2008 Volta a Lleida

The 2008 Volta a Lleida (56th edition) road cycling race took place from June 2 to June 7, 2008 in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. Lars Boom took the overall victory, becoming the second rider from the Netherlands to win the general classification.

Race details
Dates	June 2–June 7
Stages	6
Distance	680.0 km (422.5 mi)
Winning time	17h 41' 30"
Results
Winner  Lars Boom (NED) (Rabobank)   Second  Carlos Ibáñez (COL) (Diputación de León)   Third  Wout Poels (NED) (P3 Transfer-Batavus)   Points  Sergi Escobar (ESP) (Azpiru-Ugarte)   Mountains  Stefano Pirazzi (ITA) (Palazzago-Grigolin)   Sprints  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) (Fidea)   Team Rabobank
← 2007

Stages

Stage 1 - June 2, 2008: Lleida > Alcarràs, 116.4 km

Stage 1 Results Cyclist Team Time 1  Bart Wellens (BEL) Fidea 2h 39' 02" 2  Sven Vandousselare (BEL) Silence–Lotto s.t. 3  Vladimir Tuychiev (UZB) Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. 4  Federico Pagani (ARG) Diputación de León s.t. 5  Tejay van Garderen (USA) Rabobank + 4"

General Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Team Time 1  Bart Wellens (BEL) Fidea 2h 39' 02" 2  Sven Vandousselare (BEL) Silence–Lotto s.t. 3  Vladimir Tuychiev (UZB) Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. 4  Federico Pagani (ARG) Diputación de León s.t. 5  Tejay van Garderen (USA) Rabobank + 4"

Stage 2 - June 3, 2008: Alcarràs > Tremp, 114.3 km

Stage 2 Results Cyclist Team Time 1  Kevin Pauwels (BEL) Fidea 2h 31' 49" 2  Alexei Markov (RUS) Katysuha s.t. 3  Antonio Miguel (ESP) Camp de Tarragona s.t. 4  Ger Soepenberg (NED) P3 Transfer-Batavus s.t. 5  Sergi Escobar (ESP) Azpiru-Ugarte s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time 1  Bart Wellens (BEL) Fidea 5h 10' 51" 2  Sven Vandousselare (BEL) Silence–Lotto s.t. 3  Vladimir Tuychiev (UZB) Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. 4  Federico Pagani (ARG) Diputación de León s.t. 5  Tejay van Garderen (USA) Rabobank + 4"

Stage 3 - June 4, 2008: Tremp > La Seu d'Urgell, 125.1 km

Stage 3 Results Cyclist Team Time 1  Marcel Beima (NED) Rabobank 3h 04' 30" 2  Antonio García (ESP) UP Valencia-Bancaja s.t. 3  Antonio Miguel (ESP) Camp de Tarragona + 24" 4  Vladimir Shchekuncy (RUS) Lokomotiv s.t. 5  Alexei Markov (RUS) Katysuha s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Team Time 1  Marcel Beima (NED) Rabobank 8h 15' 34" 2  Antonio García (ESP) UP Valencia-Bancaja s.t. 3  Bart Wellens (BEL) Fidea + 18" 4  Sven Vandousselare (BEL) Silence–Lotto s.t. 5  Vladimir Tuychiev (UZB) Palazzago-Grigolin s.t.

Stage 4 - June 5, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell > Les, 147.3 km

Stage 4 Results Cyclist Team Time 1  Sergi Escobar (ESP) Azpiru-Ugarte 4h 03' 52" 2  Carlos Ibáñez (COL) Diputación de León s.t. 3  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank + 1' 16" 4  Wout Poels (NED) P3 Transfer-Batavus + 1' 17" 5  Roman Klimov (RUS) Katyusha s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Team Time 1  Sergi Escobar (ESP) Azpiru-Ugarte 12h 19' 50" 2  Carlos Ibáñez (COL) Diputación de León s.t. 3  Antonio García (ESP) UP Valencia-Bancaja + 53" 4  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Palazzago-Grigolin + 1' 17" 5  Álvaro García (ESP) UP Valencia-Bancaja s.t.

Stage 5 - June 6, 2008: Les > Vielha, 20.0km (TTT)

Stage 5 Results Cyclist Team Time 1  Tejay van Garderen (USA) Rabobank 27' 00" 2  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank s.t. 3  Joeri Adams (BEL) Rabobank s.t. 4  Marcel Beima (NED) Rabobank s.t. 5  Cristiano Colombo (ITA) Palazzago-Grigolin + 57"

General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Team Time 1  Carlos Ibáñez (COL) Diputación de Léon 12h 48' 23" 2  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank + 11" 3  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Palazzago-Grigolin + 41" 4  Artur Tarasau (BLR) Palazzago-Grigolin s.t. 5  Alexander Rybakov (RUS) Lokomotiv + 1' 12"

Stage 5 (second area) - June 6, 2008: Les > El Pont de Suert, 60.0 km

Stage 5 (second area) Results Cyclist Team Time 1  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank 1h 21' 39" 2  Sergi Escobar (ESP) Azpiru-Ugarte s.t. 3  Wout Poels (NED) P3 Transfer-Batavus s.t. 4  Dmitry Kosyakov (RUS) Katyusha + 1' 02" 5  Roman Klimov (RUS) Katyusha s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 (second area) Cyclist Team Time 1  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank 14h 10' 13" 2  Carlos Ibáñez (COL) Diputación de León + 51" 3  Wout Poels (NED) P3 Transfer-Batavus + 1' 11" 4  Sergi Escobar (ESP) Azpiru-Ugarte + 1' 16" 5  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Palazzago-Grigolin + 1' 32"

Stage 6 - June 7, 2008: El Pont de Suert > Lleida, 140.7 km

Stage 6 Results Cyclist Team Time 1  Federico Pagani (ARG) Diputación de León 3h 30' 42" 2  Josef Boxmeer (NED) Diputación de León + 9" 3  Tejay van Garderen (USA) Rabobank s.t. 4  Antonio Miguel (ESP) Camp de Tarragona + 35" 5  Javier Alonso (ESP) Diputación de León s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Team Time 1  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank 17h 41' 30" 2  Carlos Ibáñez (COL) Diputación de León + 51" 3  Wout Poels (NED) P3 Transfer-Batavus + 1' 11" 4  Sergi Escobar (ESP) Azpiru-Ugarte + 1' 16" 5  Alessandro Bisolti (ITA) Palazzago-Grigolin + 1' 32"

Teams and cyclists

The following teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya:

Belgium Silence–Lotto (DAV) Fidea (FID) Italy Palazzago-Grigolin (PAL) Netherlands P3 Transfer-Batavus (BAT) Rabobank (RAB) Russia Lokomotiv (LOK) Katyusha (KAT) Spain Ilerda Habitatges (ALC) Azpiru-Ugarte (AZP) UP Valencia-Bancaja (BAN) Cafemax Contentpolis (CAF) Diputación de León (DIP) Paint-Car-Massi (MAS) Seguros Bilbao (SEG) Camp de Tarragona (TAR)

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)