The 55th Edition 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.
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| Dates | 26 August – 17 September | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 2,893.6 km (1,798 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 70h 26′ 14″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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| 1 | 26 August | Málaga – Málaga | 13.3 km (8 mi) |  |
Individual time trial |  Alex Zülle (SUI) |
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| 2 | 27 August | Málaga – Córdoba | 167.5 km (104 mi) |  Óscar Freire (ESP) |
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| 3 | 28 August | Montoro – Valdepeñas | 198.4 km (123 mi) |  Jans Koerts (NED) |
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| 4 | 29 August | Valdepeñas – Albacete | 159 km (99 mi) | Óscar Freire (ESP) |
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| 5 | 30 August | Albacete – Xorret de Catí | 152.3 km (95 mi) | Eladio Jiménez (ESP) |
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| 6 | 31 August | Benidorm – Valencia | 155.5 km (97 mi) |  Paolo Bossoni (ITA) |
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| 7 | 1 September | Valencia – Morella | 175 km (109 mi) | Roberto Heras (ESP) |
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| 8 | 2 September | Vinaròs – Port Aventura | 168.5 km (105 mi) | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
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| 9 | 3 September | Tarragona – Tarragona | 37.6 km (23 mi) | |
Individual time trial | Abraham Olano (ESP) |
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| 10 | 4 September | Sabadell – Supermolina | 165.8 km (103 mi) |  Félix Cárdenas (COL) |
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| 11 | 5 September | Alp – Arcalis (Andorra) | 136.5 km (85 mi) | Roberto Laiseka (ESP) |
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| 6 September | Rest day | ||||||
| 12 | 7 September | Zaragoza – Zaragoza | 131.5 km (82 mi) | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
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| 8 September | Rest day | ||||||
| 13 | 9 September | Santander – Santander | 143.3 km (89 mi) | Mariano Piccoli (ITA) |
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| 14 | 10 September | Santander – Lakes of Covadonga | 146.5 km (91 mi) |  Andrei Zintchenko (RUS) |
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| 15 | 11 September | Cangas de Onís – Gijón | 164.2 km (102 mi) | Álvaro González de Galdeano (ESP) |
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| 16 | 12 September | Oviedo – Alto de l’Angliru | 168 km (104 mi) | Gilberto Simoni (ITA) |
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| 17 | 13 September | Benavente – Salamanca | 155.5 km (97 mi) | Davide Bramati (ITA) |
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| 18 | 14 September | Béjar – Ciudad Rodrigo | 159 km (99 mi) |  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) |
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| 19 | 15 September | Salamanca – Ávila | 130 km (81 mi) | Mariano Piccoli (ITA) |
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| 20 | 16 September | Ávila – Alto de Abantos | 128.2 km (80 mi) | Roberto Heras (ESP) |
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| 21 | 17 September | Madrid – Madrid | 38 km (24 mi) | |
Individual time trial | Santos González (ESP) |
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| Total | 2,904 km (1,804 mi) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points Classification | Mountains Classification | Team Classification |
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| 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 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 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 | 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 |
