Leon Sanchez back for Catalunya, thinking of the Tour

By Antonio J. Salmerón

Something more than a thousand kilometres, more than one hundred of which are passed among the nearly two dozen rated climbs and just four measly clicks of individual time trial: that is, in numbers, the Volta a Catalunya 2008, which begins Monday and runs through May 25. Together with the Vuelta al Pais Vasco and the Clásica de San Sebastian, it is one of just three Spanish races included by UCI in the ProTour circuit, and a major goal for Caisse d'Epargne rider Luis Leon Sanchez..