2008 Tour of Turkey

2008 Tour of Turkey 7 & prologue 1071.8 km 25h 40' 41" David García ESP Karpin–Galicia José Alberto Benítez ESP GEO 2008a Pieter Jacobs BEL OLO 2008 Assan Bazayev KAZ AST 2008 José Alberto Benítez ESP GEO 2008a Diquigiovanni–Androni 2007 2009 The 2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, the 44th running of the race, took place from April 13 to April 20, 2008. Stages StageRouteDistanceTypeDateStage winnerkmmiPGrand Prix of Istanbul76.2 km mi tableOpening race Sunday, April 13Grégory Rast SUI 1İzmir–Kuşadası132.7 km mi tableFlat stage Monday, April 14Alessandro Petacchi ITA 2Kuşadası–Bodrum165.9 km mi tableFlat stage Tuesday, April 15Mirco Lorenzetto ITA 3Bodrum–Marmaris166.8 km mi tableFlat stage Wednesday, April 16Matteo Priamo ITA 4Marmaris–Ölüdeniz177.7 km mi tableFlat stage Thursday, April 17Filippo Savini ITA 5Kalkan–Finike100.1 km mi tableFlat stage Friday, April 18Matteo Priamo ITA 6Finike–Antalya115.8 km mi tableFlat stage Saturday, April 19Alessandro Petacchi ITA 7Antalya–Alanya136.6 km mi tableFlat stage Sunday, April 20Maximiliano Richeze ARG Teams thumb|250px|Winner of Antalya–Alanya stage Maximiliano Richezefrom Argentina 25 teams started the race – each had 6 riders at the start of the tour i.e., 150 started in total. The teamshttp://www.tourofturkey.org/proteams.aspx :: Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey :: 2008-04-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20080421180317/http://www.tourofturkey.org/proteams.aspx 2008-04-21 dead were: Pro Teams OLO 2008 GEO 2008a MRM 2008 LAM 2008 AST 2008 Pro-Continental teams PSK Whirlpool–Author Mitsubishi–Jartazi CSF Group–Navigare Benfica Extremadura Karpin–Galicia NGC Medical–OTC Industria Porte Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni–Androni Giocattoli Continental teams Tyrol–Team Radland Tirol AC Sparta Praha Team Ista Cosmote Kastro Centri della Calzatura Partizan Hadimec AG Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei Steg Computer–CKT Cogeas Brisa Cycling Team National teams Turkey Turkish national team Netherlands Dutch national team Ireland Irish national team References External links http://www.tourofturkey.org/ Category:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey by year Presidential Tour of Turkey