Vital Information

• Vuelta Quick Reference
  Winners by stage, back numbers, stage listings, altimetry and climbs per stage

• La Vuelta Official Website

• 2004 Route Map

• Vuelta by the Numbers! Stats and More Stats!

• Vuelta Espana Parcours – Analysis of Stages 1-5, Latest Team News

• Vuelta Espana Parcours: Stages 6 to 10 and Latest News

Live Reports, Analysis and Features
(To follow the live report of the day's stage, during race hours
please browse to our homepage and click on our Main Story )

Pre-Race News

• Latest Vuelta a Espana Official Start List - Changes... 31 August 2004

• Vuelta Espana – Race Notes - 24 August 2004

• Vuelta a España Start List - 20 August 2004

• Vuelta News - Team Leaders! - 19 August 2004 Heras, Cunego, Valverde, Vino...

• Pre-Vuelta a Espana Journal: Bingen Fernandez

Stage 1:

• The Vuelta a Espana Begins! Stage One Live Coverage and Results!

• Museo de Jamon Report, Stage 1
  (Plus El Museo de Jamon Deliciosa)

• Bingen Fernández's Vuelta Journal: Day One

Stage 2:

• Stage Two Live Coverage and Results

• Museo de Jamon Report - Stage 2

• Vuelta a Espana Stage 2 Roundup

Stage 3:

• Vuelta a Espana Stage 3 Live Coverage and Results

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 3

• Vuelta a España Stage 3 Roundup

Stage 4:

• Vuelta a Espana Stage 4 Live Report

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 4

• Vuelta a España Stage 4 Roundup

Stage 5

• Vuelta a Espana Stage 5 Live Coverage

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 5

Stage 6

• Vuelta a Espana Stage 6 Live Coverage

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 6

• Stage 6 Roundup

Stage 7

• Stage 7 Live Coverage and Results

• Vuelta a Espana Stage 7 Roundup

Stage 8

• Stage 8 Live Coverage and Results

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 8

• Stage 8 Roundup

• Vuelta a Espana Journals: Bingen Fernández (Stages 2-5)

Stage 9

• Stage 9 Live Coverage and Results

• Stage 9 Roundup

Stage 10

• Live Report and Results

• Stage 10 Roundup

• Bingen Fernandez Journals Stages 6 and 8

Stage 11

• Stage 11 Live Coverage

• Vuelta a España Stage 11 Roundup

• Bingen Fernández: Vuelta Journal Stage 10

Rest/Transfer Day: Weds. 15 September

• Museo del Jamon Report - Rest Day #1

Stage 12

• Stage 12 Live Coverage and Results

• Stage 12 Roundup

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 12

Stage 13

• Live Coverage and Results

• Stage 13 Roundup

Stage 14

• Live Coverage and Results

• Stage 14 Roundup

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 14

Stage 15

• Stage 15 Uphill Time Trial Live Report

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 15

• Stage 15 Roundup

• Bingen Fernández's Vuelta Journals: Rest Day and Stage 12

Rest Day, 20 September

• Bingen Fernandez: Vuelta Journals: Stages 13 and 14

• Bingen Fernández Vuelta Journals: ITT and Rest Day

Stage 16

• Stage 16 Live Coverage and Results

• Stage 16 Roundup

Stage 17

• Stage 17 Live Coverage

• Stage 17 Roundup

• Museo del Jamon Report - Stage 17

Stage 18

• Stage 18 Live Coverage

• Stage 18 Roundup

• Statements from Phonak and Tyler Hamilton

Stage 19

• Stage 19 Live Report

• Stage 19 Roundup

Stage 20

• Stage 20 Live Coverage

• Stage 20 Roundup

Stage 21

• Live Report and Results

• Stage 21 Roundup and Final

• Final General Classifications

Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano with a lovely hitchhiker... Photo by Dave O'Nyons.

Stage 16: Olivenza-Cáceres. (c) Unipublic.

Petacchi takes his third win on Stage 7. Photo by Dave O'Nyons.

Erik Zabel in the Points (fishy) jersey on Tuesday, Stage 11. Photo by Dave O'Nyons.

Ándale! (c) Unipublic.

Comunidad Valenciana-Kelme at the Stage 1 Team Time Trial. © Unipublic.

Landis in yellow on Stage 2. Click for larger image. (c) Unipublic.

Exuberant crowds greet the riders on Stage 2. Click for larger image. (c) Unipublic.

Accompaniment for the riders on Stage 4. Click for larger image. (c) Unipublic.

The Vuelta 2004 Presentation - 17 December 2003

• Stage list, main difficulties, brief stage-by-stage guide

• Mountain Stage Profiles

• Spanish Rider Reactions

Reference Material

• GT Triples and Grand Slams

• Vuelta Facts: Podiums

• The 2003 Vuelta a Espana at the Daily Peloton

• The 2002 Vuelta a Espana at the Daily Peloton

• Vuelta Winner Info (Courtesy of Tom James)

  • Tom James' Professional Cycling Palmares homepage

The 2004 Vuelta Poster. (c) Unipublic.

Stage 10. (c) Unipublic.

Pedro "Perico" Delgado. Courtesy his site.

2001 - Stage 21, Casero and Sevilla, first and second overall, on the podium. Courtesy Terra.es

An early Vuelta...Courtesy of Historia del Ciclismo

Alessandro Petacchi winning Stage 12, ahead of Erik Zabel and Fred Rodriguez - Vuelta 2003. Courtesy Fassa Bortolo.