2008 Tour of Ireland

August 2021 The 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday, August 27, 2008 to Sunday, August 31, 2008. Stages Stage Route Distance Date Winner Team 1 Dublin–Waterford 192 km mi on Wednesday, 27 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road 2 Thurles–Loughrea 158 km mi on Thursday, 28 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road 3 Ballinrobe–Galway 201 km mi on Friday, 29 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road 4 Limerick–Dingle 186 km mi on Saturday, 30 August United Kingdom Russell DowningPinarello RT 5 Killarney–Cork 192 km mi on Sunday, 31 August CZE František Raboň Team Columbia–High Road Classification General Classification http://www.tourofireland.ie/results_S5_gc.html Results from the official Tour of Ireland website 31 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080914112857/http://www.tourofireland.ie/results_S5_gc.html 14 September 2008 dead RankRiderTeamTime25pxITA Marco PinottiTeam Columbia 21h 43' 16"2United Kingdom Russell DowningPinarello RT + 19"3 NZL Julian DeanTeam Garmin–Chipotle + 21"4AUS Matt WilsonTeam Type 1 + 33"5CAN Michael BarryTeam Columbia + 36"6AUS Simon ClarkeSouthAustralia.com–AIS + 37"7NOR Lars Petter NordhaugTeam Joker Bianchi + 37″8ESP Gonzalo RabuñalKarpin–Galicia + 38″9BEL Nikolas MaesTopsport Vlaanderen + 44″10RSA Kevin EvansMTN Energade + 44″ Teams Classification http://www.tourofireland.ie/results_S5_team.html Results from the official Tour of Ireland website 1 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080915050745/http://www.tourofireland.ie/results_S5_team.html 15 September 2008 dead RankTeamTime25pxUSA Team Columbia65h 09' 29"2 ITA Tinkoff Credit Systems + 2' 36"3 BEL Topsport Vlaanderen + 3' 01"4 AUS SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 10' 24"5 USA Team Type 1 + 10' 37"6 IRE SKT 2008 + 12' 21"7 NED Rabobank + 12' 37"8 ESP Karpin–Galicia + 19' 25"9 RSA MTN Energade + 24' 47"10 NOR 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 FinalMarco Pinotti Russell Downing Matt Wilson Simon Clarke Team Columbia References External links 2008 Tour of Ireland at Cycling News Tour of Ireland Tour of Ireland, 2008 Category:Tour of Ireland Category:August 2008 sports events in Europe Category:August 2008 in Ireland