2008 Volta a Lleida

June 2–June 7 6 680.0 km 17h 41' 30" Lars Boom NED RAB 2008 Carlos Ibáñez COL Diputación de León Wout Poels NED P3 Transfer-Batavus Sergi Escobar ESP Azpiru-Ugarte Stefano Pirazzi ITA Palazzago-Grigolin Zdeněk Štybar CZE Fidea Rabobank NED 2007 The 2008 Volta a Lleida (56th edition) road cycling race took place from June 2 to June 7, 2008 in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Lars Boom took the overall victory, becoming the second rider from the Netherlands to win the general classification. Stages Stage 1 - June 2, 2008: Lleida > Alcarràs, 116.4 km Stage 1 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Bart Wellens BEL Fidea 2h 39' 02" 2 Sven Vandousselare BEL OLO 2008 s.t. 3 Vladimir Tuychiev UZB Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. 4 Federico Pagani ARG Diputación de León s.t. 5 Tejay van Garderen USA RAB 2008 + 4"General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Bart Wellens BEL Fidea 2h 39' 02" 2 Sven Vandousselare BEL OLO 2008 s.t. 3 Vladimir Tuychiev UZB Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. 4 Federico Pagani ARG Diputación de León s.t. 5 Tejay van Garderen USA RAB 2008 + 4" Stage 2 - June 3, 2008: Alcarràs > Tremp, 114.3 km Stage 2 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Kevin Pauwels BEL Fidea 2h 31' 49" 2 Alexei Markov RUS Katysuha s.t. 3 Antonio Miguel ESP Camp de Tarragona s.t. 4 Ger Soepenberg NED P3 Transfer-Batavus s.t. 5 Sergi Escobar ESP Azpiru-Ugarte s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Bart Wellens BEL Fidea 5h 10' 51" 2 Sven Vandousselare BEL OLO 2008 s.t. 3 Vladimir Tuychiev UZB Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. 4 Federico Pagani ARG Diputación de León s.t. 5 Tejay van Garderen USA RAB 2008 + 4" Stage 3 - June 4, 2008: Tremp > La Seu d'Urgell, 125.1 km Stage 3 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Marcel Beima NED RAB 2008 3h 04' 30" 2 Antonio García ESP UP Valencia-Bancaja s.t. 3 Antonio Miguel ESP Camp de Tarragona + 24" 4 Vladimir Shchekuncy RUS Lokomotiv s.t. 5 Alexei Markov RUS Katysuha s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Marcel Beima NED RAB 2008 8h 15' 34" 2 Antonio García ESP UP Valencia-Bancaja s.t. 3 Bart Wellens BEL Fidea + 18" 4 Sven Vandousselare BEL OLO 2008 s.t. 5 Vladimir Tuychiev UZB Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. Stage 4 - June 5, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell > Les, 147.3 km Stage 4 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Sergi Escobar ESP Azpiru-Ugarte 4h 03' 52" 2 Carlos Ibáñez COL Diputación de León s.t. 3 Lars Boom NED RAB 2008 + 1' 16" 4 Wout Poels NED P3 Transfer-Batavus + 1' 17" 5 Roman Klimov RUS Katyusha s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Sergi Escobar ESP Azpiru-Ugarte 12h 19' 50" 2 Carlos Ibáñez COL Diputación de León s.t. 3 Antonio García ESP UP Valencia-Bancaja + 53" 4 Alessandro Bisolti ITA Palazzago-Grigolin + 1' 17" 5 Álvaro García ESP UP Valencia-Bancaja s.t. Stage 5 - June 6, 2008: Les > Vielha, 20.0km (TTT) Stage 5 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Tejay van Garderen USA RAB 2008 27' 00" 2 Lars Boom NED RAB 2008 s.t. 3 Joeri Adams BEL RAB 2008 s.t. 4 Marcel Beima NED RAB 2008 s.t. 5 Cristiano Colombo ITA Palazzago-Grigolin + 57"General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Carlos Ibáñez COL Diputación de Léon 12h 48' 23" 2 Lars Boom NED RAB 2008 + 11" 3 Alessandro Bisolti ITA Palazzago-Grigolin + 41" 4 Artur Tarasau BLR Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. 5 Alexander Rybakov RUS Lokomotiv + 1' 12" Stage 5 (second area) - June 6, 2008: Les > El Pont de Suert, 60.0 km Stage 5 (second area) Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED RAB 2008 1h 21' 39" 2 Sergi Escobar ESP Azpiru-Ugarte s.t. 3 Wout Poels NED P3 Transfer-Batavus s.t. 4 Dmitry Kosyakov RUS Katyusha + 1' 02" 5 Roman Klimov RUS Katyusha s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 (second area) CyclistTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED RAB 2008 14h 10' 13" 2 Carlos Ibáñez COL Diputación de León + 51" 3 Wout Poels NED P3 Transfer-Batavus + 1' 11" 4 Sergi Escobar ESP Azpiru-Ugarte + 1' 16" 5 Alessandro Bisolti ITA Palazzago-Grigolin + 1' 32" Stage 6 - June 7, 2008: El Pont de Suert > Lleida, 140.7 km Stage 6 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Federico Pagani ARG Diputación de León 3h 30' 42" 2 Josef Boxmeer NED Diputación de León + 9" 3 Tejay van Garderen USA RAB 2008 s.t. 4 Antonio Miguel ESP Camp de Tarragona + 35" 5 Javier Alonso ESP Diputación de León s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED RAB 2008 17h 41' 30" 2 Carlos Ibáñez COL Diputación de León + 51" 3 Wout Poels NED P3 Transfer-Batavus + 1' 11" 4 Sergi Escobar ESP Azpiru-Ugarte + 1' 16" 5 Alessandro Bisolti ITA Palazzago-Grigolin + 1' 32" Teams and cyclists The following teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya: BEL Belgium OLO 2008 (DAV) Fidea (FID) ITA Italy Palazzago-Grigolin (PAL) NED Netherlands P3 Transfer-Batavus (BAT) RAB 2008 (RAB) RUS Russia Lokomotiv (LOK) Katyusha (KAT) ESP Spain Ilerda Habitatges (ALC) Azpiru-Ugarte (AZP) UP Valencia-Bancaja (BAN) Cafemax Contentpolis (CAF) Diputación de León (DIP) Paint-Car-Massi (MAS) Seguros Bilbao (SEG) Camp de Tarragona (TAR) External links ESP http://www.vuelta-lleida.com/ es Category:Volta a Lleida Lleida Lleida