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 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, when he took stages 2 and 6. Twenty-five teams took part. The five wildcards have were awarded to Karpin–Galicia, Relax–GAM, Andalucía–CajaSur, Fuerteventura–Canarias and Slipstream–Chipotle.

Teams

Twenty-five teams of up to eight riders started the race:

Route

Stages

Stage 1

21 May 2007: Salou to Salou, 15.7 km (TTT)

Stage 2

22 May 2007: Salou to Perafort, 170 km

Stage 3

23 May 2007: Perafort to Tàrrega, 182.1 km

Stage 4

24 May 2007: Tàrrega to Vallnord-Arinsal (Andorra), 201.1 km

Stage 5

25 May 2007: Sornas to Vallnord-Arcalís (Andorra), 17.1 km (ITT)

Stage 6

26 May 2007: Llívia to Lloret de Mar, 177.1 km

Stage 7

27 May 2007: Lloret de Mar to Barcelona, 119.3 km

Final standing

General classification

Mountains classification

Points classification

Sprints classification

Team classification

Jersey progress

Individual 2007 UCI ProTour standings after race

As of 27 May 2007, after the Volta a Catalunya While the top 10 places remain the same, race winner Vladimir Karpets moves into 13th position.