2008 Volta a Catalunya

2008 UCI ProTour 7 15 May 19–25, 2008 6 & Prologue 1032.0 km 24h 29' 22" Gustavo César ESP XGZ 2008a Rigoberto Urán COL GCE 2008 Rémi Pauriol FRA C.A 2008 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2008 Christophe Moreau FRA Agritubel Manuel Quinziato ITA LIQ 2008 AST 2008 LUX 2007 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. 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:https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08?id=stages 88th Volta a Catalunya – ProT Cycling News 13 February 2020 BEL Belgium QST 2008 (QST) SIL 2008 (SIL) DEN Denmark SAX 2008a (CSC) France ALM 2008 (ALM) Agritubel (AGR) BBO 2008 (BTL) COF 2008 (COF) C.A 2008 (C.A) FDJ 2008 (FDJ)Germany GST 2008 (GST) MRM 2008 (MRM) ITA Italy LAM 2008 (LAM) LIQ 2008 (LIQ) LUX Luxembourg AST 2008 (AST) NED Netherlands RAB 2008 (RAB)Spain Andalucía–CajaSur (AZA) MOV 2008 (GCE) EUS 2008 (EUS) XGZ 2008a (KGZ) FUJ 2008a (SDV) United States GRM 2008a (TSL) THR 2008a (THR) Route +Stage characteristics and winnershttps://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Catalonia/catalonia-2008.html 88th Volta a Catalunya (Pro Tour), Spain BikeRaceInfo 13 February 2020 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 19 May Lloret de Mar to Lloret de Mar 3.7 km 1 on 20px|link=|alt= Individual time trial Thor Hushovd NOR 1 20 May Riudellots de la Selva to Banyoles 167.8 km 1 on Thor Hushovd NOR 2 21 May Banyoles to La Seu d'Urgell 191.1 km 1 on Cyril Dessel FRA 3 22 May La Seu d'Urgell to Ascó 217.2 km 1 on Pierrick Fédrigo FRA 4 23 May Ascó to El Vendrell 163.5 km 1 on Sylvain Chavanel FRA 5 24 May El Vendrell to Pallejà 163.9 km 1 on Francesco Chicchi ITA 6 25 May Pallejà to Barcelona 106.2 km 1 on José Luis Carrasco ESP Stages Prologue May 19, 2008: Lloret de Mar to Lloret de Mar, 3.7 km mi on (ITT)https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results/catalunya080 Prologue – May 19: Lloret de Mar – Lloret de Mar (ITT), 3.7km Cycling News https://web.archive.org/web/20160809055314/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results%2Fcatalunya080 9 August 2016 21 May 2020 live Prologue Results CyclistTeamTime 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 Prologue CyclistTeamTime 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" Stage 1 May 20, 2008: Riudellots de la Selva to Banyoles, 167.8 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results/catalunya081 Stage 1 – May 20: Riudellots de la Selva – Banyoles, 167.8km Cycling News https://web.archive.org/web/20160428232755/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results%2Fcatalunya081 28 April 2016 21 May 2020 live Stage 1 Results CyclistTeamTime 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 1 CyclistTeamTime 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" Stage 2 May 21, 2008: Banyoles to La Seu d'Urgell, 191.1 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results/catalunya082 Stage 2 – May 21: Banyoles – La Seu d'Urgell, 191.9km Cycling News https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165601/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results%2Fcatalunya082 3 March 2016 21 May 2020 live Stage 2 Results CyclistTeamTime 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 2 CyclistTeamTime 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" Stage 3 May 22, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell to Ascó "La Vostra Energia", 217.2 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results/catalunya083 Stage 3 – May 22: La Seu d'Urgell – Ascó La Vostra Energia, 217.2km Cycling News https://web.archive.org/web/20160511113403/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results%2Fcatalunya083 11 May 2016 21 May 2020 live Stage 3 Results CyclistTeamTime 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 3 CyclistTeamTime 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" Stage 4 May 23, 2008: Ascó "La Vostra Energia" to El Vendrell, 163.5 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results/catalunya084 Stage 4 – May 23: Ascó "La Vostra Energia" – El Vendrell, 163.5km Cycling News https://web.archive.org/web/20160805174855/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results%2Fcatalunya084 5 August 2016 21 May 2020 live Stage 4 Results CyclistTeamTime 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 4 CyclistTeamTime 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" Stage 5 May 24, 2008: El Vendrell to Pallejà, 163.9 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results/catalunya085 Stage 5 – May 24: El Vendrell – Pallejà, 163.9km Cycling News https://web.archive.org/web/20160624155407/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results%2Fcatalunya085 24 June 2016 21 May 2020 live Stage 5 Results CyclistTeamTime 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 5 CyclistTeamTime 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" Stage 6 May 25, 2008: Pallejà to Barcelona, 106.2 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results/catalunya086 Stage 6 – May 25: Pallejà – Barcelona, 124.0km Cycling News https://web.archive.org/web/20160304234937/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/may08/catalunya08/?id=results%2Fcatalunya086 4 March 2016 21 May 2020 live Stage 6 Results CyclistTeamTime 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 6 CyclistTeamTime 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" Jersey progress Stage WinnerGeneral ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationSprints classificationTeam Classification P Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd no award Thor Hushovd no award C.A 2008 1 Thor Hushovd Dario Cioni Freddy Bichot 2 Cyril Dessel Cyril Dessel Christophe Moreau ALM 2008 3 Pierrick Fédrigo Rémi Pauriol 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 AST 2008 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.http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTc5&RankId=MTEy&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA Individual standings UCI 2008-05-04 2008-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20120208014706/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTc5&RankId=MTEy&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA 2012-02-08 dead RankNameTeamPoints1Damiano Cunego ITALAM 2008732André Greipel GERTHR 2008a623Alberto Contador ESPAST 2008584Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2008545Andreas Klöden GERAST 2008536Stijn Devolder BELQST 2008507José Joaquín Rojas ESPGCE 2008458Mikel Astarloza ESPEUS 2008459Cadel Evans AUSSIL 20084210Óscar Freire ESPRAB 20084011Rigoberto Urán COLGCE 20084012Roman Kreuziger CZELIQ 20084013Nick Nuyens BELCOF 20084014Rémi Pauriol FRAC.A 200836 78 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour. See also 2008 in road cycling References 2 External links CAT http://www.voltacatalunya.cat/88volta.htm ca ESP http://www.voltacatalunya.cat/espanol/88volta.htm es cyclingnews.com 2008 Volta Category:2008 in Spanish road cycling Category:2008 UCI ProTour Category:May 2008 sports events in Spain