Volta a Catalunya 2008

Volta a Catalunya 2008 is a seven day stage race held in the Catalan region of Spain.

Stage 6 El Vendrell - Pallejà 163,9 km
Italy's Francesco Chicchi of the Liquigas team won the sprint finish in the 163.9km sixth stage of the Tour of Catalonia on Saturday between El Vendrell and Palleja, while France's Remi Pauriol retained the overall lead.

On the line, Chicchi edged out Colombian Leonardo Duque who had launched the sprint finish.

In the closing kilometres, Spain's Josep Jufre, who is only two seconds behind Pauriol overall, did his best to try and make up that deficit but was not successful.

1 Francesco Chicchi Ita Liquigas 3.44.17 43,846 km/h
2 Leonardo Duque Col Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
3 Markus Zberg SUI Gerolsteiner
4 Mark Renshaw Aus Crédit Agricole
5 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria Spa Agritubel
6 Vicente Reynes Mimo Spa Team High Road
7 Thor Hushovd Nor Crédit Agricole
8 Daniele Righi Ita Lampre
9 Josep Jufre Pou Spa Saunier Duval - Scott
10 Mathieu Drujon Fra Caisse d'Epargne

General Classification
1 Rémi Pauriol Fra Crédit Agricole 22.08.42
2 Josep Jufre Pou Spa Saunier Duval - Scott 0.02
3 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre Spa Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.07
4 Janez Brajkovic Slo Astana 0.08
5 Gustavo Cesar Spa Karpin Galicia 0.08
6 Pierrick Fédrigo Fra Bouygues Telecom 0.10
7 Rigoberto Uran Col Caisse d'Epargne 0.11
8 Daniel Navarro Garcia Spa Astana 0.21
9 Daniel Moreno Fernandez Spa Caisse d'Epargne 0.26
10 Thomas Lövkvist Swe Team High Road 0.29

Stages
19.05. 1. Stage: Lloret de Mar - Lloret de Mar TT, 3,7 km
20.05. 2. Stage: Riudellots de la Selva - Banyoles 167,8 km
21.05. 3. Stage: Banyoles - La Seu d'Urgell 191,9 km
22.05. 4. Stage: La Seu d'Urgell - Ascó "La Vostra Energia" 217,2 km
23.05. Stage: Ascó "La Vostra Energia" - El Vendrell 163,5 km
24.05. 6. Stage: El Vendrell - Pallejà 163,9 km
25.05. 7. Stage: Pallejà - Barcelona 124 km
Total length: 1.032 km

Website - www.voltacatalunya.cat/