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85th Volta a Catalunya - PT

Spain, May 16-22, 2005

2004 results     Stage List     Preview    Start List     Past winners

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - May 16: Salou-Salou TTT, 19.2 km
  • Stage 2 - May 17: Cambrils-Cambrils, 186,8 km
  • Stage 3 - May 18: Salou-La Granada, 157,8 km
  • Stage 4 - May 19: Perafort-Estació d'esquí de Pal-Arinsal (Andorra), 237,7 km
  • Stage 5 - May 20: Sornàs (Andorra)-Estació d'esquí d'Ordino-Arcalís (Andorra) ITT, 17,1 km
  • Stage 6 - May 21: Llívia-Pallejà, 198,7 km
  • Stage 7 - May 22: Pallejà-Barcelona (Sants), 113,1 km

Volta a Catalunya kicks off with TTT

A 19.2 kilometre team time trial will kick off the first stage of the 85th Volta a Catalunya, one of the oldest Tours on the calendar, and this year part of the UCI ProTour. The week long race runs from Monday, May 16, through Sunday, May 22, and contains a number of very challenging stages. Stages 2 and 3 already feature several Cat. 2 and Cat. 3 climbs, but Stage 4, from Perafort to the Pal ski station in Arinsal (Andorra) is 237.7 km long and finishes with two Cat. 1 climbs, both at over 1850m altitude. There will not be much relief the next day in stage 5, with a 17 km mountain time trial from Sornas to the Ordino ski station at Arcalís. This stage climbs from 1300m to 2220m, with 660m of that in the final 9.3 km.

Stage 6 from Llívia to Pallejà (199 km) starts with the Cat. 1 Collada de Toses (km 27.9), but contains only one other Cat. 2 climb, and that comes with over 80 km to go, which means there could be a fairly large group to contest the finish. The final stage is just 113 km from Pallejà to Barcelona, but is punctuated by three Cat. 3 climbs and another uncategorised one at the start.

Although many of the top ProTour riders are racing in the Giro d'Italia, the Volta will see the likes of Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile), Iban Mayo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), M.A. Martín Perdiguero (Phonak) at the start.

Start list

Phonak Hearing Systems                       Davitamon-Lotto
 
1 Miguel A.M. Perdiguero (Spa)               11 Axel Merckx (Bel)
2 Santiago Botero (Col)                      12 Serge Baguet (Bel)
3 Santos Gonzalez (Spa)                      13 Bart Dockx (Bel)
4 Martin Elmiger (Swi)                       15 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
6 Robert Hunter (RSA)                        16 Fred Rodriguez (USA)
7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)                     17 Mario Aerts (Bel)
8 Floyd Landis (USA)                         18 Preben Van Hecke (Bel)
 
Quickstep                                    Team CSC
 
21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)                      31 Carlos Sastre (Spa)
22 Marc Lotz (Ned)                           32 Manuel Calvente (Spa)
23 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa)                 33 Andy Schleck (Lux)
24 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel)                  34 Lars Michaelsen (Den)
25 Michael Rogers (Aus)                      35 Allan Johansen (Den)
26 Bram Tankink (Ned)                        36 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den)
27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel)                   37 Jakob Piil (Den)
 
Euskaltel-Euskadi                            Illes Balears-Casse d'Epargne
 
41 Iban Mayo (Spa)                           51 Alejandro Valverde (Spa)
42 Iker Flores (Spa)                         52 David Arroyo (Spa)
43 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa)                      53 José Vicente Garcia (Spa)
44 Inaki Isasi (Spa)                         54 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa)
45 Aitor Silloniz (Spa)                      55 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa)
46 Egoi Martinez (Spa)                       56 Aitor Osa (Spa)
47 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa)                     57 Mikel Pradera (Spa)
48 Aketza Peña (Spa)                         58 José Luis Arrieta (Spa)
 
Liberty Seguros-Wurth                        Saunier Duval-Prodir
 
61 Carlos Barredo (Spa)                      71 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita)
62 Koen De Kort (Ned)                        72 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi)
63 Jesus Hernandez (Spa)                     73 Rafael Casero (Spa)
64 Aaron Kemps (Aus)                         74 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa)
65 Daniel Navarro (Spa)                      75 David De La Fuente (Spa)
66 Sergio Paulinho (Por)                     76 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa)
67 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa)                   77 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita)
68 Ivan Santos (Spa)                         78 Angel Edo (Spa)
 
Bouygues Telecom                             Credit Agricole
 
81 Laurent Brochard (Fra)                    91 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
82 Anthony Charteau (Fra)                    92 Thor Hushovd (Nor)
83 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra)                    93 Cédric Herve (Fra)
84 Maryan Hary (Fra)                         94 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz)
85 Jérôme Pineau (Fra)                       95 Benoît Poilvet (Fra)
86 Matthieu Sprick (Fra)                     96 Christophe Moreau (Fra)
87 Anthony Geslin (Fra)                      97 Sebastien Portal (Fra)
88 Didier Rous (Fra)                         98 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra)
 
Cofidis                                      Francaise Des Jeux
 
101 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra)                   111 Philippe Gilbert (Bel)
102 Frédéric Bessy (Fra)                     112 Mickael Delage (Fra)
103 Stéphane Auge (Fra)                      113 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra)
104 Christophe Edaleine (Fra)                114 Frederic Finot (Fra)
105 Bingen Fernandez (Spa)                   115 Arnaud Gerard (Fra)
106 David Moncoutie (Fra)                    116 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe)
107 Luis Perez (Spa)                         117 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin)
108 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel)                  118 Francis Mourey (Fra)
 
Gerolsteiner                                 T-Mobile Team
 
121 Davide Rebellin (Ita)                    131 Jan Ullrich (Ger)
122 Heinrich Haussler (Ger)                  132 Serguei Ivanov (Rus)
123 Sebastian Lang (Ger)                     133 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger)
124 René Haselbacher (Aut)                   134 Francisco José Lara (Spa)
125 Matthias Russ (Ger)                      135 Stephan Schreck (Ger)
126 Ronny Scholz (Ger)                       136 Oscar Sevilla (Spa)
127 Peter Wrolich (Aut)                      137 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger)
128 Beat Zberg (Swi)                         138 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz)
 
Domina Vacanze                               Fassa Bortolo
 
141 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita)              151 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa)
142 Angelo Furlan (Ita)                      152 Francesco Chicchi (Ita)
143 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita)                 153 Claudio Corioni (Ita)
144 Andriy Grivko (Ukr)                      154 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita)
145 Jörg Ludewig (Ger)                       155 Massimo Giunti (Ita)
146 Enrico Grigoli (Ita)                     156 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
147 Paolo Valoti (Ita)                       157 Julian Sanchez (Spa)
148 Giovanni Visconti (Ita)                  158 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr)
 
Lampre-Caffita                               Liquigas-Bianchi
 
161 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)                 171 Magnus Backstedt (Swe)
162 Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr)                  172 Marco Righetto (Ita)
163 David Loosli (Swi)                       173 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita)
164 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita)                     174 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)
165 Salvatore Commesso (Ita)                 175 Devis Miorin (Ita)
166 Juan Fuentes (Spa)                       176 Nicola Loda (Ita)
167 Marco Marzano (Ita)                      177 Gianluca Sironi (Ita)
168 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita)              178 Oscar Mason (Ita)
 
Rabobank                                     Discovery Channel
 
181 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin)                   191 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr)
182 Pedro Horrillo (Spa)                     192 Roger Hammond (GBr)
183 Remmert Wielinga (Ned)                   193 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn)
184 Gerben Löwik (Ned)                       194 Benjamin Noval (Spa)
185 Erik Dekker (Ned)                        195 Stijn Devolder (Bel)
186 Bram De Groot (Ned)                      197 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel)
187 Pieter Weening (Ned)                     198 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned)
188 Joost Posthuma (Ned)
 
Kaiku                                        Comunidad Valenciana
 
201 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa)                211 Javier Pascual Rodriguez (Spa)
202 Fernando Serrano (Spa)                   212 Eladio Jimenez (Spa)
203 Ricardo Serrano (Spa)                    213 David Latasa (Spa)
204 Rodrigo Garcia (Spa)                     214 David Blanco (Spa)
205 Israel Nunez (Spa)                       215 Carlos Garcia (Spa)
206 José A. Lopez (Spa)                      216 Agustin Alonso (Spa)
207 Andoni Aranaga (Spa)                     217 Juan Gomis (Spa)
208 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa)                  218 Manuel Lloret (Spa)
 
Relax-Fuenlabrada
 
221 Daniel Moreno (Spa)
222 Moises Duenas (Spa)
223 Jose Miguel Elias (Spa)
224 Xavier Florencio (Spa)
225 Josep Jufre (Spa)
226 Oscar Laguna (Spa)
227 Luis Perez (Spa)
228 Luis Pasamontes (Spa)

Past winners

Year Winner                              AVS (km/h)
2004  Miguel Angel Martin Perdiguero (Spa)
2003 Jose A. Pecharroman (Spa)
2002 Roberto Heras (Spa)         
2001 Joseba Beloki (Spa)                  37.843
2000 José Maria Jimenez (Spa)             39.957
1999 Manuel Beltran (Spa)                 38.339
1998 Hernan Buenahora (Col)               37.231 
1997 Fernando Escartin (Spa)              37.153
1996 Alex Zulle (Swi)                     39.402
1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)               38.807
1994 Claudio Chiapucci (Ita)              38.557
1993 Alvaro Mejia (Col)                   37.808
1992 Miguel Indurain (Spa)                38.531
1991 Miguel Indurain (Spa)                41.062
1990 Laudelino Cubino (Spa)               40.051
1989 Marino Lejarreta (Spa)               39.394
1988 Miguel Indurain (Spa)                39.157
1987 Alvaro Pino (Spa)                    40.056
1986 Sean Kelly (Ire)                     38.184
1985 Robert Millar (Sco)                  37.930
1984 Sean Kelly (Ire)                     40.453
1983 Jose Recio (Spa)                     38.040
1982 Alberto Fernandez (Spa)              37.167
1981 Faustino Ruperez (Spa)               36.257
1980 Marino Lejarreta (Spa)               35.355
1979 Vicente Belda (Spa)                  34.939
1978 Francesco Moser (Ita)                36.144
1977 Freddy Maertens (Bel)                35.539
1976 Martínez Heredia (Spa)               36.401
1975 Fausto Bertoglio (Ita)               35.305
1974 Bernard Thevenet (Fra)               34.969
1973 Domingo Perurena (Spa)               35.573
1972 Felice Gimondi (Ita)                 35.376
1971 Luis Ocaña (Spa)                     36.089
1970 Franco Bitossi (Ita)                 36.171
1969 Mariano Diaz (Spa)                   38.148
1968 Eddy Merckx (Bel)                    37.385
1967 Jacques Anquetil (Fra)               37.674
1966 Ariel den Hartog (Ned)               36.775
1965 Antonio G. Moral (Spa)               38.237
1964 Joseph Carrara (Fra)                 35.373
1963 Joseph Novales (Spa)                 36.623
1962 Antonio Karmany (Spa)                36.210
1961 Henry Duez (Fra)                     37.082
1960 Miguel Poblet (Spa)                  37.306
1959 Salvador Botella (Spa)               36.024
1958 R.Van Genechtien (Bel)               37.410
1957 Jesus Loroño (Spa)                   38.046
1956 Aniceto Utset (Spa)                  36.395
1955 José Gomez Moral (Spa)               36.506
1954 Walter Serena (Ita)                  36.708
1953 Salvador Botella (Spa)               33.712
1952 Miguel Poblet (Spa)                  33.979
1951 Primo Volpi (Ita)                    33.810
1950 Antonio Gelabert (Spa)               33.527
1949 Emxile Rol (Fra)                     33.618
1948 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa)               31.182
1947 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa)               30.129
1946 Julian Berrendero (Spa)              31.146
1945 Bernardo Ruiz (Spa)                  30.624
1944 Miguel Casas (Spa)                   30.221
1943 Julian Berrendero (Spa)              31.146
1942 Federico Ezquerra (Spa)              30.836
1941 A.Andrés Sancho (Spa)                33.803
1940 Cristóbal Didier (Spa)               30.480
1939 Mariano Cañardo (Spa)                30.480
1936 Mariano Cañardo (Spa)                29.955
1935 Mariano Cañardo (Spa)                29.945
1934 Bernardo Rogora (Ita)                28.953
1933 Alfred Bobet (Ita)                   25.977
1932 Mariano Cañardo (Spa)                31.552
1931 Salvador Cardona (Spa)               25.488
1930 Mariano Cañardo (Spa)                26.930
1929 Mariano Cañardo (Spa)                30.403
1928 Mariano Cañardo (Spa)                27.830
1927 Víctor Fontan (Fra)                  22.198
1926 Víctor Fontan (Fra)                  25.023
1925 Miguel Mucio (Spa)                   25.002
1924 Miguel Mucio (Spa)                   26.377
1923 Maurice Ville (Fra)                  24.135
1920 Joseph Pelletier (Fra)               20.902
1913 Juan Marti (Spa)                     21.964
1912 Jose Magdalena (Spa)                 23.056
1911 Sebastian Masdeu (Spa)               23.408

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com