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The 2017 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race that took place in Spain between 19 August and 10 September 2017. The race was the 72nd edition of the Vuelta a España and the final Grand Tour of the 2017 cycling season. The race started in Nîmes, France, and finished in Madrid. It was the first time the race has started in France and only the third time it has started outside Spain, after 1997 (Portugal) and 2009 (Netherlands). The general classification was won by 2017 Tour de France champion Chris Froome from Team Sky, ahead of Vincenzo Nibali of Bahrain–Merida. Froome became the third rider to win the Tour-Vuelta double after Jacques Anquetil (1963) and Bernard Hinault (1978), and the first to do so since the Vuelta was moved to its current calendar position. Froome also won the points and combination classifications, becoming the first rider to win three jerseys in a single Vuelta since Denis Menchov in 2007. The mountains classification was won by Cannondale–Drapac rider Davide Villella, while Trek–Segafredo’s Alberto Contador won the combativity award in his final Grand Tour, as well as the final mountain stage atop the iconic Angliru. Astana took the team award. 2017 Vuelta a España 2017 UCI World Tour, race 30 of 37 Race details Dates 19 August – 10 September Distance 3,324.1 km (2,065 mi) Winning time 82h 30′ 02″ Results Winner Chris Froome (GBR) (Team Sky) Second Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) (Bahrain–Merida) Third Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) (Team Katusha–Alpecin) Points Chris Froome (GBR) (Team Sky) Mountains Davide Villella (ITA) (Cannondale–Drapac) Youth Miguel Ángel López (COL) (Astana) Combination Chris Froome (GBR) (Team Sky) Combativity Alberto Contador (ESP) (Trek–Segafredo) Team Astana ← 2016 2018 → Route and stages Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 19 August Nîmes (France) 13.7 km (9 mi) Team time trial BMC Racing Team 2 20 August Nîmes (France) to Gruissan, Grand Narbonne (France) 203.4 km (126 mi) Flat stage Yves Lampaert (BEL) 3 21 August Prades (France) to Andorra la Vella (Andorra) 158.5 km (98 mi) Mountain stage Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) 4 22 August Escaldes-Engordany to Tarragona 198.2 km (123 mi) Flat stage Matteo Trentin (ITA) 5 23 August Benicàssim to Alcossebre 175.7 km (109 mi) Hilly stage Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) 6 24 August Villarreal to Sagunto 204.4 km (127 mi) Hilly stage Tomasz Marczyński (POL) 7 25 August Llíria to Cuenca 207 km (129 mi) Flat stage Matej Mohorič (SLO) 8 26 August Hellín to Xorret de Catí 199.5 km (124 mi) Hilly stage Julian Alaphilippe (FRA) 9 27 August Orihuela to Benitachell / El Poble Nou de Benitatxell 174 km (108 mi) Hilly stage Chris Froome (GBR) 28 August Province of Alicante Rest day 10 29 August Caravaca de la Cruz to ElPozo Alimentación, Alhama de Murcia 164.8 km (102 mi) Hilly stage Matteo Trentin (ITA) 11 30 August Lorca to Calar Alto Observatory 187.5 km (117 mi) Mountain stage Miguel Ángel López (COL) 12 31 August Motril to Antequera 160.1 km (99 mi) Hilly stage Tomasz Marczyński (POL) 13 1 September Coín to Tomares 198.4 km (123 mi) Flat stage Matteo Trentin (ITA) 14 2 September Écija to Sierra de La Pandera 175 km (109 mi) Mountain stage Rafał Majka (POL) 15 3 September Alcalá la Real to Alto Hoya de la Mora, Sierra Nevada 129.4 km (80 mi) Mountain stage Miguel Ángel López (COL) 4 September Logroño Rest day 16 5 September Circuito de Navarra to Logroño 40.2 km (25 mi) Individual time trial Chris Froome (GBR) 17 6 September Villadiego to Alto de Los Machucos 180.5 km (112 mi) Mountain stage Stefan Denifl (AUT) Alberto Contador (ESP) 18 7 September Suances to Santo Toribio de Liébana 169 km (105 mi) Hilly stage Sander Armée (BEL) 19 8 September Caso, Redes Natural Park to Gijón 149.7 km (93 mi) Hilly stage Thomas De Gendt (BEL) 20 9 September Corvera de Asturias to Alto de l’Angliru 117.5 km (73 mi) Mountain stage Alberto Contador (ESP) 21 10 September Arroyomolinos to Madrid 117.6 km (73 mi) Flat stage Matteo Trentin (ITA) Total 3,324.1 km (2,065 mi) Classification leadership Mountains classification points Category 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th Cima Alberto Fernández 20 15 10 6 4 2 Special-category 15 10 6 4 2 First-category 10 6 4 2 1 Second-category 5 3 1 Third-category 3 2 1 Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Combination classification Team classification Combativity award Young rider award 1 BMC Racing Team Rohan Dennis not awardeda Nicolas Roche Daniel Oss BMC Racing Team not awarded Bob Jungels 2 Yves Lampaert Yves Lampaert Yves Lampaertb Quick-Step Floors Markel Irizar Julian Alaphilippe 3 Vincenzo Nibali Chris Froome Vincenzo Nibali Davide Villella Chris Froomec Orica-Scott Alexandre Geniez Adam Yates 4 Matteo Trentin Matteo Trentin Diego Rubio 5 Alexey Lutsenko Astana Alexey Lutsenko 6 Tomasz Marczyński Enric Mas 7 Matej Mohorič Movistar Team Luis Ángel Maté 8 Julian Alaphilippe Przemysław Niemiec 9 Chris Froome Chris Froomed Marc Soler 10 Matteo Trentin Matteo Trentin Matteo Trentin 11 Miguel Ángel López Romain Bardet Miguel Ángel López 12 Tomasz Marczyński Omar Fraile 13 Matteo Trentin Astana Thomas De Gendt 14 Rafał Majka Luis Ángel Maté 15 Miguel Ángel López Chris Froomed Sander Armée 16 Chris Froome Chris Froome 17 Stefan Denifl Daniel Moreno 18 Sander Armée José Joaquín Rojas 19 Thomas De Gendt Daniel Navarro 20 Alberto Contador Enric Mas 21 Matteo Trentin not awarded Final Chris Froome Chris Froome Davide Villella Chris Froome Astana Alberto Contador Miguel Ángel López Final standings Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification29 Denotes the leader of the points classification29 Denotes the leader of the mountains classification29 Denotes the leader of the combination classification29 Denotes the winner of the combativity award29 Denotes the winner of the young rider award29 General classification Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Chris Froome (GBR) Team Sky 82h 30′ 02″ 2 Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Bahrain–Merida + 2′ 15″ 3 Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) Team Katusha–Alpecin + 2′ 51″ 4 Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 3′ 15″ 5 Alberto Contador (ESP) Trek–Segafredo + 3′ 18″ 6 Wout Poels (NED) Team Sky + 6′ 59″ 7 Michael Woods (CAN) Cannondale–Drapac + 8′ 27″ 8 Miguel Ángel López (COL) Astana + 9′ 13″ 9 Steven Kruijswijk (NED) LottoNL–Jumbo + 11′ 18″ 10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team + 15′ 50″ hideFinal general classification (11–158) Rank Rider Team Time 11 Esteban Chaves (COL) Orica–Scott + 16′ 46″ 12 Louis Meintjes (RSA) UAE …
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The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in the 2015 UCI World Tour. The 3,358.1-kilometre (2,086.6 mi) race included 21 stages, beginning in Marbella on 22 August 2015 and finishing in Madrid on 13 September. It was won by Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team), with Joaquim Rodríguez (Team Katusha) second and Rafał Majka (Tinkoff–Saxo) third. The early leaders of the race were Esteban Chaves (Orica–GreenEDGE) and Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant–Alpecin), who exchanged the leader’s red jersey several times during the first ten days of racing, with both riders winning summit finishes in the first week. Aru took over the race lead following the mountainous Stage 11, which took place entirely within Andorra. He kept his lead for five stages as the race entered the mountains of northern Spain, but lost it to Rodríguez on Stage 16. Dumoulin took the lead back on Stage 17 – the race’s only individual time trial – with Aru three seconds behind in second place. Aru attacked throughout the final stages and, on the penultimate day, finally dropped Dumoulin, who fell to sixth place overall. Aru therefore took the first Grand Tour victory of his career. The points classification was decided during the final stage and was won by Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team), while Rodriguez won the combination classification. The mountains classification was won by Omar Fraile (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA). Dumoulin won the combativity award, while Movistar won the team prize. 2015 Vuelta a España 2015 UCI World Tour, race 22 of 28 Map of the 2015 Vuelta a España route, from Marbella to Madrid. (stage courses in red) Race details Dates 22 August – 13 September Stages 21 Distance 3,358.1 km (2,087 mi) Winning time 85h 36′ 13″ Results Winner Fabio Aru (ITA) (Astana) Second Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha) Third Rafał Majka (POL) (Tinkoff–Saxo) Points Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Movistar Team) Mountains Omar Fraile (ESP) (Caja Rural–Seguros RGA) Combination Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) (Team Katusha) Combativity Tom Dumoulin (NED) (Team Giant–Alpecin) Team Movistar Team ← 2014 2016 → Route and stages Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 22 August Puerto Banús to Marbella 7.4 km (4.6 mi) Team time trial BMC Racing Team 2 23 August Alhaurín de la Torre to Caminito del Rey 158.7 km (98.6 mi) Medium-mountain stage Esteban Chaves (COL) 3 24 August Mijas to Málaga 158.4 km (98.4 mi) Flat stage Peter Sagan (SVK) 4 25 August Estepona to Vejer de la Frontera 209.6 km (130.2 mi) Hilly stage Alejandro Valverde (ESP) 5 26 August Rota to Alcalá de Guadaíra 167.3 km (104.0 mi) Flat stage Caleb Ewan (AUS) 6 27 August Córdoba to Sierra de Cazorla 200.3 km (124.5 mi) Medium-mountain stage Esteban Chaves (COL) 7 28 August Jódar to La Alpujarra 191.1 km (118.7 mi) Mountain stage Bert-Jan Lindeman (NED) 8 29 August Puebla de Don Fadrique to Murcia 182.5 km (113.4 mi) Flat stage Jasper Stuyven (BEL) 9 30 August Torrevieja to Cumbre del Sol, Benitachell 168.3 km (104.6 mi) Medium-mountain stage Tom Dumoulin (NED) 10 31 August Valencia to Castellón de la Plana 146.6 km (91.1 mi) Flat stage Kristian Sbaragli (ITA) 1 September Andorra la Vella Rest day 11 2 September Andorra la Vella to Cortals d’Encamp 138 km (86 mi) Mountain stage Mikel Landa (ESP) 12 3 September Escaldes-Engordany, Andorra to Lleida 173 km (107 mi) Flat stage Danny van Poppel (NED) 13 4 September Calatayud to Tarazona 178 km (111 mi) Medium-mountain stage Nelson Oliveira (POR) 14 5 September Vitoria-Gasteiz to Alto Campoo, Fuente del Chivo 215 km (134 mi) Mountain stage Alessandro De Marchi (ITA) 15 6 September Comillas to Sotres, Cabrales 175.8 km (109.2 mi) Mountain stage Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) 16 7 September Luarca to Ermita del Alba, Quirós 185 km (115 mi) Mountain stage Fränk Schleck (LUX) 8 September Burgos Rest day 17 9 September Burgos 38.7 km (24.0 mi) Individual time trial Tom Dumoulin (NED) 18 10 September Roa de Duero to Riaza 204 km (127 mi) Medium-mountain stage Nicolas Roche (IRL) 19 11 September Medina del Campo to Ávila 185.8 km (115.5 mi) Hilly stage Alexis Gougeard (FRA) 20 12 September San Lorenzo de El Escorial to Cercedilla 175.8 km (109.2 mi) Mountain stage Rubén Plaza (ESP) 21 13 September Alcalá de Henares to Madrid 98.8 km (61.4 mi) Flat stage John Degenkolb (GER) Total 3,358.1 km (2,087 mi) Classification leadership Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Combination classification Team classification Combativity award 1 BMC Racing Team Peter Velits not awarded not awarded not awarded BMC Racing Team Cameron Meyer 2 Esteban Chaves Esteban Chaves Esteban Chaves Esteban Chaves Esteban Chaves Team Sky José Gonçalves 3 Peter Sagan Omar Fraile Omar Fraile 4 Alejandro Valverde Peter Sagan Brayan Ramírez 5 Caleb Ewan Tom Dumoulin Iljo Keisse 6 Esteban Chaves Esteban Chaves Miguel Ángel Rubiano 7 Bert-Jan Lindeman Esteban Chaves Amets Txurruka 8 Jasper Stuyven Ángel Madrazo 9 Tom Dumoulin Tom Dumoulin Tom Dumoulin Omar Fraile 10 Kristian Sbaragli Carlos Verona 11 Mikel Landa Fabio Aru Mikel Landa 12 Danny van Poppel Maxime Bouet 13 Nelson Oliveira Paweł Poljański 14 Alessandro De Marchi Carlos Quintero 15 Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Brayan Ramírez 16 Fränk Schleck Joaquim Rodríguez Rodolfo Torres 17 Tom Dumoulin Tom Dumoulin Tom Dumoulin 18 Nicolas Roche Movistar Team Ángel Madrazo 19 Alexis Gougeard Alexis Gougeard 20 Rubén Plaza Fabio Aru Rubén Plaza 21 John Degenkolb Alejandro Valverde Tom Dumoulin Final Fabio Aru Alejandro Valverde Omar Fraile Joaquim Rodríguez Movistar Team Tom Dumoulin Final standings Legend Denotes the leader of the general classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the combination rider classification General classification Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Fabio Aru (ITA) Astana 85h 36′ 13″ 2 Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) Team Katusha + 57″ 3 Rafał Majka (POL) Tinkoff–Saxo + 1′ 09″ 4 Nairo Quintana (COL) Movistar Team + 1′ 42″ 5 Esteban Chaves (COL) Orica–GreenEDGE + 3′ 10″ 6 Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Giant–Alpecin + 3′ 46″ 7 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 6′ 47″ 8 Mikel Nieve (ESP) Team Sky + 7′ 06″ 9 Daniel Moreno (ESP) Team Katusha + 7′ 12″ 10 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN–Qhubeka + 10′ 26″ Points classification Final points …
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The 56th Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance stage race and one of the three Grand Tours, was held from 8 September to 30 September 2001. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3,012 km (1,872 mi), and was won by Ángel Casero of the Festina cycling team at a speed of 42.534 km/h (26.429 mph). This edition of the Vuelta was notable for its final-stage time trial, during which Casero overcame a 25-second lead held by Óscar Sevilla of Kelme–Costa Blanca to win, while American Levi Leipheimer of U.S. Postal Service managed to move past both teammate Roberto Heras and Juan Miguel Mercado to take third and become the first American ever to achieve a podium finish in the Vuelta. Additionally, Guido Trenti became the first American ever to win a stage in the race. 2001 Vuelta a España Race details Dates September 8–30, 2001 (2001-09-08 – 2001-09-30) Stages 21 Distance 3,012.2 km (1,872 mi) Winning time 70h 49′ 05″ Results Winner Ángel Casero (ESP) (Festina) Second Óscar Sevilla (ESP) (Kelme–Costa Blanca) Third Levi Leipheimer (USA) (U.S. Postal Service) Points José María Jiménez (ESP) (iBanesto.com) Mountains José María Jiménez (ESP) (iBanesto.com) Sprints César García Calvo (ESP) (Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada) Team iBanesto.com ← 2000 2002 → Stages Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 8 September Salamanca 12 km (7 mi) Individual time trial David Millar (GBR) 2 9 September Salamanca to Valladolid 147.2 km (91 mi) Flat stage Erik Zabel (GER) 3 10 September Valladolid to León 140.5 km (87 mi) Flat stage Erik Zabel (GER) 4 11 September León to Gijón 175 km (109 mi) Flat stage Erik Zabel (GER) 5 12 September Gijón to Lagos de Covadonga 160.8 km (100 mi) Mountain stage Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP) 6 13 September Cangas de Onís to Torrelavega 180.6 km (112 mi) Medium-mountain stage David Millar (GBR) 7 14 September Torrelavega 44.2 km (27 mi) Individual time trial Santiago Botero (COL) 8 15 September Reinosa to Alto de la Cruz de la Demanda (Valdezcaray) 195 km (121 mi) Mountain stage José María Jiménez (ESP) 9 16 September Logroño to Zaragoza 179.2 km (111 mi) Flat stage Igor González de Galdeano (ESP) 17 September Province of Barcelona Rest day 10 18 September Sabadell to La Molina 168.4 km (105 mi) Mountain stage Santiago Blanco (ESP) 11 19 September Alp to Estació de Pal (Andorra) 154.2 km (96 mi) Mountain stage José María Jiménez (ESP) 12 20 September Ordino to Estació d’Esquí d’Ordino-Alcalís (Andorra) 17.1 km (11 mi) Mountain time trial José María Jiménez (ESP) 13 21 September Andorra to Universal Studios Port Aventura 206 km (128 mi) Hilly stage Beat Zberg (SUI) 14 22 September Tarragona to Vinaròs 170.5 km (106 mi) Flat stage Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) 15 23 September Valencia to Alto de Aitana 207.2 km (129 mi) Mountain stage Claus Michael Møller (DEN) 24 September Province of Valencia Rest day 16 25 September Alcoy to Murcia 153.3 km (95 mi) Hilly stage Tomáš Konečný (CZE) 17 26 September Murcia to Albacete 159.5 km (99 mi) Flat stage Robert Hunter (RSA) 18 27 September Albacete to Cuenca 154.2 km (96 mi) Flat stage Filippo Simeoni (ITA) 19 28 September Cuenca to Guadalajara 168 km (104 mi) Hilly stage Guido Trenti (USA) 20 29 September Guadalajara to Alto de Abantos 176.3 km (110 mi) Mountain stage Gilberto Simoni (ITA) 21 30 September Madrid 38 km (24 mi) Individual time trial Santiago Botero (COL) Total 3,012.2 km (1,872 mi) Jersey progress Stage Winner General classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Team Classification 1 (ITT) David Millar David Millar David Millar David Millar Kelme–Costa Blanca 2 Erik Zabel 3 Erik Zabel Erik Zabel 4 Erik Zabel Santiago Botero Karsten Kroon Mapei–Quick-Step 5 Juan Miguel Mercado Óscar Sevilla Juan Miguel Mercado iBanesto.com 6 David Millar 7 (ITT) Santiago Botero Santiago Botero Kelme–Costa Blanca 8 José María Jiménez Joseba Beloki Festina 9 Igor González de Galdeano 10 Santiago Blanco iBanesto.com 11 José María Jiménez Óscar Sevilla José María Jiménez 12 José María Jiménez José María Jiménez 13 Beat Zberg 14 Juan Manuel Gárate 15 Claus Michael Møller 16 Tomáš Konečný 17 Robert Hunter 18 Filippo Simeoni Erik Zabel 19 Guido Trenti 20 Gilberto Simoni José María Jiménez 21 (ITT) Santiago Botero Ángel Casero Stage Winner Ángel Casero José María Jiménez José María Jiménez iBanesto.com Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the winner of the sprints classification General classification Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Ángel Casero (ESP) Festina 70h 49′ 05″ 2 Óscar Sevilla (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca + 0′ 47″ DSQ Levi Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service + 2′ 59″ 4 Roberto Heras (ESP) U.S. Postal Service + 3′ 56″ 5 Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP) iBanesto.com + 5′ 45″ 6 David Plaza (ESP) Festina + 5′ 53″ 7 José Luis Rubiera (ESP) U.S. Postal Service + 6′ 57″ 8 Claus Michael Møller (DEN) Milaneza–MSS + 7′ 13″ 9 Aitor Osa (ESP) iBanesto.com + 8′ 32″ 10 Fernando Escartín (ESP) Team Coast–Buffalo + 10′ 31″ Points classification Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 José María Jiménez (ESP) iBanesto.com 130 2 Erik Zabel (GER) Team Telekom 125 DSQ Levi Leipheimer (USA) U.S. Postal Service 115 4 Santiago Botero (COL) Kelme–Costa Blanca 102 5 Óscar Sevilla (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca 101 DSQ David Millar (GBR) Cofidis. 93 7 Claus Michael Møller (DEN) Milaneza–MSS 89 8 Ángel Casero (ESP) Festina 88 9 Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP) iBanesto.com 77 10 Sven Teutenberg (GER) Festina 70 Mountains classification Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 José María Jiménez (ESP) iBanesto.com 162 2 Claus Michael Møller (DEN) Milaneza–MSS 110 3 Juan Miguel Mercado (ESP) iBanesto.com 88 4 Óscar Sevilla (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca 82 5 José Luis Rubiera (ESP) U.S. Postal Service 55 6 Gilberto Simoni (ITA) Lampre–Daikin 53 7 Roberto Heras (ESP) U.S. Postal Service 50 8 Íñigo Cuesta (ESP) Cofidis 49 9 Santiago Blanco (ESP) iBanesto.com 48 10 Félix Cárdenas (COL) Kelme–Costa Blanca 42 Sprints classification Final sprints classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 César García Calvo (ESP) Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada 40 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre–Daikin 20 3 Óscar Laguna (ESP) Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada 19 4 Erik Zabel (GER) Team Telekom 16 5 Pedro Díaz Lobato (ESP) Jazztel–Costa de Almería 14 6 José Manuel Vázquez (ESP) Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada 12 7 Germán Nieto (ESP) Colchon Relax–Fuenlabrada 12 8 Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Lampre–Daikin 12 9 Karsten Kroon (NED) Rabobank 11 10 Guido Trenti (ITA) Cantina Tollo–Acqua e Sapone 11 Team classification Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 iBanesto.com 212h 05′ 24″ 2 U.S. Postal Service …
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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. 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 ← 1999 2001 → 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 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 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
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The 1999 Vuelta a España was the 54th Edition of Vuelta a España, taking place from 4 September starting in Murcia and finishing in Madrid on 26 September 1999. It consisted of 21 stages over 3,576 km (2,222 mi), ridden at an average speed of 39.449 km/h (24.512 mph). The favourites were Laurent Jalabert, Alex Zülle, Jan Ullrich and defending champion Abraham Olano. In the end, Ullrich won the race. 1999 Vuelta a España Race details Dates 4–26 September Stages 22 Distance 3,576 km (2,222 mi) Winning time 89h 52′ 03″ Results Winner Jan Ullrich (GER) (Team Telekom) Second Igor González de Galdeano (ESP) (Vitalicio Seguros) Third Roberto Heras (ESP) (Kelme–Costa Blanca) Points Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) (Cofidis) Mountains José María Jiménez (ESP) (Banesto) Sprints Robert Hunter (RSA) (Lampre–Daikin) Team Banesto ← 1998 2000 → Route List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 4 September Murcia – Murcia 6.1 km (4 mi) Individual time trial Igor González de Galdeano (ESP) 1 5 September Murcia – Benidorm 179 km (111 mi) Robbie Hunter (RSA) 2 6 September Alicante – Albacete 206 km (128 mi) Marcel Wüst (GER) 3 7 September La Roda – Fuenlabrada 229.5 km (143 mi) Marcel Wüst (GER) 4 8 September Las Rozas – Salamanca 185.6 km (115 mi) Marcel Wüst (GER) 5 9 September Béjar – Ciudad Rodrigo 160 km (99 mi) Jan Ullrich (GER) 6 10 September Salamanca – Salamanca 46.4 km (29 mi) Individual time trial Abraham Olano (ESP) 7 11 September Salamanca – León 217 km (135 mi) Marcel Wüst (GER) 8 12 September León – Alto de l’Angliru 175.6 km (109 mi) José María Jiménez (ESP) 9 13 September Gijón – Los Corrales de Buelna 185.8 km (115 mi) Laurent Brochard (FRA) 14 September Rest day 10 15 September Zaragoza – Zaragoza 183.2 km (114 mi) Serguei Outschakov (UKR) 11 16 September Huesca – Val d’Aran/Pla de Beret es 201 km (125 mi) Daniele Nardello (ITA) 12 17 September Sort – Arcalis (Andorra) 147.4 km (92 mi) Igor González Galdeano (ESP) 13 18 September Andorra la Vella (Andorra) – Castellar del Riu (Rasos de Peguera) 149 km (93 mi) Alex Zülle (SUI) 14 19 September Barcelona – Barcelona 94.4 km (59 mi) Fabio Roscioli (ITA) 15 20 September La Sénia – Valencia 193.4 km (120 mi) Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) 16 21 September Valencia – Teruel 200.4 km (125 mi) Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) 17 22 September Bronchales – Guadalajara 225 km (140 mi) Cristian Moreni (ITA) 18 23 September Guadalajara – Alto de Abantos es 166.3 km (103 mi) Roberto Laiseka (ESP) 19 24 September San Lorenzo de El Escorial – Ávila 184.6 km (115 mi) Frank Vandenbroucke (BEL) 20 25 September El Tiemblo – Ávila 46.5 km (29 mi) Individual time trial Jan Ullrich (GER) 21 26 September Madrid – Madrid 163 km (101 mi) Jeroen Blijlevens (NED) Total 3,576 km (2,222 mi) Jersey progress Stage Winner General classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Intermediate Sprint Classification Team Classification Prol. (ITT) Igor González de Galdeano Igor González de Galdeano N/A N/A N/A N/A 1 Robert Hunter Jacky Durand Robert Hunter Serguei Outschakov Robert Hunter ONCE–Deutsche Bank 2 Marcel Wüst Pascal Hervé César García 3 Marcel Wüst Marcel Wüst Marcel Wüst German Nieto 4 Marcel Wüst 5 Jan Ullrich Abraham Olano Laurent Brochard 6 (ITT) Abraham Olano 7 Marcel Wüst 8 Jose Maria Jimenez Jose Maria Jimenez Vitalicio Seguros 9 Laurent Brochard Laurent Brochard Robert Hunter 10 Serguei Outschakov 11 Daniele Nardello 12 Igor González de Galdeano Jan Ullrich Jose Maria Jimenez 13 Alex Zülle 14 Fabio Roscioli 15 Viatcheslav Ekimov 16 Frank Vandenbroucke 17 Cristian Moreni Robert Hunter 18 Roberto Laiseka Igor González de Galdeano Banesto 19 Frank Vandenbroucke 20 (ITT) Jan Ullrich 21 Jeroen Blijlevens Frank Vandenbroucke Stage Winner Jan Ullrich Frank Vandenbroucke Jose Maria Jimenez Robert Hunter Banesto Results Final General Classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Jan Ullrich Team Telekom 89:52:03 2 Igor González de Galdeano Vitalicio Seguros 4:15 3 Roberto Heras Kelme–Costa Blanca 5:57 4 Pavel Tonkov Mapei–Quick-Step 7:53 5 José Maria Jiménez Banesto 9:24 6 José Luis Rubiera Kelme–Costa Blanca 10:13 7 Manuel Beltrán Banesto 11:20 8 Leonardo Piepoli Banesto 13:13 9 Ivan Parra Vitalicio Seguros 16:20 10 Santiago Blanco Vitalicio Seguros 18:15 11 Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga ONCE-Deutsche Bank 22:06 12 Frank Vandenbroucke Cofidis 23:39 13 José Uria Gonzalez Kelme–Costa Blanca 27:28 14 Iñigo Chaurreau Euskaltel–Euskadi 29:42 15 Aitor Osa Banesto 31:06 16 Txema Del Olmo Zendegi Euskaltel–Euskadi 31:49 17 Felix Garcia Casas Festina–Lotus 36:34 18 Roberto Laiseka Euskaltel–Euskadi 40:14 19 Chann McRae Mapei–Quick-Step 44:29 20 Niki Aebersold Rabobank 59:04 21 Michel Lafis TVM-Farm Frites 59:43 22 Massimo Codol Lampre-Daikin 1:02:49 23 Daniele Nardello Mapei–Quick-Step 1:02:58 24 Andrei Zintchenko Vitalicio Seguros 1:04:08 25 Gianni Faresin Mapei–Quick-Step 1:06:26 26 Melchor Mauri Sport Lisboa Benfica 1:06:33 27 Jon Odriozola Banesto 1:11:15 28 Juan Carlos Vicario Barberá ca Fuenlabrada 1:11:25 29 Andrea Tafi Mapei–Quick-Step 1:14:08 30 Markus Zberg Rabobank 1:14:14 31 Kurt van de Wouwer Lotto–Mobistar 1:14:20 32 Paolo Bettini Mapei–Quick-Step 1:15:09 33 Grischa Niermann Rabobank 1:15:10 34 Marcos A. Serrano Rodríguez ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1:20:53 35 Jörg Jaksche Team Telekom 1:23:29 36 Nicola Miceli Liquigas 1:25:36 37 Alex Zülle Banesto 1:30:18 38 Rolf Aldag Team Telekom 1:31:03 39 David Garcia Marquina Vitalicio Seguros 1:31:32 40 Oscar Lopez Uriarte Sport Lisboa Benfica 1:33:16 41 Andrea Noè Mapei–Quick-Step 1:34:26 42 Joona Laukka Sport Lisboa Benfica 1:37:38 43 Laurent Brochard Lotus-Festina 1:38:39 44 Pedro Diaz Lobato Fuenlabrada 1:44:53 45 Íñigo Cuesta ONCE-Deutsche Bank 1:46:24 46 Alexandre Shefer Riso Scotti-Vinavil 1:46:41 47 Toni Tauler Kelme–Costa Blanca 1:47:32 48 Oscar Camenzind Lampre-Daikin 1:48:39 49 Massimiliano Lelli Cofidis 1:50:55 50 Andrei Teteriouk Liquigas 1:51:40 51 Stefano Cattai Team Polti 1:57:24 52 Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta Euskaltel–Euskadi 1:58:12 53 José Vincente Garcia Banesto 2:00:15 54 Cristian Moreni Liquigas 2:01:29 55 Viatcheslav Ekimov Costa Almería–Amica Chips 2:02:26 56 Álvaro González de Galdeano Vitalicio Seguros 2:06:02 57 Rafael Diaz Justo ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2:08:22 58 Mariano Piccoli Lampre-Daikin 2:08:57 59 Ángel Castresana Euskaltel–Euskadi 2:12:15 60 Eddy Mazzoleni Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Cannondale 2:14:27 61 Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2:24:52 62 Andreas Klöden Team Telekom 2:29:06 63 Jan Boven Rabobank 2:31:31 64 Serguei Smetanine Vitalicio Seguros 2:36:30 65 José Ramón Uriarte Festina–Lotus 2:36:46 66 César Solaun Banesto 2:37:14 67 Luis Pérez (cyclist) ONCE-Deutsche Bank 2:37:22 68 Salvatore Commesso Saeco Macchine per Caffè–Cannondale 2:38:36 69 Bram de Groot Rabobank 2:39:10 70 Quintino Fernandez Rodrigues Sport Lisboa Benfica 2:41:39 71 Alberto Lopez de Munain Euskaltel–Euskadi 2:49:12 72 Robert Hunter Lampre-Daikin 2:50:05 73 Oscar Pozzi …
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The 53rd edition of the Vuelta a España was held 5 to 27 September 1998 and began in Córdoba and ended in Madrid. The 1998 Vuelta had 22 stages over 3,774 km (2,345 mi) with the winning average speed of 40.262 km/h (25.018 mph). Spaniard Abraham Olano took the leader’s jersey after the first individual time trial with 41 seconds over Frenchman Laurent Jalabert. Olano’s lead in the mountains decreased each stage as teammate José María Jiménez marked Olano’s rivals and took several stage wins in the process until Jiménez took the jersey from Olano on the final mountain stage to Alto de Navacerrada with Olano in third place at 38 seconds. On the following day’s individual time trial, Olano took back the lead to win the only Grand Tour of his career. The race also saw the astonishing comeback of Lance Armstrong after he was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer in 1996. Armstrong’s fourth-place finish was stripped by USADA in 2012 due to doping. 1998 Vuelta a España Race details Dates 6–27 September Stages 22 Distance 3,774 km (2,345 mi) Winning time 93h 44′ 08″ Results Winner Abraham Olano (ESP) (Banesto) Second Fernando Escartín (ESP) (Kelme–Costa Blanca) Third José María Jiménez (ESP) (Banesto) Points Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) (Team Polti) Mountains José María Jiménez (ESP) (Banesto) Sprints Giancarlo Raimondi (ITA) (Brescialat–Liquigas) Team Banesto ← 1997 1999 → Stages Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 5 September Córdoba 161.7 km (100 mi) Hilly stage Markus Zberg (SUI) 2 6 September Córdoba to Cádiz 234.6 km (146 mi) Flat stage Jeroen Blijlevens (NED) 3 7 September Cádiz to Estepona 192.6 km (120 mi) Flat stage Jaan Kirsipuu (EST) 4 8 September Málaga to Granada 173.5 km (108 mi) Hilly stage Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) 5 9 September Olula del Río to Murcia 165.5 km (103 mi) Flat stage Jeroen Blijlevens (NED) 6 10 September Murcia to Xorret de Catí 201.5 km (125 mi) Mountain stage José María Jiménez (ESP) 7 11 September Alicante to Valencia 185 km (115 mi) Flat stage Giovanni Lombardi (ITA) 8 12 September Palma de Mallorca 181.5 km (113 mi) Hilly stage Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) 9 13 September Alcúdia 39.5 km (25 mi) Individual time trial Abraham Olano (ESP) 14 September Province of Barcelona Rest day 10 15 September Vic to Estación de Pal (Andorra) 199.3 km (124 mi) Mountain stage José María Jiménez (ESP) 11 16 September Andorra la Vella (Andorra) to Cerler 186 km (116 mi) Mountain stage José María Jiménez (ESP) 12 17 September Benasque to Jaca, Canfranc International station 187 km (116 mi) Hilly stage Gianni Bugno (ITA) 13 18 September Sabiñánigo 208.5 km (130 mi) Hilly stage Andrei Zintchenko (RUS) 14 19 September Biescas to Zaragoza 145.5 km (90 mi) Flat stage Marcel Wüst (GER) 15 20 September Zaragoza to Soria 178.7 km (111 mi) Flat stage Andrei Zintchenko (RUS) 16 21 September Soria to Laguna Negra de Neila es 143.7 km (89 mi) Mountain stage José María Jiménez (ESP) 17 22 September Burgos to León 188.5 km (117 mi) Flat stage Marcel Wüst (GER) 18 23 September León to Salamanca 223 km (139 mi) Flat stage Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) 19 24 September Ávila to Segovia 170.4 km (106 mi) Mountain stage Roberto Heras (ESP) 20 25 September Segovia to Alto de Navacerrada 206 km (128 mi) Mountain stage Andrei Zintchenko (RUS) 21 26 September Fuenlabrada 39 km (24 mi) Individual time trial Alex Zülle (SUI) 22 27 September Madrid 163 km (101 mi) Flat stage Markus Zberg (SUI) Total 3,774 km (2,345 mi) Classification leadership Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Sprints rider classification Team classification 1 Markus Zberg Markus Zberg Markus Zberg Francisco Cerezo Giancarlo Raimondi Mapei–Bricobi 2 Jeroen Blijlevens 3 Jaan Kirsipuu Laurent Jalabert Jaan Kirsipuu Laurent Jalabert 4 Fabrizio Guidi Fabrizio Guidi Giovanni Lombardi 5 Jeroen Blijlevens Jeroen Blijlevens Lotto–Mobistar 6 José María Jiménez José María Jiménez Banesto 7 Giovanni Lombardi Giancarlo Raimondi 8 Fabrizio Guidi 9 Abraham Olano Abraham Olano Laurent Jalabert ONCE 10 José María Jiménez José María Jiménez Banesto 11 José María Jiménez 12 Gianni Bugno 13 Andrei Zintchenko Fabrizio Guidi 14 Marcel Wüst 15 Andrei Zintchenko 16 José María Jiménez 17 Marcel Wüst 18 Fabrizio Guidi 19 Roberto Heras 20 Andrei Zintchenko José María Jiménez 21 Alex Zülle Abraham Olano 22 Markus Zberg Final Abraham Olano Fabrizio Guidi José María Jiménez Giancarlo Raimondi Banesto Final standings Legend Denotes the winner of the general classification Denotes the leader of the mountains classification Denotes the leader of the points classification Denotes the winner of the sprints classification General classification Final general classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Abraham Olano (ESP) Banesto 93h 44′ 08″ 2 Fernando Escartín (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca + 1′ 23″ 3 José María Jiménez (ESP) Banesto + 2′ 12″ DSQ Lance Armstrong (USA) U.S. Postal Service + 2′ 18″ 5 Laurent Jalabert (FRA) ONCE + 2′ 37″ 6 Roberto Heras (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca + 2′ 58″ 7 Álvaro González de Galdeano (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 5′ 51″ 8 Alex Zülle (SUI) Festina–Lotus + 6′ 05″ 9 Marco Serpellini (ITA) Brescialat–Liquigas + 8′ 58″ 10 Marcos Serrano (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca + 10′ 17″ Points classification Final points classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) Team Polti 206 2 Laurent Jalabert (FRA) ONCE 158 3 José María Jiménez (ESP) Banesto 127 4 Marcel Wüst (GER) Festina–Lotus 124 5 Markus Zberg (SUI) Post Swiss Team 115 6 Roberto Heras (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca 108 7 Fernando Escartín (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca 102 8 Giancarlo Raimondi (ITA) Brescialat–Liquigas 102 9 Andrei Zintchenko (RUS) Vitalicio Seguros 101 10 Abraham Olano (ESP) Banesto 96 Mountains classification Final mountains classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Points 1 José María Jiménez (ESP) Banesto 184 2 Laurent Jalabert (FRA) ONCE 93 3 Fernando Escartín (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca 92 4 Roberto Heras (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca 75 5 Alex Zülle (SUI) Festina–Lotus 62 6 Richard Virenque (FRA) Festina–Lotus 60 7 José Luis Rubiera (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca 59 8 Santiago Blanco (ESP) Vitalicio Seguros 56 9 Oscar Camenzind (SUI) Mapei–Bricobi 54 10 Juan Carlos Vicario (ESP) Estepona en Marcha–Brepac 48 Sprints classification Final sprints classification (1–10) Rank Rider Team Time 1 Giancarlo Raimondi (ITA) Brescialat–Liquigas 53 2 Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) Team Polti 40 3 José Luis Rubiera (ESP) Kelme–Costa Blanca 29 4 Laurent Jalabert (FRA) ONCE 27 5 Mirko Gualdi (ITA) Team Polti 14 6 Andrei Zintchenko (RUS) Vitalicio Seguros 12 7 Mariano Piccoli (ITA) Brescialat–Liquigas 11 8 Roberto Sgambelluri (ITA) Brescialat–Liquigas 10 9 Richard Virenque (FRA) Festina–Lotus 9 10 Fabrice Gougot (FRA) Casino–Ag2r 9 Team classification Final team classification (1–10) Rank Team Time 1 Banesto 281h 14′ 43″ 2 Kelme–Costa Blanca + 8′ 58″ …
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The 52nd Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 6 September to 28 September 1997. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,773 km (2,344 mi), and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team. 1997 Vuelta a España Race details Dates 6–28 September Stages 22 Distance 3,773 km (2,344 mi) Winning time 91h 15′ 55″ Results Winner Alex Zülle (SUI) (ONCE) Second Fernando Escartín (ESP) (Kelme–Costa Blanca) Third Laurent Dufaux (SUI) (Festina–Lotus) Points Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (ONCE) Mountains José María Jiménez (ESP) (Banesto) Sprints Mauro Radaelli (ITA) (Brescialat – Oyster) Team Kelme–Costa Blanca ← 1996 1998 → Route List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner GC leader 1 6 September Lisbon – Estoril 155 km (96 mi) Lars Michaelsen (DEN) Lars Michaelsen (DEN) 2 7 September Évora – Vilamoura 225 km (140 mi) Marcel Wüst (GER) 3 8 September Loulé – Huelva 173 km (107 mi) Marcel Wüst (GER) 4 9 September Huelva – Jerez de la Frontera 192 km (119 mi) Eleuterio Anguita (ESP) Fabrizio Guidi (ITA) 5 10 September Jerez de la Frontera – Málaga 230 km (143 mi) Marcel Wüst (GER) Lars Michaelsen (DEN) 6 11 September Málaga – Granada 147 km (91 mi) Mountain stage Laurent Jalabert (FRA) Laurent Jalabert (FRA) 7 12 September Guadix – Sierra Nevada 219 km (136 mi) Mountain stage Yvon Ledanois (FRA) Laurent Dufaux (SUI) 8 13 September Granada – Córdoba 176 km (109 mi) Bart Voskamp (NED) 9 14 September Córdoba 35 km (22 mi) Individual time trial Melchor Mauri (ESP) Alex Zülle (SUI) 10 15 September Córdoba – Almendralejo 224 km (139 mi) Mariano Piccoli (ITA) 11 16 September Almendralejo – Plasencia 194 km (121 mi) Ján Svorada (CZE) 12 17 September León – Alto del Morredero es 147 km (91 mi) Mountain stage Roberto Heras (ESP) 13 18 September Ponferrada – Estación Valgrande-Pajares es 196 km (122 mi) Mountain stage Pavel Tonkov (RUS) 14 19 September Oviedo – Alto del Naranco 169 km (105 mi) Mountain stage José Vicente García Acosta (ESP) 15 20 September Oviedo – Lagos de Covadonga 160 km (99 mi) Mountain stage Pavel Tonkov (RUS) 16 21 September Cangas de Onís – Santander 170 km (106 mi) Ján Svorada (CZE) 17 22 September Santander – Burgos 183 km (114 mi) Ján Svorada (CZE) 18 23 September Burgos – Valladolid 184 km (114 mi) Leon van Bon (NED) 19 24 September Valladolid – Los Ángeles de San Rafael es 193 km (120 mi) Mountain stage José María Jiménez (ESP) 20 25 September Los Ángeles de San Rafael es – Ávila 199 km (124 mi) Mountain stage Laurent Jalabert (FRA) 21 26 September Alcobendas 43 km (27 mi) Individual time trial Alex Zülle (SUI) 22 27 September Madrid 154 km (96 mi) Max van Heeswijk (NED) Total 3,773 km (2,344 mi) Final General Classification Standings Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alex Zülle ONCE 91h 15′ 55s 2 Fernando Escartín Kelme–Costa Blanca + 5′ 07s 3 Laurent Dufaux Festina-Lotus + 6′ 11s 4 Enrico Zaina Asics–CGA + 7′ 24s 5 Roberto Heras Kelme–Costa Blanca + 8′ 04s 6 Daniel Clavero Estepona – Toscaf + 10′ 02s 7 Laurent Jalabert ONCE + 10′ 03s 8 Marcos Serrano Kelme–Costa Blanca + 10′ 40s 9 Gianni Faresin Mapei–GB + 13′ 53s 10 Yvon Ledanois GAN + 15′ 40s 11 Claudio Chiappucci Asics–CGA 12 Philippe Bordenave Casino 13 Felix Garcia Festina-Lotus 14 José Ramón Uriarte Banesto 15 Carlos Alberto Contreras Kelme–Costa Blanca 16 Marco Serpellini Brescialat–Oyster 17 Paolo Lanfranchi Mapei–GB 18 Juan Carlos Dominguez Dominguez Kelme–Costa Blanca 19 Laurent Brochard Festina-Lotus 20 Rodolfo Massi Festina-Lotus 21 José María Jiménez Banesto 22 Melchor Mauri ONCE 23 Francisque Teyssier GAN 24 Sergei Ivanov TVM-Farm Frites 25 Fabian Jeker Festina-Lotus
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The 51st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 7 September to 29 September 1996. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,898 km (2,422 mi), and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team. This was the only time in cycling history that riders from Switzerland swept the Podium in a Grand Tour. Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain started his home tour for the first time since finishing second in 1991, having just recently been dislodged at the Tour by Bjarne Riis. He was initially reluctant to start, but convinced by his team to do so after a strong performance during the time trial at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. However, Indurain would eventually abandon the race, which would prove to be the last of his career, on stage 13 while lying in third place overall, having been dropped by the rest of the race favourites on the first-category climb of the Fito pass. 1996 Vuelta a España Race details Dates 7–29 September Stages 22 Distance 3,898 km (2,422 mi) Winning time 97h 31′ 46″ Results Winner Alex Zülle (SUI) (ONCE) Second Laurent Dufaux (SUI) (Festina–Lotus) Third Tony Rominger (SUI) (Mapei–GB) Points Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (ONCE) Mountains Tony Rominger (SUI) (Mapei–GB) Sprints Jürgen Werner (GER) (Team Telekom) Team Team Polti ← 1995 1997 → Route List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 7 September Valencia – Valencia 162 km (101 mi) Biagio Conte (ITA) 2 8 September Valencia – Cuenca 210 km (130 mi) Nicola Minali (ITA) 3 9 September Cuenca – Albacete 167.2 km (104 mi) Laurent Jalabert (FRA) 4 10 September Albacete – Murcia 166.5 km (103 mi) Tom Steels (BEL) 5 11 September Murcia – Almería 208.4 km (129 mi) Jeroen Blijlevens (NED) 6 12 September Almería – Málaga 196.5 km (122 mi) Fabio Baldato (ITA) 7 13 September Málaga – Marbella 171.1 km (106 mi) Fabio Baldato (ITA) 8 14 September Marbella – Jerez de la Frontera 220.7 km (137 mi) Nicola Minali (ITA) 9 15 September Jerez de la Frontera – Córdoba 203.5 km (126 mi) Nicola Minali (ITA) 16 September Rest day 10 17 September El Tiemblo – Ávila 46.5 km (29 mi) Individual time trial Tony Rominger (SUI) 11 18 September Ávila – Salamanca 188 km (117 mi) Marco Antonio Di Renzo (ITA) 12 19 September Benavente – Alto del Naranco 188 km (117 mi) Daniele Nardello (ITA) 13 20 September Oviedo – Lakes of Covadonga 159 km (99 mi) Laurent Jalabert (FRA) 14 21 September Cangas de Onís – Cabarceno Natural Park 202.6 km (126 mi) Biagio Conte (ITA) 15 22 September Cabárceno es – Alto Cruz de la Demanda (Ezcaray) 220 km (137 mi) Alex Zülle (SUI) 16 23 September Logroño – Sabiñánigo 220.9 km (137 mi) Nicola Minali (ITA) 17 24 September Sabiñánigo – Cerler 165.7 km (103 mi) Oliverio Rincón (COL) 18 25 September Benasque – Zaragoza 219.5 km (136 mi) Dimitri Konyshev (RUS) 19 26 September Getafe – Ávila 217.1 km (135 mi) Laurent Dufaux (SUI) 20 27 September Ávila – Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 209.5 km (130 mi) Gianni Bugno (ITA) 21 28 September Segovia – Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 43 km (27 mi) Individual time trial Tony Rominger (SUI) 22 29 September Madrid – Madrid 157.6 km (98 mi) Tom Steels (BEL) Total 3,898 km (2,422 mi) General classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alex Zülle ONCE 97h 31′ 46s 2 Laurent Dufaux Festina + 6′ 23s 3 Tony Rominger Mapei–GB + 8′ 29s 4 Roberto Pistore MG Maglificio–Technogym + 10′ 13s 5 Stefano Faustini AKI – Gipièmme + 11′ 21s 6 Georg Totschnig Team Polti + 11′ 33s 7 Davide Rebellin Team Polti + 13′ 16s 8 Andrea Peron Motorola + 14′ 46s 9 Bobby Julich Motorola + 15′ 10s 10 Fernando Escartín Kelme-Artiach + 18′ 35s 11 Marcos Serrano Kelme-Artiach + 19′ 19s 12 José María Jiménez Banesto + 20′ 19s 13 Mauro Gianetti Team Polti + 21′ 15s 14 Daniel Clavero MX Onda + 21′ 49s 15 Daniele Nardello Mapei–GB + 22′ 37s 16 Vladislav Bobrik Gewiss Playbus + 26′ 00s 17 Axel Merckx Motorola + 27′ 34s 18 Francisco Javier Mauleón Mapei–GB + 27′ 38s 19 Laurent Jalabert ONCE + 27′ 44s 20 Peter Meinert Nielsen Team Telekom + 29′ 56s 21 Pascal Chanteur Casino 22 Fabian Jeker Festina-Lotus 23 Kai Hundertmarck Team Telekom 24 Ángel Casero Banesto 25 Massimo Apollonio Scrigno–Blue Storm
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The 51st Edition Vuelta a España (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 7 September to 29 September 1996. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,898 km (2,422 mi), and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team. This was the only time in cycling history that riders from Switzerland swept the Podium in a Grand Tour. Five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain started his home tour for the first time since finishing second in 1991, having just recently been dislodged at the Tour by Bjarne Riis. He was initially reluctant to start, but convinced by his team to do so after a strong performance during the time trial at the Olympic Games in Atlanta. However, Indurain would eventually abandon the race, which would prove to be the last of his career, on stage 13 while lying in third place overall, having been dropped by the rest of the race favourites on the first-category climb of the Fito pass. 1996 Vuelta a España Race details Dates 7–29 September Stages 22 Distance 3,898 km (2,422 mi) Winning time 97h 31′ 46″ Results Winner Alex Zülle (SUI) (ONCE) Second Laurent Dufaux (SUI) (Festina–Lotus) Third Tony Rominger (SUI) (Mapei–GB) Points Laurent Jalabert (FRA) (ONCE) Mountains Tony Rominger (SUI) (Mapei–GB) Sprints Jürgen Werner (GER) (Team Telekom) Team Team Polti ← 1995 1997 → Route List of stages Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 7 September Valencia – Valencia 162 km (101 mi) Biagio Conte (ITA) 2 8 September Valencia – Cuenca 210 km (130 mi) Nicola Minali (ITA) 3 9 September Cuenca – Albacete 167.2 km (104 mi) Laurent Jalabert (FRA) 4 10 September Albacete – Murcia 166.5 km (103 mi) Tom Steels (BEL) 5 11 September Murcia – Almería 208.4 km (129 mi) Jeroen Blijlevens (NED) 6 12 September Almería – Málaga 196.5 km (122 mi) Fabio Baldato (ITA) 7 13 September Málaga – Marbella 171.1 km (106 mi) Fabio Baldato (ITA) 8 14 September Marbella – Jerez de la Frontera 220.7 km (137 mi) Nicola Minali (ITA) 9 15 September Jerez de la Frontera – Córdoba 203.5 km (126 mi) Nicola Minali (ITA) 16 September Rest day 10 17 September El Tiemblo – Ávila 46.5 km (29 mi) Individual time trial Tony Rominger (SUI) 11 18 September Ávila – Salamanca 188 km (117 mi) Marco Antonio Di Renzo (ITA) 12 19 September Benavente – Alto del Naranco 188 km (117 mi) Daniele Nardello (ITA) 13 20 September Oviedo – Lakes of Covadonga 159 km (99 mi) Laurent Jalabert (FRA) 14 21 September Cangas de Onís – Cabarceno Natural Park 202.6 km (126 mi) Biagio Conte (ITA) 15 22 September Cabárceno es – Alto Cruz de la Demanda (Ezcaray) 220 km (137 mi) Alex Zülle (SUI) 16 23 September Logroño – Sabiñánigo 220.9 km (137 mi) Nicola Minali (ITA) 17 24 September Sabiñánigo – Cerler 165.7 km (103 mi) Oliverio Rincón (COL) 18 25 September Benasque – Zaragoza 219.5 km (136 mi) Dimitri Konyshev (RUS) 19 26 September Getafe – Ávila 217.1 km (135 mi) Laurent Dufaux (SUI) 20 27 September Ávila – Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 209.5 km (130 mi) Gianni Bugno (ITA) 21 28 September Segovia – Palazuelos de Eresma (Destilerías DYC) 43 km (27 mi) Individual time trial Tony Rominger (SUI) 22 29 September Madrid – Madrid 157.6 km (98 mi) Tom Steels (BEL) Total 3,898 km (2,422 mi) General classification Rank Rider Team Time 1 Alex Zülle ONCE 97h 31′ 46s 2 Laurent Dufaux Festina + 6′ 23s 3 Tony Rominger Mapei–GB + 8′ 29s 4 Roberto Pistore MG Maglificio–Technogym + 10′ 13s 5 Stefano Faustini AKI – Gipièmme + 11′ 21s 6 Georg Totschnig Team Polti + 11′ 33s 7 Davide Rebellin Team Polti + 13′ 16s 8 Andrea Peron Motorola + 14′ 46s 9 Bobby Julich Motorola + 15′ 10s 10 Fernando Escartín Kelme-Artiach + 18′ 35s 11 Marcos Serrano Kelme-Artiach + 19′ 19s 12 José María Jiménez Banesto + 20′ 19s 13 Mauro Gianetti Team Polti + 21′ 15s 14 Daniel Clavero MX Onda + 21′ 49s 15 Daniele Nardello Mapei–GB + 22′ 37s 16 Vladislav Bobrik Gewiss Playbus + 26′ 00s 17 Axel Merckx Motorola + 27′ 34s 18 Francisco Javier Mauleón Mapei–GB + 27′ 38s 19 Laurent Jalabert ONCE + 27′ 44s 20 Peter Meinert Nielsen Team Telekom + 29′ 56s 21 Pascal Chanteur Casino 22 Fabian Jeker Festina-Lotus 23 Kai Hundertmarck Team Telekom 24 Ángel Casero Banesto 25 Massimo Apollonio Scrigno–Blue Storm
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