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2000 Vuelta a España#Points classification

{{short description|55th edition of the Vuelta a España}}

{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2000 Vuelta a España

| image =

| image_caption =

| date = 26 August - 17 September

| stages = 21

| distance = 2893.6

| unit = km

| time = 70h 26' 14"

| speed =

| first = Roberto Heras

| first_nat = ESP

| first_team = {{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}

| first_color = gold

| second = Ángel Casero

| second_nat = ESP

| second_team = {{UCI team code|FES|2000}}

| third = Pavel Tonkov

| third_nat = RUS

| third_team = {{UCI team code|MAP|2000}}

| points = Roberto Heras

| points_nat = ESP

| points_team = {{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}

| points_color = silver

| mountains = Carlos Sastre

| mountains_nat = ESP

| mountains_team = {{UCI team code|ONC|2000}}

| mountains_color = whiteblue

| youth =

| youth_nat =

| youth_team =

| youth_color =

| combination =

| combination_nat =

| combination_team =

| combination_color =

| sprints = Gianni Faresin

| sprints_nat = ITA

| sprints_team = {{UCI team code|MAP|2000}}

| sprints_color = blue

| team = {{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}

| previous = 1999

| next = 2001

}}

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 {{convert|2904|km|mi|abbr=on}}, and was won by Roberto Heras of the {{UCI team code|KEL|2000}} cycling team. The defending champion, Jan Ullrich, withdrew after the 12th stage while sitting in fourth place to prepare for the Olympic Road Race.{{cite news|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/aug00/vuelta00/stages/vuelta0012r.shtml|title=Stage 12-September 7: Zaragoza-Zaragoza, 131.5 km: Petacchi's second, Ullrich quits|work=Cyclingnews|date=7 September 2000|access-date=26 July 2012}}{{cite news |title=Clasificaciones Vuelta |url=http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2000/09/18/EMD20000918056MDP.pdf |work=El Mundo Deportivo |date=18 September 2000 |page=56 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118051035/http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD02/PUB/2000/09/18/EMD20000918056MDP.pdf |archive-date=18 November 2020 |url-status=live}}

Teams and riders

{{main|List of teams and cyclists in the 2000 Vuelta a España}}

Route

class="wikitable"

|+List of stages{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/aug00/vuelta00/vuelta00results.shtml#stages|title=Stages: previews, results and reports|work=Cycling News|access-date=24 July 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde2000.php|title=55ème Vuelta a España 2000|work=Memoire du cyclisme|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112052703/http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/eta_tde/tde2000.php|archive-date=12 January 2005}}

scope="col" | Stage

! scope="col" | Date

! scope="col" | Course

! scope="col" | Distance

! scope="col" colspan="2" | Type

! scope="col" | Winner

scope="row" | 1

| 26 August

| Málaga – Málaga

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|13.3|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Alex Zülle|SUI}}

scope="row" | 2

| 27 August

| Málaga – Córdoba

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|167.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Óscar Freire|ESP}}

scope="row" | 3

| 28 August

| Montoro – Valdepeñas

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|198.4|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Jans Koerts|NED}}

scope="row" | 4

| 29 August

| Valdepeñas – Albacete

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|159|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Óscar Freire|ESP}}

scope="row" | 5

| 30 August

| Albacete – Xorret de Catí

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|152.3|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Eladio Jiménez|ESP}}

scope="row" | 6

| 31 August

| Benidorm – Valencia

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|155.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Paolo Bossoni|ITA}}

scope="row" | 7

| 1 September

| Valencia – Morella

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|175|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Roberto Heras|ESP}}

scope="row" | 8

| 2 September

| Vinaròs – Port Aventura

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|168.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

scope="row" | 9

| 3 September

| Tarragona – Tarragona

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|37.6|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Abraham Olano|ESP}}

scope="row" | 10

| 4 September

| Sabadell – Supermolina

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|165.8|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Félix Cárdenas|COL}}

scope="row" | 11

| 5 September

| Alp – Arcalis (Andorra)

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|136.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Roberto Laiseka|ESP}}

scope="row" |

| 6 September

| colspan="2" |

|

| colspan="3" | Rest day

scope="row" | 12

| 7 September

| Zaragoza – Zaragoza

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|131.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alessandro Petacchi|ITA}}

scope="row" |

| 8 September

| colspan="2" |

|

| colspan="3" | Rest day

scope="row" | 13

| 9 September

| Santander – Santander

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|143.3|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Mariano Piccoli|ITA}}

scope="row" | 14

| 10 September

| Santander – Lakes of Covadonga

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|146.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Andrei Zintchenko|RUS}}

scope="row" | 15

| 11 September

| Cangas de Onís – Gijón

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|164.2|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Álvaro González de Galdeano|ESP}}

scope="row" | 16

| 12 September

| Oviedo – Alto de l'Angliru

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|168|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Gilberto Simoni|ITA}}

scope="row" | 17

| 13 September

| Benavente – Salamanca

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|155.5|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Davide Bramati|ITA}}

scope="row" | 18

| 14 September

| Béjar – Ciudad Rodrigo

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|159|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Alexander Vinokourov|KAZ}}

scope="row" | 19

| 15 September

| Salamanca – Ávila

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|130|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Mariano Piccoli|ITA}}

scope="row" | 20

| 16 September

| Ávila – {{ill|Puerto de Malagón|lt=Alto de Abantos|es|Puerto de Malagón}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|128.2|km|0|abbr=on}}

|

|

| {{flagathlete|Roberto Heras|ESP}}

scope="row" | 21

| 17 September

| Madrid – Madrid

| style="text-align:center;"| {{convert|38|km|0|abbr=on}}

| 22px

| Individual time trial

| {{flagathlete|Santos González|ESP}}

scope="row" |

| colspan="2" style="text-align:center" | Total

| colspan="5" style="text-align:center" | {{convert|2904|km|0|abbr=on}}

Jersey progress

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
style="background-color: #efefef;"

! width="5%" | Stage

! width="12%" | Winner

! style="background:#FFCC33;" width="15%"| General classification

! style="background:#C0C0C0;" width="15%"| Points Classification

! style="background:#FFFFFF;" width="15%"| Mountains Classification

! style="background:#FF4500;" width="15%"| Team Classification

1
(ITT)

| Alex Zülle

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="8"| Alex Zülle

| style="background:gainsboro;" rowspan="2"| Alex Zülle

| style="background:snow;"| Carlos Sastre

| style="background:#FF6347;" rowspan="4"| {{UCI team code|VIT|2000}}

2

| Oscar Freire

| style="background:snow;" rowspan="8"| Eladio Jiménez

3

| Jans Koerts

| style="background:gainsboro;"| Jans Koerts

4

| Oscar Freire

| style="background:gainsboro;" rowspan="4"| Oscar Freire

5

| Eladio Jiménez

| style="background:#FF6347;"| {{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}

6

| Paolo Bossoni

| style="background:#FF6347;" rowspan="5"| {{UCI team code|ONC|2000}}

7

| Roberto Heras

8

| Alessandro Petacchi

| style="background:gainsboro;" rowspan="12"| Giovanni Lombardi

9
(ITT)

| Abraham Olano

| style="background:#EEDD82;"| Abraham Olano

10

| Felix Cardenas

| style="background:#EEDD82;"| Santos González

| style="background:snow;"| Felix Cardenas

11

| Roberto Laiseka

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="3"| Angel Casero

| style="background:snow;" rowspan="11"| Carlos Sastre

| style="background:#FF6347;" rowspan="3"| {{UCI team code|VIT|2000}}

12

| Alessandro Petacchi

13

| Mariano Piccoli

14

| Andrei Zintchenko

| style="background:#EEDD82;" rowspan="8"| Roberto Heras

| style="background:#FF6347;"| {{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}

15

| Alvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano

| style="background:#FF6347;" rowspan="5"| {{UCI team code|VIT|2000}}

16

| Gilberto Simoni

17

| Davide Bramati

18

| Alexander Vinokourov

19

| Mariano Piccoli

20

| Roberto Heras

| style="background:gainsboro;" rowspan="2"| Roberto Heras

| style="background:#FF6347;" rowspan="2"| {{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}

21
(ITT)

| Santos González

width="5%" | Stage

! width="12%" | Winner

! style="background:#FFCC33;" width="15%"| Roberto Heras

! style="background:#C0C0C0;" width="15%"| Roberto Heras

! style="background:#FFFFFF;" width="15%"| Carlos Sastre

! style="background:#FF4500;" width="15%"| {{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}

Final standings

class="wikitable"

!Rank!!Rider!!Team!!Time

bgcolor=gold

| 1

{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Heras{{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}align="right"| 70:26:14
2{{flagicon|ESP}} Ángel Casero{{UCI team code|FES|2000}}align="right"| 2:33
3{{flagicon|RUS}} Pavel Tonkov{{UCI team code|MAP|2000}}align="right"| 4:55
4{{flagicon|ESP}} Santos González{{UCI team code|ONC|2000}}align="right"| 5:52
5{{flagicon|LTU}} Raimondas Rumšas{{UCI team code|FAS|2000}}align="right"| 7:38
6{{flagicon|ESP}} Roberto Laiseka{{UCI team code|EUS|2000}}align="right"| 10:16
7{{flagicon|ESP}} Fernando Escartín{{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}align="right"| 11:17
bgcolor=white

| 8

{{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Sastre{{UCI team code|ONC|2000}}align="right"| 12:16
9{{flagicon|ITA}} Massimiliano Gentili{{UCI team code|CTA|2000}}align="right"| 13:10
10{{flagicon|ESP}} Haimar Zubeldia{{UCI team code|EUS|2000}}align="right"| 13:14
11{{flagicon|ESP}} José Luis Rubiera{{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}align="right"| 13:16
12{{flagicon|ITA}} Wladimir Belli{{UCI team code|FAS|2000}}align="right"| 13:44
13{{flagicon|ESP}} Santiago Blanco{{UCI team code|VIT|2000}}align="right"| 15:41
14{{flagicon|ESP}} Óscar Sevilla{{UCI team code|KEL|2000}}align="right"| 16:37
15{{flagicon|ESP}} Txema del Olmo{{UCI team code|EUS|2000}}align="right"| 19:24
16{{flagicon|FRA}} Richard Virenque{{UCI team code|POL|2000}}align="right"| 20:28
17{{flagicon|FRA}} Pascal Hervé{{UCI team code|POL|2000}}align="right"| 23:43
18{{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco García Rodríguez{{UCI team code|VIT|2000}}align="right"| 24:51
19{{flagicon|ESP}} Abraham Olano{{UCI team code|ONC|2000}}align="right"| 25:19
20{{flagicon|ITA}} Gianni Faresin{{UCI team code|MAP|2000}}align="right"| 25:36
21{{flagicon|ESP}} Félix García Casas{{UCI team code|FES|2000}}align="right"| 26:25
22{{flagicon|SUI}} Oscar Camenzind{{UCI team code|LAM|2000}}align="right"| 29:01
23{{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Magnani{{UCI team code|ALB|2000a}}align="right"| 30:03
24{{flagicon|ESP}} Eladio Jiménez{{UCI team code|MOV|2000}}align="right"| 31:47
25{{flagicon|SUI}} Fabian Jeker{{UCI team code|FES|2000}}align="right"| 39:32

References

External links

  • [http://www.lavuelta.com/ La Vuelta (Official site in Spanish, English, and French)]
  • [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/aug00/vuelta00/vuelta00main.shtml Cyclingnews.com 2000 Vuelta a Espana coverage]

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