The 2007 Volta a Catalunya was the 87th 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 ...

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, which took place from 21 May to 27 May 2007, in

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. The race began in

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with a

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and ended in

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. The race was won by Russian

Vladimir Karpets Vladimir Alexandrovich Karpets (russian: Владимир Александрович Карпец) (born 20 September 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian road bicycle racer, who last rode for UCI ProTeam . Karpets is most notable for winning the white ...

of the team, who won the race thanks to winning the team time trial, and second placings on the toughest mountain stage (stage 4) and the mountain time trial (stage 5). The race also saw the first

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victories for young British sprinter

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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

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Teams

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

Route

Stages

Stage 1

21 May 2007:

, ( TTT)

Stage 2

22 May 2007:

to Perafort,

Stage 3

23 May 2007: Perafort to

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Stage 4

24 May 2007:

to Vallnord-Arinsal (

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Stage 5

25 May 2007: Sornas to Vallnord-Arcalís (

), (

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)

Stage 6

26 May 2007:

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 ...

Lloret de Mar Lloret de Mar (; ) is a Mediterranean coastal town in Catalonia, Spain. It is south of Girona and northeast of Barcelona. With a population of 38,402 in 2021, it is the second largest town in the Selva comarca of Catalonia. Lloret de Mar ...

Stage 7

27 May 2007:

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. * 103 riders (up from 93 riders) have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.

References

External links

Race website
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