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2007 Volta a Catalunya

Field	Value
name	2007 Volta a Catalunya
date	21–27 May 2007
stages	7
distance	884.4
unit	km
time	22h 21' 05"
first	Vladimir Karpets
first_nat	RUS
first_team
second	Michael Rogers
second_nat	AUS
second_team
third	Denis Menchov
third_nat	RUS
third_team
points	Denis Menchov
points_nat	RUS
points_team
mountains	Luis Pasamontes
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_team
sprints	Víctor Hugo Peña
sprints_nat	COL
sprints_team
team
team_nat	ESP
previous	2006
next	2008

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 (stage 4) and the mountain time trial (stage 5). 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:

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	1	2	3
21 May	Salou to Salou	15.7 km	[[File:Team Time Trial Stage.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Team time trial
22 May	Salou to Perafort	170 km			Mark Cavendish
23 May	Perafort to Tàrrega	182.1 km			Allan Davis
24 May	Tàrrega to Vallnord-Arinsal	203.1 km			Óscar Sevilla
25 May	Sornàs to Vallnord-Arcalís	17.1 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	20px	link=	alt=]]	Individual time trial	Denis Menchov
26 May	Llívia to Lloret de Mar	177.1 km			Mark Cavendish
27 May	Lloret de Mar to Barcelona	119.3 km			Samuel Sánchez

Stages

Stage 1

21 May 2007: Salou to Salou, 15.7 km (TTT)

Team	Time
1	ESP
2	DEN
3	SUI

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Vladimir Karpets
2	Óscar Pereiro
3	Iván Gutiérrez

Stage 2

22 May 2007: Salou to Perafort, 170 km

Cyclist	Team	[UCI
Points](2007-uci-protour)
1	Mark Cavendish	4h 01' 47"
2	Aaron Kemps	s.t.
3	Leonardo Duque	s.t.

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Imanol Erviti
2	Iván Gutiérrez
3	Vladimir Karpets

Stage 3

23 May 2007: Perafort to Tàrrega, 182.1 km

Cyclist	Team	Time	[UCI
Points](2007-uci-protour)
1	Allan Davis		4h 29' 26"
2	Baden Cooke	Unibet.com	s.t.
3	Daniele Bennati		s.t.

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Imanol Erviti
2	Iván Gutiérrez
3	Vladimir Karpets

Stage 4

24 May 2007: Tàrrega to Vallnord-Arinsal (Andorra), 201.1 km

Cyclist	Team	Time	[UCI
Points](2007-uci-protour)
1	Óscar Sevilla	Relax–GAM	6h 06' 43"
2	Michael Rogers		+ 33"
3	Christophe Moreau		+ 34"

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Óscar Sevilla	Relax–GAM
2	Vladimir Karpets
3	Michael Rogers

Stage 5

25 May 2007: Sornas to Vallnord-Arcalís (Andorra), 17.1 km (ITT)

Cyclist	Team	[UCI
Points](2007-uci-protour)
1	Denis Menchov	38' 58"
2	Vladimir Karpets	+ 4"
3	Rémy Di Gregorio	+ 24"

|| |General Classification after Stage 5

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Vladimir Karpets
2	Denis Menchov
3	Michael Rogers

Stage 6

26 May 2007: Llívia to Lloret de Mar, 177.1 km

Cyclist	Team	[UCI
Points](2007-uci-protour)
1	Mark Cavendish	3h 59' 55"
2	Leonardo Duque	s.t.
3	Paolo Bossoni	s.t.

|| |General Classification after Stage 6

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Vladimir Karpets
2	Michael Rogers
3	Denis Menchov

Stage 7

27 May 2007: Lloret de Mar to Barcelona, 119.3 km

Cyclist	Team	[UCI
Points](2007-uci-protour)
1	Samuel Sánchez	2h 46' 06"
2	Alexander Vinokourov	+ 5"
3	Denis Menchov	+ 9"

|| |General Classification after Stage 7

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Vladimir Karpets
2	Michael Rogers
3	Denis Menchov

Final standing

General classification

Cyclist	Country	Team	Time	[UCI
Points](2007-uci-protour)	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Vladimir Karpets	Russia		22h 21' 05"	50
Michael Rogers	Australia		+ 40"	40
Denis Menchov	Russia		+ 40"	35
Christophe Moreau	France		+ 1' 34"	30
Óscar Sevilla	Spain	Relax–GAM	+ 1' 34"	N/A
Francisco Mancebo	Spain	Relax–GAM	+ 1' 59"	N/A
John Gadret	France		+ 2' 19"	15
Marcos-Antonio Serrano	Spain	Karpin–Galicia	+ 2' 39"	N/A
Laurens ten Dam	Netherlands	Unibet.com	+ 2' 44"	5
Janez Brajkovič			+ 2' 47"	2

Mountains classification

Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
Luis Pasamontes	Spain	Unibet.com	86
Denis Menchov	Russia		51
Eladio Jiménez	Spain	Karpin–Galicia	43

Points classification

Cyclist	Country	Points
Denis Menchov	Russia	55
Mark Cavendish	Great Britain	50
Michael Rogers	Australia	41

Sprints classification

Cyclist	Country	Team	Points
Víctor Hugo Peña		Unibet.com	9
Francisco José Martínez	Spain	Andalucía–CajaSur	7
José Ruiz	Spain	Andalucía–CajaSur	6

Team classification

Team	Country	Time
Relax–GAM	Spain	67h 10' 29"
	France	+ 1' 13"
Unibet.com	Sweden	+ 3' 07"

Jersey progress

Stage
(Winner)	General Classification
Mountains Classification
Points Classification
Sprints classification
Team Classification	Vladimir Karpets	Víctor Hugo Peña
Stage 1 (TTT)
()	Vladimir Karpets	no award	no award	no award
Stage 2
(Mark Cavendish)	Imanol Erviti	Francisco José Martínez	Mark Cavendish	Víctor Hugo Peña
Stage 3
(Allan Davis)	Baden Cooke
Stage 4
(Óscar Sevilla)	Óscar Sevilla	Luis Pasamontes	Luis Pasamontes	Relax–GAM
Stage 5 (ITT)
(Denis Menchov)	Vladimir Karpets	Denis Menchov
Stage 6
(Mark Cavendish)	Mark Cavendish	Víctor Hugo Peña
Stage 7
(Samuel Sánchez)	Denis Menchov
Final
Luis Pasamontes	Denis Menchov	Relax–GAM

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.

Rank	Previous
Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Points	1	157	2	107	3	100	4	82	5	79	6	75	7	63	8	62	9	58	10	57	11	55	12	53	13	52	14	50	15	50
1	Davide Rebellin	Italy
2	Alejandro Valverde	Spain
3	Danilo Di Luca	Italy
4	Óscar Freire	Spain
5	Stuart O'Grady	Australia
6	Stefan Schumacher	Germany
7	Fränk Schleck
8	Juan José Cobo	Spain
9	Alberto Contador	Spain
10	Tom Boonen	Belgium
11	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands
12	Andreas Klöden	Germany
-	Vladimir Karpets	Russia
13	Alessandro Ballan	Italy
14	Matthias Kessler	Germany

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

References

"Volta a Catalunya 2007 - Overall Individual Classification".
"Start list". Cycling News.
"87th Volta a Catalunya (Pro Tour), Spain". BikeRaceInfo.
"87th Volta a Catalunya – PT". Cycling News.
"Stage 1 – May 21: Salou – Salou ITT, 15.7 Km". Cycling News.
"Stage 2 – May 22: Salou – Perafort, 170 Km". Cycling News.
"Stage 3 – May 23: Perafort – Tàrrega, 182.1 Km". Cycling News.
"Stage 4 – May 24: Tàrrega – Vallnord-Arinsal (Andorra), 203.1 Km". Cycling News.
"Stage 5 – May 25: Sornas – Vallnord-Arcalís (Andorra), 17.1 Km". Cycling News.
"Stage 6 – May 26: Llívia – Lloret de Mar, 177.1 km". Cycling News.
"Stage 7 – May 27: Lloret de Mar – Barcelona, 119.3 km". Cycling News.
(28 May 2007). "Updated Rankings". UCI.

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