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2008 Tour of California
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2008 Tour of California |
| image_size | 300 |
| series | UCI America Tour |
| date | February 17–24 |
| stages | 7 & Prologue |
| distance | 650 |
| unit | mi |
| time | 29h 24' 32" |
| first | Levi Leipheimer |
| first_nat | USA |
| first_team | |
| second | David Millar |
| second_nat | GBR |
| second_team | |
| third | Christian Vande Velde |
| third_nat | USA |
| third_team | |
| mountains | Scott Nydam |
| mountains_nat | USA |
| mountains_team | |
| youth | Robert Gesink |
| youth_nat | NED |
| youth_team | |
| sprints | Dominique Rollin |
| sprints_nat | CAN |
| sprints_team | |
| team | |
| team_nat | USA |
| previous | 2007 |
| next | 2009 |
The 2008 Tour of California was the third edition of the Tour of California, an eight-day, 650-mile (1,045 km) stage race, which began in Palo Alto (Stanford University), then raced through the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast and finished in Pasadena. The road bicycle racing event was held February 17–24. The 2008 Tour of California is part of the 2007–2008 UCI America Tour and the 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour.
Participating teams
;UCI ProTour Teams
- AST -
- BTL -
- C.A -
- CSC -
- GST -
- QST -
- RAB -
- SDV -
- THR -
;UCI Professional Continental Teams
- BMC -
- TSL -
;UCI Continental Teams
- BPC -
- HNM -
- JBC -
- KBM -
- RRC -
- TUP -
Stage Results
Prologue, February 17, [[Palo Alto, California|Palo Alto]] - [[Stanford University]], 3.4 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | |
| 2 | Bradley Wiggins | |
| 3 | Tyler Farrar |
|}
Stage 1, February 18, [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]] - [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]], 156 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juan José Haedo | |
| 2 | Gerald Ciolek | |
| 3 | Heinrich Haussler |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar | |
| 3 | Bradley Wiggins |
|}
Stage 2, February 19, [[Santa Rosa, California|Santa Rosa]] - [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], 186 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom Boonen | |
| 2 | Heinrich Haussler | |
| 3 | Mario Cipollini |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyler Farrar | |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara | |
| 3 | Tom Boonen |
|}
Stage 3, February 20, [[Modesto, California|Modesto]] - [[San José, California|San José]], 165 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Gesink | |
| 2 | Levi Leipheimer | |
| 3 | Jurgen Van de Walle |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara | |
| 3 | Robert Gesink |
|}
Stage 4, February 21, [[Seaside, California|Seaside]] - [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]], 218 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dominique Rollin | |
| 2 | George Hincapie | |
| 3 | Iker Camaño |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | |
| 2 | Fabian Cancellara | |
| 3 | Robert Gesink |
|}
Stage 5, February 22, [[Solvang, California|Solvang]], 24 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | |
| 2 | David Millar | |
| 3 | Christian Vande Velde |
|| |General Classification after Stage 5
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | |
| 2 | David Millar | |
| 3 | Christian Vande Velde |
|}
Stage 6, February 23, [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] - [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]], 169.6 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luciano Pagliarini | |
| 2 | Juan José Haedo | |
| 3 | Paolo Bettini |
|| |General Classification after Stage 6
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | |
| 2 | David Millar | |
| 3 | Christian Vande Velde |
|}
Stage 7, February 24, [[Santa Clarita, California|Santa Clarita]] - [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], 150 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Hincapie | |
| 2 | Rory Sutherland | Health Net Pro Cycling Team |
| 3 | Jason McCartney |
|| |General Classification after Stage 7
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | |
| 2 | David Millar | |
| 3 | Christian Vande Velde |
|}
Final standing
General classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Levi Leipheimer | ||
| 2 | David Millar | ||
| 3 | Christian Vande Velde | ||
| 4 | Fabian Cancellara | ||
| 5 | Gustav Larsson | ||
| 6 | David Zabriskie | ||
| 7 | Christopher Horner | ||
| 8 | Jurgen Van de Walle | ||
| 9 | Robert Gesink | ||
| 10 | Alexandre Moos |
Team classification
| Team | Country | Time | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88h 17' 05" | |||||
| + 16" | |||||
| + 8' 44" |
Young classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Gesink | 29h 26' 50" | ||
| Tom Peterson | + 40" | |||
| Kevin Seeldraeyers | + 1' 22" |
Mountains classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott Nydam | 26 | ||||
| Jurgen Van de Walle | 19 | ||||
| Robert Gesink | 17 |
Sprint classification
| Cyclist | Team | Points | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominique Rollin | 44 | ||||
| Juan José Haedo | 42 | ||||
| Gerald Ciolek | 32 |
Jersey progress
| Stage | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Winner) | General Classification | |||||||||
| Youth Classification | ||||||||||
| Mountains Classification | ||||||||||
| Sprint Classification | Team Classification | Most Aggressive | Levi Leipheimer | Robert Gesink | Scott Nydam | Dominique Rollin | ||||
| Prologue | ||||||||||
| (Fabian Cancellara) | Fabian Cancellara | Edvald Boasson Hagen | no award | Fabian Cancellara | no award | |||||
| Stage 1 | ||||||||||
| (Juan José Haedo) | Gerald Ciolek | Jackson Stewart | Jackson Stewart | Jackson Stewart | ||||||
| Stage 2 | ||||||||||
| (Tom Boonen) | Tyler Farrar | Heinrich Haussler | Scott Nydam | |||||||
| Stage 3 | ||||||||||
| (Robert Gesink) | Levi Leipheimer | Robert Gesink | Scott Nydam | George Hincapie | ||||||
| Stage 4 | ||||||||||
| (Dominique Rollin) | Dominique Rollin | Dominique Rollin | ||||||||
| Stage 5 | ||||||||||
| (Levi Leipheimer) | no award | |||||||||
| Stage 6 | ||||||||||
| (Luciano Pagliarini) | Rory Sutherland | |||||||||
| Stage 7 | ||||||||||
| (George Hincapie) | ||||||||||
| Final |
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