The 2004 Vuelta a España was the 59th edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in León, with a team time trial on 4 September, and Stage 12 occurred on 16 September with a stage from Almería. The race finished in Madrid on 26 September.

Stage 12 16 September 2004 — Almería to Calar Alto Observatory,

Stage 12 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 34" 3 + 53" 4 + 1' 27" 5 s.t. 6 + 1' 38" 7 s.t. 8 + 2' 02" 9 Cafés Baqué + 2' 17" 10 + 2' 28"General classification after stage 12 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 35" 3 + 49" 4 + 1' 12" 5 + 2' 19" 6 + 2' 40" 7 + 3' 16" 8 + 4' 22" 9 + 5' 07" 10 + 6' 12"

Stage 13 17 September 2004 — El Ejido to Málaga,

Stage 13 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 13 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 35" 3 + 49" 4 + 1' 12" 5 + 2' 19" 6 + 2' 40" 7 + 3' 16" 8 + 4' 22" 9 + 5' 07" 10 + 6' 12"

Stage 14 18 September 2004 — Málaga to Granada,

Stage 14 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 46" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 + 2' 08"General classification after stage 14 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 35" 3 + 49" 4 + 1' 12" 5 + 3' 16" 6 + 3' 36" 7 + 4' 19" 8 + 4' 40" 9 + 6' 43" 10 + 7' 26"

Stage 15 19 September 2004 — Granada to Sierra Nevada, (ITT)

Stage 15 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 07" 3 + 1' 51" 4 + 3' 06" 5 + 3' 18" 6 + 3' 24" 7 + 3' 59" 8 + 4' 00" 9 + 4' 24" 10 + 4' 28"General classification after stage 15 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 5" 3 + 1' 45" 4 + 2' 02" 5 + 3' 45" 6 + 6' 12" 7 + 8' 21" 8 + 8' 44" 9 + 8' 51" 10 + 8' 59"

Stage 16 21 September 2004 — Olivenza to Cáceres,

Stage 16 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 12" 3 + 35" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Cafés Baqué + 1' 20" 8 + 1' 25" 9 + 1' 33" 10 s.t.General classification after stage 16 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 5" 3 + 1' 45" 4 + 2' 02" 5 + 3' 45" 6 + 6' 12" 7 + 8' 30" 8 + 8' 44" 9 + 8' 51" 10 + 8' 59"

Stage 17 22 September 2004 — Plasencia to La Covatilla,

Stage 17 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 Cafés Baqué 2 + 29" 3 + 1' 01" 4 + 1' 15" 5 + 2' 05" 6 + 2' 18" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 + 2' 45" 10 + 3' 03"General classification after stage 17 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 13" 3 + 2' 15" 4 + 2' 16" 5 + 5' 55" 6 + 7' 56" 7 + 10' 08" 8 + 11' 09" 9 + 11' 51" 10 + 12' 25"

Stage 18 23 September 2004 — Béjar to Ávila,

Stage 18 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 Cafés Baqué s.t. 3 + 19" 4 Cafés Baqué s.t. 5 + 24" 6 + 35" 7 + 37" 8 + 1' 24" 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 18 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 13" 3 + 2' 15" 4 + 2' 16" 5 + 6' 08" 6 + 7' 56" 7 + 10' 21" 8 + 11' 18" 9 + 12' 25" 10 + 12' 56"

Stage 19 24 September 2004 — Ávila to Collado Villalba,

Stage 19 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 23" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Cafés Baqué s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General classification after stage 19 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 1' 13" 3 + 2' 15" 4 + 2' 16" 5 + 6' 08" 6 + 6' 16" 7 + 7' 56" 8 + 10' 21" 9 + 12' 21" 10 + 12' 25"

Stage 20 25 September 2004 — Alcobendas to ,

Stage 20 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 38" 3 + 1' 25" 4 + 1' 37" 5 Cafés Baqué + 2' 03" 6 + 2' 07" 7 s.t. 8 + 2' 10" 9 + 2' 18" 10 s.t.General classification after stage 20 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 43" 3 + 2' 19" 4 + 2' 26" 5 + 6' 33" 6 + 7' 16" 7 + 8' 16" 8 + 12' 11" 9 + 12' 45" 10 + 14' 35"

Stage 21 26 September 2004 — Madrid to Madrid, (ITT)

Stage 21 result Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 7" 3 + 8" 4 + 13" 5 + 18" 6 + 34" 7 + 36" 8 + 52" 9 + 55" 10 + 58"General classification after stage 21 Rank Rider Team Time 1 2 + 30" 3 + 2' 13" 4 + 3' 30" 5 + 7' 44" 6 + 8' 11" 7 + 8' 32" 8 + 13' 08" 9 + 13' 24" 10 + 15' 15"

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