The 2008 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 7 September till 14 September 2008. The race was the fifth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain. It formed part of the 2007–08 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun with a circuit stage in London and ended in Liverpool.
The race was won by Geoffroy Lequatre of , whilst both Alessandro Petacchi and Edvald Boasson Hagen won three stages.
Participating teams The 16 teams which participated in the race were:
UCI ProTour Teams SAX – THR –
UCI Professional Continental Teams AGR – BAR – GRM – LPR – TSV –
UCI Continental Teams CTV – Pinarello – CandiTV MTN – PRT – PCA – Plowman Craven Cycling Team RCS – RRC – SAI – SouthAustralia.com–AIS SKT –
Other Great Britain
Stages
Stage 1 7 September 2008 – London to London,
Stage 1 results CyclistTeamTime 1 1h 51' 54" 2 Great Britain s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 SouthAustralia.com–AIS s.t. 10 s.t. General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 1h 51' 44" 2 Great Britain + 4" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 + 6" 6 + 9" 7 + 10" 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.
Stage 2 8 September 2008 – Milton Keynes to Newbury,
Stage 2 results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 25' 11" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 SouthAustralia.com–AIS s.t. 9 Pinarello – CandiTV s.t. 10 Great Britain s.t. General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 5h 16' 55" 2 s.t. 3 + 2" 4 Great Britain + 4" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 + 6" 9 Great Britain + 7" 10 s.t.
Stage 3 9 September 2008 – Chard to Burnham-on-Sea,
Stage 3 results CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 49' 22" 2 + 30" 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 An Post–M Donnelly s.t. 6 Great Britain s.t. 7 s.t. 8 An Post–M Donnelly s.t. 9 + 39" 10 Pinarello – CandiTV + 1' 45" General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 10h 06' 17" 2 + 29" 3 + 36" 4 Great Britain + 37" 5 s.t. 6 An Post–M Donnelly + 39" 7 An Post–M Donnelly + 40" 8 s.t. 9 + 49" 10 Pinarello – CandiTV + 1' 50"
Stage 4 10 September 2008 – Worcester to Stoke-on-Trent,
Stage 4 results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 36' 11" 2 s.t. 3 + 4" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 7" 7 s.t. 8 An Post–M Donnelly + 9" 9 s.t. 10 s.t. General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 13h 43' 06" 2 + 6" 3 + 10" 4 Great Britain + 11" 5 An Post–M Donnelly + 13" 6 An Post–M Donnelly + 14" 7 s.t. 8 + 23" 9 + 35" 10 + 1' 03"
Stage 5 11 September 2008 – Hull to Dalby Forest,
Stage 5 results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 46' 23" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Great Britain s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Pinarello-CandiTV s.t. General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 17h 29' 40" 2 + 6" 3 + 10" 4 Great Britain + 11" 5 An Post–M Donnelly + 13" 6 An Post–M Donnelly + 14" 7 s.t. 8 + 23" 9 + 35" 10 + 1' 24"
Stage 6 12 September 2008 – Darlington to Newcastle/Gateshead,
Stage 6 results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 45' 09" 2 Great Britain s.t. 3 s.t. 4 Pinarello-CandiTV s.t. 5 Pinarello-CandiTV s.t. 6 Great Britain s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 An Post–M Donnelly s.t. 10 s.t. General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 21h 14' 49" 2 + 6" 3 + 14" 4 + 15" 5 Great Britain + 16" 6 An Post–M Donnelly + 18" 7 An Post–M Donnelly + 19" 8 + 28" 9 + 40" 10 Pinarello-CandiTV + 1' 24"
Stage 7 13 September 2008 – Glasgow Green to Drumlanrig Castle,
Stage 7 results CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 45' 18" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 + 5" 7 SouthAustralia.com–AIS s.t. 8 + 26" 9 + 2' 18" 10 s.t. General Classification after Stage 7 CyclistTeamTime 1 25h 02' 25" 2 + 6" 3 + 14" 4 + 15" 5 Great Britain + 16" 6 An Post–M Donnelly + 18" 7 An Post–M Donnelly + 19" 8 + 28" 9 + 40" 10 Pinarello-CandiTV + 1' 24"
Stage 8 14 September 2008 – Blackpool to Liverpool, The final stage departed from Blackpool and finished in Liverpool with six laps of a city centre circuit. Alessandro Petacchi took the stage win, his third of the tour, whilst Geoffroy Lequatre finished third to win the general classification.
Stage 8 results CyclistTeamTime 1 2h 19' 25" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 Great Britain s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 Pinarello – CandiTV s.t. 10 An Post–M Donnelly s.t. General Classification after Stage 8 CyclistTeamTime 1 27h 21' 49" 2 + 6" 3 Great Britain + 14" 4 + 15" 5 + 16" 6 An Post–M Donnelly + 20" 7 An Post–M Donnelly + 25" 8 + 29" 9 + 50" 10 Pinarello-CandiTV + 1' 25"
Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classificationSprint ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationTeam Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Anders Lund Kristian House Alessandro Petacchi 2 Matthew Goss Danilo Di Luca 3 Emilien BergesEmilien Berges Roger Hammond 4Edvald Boasson Hagen Geoffroy Lequatre Giairo Ermeti Ben Swift 5Danilo Di LucaMatthew Goss 6 Alessandro PetacchiAlessandro Petacchi 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen Danilo Di LucaEdvald Boasson Hagen 8 Alessandro Petacchi Matthew Goss FinalGeoffroy LequatreEdvald Boasson HagenDanilo Di Luca Matthew Goss
References
External links
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