Cycling Revealed

By Graham Jones
and Barry Boyce
CyclingRevealed Historians

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Below our pictorial review of the Vuelta provides a convenient way to capture the stage by stage action. Simply click on the stage winner pictures below.

Race Leaders:

Menchov Stage 1	McGee Stage 2-5	Heras Stg 6-8	Menchov Stg 9-14	Heras Stg 15-21	Menchov After DQ

Race Leaders ( Images © Unipublic )

Stage Winners 1 to 11: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4	Stage 5	Stage 6


Stage 7	Stage 8	Stage 9	Stage 10	Stage 11

Click on the picture for each story Stg 1-11 ( Images © Unipublic )

Standings after Stage 11

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	MENCHOV, Denis	RUS	RAB	45h07'35"
2	HERAS, Roberto	ESP	LSW	+47"
3	MANCEBO, Francisco	ESP	IBA	+1'53"
4	SASTRE, Carlos	ESP	CSC	+1'57"
5	GARCIA QUESADA, Carlos	ESP	ECV	+3'31"
6	DANIELSON, Tom	USA	DSC	+5'03"

7	BELTRAN, Manuel	ESP	DSC	+5'09"
8	MERCADO, Juan Miguel	ESP	QST	+5'45"
9	PLAZA, Ruben	ESP	ECV	+5'58"
10	SCARPONI, Michele	ITA	LSW	+6'37"

Stage Winners 12 to 15: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 12	Stage 13	Stage 14	Stage 15

Click on the picture for each story Stg 12-15 ( Images © Unipublic )

Standings after Stage 15

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

1	HERAS, Roberto	ESP	LSW	61h47'40"
2	MENCHOV, Denis	RUS	RAB	+4'30"
3	SASTRE, Carlos	ESP	CSC	+4'50"
4	MANCEBO, Francisco	ESP	IBA	+ 6'45"
5	GARCIA QUESADA, Carlos	ESP	ECV	+8'02"
6	SEVILLA, Oscar	ESP	TMO	+11'16"

7	PLAZA, Ruben	ESP	ECV	+11'30"
8	DANIELSON, Tom	USA	DSC	+12'05"
9	MERCADO, Juan Miguel	ESP	QST	+13'32"
10	GONZALEZ, Santos	ESP	PHO	+14'20"

Stage Winners 16 to 21: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]


Stage 16	Stage 17	Stage 18	Stage 19	Stage 20	Stage 21

Final Standings

Pos.

Name

Nat.

Team

Time

DQ	HERAS, Roberto	ESP	LSW	82h22'55"
1	MENCHOV, Denis	RUS	RAB	82h27'31"
2	SASTRE, Carlos	ESP	CSC	+18"
3	MANCEBO, Francisco	ESP	IBA	+1'22"
4	GARCIA QUESADA, Carlos	ESP	ECV	+3'30"
5	PLAZA, Ruben	ESP	ECV	+7'00"
6	SEVILLA, Oscar	ESP	TMO	+8'46"

7	DANIELSON, Tom	USA	DSC	+12'08"
8	ARDILA, Maurico	ESP	DVL	+13'39"
9	MERCADO, Juan Miguel	ESP	QST	+ 13'55"
10	SANCHEZ, Samuel	ESP	EUS	+ 15'36"

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