October 2, 2005 (Zurich, Switzerland) – Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Innergetic won today’s rain-soaked Championship of Zurich with a commanding 3-minute lead over CSC’s Fränk Schleck (Lux) in second and Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo in third. Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi who came fourth today continues to lead the ProTour overall.

Provisional
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Innergetic 6.06.22
2 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2.57
3 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.10
5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile 3.35
7 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.39
8 Thomas Lövqvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 3.41
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.57
10 Vladimir Miholjevic (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
11 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.37
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 4.59
13 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 6.43
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.08
15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
16 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
17 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros
18 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
19 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.11
20 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Illes Balears
21 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC
22 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.38
23 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8.40
24 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
25 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
26 Bram de Groot (Ned) Rabobank
27 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel
28 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
29 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
30 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
31 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo
32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros
33 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Quick.Step-Innergetic
34 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick.Step-Innergetic
35 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
36 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears 18.04
37 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.25
38 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
39 Chris Horner (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
40 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
41 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
42 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole
43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
44 Philip Deignan (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
45 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
46 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole
47 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC
48 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2R Prévoyance
49 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole

ProTour standings

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi