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2008In 2008, for the first time in ten years, two Grand Tours were won by one rider, the Spaniard Alberto Contador. Alessandro Ballan succeeded fellow Italian Paolo Bettini as World Champion, winning the road race in his home country, where Varese hosted the World Championships for the second time in...
Volta a LleidaThe Volta a Lleida is a road cycling stage race held in the Lleida region of Spain. It was a 2.2 category race on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2008.-List of overall winners:...
(56th edition) road cycling race took place from June 2 to June 7, 2008 in
LleidaLleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...
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CataloniaCatalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
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Lars BoomLars Anthonius Johannes Boom is a professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist who was born in Vlijmen in the Netherlands. Boom rides for UCI ProTeam Rabobank cycling team, having previous ridden for the junior and continental teams. Boom won the cyclo-cross world championships in 2008...
took the overall victory, becoming the second rider from the Netherlands to win the general classification.
Stage 1 - June 2, 2008: LleidaLleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...
> AlcarràsAlcarràs is a municipality in the comarca of the Segrià in Catalonia.- Demography :-External links :***...
, 116.4 km
Stage 1 Results
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Time |
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Fidea Telenet Fidea is a UCI Continental cycling team that is based in Belgium and races predominantly the cyclo-cross season. The team is named after its main sponsors Telenet and Fidea, an Insurance company. The team was previously called Spaar-Select...
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2h 39' 02" |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
s.t. |
| 4 |
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Diputación de León |
s.t. |
| 5 |
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+ 4" |
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b>General Classification after Stage 1
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
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Fidea Telenet Fidea is a UCI Continental cycling team that is based in Belgium and races predominantly the cyclo-cross season. The team is named after its main sponsors Telenet and Fidea, an Insurance company. The team was previously called Spaar-Select...
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2h 39' 02" |
| 2 |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
s.t. |
| 4 |
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Diputación de León |
s.t. |
| 5 |
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+ 4" |
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Stage 2 - June 3, 2008: AlcarràsAlcarràs is a municipality in the comarca of the Segrià in Catalonia.- Demography :-External links :***...
> TrempTremp is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, the capital of the comarca of the Pallars Jussà. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area , accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the comarca....
, 114.3 km
b>Stage 2 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
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Fidea Telenet Fidea is a UCI Continental cycling team that is based in Belgium and races predominantly the cyclo-cross season. The team is named after its main sponsors Telenet and Fidea, an Insurance company. The team was previously called Spaar-Select...
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2h 31' 49" |
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Katysuha |
s.t. |
| 3 |
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Camp de Tarragona |
s.t. |
| 4 |
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P3 Transfer-Batavus |
s.t. |
| 5 |
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Azpiru-Ugarte |
s.t. |
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b>General Classification after Stage 2
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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Fidea Telenet Fidea is a UCI Continental cycling team that is based in Belgium and races predominantly the cyclo-cross season. The team is named after its main sponsors Telenet and Fidea, an Insurance company. The team was previously called Spaar-Select...
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5h 10' 51" |
| 2 |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
s.t. |
| 4 |
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Diputación de León |
s.t. |
| 5 |
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+ 4" |
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Stage 3 - June 4, 2008: TrempTremp is a municipality in Catalonia, Spain, the capital of the comarca of the Pallars Jussà. It is the largest municipality in Catalonia in terms of area , accounting for nearly a quarter of the total area of the comarca....
> La Seu d'UrgellLa Seu d'Urgell is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes...
, 125.1 km
Stage 3 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
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3h 04' 30" |
| 2 |
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UP Valencia-Bancaja |
s.t. |
| 3 |
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Camp de Tarragona |
+ 24" |
| 4 |
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Lokomotiv |
s.t. |
| 5 |
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Katysuha |
s.t. |
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b>General Classification after Stage 3
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
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8h 15' 34" |
| 2 |
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UP Valencia-Bancaja |
s.t. |
| 3 |
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Fidea Telenet Fidea is a UCI Continental cycling team that is based in Belgium and races predominantly the cyclo-cross season. The team is named after its main sponsors Telenet and Fidea, an Insurance company. The team was previously called Spaar-Select...
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+ 18" |
| 4 |
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s.t. |
| 5 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
s.t. |
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Stage 4 - June 5, 2008: La Seu d'UrgellLa Seu d'Urgell is a town located in the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain. La Seu d'Urgell is also the capital of the comarca Alt Urgell, head of the judicial district of la Seu d'Urgell and the seat of Bishop of Urgell, one of the Andorra co-princes...
> Les, 147.3 km
Stage 4 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
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Azpiru-Ugarte |
4h 03' 52" |
| 2 |
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Diputación de León |
s.t. |
| 3 |
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+ 1' 16" |
| 4 |
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P3 Transfer Batavus |
+ 1' 17" |
| 5 |
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Katyusha |
s.t. |
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b>General Classification after Stage 4
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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Azpiru-Ugarte |
12h 19' 50" |
| 2 |
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Diputación de León |
s.t. |
| 3 |
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UP Valencia-Bancaja |
+ 53" |
| 4 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
+ 1' 17" |
| 5 |
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UP Valencia-Bancaja |
s.t. |
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Stage 5 - June 6, 2008: Les > Vielha, 20.0km (TTTA team time trial is a road-based bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock .Teams start at equal intervals, usually two, three or four minutes apart...
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Stage 5 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
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27' 00" |
| 2 |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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s.t. |
| 4 |
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s.t. |
| 5 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
+ 57" |
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b>General Classification after Stage 5
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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Diputación de Léon |
12h 48' 23" |
| 2 |
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+ 11" |
| 3 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
+ 41" |
| 4 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
s.t. |
| 5 |
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Lokomotiv Lokomotiv is a shortcut for Lokomotiv Voluntary Sports Society that existed in the former Soviet Union. It was owned and supported by national railroad companies, hence the name. VSS Lokomotiv contained a lot of clubs, that bore the same name...
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+ 1' 12" |
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Stage 5 (second area) - June 6, 2008: Les > El Pont de SuertEl Pont de Suert is the capital of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, in the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain, located at 838 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. Population 2,418 ....
, 60.0 km
Stage 5 (second area) Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
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1h 21' 39" |
| 2 |
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Azpiru-Ugarte |
s.t. |
| 3 |
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P3 Transfer Batavus |
s.t. |
| 4 |
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Katyusha |
+ 1' 02" |
| 5 |
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Katyusha |
s.t. |
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General Classification after Stage 5 (second area)
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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14h 10' 13" |
| 2 |
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Diputación de León |
+ 51" |
| 3 |
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P3 Transfer-Batavus |
+ 1' 11" |
| 4 |
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Azpiru-Ugarte |
+ 1' 16" |
| 5 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
+ 1' 32" |
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Stage 6 - June 7, 2008: El Pont de SuertEl Pont de Suert is the capital of the comarca of Alta Ribagorça, in the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, Spain, located at 838 metres above the sea, by the river Noguera Ribagorçana, a tributary to the Segre. Population 2,418 ....
> LleidaLleida is a city in the west of Catalonia, Spain. It is the capital city of the province of Lleida, as well as the largest city in the province and it had 137,387 inhabitants , including the contiguous municipalities of Raimat and Sucs. The metro area has about 250,000 inhabitants...
, 140.7 km
Stage 6 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
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Diputación de León |
3h 30' 42" |
| 2 |
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Diputación de León |
+ 9" |
| 3 |
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s.t. |
| 4 |
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Camp de Tarragona Camp de Tarragona is a natural and historical region of Catalonia, Spain. It includes a central plain, surrounded by the Serralada Prelitoral mountain chain on the west and in the north, with the Mediterranean sand beaches of the Costa Daurada on the east and limited in the south by the Coll de...
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+ 35" |
| 5 |
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Diputación de León |
s.t. |
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General Classification after Stage 6
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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17h 41' 30" |
| 2 |
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Diputación de León |
+ 51" |
| 3 |
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P3 Transfer Batavus |
+ 1' 11" |
| 4 |
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Azpiru-Ugarte |
+ 1' 16" |
| 5 |
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Palazzago-Grigolin |
+ 1' 32" |
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Teams and cyclists
The following teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya:
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