libardo Niño
    Libardo Niño Corredor is a male road racing cyclist from Colombia. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in 76th place in the Men's Individual Road Race. Colombia competed with three cyclists in this event; the other ones being José Robles and Héctor Palacio...
    
    
12.   Israel Ochoa
    Israel Ochoa
    Israel Antonio Ochoa Plazas is a retired male professional racing cyclist from Colombia, who was nicknamed El Rápido during his career.-Career:1993199419951996...
    
    
13.   Elder Herrera
    Elder Herrera
    Élder Herrera Cortes is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19921995Élder Herrera Cortes is a retired male road cyclist from Colombia....
    
    
14.   Víctor Niño
15.   Víctor Becerra
16.   Ricardo Mesa
17.   Graciano Fonseca
    Graciano Fonseca
    Graciano Fonseca Fuken is a retired male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:199620002001...
    
    
18.   Miguel Ángel Sanabria
    Miguel Ángel Sanabria
    Miguel Ángel Sanabria Acevedo was a male road cyclist from Colombia, who was a professional from 1990 to 1998...
    
    
19.   Jairo Pérez
    Jairo Pérez
    Jairo Pérez Suárez is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Arles Castro and Juan Pablo Forero in the Men's Track Team Pursuit...
    
    

Aguardiente Antioqueño-Lotería de Medellín

21.   Alexis Castro
22.   Alexánder Giraldo
23.   Alejandro Ramírez
    Alejandro Ramírez (cyclist)
    Alejandro Ramírez Calderón is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002Alejandro Ramírez Calderón is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia....
    
    
24.   Juan Diego Ramírez
    Juan Diego Ramírez
    Juan Diego Ramírez Calderón is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:19941995Juan Diego Ramírez Calderón is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:...
    
    
25.   Héctor Mesa
26.   Óscar Álvarez
    Oscar Álvarez (cyclist)
    Oscar Mauricio Álvarez Paniagua is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002Oscar Mauricio Álvarez Paniagua is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002Oscar Mauricio Álvarez Paniagua is a male professional road...
    
    
27.   John Velásquez
28.   Edwin Orozco
    Edwin Orozco
    Edwin Armando Orozco Toro is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:200220042005...
    
    
29.   Julián Atehortúa

Postal Express

31.   Johan Rodríguez
32.   Juan Pablo Forero
    Juan Pablo Forero
    Juan Pablo Forero Carreño is a male professional track and road cyclist from Colombia. He won a silver medal for his native country at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil alongside Carlos Alzate, Arles Castro and Jairo Pérez in the Men's Track Team Pursuit...
    
    
33.   Edwin Sánchez
    Edwin Sánchez
    Edwin Sánchez is a Salvadoran footballer who currently plays for Isidro Metapán in the Primera División of El Salvador, and for the El Salvador national team.-El Salvador:...
    
    
34.   Óscar Marentes
35.   Freddy Guerrero
36.   Fabián Rincón
37.   Gerson Sánchez
38.   Dayro Rodríguez
39.   Jesús Andrés Cruz

Coordinadora - Monarca - Sabaneta

41.   Jairo Salas
    Jairo Salas
    Jairo Alonso Salas Atehortúa is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2005...
    
    
42.   Marvin Correa
43.   Juan Alejandro García
44.   William Muñoz
45.   Carlos Pulgarín
46.   Wilmer Baena
47.   Vladimir Zapata
48.   Edwin Ortíz

Envía-Indeportes Boyacá

51.   Edwin Parra
52.   Camilo Gómez
    Camilo Gómez
    Camilo Andrés Gómez Archila is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2003...
    
    
53.   Edilberto Martínez
54.   Jefferson Vargas
    Jefferson Vargas
    Jefferson Abacuc Vargas Pacheco is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:20062008-References:...
    
    
55.   Fernando Camargo
    Fernando Camargo
    Luis Fernando Camargo Flechas is a male road racing cyclist from Colombia. He is nicknamed "Tenorio".-Career:20042005Luis Fernando Camargo Flechas is a male road racing cyclist from Colombia...
    
    
56.   Giovanny Torres
57.   Jorge Orlando Acosta
58.   Fabio Mahecha
59.   Santiago Ojeda

Frugos de Cali

61.   Giovanny Barriga
62.   Fabio Montenegro
63.   Remberto Jaramillo
64.   Norberto Wilches
65.   Franklin López
66.   Harvey Hernández
67.   Juan Botero
68.   Miguel Ángel Díaz
69.   Dubán Agudelo

Gobernación de Norte de Santander-Bono del Ciclismo

71.   Pedro Trujillo
72.   Edison Paredes
73.   Erwin Méndez
74.   Juan Pablo Wilches
75.   Alexander Rojas
76.   Luis Fernando Cala
77.   Wilson Zambrano
78.   Luis Ernesto Duqué

Club Cicloases Cundinamarca

81.   Jaider Lara
82.   Luis Alberto Alonso
83.   Rolando Pompeyo
84.   Julián Jiménez
85.   Humberto Delgado
86.   Óscar Bolívar
87.   César Méndez

Frutidelicias Frugos

91.   Carlos Albarracín
92.   Leonel Bonilla
93.   Ricadel Orozco
94.   John Zair Cedano

Mixto 1

101.   Santo Álvarez
102.   Héctor Ríos
103.   Juan Camilo Rivera
104.   John Parra
     John Parra
     John Fredy Parra Celada is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002John Fredy Parra Celada is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:2002John Fredy Parra Celada is a male professional road cyclist...
     
     
105.   Diego Calderón
106.   Edgar Restrepo

Mixto 2

111.   Félix Cárdenas
     Félix Cárdenas
     Félix Rafael Cárdenas Ravalo is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI Professional Continental team Barloworld until the team's demise.-Palmarès:*1996...
     
     
112.   Edgar Fonseca
     Edgar Fonseca
     Carlos Edgar Fonseca is a male professional road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:200520072008-References:...
     
     
113.   Aldo Valero
114.   Jorge Humberto Martínez
     Jorge Humberto Martínez
     Jorge Humberto Martínez Correa is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:1999Jorge Humberto Martínez Correa is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:...
     
     
115.   Alejandro Cortés
     Alejandro Cortés
     Alejandro Iván Cortés Llano is a male professional road racing cyclist from Colombia.-Career:20002001...
     
     
116.   Óscar Henao
117.   Auli Sánchez

Mixto 3

121.   Darwin González
122.   Héctor Hernández
     Héctor Hernández
     Héctor Hernández is a Mexican football forward who played for Mexico in the 1962 FIFA World Cup. He also played for C.D. Guadalajara.-External links:*...
     
     
123.   Armando Cárdenas
124.   Wilmer Martínez
125.   Diego Castro
126.   Juan Carlos Castro
127.   Jorge Forero
128.   Francisco Javier Gómez

Coordinadora-Lotería de Boyacá

131.   Néstor Bernal
132.   Iván Casas
     Ivan Casas
     Iván Mauricio Casas Buitrago is a Colombian professional racing cyclist.-Career:2005Iván Mauricio Casas Buitrago is a Colombian professional racing cyclist.-Career:...
     
     
133.   Fredy Piamonte
134.   Freddy Montaña
     Freddy Montaña
     Freddy Emir Montaña Cadena is a male road cyclist from Colombia.-Career:200320042005Freddy Emir Montaña Cadena is a male road cyclist from Colombia....
     
     
135.   Stijn Dedecker