2008 Tour of Turkey

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2008 Tour of Turkey
Race details
Stages7 & prologue
Distance1,071.8 km (666.0 mi)
Winning time25h 40' 41"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Spain.svg  David García  (ESP) (Karpin–Galicia)
  SecondFlag of Spain.svg  José Alberto Benítez  (ESP) (Saunier Duval–Scott)
  ThirdFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Pieter Jacobs  (BEL) (Silence–Lotto)

  PointsFlag of Kazakhstan.svg  Assan Bazayev  (KAZ) (Astana)
  MountainsFlag of Spain.svg  José Alberto Benítez  (ESP) (Saunier Duval–Scott)
  Team Diquigiovanni–Androni
  2007
2009  

The 2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey , the 44th running of the race, took place from April 13 to April 20, 2008.

Contents

Stages

StageRouteDistanceTypeDateStage winner
kmmi
PGrand Prix of Istanbul 76.247.3Opening raceSunday, April 13Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Grégory Rast  (SUI)
1 İzmirKuşadası 132.782.5Flat stageMonday, April 14Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Petacchi  (ITA)
2 KuşadasıBodrum 165.9103.1Flat stageTuesday, April 15Flag of Italy.svg  Mirco Lorenzetto  (ITA)
3 BodrumMarmaris 166.8103.6Flat stageWednesday, April 16Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Priamo  (ITA)
4 MarmarisÖlüdeniz 177.7110.4Flat stageThursday, April 17Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Savini  (ITA)
5 KalkanFinike 100.162.2Flat stageFriday, April 18Flag of Italy.svg  Matteo Priamo  (ITA)
6 FinikeAntalya 115.872.0Flat stageSaturday, April 19Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Petacchi  (ITA)
7 AntalyaAlanya 136.684.9Flat stageSunday, April 20Flag of Argentina.svg  Maximiliano Richeze  (ARG)

Teams

Winner of Antalya-Alanya stage Maximiliano Richezefrom Argentina Birinci.jpg
Winner of AntalyaAlanya stage Maximiliano Richezefrom Argentina

25 teams started the race – each had 6 riders at the start of the tour i.e., 150 started in total. The teams [1] were:

References

  1. ":: Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ::". Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-04-16.