Volta a Catalunya 2005
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The 85th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycling race took place from May 16 to May 22, 2005, in Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...

. It began in Salou with an individual time trial
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

 and ended in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...

. Yaroslav Popovych
Yaroslav Popovych
Yaroslav Popovych is a Ukrainian cyclist with the UCI ProTour team . He was born in Drohobych, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. Under-23 road race champion in 2001, Popovych turned professional in 2002 with , where he performed particularly strongly in the Giro d'Italia, finishing third in 2003...

 won the first major win of his career.

16-05-2005: Salou, 20.1 km. (ITT
Individual time trial
An individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...

)

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

17-05-2005: Cambrils, 186.8 km.

Cyclist Team Time
1 4h 48' 39"
2 s.t.
3 s.t.

18-05-2005: Salou-La Granada, 157.8 km.

Cyclist Team Time
1 3h 35' 59"
2 s.t.
3 s.t.

19-05-2005: Perafort-Pal Arinsal, 237.7 km.

Cyclist Team Time
1 6h 22' 09"
2 s.t.
3 s.t.

20-05-2005: Somàs-Ordino Arcalís, 17 km. (ITT)

Cyclist Team Time
1 37' 18"
2 + 25"
3 + 45"

21-05-2005: Llívia-Pallejà, 198.7 km.

Cyclist Team Time
1 4h 16' 54"
2 + 4"
3 + 4"

22-05-2005: Pallejà-Barcelona, 113.1 km.

Cyclist Team Time
1 2h 32' 57"
2 s.t.
3 s.t.

General Standings

Cyclist Team Time
1 22h 36' 56"
2 + 20"
3 + 59"
4 + 1' 18"
5 + 1' 23"
6 + 2' 01"
7 + 2' 09"
8 + 2' 18"
9 + 2' 20"
10 Kaiku
Kaiku
Kaiku was a professional continental cycling team based in Spain that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was managed by Eneko Garate with assistance from directeur sportifs Óscar Guerrero, Juan Hernández and Juan Campos.-...

+ 2' 25"

KOM Classification

Cyclist Team
1

Points Classification

Cyclist Team
1

Best Team

Team Country
1 Cofidis

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