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2008 Tour de Romandie
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The 2008 Tour de Romandie was the 62nd edition of the Tour de Romandie cycling road race and the sixth event of the 2008 UCI ProTour. It took place from 29 April to 4 May in Switzerland. It was won by Andreas Klöden of Astana.
== Teams ==
Nineteen teams participated in the race.
== Stages ==
=== Prologue ===
29 April - Geneva, 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) (ITT)
=== Stage 1 ===
30 April - Morges to Saignelégier, 182.8 kilometres (113.6 mi)
=== Stage 2 ===
1 May - Moutier to Fribourg, 172.1 kilometres (106.9 mi)
=== Stage 3 ===
2 May - Sion to Sion, 18.8 kilometres (11.7 mi) (ITT)
=== Stage 4 ===
3 May - Sion to Zinal, 112.4 kilometres (69.8 mi)
A landslide forced the organizers to cancel the third climb of the day, Saint-Luc, and the route was shortened to 112.4 km.
=== Stage 5 ===
4 May - Le Bouveret to Lausanne, 159.4 kilometres (99.0 mi)
== Classification standings ==
== Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race ==
As of 4 May 2008, after the 2008 Tour de Romandie.
62 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.
== See also ==
2008 in road cycling
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website (in French)
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