The 2005 Volta a Catalunya was the 85th edition of the

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

cycling race Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling sp ...

, which took place from 16 May to 22 May 2005, in

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

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. The race began in

Salou Salou () is a municipality of the ''comarca'' of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The city is approximately 10 km from Tarragona and Reus on the Costa Daurada and 112 km from Barcelona. Founded by the Greek ...

with a

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

and ended in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

Yaroslav Popovych Yaroslav Popovych ( uk, Ярослав Попович; born 4 January 1980) is a Ukrainian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2016. The winner of the under-23 road race at the 2001 UCI Road World Championships, ...

won the first major win of his career.

Teams

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

Kaiku Kaiku () was a Spanish UCI Professional Continental cycling team based in the Basque country that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was managed by Eneko Garate with as ...

* *

Route

Stages

Stage 1

16 May 2005 -

, ( TTT)

Stage 2

17 May 2005 -

Cambrils Cambrils () is a coastal town in the comarca of Baix Camp, province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The town is near the tourist town Salou and is frequently visited by those travelling by air using Reus Airport. History Roman empire to Midd ...

Stage 3

18 May 2005 - Salou to La Granada,

Stage 4

19 May 2005 -

Perafort Perafort or Perafort i Puigdelfí is a municipality in the province of Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The municipality has three exclave An enclave is a territory (or a small territory apart of a larger one) that is entirely surrounded by the ter ...

to Pal-Arinsal,

Stage 5

20 May 2005 -

Sornàs Sornàs () is a village in Andorra, located in the parish of Ordino Ordino () is the most northerly parish in the Principality of Andorra. It's mostly the main area of Valira del Nord or ''Valira d'Ordino'' river valley. Ordino is also the name o ...

to Ordino-Arcalis, ( ITT)

Stage 6

21 May 2005 -

Llívia Llívia (; es, Llivia ) is a town in the ''comarca'' of Cerdanya, province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It is a Spanish exclave surrounded by the French ''département'' of Pyrénées-Orientales. In 2009, the municipality of Llívia had a total ...

Pallejà Pallejà () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Baix Llobregat in Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a '' nationality'' by i ...

Stage 7

22 May 2005 - Pallejà to

Final standings

General classification

Mountains classification

Points classification

Best team

References

External links

Race website
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