2008 Tour Down Under

10th edition of the Tour Down Under road cycling stage race June 2020 2008 Tour Down Under 2008 UCI ProTour 1 15 22 –27 January 2008 6 835 km 18h 46' 18" André Greipel GER THR 2008a Allan Davis AUS UniSA–Australia José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2008 André Greipel GER THR 2008a Philippe Gilbert BEL FDJ 2008 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2008 FDJ 2008 2007 2009 The 2008 Tour Down Under was the 10th edition of the Tour Down Under road cycling stage race, taking place from 22 to 27 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside of Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI. The race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition.Verkuylen Paul 20 January 2008 ProTour is go! https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jan08/tdu08 2026-01-26 autobus.cyclingnews.com It was won by German André Greipel of THR 2008a.Johnson Greg Verkuylen Paul Knapp Gerard 27 January 2008 Stage 6 - Sunday, January 27: Adelaide East End Circuit, 88 km 'Gorilla' Greipel gets the stage - and the overall https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jan08/tdu08?id=results/tdu086 2026-01-26 autobus.cyclingnews.com Teams Eighteen UCI ProTour teams and the Australian national team participated in the race. 20em margin-right:20%; A2R 2008 AST 2008 EUC 2008 COF 2008 C.A 2008 SAX 2008a EUS 2008 FDJ 2008 MOV 2008 GST 2008 LAM 2008 LIQ 2008 MRM 2008 QST 2008 RAB 2008 GEO 2008a OLO 2008 THR 2008a UniSA–Australia Stage results Stage 1, 22 January, Mawson Lakes–Angaston, 129 km Stage 1 resultVerkuylen Paul Johnson Greg 22 January 2008 Stage 1 - Tuesday, January 22: Mawson Lakes - Angaston, 129km Renshaw's day in the sun https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jan08/tdu08?id=results/tdu081 2026-01-26 autobus.cyclingnews.com CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 2008 3h 13' 33" 3 pts2José Joaquín Rojas ESPMOV 2008 s.t. 2 pts3Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2008 s.t. 1 ptGeneral Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime1Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 2008 3h 13' 23"2José Joaquín Rojas ESPMOV 2008 + 4"3Mickaël Buffaz FRACOF 2008 + 4" Stage 2, 23 January, Stirling – Hahndorf, 148 km Stage 2 resultVerkuylen Paul Johnson Greg 23 January 2008 Stage 2 - Wednesday, January 23: Stirling - Hahndorf, 148km Greipel wins the dash into Hahndorf https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jan08/tdu08?id=results/tdu082 2026-01-26 autobus.cyclingnews.com CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a 3h 46' 55" 3 pts2Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2008 s.t. 2 pts3Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia s.t. -General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime1Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2008 7h 00' 18"2Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 2008 s.t.3André Greipel GERTHR 2008a s.t. Stage 3, 24 January, Unley – Victor Harbor, 139 km Stage 3 resultJohnson Greg Verkuylen Paul 24 January 2008 Stage 3 - Thursday, January 24: Unley - Victor Harbor, 139km Davis takes victory for UniSA - Australia https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jan08/tdu08?id=results/tdu083 2026-01-26 autobus.cyclingnews.com CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia 3h 13' 48" -2Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 2008 s.t. 2 pts3Mathew Hayman AUSRAB 2008 s.t. 1 ptGeneral Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime1Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 2008 10h 14' 00"2Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia + 2"3André Greipel GERTHR 2008a + 6" Stage 4, 25 January, Mannum – Strathalbyn, 134 km Stage 4 resultJohnson Greg Verkuylen Paul 25 January 2008 Stage 4 - Friday, January 25: Mannum - Strathalbyn, 134km Greipel grabs second ProTour victory, Renshaw holds on to the lead https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jan08/tdu08?id=results/tdu084 2026-01-26 autobus.cyclingnews.com CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a 3h 14' 46" 3 pts2Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 2008 s.t. 2 pts3José Joaquín Rojas ESPMOV 2008 s.t. 1 ptGeneral Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime1Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 2008 13h 28' 38"2André Greipel GERTHR 2008a + 4"3Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia + 7" Stage 5, 26 January, Willunga – Willunga, 147 km Stage 5 resultVerkuylen Paul Johnson Greg 26 January 2008 Stage 5 - Saturday, January 26: Willunga - Willunga, 147 km Unstoppable Greipel does it again https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jan08/tdu08?id=results/tdu085 2026-01-26 autobus.cyclingnews.com CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a 3h 26' 26" 3 pts2Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia s.t. -3José Alberto Benítez ESPGEO 2008a s.t. 1 ptGeneral Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a 16h 55' 18"2Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia + 7"3José Joaquín Rojas ESPMOV 2008 + 20" Stage 6, 27 January, Adelaide East End Circuit, 88 km Stage 6 result CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a 1h 51' 13" 3 pts2Robert Förster GERGST 2008 s.t. 2 pts3Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2008 s.t. 1 ptGeneral Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a 18h 46' 18"2Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia + 15"3José Joaquín Rojas ESPMOV 2008 + 33" Final standing General classification CyclistTeamTimeUCI ProTourPoints1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a18h 46' 18" 502Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia + 15" -3José Joaquín Rojas ESPMOV 2008 + 33" 354Mickaël Delage FRAFDJ 2008 + 37" 305Mickaël Buffaz FRACOF 2008 + 37" 256José Alberto Benítez ESPGEO 2008a + 39" 207Kjell Carlström FINLIQ 2008 + 39" 158Luis León Sánchez ESPMOV 2008 + 41" 109Richie Porte AUSTeam UniSA–Australia + 41" -10Stuart O'Grady AUSSAX 2008a + 42" 2 Mountains classification CyclistTeamPoints1Philippe Gilbert BELFDJ 2008 382David Moncoutié FRACOF 2008 223Mathieu Perget FRAMOV 2008 18 Points classification CyclistTeamPoints1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a 382Allan Davis AUSTeam UniSA–Australia 343Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 2008 24 Young classification CyclistTeamTime1José Joaquín Rojas ESPMOV 2008 18h 46' 51"2Mickaël Delage FRAFDJ 2008 + 4"3Richie Porte AUSTeam UniSA–Australia + 8" Team classification TeamCountryTime1FDJ 2008France 56h 21' 03"2GEO 2008aSpain s.t.3MOV 2008Spain s.t. Classification leadership Stage(Winner)General ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationYoung rider classificationTeam Classification Stage 1(Mark Renshaw) Mark Renshaw Philippe Gilbert Mickaël Buffaz José Joaquín Rojas A2R 2008 Stage 2(André Greipel) Graeme Brown AST 2008 Stage 3(Allan Davis) Mark Renshaw Mark Renshaw THR 2008a Stage 4(André Greipel) SAX 2008a Stage 5(André Greipel) André Greipel André Greipel FDJ 2008 Stage 6(André Greipel) Final André Greipel Philippe Gilbert André Greipel José Joaquín Rojas FDJ 2008 Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race As of 27 January 2008, after the Tour Down UnderUpdated Rankings https://web.archive.org/web/20081113101719/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTgw&RankId=MTEz&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA 13 November 2008 27 January 2008; UCI; Accessed 2008-01-27 After winning 4 stages of Tour Down Under and the overall classification, German André Greipel is the first leader of 2008 UCI ProTour. RankPreviousRankNameTeamPoints1-André Greipel GERTHR 2008a622-José Joaquín Rojas ESPMOV 2008383-Mickaël Delage FRAFDJ 2008304-Mickaël Buffaz FRARAB 2008255-José Alberto Benítez ESPGEO 2008a216-Kjell Carlström FINLIQ 2008157-Luis León Sánchez ESPMOV 2008108-Mark Renshaw AUSC.A 200879-Graeme Brown AUSRAB 2008410-Stuart O'Grady AUSSAX 2008a211-Robert Förster GERGST 2008212-Mathew Hayman AUSRAB 20081 References External links Official Website CyclingFever Racespecial 2008 Category:2008 UCI ProTour Category:January 2008 sports events in Australia Category:2008 in sport in Adelaide