September 5, 2004 – US Postal’s Floyd Landis got he nod to wear the leader’s jersey in the 59th Vuelta a España yesterday as US Postal Service won the 28km team time trial in León over T-Mobile by just over half a minute. Canada’s Mike Barry sits in second place overall.

León – León (T.T.T.), 28 km

Results

1. US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 30.45
2. T-Mobile 0.31
3. Illes Balears-Banesto 0.56
4. Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme 0.58
5. Phonak 1.01
6. CSC 1.24
7. Fassa Bortolo 1.25
8. Liberty Seguros 1.28
9. Saeco 1.38
10. Relax-Bodysol 1.41

General classification after stage 1
 
1. Floyd Landis (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 30.45
2. Michael Barry (Can) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor
3. Victor Hugo Peña (Col) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor
4. Manuel Beltran (Spa) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor
5. David Zabriskie (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor
6. Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor
7. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor
8. Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.31
9. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) T-Mobile Team
10. Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile Team
11. Santiago Botero (Col) T-Mobile Team
12. Cadel Evans (Aus) T-Mobile Team
13. Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
14. Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.42
15. Steffan Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
16. Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service p/b Berry Floor 0.50