2000 Vuelta a España

The 55th edition of the Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 26 August to 17 September 2000. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2,904 km (1,804 mi), and was won by Roberto Heras of the Kelme–Costa Blanca cycling team. The defending champion, Jan Ullrich, withdrew after the 12th stage while sitting in fourth place to prepare for the Olympic Road Race.^[1][2]

2000 Vuelta a España

Race details
Dates	26 August - 17 September
Stages	21
Distance	2,893.6 km (1,798 mi)
Winning time	70h 26' 14"
Results
Winner  Roberto Heras (ESP) (Kelme–Costa Blanca)   Second  Ángel Casero (ESP) (Festina)   Third  Pavel Tonkov (RUS) (Mapei–Quick-Step) Points  Roberto Heras (ESP) (Kelme–Costa Blanca) Mountains  Carlos Sastre (ESP) (ONCE–Deutsche Bank) Sprints  Gianni Faresin (ITA) (Mapei–Quick-Step)   Team Kelme–Costa Blanca
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Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2000 Vuelta a España

Route

List of stages^[3][4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	26 August	Málaga – Málaga	13.3 km (8 mi)		Individual time trial	Alex Zülle (SUI)
2	27 August	Málaga – Córdoba	167.5 km (104 mi)			Óscar Freire (ESP)
3	28 August	Montoro – Valdepeñas	198.4 km (123 mi)			Jans Koerts (NED)
4	29 August	Valdepeñas – Albacete	159 km (99 mi)			Óscar Freire (ESP)
5	30 August	Albacete – Xorret de Catí	152.3 km (95 mi)			Eladio Jiménez (ESP)
6	31 August	Benidorm – Valencia	155.5 km (97 mi)			Paolo Bossoni (ITA)
7	1 September	Valencia – Morella	175 km (109 mi)			Roberto Heras (ESP)
8	2 September	Vinaròs – Port Aventura	168.5 km (105 mi)			Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
9	3 September	Tarragona – Tarragona	37.6 km (23 mi)		Individual time trial	Abraham Olano (ESP)
10	4 September	Sabadell – Supermolina	165.8 km (103 mi)			Félix Cárdenas (COL)
11	5 September	Alp – Arcalis (Andorra)	136.5 km (85 mi)			Roberto Laiseka (ESP)
	6 September				Rest day
12	7 September	Zaragoza – Zaragoza	131.5 km (82 mi)			Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
	8 September				Rest day
13	9 September	Santander – Santander	143.3 km (89 mi)			Mariano Piccoli (ITA)
14	10 September	Santander – Lakes of Covadonga	146.5 km (91 mi)			Andrei Zintchenko (RUS)
15	11 September	Cangas de Onís – Gijón	164.2 km (102 mi)			Álvaro González de Galdeano (ESP)
16	12 September	Oviedo – Alto de l'Angliru	168 km (104 mi)			Gilberto Simoni (ITA)
17	13 September	Benavente – Salamanca	155.5 km (97 mi)			Davide Bramati (ITA)
18	14 September	Béjar – Ciudad Rodrigo	159 km (99 mi)			Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
19	15 September	Salamanca – Ávila	130 km (81 mi)			Mariano Piccoli (ITA)
20	16 September	Ávila – Alto de Abantos [es]	128.2 km (80 mi)			Roberto Heras (ESP)
21	17 September	Madrid – Madrid	38 km (24 mi)		Individual time trial	Santos González (ESP)
	Total		2,904 km (1,804 mi)

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Team Classification
1 (ITT)	Alex Zülle	Alex Zülle	Alex Zülle	Carlos Sastre	Vitalicio Seguros
2	Oscar Freire			Eladio Jiménez
3	Jans Koerts		Jans Koerts
4	Oscar Freire		Oscar Freire
5	Eladio Jiménez				Kelme–Costa Blanca
6	Paolo Bossoni				ONCE–Deutsche Bank
7	Roberto Heras
8	Alessandro Petacchi		Giovanni Lombardi
9 (ITT)	Abraham Olano	Abraham Olano
10	Felix Cardenas	Santos González		Felix Cardenas
11	Roberto Laiseka	Angel Casero		Carlos Sastre	Vitalicio Seguros
12	Alessandro Petacchi
13	Mariano Piccoli
14	Andrei Zintchenko	Roberto Heras			Kelme–Costa Blanca
15	Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano				Vitalicio Seguros
16	Gilberto Simoni
17	Davide Bramati
18	Alexander Vinokourov
19	Mariano Piccoli
20	Roberto Heras		Roberto Heras		Kelme–Costa Blanca
21 (ITT)	Santos González
Stage	Winner	Roberto Heras	Roberto Heras	Carlos Sastre	Kelme–Costa Blanca

Final standings

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Roberto Heras	Kelme–Costa Blanca	70:26:14
2	Ángel Casero	Festina	2:33
3	Pavel Tonkov	Mapei–Quick-Step	4:55
4	Santos González	ONCE–Deutsche Bank	5:52
5	Raimondas Rumšas	Fassa Bortolo	7:38
6	Roberto Laiseka	Euskaltel–Euskadi	10:16
7	Fernando Escartín	Kelme–Costa Blanca	11:17
8	Carlos Sastre	ONCE–Deutsche Bank	12:16
9	Massimiliano Gentili	Cantina Tollo–Regain	13:10
10	Haimar Zubeldia	Euskaltel–Euskadi	13:14
11	José Luis Rubiera	Kelme–Costa Blanca	13:16
12	Wladimir Belli	Fassa Bortolo	13:44
13	Santiago Blanco	Vitalicio Seguros	15:41
14	Óscar Sevilla	Kelme–Costa Blanca	16:37
15	Txema del Olmo	Euskaltel–Euskadi	19:24
16	Richard Virenque	Team Polti	20:28
17	Pascal Hervé	Team Polti	23:43
18	Francisco García Rodríguez	Vitalicio Seguros	24:51
19	Abraham Olano	ONCE–Deutsche Bank	25:19
20	Gianni Faresin	Mapei–Quick-Step	25:36
21	Félix García Casas	Festina	26:25
22	Oscar Camenzind	Lampre–Daikin	29:01
23	Marco Magnani	Alessio	30:03
24	Eladio Jiménez	Banesto	31:47
25	Fabian Jeker	Festina	39:32