2008 Tour de Suisse

2008 Tour de Suisse 2008 UCI ProTour 9 15 14–22 June 2008 9 1411.6http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Switzerland/swiss-tour.html Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) BikeRaceInfo 14 February 2020 km 35h 43' 46" Roman Kreuziger LIQ 2008 CZE Andreas Klöden AST 2008 GER Igor Antón EUS 2008 ESP Fabian Cancellara SAX 2008a SUI Maxim Iglinsky AST 2008 KAZ René Weissinger VBG 2008 GER AST 2008 KAZ 2007 2009 The 2008 Tour de Suisse was the 72nd edition of the Tour de Suisse road cycling stage race. The race took place from 14 June to 22 June 2008 and is part of the 2008 UCI ProTour. It began in Langnau im Emmental and ended in Bern. The race was won by Roman Kreuziger. Teams Twenty teams of eight riders started the race:http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=startlist Start list Cycling News 14 February 2020 20em margin-right:20%; MOV 2008 LIQ 2008 C.A 2008 LOT 2008 COF 2008 MRM 2008 LAM 2008 ALM 2008 QST 2008 AST 2008 RAB 2008 FDJ 2008 CSC 2008a GST 2008 SDV 2008a DEN 2008 EUS 2008 THR 2008a BMC 2008 VOL 2008 Route +Stage characteristics and winnershttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=stages 72nd Tour de Suisse - ProT Cycling News 14 February 2020http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Switzerland/2008-swiss-tour.html Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) Pro Tour, June 14 - June 22, 2008 BikeRaceInfo 14 February 2020 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 14 June Langnau im Emmental to Langnau im Emmental 146 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Medium mountain stage Óscar Freire ESP 2 15 June Langnau im Emmental to Flumserberg 197 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Medium mountain stage Igor Antón ESP 3 16 June Flums to Gossau SG 155 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Robbie McEwen AUS 4 17 June Gossau SG to Domat/Ems 171 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Robbie McEwen AUS 5 18 June Domat/Ems to Caslano 190 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Markus Fothen GER 6 19 June Ambrì to Verbier 188 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Kim Kirchen LUX 7 20 June Gruyères to Lyss 171 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Fabian Cancellara SUI 8 21 June Altdorf to Klausen Pass 25 km 1 on 20px|link=|alt= Individual time trial Roman Kreuziger CZE 9 22 June Altdorf to Bern 168 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Fabian Cancellara SUI Stages Stage 1 14 June 2008 - Langnau I.E. to Langnau I.E., 146 km mi on Stage 1 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse081 Stage 1 - June 14: Langnau I.E. - Langnau I.E., 146km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2008 3h 42' 35" 2 Martin Elmiger SUI ALM 2008 s.t. 3 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a s.t. 4 Greg Van Avermaet BEL SIL 2008 s.t. 5 Philippe Gilbert BEL FDJ 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2008 3h 42' 25" 2 Martin Elmiger SUI ALM 2008 + 4" 3 David Loosli SUI LAM 2008 + 4" 4 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 6" 5 Iñigo Landaluze ESP EUS 2008 + 7" Stage 2 15 June 2008 - Langnau I.E. to Flumserberg, 197 km mi on Stage 2 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse082 Stage 2 - June 15: Langnau I.E. - Flumserberge, 197km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 5h 00' 04" 2 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 6" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 6" 4 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2008a + 6" 5 Oliver Zaugg SUI GST 2008 + 8"General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 8h 42' 29" 2 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 6" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 12" 4 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2008a + 16" 5 Oliver Zaugg SUI GST 2008 + 18" Stage 3 16 June 2008 - Flums to Gossau SG, 155 km mi on Stage 3 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse083 Stage 3 - June 16: Flums - Gossau SG, 155km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Robbie McEwen AUS SIL 2008 3h 50' 05" 2 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2008 s.t. 3 Gerald Ciolek GER THR 2008a s.t. 4 Robert Förster GER GST 2008 s.t. 5 Danilo Napolitano ITA GST 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 12h 32' 34" 2 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 6" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 12" 4 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2008a + 16" 5 Oliver Zaugg SUI GST 2008 + 18" Stage 4 17 June 2008 - Gossau SG to Domat/Ems, 171 km mi on Stage 4 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse084 Stage 4 - June 17: Gossau SG - Domat-Ems, 171km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Robbie McEwen AUS SIL 2008 4h 04' 10" 2 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2008 s.t. 3 Gerald Ciolek GER THR 2008a s.t. 4 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2008 s.t. 5 Markus Zberg SUI GST 2008 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 16h 36' 44" 2 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 6" 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 12" 4 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2008a + 16" 5 Oliver Zaugg SUI GST 2008 + 18" Stage 5 18 June 2008 - Domat/Ems to Caslano, 190 km mi on Stage 5 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse085 Stage 5 - June 18: Domat-Ems - Caslano, 190km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Markus Fothen GER GST 2008 4h 47' 31" 2 Sergei Ivanov RUS AST 2008 + 50" 3 Markus Zberg SUI GST 2008 + 57" 4 Michael Albasini SUI LIQ 2008 + 57" 5 Alexander Bocharov RUS C.A 2008 + 57"General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 21h 25' 12" 2 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a + 6" 3 Oliver Zaugg SUI GST 2008 + 18" 4 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2008 + 21" 5 Stijn Devolder BEL QST 2008 + 22" Stage 6 19 June 2008 - Ambrì to Verbier, 188 km mi on Stage 6 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse086 Stage 6 - June 19: Ambri - Verbier, 188km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a 5h 29' 23" 2 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2008 s.t. 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2008 + 6" 4 Sergei Ivanov RUS LIQ 2008 + 12" 5 Stijn Devolder BEL QST 2008 + 20"General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a 26h 54' 31" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2008 + 27" 3 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 + 33" 4 Stijn Devolder BEL QST 2008 + 46" 5Thomas Lövkvist SWE THR 2008a + 56" Stage 7 20 June 2008 - Gruyères to Lyss, 171 km mi on Stage 7 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse087 Stage 7 - June 20: Gruyères - Lyss, 171km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2008a 3h 47' 09" 2 Erik Zabel GER MRM 2008 + 2" 3 Robbie McEwen AUS SIL 2008 + 2" 4 Robert Förster GER GST 2008 + 2" 5 Danilo Napolitano ITA LAM 2008 + 2"General Classification after Stage 7 CyclistTeamTime 1 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2008a 30h 41' 42" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2008 + 27" 3 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 + 33" 4 Stijn Devolder BEL QST 2008 + 46" 5Thomas Lövkvist SWE THR 2008a + 56" Stage 8 21 June 2008 - Altdorf to Klausen Pass, 25 km mi on (ITT) Stage 8 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse088 Stage 8 - June 21: Altdorf - Col du Klausen (ITT), 25km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2008 1h 00' 22" 2 José Rujano VEN GCE 2008 + 16" 3 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2008 + 17" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 54" 5 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2008a + 1' 26"General Classification after Stage 8 CyclistTeamTime 1 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2008 31h 42' 31" 2 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2008 + 49" 3 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 + 1' 55" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 2' 11" 5 Thomas Lövkvist SWE THR 2008a + 2' 37" Stage 9 22 June, 2008 - Altdorf to Bern, 168 km mi on Stage 9 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/jun08/suisse08?id=results/suisse089 Stage 9 - June 22: Altdorf - Berne, 168km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2008a 2 Philippe Gilbert BEL FDJ 2008 s.t. 3 Daniel Moreno ESP GCE 2008 + 4" 4 Matteo Tosatto ITA QST 2008 + 5" 5 Markus Zberg SUI GST 2008 + 5"General Classification after Stage 9 CyclistTeamTime 1 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2008 35h 43' 46" 2 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2008 + 49" 3 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2008 + 1' 55" 4 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2008 + 2' 11" 5 Thomas Lövkvist SWE THR 2008a + 2' 37" Classification leadership StageWinnerGeneral classificationPoints classificationMountains classificationSprints classificationTeam classification 1 Óscar FreireÓscar FreireÓscar Freire no award no awardGCE 2008 2 Igor AntónIgor AntónKim KirchenDavid LoosliDavid LoosliSAX 2008a 3 Robbie McEwenÓscar FreireRené Weissinger 4 Robbie McEwen 5 Markus FothenGST 2008 6 Kim KirchenKim KirchenAST 2008 7 Fabian CancellaraMaxim Iglinsky 8 Roman KreuzigerRoman Kreuziger 9 Fabian CancellaraFabian Cancellara FinalRoman KreuzigerFabian CancellaraMaxim IglinskyRené WeissingerAST 2008 In stage 2, Martin Elmiger wore the green jersey. In stage 3, Martin Elmiger wore the white jersey. See also 2008 in road cycling References 30em Further reading http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/15/EMD20080615048MDP.pdf Regreso con triunfo y liderato para Oscar Freire es Return with triumph and lead for Oscar Freire El Mundo Deportivo 15 June 2008 48 http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/16/EMD20080616046MDP.pdf Igor Anton sustituye a Oscar Freire en el liderato es Igor Anton replaces Oscar Freire in the lead El Mundo Deportivo 16 June 2008 46 http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/17/EMD20080617047MDP.pdf McEwen evita al sprint que Freire repita triunfo es McEwen misses at the sprint that Freire repeats triumph El Mundo Deportivo 17 June 2008 39 http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/18/EMD20080618042MDP.pdf Anton, lider y el sprint de Gossau se repite es Anton, leader and the sprint at Gossau repeats El Mundo Deportivo 18 June 2008 42 http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/19/EMD20080619049MDP.pdf Fothen se lleva la etapa y Anton sigue de lider es Fothen takes the stage and Anton remains a leader El Mundo Deportivo 19 June 2008 49 http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/20/EMD20080620053MDP.pdf Anton pierde el liderato es Anton loses the lead El Mundo Deportivo 20 June 2008 45 http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/21/EMD20080621080MDP.pdf Cancellara se escapa al final es Cancellara escapes at the end El Mundo Deportivo 21 June 2008 80 http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/22/EMD20080622053MDP.pdf Igor Anton no puede regresar al liderato es Igor Anton can't return to the lead El Mundo Deportivo 22 June 2008 53 http://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2008/06/23/EMD20080623048MDP.pdf Kreuziger gana e Igor Anton termina tercero es Kreuziger wins and Igor Anton finishes third El Mundo Deportivo 23 June 2008 48 External links Tour de Suisse 2008 2008 Tour de Suisse http://www.tourdesuisse.ch/en/ cyclingnews.com Tour de Suisse Category:2008 UCI ProTour 2008