2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 2008 UCI ProTour 8 15 8–15 June 2008 7 & Prologue 1093.6 km 27h 34' 39" Alejandro Valverde GCE 2008 ESP yellow-bluebar Cadel Evans SIL 2008 AUS Levi Leipheimer AST 2008 USA Alejandro Valverde GCE 2008 ESP green Pierre Rolland C.A 2008 FRA white dots on red EUS 2008 ESP 2007 2009 The 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 60th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race and was held from 8 June to 15 June 2005. The race started in Le Pontet and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde of the MOV 2008 team. Teams Eighteen UCI ProTour teams, each containing a maximum of eight riders, participated in the 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré:https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=startlist 60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré – ProT Cycling News 4 February 2019 BEL Belgium QST 2008 (QST) SIL 2008 (SIL) DEN Denmark SAX 2008a (CSC) FRA France ALM 2008 (ALM) BBO 2008 (BTL) COF 2008 (COF) C.A 2008 (C.A) FDJ 2008 (FDJ)GER Germany GST 2008 (GST) MRM 2008 (MRM) ITA Italy LAM 2008 (LAM) LIQ 2008 (LIQ) LUX Luxembourg AST 2008 (AST) NED Netherlands RAB 2008 (RAB)ESP Spain GCE 2008 (GCE) EUS 2008 (EUS) FUJ 2008a (SDV) USA United States THR 2008a (THR) Route +Stage characteristics and winnershttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages Stages & results Cycling News 4 February 2019 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner P 8 June Le Pontet to Avignon 5.6 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Levi Leipheimer USA 1 9 June Avignon to Privas 194 km mi on Alejandro Valverde ESP 2 10 June Bourg-Saint-Andéol to Vienne 184 km mi on George Hincapie USA 3 11 June Saint-Paul-en-Jarez 31 km mi on 20px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Alejandro Valverde ESP 4 12 June Vienne to Annemasse 193 km mi on Cyril Dessel FRA 5 13 June Ville-la-Grand to Morzine 125 km mi on Yuri Trofimov RUS 6 14 June Morzine to La Toussuire 233 km mi on Chris Anker Sørensen DEN 7 15 June Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Grenoble 128 km mi on Dmitry Fofonov KAZ Stages Prologue 8 June 2008 – Le Pontet to Avignon, 5.6 km mi on (ITT)https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages/dauphinelibere080 Stage 0 – June 8: Le Pontet – Avignon, 5.60km Cycling News 4 February 2019 Prologue Resultshttp://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/DL/2008-dauphine-libere.html Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré BikeRaceInfo 2 February 2019https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/09/EMD20080609050MDP.pdf Ciclismo Spanish Cycling El Mundo Deportivo 50 9 June 2008 3 February 2019https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=results/dauphinelibere080 Leipheimer uses Giro form to beat Hushovd Cycling News 4 February 2019 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 6' 10" 2 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2008 + 1" 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2008 + 6" 4 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 12" 5 Vladimir Efimkin RUS ALM 2008 + 12"General Classification after Prologue RankRiderTeamTime 1 Levi Leipheimer USA 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. AST 2008 6' 10" 2 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2008 + 1" 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2008 + 6" 4 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 12" 5 Vladimir Efimkin RUS ALM 2008 + 12" Stage 1 9 June 2008 – Avignon to Privas, 194 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages/dauphinelibere081 Stage 1 – June 9: Avignon – Privas, 194km Cycling News 4 February 2019 Stage 1 Resultshttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/10/EMD20080610055MDP.pdf Ciclismo Spanish Cycling El Mundo Deportivo 55 10 June 2008 3 February 2019https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=results/dauphinelibere081 Valverde wins as Hushovd leads the Dauphiné for the first time Cycling News 4 February 2019 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2008 4h 46' 36" 2 Thor Hushovd NOR C.A 2008 s.t. 3 Björn Schröder GER MRM 2008 s.t. 4 Fabian Wegmann GER GST 2008 s.t. 5 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. C.A 2008 4h 52' 41" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|alt=A green jersey. GCE 2008 + 1" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 5" 4 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 17" 5 Vladimir Efimkin RUS ALM 2008 + 17" Stage 2 10 June 2008 – Bourg-Saint-Andéol to Vienne, 184 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages/dauphinelibere082 Stage 2 – June 10: Bourg-Saint-Andeol – Vienne, 184km Cycling News 4 February 2019 Stage 2 Resultshttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/11/EMD20080611046MDP.pdf Ciclismo Spanish Cycling El Mundo Deportivo 46 11 June 2008 3 February 2019https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=results/dauphinelibere082 Big George surprises the sprinters Cycling News 4 February 2019 RankRiderTeamTime 1 George Hincapie USA THR 2008a 4h 32' 38" 2 Sebastien Chavanel FRA FDJ 2008 s.t. 3 Sebastian Lang GER GST 2008 s.t. 4 Heinrich Haussler GER GST 2008 s.t. 5 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. C.A 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Thor Hushovd NOR 20px|link=General classification|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. C.A 2008 9h 25' 19" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2008 + 1" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 5" 4 George Hincapie USA THR 2008a + 13" 5 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 17" Stage 3 11 June 2008 – Saint-Paul-en-Jarez to Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, 31 km mi on (ITT)https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages/dauphinelibere083 Stage 3 – June 11: Saint-Paul-en-Jarez (ITT), 31km Cycling News 4 February 2019 Stage 3 Resultshttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/12/EMD20080612040MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 40 12 June 2008 3 February 2019https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=results/dauphinelibere083 Valverde surprises in time trial Cycling News 4 February 2019 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2008 44' 59" 2 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 19" 3 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 20" 4 Mikel Astarloza ESP EUS 2008 + 1' 00" 5 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 1' 01"General Classification after Stage 3 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. GCE 2008 10h 10' 19" 2 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 23" 3 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 37" 4 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 1' 17" 5 Mikel Astarloza ESP EUS 2008 + 1' 20" Stage 4 12 June 2008 – Vienne to Annemasse, 193 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages/dauphinelibere084 Stage 4 – June 12: Vienne – Annemasse, 193km Cycling News 4 February 2019 Stage 4 Resultshttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/13/EMD20080613044MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 36 13 June 2008 3 February 2019https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=results/dauphinelibere084 Dessel at the right time, Valverde holds the lead Cycling News 4 February 2019 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Cyril Dessel FRA ALM 2008 4h 37' 16" 2 Pierre Rolland FRA C.A 2008 + 18" 3 Amaël Moinard FRA COF 2008 + 1' 21" 4 Óscar Pereiro ESP GCE 2008 + 1' 21" 5 Lars Bak DEN SAX 2008a + 2' 07"General Classification after Stage 4 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. GCE 2008 14h 49' 46" 2 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 23" 3 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 37" 4 Cyril Dessel FRA ALM 2008 + 1' 08" 5 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 1' 17" Stage 5 13 June 2008 – Ville-la-Grand to Morzine, 125 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages/dauphinelibere085 Stage 5 – June 13: Ville-La-Grand – Morzine, 125km Cycling News 4 February 2019 Stage 5 Resultshttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/14/EMD20080614071MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 39 14 June 2008 3 February 2019https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=results/dauphinelibere085 Rookie Trofimov capitalizes on Valverde-Evans duel Cycling News 4 February 2019 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Iouri Trofimov RUS BBO 2008 3h 07' 46" 2 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 18" 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. GCE 2008 + 18" 4 Haimar Zubeldia ESP EUS 2008 + 23" 5 Sylwester Szmyd POL LAM 2008 + 26"General Classification after Stage 5 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. GCE 2008 17h 57' 50" 2 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 37" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 1' 29" 4 Iouri Trofimov RUS BBO 2008 + 2' 16" 5 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2008 + 2' 36" Stage 6 14 June 2008 – Morzine to La Toussuire, 233 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages/dauphinelibere086 Stage 6 – June 14: Morzine – La Toussuire, 233km Cycling News 4 February 2019 Stage 6 Resultshttps://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/15/EMD20080615048MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 48 15 June 2008 3 February 2019https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=results/dauphinelibere086 Valverde resists attack of Evans and Leipheimer Cycling News 4 February 2019 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Chris Anker Sørensen DEN SAX 2008a 6h 15' 53" 2 Pierrick Fédrigo FRA BBO 2008 + 1' 02" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 1' 10" 4 Sylwester Szmyd POL LAM 2008 + 1' 15" 5 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. GCE 2008 + 1' 15"General Classification after Stage 6 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. GCE 2008 24h 14' 58" 2 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 39" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 1' 24" 4 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2008 + 2' 47" 5 Haimar Zubeldia ESP EUS 2008 + 3' 19" Stage 7 15 June 2008 – Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Grenoble, 128 km mi onhttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=stages/dauphinelibere087 Stage 7 – June 15: Saint-Jean-de Maurienne – Grenoble, 128km Cycling News 4 February 2019 Stage 7 Resultshttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=results/dauphinelibere087 Fofonov beats Trofimov as Valverde seals overall Jean-François Quénet Cycling News 2 February 2019https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/16/EMD20080616046MDP.pdf Clasificaciones Spanish Classifications El Mundo Deportivo 46 16 June 2008 3 February 2019 RankRiderTeamTime 1 Dmitry Fofonov KAZ C.A 2008 3h 17' 20" 2 Jurgen Van de Walle BEL QST 2008 s.t. 3 Iouri Trofimov RUS BBO 2008 s.t. 4 Christophe Riblon FRA ALM 2008 + 11" 5 Matteo Carrara ITA QST 2008 + 11" General Classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band. GCE 2008 27h 34' 39" 2 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 39" 3 Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 + 1' 24" 4 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2008 + 2' 47" 5 Haimar Zubeldia ESP EUS 2008 + 3' 19" 6 Cyril Dessel FRA ALM 2008 + 4' 01" 7 Mikel Astarloza ESP EUS 2008 + 4' 25" 8 Sylvester Szmyd POL LAM 2008 + 4' 29" 9 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 4' 46" 10 Matteo Carrara ITA QST 2008 + 5' 13" Jersey progress Stage WinnerGeneral classificationMountains classificationPoints classificationTeam Classification P Levi LeipheimerLevi Leipheimerno awardLevi LeipheimerAST 2008 1 Alejandro ValverdeThor HushovdChristian KuxAlejandro Valverde 2 George HincapieDavid de la FuenteThor Hushovd 3 Alejandro ValverdeAlejandro ValverdeAlejandro ValverdeAlejandro ValverdeGCE 2008 4 Cyril DesselDavid de la Fuente 5 Iouri TrofimovJuan José CoboSIL 2008 6 Chris Anker SørensenPierre RollandEUS 2008 7 Dmitry Fofonov Final Alejandro Valverde Pierre Rolland Alejandro Valverde Euskaltel 2008 Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions In stage 1, Thor Hushovd wore the green jersey In stage 3, Alejandro Valverde wore the green jersey In stages 4–7, Levi Leipheimer wore the green jersey ProTour standings As of 15 June 2008, after the 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTc1&RankId=MTE1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA Individual standings UCI 15 June 2008 18 June 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081113055942/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTc1&RankId=MTE1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA 13 November 2008 dead RankNameTeamPoints1Cadel Evans AUSSIL 2008852Alejandro Valverde ESPGCE 2008833Damiano Cunego ITALAM 2008734André Greipel GERTHR 2008a625Mikel Astarloza ESPEUS 2008606Alberto Contador ESPAST 2008587Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2008548Andreas Klöden GERAST 2008539Stijn Devolder BELQST 20085010José Joaquín Rojas ESPGCE 20084511Haimar Zubeldia ESPEUS 20084512Levi Leipheimer USAAST 200841 91 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour. See also 2008 in road cycling References 2 Further reading https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/dauphinelibere08/?id=default 60th Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré – ProT Cycling News http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/files/1211042937.pdf Jeudi 12 juin 2008 > Vienne – Annemasse 193 km French Thursday 12 June 2008 > Vienne – Annemasse 193 km Le Dauphine https://web.archive.org/web/20081206141519/http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/files/1211042937.pdf 6 December 2008 http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/files/1211043087.pdf Vendredi 13 juin 2008 > Ville-la-Grand – Morzine 125 km French Friday 13 June 2008 > Ville-la-Grand – Morzine 125 km Le Dauphine https://web.archive.org/web/20081206141309/http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/files/1211043087.pdf 6 December 2008 http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/files/1211043195.pdf Samedi 14 juin 2008 > Morzine – La Toussuire 233 km French Saturday 14 June 2008 > Morzine – La Toussuire 233 km Le Dauphine https://web.archive.org/web/20081206141346/http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/files/1211043195.pdf 6 December 2008 http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/files/1211043358.pdf Dimanche 15 juin 2008 > Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Grenoble 127 km French Sunday 15 June 2008 > Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne – Grenoble 127 km Le Dauphine https://web.archive.org/web/20081206141504/http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/files/1211043358.pdf 6 December 2008 External links http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/en/ Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Le Dauphine https://web.archive.org/web/20080914081837/http://criterium.ledauphine.com/criterium08/en/ 14 September 2008 en Category:June 2008 sports events in France Category:2008 UCI ProTour 2008 Category:June 2008 sports events in Europe