- Stages Prologue - May 19, 2008: Lloret de Mar > Lloret de Mar, 3.7km (ITT) Stage 1 - May 20, 2008: Riudellots de la Selva > Banyoles, 167.8 km Stage 2 - May 21, 2008: Banyoles > La Seu d'Urgell, 191.9 km Stage 3 - May 22, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell > Ascó "La Vostra Energia", 217.2 km Stage 4 - May 23, 2008: Ascó "La Vostra Energia" > El Vendrell, 163.5 km Stage 5 - May 24, 2008: El Vendrell > Pallejà, 163.9 km Stage 6 - May 25, 2008: Pallejà > Barcelona, 124.0 km
- Jersey progress
- Teams and cyclists
- Individual standings
- See also
- References
- External links
{{Infobox cycling race report | name = | series = 2008 UCI ProTour | race_no = 7 | season_no = 15 | image = | image_caption = | date = May 19–May 25 | stages = 6 & Prologue | distance = 1032.0 | unit = km | time = 24h 29' 22" | speed = 42.14 | first = Gustavo César | first_nat = ESP | first_team = {{ct|XGZ|2008a}} | second = Rigoberto Urán | second_nat = COL | second_team = {{ct|GCE|2008}} | third = Rémi Pauriol | third_nat = FRA | third_team = {{ct|C.A|2008}} | points = Thor Hushovd | points_nat = NOR | points_team = {{ct|C.A|2008}} | mountains = Christophe Moreau | mountains_nat = FRA | mountains_team = Agritubel | sprints = Manuel Quinziato | sprints_nat = ITA | sprints_team = {{ct|LIQ|2008}} | team = {{ct|AST|2008}} | team_nat = LUX | previous = 2007 | next = 2009 }}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. StagesPrologue - May 19, 2008: Lloret de Mar > Lloret de Mar, 3.7km (ITT)Prologue ResultsCyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Thor Hushovd|NOR}} | C.A|2008}} | 4' 37" | 2 | George Hincapie|USA}} | THR|2008a}} | + 6" | 3 | Iván Gutiérrez|ESP}} | GCE|2008}} | + 7" | 4 | Thomas Lövkvist|SWE}} | THR|2008a}} | + 7" | 5 | Gustavo César|ESP}} | XGZ|2008a}} | + 7" |
| | General Classification after PrologueCyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Thor Hushovd|NOR}} | C.A|2008}} | 4' 37" | 2 | George Hincapie|USA}} | THR|2008a}} | + 6" | 3 | Iván Gutiérrez|ESP}} | GCE|2008}} | + 7" | 4 | Thomas Lövkvist|SWE}} | THR|2008a}} | + 7" | 5 | Gustavo César|ESP}} | XGZ|2008a}} | + 7" |
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Stage 1 - May 20, 2008: Riudellots de la Selva > Banyoles, 167.8 kmStage 1 ResultsCyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Thor Hushovd|NOR}} | C.A|2008}} | 4h 07' 35" | 2 | Bernhard Eisel|AUT}} | THR|2008a}} | s.t. | 3 | Leonardo Duque|COL}} | COF|2008}} | s.t. | 4 | Markus Zberg|SUI}} | GST|2008}} | s.t. | 5 | Mark Renshaw|AUS}} | C.A|2008}} | s.t. |
| | General Classification after Stage 1Cyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Thor Hushovd|NOR}} | C.A|2008}} | 4h 12' 02" | 2 | Leonardo Duque|COL}} | COF|2008}} | + 14" | 3 | George Hincapie|USA}} | THR|2008a}} | + 16" | 4 | Iván Gutiérrez|ESP}} | GCE|2008}} | + 17" | 5 | Thomas Lövkvist|SWE}} | THR|2008a}} | + 17" |
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Stage 2 - May 21, 2008: Banyoles > La Seu d'Urgell, 191.9 kmStage 2 ResultsCyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Cyril Dessel|FRA}} | ALM|2008}} | 5h 10' 30" | 2 | Janez Brajkovič|SLO}} | AST|2008}} | + 34" | 3 | Rémi Pauriol|FRA}} | C.A|2008}} | + 34" | 4 | Josep Jufré|ESP}} | FUJ|2008a}} | + 34" | 5 | Rigoberto Urán|COL}} | GCE|2008}} | + 34" |
| | General Classification after Stage 2Cyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Cyril Dessel|FRA}} | ALM|2008}} | 9h 23' 03" | 2 | Rémi Pauriol|FRA}} | C.A|2008}} | + 18" | 3 | Haimar Zubeldia|ESP}} | EUS|2008}} | + 25" | 4 | Janez Brajkovič|SLO}} | AST|2008}} | + 26" | 5 | Rigoberto Urán|COL}} | GCE|2008}} | + 29" |
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Stage 3 - May 22, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell > Ascó "La Vostra Energia", 217.2 kmStage 3 ResultsCyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Pierrick Fédrigo|FRA}} | BBO|2008}} | 5h 06' 01" | 2 | Alexander Bocharov|RUS}} | C.A|2008}} | s.t. | 3 | Gustavo César|ESP}} | XGZ|2008a}} | s.t. | 4 | Jelle Vanendert|BEL}} | FDJ|2008}} | s.t. | 5 | Daniel Navarro|ESP}} | AST|2008}} | s.t. |
| | General Classification after Stage 3Cyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Rémi Pauriol|FRA}} | C.A|2008}} | 14h 29' 33" | 2 | Haimar Zubeldia|ESP}} | EUS|2008}} | + 7" | 3 | Janez Brajkovič|SLO}} | AST|2008}} | + 8" | 4 | Pierrick Fédrigo|FRA}} | BBO|2008}} | + 10" | 5 | Rigoberto Urán|COL}} | GCE|2008}} | + 11" |
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Stage 4 - May 23, 2008: Ascó "La Vostra Energia" > El Vendrell, 163.5 kmStage 4 ResultsCyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Sylvain Chavanel|FRA}} | COF|2008}} | 3h 52' 15" | 2 | Thor Hushovd|NOR}} | C.A|2008}} | + 2' 32" | 3 | Bernhard Eisel|AUT}} | THR|2008a}} | + 2' 32" | 4 | Markus Zberg|SUI}} | GST|2008}} | + 2' 32" | 5 | Anthony Geslin|FRA}} | BBO|2008}} | + 2' 32" |
| | General Classification after Stage 4Cyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Rémi Pauriol|FRA}} | C.A|2008}} | 18h 24' 25" | 2 | Josep Jufré|ESP}} | FUJ|2008a}} | + 2" | 3 | Haimar Zubeldia|ESP}} | EUS|2008}} | + 7" | 4 | Janez Brajkovič|SLO}} | AST|2008}} | + 8" | 5 | Gustavo César|ESP}} | XGZ|2008a}} | + 8" |
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Stage 5 - May 24, 2008: El Vendrell > Pallejà, 163.9 kmStage 5 ResultsCyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Francesco Chicchi|ITA}} | LIQ|2008}} | 3h 44' 17" | 2 | Leonardo Duque|COL}} | COF|2008}} | s.t. | 3 | Markus Zberg|SUI}} | GST|2008}} | s.t. | 4 | Mark Renshaw|AUS}} | C.A|2008}} | s.t. | 5 | Mikel Gaztañaga|ESP}} | Agritubel | s.t. |
| | General Classification after Stage 5Cyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Rémi Pauriol|FRA}} | C.A|2008}} | 22h 08' 42" | 2 | Josep Jufré|ESP}} | FUJ|2008a}} | + 2" | 3 | Haimar Zubeldia|ESP}} | EUS|2008}} | + 7" | 4 | Janez Brajkovič|SLO}} | AST|2008}} | + 8" | 5 | Gustavo César|ESP}} | XGZ|2008a}} | + 8" |
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Stage 6 - May 25, 2008: Pallejà > Barcelona, 124.0 kmStage 6 ResultsCyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | José Luis Carrasco|ESP}} | Andalucía-Cajasur | 2h 20' 38" | 2 | Gustavo César|ESP}} | XGZ|2008a}} | s.t. | 3 | Francisco Ventoso|ESP}} | Andalucía-Cajasur | + 7" | 4 | Aleksandr Kuschynski|BLR}} | LIQ|2008}} | + 7" | 5 | Eduardo Gonzalo|ESP}} | Agritubel | + 7" |
| | General Classification after Stage 6Cyclist | Team | Time |
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1 | Gustavo César|ESP}} | XGZ|2008a}} | 24h 29' 22" | 2 | Rigoberto Urán|COL}} | GCE|2008}} | + 16" | 3 | Rémi Pauriol|FRA}} | C.A|2008}} | + 21" | 4 | Josep Jufré|ESP}} | FUJ|2008a}} | + 21" | 5 | Daniel Navarro|ESP}} | AST|2008}} | + 23" |
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Jersey progressStage | Winner | General Classification
| Mountains Classification
| Points Classification
| Sprints classification
| Team Classification |
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P | Thor Hushovd | Thor Hushovd | no award | Thor Hushovd | no award | {{ct|C.A|2008}} | 1 | Thor Hushovd | Dario Cioni | Freddy Bichot | 2 | Cyril Dessel | Cyril Dessel | Christophe Moreau | {{ct|ALM|2008}} | 3 | Pierrick Fédrigo | Rémi Pauriol | {{ct|AST|2008}} | 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 | {{ct|AST|2008 |
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- 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
Teams and cyclistsThe following UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya: - {{flagicon|BEL}} Belgium
- {{ct|QST|2008}} (QST)
- {{ct|SIL|2008}} (SIL)
- {{flagicon|DEN}} Denmark
- {{flagicon|FRA}} France
- {{ct|ALM|2008}} (ALM)
- Agritubel (AGR)
- {{ct|BBO|2008}} (BTL)
- {{ct|COF|2008}} (COF)
- {{ct|C.A|2008}} (C.A)
- {{ct|FDJ|2008}} (FDJ)
| - {{flagicon|GER}} Germany
- {{ct|GST|2008}} (GST)
- {{ct|MRM|2008}} (MRM)
- {{flagicon|ITA}} Italy
- {{ct|LAM|2008}} (LAM)
- {{ct|LIQ|2008}} (LIQ)
- {{flagicon|LUX}} Luxembourg
- {{flagicon|NED}} Netherlands
| - {{flagicon|ESP}} Spain
- Andalucía-Cajasur (AZA)
- {{ct|EUS|2008}} (EUS)
- {{ct|XGZ|2008a}} (KGZ)
- {{ct|FUJ|2008a}} (SDV)
- {{flagicon|USA}} United States
- {{ct|GRM|2008a}} (TSL)
- {{ct|THR|2008a}} (THR)
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Individual standingsAs of 25 May 2008, after the 2008 Volta a Catalunya.[1] Rank | Name | Team | Points |
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1 | Damiano Cunego|ITA}} | LAM|2008}} | 73 |
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2 | André Greipel|GER}} | THR|2008a}} | 62 |
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3 | Alberto Contador|ESP}} | AST|2008}} | 58 |
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4 | Thomas Dekker|NED}} | RAB|2008}} | 54 |
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5 | Andreas Klöden|GER}} | AST|2008}} | 53 |
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6 | Stijn Devolder|BEL}} | QST|2008}} | 50 |
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7 | José Joaquín Rojas|ESP}} | GCE|2008}} | 45 |
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8 | Mikel Astarloza|ESP}} | EUS|2008}} | 45 |
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9 | Cadel Evans|AUS}} | SIL|2008}} | 42 |
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10 | Óscar Freire|ESP}} | RAB|2008}} | 40 |
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11 | Rigoberto Urán|COL}} | GCE|2008}} | 40 |
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12 | Roman Kreuziger|CZE}} | LIQ|2008}} | 40 |
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13 | Nick Nuyens|BEL}} | COF|2008}} | 40 |
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14 | Rémi Pauriol|FRA}} | C.A|2008}} | 36 |
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- 78 riders have scored at least one (1) point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTc5&RankId=MTEy&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA |title=Individual standings |publisher=UCI |date=2008-05-04 |accessdate=2008-05-25}}
External links- {{flagicon|CAT}} {{official website|http://www.voltacatalunya.cat/88volta.htm}} {{ca icon}}
- {{flagicon|ESP}} {{official website|http://www.voltacatalunya.cat/espanol/88volta.htm}} {{es icon}}
- cyclingnews.com
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