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2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

Field	Value
name	2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
series	2008 UCI ProTour
race_no	8
season_no	15
date	8–15 June 2008
stages	7 & Prologue
distance	1093.6
unit	km
time	27h 34' 39"
first	Alejandro Valverde
first_team
first_nat	ESP
first_color	yellow-bluebar
second	Cadel Evans
second_team
second_nat	AUS
third	Levi Leipheimer
third_team
third_nat	USA
points	Alejandro Valverde
points_team
points_nat	ESP
points_color	green
mountains	Pierre Rolland
mountains_team
mountains_nat	FRA
mountains_color	white dots on red
team
team_nat	ESP
previous	2007
next	2009

The 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré was the 60th edition of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré cycle race and was held from 8 June to 15 June 2005. The race started in Le Pontet and finished in Grenoble. The race was won by Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde of the team.

Teams

Eighteen UCI ProTour teams, each containing a maximum of eight riders, participated in the 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré:

Route

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type	Winner	P	1	2
8 June	Le Pontet to Avignon	5.6 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	20px	alt=	link=]]	Individual time trial	Levi Leipheimer
9 June	Avignon to Privas	194 km			Alejandro Valverde
10 June	Bourg-Saint-Andéol to Vienne	184 km			George Hincapie
11 June	Saint-Paul-en-Jarez	31 km	[[File:Time Trial.svg	20px	alt=	link=]]	Individual time trial	Alejandro Valverde
12 June	Vienne to Annemasse	193 km			Cyril Dessel
13 June	Ville-la-Grand to Morzine	125 km			Yuri Trofimov
14 June	Morzine to La Toussuire	233 km			Chris Anker Sørensen
15 June	Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Grenoble	128 km			Dmitry Fofonov

Stages

Prologue

8 June 2008 – Le Pontet to Avignon, 5.6 km (ITT)

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Levi Leipheimer	6' 10"
2	Thor Hushovd	+ 1"
3	Alejandro Valverde	+ 6"
4	Maxime Monfort	+ 12"
5	Vladimir Efimkin	+ 12"

|| |General Classification after Prologue

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Levi Leipheimer [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	6' 10"
2	Thor Hushovd		+ 1"
3	Alejandro Valverde		+ 6"
4	Maxime Monfort		+ 12"
5	Vladimir Efimkin		+ 12"

Stage 1

9 June 2008 – Avignon to Privas, 194 km

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	4h 46' 36"
2	Thor Hushovd	s.t.
3	Björn Schröder	s.t.
4	Fabian Wegmann	s.t.
5	Cadel Evans	s.t.

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	4h 52' 41"
2	Alejandro Valverde [[File:Jersey green.svg	20px	alt=A green jersey.]]	+ 1"
3	Levi Leipheimer		+ 5"
4	Maxime Monfort		+ 17"
5	Vladimir Efimkin		+ 17"

Stage 2

10 June 2008 – Bourg-Saint-Andéol to Vienne, 184 km

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	George Hincapie		4h 32' 38"
2	Sebastien Chavanel		s.t.
3	Sebastian Lang		s.t.
4	Heinrich Haussler		s.t.
5	Thor Hushovd [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	s.t.

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	link=General classification	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	9h 25' 19"
2	Alejandro Valverde		+ 1"
3	Levi Leipheimer		+ 5"
4	George Hincapie		+ 13"
5	Maxime Monfort		+ 17"

Stage 3

11 June 2008 – Saint-Paul-en-Jarez to Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, 31 km (ITT)

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde	44' 59"
2	Levi Leipheimer	+ 19"
3	Cadel Evans	+ 20"
4	Mikel Astarloza	+ 1' 00"
5	Maxime Monfort	+ 1' 01"

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	10h 10' 19"
2	Levi Leipheimer		+ 23"
3	Cadel Evans		+ 37"
4	Maxime Monfort		+ 1' 17"
5	Mikel Astarloza		+ 1' 20"

Stage 4

12 June 2008 – Vienne to Annemasse, 193 km

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Cyril Dessel	4h 37' 16"
2	Pierre Rolland	+ 18"
3	Amaël Moinard	+ 1' 21"
4	Óscar Pereiro	+ 1' 21"
5	Lars Bak	+ 2' 07"

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	14h 49' 46"
2	Levi Leipheimer		+ 23"
3	Cadel Evans		+ 37"
4	Cyril Dessel		+ 1' 08"
5	Maxime Monfort		+ 1' 17"

Stage 5

13 June 2008 – Ville-la-Grand to Morzine, 125 km

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Iouri Trofimov		3h 07' 46"
2	Cadel Evans		+ 18"
3	Alejandro Valverde [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	+ 18"
4	Haimar Zubeldia		+ 23"
5	Sylwester Szmyd		+ 26"

|| |General Classification after Stage 5

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	17h 57' 50"
2	Cadel Evans		+ 37"
3	Levi Leipheimer		+ 1' 29"
4	Iouri Trofimov		+ 2' 16"
5	Robert Gesink		+ 2' 36"

Stage 6

14 June 2008 – Morzine to La Toussuire, 233 km

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Chris Anker Sørensen		6h 15' 53"
2	Pierrick Fédrigo		+ 1' 02"
3	Levi Leipheimer		+ 1' 10"
4	Sylwester Szmyd		+ 1' 15"
5	Alejandro Valverde [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	+ 1' 15"

|| |General Classification after Stage 6

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]	24h 14' 58"
2	Cadel Evans		+ 39"
3	Levi Leipheimer		+ 1' 24"
4	Robert Gesink		+ 2' 47"
5	Haimar Zubeldia		+ 3' 19"

Stage 7

15 June 2008 – Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne to Grenoble, 128 km

Rank	Rider	Time
1	Dmitry Fofonov	3h 17' 20"
2	Jurgen Van de Walle	s.t.
3	Iouri Trofimov	s.t.
4	Christophe Riblon	+ 11"
5	Matteo Carrara	+ 11"

General Classification

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde [[File:Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg	20px	alt=A yellow jersey with a blue band.]]
2	Cadel Evans
3	Levi Leipheimer
4	Robert Gesink
5	Haimar Zubeldia
6	Cyril Dessel
7	Mikel Astarloza
8	Sylvester Szmyd
9	Maxime Monfort
10	Matteo Carrara

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General classification
Mountains classification
Points classification
Team Classification	Final	Alejandro Valverde	Pierre Rolland	Alejandro Valverde
P	Levi Leipheimer	Levi Leipheimer	no award	Levi Leipheimer
1	Alejandro Valverde	Thor Hushovd	Christian Kux	Alejandro Valverde
2	George Hincapie	David de la Fuente	Thor Hushovd
3	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde
4	Cyril Dessel	David de la Fuente
5	Iouri Trofimov	Juan José Cobo
6	Chris Anker Sørensen	Pierre Rolland
7	Dmitry Fofonov

;Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions:

In stage 1, Thor Hushovd wore the green jersey
In stage 3, Alejandro Valverde wore the green jersey
In stages 4–7, Levi Leipheimer wore the green jersey

ProTour standings

As of 15 June 2008, after the 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Rank	Name	Team	Points	1	85	2	83	3	73	4	62	5	60	6	58	7	54	8	53	9	50	10	45	11	45	12	41
Cadel Evans
Alejandro Valverde
Damiano Cunego
André Greipel
Mikel Astarloza
Alberto Contador
Thomas Dekker
Andreas Klöden
Stijn Devolder
José Joaquín Rojas
Haimar Zubeldia
Levi Leipheimer

91 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.

References

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"Stages & results". Cycling News.
"Stage 0 – June 8: Le Pontet – Avignon, 5.60km". Cycling News.
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"Leipheimer uses Giro form to beat Hushovd". Cycling News.
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(10 June 2008). "Ciclismo". El Mundo Deportivo.
"Valverde wins as Hushovd leads the Dauphiné for the first time". Cycling News.
"Stage 2 – June 10: Bourg-Saint-Andeol – Vienne, 184km". Cycling News.
(11 June 2008). "Ciclismo". El Mundo Deportivo.
"Big George surprises the sprinters". Cycling News.
"Stage 3 – June 11: Saint-Paul-en-Jarez (ITT), 31km". Cycling News.
(12 June 2008). "Clasificaciones". El Mundo Deportivo.
"Valverde surprises in time trial". Cycling News.
"Stage 4 – June 12: Vienne – Annemasse, 193km". Cycling News.
(13 June 2008). "Clasificaciones". El Mundo Deportivo.
"Dessel at the right time, Valverde holds the lead". Cycling News.
"Stage 5 – June 13: Ville-La-Grand – Morzine, 125km". Cycling News.
(14 June 2008). "Clasificaciones". El Mundo Deportivo.
"Rookie Trofimov capitalizes on Valverde-Evans duel". Cycling News.
"Stage 6 – June 14: Morzine – La Toussuire, 233km". Cycling News.
(15 June 2008). "Clasificaciones". El Mundo Deportivo.
"Valverde resists attack of Evans and Leipheimer". Cycling News.
"Stage 7 – June 15: Saint-Jean-de Maurienne – Grenoble, 128km". Cycling News.
Quénet, Jean-François. "Fofonov beats Trofimov as Valverde seals overall". Cycling News.
(16 June 2008). "Clasificaciones". El Mundo Deportivo.
(15 June 2008). "Individual standings". UCI.

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