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2005 Volta a Catalunya

Field	Value
name	2005 Volta a Catalunya
date	16 May — 22 May
stages	7
distance	930.4
unit	km
time	22h 56' 36"
first	Yaroslav Popovych
first_nat	UKR
first_team
second	Leonardo Piepoli
second_nat	ITA
second_team
third	David Moncoutié
third_nat	FRA
third_team
points	Thor Hushovd
points_nat	NOR
points_team
mountains	Íñigo Cuesta
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_team
sprints	Eladio Jiménez
sprints_nat	ESP
sprints_team
team
team_nat	FRA
previous	2004
next	2006

The 2005 Volta a Catalunya was the 85th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycling race, which took place from 16 May to 22 May 2005, in Catalonia, Spain. The race began in Salou with a team time trial and ended in Barcelona. Yaroslav Popovych won the first major win of his career.

Teams

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

Kaiku

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1	2	3
16 May	Salou to Salou	19.2 km	[[File:Team Time Trial Stage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Team time trial
17 May	Cambrils to Cambrils	186.8 km			Enrico Gasparotto
18 May	Salou to La Granada	157.8 km			Pedro Horrillo
19 May	Perafort to Pal-Arinsal	237.7 km			Leonardo Piepoli
20 May	Sornàs to Ordino-Arcalis	17.1 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Individual time trial	Íñigo Cuesta
21 May	Llívia to Pallejà	198.7 km			Anthony Charteau
22 May	Pallejà to Barcelona	113.1 km			Thor Hushovd

Stages

Stage 1

16 May 2005 - Salou, 20.1 km (TTT)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1			21' 42"
2			+ 7"
3			+ 15"

Stage 2

17 May 2005 - Cambrils, 186.8 km

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Enrico Gasparotto	4h 48' 39"
2	Claudio Corioni	s.t.
3	Thor Hushovd	s.t.

Stage 3

18 May 2005 - Salou to La Granada, 157.8 km

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Pedro Horrillo	3h 35' 59"
2	Thor Hushovd	s.t.
3	Claudio Corioni	s.t.

Stage 4

19 May 2005 - Perafort to Pal-Arinsal, 237.7 km

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Leonardo Piepoli	6h 22' 09"
2	Yaroslav Popovych	s.t.
3	Aitor Osa	s.t.

Stage 5

20 May 2005 - Sornàs to Ordino-Arcalis, 17 km (ITT)

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Íñigo Cuesta	37' 18"
2	Leonardo Piepoli	+ 25"
3	David Moncoutié	+ 45"

Stage 6

21 May 2005 - Llívia to Pallejà, 198.7 km

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Anthony Charteau	4h 16' 54"
2	Beat Zberg	+ 4"
3	José Luis Arrieta	+ 4"

Stage 7

22 May 2005 - Pallejà to Barcelona, 113.1 km

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Thor Hushovd	2h 32' 57"
2	Fred Rodriguez	s.t.
3	Miguel Ángel Martín Perdiguero	s.t.

Final standings

General classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Yaroslav Popovych		22h 36' 56"
2	Leonardo Piepoli		+ 20"
3	David Moncoutié		+ 59"
4	Michael Rogers		+ 1' 18"
5	Aitor Osa		+ 1' 23"
6	Miguel Ángel Martín		+ 2' 01"
7	Eladio Jiménez		+ 2' 09"
8	Íñigo Cuesta		+ 2' 18"
9	Christophe Moreau		+ 2' 20"
10	Ezequiel Mosquera	Kaiku	+ 2' 25"

Mountains classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Íñigo Cuesta

Points classification

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Thor Hushovd

Best team

Rank	Team	Country	Time
1

References

"Start list". Cycling News.
"85th Volta a Catalunya - PT". Cycling News.
"Stage 1 - May 16: Salou-Salou TTT, 19.2 km". Cycling News.
"Stage 2 - May 17: Cambrils-Cambrils, 186,8 km". Cycling News.
"Stage 3 - May 18: Salou-La Granada, 157,8 km". Cycling News.
"Stage 4 - May 19: Perafort-Estacio d'esqui de Pal-Arinsal (Andorra), 237,7 km". Cycling News.
"Stage 5 - May 20: Sornas (Andorra)-Estacio d'esqui d'Ordino-Arcalis (Andorra) ITT, 17,1 km". Cycling News.
"Stage 6 - May 21: Llivia-Palleja, 198,7 km". Cycling News.
"Stage 7 - May 22: Palleja-Barcelona (Sants), 113,1 km". Cycling News.

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