The 2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo (Portuguese for International Cycling Tour of the State of São Paulo) is the 5th edition of a multi-day road cycling stage race held in the state of São Paulo. This edition features 9 stages over 1048 km, disputed from April 20 to 27, 2008. The race is a 2.2 event in the 2007–2008 UCI America Tour.
Classification and Bonuses In this edition of the race, time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds are awarded to the top 3 riders in each stage. Time bonuses of 3, 2 and 1 seconds are awarded to the first 3 riders at each intermediary sprint point. For the points classification, the top 5 riders in each stage are awarded 10, 7, 5, 3 and 2 points, respectively. The first 3 riders at each intermediary sprint receive 5, 3 and 2 points. Climbs are classified among 4 categories. The first 3 riders at each summit are awarded points in the mountains classification according to the category:
Category 1: 11, 9, 8 pts Category 2: 9, 7, 6 pts Category 3: 7, 5, 4 pts Category 4: 5, 3, 2 pts
The team classification accounts the times of the first 3 riders of each team in each stage.
Stages and Results
Stage 1: São Paulo
Held Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Autódromo José Carlos Pace. This stage featured 20 laps in the racing circuit, for a total distance of 85.84 km. A field of 94 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simón.
Stage 1 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Edgardo Simón SCF 1h58'29"2 Alvaro Tardáguila Uruguay s.t.3 Alex Diniz SCF s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 NationCyclistTeamTime1 Edgardo Simón SCF 1h58'19"2 Alvaro Tardáguila Uruguay +0'04"3 Alex Diniz SCF +0'06"
Points Classification after Stage 1 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 10 pts2 Alcides Vieira Dataro 10 pts3 Alvaro Tardáguila Uruguay 7 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 1 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Alex Diniz SCF 5 pts2 Renato Santos Dataro 5 pts3 Jean Coloca Metodista-SBC 3 pts
Stage 2: Sorocaba to São Carlos
Held Monday, April 21, 2008. This stage was 230.2 km long. A field of 76 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simón.
Stage 2 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Edgardo Simón SCF 5h43'17"2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown s.t.3 Kléber Ramos Suzano-Flying Horse s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 NationCyclistTeamTime1 Edgardo Simón SCF 7h41'24"2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown +0'15"3 Alvaro Tardáguila Uruguay +0'16"
Points Classification after Stage 2 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 23 pts2 Alcides Vieira Dataro 10 pts3 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown 9 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 2 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Marcelo Moser Avaí-Florianópolis 9 pts2 Jean Coloca Metodista-SBC 8 pts3 Renato Santos Dataro 7 pts
Stage 3: São Carlos time trial
Held Tuesday, April 22, 2008. This stage was an 11.3 km individual time trial along the streets of São Carlos.
Stage 3 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown 14'39"2 Magno Prado Nazaret SCF 14'42"3 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 14'45"General Classification after Stage 3 NationCyclistTeamTime1 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown 7h56'25"2 Magno Prado Nazaret SCF +0'03"3 Gregolry Panizo Dataro +0'06"
Points Classification after Stage 3 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 23 pts2 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown 10 pts3 Alcides Vieira Dataro 10 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 3 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Marcelo Moser Avaí-Florianópolis 9 pts2 Jean Coloca Metodista-SBC 8 pts3 Renato Santos Dataro 7 pts
Stage 4: São Carlos to Ribeirão Preto
Held Tuesday, April 22, 2008. This stage was 93.2 km long, and was held in the afternoon, a few hours after Stage 3. A field of 95 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simón.
Stage 4 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Edgardo Simón SCF 2h18'11"2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown s.t.3 Bruno Tabanez SLS-Americana s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 NationCyclistTeamTime1 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown 10h14'36"2 Magno Prado Nazaret SCF +0'03"3 Gregolry Panizo Dataro +0'06"
Points Classification after Stage 4 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 33 pts2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown 16 pts3 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown 10 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 4 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Marcelo Moser Avaí-Florianópolis 9 pts2 Jean Coloca Metodista-SBC 8 pts3 Renato Santos Dataro 7 pts
Stage 5: Cajuru to Campinas
Held Wednesday, April 23, 2008. This stage was 199.0 km long. A group of 8 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Otávio Bulgarelli.
Stage 5 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Otávio Bulgarelli Suzano-Flying Horse 4h39'55"2 Gregolry Panizo Dataro s.t.3 Bruno Pereira SLS-Americana s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 NationCyclistTeamTime1 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 14h54'31"2 Magno Prado Nazaret SCF +0'03"3 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown +0'15"
Points Classification after Stage 5 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 33 pts2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown 18 pts3 Gregolry Panizo CESC-Sundown 12 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 5 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Marcelo Moser Avaí-Florianópolis 12 pts2 Cleberson Weber Dataro 10 pts3 Marco Arriagada Juarez-México 9 pts
Stage 6: Campinas to Atibaia
Held Thursday, April 24, 2008. This stage was 193.0 km long.
Stage 6 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Diego Portugal CESC-Sundown 4h29'36"2 Fábio Ribeiro DET-Cordeirópolis +0'37"3 Bruno Pereira SLS-Americana +0'44"General Classification after Stage 6 NationCyclistTeamTime1 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 19h24'59"2 Magno Prado Nazaret SCF +0'03"3 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown +0'15"
Points Classification after Stage 6 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 33 pts2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown 18 pts3 Alcides Vieira Dataro 13 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 6 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Diego Portugal CESC-Sundown 13 pts2 Bruno Pereira SLS-Americana 13 pts3 Marcelo Moser Avaí-Florianópolis 12 pts
Stage 7: Atibaia to São José dos Campos
Held Friday, April 25, 2008. This stage was 105.6 km long, and a field of 102 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Francisco Chamorro.
Stage 7 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown 2h14'09"2 Kléber Ramos Suzano-Flying Horse s.t.3 Armando Borrajo Chivilcoy-Argentina s.t.General Classification after Stage 7 NationCyclistTeamTime1 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 21h39'06"2 Magno Prado Nazaret SCF +0'05"3 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown +0'17"
Points Classification after Stage 7 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 37 pts2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown 33 pts3 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 15 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 7 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Marcelo Moser Avaí-FLorianópolis 22 pts2 Diego Portugal CESC-Sundown 13 pts3 Bruno Pereira SLS-Americana 13 pts
Stage 8: São José dos Campos to Campos do Jordão
Held Saturday, April 26, 2008. This mountain stage was 79 km long.
Stage 8 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Jair Santos Avaí-Florianópolis 2h07'53"2 Marcelo Moser Avaí-Florianópolis +0'10"3 Gregolry Panizo Dataro +0'12"General Classification after Stage 8 NationCyclistTeamTime1 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 23h47'07"2 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown +0'23"3 Magno Prado Nazaret SCF +0'23"
Points Classification after Stage 8 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 37 pts2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown 33 pts3 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 20 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 8 NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Marcelo Moser Avaí-FLorianópolis 31 pts2 Diego Portugal CESC-Sundown 13 pts3 Bruno Pereira SLS-Americana 13 pts
Stage 9: Jundiaí to São Paulo
Held Sunday, April 27, 2008. This stage was 51.5 km long.
Stage 9 Result NationCyclistTeamTime1 Gilberto Goes Sales-BH 56'14"2 Antônio Nascimento Memorial-Santos s.t.3 Gregolry Panizo Dataro s.t.
Final results
General Classification after Stage 9 (Final results) NationCyclistTeamTime1 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 24h43'17"2 Luiz Amorim Tavares CESC-Sundown +0'27"3 Jair Santos Avaí-Florianópolis +0'51"4 Magno Prado Nazaret SCF +1'34"5 Otávio BUlgarelli Suzano-Flying Horse +1'36"6 Antônio Nascimento Memorial-Santos +1'41"7 Marcelo Moser Avaí-Florianópolis +1'59"8 Rafael Gerhard Avaí-Florianópolis +2'30"9 Renato Seabra SCF +2'31"10 José Medeiros União-Assis +2'33"
Points Classification after Stage 9 (Final results) NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Edgardo Simón SCF 40 pts2 Francisco Chamorro CESC-Sundown 38 pts3 Gregolry Panizo Dataro 25 ptsMountain Classification after Stage 9 (Final results) NationCyclistTeamPoints1 Marcelo Moser Avaí-Florianópolis 34 pts2 Diego Portugal CESC-Sundown 18 pts3 Patrique Azevedo Suzano-Flying Horse 14 pts
Team Classification after Stage 9 (Final results) NationTeamTime1 Avaí-Florianópolis 74h14'13"2 SCF +1'26"3 Dataro +1'51"
Participating teams and riders
UCI Continental teams
SCF – Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos 10 – Magno Prado Nazaret 11 – Pedro Autran Nicácio 12 – Breno Sidoti 13 – Maurício Morandi 14 – Fabrício Morandi 15 – Renato Seabra 16 – Alex Diniz 17 – Edgardo Simón
National teams
Uruguay – Uruguay National Team 190 – Richard Mascarañas 191 – Jorge Bravo 192 – Alvaro Tardáguila 193 – Gonzalo Tagliabúe 194 – Cristian Villanueva 195 – José Miraglia 196 – Geovane Fernández 197 – Fredy Peralta
Regional teams
ACME – ACME Cycling Team 140 – Maurício Frazer 141 – Javier Lindner 142 – Jesus Patalagoytia 143 – Lisandro Ajcu 144 – Adolfo Trabochi 145 – Luis Marroquin 146 – Gabriel Epstein
Avaí-Florianópolis – Avaí/Florianópolis/APGF 80 – Jair Santos 81 – Marcelo Moser 82 – Ramiro Gonzales 83 – Rafael Gerhard 84 – Rafael Silva 85 – Edson Resende 86 – Gustavo Zorzo 87 – Flávio Reblin
CESC-Sundown – CESC/Sundown/Nossa Caixa/Calipso/Maxxis 30 – Luiz Amorim Tavares 31 – Rogério Silva 32 – Walter Ribeiro Jr. 33 – Francisco Chamorro 34 – Raul Cançado 35 – Edson Corradi 36 – Elivelton Pedro 37 – Diego Portugal
Chivilcoy-Argentina – Ciudad de Chivilcoy 180 – Emilio Martin 181 – Fernando Antogna 182 – Gustavo Toledo 183 – Armando Borrajo 184 – César Sigura 185 – Pedro Prieto
Dataro – Clube Dataro de Ciclismo/Blumenau 40 – Alcides Vieira 41 – Cleberson Weber 42 – Gregolry Panizo 43 – Jocielmo Marins 44 – Renato Santos 45 – Eduardo Pereira 46 – Carlos França 47 – Sidnei Silva
DET-Cordeirópolis – DET Cordeirópolis/Kuruma/Incefra/Unilance 110 – Andrio Lima 111 – Fábio Ribeiro 112 – Hernandes Cuadri 113 – Marcelo Soares 114 – Elinton Stocco 115 – Leonardo Lima 116 – Glauber Nascimento 117 – André Souza
Gob.Zulia – Venezuela/Gob.Zulia/Alcadia de Cabimas 170 – Manuel Medina 171 – Víctor Moreno 172 – Adelso Valero 173 – Franklin Chacón 174 – José Contreras 175 – Hebert Rivas
Juarez-México – Municipalidad de Juarez – México 150 – Fidel Goytia 151 – Jessiel Valenzuela 152 – Ricardo Tapia 153 – Javier Pérez 154 – Marco Arriagada 155 – Ismael Ponce
Memorial-Santos – Memorial/PM Santos/Giant/Nossa Caixa 1 – Marcos Novello 2 – Antônio Nascimento 3 – André Pulini 4 – Thiago Nardin 5 – Eduardo Pinheiro 6 – Robson Dias 7 – Patrick Oyakaua 8 – Armando Camargo
Metodista-SBC – Metodista/São Bernardo do Campo/Sundown/Nossa Caixa 70 – Adriano Martins 71 – Alexandre Mantovani 72 – Jerre Souza 73 – Jeovane Oliveira 74 – Wilian Rodrigues 75 – Marcelo Simeoni 76 – Jean Coloca 77 – João Paulo Vieira
Sales-BH – Sales Supermercados/Pinarello/BH 20 – Miguel Direnna 21 – Márcio Pinto 22 – Roger Ferraro 23 – Valcemar Justino 24 – Vanderlei Melchior 25 – Renato Rohsler 26 – Fabiele Mota 27 – Gilberto Goes
Sel.Paulista – Seleção Paulista 130 – Jean Silva 131 – Gideoni Monteiro 132 – Valmir Baia 133 – José Cláudio Santos 134 – Carlos Santos 135 – Alberto Camera
SF-Kenda – São Francisco/Kenda/Nossa Caixa/DKS/Ribeirão Preto 60 – Michel García 61 – Murilo Costa 62 – Rodrigo Melo