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 , and was won by Roberto Heras of the 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 to Málaga Individual time trial 2 27 August Málaga to Córdoba 3 28 August Montoro to Valdepeñas 4 29 August Valdepeñas to Albacete 5 30 August Albacete to Xorret de Catí 6 31 August Benidorm to Valencia 7 1 September Valencia to Morella 8 2 September Vinaròs to Port Aventura 9 3 September Tarragona to Tarragona Individual time trial 10 4 September Sabadell to Supermolina 11 5 September Alp to Arcalis (Andorra) 6 September Rest day 12 7 September Zaragoza to Zaragoza 8 September Rest day 13 9 September Santander to Santander 14 10 September Santander to Lakes of Covadonga 15 11 September Cangas de Onís to Gijón 16 12 September Oviedo to Alto de l'Angliru 17 13 September Benavente to Salamanca 18 14 September Béjar to Ciudad Rodrigo 19 15 September Salamanca to Ávila 20 16 September Ávila to 21 17 September Madrid to Madrid Individual time trial Total
Jersey progress
Stage Winner General classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Team Classification 1(ITT) Alex Zülle Alex Zülle Alex Zülle Carlos Sastre 2 Oscar Freire Eladio Jiménez3 Jans Koerts Jans Koerts4 Oscar Freire Oscar Freire5 Eladio Jiménez 6 Paolo Bossoni 7 Roberto Heras8 Alessandro Petacchi Giovanni Lombardi9(ITT) Abraham Olano Abraham Olano10 Felix Cardenas Santos González Felix Cardenas11 Roberto Laiseka Angel Casero Carlos Sastre 12 Alessandro Petacchi13 Mariano Piccoli14 Andrei Zintchenko Roberto Heras 15 Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano 16 Gilberto Simoni17 Davide Bramati18 Alexander Vinokourov19 Mariano Piccoli20 Roberto Heras Roberto Heras 21(ITT) Santos González Stage Winner Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Carlos Sastre
Final standings
RankRiderTeamTime 1 Roberto Heras 70:26:14 2 Ángel Casero 2:33 3 Pavel Tonkov 4:55 4 Santos González 5:52 5 Raimondas Rumšas 7:38 6 Roberto Laiseka 10:16 7 Fernando Escartín 11:17 8 Carlos Sastre 12:16 9 Massimiliano Gentili 13:10 10 Haimar Zubeldia 13:14 11 José Luis Rubiera 13:16 12 Wladimir Belli 13:44 13 Santiago Blanco 15:41 14 Óscar Sevilla 16:37 15 Txema del Olmo 19:24 16 Richard Virenque 20:28 17 Pascal Hervé 23:43 18 Francisco García Rodríguez 24:51 19 Abraham Olano 25:19 20 Gianni Faresin 25:36 21 Félix García Casas 26:25 22 Oscar Camenzind 29:01 23 Marco Magnani 30:03 24 Eladio Jiménez 31:47 25 Fabian Jeker 39:32
References
External links La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French) Cyclingnews.com 2000 Vuelta a Espana coverage