2008 Tour of Qatar

Cycling race The 2008 Tour of Qatar was held from 27 January to 1 February 2008 in Qatar. It is a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of 712.5 kilometres and is part of the 2007–08 UCI Asia Tour. Stage summary Stage Date Start Finish Distance Stage Top 3 Leading Top 3 Time 1 27 January Doha Corniche Doha Corniche 6 km BEL QST 2008 USA Team Slipstream NED Skil–Shimano ITA Matteo Tosatto BEL Wilfried Cretskens NED Steven de Jongh 6:35 + 0:00 + 0:00 2 28 January Zubarah Doha Golf Club 137.5 km BEL Tom Boonen BEL Greg Van Avermaet ITA Danilo Napolitano BEL Tom Boonen NED Steven de Jongh BEL Greg Van Avermaet 2:34:59 + 0:09 + 0:14 3 29 January Camel Race Track Qatar Foundation 147.5 km BEL Tom Boonen ITA Danilo Napolitano NED Steven de Jongh BEL Tom Boonen NED Steven de Jongh BEL Greg Van Avermaet 6:04:30 + 0:13 + 0:24 4 30 January Khalifa International Stadium Al Khor Corniche 131.5 km ITA Alberto Loddo BEL Tom Boonen GER Sebastian SiedlerBEL Tom Boonen NED Steven de Jongh BEL Greg Van Avermaet 8:48:57 + 0:16 + 0:28 5 31 January Al Khor Academy Al Khor Corniche 170 km ITA Danilo Napolitano ITA Alberto Loddo BEL Tom BoonenBEL Tom Boonen NED Steven de Jongh BEL Greg Van Avermaet 12:38:07 + 0:17 + 0:30 6 1 February Al Wakrah Doha Corniche 120 km BEL Tom Boonen ITA Alberto Loddo BRA Luciano PagliariniBEL Tom Boonen NED Steven de Jongh BEL Greg Van Avermaet 15:27:44 + 0:27 + 0:40 Other leading top threes Stage Sprints Pts Under 23 Time Teams Time 1 no sprints none AUS Christopher Sutton NED Martijn Maaskant NED Huub Duyn 6:37 + 0:00 + 0:00 BEL QST 2008 USA Team Slipstream NED Skil–Shimano 6:35 + 0:02 + 0:05 2 BEL Tom Boonen BEL Greg Van Avermaet ITA Danilo Napolitano 33 27 25 BEL Greg Van Avermaet AUS Christopher Sutton BEL Jürgen Roelandts 2:35:13 + 0:01 + 0:06 BEL QST 2008 BEL OLO 2008 NED Skil–Shimano 7:32:33 + 0:07 + 2:08 3 BEL Tom Boonen ITA Danilo Napolitano BEL Greg Van Avermaet 63 52 51 BEL Greg Van Avermaet AUS Christopher Sutton BEL Jürgen Roelandts 6:04:53 + 0:03 + 0:09 BEL QST 2008 BEL OLO 2008 NED Skil–Shimano 18:01:41 + 0:09 + 2:47 4 BEL Tom Boonen BEL Greg Van Avermaet AUS Christopher Sutton 90 69 64 BEL Greg Van Avermaet AUS Christopher Sutton BEL Jürgen Roelandts 8:49:23 + 0:06 + 0:10 BEL QST 2008 BEL OLO 2008 NED Skil–Shimano 26:15:20 + 0:09 + 2:47 5 BEL Tom Boonen ITA Danilo Napolitano BEL Greg Van Avermaet 115 92 79 BEL Greg Van Avermaet AUS Christopher Sutton BEL Jürgen Roelandts 12:38:37 + 0:06 + 0:10 BEL QST 2008 BEL OLO 2008 NED Skil–Shimano 37:43:02 + 0:09 + 2:47 6 BEL Tom Boonen ITA Danilo Napolitano ITA Alberto Loddo 14510597 BEL Greg Van Avermaet AUS Christopher Sutton BEL Jürgen Roelandts 15:28:24 + 0:06 + 0:10 BEL QST 2008 BEL OLO 2008 NED Skil–Shimano 46:12:23 + 0:09 + 2:47 Men's top 10 overall Pos Rider Time 1 BEL Tom Boonen 15:27:44 2 NED Steven de Jongh + 0:27 3 BEL Greg Van Avermaet + 0:40 4 AUS Christopher Sutton + 0:46 5 BEL Jürgen Roelandts + 0:50 6 FRA Alexandre Pichot + 1:10 7 NED Maarten Tjallingii + 1:12 8 ITA Alberto Loddo + 1:22 9 BEL Wilfried Cretskens + 1:3110 GER Sebastian Siedler + 1:41 References Official site Cyclingnews.com 2008 Tour of Qatar Category:Tour of Qatar Tour of Qatar Tour of Qatar