2008 Tour of California

2008 Tour of California 300 UCI America Tour February 17–24 7 & Prologue 650 mi 29h 24' 32" Levi Leipheimer USA AST 2008 David Millar GBR EF1 2008a Christian Vande Velde USA EF1 2008a Scott Nydam USA BMC 2008 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2008 Dominique Rollin CAN TUP 2008 EF1 2008a USA 2007 2009 The 2008 Tour of California was the third edition of the Tour of California, an eight-day, 650-mile (1,045 km) stage race, which began in Palo Alto (Stanford University), then raced through the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast and finished in Pasadena. The road bicycle racing event was held February 17–24. The 2008 Tour of California is part of the 2007–2008 UCI America Tour and the 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour. Participating teams UCI ProTour Teams AST - AST 2008 BTL - BTL 2008 C.A - C.A 2008 CSC - CSC 2008a GST - GST 2008 QST - QST 2008 RAB - RAB 2008 SDV - SDV 2008a THR - THR 2008a UCI Professional Continental Teams BMC - BMC 2008 TSL - EF1 2008a UCI Continental Teams BPC - BPC 2008 HNM - HNM 2008 JBC - JBC 2008 KBM - KBM 2008 RRC - RRC 2008 TUP - TUP 2008 Stage Results Prologue, February 17, Palo Alto - Stanford University, 3.4 km Prologue Result CyclistTeamTime1Fabian Cancellara SUICSC 2008a 3' 51"2Bradley Wiggins GBRTHR 2008a + 4"3Tyler Farrar USAEF1 2008a + 5" Stage 1, February 18, Sausalito - Santa Rosa, 156 km Stage 1 Result CyclistTeamTime1Juan José Haedo ARGCSC 2008a4h 03' 29"2Gerald Ciolek GERTHR 2008a+ 0"3Heinrich Haussler GERGST 2008+ 0"General Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist TeamTime1Fabian Cancellara SUICSC 2008a4h 07' 20"2Tyler Farrar USAEF1 2008a+ 2"3Bradley Wiggins GBRTHR 2008a + 4" Stage 2, February 19, Santa Rosa - Sacramento, 186 km Stage 2 Result CyclistTeamTime1Tom Boonen BELQST 20085h 09' 35"2Heinrich Haussler GERGST 2008+ 0"3Mario Cipollini ITARRC 2008+ 0"General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist TeamTime1Tyler Farrar USAEF1 2008a9h 16' 54"2Fabian Cancellara SUICSC 2008a+ 1"3Tom Boonen BELQST 2008+ 4" Stage 3, February 20, Modesto - San José, 165 km thumb|right|David Millar leading the chase at the end of Stage 3. Stage 3 Result CyclistTeamTime1Robert Gesink NEDRAB 20084h 28' 29"2Levi Leipheimer USAAST 2008+ 0"3Jurgen Van de Walle BELQST 2008+ 19"General Classification after Stage 3 Cyclist TeamTime1Levi Leipheimer USAAST 200813h 45' 30"2Fabian Cancellara SUICSC 2008a+ 13"3Robert Gesink NEDRAB 2008+ 15" Stage 4, February 21, Seaside - San Luis Obispo, 218 km Stage 4 Result CyclistTeamTime1Dominique Rollin CANTUP 200806h 56' 08"2George Hincapie USATHR 2008a+ 18"3Iker Camaño ESPSDV 2008a+ 18"General Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist TeamTime1Levi Leipheimer USAAST 200820h 44' 06"2Fabian Cancellara SUICSC 2008a+ 13"3Robert Gesink NEDRAB 2008+ 15" Stage 5, February 22, Solvang, 24 km Stage 5 Result CyclistTeamTime1Levi Leipheimer USAAST 200830' 46"2David Millar GBREF1 2008a+ 29"3Christian Vande Velde USAEF1 2008a+ 45"General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist TeamTime1Levi Leipheimer USAAST 200821h 14' 52"2David Millar GBREF1 2008a+ 49"3Christian Vande Velde USAEF1 2008a+ 1' 08" Stage 6, February 23, Santa Barbara - Santa Clarita, 169.6 km Stage 6 Result CyclistTeamTime1Luciano Pagliarini BRASDV 2008a4h 18' 31"2Juan José Haedo ARGCSC 2008a + 0"3Paolo Bettini ITAQST 2008 + 0"General Classification after Stage 6 Cyclist TeamTime1Levi Leipheimer USAAST 200825h 33' 23"2David Millar GBREF1 2008a+ 49"3Christian Vande Velde USAEF1 2008a+ 1' 08" Stage 7, February 24, Santa Clarita - Pasadena, 150 km Stage 7 Result CyclistTeamTime1George Hincapie USATHR 2008a3h 50' 57"2Rory Sutherland AUSHealth Net Pro Cycling Team + 0"3Jason McCartney USACSC 2008a + 0"General Classification after Stage 7 Cyclist TeamTime1Levi Leipheimer USAAST 200829h 24' 32"2David Millar GBREF1 2008a+ 49"3Christian Vande Velde USAEF1 2008a+ 1' 08" Final standing General classification CyclistTeamTime1Levi Leipheimer USAAST 200829h 24' 32"2David Millar GBREF1 2008a+ 49"3Christian Vande Velde USAEF1 2008a+ 1' 08"4Fabian Cancellara SUICSC 2008a+ 1' 18"5Gustav Larsson SWECSC 2008a+ 1' 19"6David Zabriskie USAEF1 2008a+ 1' 36"7Christopher Horner USAAST 2008+ 2' 07"8Jurgen Van de Walle BELQST 2008+ 2' 11"9Robert Gesink NEDRAB 2008+2' 18"10Alexandre Moos SUIBMC 2008+2' 27" Team classification TeamCountryTime1EF1 2008a88h 17' 05"2AST 2008+ 16"3CSC 2008a+ 8' 44" Young classification CyclistTeamTime1Robert Gesink NEDRAB 200829h 26' 50"2Tom Peterson USAEF1 2008a+ 40"3Kevin Seeldraeyers BELQST 2008+ 1' 22" Mountains classification CyclistTeamPoints1Scott Nydam USABMC 2008 262Jurgen Van de Walle BELQST 2008 193Robert Gesink NEDRAB 2008 17 Sprint classification CyclistTeamPoints1Dominique Rollin CANTUP 2008 442Juan José Haedo ARGCSC 2008a 423Gerald Ciolek GERTHR 2008a 32 Jersey progress Stage(Winner)General ClassificationYouth ClassificationMountains ClassificationSprint ClassificationTeam Classification Most Aggressive Prologue(Fabian Cancellara) Fabian Cancellara Edvald Boasson Hagen no award Fabian Cancellara THR 2008a no award Stage 1(Juan José Haedo) Gerald Ciolek Jackson Stewart Jackson Stewart Jackson Stewart Stage 2(Tom Boonen) Tyler Farrar Heinrich Haussler Scott Nydam Stage 3(Robert Gesink) Levi Leipheimer Robert Gesink Scott Nydam AST 2008 George Hincapie Stage 4(Dominique Rollin) Dominique Rollin Dominique Rollin Stage 5(Levi Leipheimer) EF1 2008a no award Stage 6(Luciano Pagliarini) Rory Sutherland Stage 7(George Hincapie) BMC 2008 Final Levi Leipheimer Robert Gesink Scott Nydam Dominique Rollin EF1 2008a External links http://www.amgentourofcalifornia.com/Archives/2008-archive.html - 2008 Tour Archive Live Coverage and Photos Cyclingfans.com 2008 Tour of California 2008 Tour of California 2008 Tour of California