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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

Count the victories
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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."

Petacchi once again
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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

The peloton
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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.

Charly Wegelius (Liquigas-Bianchi)
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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.

Everyone on the podium
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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.

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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.

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