2000 Vuelta a España

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 Template:Cycling data KEL cycling team. The defending champion, Jan Ullrich, withdrew after the 12th stage while sitting in fourth place to prepare for the Olympic Road Race.

Route

List of stages

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	26 August	Málaga – Málaga		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
2	27 August	Málaga – Córdoba				Template:Flagathlete
3	28 August	Montoro – Valdepeñas				Template:Flagathlete
4	29 August	Valdepeñas – Albacete				Template:Flagathlete
5	30 August	Albacete – Xorret de Catí				Template:Flagathlete
6	31 August	Benidorm – Valencia				Template:Flagathlete
7	1 September	Valencia – Morella				Template:Flagathlete
8	2 September	Vinaròs – Port Aventura				Template:Flagathlete
9	3 September	Tarragona – Tarragona		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
10	4 September	Sabadell – Supermolina				Template:Flagathlete
11	5 September	Alp – Arcalis (Andorra)				Template:Flagathlete
	6 September				Rest day
12	7 September	Zaragoza – Zaragoza				Template:Flagathlete
	8 September				Rest day
13	9 September	Santander – Santander				Template:Flagathlete
14	10 September	Santander – Lakes of Covadonga				Template:Flagathlete
15	11 September	Cangas de Onís – Gijón				Template:Flagathlete
16	12 September	Oviedo – Alto de l'Angliru				Template:Flagathlete
17	13 September	Benavente – Salamanca				Template:Flagathlete
18	14 September	Béjar – Ciudad Rodrigo				Template:Flagathlete
19	15 September	Salamanca – Ávila				Template:Flagathlete
20	16 September	Ávila – Template:Ill				Template:Flagathlete
21	17 September	Madrid – Madrid		File:Time Trial.svg	Individual time trial	Template:Flagathlete
	Total

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Team Classification
1 (ITT)	Alex Zülle	Alex Zülle	Alex Zülle	Carlos Sastre	Template:Cycling data VIT
2	Oscar Freire			Eladio Jiménez
3	Jans Koerts		Jans Koerts
4	Oscar Freire		Oscar Freire
5	Eladio Jiménez				Template:Cycling data KEL
6	Paolo Bossoni				Template:Cycling data ONC
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	Template:Cycling data VIT
12	Alessandro Petacchi
13	Mariano Piccoli
14	Andrei Zintchenko	Roberto Heras			Template:Cycling data KEL
15	Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano				Template:Cycling data VIT
16	Gilberto Simoni
17	Davide Bramati
18	Alexander Vinokourov
19	Mariano Piccoli
20	Roberto Heras		Roberto Heras		Template:Cycling data KEL
21 (ITT)	Santos González
Stage	Winner	Roberto Heras	Roberto Heras	Carlos Sastre	Template:Cycling data KEL

Final standings

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Template:Flagicon Roberto Heras	Template:Cycling data KEL	70:26:14
2	Template:Flagicon Ángel Casero	Template:Cycling data FES	2:33
3	Template:Flagicon Pavel Tonkov	Template:Cycling data MAP	4:55
4	Template:Flagicon Santos González	Template:Cycling data ONC	5:52
5	Template:Flagicon Raimondas Rumšas	Template:Cycling data FAS	7:38
6	Template:Flagicon Roberto Laiseka	Template:Cycling data EUS	10:16
7	Template:Flagicon Fernando Escartín	Template:Cycling data KEL	11:17
8	Template:Flagicon Carlos Sastre	Template:Cycling data ONC	12:16
9	Template:Flagicon Massimiliano Gentili	Template:Cycling data CTA	13:10
10	Template:Flagicon Haimar Zubeldia	Template:Cycling data EUS	13:14
11	Template:Flagicon José Luis Rubiera	Template:Cycling data KEL	13:16
12	Template:Flagicon Wladimir Belli	Template:Cycling data FAS	13:44
13	Template:Flagicon Santiago Blanco	Template:Cycling data VIT	15:41
14	Template:Flagicon Óscar Sevilla	Template:Cycling data KEL	16:37
15	Template:Flagicon Txema del Olmo	Template:Cycling data EUS	19:24
16	Template:Flagicon Richard Virenque	Template:Cycling data POL	20:28
17	Template:Flagicon Pascal Hervé	Template:Cycling data POL	23:43
18	Template:Flagicon Francisco García Rodríguez	Template:Cycling data VIT	24:51
19	Template:Flagicon Abraham Olano	Template:Cycling data ONC	25:19
20	Template:Flagicon Gianni Faresin	Template:Cycling data MAP	25:36
21	Template:Flagicon Félix García Casas	Template:Cycling data FES	26:25
22	Template:Flagicon Oscar Camenzind	Template:Cycling data LAM	29:01
23	Template:Flagicon Marco Magnani	Template:Cycling data ALB	30:03
24	Template:Flagicon Eladio Jiménez	Template:Cycling data MOV	31:47
25	Template:Flagicon Fabian Jeker	Template:Cycling data FES	39:32

External links

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