2007 Volta a Catalunya


The 2007 Volta a Catalunya was the 87th edition of the Volta a Catalunya road cycling race, which took place from 21 May to 27 May 2007, in Catalonia. The race began in Salou with a team time trial and ended in Barcelona. The race was won by Russian Vladimir Karpets of the team, who won the race thanks to winning the team time trial, and second placings on the toughest mountain stage and the mountain time trial. The race also saw the first UCI ProTour victories for young British sprinter Mark Cavendish of the, when he took stages 2 and 6.
Twenty-five teams took part. The five wildcards have were awarded to Karpin-Galicia, Relax-GAM, Andalucía-Cajasur, Fuerteventura-Canarias and Slipstream Chipotle.

Teams

Twenty-five teams of up to eight riders started the race:

Stages

Stage 1

21 May 2007: Salou to Salou,
Stage 1 Result

Stage 2

22 May 2007: Salou to Perafort,
Stage 2 Result

Stage 3

23 May 2007: Perafort to Tàrrega,
Stage 3 Result

Stage 4

24 May 2007: Tàrrega to Vallnord-Arinsal,
Stage 4 Result

Stage 5

25 May 2007: Sornas to Vallnord-Arcalís,
Stage 5 Result

Stage 6

26 May 2007: Llívia to Lloret de Mar,
Stage 6 Result

Stage 7

27 May 2007: Lloret de Mar to Barcelona,
Stage 7 Result

Final standing

General classification

Mountains classification

Points classification

Sprints classification

Team classification

Jersey progress

Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race

As of 27 May 2007, after the Volta a Catalunya
While the top 10 places remain the same, race winner Vladimir Karpets moves into 13th position.
RankPrevious
Rank		NameNationalityTeamPoints
11Davide Rebellin157
22Alejandro Valverde107
33Danilo Di Luca100
44Óscar Freire82
55Stuart O'Grady79
66Stefan Schumacher75
77Fränk Schleck63
88Juan José Cobo62
99Alberto Contador58
1010Tom Boonen57
1111Thomas Dekker55
1212Andreas Klöden53
13-Vladimir Karpets52
1413Alessandro Ballan50
1514Matthias Kessler50

  • 103 riders have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.
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