December 2, 2004 – After much hullabaloo, the 2005 ProTour calendar has been finalized, following the announcement earlier this week of the final list of teams to be racing in the ProTour. Note the inclusion of the Grand Tours, after an initial decision by the Tours of Italy, France, and Spain that they would not be included in the ProTour.

2005 ProTour Calendar:

-March 6-13: Paris-Nice
-March 9-15: Tirreno-Adriatico
-March 19: Milan-San Remo
-April 3: Tour of Flanders
-April 4-8: Vuelta al Pais Vasco
-April 6: Gent-Wevelgem
-April 10: Paris-Roubaix
-April 17: Amstel Gold Race
-April 20: Fleche Wallonne
-April 24: Liege-Bastogne-Liege
-April 26-May 1: Tour de Romandie
-May 7-29: Giro d’Italia
-May 16-22: Volta a Cataluna
-June 5-12: Dauphine Libere
-June 11-19: Tour de Suisse
-June 19: Eindhoven Team Time Trial
-July 2-24: Tour de France
-July 31: HEW Cyclassics
-August 3-10: Benelux Tour
-August 13: Clasica de San Sebastian
-August 15-23: Tour of Germany
-August 27-September 18: Vuelta a Espana
-August 28: G.P. Plouay
-September 12-18: Tour of Poland
-October 2: Championship of Z?rich
-October 9: Paris-Tours
-October 15: Giro di Lombardia