2008 Vuelta a Murcia

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2008 Vuelta a Murcia
Race details
Dates4–8 March 2008
Stages5
Distance653.8 [1]  km (406.3 mi)
Winning time16h 29' 01"
Results
  WinnerFlag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)
  SecondFlag of Italy.svg  Stefano Garzelli  (ITA)
  ThirdFlag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP)
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The 2008 Vuelta a Murcia was the 24th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 4 March to 8 March 2008. The race started in San Pedro del Pinatar and finished in Murcia. [2] The race was won by Alejandro Valverde.

The Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia is a road bicycle race held in and around Murcia, Spain. The first four editions were reserved to amateurs. Originally the race was held in early March and consisted of five stages. However, due to Spain's financial turmoil, the race was scaled back to three stages in 2011 and two stages in 2012. From 2013 to 2018 the Vuelta a Murcia was organised as a single-day race and shifted to mid-February on the international calendar. In 2019 the race was expanded to two stages. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 2.1 event.

San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain Municipality in Murcia, Spain

San Pedro del Pinatar is a small town and municipality in the autonomous community and province of Murcia, southeastern Spain. The municipality is situated at the northern end of Murcia's Mediterranean coastline, the Costa Cálida, and borders with the province of Alicante. It has an area of almost 22 km², and a population (2018) of 25,167.

Murcia Municipality in Spain

Murcia is a city in south-eastern Spain, the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, and the seventh largest city in the country, with a population of 447,182 inhabitants in 2018. The population of the metropolitan area was 689,591 in 2010. It is located on the Segura River, in the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula, noted by a climate with hot summers, mild winters, and relatively low precipitation.

General classification

Final general classification [3] [4] [5]
RankRiderTime
1Flag of Spain.svg  Alejandro Valverde  (ESP)16h 29' 01"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Stefano Garzelli  (ITA)+ 2"
3Flag of Spain.svg  Alberto Contador  (ESP)+ 6"
4Flag of Spain.svg  Antonio Colom  (ESP)+ 51"
5Flag of Belarus.svg  Branislau Samoilau  (BLR)+ 1' 11"
6Flag of Spain.svg  Íñigo Cuesta  (ESP)+ 1' 13"
7Flag of Belarus.svg  Vasil Kiryienka  (BLR)+ 1' 15"
8Flag of Spain.svg  José Luis Rubiera  (ESP)+ 1' 19"
9Flag of Spain.svg  Carlos Sastre  (ESP)+ 1' 27"
10Flag of Spain.svg  Ezequiel Mosquera  (ESP)+ 1' 42"

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References

  1. ↑ "Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia (2.1)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "27th Vuelta a Murcia - 2.1". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "2008 Vuelta Ciclista a Murcia". First Cycling. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  4. ↑ "27th Vuelta a Murcia - 2.1 - Final General classification". Cycling News. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "2008 Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia (2.1)". BikeRaceInfo. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
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