The 2007 Volta a Catalunya was the 87th edition of the Volta a Catalunya road cycling race, which took place from 21 May to 27 May 2007, in Catalonia. The race began in Salou with a team time trial and ended in Barcelona. The race was won by Russian Vladimir Karpets of the Caisse d'Epargne team, who won the race thanks to winning the team time trial, and second placings on the toughest mountain stage (stage 4) and the mountain time trial (stage 5). The race also saw the first UCI ProTour victories for young British sprinter Mark Cavendish of the T-Mobile Team, when he took stages 2 and 6.

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2007 Volta a Catalunya

Race details
Dates	21–27 May 2007
Stages	7
Distance	884.4 km (549.5 mi)
Winning time	22h 21' 05"
Results
Winner  Vladimir Karpets (RUS) (Caisse d'Epargne)   Second  Michael Rogers (AUS) (T-Mobile Team)   Third  Denis Menchov (RUS) (Rabobank)   Points  Denis Menchov (RUS) (Rabobank)   Mountains  Luis Pasamontes (ESP) (Unibet.com)   Sprints  Víctor Hugo Peña (COL) (Unibet.com)   Team Relax–GAM
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Twenty-five teams took part. The five wildcards have were awarded to Karpin–Galicia, Relax–GAM, Andalucía–CajaSur, Fuerteventura–Canarias and Slipstream–Chipotle.

Twenty-five teams of up to eight riders started the race:^[1]

As of 27 May 2007, after the Volta a Catalunya ^[11]

While the top 10 places remain the same, race winner Vladimir Karpets moves into 13th position.

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Rank	Previous Rank	Name	Nationality	Team	Points
1	1	Davide Rebellin	Italy	Gerolsteiner	157
2	2	Alejandro Valverde	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	107
3	3	Danilo Di Luca	Italy	Liquigas	100
4	4	Óscar Freire	Spain	Rabobank	82
5	5	Stuart O'Grady	Australia	Team CSC	79
6	6	Stefan Schumacher	Germany	Gerolsteiner	75
7	7	Fränk Schleck	Luxembourg	Team CSC	63
8	8	Juan José Cobo	Spain	Saunier Duval–Prodir	62
9	9	Alberto Contador	Spain	Discovery Channel	58
10	10	Tom Boonen	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	57
11	11	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	55
12	12	Andreas Klöden	Germany	Astana	53
13	-	Vladimir Karpets	Russia	Caisse d'Epargne	52
14	13	Alessandro Ballan	Italy	Lampre–Fondital	50
15	14	Matthias Kessler	Germany	Astana	50

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• 103 riders (up from 93 riders) have scored at least one point on the 2007 UCI ProTour.