2008 Volta a Lleida explained
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| Date: | June 2 - June 7 |
| Stages: | 6 |
| Distance: | 680.0 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 17h 41' 30" |
| Speed: | 38.44 |
| First: | Lars Boom |
| First Nat: | NED |
| Second: | Carlos Ibáñez |
| Second Nat: | COL |
| Second Team: | Diputación de León |
| Third Nat: | NED |
| Third Team: | P3 Transfer-Batavus |
| Points: | Sergi Escobar |
| Points Nat: | ESP |
| Points Team: | Azpiru-Ugarte |
| Mountains: | Stefano Pirazzi |
| Mountains Nat: | ITA |
| Mountains Team: | Palazzago-Grigolin |
| Sprints: | Zdeněk Štybar |
| Sprints Nat: | CZE |
| Sprints Team: | Fidea |
| Team: | Rabobank |
| Team Nat: | NED |
| Previous: | 2007 |
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.
Stages
Stage 1 - June 2, 2008: Lleida > Alcarràs, 116.4 km
Stage 1 Results | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Fidea | 2h 39' 02" | | 2 | | | s.t. | | 3 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | s.t. | | 4 | | Diputación de León | s.t. | | 5 | | | + 4" | |
| | General Classification after Stage 1 | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Fidea | 2h 39' 02" | | 2 | | | s.t. | | 3 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | s.t. | | 4 | | Diputación de León | s.t. | | 5 | | | + 4" | |
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Stage 2 - June 3, 2008: Alcarràs > Tremp, 114.3 km
Stage 2 Results | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Fidea | 2h 31' 49" | | 2 | | Katysuha | s.t. | | 3 | | Camp de Tarragona | s.t. | | 4 | | P3 Transfer-Batavus | s.t. | | 5 | | Azpiru-Ugarte | s.t. | |
| | General Classification after Stage 2 | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Fidea | 5h 10' 51" | | 2 | | | s.t. | | 3 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | s.t. | | 4 | | Diputación de León | s.t. | | 5 | | | + 4" | |
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Stage 3 Results | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | | 3h 04' 30" | | 2 | | UP Valencia-Bancaja | s.t. | | 3 | | Camp de Tarragona | + 24" | | 4 | | Lokomotiv | s.t. | | 5 | | Katysuha | s.t. | |
| | General Classification after Stage 3 | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | | 8h 15' 34" | | 2 | | UP Valencia-Bancaja | s.t. | | 3 | | Fidea | + 18" | | 4 | | | s.t. | | 5 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | s.t. | |
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Stage 4 - June 5, 2008: La Seu d'Urgell > Les, 147.3 km
Stage 4 Results | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Azpiru-Ugarte | 4h 03' 52" | | 2 | | Diputación de León | s.t. | | 3 | | | + 1' 16" | | 4 | | P3 Transfer-Batavus | + 1' 17" | | 5 | | Katyusha | s.t. | |
| | General Classification after Stage 4 | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Azpiru-Ugarte | 12h 19' 50" | | 2 | | Diputación de León | s.t. | | 3 | | UP Valencia-Bancaja | + 53" | | 4 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | + 1' 17" | | 5 | | UP Valencia-Bancaja | s.t. | |
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Stage 5 - June 6, 2008: Les > Vielha, 20.0km (TTT)
Stage 5 Results | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | | 27' 00" | | 2 | | | s.t. | | 3 | | | s.t. | | 4 | | | s.t. | | 5 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | + 57" | |
| | General Classification after Stage 5 | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Diputación de Léon | 12h 48' 23" | | 2 | | | + 11" | | 3 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | + 41" | | 4 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | s.t. | | 5 | | Lokomotiv | + 1' 12" | |
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Stage 5 (second area) - June 6, 2008: Les > El Pont de Suert, 60.0 km
Stage 5 (second area) Results | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | | 1h 21' 39" | | 2 | | Azpiru-Ugarte | s.t. | | 3 | | P3 Transfer-Batavus | s.t. | | 4 | | Katyusha | + 1' 02" | | 5 | | Katyusha | s.t. | |
| | General Classification after Stage 5 (second area) | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | | 14h 10' 13" | | 2 | | Diputación de León | + 51" | | 3 | | P3 Transfer-Batavus | + 1' 11" | | 4 | | Azpiru-Ugarte | + 1' 16" | | 5 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | + 1' 32" | |
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Stage 6 Results | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | Diputación de León | 3h 30' 42" | | 2 | | Diputación de León | + 9" | | 3 | | | s.t. | | 4 | | Camp de Tarragona | + 35" | | 5 | | Diputación de León | s.t. | |
| | General Classification after Stage 6 | Cyclist | Team | Time |
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| 1 | | | 17h 41' 30" | | 2 | | Diputación de León | + 51" | | 3 | | P3 Transfer-Batavus | + 1' 11" | | 4 | | Azpiru-Ugarte | + 1' 16" | | 5 | | Palazzago-Grigolin | + 1' 32" | |
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Teams and cyclists
The following teams were named to the 2008 Volta a Catalunya:
 Belgium
 Italy
- Netherlands
- P3 Transfer-Batavus (BAT)
- (RAB)
 Russia
 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)
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