The 2005 Vuelta a España was a three-week cycling race that took place in Spain and Andorra between 27 August and 18 September. It was the 60th edition of the Vuelta a España and the third and final grand tour of the 2005 men's road cycling season.
Roberto Heras was the original champion but the win was awarded to Russian Denis Menchov after Heras tested positive in a doping test. Heras made an appeal through the Spanish courts, which ruled in his favour in June 2011 and this decision was upheld in the Spanish supreme court in December 2012; the Spanish cycling federation was not yet sure how to act, but said that the most likely result is that Heras will be reinstated.
The points classification was won by Alessandro Petacchi from Italy, the mountains classification was won by Joaquim Rodríguez from Spain and the combination classification was won by Denis Menchov. was the winner of the team ranking.
Teams and riders
In addition to the 20 ProTour teams, and Relax Fuenlabrada were given wildcard entries.
Route
+List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 27 August Granada to Granada Individual time trial 2 28 August Granada to Córdoba 3 29 August Córdoba to Puertollano 4 30 August Ciudad Real to Argamasilla de Alba 5 31 August Alcázar de San Juan to Cuenca 6 1 September Cuenca to Valdelinares 7 2 September Teruel to Vinaròs 8 3 September Tarragona to Lloret de Mar 9 4 September Lloret de Mar to Lloret de Mar Individual time trial 10 5 September La Vall d'en Bas to Ordino-Arcalis (Andorra) 11 6 September Andorra to Cerler 7 September Rest day 12 8 September Logroño to Burgos 13 9 September Burgos to 14 10 September to Lakes of Covadonga 15 11 September Cangas de Onís to 12 September Rest day 16 13 September León to Valladolid 17 14 September El Espinar to La Granja de San Ildefonso 18 15 September Ávila to Ávila 19 16 September San Martín de Valdeiglesias to Alcobendas 20 17 September Guadalajara to Alcalá de Henares Individual time trial 21 18 September Madrid to Madrid Total
Race overview
Jersey Progress Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Combination classification Team classification 1 Denis Menchov Denis Menchov Denis Menchov Rik Verbrugghe Denis Menchov 2 Leonardo Bertagnolli Bradley McGee Bradley McGee Leonardo Bertagnolli Leonardo Bertagnolli Liberty Seguros–Würth 3 Alessandro Petacchi Joaquim Rodríguez 4 Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Bradley McGee 5 Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd 6 Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Roberto Heras 7 Max van Heeswijk Eladio Jiménez 8 Alessandro Petacchi 9 Denis Menchov Denis Menchov Denis Menchov Comunidad Valenciana 10 Francisco Mancebo 11 Roberto Laiseka Denis Menchov Joaquim Rodríguez 12 Alessandro Petacchi 13 Samuel Sánchez 14 Eladio Jiménez 15 Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Roberto Heras 16 Paolo Bettini 17 Carlos García Quesada 18 Nicki Sørensen 19 Heinrich Haussler 20 Rubén Plaza 21 Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Final Roberto Heras Alessandro Petacchi Joaquim Rodríguez Roberto Heras Comunidad Valenciana
General Standings
CyclistTeamTime1Roberto HerasLiberty Seguros82h 22' 55"2Denis Menchov + 4' 36"3Carlos Sastre + 4' 54"4Francisco Mancebo + 5' 58"5Carlos García QuesadaComunitat Valenciana-Elche + 8' 06"6Rubén PlazaComunitat Valenciana-Elche + 11' 36"7Óscar Sevilla + 13' 22"8Tom Danielson + 16' 38"9Mauricio Ardila + 18' 15"10Juan Miguel Mercado + 18' 31"11Samuel Sánchez + 20' 12"12Michele ScarponiLiberty Seguros + 31' 44"13David BlancoComunitat Valenciana-Elche + 34' 57"14Koos Moerenhout + 35' 03"15Josep JufréRelax + 35' 33"16Mario Aerts + 36' 18"17Daniel Atienza + 36' 23"18Unai Osa + 37' 14"19Marcos SerranoLiberty Seguros + 38' 37"20Pablo Lastras + 40' 45"
KOM Classification
CyclistTeam1Joaquim Rodríguez
Points Classification
CyclistTeam1Alessandro PetacchiFassa Bortolo
Best Team
TeamCountry1Comunitat Valenciana-Puertas CastaliaSpain
References
External links Race website