2008 Tour of the Basque Country

2008 Tour of the Basque Country 2008 UCI ProTour 3 15 7 April–12 April 6 838 km 21h 03' 59" Alberto Contador ESP AST 2008 yellow Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 rosa Egoi Martínez ESP EUS 2008 white dots on red Iban Mayoz ESP XAG 2008a RAB 2008 NED 2007 2009 The 2008 Tour of the Basque Country, the 65th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country stage cycling race, took place from 7 April to 12 April 2008. It was won by Spanish rider Alberto Contador of AST 2008. Stages Stage 1 7 April 2008 - Legazpi to Legazpi, 137 km mi on Stage 1 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2008 3h 39' 22" 2 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XAG 2008a+ 3" 3 David Herrero ESP XAG 2008a + 8" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 8" 5 Riccardo Riccò ITA FUJ 2008a + 8"General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2008 3h 39' 22" 2 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XAG 2008a+ 3" 3 David Herrero ESP XAG 2008a + 8" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 8" 5 Riccardo Riccò ITA FUJ 2008a + 8" Stage 2 8 April 2008 - Legazpi to Erandio, 153 km mi on Stage 2 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a 3h 40' 42" 2 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2008 s.t. 3 David Herrero ESP XAG 2008a s.t. 4 Rinaldo Nocentini ITA ALM 2008 s.t. 5 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2008 7h 20' 04" 2 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XAG 2008a+ 3" 3 David Herrero ESP XAG 2008a + 8" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 8" 5 Peter Velits SVK MRM 2008 + 8" Stage 3 9 April 2008 - Erandio to Viana, 195 km mi on Stage 3 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 David Herrero ESP XAG 2008a4h 54' 24" 2 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2008s.t. 3 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2008s.t. 4 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2008s.t. 5 Michael Albasini SUI LIQ 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2008 12h 14' 28" 2 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XAG 2008a+ 3" 3 David Herrero ESP XAG 2008a + 8" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 8" 5 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 8" Stage 4 10 April 2008 - Viana to Vitoria-Gasteiz, 171 km mi on Stage 4 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a 4h 17' 33" 2 Morris Possoni ITA THR 2008a s.t. 3 David Herrero ESP XAG 2008a s.t. 4 Michael Albasini SUI LIQ 2008 s.t. 5 Matthew Lloyd AUS SIL 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2008 16h 32' 01" 2 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XAG 2008a+ 3" 3 David Herrero ESP XAG 2008a + 8" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 8" 5 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 8" Stage 5 11 April 2008 - Vitoria-Gasteiz to Orio, 162 km mi on Stage 5 Results CyclistTeamTime1Damiano Cunego ITALAM 2008 4h 02' 48"2Alberto Contador ESPAST 2008 s.t.3Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2008 s.t.4Kim Kirchen LUXTHR 2008a s.t.5Davide Rebellin ITAGST 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2008 20h 34' 49"2Damiano Cunego ITALAM 2008 + 8"3Kim Kirchen LUXTHR 2008a + 8"4David Herrero ESPXAG 2008a + 8"5Cadel Evans AUSSIL 2008 + 8" Stage 6 12 April 2008 - Orio to Orio, 20 km mi on (ITT) Stage 6 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 200829' 10" 2 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 22" 3 Thomas Dekker NED RAB 2008 + 27" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 49" 5 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2008 + 1' 16"General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 200821h 03' 59" 2 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 30" 3 Thomas Dekker NED RAB 2008 + 35" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 57" 5 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 1' 25" General classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 200821h 03' 59" 2 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2008 + 30" 3 Thomas Dekker NED RAB 2008 + 35" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 57" 5 Maxime Monfort BEL COF 2008 + 1' 25" 6 Mikel Astarloza ESP EUS 2008 + 1' 37" 7 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 1' 43" 8 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2008 + 2' 03" 9 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XAG 2008a + 2' 03" 10 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2008a + 2' 05" Jersey progress Stage Winner General Classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Metas Volantes Classification Team Classification 1 Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Alberto Contador Egoi Martínez Iban Mayoz FUJ 2008a 2 Kim Kirchen David Herrero LAM 2008 3 David Herrero FUJ 2008a 4 Kim Kirchen 5 Damiano Cunego XAG 2008a 6 Alberto ContadorDamiano Cunego RAB 2008 In stage 2, Ezequiel Mosquera wore the points jersey. Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race As of 13 April 2008, after the 2008 Tour of the Basque Country.http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTgy&RankId=MTEx&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA Rankings as of 12.04.2008 updated after Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco UCI 12 April 2008 13 April 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081113060315/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/SUCI/RACES/RaceRanking.asp?MenuId=MjE5OA&RaceId=MTgy&RankId=MTEx&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMjE5OA 13 November 2008 dead RankNameTeamPoints1André Greipel GERTHR 2008a622Alberto Contador ESPAST 2008583Stijn Devolder BELQST 2008504José Joaquín Rojas ESPGCE 2008455Cadel Evans AUSSIL 2008426Óscar Freire ESPRAB 2008407Nick Nuyens BELCOF 2008408Thomas Dekker NEDRAB 2008379Juan Antonio Flecha ESPRAB 20083510Damiano Cunego ITALAM 20083311Aurélien Clerc SUIBBO 20083012Alessandro Ballan ITALAM 200830 References External links http://canales.diariovasco.com/vueltapaisvasco/ 2008 Bas Bas Category:2008 in the Basque Country (autonomous community) Category:April 2008 sports events in Spain