2005

32nd Tour de Hongrie

Eight stages were held in 2005, and a Hungarian rider triumphed. Tamás Lengyel took the Yellow Jersey on the penultimate day, when the peloton had to climb the Kékestető twice: once at the end of a regular stage, and once during a mountain time trial from Mátraháza.

The biggest star of the race was the 19-year-old Gerard Ciolek: the young German sprinter won three stages in a single Tour de Hongrie. The last one to achieve this was Antal Megyerdi back in 1962. Ciolek won the U23 World Championships (2006), a Vuelta a Espana stage (2009) and the Milano-Sanremo (2013) later on!

32nd Tour de Hongrie (2-7 August 2005, 705,4 km)

Stage winners:
Prologue (Veszprém, 4 km, individual time trial): Zoltán Remák (Slovak, Podbrezová)
Stage 1 (Balatonfüred - Balatonfüred, 47 km): Robert Bartko (Germany)
Stage 2 (Balatonföldvár - Kecskemét, 169 km): Hamish Haynes (British, Cyclingnews.com)
Stage 3 (Csongrád - Békéscsaba, 128 km): Gerald Ciolek (German, Winfix)
Stage 4 (Szeghalom - Mezőkövesd, 150 km): Robert Kriegs (Germany)
Stage 5 (Mezőkövesd - Kékestető, 93 km): Glen Chadwick (Australian, Cyclingnews.com)
Stage 6 (Mátraháza - Kékestető, 3,4 km, individual time trial): Tamás Lengyel (Hungarian, P-Nívó - Betonexpressz)
Stage 7 (Vác - Dunakeszi, 70 km): Gerald Ciolek (German, Winfix)
Stage 8 (Újbuda - Újbuda, 41 km): Gerald Ciolek (German, Winfix)

General Classification:
1. Tamás Lengyel (Hungarian, P-Nívó - Betonexpressz) 16:52:23
2. Martin Prazdnovsky (Slovak, Podbrezová) 16:53:08 (+0:45)
3. Glen Chadwick (Australian, Cyclingnews.com) 16:54:16 (+1:53)

Winner of the Teams Classification: P-Nívó-Betonexpressz (Hungarian)

Winner of the Points Classification: Gerald Ciolek (German, Winfix)

Winner of Mountains Classification: Glen Chadwick (Australian, Cyclingnews.com)