Vuelta a Espana 2005

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 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. Comunidad Valenciana–Elche was the winner of the team ranking.

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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Route

List of stages

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)

Jersey Progress

General Standings

KOM Classification

Points Classification

Best Team