September 15, 2005 – Here are the results of the 197.5km stage today of the Tour of Spain. Liberty’s Roberto Heras still leads and barring accident, is poised to take yet another Vuelta.

Results:

1 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 5:05:34
2 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Esp) Comunidad Valenciana s.t.
3 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Esp) Illes Balears-Caisse d’Epargne at 0:22
4 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 1:06
5 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Esp) Phonak Hearing Systems s.t.
6 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon – Lotto 1:10
7 Pablo Lastras (Esp) Illes Balears-Caisse d’Epargne s.t.
8 Gorka Gonzalez (Esp) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1:25
9 Moises Duenas (Esp) Relax Fuenlabrada 2:32
10 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Illes Balears-Caisse d’Epargne
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89 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel s.t.

Overall

1 Roberto Heras (Esp) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team 74:30:48
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank at 4:30
3 Carlos Sastre (Esp) Team CSC 4:50
4 Francisco Mancebo (Esp) Illes Balears-Caisse d’Epargne 5:48
5 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Esp) Comunidad Valenciana 6:22
6 Oscar Sevilla (Esp) T-Mobile Team 11:13
7 Ruben Plaza Molina (Esp) Comunidad Valenciana 11:36
8 Juan Miguel Mercado (Esp) Quick Step – Innergetic 15:28
9 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 15:50
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56 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 1:47:24