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| Prolog | LaMangadelMarMenor | LaMangadelMarMenor | 10(EZF) | ItalienRobertoVisentini | Italien""RobertoVisentini |
| 1 | LaMangadelMarMenor | Benidorm | 155 | IrlandSeanKelly | |
| 2 | Benidorm | Cullera | 170 | IrlandSeanKelly | |
| 3 | Cullera | Vinaròs | 207 | ItalienGiuseppeMartinelli | |
| 4 | Vinaròs | SantQuirzedelVallès | 214 | DeutschlandKlaus-PeterThaler | |
| 5 | SantQuirzedelVallès | LaSeud’Urgell | 200 | FaustinoRupérez | ""FaustinoRupérez |
| 6 | LaSeud’Urgell | Viella | 131 | EnriqueMartínez-Heredia | |
| 7 | Viella | Jaca | 216 | FaustinoRupérez | |
| 8 | MonasteriodeLeyre | Logroño | 160 | EulalioGarcía | |
| 9 | Logroño | Burgos | 138 | NiederlandeJosLammertink | |
| 10 | Burgos | Santander | 178 | NeuseelandPaulJesson | |
| 11 | Santander | Gijón | 219 | JesúsLópezCarril | |
| 12 | SantiagodeCompostela | Pontevedra | 133 | BelgienEtienneDeWilde | |
| 13 | Pontevedra | Vigo | 195 | DeutschlandRolfHaller | |
| 14 | Vigo | Ourense | 156 | IrlandSeanKelly | |
| 15 | Ourense | Ponferrada | 164 | FranciscoJavierElorriaga | |
| 16A | Ponferrada | León | 131 | FrankreichDominiqueArnaud | |
| 16B | León | León | 22 8(EZF) | ItalienRobertoVisentini | |
| 17 | León | Valladolid | 138 | IrlandSeanKelly | |
| 18 | Valladolid | LosÁngelesdeSanRafael | 197 | ManuelEsparza | |
| 19 | Madrid | Madrid | 84 | IrlandSeanKelly |