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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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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.

Teams and riders

Route

List of stages

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

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

References

1. "Stage 12-September 7: Zaragoza-Zaragoza, 131.5 km: Petacchi's second, Ullrich quits". Cyclingnews. 7 September 2000. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
2. "Clasificaciones Vuelta" (PDF). El Mundo Deportivo. 18 September 2000. p. 56. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 November 2020.
3. "Stages: previews, results and reports". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
4. "55ème Vuelta a España 2000". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 12 January 2005.

External links

• La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)
• Cyclingnews.com 2000 Vuelta a Espana coverage

• 2000 Vuelta a España
• Vuelta a España by year
• 2000 in Spanish sport
• 2000 in road cycling