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2008 Tour of the Basque Country
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2008 Tour of the Basque Country |
| series | 2008 UCI ProTour |
| race_no | 3 |
| season_no | 15 |
| date | 7 April–12 April |
| stages | 6 |
| distance | 838 |
| unit | km |
| time | 21h 03' 59" |
| first | Alberto Contador |
| first_nat | ESP |
| first_team | |
| first_color | yellow |
| second | Cadel Evans |
| second_nat | AUS |
| second_team | |
| third | Damiano Cunego |
| third_nat | ITA |
| third_team | |
| points | Damiano Cunego |
| points_nat | ITA |
| points_team | |
| points_color | rosa |
| mountains | Egoi Martínez |
| mountains_nat | ESP |
| mountains_team | |
| mountains_color | white dots on red |
| sprints | Iban Mayoz |
| sprints_nat | ESP |
| sprints_team | |
| team | |
| team_nat | NED |
| previous | 2007 |
| next | 2009 |
The 2008 Tour of the Basque Country, the 65th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country stage cycling race, took place from 7 April to 12 April 2008. It was won by Spanish rider Alberto Contador of .
Stages
Stage 1
7 April 2008 - Legazpi to Legazpi, 137 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Ezequiel Mosquera | |
| 3 | David Herrero | |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 5 | Riccardo Riccò |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Ezequiel Mosquera | |
| 3 | David Herrero | |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 5 | Riccardo Riccò |
|}
Stage 2
8 April 2008 - Legazpi to Erandio, 153 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Kirchen | **** |
| 2 | Paolo Bettini | |
| 3 | David Herrero | |
| 4 | Rinaldo Nocentini | |
| 5 | Damiano Cunego |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Ezequiel Mosquera | |
| 3 | David Herrero | |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 5 | Peter Velits |
|}
Stage 3
9 April 2008 - Erandio to Viana, 195 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Herrero | **** |
| 2 | Luis León Sánchez | |
| 3 | Paolo Bettini | |
| 4 | Leonardo Duque | |
| 5 | Michael Albasini |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Ezequiel Mosquera | |
| 3 | David Herrero | |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 5 | Kim Kirchen |
|}
Stage 4
10 April 2008 - Viana to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 171 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kim Kirchen | **** |
| 2 | Morris Possoni | |
| 3 | David Herrero | |
| 4 | Michael Albasini | |
| 5 | Matthew Lloyd |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Ezequiel Mosquera | |
| 3 | David Herrero | |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 5 | Kim Kirchen |
|}
Stage 5
11 April 2008 - Vitoria-Gasteiz to Orio, 162 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Damiano Cunego | **** |
| 2 | Alberto Contador | |
| 3 | Thomas Dekker | |
| 4 | Kim Kirchen | |
| 5 | Davide Rebellin |
|| |General Classification after Stage 5
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 3 | Kim Kirchen | |
| 4 | David Herrero | |
| 5 | Cadel Evans |
|}
Stage 6
12 April 2008 - Orio to Orio, 20 km (ITT)
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Cadel Evans | |
| 3 | Thomas Dekker | |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 5 | Robert Gesink |
|| |General Classification after Stage 6
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Cadel Evans | |
| 3 | Thomas Dekker | |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 5 | Maxime Monfort |
|}
General classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | **** |
| 2 | Cadel Evans | |
| 3 | Thomas Dekker | |
| 4 | Damiano Cunego | |
| 5 | Maxime Monfort | |
| 6 | Mikel Astarloza | |
| 7 | Kim Kirchen | |
| 8 | Sandy Casar | |
| 9 | Ezequiel Mosquera | |
| 10 | Fränk Schleck |
Jersey progress
| Stage | width-"12%" | Winner | General Classification | Points Classification | Mountains Classification | Metas Volantes Classification | Team Classification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador | Egoi Martínez | Iban Mayoz | ||
| 2 | Kim Kirchen | David Herrero | |||||
| 3 | David Herrero | ||||||
| 4 | Kim Kirchen | ||||||
| 5 | Damiano Cunego | ||||||
| 6 | Alberto Contador | Damiano Cunego |
- In stage 2, Ezequiel Mosquera wore the points jersey.
Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race
As of 13 April 2008, after the 2008 Tour of the Basque Country.
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | 1 | 62 | 2 | 58 | 3 | 50 | 4 | 45 | 5 | 42 | 6 | 40 | 7 | 40 | 8 | 37 | 9 | 35 | 10 | 33 | 11 | 30 | 12 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| André Greipel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alberto Contador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stijn Devolder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| José Joaquín Rojas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cadel Evans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Óscar Freire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Nuyens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Dekker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juan Antonio Flecha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Damiano Cunego | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Aurélien Clerc | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alessandro Ballan |
References
References
- (12 April 2008). "Rankings as of 12.04.2008 updated after Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco". UCI.
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