2008 Volta a Catalunya

2008 Volta a Catalunya
Race details
Dates	May 19–May 25
Stages	6 & Prologue
Distance	1,032.0 km (641.3 mi)
Winning time	24h 29' 22" (42.14 km/h or 26.18 mph)
Palmarès
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The 2008 Volta a Catalunya (88th edition) road cycling race took place from May 19 to May 25, 2008 in Catalonia, Spain. Gustavo César took overall victory, becoming first rider of non-ProTour team to win a ProTour race general classification.

[edit] Stages

[edit] Prologue - May 19, 2008: Lloret de Mar > Lloret de Mar, 3.7km (ITT)

Prologue Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	4' 37"
2	George Hincapie (USA)	Team High Road	+ 6"
3	Iván Gutiérrez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 7"
4	Thomas Lövkvist (SWE)	Team High Road	+ 7"
5	Gustavo César (ESP)	Karpin-Galicia	+ 7"

General Classification after Prologue

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	4' 37"
2	George Hincapie (USA)	Team High Road	+ 6"
3	Iván Gutiérrez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 7"
4	Thomas Lövkvist (SWE)	Team High Road	+ 7"
5	Gustavo César (ESP)	Karpin-Galicia	+ 7"

[edit] Stage 1 - May 20, 2008: Riudellots de la Selva > Banyoles, 167.8 km

Stage 1 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	4h 07' 35"
2	Bernhard Eisel (AUT)	Team High Road	s.t.
3	Leonardo Duque (COL)	Cofidis	s.t.
4	Markus Zberg (SUI)	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
5	Mark Renshaw (AUS)	Crédit Agricole	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	4h 12' 02"
2	Leonardo Duque (COL)	Cofidis	+ 14"
3	George Hincapie (USA)	Team High Road	+ 16"
4	Iván Gutiérrez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 17"
5	Thomas Lövkvist (SWE)	Team High Road	+ 17"

[edit] Stage 2 - May 21, 2008: Banyoles > La Seu d'Urgell, 191.9 km

Stage 2 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Cyril Dessel (FRA)	Ag2r-La Mondiale	5h 10' 30"
2	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	Astana	+ 34"
3	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 34"
4	Josep Jufré (ESP)	Saunier Duval-Scott	+ 34"
5	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 34"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Cyril Dessel (FRA)	Ag2r-La Mondiale	9h 23' 03"
2	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 18"
3	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 25"
4	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	Astana	+ 26"
5	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 29"

[edit] Stage 3 - May 22, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell > Ascó "La Vostra Energia", 217.2 km

Stage 3 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	5h 06' 01"
2	Alexandre Botcharov (RUS)	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
3	Gustavo César (ESP)	Karpin-Galicia	s.t.
4	Jelle Vanendert (BEL)	Française des Jeux	s.t.
5	Daniel Navarro (ESP)	Astana	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	14h 29' 33"
2	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 7"
3	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	Astana	+ 8"
4	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 10"
5	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 11"

[edit] Stage 4 - May 23, 2008: Ascó "La Vostra Energia" > El Vendrell, 163.5 km

Stage 4 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Cofidis	3h 52' 15"
2	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	+ 2' 32"
3	Bernhard Eisel (AUT)	Team High Road	+ 2' 32"
4	Markus Zberg (SUI)	Gerolsteiner	+ 2' 32"
5	Anthony Geslin (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 2' 32"

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	18h 24' 25"
2	Josep Jufré (ESP)	Saunier Duval-Scott	+ 2"
3	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 7"
4	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	Astana	+ 8"
5	Gustavo César (ESP)	Karpin-Galicia	+ 8"

[edit] Stage 5 - May 24, 2008: El Vendrell > Pallejà, 163.9 km

Stage 5 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Francesco Chicchi (ITA)	Liquigas	3h 44' 17"
2	Leonardo Duque (COL)	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Markus Zberg (SUI)	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
4	Mark Renshaw (AUS)	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
5	Mikel Gaztañaga (ESP)	Agritubel	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	22h 08' 42"
2	Josep Jufré (ESP)	Saunier Duval-Scott	+ 2"
3	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	+ 7"
4	Janez Brajkovič (SLO)	Astana	+ 8"
5	Gustavo César (ESP)	Karpin-Galicia	+ 8"

[edit] Stage 6 - May 25, 2008: Pallejà > Barcelona, 124.0 km

Stage 6 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	José Luis Carrasco (ESP)	Andalucía-Cajasur	2h 20' 38"
2	Gustavo César (ESP)	Karpin-Galicia	s.t.
3	Francisco Ventoso (ESP)	Andalucía-Cajasur	+ 7"
4	Aleksandr Kuschynski (BLR)	Liquigas	+ 7"
5	Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP)	Agritubel	+ 7"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gustavo César (ESP)	Karpin-Galicia	24h 29' 22"
2	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 16"
3	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 21"
4	Josep Jufré (ESP)	Saunier Duval-Scott	+ 21"
5	Daniel Navarro (ESP)	Astana	+ 23"

[edit] Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General Classification	Mountains Classification	Points Classification	Sprints classification	Team Classification
P	Thor Hushovd	Thor Hushovd	no award	Thor Hushovd	no award	Crédit Agricole
1	Thor Hushovd	Thor Hushovd	Dario Cioni		Freddy Bichot	Crédit Agricole
2	Cyril Dessel	Cyril Dessel	Christophe Moreau			Ag2r-La Mondiale
3	Pierrick Fédrigo	Rémi Pauriol				Astana
4	Sylvain Chavanel				Sylvain Chavanel
5	Francesco Chicchi				Manuel Quinziato
6	José Luis Carrasco	Gustavo César			Manuel Quinziato
Final		Gustavo César	Christophe Moreau	Thor Hushovd	Manuel Quinziato	Astana

Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

On stage 1, George Hincapie wore the points jersey
On stage 2, Leonardo Duque wore the points jersey

[edit] Teams and cyclists

The following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya:

Belgium

Quick Step (QST)
Silence-Lotto (SIL)

Denmark

Team CSC (CSC)

France

Germany

Gerolsteiner (GST)
Team Milram (MRM)

Italy

Lampre (LAM)
Liquigas (LIQ)

Luxembourg

Astana (AST)

Netherlands

Rabobank (RAB)

Spain

United States

Slipstream-Chipotle (TSL)
Team High Road (THR)

[edit] Individual standings

As of 25 May 2008, after the 2008 Volta a Catalunya.^[1]

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Damiano Cunego (ITA)	Lampre	73
2	André Greipel (GER)	Team High Road	62
3	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Astana	58
4	Thomas Dekker (NED)	Rabobank	54
5	Andreas Klöden (GER)	Astana	53
6	Stijn Devolder (BEL)	Quick Step	50
7	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	45
8	Mikel Astarloza (ESP)	Euskaltel-Euskadi	45
9	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence-Lotto	42
10	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	40
11	Rigoberto Urán (COL)	Caisse d'Epargne	40
12	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Liquigas	40
13	Nick Nuyens (BEL)	Cofidis	40
14	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	36

78 riders have scored at least one (1) point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.

[edit] References

^ "Individual standings". UCI. 2008-05-04. http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTc5&RankId=MTEy&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA. Retrieved 2008-05-25.

[edit] See also

2008 in road cycling

[edit] External links

[0] "Individual standings". UCI. 2008-05-04. http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTc5&RankId=MTEy&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA. Retrieved 2008-05-25.

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2008 Volta a Catalunya

Contents

[edit] Stages

[edit] Prologue - May 19, 2008: Lloret de Mar > Lloret de Mar, 3.7km (ITT)

[edit] Stage 1 - May 20, 2008: Riudellots de la Selva > Banyoles, 167.8 km

[edit] Stage 2 - May 21, 2008: Banyoles > La Seu d'Urgell, 191.9 km

[edit] Stage 3 - May 22, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell > Ascó "La Vostra Energia", 217.2 km

[edit] Stage 4 - May 23, 2008: Ascó "La Vostra Energia" > El Vendrell, 163.5 km

[edit] Stage 5 - May 24, 2008: El Vendrell > Pallejà, 163.9 km

[edit] Stage 6 - May 25, 2008: Pallejà > Barcelona, 124.0 km

[edit] Jersey progress

[edit] Teams and cyclists

[edit] Individual standings

[edit] References

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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