September 10, 2005 – Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Comunidad Valenciana) has taken the fourteenth stage of the Vuelta today, a 172. 3km stage from Nestlé La Penilla to Lagos de Covadonga. Rabo’s Denis Menchov still leads.

Stage 14:

1. Eladio Jimenez Sanchez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.25.36
2. I̱igo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval РProdir 1.20
3. Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre – Caffita 1.32
4. Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.37
5. Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.44
6. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team
7. Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.11
8. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team
9. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.16
10. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d’Epargne 2.36
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115. Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel


Overall:

1. Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 56.53.00
2. Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.47
3. Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 1.50
4. Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse d’Epargne 2.45
5. Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.37
6. Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile Team 7.18
7. Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 7.19
8. Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7.44
9. Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 7.49
10. Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa) Quick Step – Innergetic 9.02
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58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1.01.11