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.
Teams Twenty-two teams of up to eight riders took part. The following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya: Belgium (QST) (SIL)
Denmark (CSC)
(ALM) Agritubel (AGR) (BTL) (COF) (C.A) (FDJ) (GST) (MRM)
Italy (LAM) (LIQ)
Luxembourg (AST)
Netherlands (RAB) Andalucía–CajaSur (AZA) (GCE) (EUS) (KGZ) (SDV)
(TSL) (THR)
Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 19 May Lloret de Mar to Lloret de Mar Individual time trial 1 20 May Riudellots de la Selva to Banyoles 2 21 May Banyoles to La Seu d'Urgell 3 22 May La Seu d'Urgell to Ascó 4 23 May Ascó to El Vendrell 5 24 May El Vendrell to Pallejà 6 25 May Pallejà to Barcelona
Stages
Prologue May 19, 2008: Lloret de Mar to Lloret de Mar, (ITT) Prologue Results CyclistTeamTime 1 4' 37" 2 + 6" 3 + 7" 4 + 7" 5 + 7"General Classification after Prologue CyclistTeamTime 1 4' 37" 2 + 6" 3 + 7" 4 + 7" 5 + 7"
Stage 1 May 20, 2008: Riudellots de la Selva to Banyoles, Stage 1 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 07' 35" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 12' 02" 2 + 14" 3 + 16" 4 + 17" 5 + 17"
Stage 2 May 21, 2008: Banyoles to La Seu d'Urgell, Stage 2 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 5h 10' 30" 2 + 34" 3 + 34" 4 + 34" 5 + 34"General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 9h 23' 03" 2 + 18" 3 + 25" 4 + 26" 5 + 29"
Stage 3 May 22, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell to Ascó "La Vostra Energia", Stage 3 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 5h 06' 01" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 14h 29' 33" 2 + 7" 3 + 8" 4 + 10" 5 + 11"
Stage 4 May 23, 2008: Ascó "La Vostra Energia" to El Vendrell, Stage 4 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 52' 15" 2 + 2' 32" 3 + 2' 32" 4 + 2' 32" 5 + 2' 32"General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 18h 24' 25" 2 + 2" 3 + 7" 4 + 8" 5 + 8"
Stage 5 May 24, 2008: El Vendrell to Pallejà, Stage 5 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 44' 17" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Agritubel s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 22h 08' 42" 2 + 2" 3 + 7" 4 + 8" 5 + 8"
Stage 6 May 25, 2008: Pallejà to Barcelona, Stage 6 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Andalucía–CajaSur 2h 20' 38" 2 s.t. 3 Andalucía–CajaSur + 7" 4 + 7" 5 Agritubel + 7"General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 24h 29' 22" 2 + 16" 3 + 21" 4 + 21" 5 + 23"
Jersey progress Stage WinnerGeneral ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationSprints classificationTeam Classification P Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd no award Thor Hushovd no award 1 Thor Hushovd Dario Cioni Freddy Bichot 2 Cyril Dessel Cyril Dessel Christophe Moreau 3 Pierrick Fédrigo Rémi Pauriol 4 Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel 5 Francesco Chicchi Manuel Quinziato 6 José Luis Carrasco Gustavo César Final Gustavo César Christophe Moreau Thor Hushovd Manuel Quinziato 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
Individual standings As of 25 May 2008, after the 2008 Volta a Catalunya.
RankNameTeamPoints17326235845455365074584594210401140124013401436
78 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.
See also 2008 in road cycling
References
External links
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