70th Volta Catalunya, Cat HC

1998 Results     Race Poster     Teams     Past Winners     The Stages: June 17, Prologue - La Pineda - Vila-Seca, 8.1 kms: June 18, Stage 1 - Vila-Seca - Tortosa, 161.2 kms: June 19, Stage 2 - Tortosa - Vilanova i La Geltru, 172.5 kms: June 20, Stage 3 - Vilanova i La Geltru - Barcelone, 155.6 kms: June 21, Stage 4 - Badalona - Badalona, 182.4 kms: June 22, Stage 5 - El Masnou - Banyoles, 174.8 kms: June 23, Stage 6 - Banyoles - Els Cortals d'Encamp (Andorra), 196.8 kms: June 24, Stage 7 - Sant Julia de Loria - Alto de la Rabassa, ITT, 14.2 kms: Preview: The Volta a Catalunya takes the riders through 8 stages and constitutes a major preparation race for riders keen to do well in the Tour de France which starts on July 3. The Spaniards Abraham Olano (ONCE) and Fernando Escartin (Kelme), Swiss rider Alex Zulle (Banesto) and the Frenchman Laurent Brochard (Festina) start as the favourites. Given the climbs an outsider for overall honours is the Italian Paolo Savoldelli (Saeco), who was the revelation in the recently completed Giro (2nd on GC). Another chance is the Colombian Hernan Buenahora (Vitalicio), who won in 1998. The flat stages are set up for the sprinters and Italian Mario Cipollini will resume battle with German Erik Zabel and Dutch rider Jeroen Blijlevens. The tough stages are the 4th and 6th, each of which have 2 Cat 1 climbs. The last stage is a 14.2 kms ITT which ends on the col de La Rabassa in Andorra. The 15 teams that have entered are Vitalicio Seguros, Kelme-Costa Blanca, Banesto, ONCE-Deutsche Bank, Euskaltel-Euskadi, Festina-Lotus, Fuenlabrada, Telekom, Mercatone Uno-Bianchi, Mapei-Quick Step, Saeco-Cannondale, Lampre-Daikin, TVM-Farm Frites, Lotto-Mobistar, and US Postal Service. Complete Starting List - Not Final Vitalicio Seguros Telekom 1 Hernan Buenahora (Col) 11 Georg Totschnig (Aut) 2 Angel Luis Casero (Spa) 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) 3 Francisco Javier Cerezo (Spa) 13 Francesco Frattini (Ita) 4 Prudencio Indurain (Spa) 14 Danilo Hondo (Ger) 5 Alvaro Gonzalez (Spa) 15 Andreas Klöden (Ger) 6 Gines Salmeron (Spa) 16 Udo Bölts (Ger) 7 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) 17 Christian Henn (Ger) 8 Elio Aggiano (Ita) 18 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Kelme-Costa Blanca Mercatone-Uno Bianchi 21 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 31 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) 22 Angel Edo (Spa) 32 Roberto Conti (Ita) 23 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) 33 Michele Coppolillo (Ita) 24 Javie Pascual Llorente (Spa) 34 Sergio Barbero (Ita) 25 José Gomez (Spa) 35 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 26 J.José De los Angeles (Spa) 36 Marco Fincato (Ita) 27 Roberto Heras (Spa) 37 Marcello Siboni (Ita) 28 José Angel Vidal (Spa) 38 Massimilia Napoliatano (Ita) Banesto Mapei-Quick Step 41 Alex Zülle (Swi) 51 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) 42 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) 52 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 43 Manuel Beltran (Spa) 53 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) 44 Jeremy Hunt (GB) 54 Gianni Faresin (Ita) 45 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) 55 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) 46 José Maria Jimenez (Spa) 56 Luca Scinto (Ita) 47 Jon Odriozola (Spa) 57 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) 48 Orlando Rodrigues (Por) 58 David Tani (Ita) ONCE-Deutsche Bank TVM-Farm Frites 61 Abraham Olano (Spa) 71 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) 62 David Etxebarria (Spa) 72 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 63 Andrea Peron (Ita) 73 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) 64 Luis Perez (Spa) 74 Serguei Outschakov (Ukr) 65 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) 75 Bart Voskamp (Ned) 66 José Luis Rebollo (Spa) 76 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) 67 Rafael Diaz (Spa) 77 Pieter Vries (Ned) 68 Marcos A. Serrano (Spa) 78 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Saeco-Cannondale Euskaltel-Euskadi 81 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 91 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) 82 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) 92 Ramon Gonzalez (Spa) 83 Giuseppe Calcaterra (Ita) 93 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) 84 Valentino China (Ita) 94 Angel Castresana (Spa) 85 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) 95 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) 86 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 96 Joseba Beloki (Spa) 87 Mario Scirea (Ita) 97 Ibon Ajuria (Spa) 88 Dario Andriotto (Ita) 98 Alberto Martinez (Spa) Lotto-Mobistar Fuenlabrada 101 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 111 Eleuterio Anguita (Spa) 102 Jo Planckaert (Bel) 112 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa) 103 Jacky Durand (Fra) 113 Manuel Sanroma (Spa) 104 Thierry Marichal (Bel) 114 Pedro Diaz Lobato (Spa) 105 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) 115 José Miguel Elizburu (Spa) 106 Fabian De Waele (Bel) 116 Andres Bermejo (Spa) 107 Manu L'Hoir (Bel) 117 Cesar Perez (Spa) 108 Chris Peers (Bel) 118 Nacor Burgos (Spa) Lampre-Daikin Festina-Lotus 121 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 131 Laurent Brochard (Fra) 122 Matteo Frutti (Ita) 132 Pascal Herve (Fra) 123 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) 133 Franz Hotz (Swi) 124 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) 134 José Ramon Uriarte (Spa) 125 Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita) 135 Jaime Hernandez (Spa) 126 Marco Pinotti (Ita) 136 Rolf Huser (Swi) 127 Jan Svorada (Cze) 137 Fabian Jeker (Swi) 128 Robert Hunter (RSA) 138 Marcel Wust (Ger) U.S.Postal Service 141 George Hincapie (USA) 142 Frankie Andreu (USA) 143 Julian Dean (NZL) 144 Marty Jemison (USA) 145 Benot Joachim (Lux) 146 Dylan Casey (USA) 147 Frank Hoj (Den) 148 Peter Meinert-Nielsen (Den) Past Winners Year Winner AVS 1911 Sebastian Masdeu (Spa) 23.408 1912 Jose Magdalena (Spa) 23.056 1913 Juan Marti (Spa) 21.964 1920 Joseph Pelletier (Fra) 20.902 1923 Maurice Ville (Fra) 24.135 1924 Miguel Mucio (Spa) 26.377 1925 Miguel Mucio (Spa) 25.002 1926 Víctor Fontan (Fra) 25.023 1927 Víctor Fontan (Fra) 22.198 1928 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 27.830 1929 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 30.403 1930 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 26.930 1931 Salvador Cardona (Spa) 25.488 1932 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 31.552 1933 Alfred Bobet (Ita) 25.977 1934 Bernardo Rogora (Ita) 28.953 1935 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 29.945 1936 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 29.955 1939 Mariano Cañardo (Spa) 30.480 1940 Cristóbal Didier (Spa) 30.480 1941 A.Andrés Sancho (Spa) 33.803 1942 Federico Ezquerra (Spa) 30.836 1943 Julian Berrendero (Spa) 31.146 1944 Miguel Casas (Spa) 30.221 1945 Bernardo Ruiz (Spa) 30.624 1946 Julian Berrendero (Spa) 31.146 1947 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 30.129 1948 Emilio Rodriguez (Spa) 31.182 1949 Emxile Rol (Fra) 33.618 1950 Antonio Gelabert (Spa) 33.527 1951 Primo Volpi (Ita) 33.810 1952 Miguel Poblet (Spa) 33.979 1953 Salvador Botella (Spa) 33.712 1954 Walter Serena (Ita) 36.708 1955 José Gomez Moral (Spa) 36.506 1956 Aniceto Utset (Spa) 36.395 1957 Jesus Loroño (Spa) 38.046 1958 R.Van Genechtien (Bel) 37.410 1959 Salvador Botella (Spa) 36.024 1960 Miguel Poblet (Spa) 37.306 1961 Henry Duez (Fra) 37.082 1962 Antonio Karmany (Spa) 36.210 1963 Joseph Novales (Spa) 36.623 1964 Joseph Carrara (Fra) 35.373 1965 Antonio G. Moral (Spa) 38.237 1966 Ariel den Hartog (Ned) 36.775 1967 Jacques Anquetil (Fra) 37.674 1968 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 37.385 1969 Mariano Diaz (Spa) 38.148 1970 Franco Bitossi (Ita) 36.171 1971 Luis Ocaña (Spa) 36.089 1972 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 35.376 1973 Domingo Perurena (Spa) 35.573 1974 Bernard Thevenet (Fra) 34.969 1975 Fausto Bertoglio (Ita) 35.305 1976 Martínez Heredia (Spa) 36.401 1977 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 35.539 1978 Francesco Moser (Ita) 36.144 1979 Vicente Belda (Spa) 34.939 1980 Marino Lejarreta (Spa) 35.355 1981 Faustino Ruperez (Spa) 36.257 1982 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) 37.167 1983 Jose Recio (Spa) 38.040 1984 Sean Kelly (Ire) 40.453 1985 Robert Millar (Sco) 37.930 1986 Sean Kelly (Ire) 38.184 1987 Alvaro Pino (Spa) 40.056 1988 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 39.157 1989 Marino Lejarreta (Spa) 39.394 1990 Laudelino Cubino (Spa) 40.051 1991 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 41.062 1992 Miguel Indurain (Spa) 38.531 1993 Alvaro Mejia (Col) 37.808 1994 Claudio Chiapucci (Ita) 38.557 1995 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) 38.807 1996 Alex Zulle (Swi) 39.402 1997 Fernando Escartin (Spa) 1998 Hernan Buenahora (Col)