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2008 UCI ProTour
Cycling competition
Cycling competition
2009 (UCI World Ranking) The 2008 UCI ProTour is the fourth year of the UCI ProTour system. Following protracted disagreement between the organisers of the Grand Tours (ASO, RCS and Unipublic) and the UCI, all races organized by ASO, RCS and Unipublic were withdrawn from the ProTour calendar. This removed all three Grand Tours (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España), four of the five monuments (Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and Giro di Lombardia) and four further races (Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, La Flèche Wallonne and Paris–Tours). As such, the quality of the races of the ProTour was diminished. The Australian race, the Tour Down Under was added to the calendar, making it the first race outside Europe on the ProTour (although races had previously been held outside Europe as part of the UCI Road World Cup).
The highly successful ceased operations at the end of the 2007 season. Johan Bruyneel signed on to become the directeur sportif and revamp the embattled ; joining him are 2007 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador and 2007 Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer. Other major signings included American George Hincapie moving to and Daniele Bennati from to , while Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca left Liguigas for the UCI Professional Continental team .
2008 UCI ProTour races
As of September 28, 2008.
| Dates | Race | Winner | ProTour leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| 22–27 January | AUS [Tour Down Under](2008-tour-down-under) | André Greipel | |
| () | André Greipel | ||
| () | |||
| 6 April | BEL [Tour of Flanders](2008-tour-of-flanders) | Stijn Devolder | |
| ({{UCI team code | QST | 2008}}) | |
| 7–12 April | ESP [Vuelta al País Vasco](2008-vuelta-al-pais-vasco) | Alberto Contador | |
| () | |||
| 9 April | BEL [Gent–Wevelgem](2008-gent-wevelgem) | Óscar Freire | |
| () | |||
| 20 April | NED [Amstel Gold Race](2008-amstel-gold-race) | Damiano Cunego | |
| () | Damiano Cunego | ||
| () | |||
| 29 April–4 May | SUI [Tour de Romandie](2008-tour-de-romandie) | Andreas Klöden | |
| () | |||
| 19–25 May | ESP [Volta a Catalunya](2008-volta-a-catalunya) | Gustavo César | |
| () | |||
| 8–15 June | FRA [Dauphiné Libéré](2008-criterium-du-dauphine-libere) | Alejandro Valverde | |
| () | Cadel Evans | ||
| () | |||
| 14–22 June | SUI [Tour de Suisse](2008-tour-de-suisse) | Roman Kreuziger | |
| () | Damiano Cunego | ||
| () | |||
| 2 August | ESP [Clásica de San Sebastián](2008-clasica-de-san-sebastian) | Alejandro Valverde | |
| () | Alejandro Valverde | ||
| () | |||
| 20–27 August | BEL / NED [Eneco Tour of Benelux](2008-eneco-tour-of-benelux) | Iván Gutiérrez | |
| () | |||
| 25 August | FRA [GP Ouest-France](2008-gp-ouest-france) | Pierrick Fédrigo | |
| () | |||
| 29 August– | |||
| 6 September | GER [Deutschland Tour](2008-deutschland-tour) | Linus Gerdemann | |
| () | |||
| 7 September | GER [Vattenfall Cyclassics](2008-vattenfall-cyclassics) | Robbie McEwen | |
| () | |||
| 15–21 September | POL [Tour de Pologne](2008-tour-de-pologne) | Jens Voigt | |
| () |
Teams
As of 6 December 6, 2007
| Code | Official Team Name | Country | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALM | [http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/](http://www.ag2r-cyclisme.com/) | ||
| AST | |||
| BTL | [http://www.equipebouyguestelecom.fr/](http://www.equipebouyguestelecom.fr/) | ||
| GCE | [https://web.archive.org/web/20061109062629/http://cyclisme-caisse-epargne.fr/](https://web.archive.org/web/20061109062629/http://cyclisme-caisse-epargne.fr/) | ||
| COF | [http://www.equipe-cofidis.com/](http://www.equipe-cofidis.com/) | ||
| C.A | [https://web.archive.org/web/20051013095803/http://www.credit-agricole.fr/partenariats/cyclisme/](https://web.archive.org/web/20051013095803/http://www.credit-agricole.fr/partenariats/cyclisme/) | ||
| CSC | [https://web.archive.org/web/20060208024005/http://www.team-csc.com/ny_index.asp](https://web.archive.org/web/20060208024005/http://www.team-csc.com/ny_index.asp) | ||
| SIL | |||
| EUS | [https://web.archive.org/web/20051104030148/http://www.fundacioneuskadi.com/asp/Principal_C.asp](https://web.archive.org/web/20051104030148/http://www.fundacioneuskadi.com/asp/Principal_C.asp) | ||
| FDJ | [http://www.fdjeux.com/institutionnel/cyclisme/actualites/](http://www.fdjeux.com/institutionnel/cyclisme/actualites/) | ||
| GST | [https://web.archive.org/web/20051024174450/http://www.gerolsteiner.de/index.php?id=137&flash=1](https://web.archive.org/web/20051024174450/http://www.gerolsteiner.de/index.php?id=137&flash=1) | ||
| LAM | [https://web.archive.org/web/20060402202410/http://lampre-fondital.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20060402202410/http://lampre-fondital.com/) | ||
| LIQ | [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310030935/http://www.teamliquigas.it/](https://web.archive.org/web/20070310030935/http://www.teamliquigas.it/) | ||
| MRM | [http://www.team-milram.de](http://www.team-milram.de) | ||
| QST | [https://web.archive.org/web/20061004042813/http://qsi-cycling.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20061004042813/http://qsi-cycling.com/) | ||
| RAB | [https://web.archive.org/web/20080603190006/http://www.rabobank.nl/particulieren/sponsoring/wielrennen/cycling_news/](https://web.archive.org/web/20080603190006/http://www.rabobank.nl/particulieren/sponsoring/wielrennen/cycling_news/) | ||
| SDV | [https://web.archive.org/web/20050409022640/http://www.saunierduvalteam.com/](https://web.archive.org/web/20050409022640/http://www.saunierduvalteam.com/) | ||
| THR | [http://www.highroadsports.com/](http://www.highroadsports.com/) |
Unibet.com Cycling Team, whose sponsors have pulled out of cycling, failed to submit its application renewal by the November 20, 2007 deadline.
Individual standings
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | 2 | 104 | 3 | 96 | 4 | 94 | 5 | 85 | 6 | 62 | 7 | 60 | 8 | 58 | 9 | 54 | 10 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Alejandro Valverde | **123** | |||||||||||||||||||
| Damiano Cunego | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Andreas Klöden | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Roman Kreuziger | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Cadel Evans | |||||||||||||||||||||
| André Greipel | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Mikel Astarloza | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alberto Contador | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Dekker | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stijn Devolder |
- 107 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.
Team standings
| Rank | Team | Nationality | Points | 1 | 147 | 2 | 145 | 3 | 126 | 4 | 114 | 5 | 111 | 6 | 109 | 7 | 108 | 8 | 107 | 9 | 105 | 10 | 102 | 11 | 102 | 12 | 95 | 13 | 76 | 14 | 94 | 15 | 93 | 16 | 73 | 17 | 63 | 18 | 54 |
|---|
Nation standings
| Rank | Nation | Points | 1 | 336 | 2 | 237 | 3 | 198 | 4 | 155 | 5 | 147 | 6 | 113 | 7 | 94 | 8 | 94 | 9 | 80 | 10 | 86 |
|---|
- Riders from 23 nations have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.
2008 ProTour Points System
| Place | Tour Down Under | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tour of Flanders | ||||||||||||||||
| Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco | ||||||||||||||||
| Tour de Romandie | ||||||||||||||||
| Volta Ciclista a Catalunya | ||||||||||||||||
| Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré | ||||||||||||||||
| Tour de Suisse | ||||||||||||||||
| Deutschland Tour | ||||||||||||||||
| Eneco Tour | ||||||||||||||||
| Tour de Pologne | Gent–Wevelgem | |||||||||||||||
| Amstel Gold Race | ||||||||||||||||
| Vattenfall Cyclassics | ||||||||||||||||
| Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian | ||||||||||||||||
| GP Quest France-Plouay | Eindhoven Team Time Trial | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
| *Overall Classification* | ||||||||||||||||
| 50 | 40 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| 40 | 30 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 35 | 25 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| 30 | 20 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 15 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | 7 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | 5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| *Stage wins (if applicable)* | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 |
- If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
- Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...1.
- Team time trials in stage races doesn't give points for riders.
- In Eindhoven time trial rider has to finish to earn points.
- In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.
References
References
- "2008 UCI ProTour Races". UCI.
- (2007-12-04). "Press release : UCI ProTour: 18 teams registered by the UCI". UCI.
- "2008 UCI ProTeams". UCI.
- (May 2020). "2008 UCI ProTour Points scales". UCI.
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