1998 1998 Vuelta a España 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 with the winning average speed of 40.262 km/h....  << Vuelta a España 1999 >> 2000 2000 Vuelta a España The 55th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from August 26 to September 17, 2000. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 2,904 km, and was won by Roberto Heras of the cycling team.-External links:**...
Classifications	21 stages, 3576 km
General	Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...  89:52:03 h
Points	Frank Vandenbroucke Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist) Frank Vandenbroucke , was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He was the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s but a remarkable talent which appeared in his adolescence in athletics and then in cycle racing dissipated in a succession of drugs problems, rows with teams, suicide...  129 p.
Mountains	José María Jiménez José Maria Jiménez Jose María Jimenez Sastre was a professional road bicycle racer. His nickname was "El Chava".When he turned professional, Jiménez was considered a potential successor of Miguel Indurain...  133 p.
Team	Banesto 269:08:49 h

The 1999 Vuelta a España was the 54th Vuelta a España

Vuelta a España

The Vuelta a España is a three-week road bicycle racing stage race that is one of the three "Grand Tours" of Europe and part of the UCI World Ranking calendar. The race lasts three weeks and attracts cyclists from around the world. The race is broken into day-long segments, called stages...

, taking place from September 4 starting in Murcia

Murcia

-History:It is widely believed that Murcia's name is derived from the Latin words of Myrtea or Murtea, meaning land of Myrtle , although it may also be a derivation of the word Murtia, which would mean Murtius Village...

 and finishing in Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

 on September 26, 1999. It consisted of 21 stages over 3576 km, ridden at an average speed of 39.449 km/h. The favourites were Laurent Jalabert

Laurent Jalabert

Laurent Jalabert is a French former professional road racing cyclist, from 1989 to 2002. Affectionately known as "Jaja" , he won many one-day and stage races and was ranked number 1 in the 1990s...

, Alex Zülle

Alex Zülle

Alex Zülle is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the best cyclists in the world, winning the Vuelta a España twice and taking the second place in 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996.-Early career:Zülle was born and...

, Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich

Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...

 and defending champion Abraham Olano

Ábraham Olano

Abraham Olano Manzano is a Spanish Basque former professional road racing cyclist. His crowning achievement came in 1995 when he became World Road Champion...

. In the end, Ullrich won the race.

Final General Classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich Jan Ullrich is a German former professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to take five second places and a fourth in 2004 and third in 2005. He is considered one of the best time-trialists in the history of the sport...		89.52.03
2	Igor González de Galdeano Igor González de Galdeano Igor González de Galdeano Aranzabal is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer and current team manager of UCI ProTeam...		4.15
3	Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Hernández is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the Vuelta a España a record-tying three times. He broke the record with a fourth win in 2005, but was disqualified for taking EPO. In June 2011, Heras successfully appealed the disqualification in the civil court...		5.57
4	Pavel Tonkov Pavel Tonkov Pavel Sergeyevich Tonkov is a former professional road racing cyclist from Russia. His talents were first showcased when winning the world junior title as part of the Soviet Union team in 1987. This alerted the world to his talents and he turned pro in 1992 with the RUSS-Baïkal team. His biggest...		7.53
5	José Maria Jiménez José Maria Jiménez Jose María Jimenez Sastre was a professional road bicycle racer. His nickname was "El Chava".When he turned professional, Jiménez was considered a potential successor of Miguel Indurain...	Banesto	9.24
6	José Luis Rubiera José Luis Rubiera José Luis Rubiera Vigil is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He last rode for the UCI ProTour team .Rubiera won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19...		10.13
7	Manuel Beltrán Manuel Beltrán Manuel Beltrán Martinez is a professional road bicycle racer from Spain. Beltrán won his first professional race at the 1997 Giro d'Italia, winning stage 19. His finishes in the Tour de France are somewhat misleading as he was a lieutenant for his team leader...	Banesto	11.20
8	Leonardo Piepoli Leonardo Piepoli Leonardo Piepoli is an Italian professional road racing cyclist. He most recently rode for on the UCI ProTour, but had his contract suspended in July 2008 during the Tour de France amid allegations of the use of the blood boosting drug EPO in the team.-Career:He is a record four-time winner of the...	Banesto	13.13
9	Ivan Parra Iván Parra Iván Ramiro Parra Pinto is a Colombian professional road bicycle racer for Colombian Continental cycling team Colombia es Pasión. Iván comes from a Colombian cycling family...		16.20
10	Santiago Blanco		18.15
11	Mikel Zarrabeitia Uranga	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	22.06
12	Frank Vandenbroucke Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist) Frank Vandenbroucke , was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He was the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s but a remarkable talent which appeared in his adolescence in athletics and then in cycle racing dissipated in a succession of drugs problems, rows with teams, suicide...		23.39
13	José Uria Gonzalez		27.28.00
14	Inigo Chaurreau Bernadez		29.42.00
15	Aitor Osa Aitor Osa Aitor Osa Eizaguirre is a Spanish former road bicycle racer. He is an older brother of Unai Osa. He was involved in the Operación Puerto doping case.-Palmarès:200020012002*...	Banesto	31.06.00
16	Txema Del Olmo Zendegi		31.49.00
17	Felix Garcia Casas		36.34.00
18	Roberto Laiseka Roberto Laiseka Roberto Laiseka Jaio is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He retired on 2006 after he couldn't recover from a knee injury in 2006 Giro d'Italia. He spent his whole professional career in Euskaltel-Euskadi cycling team.- Major results :1999 - Euskaltel-Euskadi...		40.14.00
19	Chann McRae Chann McRae William Chann McRae is an American professional road bicycle racer from Albany, Georgia. He was a professional from 1996 to 2003.-Career:1990199219941997...		44.29.00
20	Niki Aebersold Niki Aebersold Niki Aebersold is a former Swiss professional road bicycle racer who rode for UCI ProTeam Phonak Hearing Systems from May 2003 to 2005.- Palmares :19951997...		59.04.00
21	Michel Lafis	TVM-Farm Frites TVM (cycling team) TVM was a Dutch road bicycle racing team. It folded in 2000, two years after suffering a doping scandal. Farm Frites continued as a sponsor in 2001 with the new team, .-Names:-Riders:...	59.43.00
22	Massimo Codol Massimo Codol - External links :...	Lampre-Daikin	1.02.49
23	Daniele Nardello Daniele Nardello Daniele Nardello is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist. His career ran from 1994 to 2009, with highlights including winning the 2001 Italian national road race championship, the 2003 Züri-Metzgete, and three straight top-10 finishes and one stage win at the Tour de France.- Major...		1.02.58
24	Andrei Zintchenko Andrei Zintchenko Andrei Zintchenko is a Russian former professional road bicycle racer active between the years 1994 and 2006. In his career, he won four stages in the Vuelta a España.- Palmarès :19951998...		1.04.08
25	Gianni Faresin Gianni Faresin Gianni Faresin is an Italian former road bicycle racer. He was a professional cyclist from 1988 to 2004.-Major results:1991...		1.06.26
26	Melchor Mauri Melchor Mauri Melcior Mauri Prat is a retired Spanish professional cyclist who won the 1991 Vuelta a España. He has also won numerous other small stage races, mainly due to his abilities as a time triallist, and is a former World silver medallist in this discipline.In November 2007 he won the second edition of...	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1.06.33
27	Jon Odriozola Mugarza	Banesto	1.11.15
28	Juan C. Vicario Barbera	Fuenlabrada	1.11.25
29	Andrea Tafi Andrea Tafi (cyclist) Andrea Tafi is an Italian former road bicycle racer who retired from his professional career in 2005. Tafi's propensity to perform best in the harder races earned him the nickname Il Gladiatore ....		1.14.08
30	Marcus Zberg		1.14.14
31	Kurt van de Wouwer Kurt Van De Wouwer Kurt Van De Wouwer is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced between 1993 and 2006.- Palmares :1988*National Novice Champion at the Belgian National Road Race Championships1997...		1.14.20
32	Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini Paolo Bettini is an Italian former champion road racing cyclist, and the coach of the Italian national cycling team. Considered the best classics specialist of his generation, and probably one of the strongest of all times, he won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics road race and in the 2006...		1.15.09
33	Grischa Niermann Grischa Niermann Grischa Niermann is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Rabobank. He started his professional career in 1997 with the Die Continentale team, where he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1998 and the Regio-Tour in 1999. He moved on to Rabobank in 2000...		1.15.10
34	Marcos A. Serrano Rodríguez Marcos-Antonio Serrano Marcos Antonio Serrano Rodríguez is a professional cyclist from Pontevedra, Spain. Turning professional in 1993, he joined the Kelme team and then in 1999 the lottery-sponsored Organización Nacional de Ciegos Españoles...	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	1.20.53
35	Jörg Jaksche Jörg Jaksche Jörg Jaksche is a German road bicycle racer.He has been cycling professionally since 1997, racing for the teams Polti , Team Telekom , ONCE , CSC , Liberty Seguros-Würth/Astana and Tinkoff Credit Systems in 2007.In 2004, he won the Tour Mediterranean and the Paris–Nice race.In the 2005 Tour de...		1.23.29
36	Nicola Miceli		1.25.36
37	Alex Zülle Alex Zülle Alex Zülle is a Swiss former professional road bicycle racer. During the 1990s he was one of the best cyclists in the world, winning the Vuelta a España twice and taking the second place in 1999 Tour de France. He was world time-trial champion in Lugano in 1996.-Early career:Zülle was born and...	Banesto	1.30.18
38	Rolf Aldag Rolf Aldag Rolf Aldag is a former professional road bicycle racer who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 2005. He has raced in 10 Tour de France, 1 Giro d'Italia and 5 Vuelta a España...		1.31.03
39	David Garcia Marquina		1.31.32
40	Oscar Lopez Uriarte	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1.33.16
41	Andrea Noè Andrea Noè Andrea Noè is an Italian professional road bicycle racer with . Since turning professional in 1993, he has always raced with Italian teams...		1.34.26
42	Joona Laukka	Sport Lisboa Benfica	1.37.38
43	Laurent Brochard Laurent Brochard Laurent Brochard is a retired professional road racing cyclist from France. In 1997 he won a stage of the Tour de France and became world road champion in San Sebastián, Spain....	Lotus-Festina Festina cycling team Festina is a former professional cycling team that was active in the professional peloton from 1989 to 2001. The team was sponsored by the watch manufacturers Festina Lotus AV.-Beginnings:...	1.38.39
44	Pedro Diaz Lobato	Fuenlabrada	1.44.53
45	Íñigo Cuesta Íñigo Cuesta Íñigo Cuesta López de Castro is a former Spanish professional road bicycle racer. Cuesta turned professional in 1994 for the Basque team. Here his results included a second place in 1995 Vuelta a Asturias, and in 1996 he signed a contract with Spanish team ONCE...	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	1.46.24
46	Alexandre Shefer Alexandre Shefer Alexandre Shefer is a former Kazakh cyclist. He was a professional racer from 1993 to 2003. Shefer has been a cycling coach from 2007 to 2009 of the Astana team of Alexander Vinokourov, alongside team director Belgian Johan Bruyneel, who had been with theDiscovery Channel Team.-Most Important...	Riso Scotti-Vinavil	1.46.41
47	Toni Tauler		1.47.32
48	Oscar Camenzind Oscar Camenzind Oscar Camenzind is a former professional road racing cyclist from Switzerland. He is national road champion of 1997. In 1998 he won the World Road Championship and the Giro di Lombardia, in 2000 he won the Tour de Suisse and he won Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2001...	Lampre-Daikin	1.48.39
49	Massimiliano Lelli Massimiliano Lelli Massimiliano Lelli was an Italian professional cyclist. He most known for winning the Young rider Classification in the 1991 Giro d'Italia. His highest finishing in the Giro d'Italia was the year he won the Young rider classification, he placed third that year...		1.50.55
50	Andrei Teteriouk		1.51.40
51	Stefano Cattai	Team Polti Team Polti Team Polti is a former Italian professional cycling team. Polti became an independent team back in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 with Gianluigi Stanga as directeur sportif and Vittorio Algeri and Claudio Corti as managers. The team...	1.57.24
52	Ramon Gonzalez Arrieta		1.58.12
53	José Vincente Garcia	Banesto	2.00.15
54	Cristian Moreni Cristian Moreni Cristian Moreni is an Italian road racing cyclist who rode for Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone in the UCI ProTour....		2.01.29
55	Viatcheslav Ekimov Viatcheslav Ekimov Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov , nicknamed Eki, is a Russian former professional racing cyclist...	Costa Almería-Amica Chips	2.02.26
56	Álvaro Gonzalez de Galdeano		2.06.02
57	Rafael Diaz Justo	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2.08.22
58	Mariano Piccoli Mariano Piccoli Mariano Piccoli is an Italian former road bicycle racer.-External links:*...	Lampre-Daikin	2.08.57
59	Angel Castresana Del Val		2.12.15
60	Eddy Mazzoleni Eddy Mazzoleni Eddy Mazzoleni is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI ProTour Astana Team....		2.14.27
61	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero is a Spanish former professional road racing cyclist. He finished his career riding on the UCI ProTour for the Phonak Hearing Systems cycling team, with whom he had ridden since 2005...	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2.24.52
62	Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and second place in the 2004 Tour de France and 2006 Tour de France...		2.29.06
63	Jan Boven Jan Boven Jan Boven is a road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who turned professional in 1996, and remained with the same team, Rabobank, until 2008.- Palmares :* Teleflex Tour - 1 stage...		2.31.31
64	Serguei Smetanine		2.36.30
65	José Uriarte Zubero		2.36.46
66	Cesar Solaun Solana	Banesto	2.37.14
67	Luis Pérez (cyclist) Luis Pérez (cyclist) Luis Pérez Rodríguez is retired road racing cyclist. He competed professionally between 1995 and 2007, and last rode for the Andalucía-Cajasur team.- Cycling career :199420012003...	ONCE-Deutsche Bank	2.37.22
68	Salvatore Commesso Salvatore Commesso Salvatore Commesso is an Italian professional road bicycle racer that rides for the professional continental team Preti Mangimi....		2.38.36
69	Bram de Groot Bram de Groot Bram de Groot is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer who last rode for UCI ProTour team .- Palmares :* Uniqa Classic - Overall * Delta Ronde van Midden-Zeeland * Volta a Catalunya - 1 stage...		2.39.10
70	Quintino Fernandez Rodrigues	Sport Lisboa Benfica	2.41.39
71	Alberto Lopez de Munain Alberto López de Munain Ruiz de Gauna Alberto López de Munain Ruiz de Gauna is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer. He became professional in 1996 and ended his professional career in 2005. He rode his entire career for the Euskaltel-Euskadi team...		2.49.12
72	Robert Hunter Robert Hunter (cyclist) Robert Hunter is a South African professional road cyclist, for UCI ProTour team . He became in 2001 the first South African to compete in the Tour de France. In 2006 he rode for the Phonak Hearing Systems team on the UCI ProTour, but after their disbandment he signed for UCI Continental Circuits...	Lampre-Daikin	2.50.05
73	Oscar Pozzi	Riso Scotti-Vinavil	2.51.02
74	Andreas Klier Andreas Klier Andreas Klier is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .-Palmares:1996200220032005-External links:...	TVM-Farm Frites TVM (cycling team) TVM was a Dutch road bicycle racing team. It folded in 2000, two years after suffering a doping scandal. Farm Frites continued as a sponsor in 2001 with the new team, .-Names:-Riders:...	2.52.38
75	Iker Flores Galarza		2.53.23
76	Paul Van Hyfte Paul Van Hyfte Paul van Hyfte is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer. He is a former rider at the Danish professional cycling team, CSC-Tiscali in 2002, and left the team, which by that time had changed its name to the current name, Team CSC, the following year and joined a Belgian team,...		2.53.55
77	Jaime Hernandez Bertran		2.55.50
78	Fabio Roscioli	Costa Almeria-Amica Chips	2.56.21
79	Eleuterio Anguita Hinojosa	Fuenlabrada	2.57.00
80	Pascal Hervé Pascal Hervé Pascal Hervé is a former French road racing cyclist. He was tested positive for EPO after the prologue in 2001 Giro d'Italia.- Major achievements :1994Pascal Hervé is a former French road racing cyclist...		2.59.45
81	Francisco Cabello Luque		3.02.06
82	Aart Vierhouten		3.02.30
83	Geert van Bondt	TVM-Farm Frites TVM (cycling team) TVM was a Dutch road bicycle racing team. It folded in 2000, two years after suffering a doping scandal. Farm Frites continued as a sponsor in 2001 with the new team, .-Names:-Riders:...	3.03.33
84	Stefano Verziagi	Fuenlabrada	3.04.48
85	Giovanni Lombardi Giovanni Lombardi Giovanni Lombardi is an Italian former professional road bicycling racer who raced from 1992 to 2006. He started his career as a sprinter, winning multiple stages in the Giro d'Italia. He went on to ride as an important helper for the top sprinter names of Erik Zabel and Mario Cipollini. Most...		3.05.26
86	Rossano Brasi	Team Polti Team Polti Team Polti is a former Italian professional cycling team. Polti became an independent team back in 1994, after the separation of Lampre-Polti, and was active until 2000. Team Polti began in 1994 with Gianluigi Stanga as directeur sportif and Vittorio Algeri and Claudio Corti as managers. The team...	3.08.49
87	Ralf Grabsch Ralf Grabsch Ralf Grabsch is a German road racing cyclist. He is the older brother of fellow road racing cyclist Bert Grabsch.- Major victories :1994...		3.09.35
88	Frankie Andreu Frankie Andreu Frankie Andreu is a former professional cyclist whose career highlights include riding as team captain of the U.S. Postal Service cycling team along with Lance Armstrong in 1998, 1999 and 2000.-Cycling career:...		3.12.04
89	Arnoldas Saprykinas	Riso Scotti-Vinavil	3.12.14
90	Danilo Hondo Danilo Hondo Danilo Hondo is a German professional road bicycle racer, for . He was banned from professional cycling and then later won his appeal to return to the sport....		3.12.33
91	Glenn Magnusson		3.13.59
92	Matias Cagigas Amedo	Fuenlabrada	3.16.28
93	Giuseppe Palumbo Giuseppe Palumbo Giuseppe Palumbo is an Italian racing cyclist. Palumbo became Junior World Champion in the road race twice, in 1992 and 1993.Palumbo rode the Giro d'Italia in 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007 and 2009, but never won a stage....	Riso Scotti-Vinavil	3.18.21
94	Servais Knaven Servais Knaven Henricus Theodorus Josephus Knaven is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, currently a directeur sportif for Team Sky. Knaven won Paris–Roubaix in 2001 and is the second rider in history to start and finish the race 16 times...	TVM-Farm Frites TVM (cycling team) TVM was a Dutch road bicycle racing team. It folded in 2000, two years after suffering a doping scandal. Farm Frites continued as a sponsor in 2001 with the new team, .-Names:-Riders:...	3.20.34
95	Ángel Edo Ángel Edo Ángel Edo Alsina is a professional road racing cyclist since 1992, currently riding for Vitoria-ASC.-External links:...		3.21.16
96	Andres Bermejo Siller	Fuenlabrada	3.21.18
97	Frank Høj Frank Høj Frank Høj is a retired Danish professional road bicycle racer. Høj started as a stagiaire for the Zetelhallen team in 1994, and became professional in 1995 for . His first win as a professional came the year after.- Wins :...		3.22.28
98	Unai Etxebarria Unai Etxebarria Unai Etxebarria Arana is a Venezuelan retired road racing cyclist. He rode for Euskaltel-Euskadi his entire career, from 1996 until 2007. He is of Basque heritage, hence his ability to ride for Euskaltel....		3.22.29
99	Remco Van Der Ven	TVM-Farm Frites TVM (cycling team) TVM was a Dutch road bicycle racing team. It folded in 2000, two years after suffering a doping scandal. Farm Frites continued as a sponsor in 2001 with the new team, .-Names:-Riders:...	3.23.26
100	Mario Traversoni		3.23.42
101	José Antonio Garrido José Antonio Garrido José Antonio Garrido Lima is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer. He currently rides for the UCI ProTour team Quick Step-Innergetic...	Sport Lisboa Benfica	3.24.31
102	Dirk Baldinger		3.24.33
103	Giancarlo Raimondi		3.26.34
104	Nieto Fernandez	Fuenlabrada	3.29.31
105	Carlos Golbano	Costa Almeria-Amica Chips	3.32.38
106	Koen Beeckman Koen Beeckman Koen Beeckman is a road bicycle racer from Belgium. He is a former rider at the Danish professional cycling team, CSC-Tiscali. He joined the team in 2001, and left the team the same year.-External links:...		3.38.27
107	Cristian Salvato	Team Polti	3.40.00
108	Stefano Casagranda	Costa Almeria-Amica Chips	3.43.54
109	Alessandro Pozzi	Costa Almeria-Amica Chips	3.44.40
110	Cesar Perez Padron	Fuenlabrada	3.45.32
111	Marco Gili	Costa Almeria-Amica Chips	3.49.00
112	Julian Dean Julian Dean Julian Dean is a road racing cyclist who rides for . Dean rode in the 2008 Tour de France, 2007 Tour de France, 2006 Tour de France and the 2004 Tour de France, finishing all four times. In 2008, he finished 9th in the points classification...		3.53.13
113	Daniel Bayes	Sport Lisboa Benfica	3.56.28
114	Jeroen Blijlevens Jeroen Blijlevens Jeroen Johannes Hendrikus Blijlevens is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1994 to 2004....	TVM-Farm Frites TVM (cycling team) TVM was a Dutch road bicycle racing team. It folded in 2000, two years after suffering a doping scandal. Farm Frites continued as a sponsor in 2001 with the new team, .-Names:-Riders:...	4.06.40
115	Igor Pugaci		4.14.44

KOM Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	José Maria Jiménez José Maria Jiménez Jose María Jimenez Sastre was a professional road bicycle racer. His nickname was "El Chava".When he turned professional, Jiménez was considered a potential successor of Miguel Indurain...	BAN	133
2	Frank Vandenbroucke Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist) Frank Vandenbroucke , was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He was the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s but a remarkable talent which appeared in his adolescence in athletics and then in cycle racing dissipated in a succession of drugs problems, rows with teams, suicide...		90
3	Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Hernández is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the Vuelta a España a record-tying three times. He broke the record with a fourth win in 2005, but was disqualified for taking EPO. In June 2011, Heras successfully appealed the disqualification in the civil court...		89

Points Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Frank Vandenbroucke Frank Vandenbroucke (cyclist) Frank Vandenbroucke , was a Belgian professional road racing cyclist. He was the great hope of Belgian cycling in the 1990s but a remarkable talent which appeared in his adolescence in athletics and then in cycle racing dissipated in a succession of drugs problems, rows with teams, suicide...		129
2	Robert Hunter Robert Hunter (cyclist) Robert Hunter is a South African professional road cyclist, for UCI ProTour team . He became in 2001 the first South African to compete in the Tour de France. In 2006 he rode for the Phonak Hearing Systems team on the UCI ProTour, but after their disbandment he signed for UCI Continental Circuits...	LAM	123
3	Igor Gonzalez Galdeano		122

Team classification

	Team	Country	Time
1	Banesto		269.08.49
2			15.04
3			23.45