2008 Tour of Ireland

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The 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday, August 27, 2008 to Sunday, August 31, 2008.

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Stages

StageRouteDistanceDateWinnerTeam
1 Dublin–Waterford 192 km (119 mi)Wednesday, 27 August Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
2 Thurles–Loughrea 158 km (98 mi)Thursday, 28 August Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
3 Ballinrobe–Galway 201 km (125 mi)Friday, 29 August Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
4 Limerick–Dingle 186 km (116 mi)Saturday, 30 August Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Russell Downing Pinarello RT
5 Killarney–Cork 192 km (119 mi)Sunday, 31 August Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Raboň Team Columbia–High Road

Classification

General Classification

[1]

RankRiderTeamTime
Jersey yellow.svg Flag of Italy.svg Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 21h 43' 16"
2 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Russell Downing Pinarello RT + 19"
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Julian Dean Team Garmin–Chipotle + 21"
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Wilson Team Type 1 + 33"
5 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Barry Team Columbia + 36"
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Simon Clarke SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 37"
7 Flag of Norway.svg Lars Petter Nordhaug Team Joker Bianchi + 37″
8 Flag of Spain.svg Gonzalo Rabuñal Karpin–Galicia + 38″
9 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen + 44″
10 Flag of South Africa.svg Kevin Evans MTN Energade + 44″

Teams Classification

[2]

RankTeamTime
Jersey yellow number.svg Flag of the United States.svg Team Columbia 65h 09' 29"
2 Flag of Italy.svg Tinkoff Credit Systems + 2' 36"
3 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Topsport Vlaanderen + 3' 01"
4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 10' 24"
5 Flag of the United States.svg Team Type 1 + 10' 37"
6 Flag of Ireland.svg An Post–M.Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly + 12' 21"
7 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rabobank + 12' 37"
8 Flag of Spain.svg Karpin–Galicia + 19' 25"
9 Flag of South Africa.svg MTN Energade + 24' 47"
10 Flag of Norway.svg Team Joker Bianchi + 32' 07"

Jersey Progress

Stage
(Winner)		General ClassificationPoints ClassificationMountains ClassificationYoung Rider ClassificationTeam Classification
Stage 1
(Mark Cavendish)		 Mark Cavendish Alexander Kristoff Matt Wilson Mark Cavendish Topsport Vlaanderen
Stage 2
(Mark Cavendish)		 Mark Cavendish
Stage 3
(Mark Cavendish)
Stage 4
(Russell Downing)		 Russell Downing Gonzalo Rabuñal
Stage 5
(František Raboň)		 Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Simon Clarke Team Columbia
Final Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Matt Wilson Simon Clarke Team Columbia

References

  1. ↑ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
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