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 Mark Cavendish Team Columbia-High Road
2 Thurles - Loughrea 158 km (98 mi) Thursday, 28 August Mark Cavendish Team Columbia-High Road
3 Ballinrobe - Galway 201 km (125 mi) Friday, 29 August Mark Cavendish Team Columbia-High Road
4 Limerick - Dingle 186 km (116 mi) Saturday, 30 August Russell Downing Pinarello RT
5 Killarney - Cork 192 km (119 mi) Sunday, 31 August František Raboň Team Columbia-High Road

Classification

General Classification

[1]

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

Teams Classification

[2]

Rank Team Time
Team Columbia65h 09' 29"
2 Tinkoff Credit Systems+ 2' 36"
3 Topsport Vlaanderen+ 3' 01"
4 SouthAustralia.com-AIS+ 10' 24"
5 Team Type 1 Cycling Team+ 10' 37"
6 An Post Seán Kelly Team+ 12' 21"
7 Rabobank+ 12' 37"
8 Karpin-Galicia+ 19' 25"
9 MTN Energade+ 24' 47"
10 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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