| 2005 Vuelta a España | |
| Date: | 27 August – 18 September |
| Stages: | 21 |
| Distance: | 3192 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 82h 27' 31" |
| Speed: | 38.69 |
| First: | Roberto Heras |
| First Nat: | ESP |
| First Color: | gold |
| Second: | Denis Menchov |
| Second Nat: | RUS |
| Third: | Carlos Sastre |
| Third Nat: | ESP |
| Points: | Alessandro Petacchi |
| Points Nat: | ITA |
| Points Team: | Fassa Bortolo |
| Points Color: | blue-fish |
| Mountains: | Joaquim Rodríguez |
| Mountains Nat: | ESP |
| Mountains Color: | granate |
| Combination: | Denis Menchov |
| Combination Nat: | RUS |
| Combination Color: | orangewhitegreen |
| Previous: | 2004 |
| Next: | 2006 |
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[1] 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.[2]
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. was the winner of the team ranking.
See main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2005 Vuelta a España. In addition to the 20 ProTour teams, and Relax Fuenlabrada were given wildcard entries.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 August | Granada – Granada | 7km (04miles) | Individual time trial | ||||
| 2 | 28 August | Granada – Córdoba | 189.3km (117.6miles) | |||||
| 3 | 29 August | Córdoba – Puertollano | 153.3km (95.3miles) | |||||
| 4 | 30 August | Ciudad Real – Argamasilla de Alba | 232.3km (144.3miles) | |||||
| 5 | 31 August | Alcázar de San Juan – Cuenca | 176km (109miles) | |||||
| 6 | 1 September | Cuenca – Valdelinares | 217km (135miles) | |||||
| 7 | 2 September | Teruel – Vinaròs | 212.5km (132miles) | |||||
| 8 | 3 September | Tarragona – Lloret de Mar | 189km (117miles) | |||||
| 9 | 4 September | Lloret de Mar – Lloret de Mar | 48km (30miles) | |||||
| 10 | 5 September | La Vall d'en Bas – Ordino-Arcalis (Andorra) | 206.3km (128.2miles) | |||||
| 11 | 6 September | Andorra – Cerler | 186.6km (115.9miles) | |||||
| 7 September | Rest day | |||||||
| 12 | 8 September | Logroño – Burgos | 133km (83miles) | |||||
| 13 | 9 September | Burgos – | 196km (122miles) | |||||
| 14 | 10 September | – Lakes of Covadonga | 172.3km (107.1miles) | |||||
| 15 | 11 September | Cangas de Onís – | 191km (119miles) | |||||
| 12 September | Rest day | |||||||
| 16 | 13 September | León – Valladolid | 162.5km (101miles) | |||||
| 17 | 14 September | El Espinar – La Granja de San Ildefonso | 165.6km (102.9miles) | |||||
| 18 | 15 September | Ávila – Ávila | 197.5km (122.7miles) | |||||
| 19 | 16 September | San Martín de Valdeiglesias – Alcobendas | 142.9km (88.8miles) | |||||
| 20 | 17 September | Guadalajara – Alcalá de Henares | 38.9km (24.2miles) | |||||
| 21 | 18 September | Madrid – Madrid | 136.5km (84.8miles) | |||||
| Total | 3239km (2,013miles) | |||||||
See main article: 2005 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2005 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21.
| Cyclist | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roberto Heras | Liberty Seguros | 82h 22' 55" | |
| 2 | Denis Menchov | + 4' 36" | ||
| 3 | Carlos Sastre | + 4' 54" | ||
| 4 | Francisco Mancebo | + 5' 58" | ||
| 5 | Carlos García Quesada | Comunitat Valenciana-Elche | + 8' 06" | |
| 6 | Rubén Plaza | Comunitat Valenciana-Elche | + 11' 36" | |
| 7 | Óscar Sevilla | + 13' 22" | ||
| 8 | ||||
| 9 | Mauricio Ardila | + 18' 15" | ||
| 10 | Juan Miguel Mercado | + 18' 31" | ||
| 11 | Samuel Sánchez | + 20' 12" | ||
| 12 | Michele Scarponi | Liberty Seguros | + 31' 44" | |
| 13 | David Blanco | Comunitat Valenciana-Elche | + 34' 57" | |
| 14 | Koos Moerenhout | + 35' 03" | ||
| 15 | Josep Jufré | Relax | + 35' 33" | |
| 16 | Mario Aerts | + 36' 18" | ||
| 17 | Daniel Atienza | + 36' 23" | ||
| 18 | Unai Osa | + 37' 14" | ||
| 19 | Marcos Serrano | Liberty Seguros | + 38' 37" | |
| 20 | Pablo Lastras | + 40' 45" |