1994 Volta A Catalunya

The 1994 Volta a Catalunya was the 74th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 8 September to 14 September 1994. The race started in L'Hospitalet and finished in Sant Feliu de Guíxols.^[2] The race was won by Claudio Chiappucci of the Carrera team.

General classification

Final general classification^[2]^[3]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Claudio Chiappucci ( ITA)	Carrera Jeans–Tassoni	25h 22' 31"
2	Fernando Escartín ( ESP)	Mapei–CLAS	+ 21"
3	Pedro Delgado ( ESP)	Banesto	+ 30"
4	Wladimir Belli ( ITA)	Lampre–Panaria	+ 1' 04"
5	Antonio Sánchez García [ ca] ( ESP)	Artiach–Nabisco	+ 1' 10"
–	~~Abraham Olano ( ESP)~~	~~Mapei–CLAS~~	~~+ 1' 29"~~^{[nb 1]}
6	Johan Bruyneel ( BEL)	ONCE	+ 1' 37"
7	Erik Breukink ( NED)	ONCE	+ 1' 37"
8	Massimo Donati ( ITA)	Mercatone Uno–Medeghini	+ 2' 22"
9	Daniel Clavero ( ESP)	Artiach–Nabisco	+ 2' 25"

^ Olano was penalised ten minutes in the general classification, and was disqualified from winning the first time trial. This was due to a positive drug test for caffeine, above the permitted limit.^[4]

^ "Tour of Catalonia (Pro Tour)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ ^a ^b "74ème Volta a Catalunya 1994". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 20 August 2004.
^ "1994 Volta Ciclista a Catalunya". First Cycling. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ "Olano ya prepara su recurso" [Olano prepares his appeal]. El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 September 1994. p. 43. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

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