2005 Vuelta a España

These are the results for the 2005 edition of the Vuelta a España cycling race. 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^[1] 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.^[2]

2005 Vuelta a España

Overview of the stages
Race details
Dates	27 August – 18 September
Stages	21
Distance	3,192 km (1,983 mi)
Winning time	82h 27' 31"
Results
Winner  Roberto Heras (ESP) (Liberty Seguros–Würth)   Second  Denis Menchov (RUS) (Rabobank)   Third  Carlos Sastre (ESP) (Team CSC) Points  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (Fassa Bortolo) Mountains  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Saunier Duval–Prodir) Combination  Denis Menchov (RUS) (Rabobank)   Team Comunidad Valenciana–Elche
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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. Comunidad Valenciana–Elche was the winner of the team ranking.

Teams and riders

Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Vuelta a España

In addition to the 20 ProTour teams, Comunidad Valenciana–Elche and Relax Fuenlabrada were given wildcard entries.

Route

List of stages^[3][4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	27 August	Granada – Granada	7 km (4 mi)		Individual time trial	Denis Menchov (RUS)
2	28 August	Granada – Córdoba	189.3 km (118 mi)			Leonardo Bertagnolli (ITA)
3	29 August	Córdoba – Puertollano	153.3 km (95 mi)			Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
4	30 August	Ciudad Real – Argamasilla de Alba	232.3 km (144 mi)			Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
5	31 August	Alcázar de San Juan – Cuenca	176 km (109 mi)			Thor Hushovd (NOR)
6	1 September	Cuenca – Valdelinares	217 km (135 mi)			Roberto Heras (ESP)
7	2 September	Teruel – Vinaròs	212.5 km (132 mi)			Max van Heeswijk (NED)
8	3 September	Tarragona – Lloret de Mar	189 km (117 mi)			Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
9	4 September	Lloret de Mar – Lloret de Mar	48 km (30 mi)		Individual time trial	Denis Menchov (RUS)
10	5 September	La Vall d'en Bas – Ordino-Arcalis (Andorra)	206.3 km (128 mi)			Francisco Mancebo (ESP)
11	6 September	Andorra – Cerler	186.6 km (116 mi)			Roberto Laiseka (ESP)
	7 September				Rest day
12	8 September	Logroño – Burgos	133 km (83 mi)			Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
13	9 September	Burgos – La Bien Aparecida [es]	196 km (122 mi)			Samuel Sánchez (ESP)
14	10 September	La Penilla [es] – Lakes of Covadonga	172.3 km (107 mi)			Eladio Jiménez (ESP)
15	11 September	Cangas de Onís – Valgrande-Pajares [es]	191 km (119 mi)			Roberto Heras (ESP)
	12 September				Rest day
16	13 September	León – Valladolid	162.5 km (101 mi)			Paolo Bettini (ITA)
17	14 September	El Espinar – La Granja de San Ildefonso	165.6 km (103 mi)			Carlos García (ESP)
18	15 September	Ávila – Ávila	197.5 km (123 mi)			Nicki Sørensen (DEN)
19	16 September	San Martín de Valdeiglesias – Alcobendas	142.9 km (89 mi)			Heinrich Haussler (GER)
20	17 September	Guadalajara – Alcalá de Henares	38.9 km (24 mi)		Individual time trial	Rubén Plaza (ESP)
21	18 September	Madrid – Madrid	136.5 km (85 mi)			Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
	Total		3,239 km (2,013 mi)

Race overview

Main articles: 2005 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2005 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21

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	Team CSC
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

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Roberto Heras	Liberty Seguros	82h 22' 55"
2	Denis Menchov	Rabobank	+ 4' 36"
3	Carlos Sastre	Team CSC	+ 4' 54"
4	Francisco Mancebo	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne	+ 5' 58"
5	Carlos García Quesada	Comunitat Valenciana-Elche	+ 8' 06"
6	Rubén Plaza	Comunitat Valenciana-Elche	+ 11' 36"
7	Óscar Sevilla	T-Mobile Team	+ 13' 22"
8	Tom Danielson	Discovery Channel	+ 16' 38"
9	Mauricio Ardila	Davitamon–Lotto	+ 18' 15"
10	Juan Miguel Mercado	Quick-Step–Innergetic	+ 18' 31"
11	Samuel Sánchez	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 20' 12"
12	Michele Scarponi	Liberty Seguros	+ 31' 44"
13	David Blanco	Comunitat Valenciana-Elche	+ 34' 57"
14	Koos Moerenhout	Davitamon–Lotto	+ 35' 03"
15	Josep Jufré	Relax	+ 35' 33"
16	Mario Aerts	Davitamon–Lotto	+ 36' 18"
17	Daniel Atienza	Cofidis	+ 36' 23"
18	Unai Osa	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne	+ 37' 14"
19	Marcos Serrano	Liberty Seguros	+ 38' 37"
20	Pablo Lastras	Illes Balears–Caisse d'Epargne	+ 40' 45"

KOM Classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	Joaquim Rodríguez	Saunier Duval–Prodir

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Team
1	Alessandro Petacchi	Fassa Bortolo

Best Team

	Team	Country
1	Comunitat Valenciana-Puertas Castalia	Spain