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60th Vuelta a España - GT
Spain, August 27-September 18, 2005
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Stage 21 - Sunday, September 18: Madrid-Madrid, 136.5 km
Vuelta update - February 8, 2006: Heras banned for two years
Heras celebrates Vuelta number 4
Petacchi prevails in World's dress rehearsal
By Hernan Alvarez Macias in Madrid
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The odds were right. Roberto Heras (Liberty-Würth) achieved his fourth overall Vuelta a España today, crossing the line in the last stage with a total time of 82 hours, 22 minutes and 55 seconds. Roberto Heras broke a very important record today: he is the first rider ever to win the Spanish tour four times: in 2000, 2003, 2004 and this year. Up until yesterday, Heras and Switzerland's Tony Rominger (in 1992, 1993 and 1994) shared the record of three Vueltas.
In the bunch sprint, there was another expected result. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) prevailed over everyone and got his fifth win at this year's Vuelta in a time of 3:34.41. Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) was second and Alcobendas winner Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), third after a tougher than expected uphill sprint on the same course that will be used for the World Championships next week.
Petacchi spoke more about the World's at the press conference and not about today's stage: "It's a very long race. The sprint is 500 meters long. It's very hard and teamwork will be crucial". About second placed Zabel, he said, "He saluted me at the end. He is a great champion."
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Oscar Pereiro (Phonak) didn't perform in the Vuelta as well as in the Tour de France, where he won one stage. "The day went fine, a hard but gratifying day because we go home now," said to Cyclingnews. "It wasn't the most relaxed stage of the Vuelta. On one hand, you have the joy of going home, but on the other hand, the day seems eternal because the tempo is very slow and the hours never end."
About the Spanish tour he commented, "I will have a good memory of this Vuelta. After the Tour I did, I took the Vuelta to see what happened. I had the chance to win one stage, I couldn't, but I will go back home glad."
How it unfolded
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The riders who started in Madrid for the last Vuelta stage numbered 127. Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) didn't go to the sign on, but took the start in Madrid city. In a break with the trend of the last three weeks, but in accordance with the final stage of a grand tour, no-one was interested in attacking in the first kilometres.
The day was quite calm for the peloton. Nobody was willing to attack and Roberto Heras spent a very pleasant stage in the gold jersey, protected by his teammates. Everyone betted on a bunch sprint with Alessandro Petacchi as the biggest favourite. At the first intermediate sprint in Moraja de Tajuña (km 32), the Italian sprinter was first followed by Michele Scarponi (Liberty) and Charles Wegelius (Liquigas-Bianchi).
Petacchi had to win all three intermediate sprints and the stage to claim the points jersey from Heras, and at the second intermediate sprint in Fuenlabrada (km 69), Ale-Jet was also the first, nudging his bike ahead of Luis Pasamontes and Josep Jufre (Relax Fuenlabrada) on the line. The pace was still fairly slow as the whole peloton was relaxed and just wanting to end the big race.
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Jorge Garcia (Relax Fuenlabrada) challenged the monotony and attacked solo at km 91. His attempt lasted just three kilometres, because the five Fassa Bortolo riders put themselves on the front of the peloton and caught him easily. Garcia was safely back in the fold for the third and final intermediate sprint at the first finish line passage at km 101.7, which was also won by Petacchi from his teammates Baldato and Ongarato.
As the peloton lined out for two laps of the 17 km World Championships circuit in Madrid, two riders dared to make a break: Luis Pasamontes (Relax Fuenlabrada) and Alexandre Botcharov (Credit Agricole), who attacked just after Petacchi won his sprint at 34 km to go. They were able to get a little gap and with 30 km to go, the duo led by around 25 seconds. Unfortunately at the rear of the peloton, Victor Hugo Peña (Phonak) crashed with other riders including Bernhard Kohl (T-Mobile) with 20 km to go. He hit the ground hard, but with assistance, the Colombian recovered and went on and finished the stage.
With one 17.5 km lap to go, the two breakaways were just meters ahead of the peloton. Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) joined the two leaders soon after. Then Benoît Vaugrenard (La Française des Jeux) also connected with the front riders. Fassa Bortolo and Liquigas rode a hard tempo behind to limit the advantage of the fugitives to 10 seconds, and they all came back.
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No one could get a good advantage over the big bunch. However, Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Illes Balears) and Thomas Ziegler (Gerolsteiner) also took their chances on the 2 km climb with 10 km to go, lasting until 5 km to go. Angel Vicioso (Liberty-Würth) was the next brave rider who failed to escape the clutches of the peloton, being caught with 3 km to go. Finally, Andre Korff had a go at 2 km out but couldn't hold the peloton off, even at 60 km/h.
On the downhill false flat, the bunch flew towards the final U-turn with 600m to go, Leon van Bon (Davitamon-Lotto) at the front for his teammate Gert Steegmans. But Petacchi was always up there in the top five and had one of his teammates left to lead out. After they rounded the bend, Marco Zanotti (Liquigas) started his sprint early and got a gap. But the hill was too tough and slowly, but surely, Petacchi overhauled him and everyone else as he outsprinted Erik Zabel for the nth time to win a stage. Heinrich Haussler finished a fine third.
Photography
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- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) prepares to start the final stage
- Count the victories that Heras has in the Vuelta: 4
- Menchov and Heras congratulate each other on a hard fought race
- The Colombian connection Victor Pena and Mauricio Ardila
- The peloton rides past the Kio towers in Madrid
- The final podium (L to R): Denis Menchov (2nd), Roberto Heras (1st), and Carlos Sastre (3rd)
- Ale-Jet amassed another five grand tour stage wins
Images by Unipublic
- The peloton cruising around Madrid
- The kiddies wave the Vuelta on
- Golden boy Roberto Heras
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) riding his special gold themed BH bike
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) enjoying his golden bike
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) talks to the oracle
- Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) back in the caravan
- Fassa sharing a joke with Michele Scarponi from Liberty Seguros
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) safely in red
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) rides with Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano in the final stage
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) smiles on the final stage
- Charly Wegelius (Liquigas-Bianchi) helped set the pace in the peloton
- The kiddies taking part in the Vuelta junior
- Once again it was 1. Petacchi, 2. Zabel
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) celebrates his fifth stage win
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) with his Vuelta mantlepiece feature #4
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was Vuelta runner-up
- Carlos Sastre (CSC) finished third overall
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) adding to his trophy collection
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) claimed the points jersey with a perfect performance in the final stage
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) can do this with one hand
- Roberto Heras (Liberty Seguros) also won the combination jersey
- The winning team was Comunidad Valenciana
- Everyone got some podium time
Images by Hernan Alvarez/Cyclingnews.com
- The pack races past
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) salutes the crowd
- A serious Alessandro Petacchi discusses next week's World's race at the post-stage press conference
- Joaquin Rodriguez (Saunier Duval) won the mountains jersey with a clear margin
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.34.41 (38.15 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 9 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 17 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 18 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 19 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 20 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 21 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 22 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.04 23 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 24 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 26 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 27 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 28 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 30 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 31 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 32 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 33 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 34 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 37 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 39 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 40 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 41 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 42 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 43 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 44 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 46 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 47 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 48 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 50 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 52 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 54 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 55 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 57 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 58 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 59 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 60 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 61 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 64 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 66 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 68 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 69 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 72 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 73 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 74 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 75 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 76 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 77 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 78 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 79 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 80 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 0.22 83 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 84 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 85 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 86 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 87 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 88 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 90 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 91 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 92 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 93 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 94 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 95 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 0.26 96 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 97 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.28 98 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 99 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 100 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 101 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.31 102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 0.36 103 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.41 104 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 105 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 106 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 107 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 108 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 109 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 111 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.47 112 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.49 113 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.06 114 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 115 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.17 116 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.42 117 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.03 120 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 2.18 121 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 2.39 122 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.32 123 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 124 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 126 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.24 127 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 9.57 Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 4 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 12 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 10 7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 9 8 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 8 9 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 7 10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 6 11 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 5 12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 3 14 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 2 15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 1 Sprints Morata de Tajuña, km 32,8 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 3 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 1 Fuenlabrada, km 69,7 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2 3 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1 Paseo de la Castellana, km 101,7 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 3 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Teams 1 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 10.44.03 2 Davitamon - Lotto 3 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.04 4 Team Gerolsteiner 5 Relax Fuenlabrada 6 Rabobank 0.08 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 T- Mobile Team 9 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 11 Liquigas - Bianchi 12 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 0.12 13 Comunidad Valenciana 14 Quick Step - Innergetic 15 Team CSC 16 Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Fassa Bortolo 0.26 18 Lampre - Caffita 19 Domina Vacanze 20 La Francaise Des Jeux 1.50 21 Credit Agricole 2.08 22 Bouygues Telecom 5.55 Final General classification **1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 82.22.55 (40.74 km/h) 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4.36 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 4.54 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 5.58 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8.06 6 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11.36 7 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 13.22 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 16.38 9 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 18.15 10 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 18.31 11 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.12 12 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.44 13 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34.57 14 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 35.03 15 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 35.33 16 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 36.18 17 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 36.23 18 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 37.14 19 Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38.37 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 40.45 21 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 42.14 22 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47.46 23 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 50.35 24 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Caffita 50.50 25 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 26 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.54 27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 52.44 28 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 54.14 29 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.01.14 30 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.05.23 31 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.10.27 32 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1.12.29 33 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.16.37 34 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 1.17.07 35 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.18.47 36 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.19.40 37 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.23.58 38 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.25.59 39 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 1.26.55 40 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.27.19 41 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.29.02 42 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.29.53 43 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.32 44 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.32.00 45 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1.33.00 46 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.33.55 47 Moises Dueñas (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.35.38 48 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.35.49 49 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 1.36.18 50 David Bernabeu (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.41.58 51 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 1.42.07 52 Rafael Casero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.42.40 53 Francisco Pérez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 1.43.06 54 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.46.51 55 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.48.27 56 Juan Manuel Fuentes (Spa) Lampre - Caffita 1.49.17 57 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.50.14 58 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 1.50.15 59 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.50.23 60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.54.50 61 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas - Bianchi 1.55.00 62 Jorge Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.01.24 63 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.03.07 64 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.04.51 65 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.08.15 66 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.08.16 67 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.10.54 68 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.12.11 69 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.14.42 70 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.15.21 71 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.15.24 72 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.16.07 73 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 2.22.01 74 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 2.22.04 75 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.28.52 76 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.29.41 77 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.30.11 78 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.30.22 79 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.30.45 80 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.34.51 81 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.34.58 82 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.38.14 83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.39.25 84 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.39.53 85 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 2.43.33 86 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.43.34 87 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.44.01 88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.45.39 89 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.48.10 90 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.48.24 91 Andreas Matzbacher (Aut) Lampre - Caffita 2.48.49 92 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.50.33 93 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.51.53 94 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.54.33 95 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.55.03 96 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 2.56.05 97 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57.53 98 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 3.03.15 99 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 3.04.01 100 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.05.13 101 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 3.05.56 102 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.07.48 103 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.08.45 104 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.09.04 105 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 3.10.05 106 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 3.12.15 107 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.14.14 108 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.15.06 109 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux 3.19.11 110 Devis Miorin (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.21.18 111 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team 3.22.02 112 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.24.00 113 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.26.28 114 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.26.44 115 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 3.27.29 116 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.28.13 117 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.28.59 118 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 3.29.02 119 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.32.26 120 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 3.33.14 121 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 3.45.15 122 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3.47.10 123 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.50.45 124 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.57.26 125 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 4.00.42 126 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.04.09 127 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.16.57 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 169 pts 2 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 169 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 142 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 124 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 118 6 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 117 7 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 91 8 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 91 9 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 10 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 75 12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 64 13 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 61 14 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 52 15 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 50 16 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 45 17 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 44 18 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 37 20 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 35 21 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas - Bianchi 34 22 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 33 23 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 32 24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 30 25 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 29 Mountains classification 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 200 pts 2 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 166 3 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 110 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 72 5 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 65 6 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 65 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 63 8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 52 9 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 49 10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 43 11 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 12 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 41 14 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 41 15 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 16 Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 17 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 34 18 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 19 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34 20 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par telephone 27 21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 22 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 23 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 24 24 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 23 25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 Combination classification 1 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 14 4 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 18 6 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon - Lotto 33 7 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 8 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 42 9 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43 10 David Blanco Rodiguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47 11 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 48 12 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 49 13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 52 14 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 52 15 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 16 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step - Innergetic 56 17 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 57 18 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 62 19 Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 64 20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 71 21 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 71 22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre - Caffita 85 23 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 95 24 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 96 25 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 102 Teams classification 1 Comunidad Valenciana 246.55.45 2 Illes Balears - Caisse D'Epargne 54.02 3 Team CSC 1.00.30 4 Liberty Seguros - Würth Team 1.14.42 5 Davitamon - Lotto 1.15.25 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.16.16 7 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.23.27 8 T- Mobile Team 1.59.03 9 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.03.37 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.14.00 11 Relax Fuenlabrada 2.27.05 12 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.45.06 13 Lampre - Caffita 3.21.34 14 Cofidis, le credit par telephone 3.26.54 15 Rabobank 3.56.36 16 Credit Agricole 4.37.21 17 Fassa Bortolo 5.34.49 18 Bouygues Telecom 5.42.30 19 Liquigas - Bianchi 5.50.45 20 Team Gerolsteiner 6.06.32 21 La Francaise Des Jeux 8.26.42 22 Domina Vacanze 8.38.28 **Roberto Heras was subsequently disqualified for doping, meaning Denis Menchov is the winner of the 2005 Vuelta.
