2008 Tour of Ireland

The 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday 27 August 2008 to Sunday 31 August 2008.

Stages

Stage Route Distance Date Winner Team
1 Dublin - Waterford 192 km (119 mi) Wednesday, 27 August Isle of Man Mark Cavendish Team Columbia-High Road
2 Thurles - Loughrea 158 km (98 mi) Thursday, 28 August Isle of Man Mark Cavendish Team Columbia-High Road
3 Ballinrobe - Galway 201 km (125 mi) Friday, 29 August Isle of Man Mark Cavendish Team Columbia-High Road
4 Limerick - Dingle 186 km (116 mi) Saturday, 30 August England Russell Downing Pinarello RT
5 Killarney - Cork 192 km (119 mi) Sunday, 31 August Czech Republic František Raboň Team Columbia-High Road

Classification

General Classification

[1]

RankRiderTeamTime
Italy Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 21h 43' 16"
2 England Russell Downing Pinarello RT + 19"
3 New Zealand Julian Dean Team Garmin-Chipotle + 21"
4 Australia Matt Wilson Team Type 1 Cycling Team + 33"
5 Canada Michael Barry Team Columbia + 36"
6 Australia Simon Clarke SouthAustralia.com-AIS + 37"
7 Norway Lars Petter Nordhaug Team Joker Bianchi + 37″
8 Spain Gonzalo Rabuñal Karpin-Galicia + 38″
9 Belgium Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen + 44″
10 South Africa Kevin Evans MTN Energade + 44″

Teams Classification

[2]

Rank Team Time
United States Team Columbia65h 09' 29"
2Italy Tinkoff Credit Systems+ 2' 36"
3Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen+ 3' 01"
4Australia SouthAustralia.com-AIS+ 10' 24"
5United States Team Type 1 Cycling Team+ 10' 37"
6Republic of Ireland An Post Seán Kelly Team+ 12' 21"
7Netherlands Rabobank+ 12' 37"
8Spain Karpin-Galicia+ 19' 25"
9South Africa MTN Energade+ 24' 47"
10Norway Team Joker Bianchi+ 32' 07"

Jersey Progress

Stage
(Winner)		 General Classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Young Rider Classification Team Classification
Stage 1
(Mark Cavendish)		 Mark Cavendish Alexander Kristoff Matt Wilson Mark Cavendish Topsport Vlaanderen
Stage 2
(Mark Cavendish)		 Mark Cavendish
Stage 3
(Mark Cavendish)
Stage 4
(Russell Downing)		 Russell Downing Gonzalo Rabuñal
Stage 5
(František Raboň)		 Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Simon Clarke Team Columbia
Final Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Matt Wilson Simon Clarke Team Columbia

References

  1. ↑ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
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