sentences:  After a second-place finish at the Tour of Austria in June, Scarponi competed in the Tour de France for the first time; he finished in 32nd overall.Scarponi moved to the Spanish team for the 2005 season, and had a quieter season than previous years; he did not win any races, despite his ambitions for the Giro d'Italia.He finished seventh at the Vuelta a Burgos, and recorded his best Grand Tour finish to that point with eleventh at the Vuelta a España, riding largely as a domestique for Roberto Heras, who was later disqualified after a positive doping test for erythropoietin (EPO).