2008 Tour of Britain

October 2011 September 2020 2008 Tour of Britain Tour of Britain stage 5 Beverley.jpg Stage 5 of the 2008 Tour of Britain in Beverley 300 UCI Europe Tour 7–14 September 2008 8http://strangelyperfect.tv/wp-content/uploads/pdf/TOB_2008_Race_Manual_for_download_v2.pdf The Tour of Britain Race Manual 08 Tour of Britain https://www.webcitation.org/5ni1ZwhFU?url=http://strangelyperfect.tv/wp-content/uploads/pdf/TOB_2008_Race_Manual_for_download_v2.pdf 21 February 2010 dead 21 February 2010 730 mi 27h 21' 49"https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7615653.stm Tour of Britain win for Lequatre BBC Sport 14 September 2008 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 yellow Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain Matthew Goss AUS SAX 2008b blue Danilo Di Luca ITA LPR 2008 red Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR THR 2008b white AGR 2008 2009 2007 The 2008 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 7 September till 14 September 2008.http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/2008-tour-of-britain-launched-15484 2008 Tour of Britain launched 4 April 2008 Rob Lampard bikeradar.com The race was the fifth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain. It formed part of the 2007–08 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun with a circuit stage in London and ended in Liverpool. The race was won by Geoffroy Lequatre of AGR 2008,http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/_ns_history/history_2008.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20090704131811/http://www.tourofbritain.co.uk/_ns_history/history_2008.asp 4 July 2009 Tour of Britain 2008 Tour of Britain dead 21 February 2010 whilst both Alessandro Petacchi and Edvald Boasson Hagen won three stages.http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080914_Stage8_ToB.asp Three For Petacchi Too! 14 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080918053553/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080914_Stage8_ToB.asp 18 September 2008 dead British Cycling Participating teams The 16 teams which participated in the race were:http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/346200/tour-of-britain-2008-preview.html Tour of Britain 2008: Preview 28 August 2008 Nigel Wynn Cycling Weekly UCI ProTour Teams SAX – SAX 2008b THR – THR 2008b UCI Professional Continental Teams AGR – AGR 2008 BAR – BAR 2008 GRM – GRM 2008b LPR – LPR 2008 TSV – TSV 2008 UCI Continental Teams CTV – Pinarello – CandiTV MTN – MTN 2008 PRT – PRT 2008 PCA – Plowman Craven Cycling Team RCS – RCS 2008 RRC – RRC 2008 SAI – SouthAustralia.com–AIS SKT – SKT 2008 Other Great Britain Stages Stage 1 7 September 2008 – London to London, 86 km mi on Stage 1 resultshttp://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080908_Stage1_ToB.asp Rapid Petacchi Brings Star Quality To London Stage 7 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080914061640/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080908_Stage1_ToB.asp 14 September 2008 dead British Cycling CyclistTeamTime 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LPR 2008 1h 51' 54" 2 Rob Hayles GBR Great Britain s.t. 3 Magnus Bäckstedt SWE GRM 2008b s.t. 4 Dean Downing GBR RCS 2008 s.t. 5 Rahsaan Bahati USA RRC 2008 s.t. 6 Roger Hammond GBR THR 2008b s.t. 7 Kristof Goddaert BEL TSV 2008 s.t. 8 Robbie Hunter RSA BAR 2008 s.t. 9 Zakkari Dempster AUS SouthAustralia.com–AIS s.t. 10 Jonathan Bellis GBR SAX 2008b s.t. General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LPR 2008 1h 51' 44" 2 Rob Hayles GBR Great Britain + 4" 3 Daryl Impey RSA BAR 2008 s.t. 4 Anders Lund DEN SAX 2008b s.t. 5 Magnus Bäckstedt SWE GRM 2008b + 6" 6 Danilo Di Luca ITA LPR 2008 + 9" 7 Dean Downing GBR RCS 2008 + 10" 8 Rahsaan Bahati USA RRC 2008 s.t. 9 Roger Hammond GBR THR 2008b s.t. 10 Kristof Goddaert BEL TSV 2008 s.t. Stage 2 8 September 2008 – Milton Keynes to Newbury, 145 km mi on Stage 2 resultshttp://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080908_Stage2_ToB.asp Goss Heads Antipodean Charge to Claim Second Stage 8 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080914061645/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080908_Stage2_ToB.asp 14 September 2008 dead British Cycling CyclistTeamTime 1 Matthew Goss AUS SAX 2008b 3h 25' 11" 2 Julian Dean NZL GRM 2008b s.t. 3 Christopher Sutton AUS GRM 2008b s.t. 4 Roger Hammond GBR THR 2008b s.t. 5 Greg Henderson NZL THR 2008b s.t. 6 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LPR 2008 s.t. 7 Kristof Goddaert BEL TSV 2008 s.t. 8 Zakkari Dempster AUS SouthAustralia.com–AIS s.t. 9 Malcolm Elliott GBR Pinarello – CandiTV s.t. 10 Ben Swift GBR Great Britain s.t. General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LPR 2008 5h 16' 55" 2 Matthew Goss AUS SAX 2008b s.t. 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA LPR 2008 + 2" 4 Rob Hayles GBR Great Britain + 4" 5 Daryl Impey RSA BAR 2008 s.t. 6 Julian Dean NZL GRM 2008b s.t. 7 Anders Lund DEN SAX 2008b s.t. 8 Magnus Bäckstedt SWE GRM 2008b + 6" 9 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain + 7" 10 Óscar Sevilla ESP RRC 2008 s.t. Stage 3 9 September 2008 – Chard to Burnham-on-Sea, 186 km mi on Stage 3 resultshttp://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080909_Stage3_ToB.asp Exmoor Stage Blows Race Apart 9 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080913103902/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080909_Stage3_ToB.asp 13 September 2008 dead British Cycling CyclistTeamTime 1 Emilien Berges FRA AGR 2008 4h 49' 22" 2 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 + 30" 3 Gabriele Bosisio ITA LPR 2008 s.t. 4 Dan Martin IRE GRM 2008b s.t. 5 Benny De Schrooder BEL An Post–M Donnelly s.t. 6 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain s.t. 7 Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 s.t. 8 Daniel Fleeman GBR An Post–M Donnelly s.t. 9 Frederik Veuchelen BEL TSV 2008 + 39" 10 Russell Downing GBR Pinarello – CandiTV + 1' 45" General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Emilien Berges FRA AGR 2008 10h 06' 17" 2 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 + 29" 3 Gabriele Bosisio ITA LPR 2008 + 36" 4 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain + 37" 5 Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 s.t. 6 Daniel Fleeman GBR An Post–M Donnelly + 39" 7 Benny De Schrooder BEL An Post–M Donnelly + 40" 8 Dan Martin IRE GRM 2008b s.t. 9 Frederik Veuchelen BEL TSV 2008 + 49" 10 Russell Downing GBR Pinarello – CandiTV + 1' 50" Stage 4 10 September 2008 – Worcester to Stoke-on-Trent, 157 km mi on Stage 4 resultshttp://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080910_Stage4_ToB.asp Last Minute Puncture Means New Leader for Tour 10 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081104133353/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080910_Stage4_ToB.asp 4 November 2008 dead British Cycling CyclistTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR THR 2008b 3h 36' 11" 2 Giairo Ermeti ITA LPR 2008 s.t. 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA LPR 2008 + 4" 4 Julian Dean NZL GRM 2008b s.t. 5 Kristof Goddaert BEL TSV 2008 s.t. 6 Dean Downing GBR RCS 2008 + 7" 7 Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 s.t. 8 Daniel Lloyd GBR An Post–M Donnelly + 9" 9 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 s.t. 10 Matthew Goss AUS SAX 2008b s.t. General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 13h 43' 06" 2 Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 + 6" 3 Gabriele Bosisio ITA LPR 2008 + 10" 4 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain + 11" 5 Daniel Fleeman GBR An Post–M Donnelly + 13" 6 Benny De Schrooder BEL An Post–M Donnelly + 14" 7 Dan Martin IRE GRM 2008b s.t. 8 Frederik Veuchelen BEL TSV 2008 + 23" 9 Emilien Berges FRA AGR 2008 + 35" 10 Giairo Ermeti ITA LPR 2008 + 1' 03" Stage 5 11 September 2008 – Hull to Dalby Forest, 165 km mi on Stage 5 resultshttp://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080911_Stage5_ToB.asp No Stopping Boason Hagen 11 September 2008 British Cycling https://web.archive.org/web/20080914131719/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080911_Stage5_ToB.asp 14 September 2008 dead 16 August 2011 CyclistTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR THR 2008b 3h 46' 23" 2 Matthew Goss AUS SAX 2008b s.t. 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA LPR 2008 s.t. 4 Víctor Hugo Peña COL RRC 2008 s.t. 5 Julian Dean NZL GRM 2008b s.t. 6 Jonathan Bellis GBR SAX 2008b s.t. 7 Ben Swift GBR Great Britain s.t. 8 Roger Hammond GBR THR 2008b s.t. 9 Gabriele Bosisio ITA LPR 2008 s.t. 10 Russell Downing GBR Pinarello-CandiTV s.t. General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 17h 29' 40" 2 Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 + 6" 3 Gabriele Bosisio ITA LPR 2008 + 10" 4 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain + 11" 5 Daniel Fleeman GBR An Post–M Donnelly + 13" 6 Benny De Schrooder BEL An Post–M Donnelly + 14" 7 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2008b s.t. 8 Frederik Veuchelen BEL TSV 2008 + 23" 9 Emilien Berges FRA AGR 2008 + 35" 10 Roger Hammond GBR GRM 2008b + 1' 24" Stage 6 12 September 2008 – Darlington to Newcastle/Gateshead, 156 km mi on Stage 6 resultshttp://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080912_Stage6_ToB.asp Petacchi Triumphs on Tyneside 12 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080914134439/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080912_Stage6_ToB.asp 14 September 2008 dead British Cycling CyclistTeamTime 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LPR 2008 3h 45' 09" 2 Rob Hayles GBR Great Britain s.t. 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR THR 2008b s.t. 4 Russell Downing GBR Pinarello-CandiTV s.t. 5 Malcolm Elliott GBR Pinarello-CandiTV s.t. 6 Ben Swift GBR Great Britain s.t. 7 Jonathan Bellis GBR SAX 2008b s.t. 8 Romain Feillu FRA AGR 2008 s.t. 9 Kenny Lisabeth BEL An Post–M Donnelly s.t. 10 Christopher Sutton AUS GRM 2008b s.t. General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 21h 14' 49" 2 Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 + 6" 3 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2008b + 14" 4 Gabriele Bosisio ITA LPR 2008 + 15" 5 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain + 16" 6 Daniel Fleeman GBR An Post–M Donnelly + 18" 7 Benny De Schrooder BEL An Post–M Donnelly + 19" 8 Frederik Veuchelen BEL TSV 2008 + 28" 9 Emilien Berges FRA AGR 2008 + 40" 10 Russell Downing GBR Pinarello-CandiTV + 1' 24" Stage 7 13 September 2008 – Glasgow Green to Drumlanrig Castle, 153 km mi on Stage 7 resultshttp://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080913_Stage7_ToB.asp Unstoppable Boasen Hagen Makes it Three! 13 September 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080916094931/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/roa/EventReports2008/20080913_Stage7_ToB.asp 16 September 2008 dead British Cycling CyclistTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR THR 2008b 3h 45' 18" 2 Matthew Goss AUS SAX 2008b s.t. 3 Daryl Impey RSA BAR 2008 s.t. 4 Danilo Di Luca ITA LPR 2008 s.t. 5 Julian Dean NZL GRM 2008b s.t. 6 Fred Rodriguez USA RRC 2008 + 5" 7 Cameron Meyer AUS SouthAustralia.com–AIS s.t. 8 Gregory Henderson NZL THR 2008b + 26" 9 Kristof Goddaert BEL TSV 2008 + 2' 18" 10 Roger Hammond GBR THR 2008b s.t. General Classification after Stage 7 CyclistTeamTime 1 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 25h 02' 25" 2 Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 + 6" 3 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2008b + 14" 4 Gabriele Bosisio ITA LPR 2008 + 15" 5 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain + 16" 6 Daniel Fleeman GBR An Post–M Donnelly + 18" 7 Benny De Schrooder BEL An Post–M Donnelly + 19" 8 Frederik Veuchelen BEL TSV 2008 + 28" 9 Emilien Berges FRA AGR 2008 + 40" 10 Russell Downing GBR Pinarello-CandiTV + 1' 24" Stage 8 14 September 2008 – Blackpool to Liverpool, 110 km mi on The final stage departed from Blackpool and finished in Liverpool with six laps of a city centre circuit. Alessandro Petacchi took the stage win, his third of the tour, whilst Geoffroy Lequatre finished third to win the general classification.https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/sep/15/cycling Lequatre holds off charge of home brigade for biggest win The Guardian UK 15 September 2008 Richard Moore Stage 8 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LPR 2008 2h 19' 25" 2 Julian Dean NZL GRM 2008b s.t. 3 Robbie Hunter RSA BAR 2008 s.t. 4 Matthew Goss AUS SAX 2008b s.t. 5 Rob Hayles GBR Great Britain s.t. 6 Christopher Sutton AUS GRM 2008b s.t. 7 Roger Hammond GBR THR 2008b s.t. 8 Juan Van Heerden RSA MTN 2008 s.t. 9 Russell Downing GBR Pinarello – CandiTV s.t. 10 Kenny Lisabeth BEL An Post–M Donnelly s.t. General Classification after Stage 8 CyclistTeamTime 1 Geoffroy Lequatre FRA AGR 2008 27h 21' 49" 2 Steve Cummings GBR BAR 2008 + 6" 3 Ian Stannard GBR Great Britain + 14" 4 Dan Martin IRL GRM 2008b + 15" 5 Gabriele Bosisio ITA LPR 2008 + 16" 6 Benny De Schrooder BEL An Post–M Donnelly + 20" 7 Daniel Fleeman GBR An Post–M Donnelly + 25" 8 Frederik Veuchelen BEL TSV 2008 + 29" 9 Emilien Berges FRA AGR 2008 + 50" 10 Russell Downing GBR Pinarello-CandiTV + 1' 25" Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classification25pxSprint Classification25pxMountains Classification25pxPoints Classification25pxTeam Classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Anders Lund Kristian House Alessandro Petacchi 2 Matthew Goss Danilo Di Luca 3 Emilien BergesEmilien Berges Roger Hammond 4Edvald Boasson Hagen Geoffroy Lequatre Giairo Ermeti Ben Swift 5Danilo Di LucaMatthew Goss 6 Alessandro PetacchiAlessandro Petacchi AGR 2008 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen Danilo Di LucaEdvald Boasson Hagen 8 Alessandro Petacchi Matthew Goss AGR 2008 FinalGeoffroy LequatreEdvald Boasson HagenDanilo Di Luca Matthew GossAGR 2008 References External links 2008 Tour of Britain Official Website 2008 Category:2008 in road cycling Category:2008 in British sport Category:September 2008 sports events in the United Kingdom Category:2008 in sport in London