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2008 Tour of Missouri
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2008 Tour of Missouri |
| series | UCI America Tour |
| date | September 8–September 14 |
| stages | 7 |
| distance | 601.2 |
| unit | mi |
| time | 21h 23' 26" |
| first | Christian Vande Velde |
| first_nat | USA |
| first_team | Team Garmin–Chipotle |
| first_color | yellow |
| second | Michael Rogers |
| second_nat | AUS |
| second_team | Team Columbia |
| third | Svein Tuft |
| third_nat | CAN |
| third_team | Symmetrics Cycling Team |
| points | Mark Cavendish |
| points_nat | GBR |
| points_team | Team Columbia |
| points_color | green |
| mountains | Dominique Rollin |
| mountains_nat | CAN |
| mountains_team | Toyota–United |
| mountains_color | light blue |
| youth | Roman Kreuziger |
| youth_nat | CZE |
| youth_team | Team Liquigas |
| youth_color | white |
| team | Team Columbia |
| team_nat | USA |
| previous | 2007 |
| next | 2009 |
The 2008 Tour of Missouri was the second annual edition of a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Missouri. It began on September 8, 2008, with seven days of racing. Run by same organizers as the Tour de Georgia and the Amgen Tour of California, the Tour of Missouri is being billed as the third highest profile domestic race in the United States. The race was broadcast on Universal Sports, a network being carried on the digital subchannels of twenty-one television stations throughout the country.
Stage
Stage 1
;8 September 2008 — Saint Joseph to Kansas City, 90 mi
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar | |
| 3 | Francesco Chicchi |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar | ||
| 3 | Martin Kohler [[Image:Jersey red.svg | 20px]] |
|}
Stage 2
;9 September 2008 — Clinton to Springfield, 125 mi
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Eric Baumann | Team Sparkasse | |
| 3 | Francesco Chicchi |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Francesco Chicchi | ||
| 3 | Eric Baumann | Team Sparkasse |
|}
Stage 3
;10 September 2008 — Branson, 18 mi (Individual Time Trial)
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Vande Velde | |
| 2 | Michael Rogers | |
| 3 | Svein Tuft | Symmetrics Cycling Team |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Michael Rogers | ||
| 3 | Svein Tuft | Symmetrics Cycling Team |
|}
Stage 4
;11 September 2008 — Lebanon to Rolla, 105 mi
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Barry | |
| 2 | Eric Baumann | Team Sparkasse |
| 3 | Danilo Wyss |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Michael Rogers | ||
| 3 | Svein Tuft | Symmetrics Cycling Team |
|}
Stage 5
;12 September 2008 — St. James to Jefferson City, 100 mi
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boy van Poppel | |
| 2 | Michael Van Stayen | |
| 3 | Kevin Lacombe | Kelly Benefit – Medifast |
|| |General Classification after Stage 5
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Michael Rogers | ||
| 3 | Svein Tuft | Symmetrics Cycling Team |
|}
Stage 6
;13 September 2008 — Hermann to St. Charles, 110.5 mi
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Iván Domínguez | Toyota–United | |
| 3 | Brad Huff | Jelly Belly Cycling Team |
|| |General Classification after Stage 6
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Michael Rogers | ||
| 3 | Svein Tuft | Symmetrics Cycling Team |
|}
Stage 7
;14 September 2008 — St. Louis, 53.2 mi
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco Chicchi | ||
| 2 | Mark Cavendish [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px]] | |
| 3 | Tyler Farrar |
|| |General Classification after Stage 7
| Cyclist | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Vande Velde [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | |
| 2 | Michael Rogers | ||
| 3 | Svein Tuft | Symmetrics Cycling Team |
|}
Jersey progress
| Stage | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Winner) | General Classification | |||||
| Young Classification | ||||||
| Mountains Classification | ||||||
| Sprint Classification | Aggressive Rider | Team Classification | ||||
| Stage 1 | ||||||
| (Mark Cavendish) | Mark Cavendish | Mark Cavendish | Dominique Rollin | Mark Cavendish | Martin Kohler | |
| Stage 2 | ||||||
| (Mark Cavendish) | Andy Guptill | |||||
| Stage 3 | ||||||
| (Christian Vande Velde) | Christian Vande Velde | Steven Cozza | ||||
| Stage 4 | ||||||
| (Michael Barry) | Roman Kreuziger | Eric Baumann | Michael Barry | |||
| Stage 5 | ||||||
| (Boy van Poppel) | Mark Cavendish | David Veilleux | ||||
| Stage 6 | ||||||
| (Mark Cavendish) | ||||||
| Stage 7 | ||||||
| (Francesco Chicchi) | ||||||
| Final | ||||||
| Christian Vande Velde | Roman Kreuziger | Dominique Rollin | Mark Cavendish | Jeff Louder | Team Columbia |
Participating teams
;UCI ProTour Teams
- LIQ – ITA Team Liquigas
- THR – USA Team Columbia
;UCI Professional Continental Teams
- BMC – USA BMC Racing Team
- TSL – USA Garmin–Chipotle presented by H30
;UCI Continental Teams—America Tour
- BPC – USA Bissell Pro Cycling Team
- COL – USA Colovita Sutter Home presented by Cooking Light
- HNM – USA Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis
- JBC – USA Jelly Belly Cycling Team
- KBM – USA Kelly Benefit Strategies / Medifast
- RRC – USA Rock Racing
- SYM – CAN Symmetrics Cycling Team
- TUA – MEX Tecos de la Universidad de Guadalajara
- TUP – USA Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team
;UCI Continental Team—Europe Tour
- RB3 – NED Rabobank
- TSP – GER Team Sparkasse
References
References
- [http://www.universalsports.com//SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=23000&KEY=&SPID=13044&SPSID=105620 Universal Sports: Cycling Schedule]
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