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2008 Vuelta a Venezuela

Field	Value
name	2008 Vuelta a Venezuela
date	August 25 – September 7
series	2007–08 UCI America Tour
stages	14
distance	1977.1
unit	km
time	46h 24' 46"
first	Carlos José Ochoa
first_nat	VEN
first_team	Diguigiovanni Androni
first_color	red
second	Franklin Chacón
second_nat	VEN
second_team	Gobernacíon del Zulía
third	Freddy Vargas
third_nat	VEN
third_team	Loteria del Tachirá
points	Franklin Chacón
points_nat	VEN
points_team	Gobernacíon del Zulía
mountains	Manuel Medina
mountains_nat	VEN
mountains_team	Gobernacíon del Zulía
sprints	Gil Cordovés
sprints_nat	CUB
sprints_team	Alcaldia de Cabimas
team	Lotería del Táchira
previous	2007
next	2009

The 45th edition of the annual Vuelta a Venezuela was held from August 25 to September 7, 2008. The stage race started in Maracaibo, and ended in Caracas.

Stages

2008-08-25: [[Maracaibo]] — [[Maracaibo]] (80 km)

Place	Stage 1	Name
1.	Artur García	Artur García
2.	Manuel Belletti	Gil Cordovés
3.	Gil Cordovés	Manuel Belletti

2008-08-26: [[Cabimas]] — [[Valera]] (188.6 km)

Place	Stage 2	Name
1.	Jackson Rodríguez	Artur García
2.	Artur García	Jackson Rodríguez
3.	Manuel Medina	Manuel Belletti

2008-08-27: [[Caja Seca]] — [[Mérida, Mérida|Mérida]] (183.2 km)

Place	Stage 3	Name
1.	Rolando Trujillo	Rolando Trujillo
2.	Richard Ochoa	Franklin Chacón
3.	Franklin Chacón	Freddy Vargas

2008-08-28: [[Mucuchies]] — [[Guanare]] (172.6 km)

Place	Stage 4	Name
1.	Franklin Chacón	Franklin Chacón
2.	Jackson Rodríguez	Freddy Vargas
3.	Yonathan Monsalve	Jackson Rodríguez

2008-08-29: [[Ospino]] — [[Nirgua San Vicente]] (217.6 km)

Place	Stage 5	Name
1.	Carlos José Ochoa	Franklin Chacón
2.	Carlos Becerra	Carlos José Ochoa
3.	Manuel Medina	Manuel Medina

2008-08-30: [[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia]] — [[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia]] (80 km)

Place	Stage 6	Name
1.	Gil Cordovés	Franklin Chacón
2.	Manuel Belletti	Carlos José Ochoa
3.	Frederick Segura	Manuel Medina

2008-08-31: [[Puerto Cabello]] — [[San Juan de los Morros]] (139.6 km)

Place	Stage 7	Name
1.	Richard Ochoa	Franklin Chacón
2.	Honorio Machado	Carlos José Ochoa
3.	Franklin Chacón	Manuel Medina

2008-09-01: [[Ortiz, Venezuela|Ortiz]] — [[Valle de la Pascua]] (161.4 km)

Place	Stage 8	Name
1.	Gil Cordovés	Franklin Chacón
2.	José Águilar	Carlos José Ochoa
3.	Honorio Machado	Manuel Medina

2008-09-02: [[Las Mercedes del Llano]] — [[Chaguaramas, Venezuela|Chaguaramas]] (40 km)

Place	Stage 9 (Individual Time Trial)	Name
1.	José Serpa	Carlos José Ochoa
2.	José Chacón Díaz	Franklin Chacón
3.	Carlos Galvis	Freddy Vargas

2008-09-03: [[Valle de la Pascua]] — [[Pariaguan]] (159.1 km)

Place	Stage 10	Name
1.	Jesús Pérez	Carlos José Ochoa
2.	Anthony Brea	Franklin Chacón
3.	Víctor Moreno	Freddy Vargas

2008-09-04: [[Cantaura]] — [[Cantaura]] (80 km)

Place	Stage 11	Name
1.	Honorio Machado	Carlos José Ochoa
2.	Anthony Brea	Franklin Chacón
3.	Jackson Rodríguez	Freddy Vargas

2008-09-05: [[Cantaura]] — [[Barcelona, Venezuela|Barcelona]] (147.3 km)

Place	Stage 12	Name
1.	Frederick Segura	Carlos José Ochoa
2.	Honorio Machado	Franklin Chacón
3.	Gil Cordovés	Freddy Vargas

2008-09-06: [[Puerto Píritu|Piritu]] — [[Higuerote]] (231.8 km)

Place	Stage 13	Name
1.	Gil Cordovés	Carlos José Ochoa
2.	Frederick Segura	Franklin Chacón
3.	Tomás Gil	Freddy Vargas

2008-09-07: [[Caracas]] — [[Caracas]] (80 km)

Place	Stage 14	Name
1.	Honorio Machado	Carlos José Ochoa
2.	Manuel Belletti	Franklin Chacón
3.	José Serpa	Freddy Vargas

Final standings

General Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.	Carlos José Ochoa	Diguigiovanni Androni	46:24:46
2.	Franklin Chacón	Gobernacíon del Zulía	+ 0.03
3.	Freddy Vargas	Loteria del Táchira	+ 0.23
4.	José Alarcón	Sumiglov-City of Mérida	+ 1.00
5.	José Chacón Díaz	Loteria del Táchira	+ 1.07
6.	Manuel Medina	Gobernacíon del Zulía	+ 1.50
7.	Eduin Becerra	Sumiglov-City of Mérida	+ 1.57
8.	Jackson Rodríguez	Diguigiovanni Androni	+ 2.08
9.	Juan Murillo	Loteria del Táchira	+ 2.31
10.	Yonathan Monsalve	Hussein Sport Gobierno	+ 3.53

Points Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1.	Franklin Chacón	Gobernacíon del Zulía	165
2.	Gil Cordovés	Alcaldia de Cabimas	156
3.	Jackson Rodríguez	Diguigiovanni Androni	151

Mountains Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1.	Manuel Medina	Gobernacíon del Zulía	15
2.	Richard Ochoa	Diguigiovanni Androni	13
3.	Rolando Trujillo	Trecolli Bono del Ciclismo Colombia	11

Sprints Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1.	Gil Cordovés	Alcaldia de Cabimas	33
2.	Wilmen Bravo	Alcaldia Bolivariana de Paez Apure	27
3.	Franklin Chacón	Gobernacíon del Zulía	20

Stage Points Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1.	Honorio Machado	Gobernacíon de Lara Alcaldia de Jimenez	78
2.	Franklin Chacón	Gobernacíon del Zulía	75
3.	Gil Cordovés	Alcaldia de Cabimas	68

References

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