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The 2013 Volta a Catalunya was the 93rd running of the Volta a Catalunya cycling stage race. It started on 18 March in Calella and ended on 24 March in Barcelona, and consisted of seven stages. It was the fifth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by the Republic of Ireland's Daniel Martin of the team, who took the lead after winning the race's queen stage – the fourth stage – to Port Ainé–Rialp, and maintained the overall lead of the race until the end. As a result, Martin – who had previously finished the race in second place twice and fourth place over the previous four years – became the second Irish rider to win the race after Sean Kelly, who won the race in 1984 and 1986. Martin won the general classification by 17 seconds over runner-up Joaquim Rodríguez (), while 's Michele Scarponi completed the podium, 17 seconds behind Rodríguez and 34 seconds down on Martin; Scarponi had started the final stage in fifth place, but moved up after proficient attacking on the closing circuits at Barcelona's Montjuïc hill. The race's other classifications were dominated by the members of the race's opening stage breakaway; 's Cristiano Salerno was the winner of the red jersey for the mountains classification, while Christian Meier () was the winner of the white jersey for the sprints classification, as well as the yellow jersey for a special sprints classification, honouring the 100th edition of the Tour de France to be held later in the year. were the winners of the teams classification, after also placing Tom Danielson in the top ten overall. ==Teams== As the Volta a Catalunya was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, eighteen ProTeams were invited to the race, with four other squads given wildcard places, and as such, would have formed the event's 22-team peloton. subsequently regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The 22 teams that competed in the race were: Among the 174-rider start list – each team entered eight riders with the exception of and , who entered seven〔 – were four previous winners of the race. 2007 winner Vladimir Karpets served as a domestique for the 2009 winner Alejandro Valverde in the , while 2010 winner Joaquim Rodríguez was one of the pre-race favourites for . The other previous winner, Michele Scarponi – who won the 2011 edition of the race after Alberto Contador's results were expunged – also served as the leader of his team, leading the squad. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2013 Volta a Catalunya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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