Denmark's Michael Rasmussen springs a surprise by winning stage seven to claim the biggest victory of his road racing career

Spaniard Isidro Nozal's face betrays his pain as he maintains his overall lead by winning the sixth stage, a 43.8km time trial

Petacchi wins stage five to become the first rider to claim two or more stage wins in each of the major Tours in the same year

Nozal of the ONCE finishes amongst the pack to retain the overall lead after the 166.7km stage from Soria to Zaragoza

Venezuelan rider Unai Etxebarria of the Euskaltel team wins the fourth leg of the Tour of Spain

Spain's Isidro Nozal of the ONCE team delights the home fans by donning the yellow jersey as the new race leader

The riders have to cope with some very wet conditions on the 154km third stage from Cangas de Onis to Santander

Italian Alessandro Petacchi gets ahead of the pack in a thrilling sprint finish to win the second stage for Fassa Bortolo

Joaquin Rodriguez continues a strong Spanish presence in the Tour as he finds himself top of the standings after stage two

Spain's Luis Perez celebrates coming home first in the second stage of the Tour after a sprint finish with fellow Spaniard Carlos Sastre

The ONCE team set the early pace as the Tour of Spain gets under way with a time trial in Gijon

Spaniard Igor Gonzalez de Galdeano crosses the line first in the team time trial for the ONCE team to the delight of the home fans