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2008 Tour de Romandie
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| previous | 2007 |
| next | 2009 |
| series | 2008 UCI ProTour |
| race_no | 6 |
| season_no | 15 |
| image | Tour de Romandie 2008 - Lorette.jpg |
| image_size | 300 |
| date | 29 April–4 May 2008 |
| stages | 5 & Prologue |
| distance | 659 |
| unit | km |
| time | 16h 43' 20" |
| first | Andreas Klöden |
| first_team | |
| first_nat | GER |
| second | Roman Kreuziger |
| second_team | |
| second_nat | CZE |
| third | Marco Pinotti |
| third_team | |
| third_nat | ITA |
| points | Daniele Bennati |
| points_team | |
| points_nat | ITA |
| mountains | Francesco De Bonis |
| mountains_team | |
| mountains_nat | ITA |
| sprints | Morris Possoni |
| sprints_team | |
| sprints_nat | ITA |
The 2008 Tour de Romandie (62nd Edition) cycling road race took place from 29 April to 4 May 2008 in Switzerland. It is the sixth race of the 2008 UCI ProTour.
Stages
Prologue - 29 April 2008: [[Genève]] > [[Genève]], 1.9 km ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | |
| 2 | Daniele Bennati | |
| 3 | Michael Albasini | |
| 4 | Björn Schröder | |
| 5 | Bradley Wiggins |
|| |General Classification after Prologue
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | |
| 2 | Daniele Bennati | |
| 3 | Michael Albasini | |
| 4 | Björn Schröder | |
| 5 | Bradley Wiggins |
|}
Stage 1 - 30 April 2008: [[Morges]] > [[Saignelégier]], 182.4 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxim Iglinsky | |
| 2 | Michael Albasini | |
| 3 | Markus Zberg | |
| 4 | Thomas Dekker | |
| 5 | Alexander Efimkin |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Albasini | |
| 2 | Maxim Iglinsky | |
| 3 | Markus Zberg | |
| 4 | Roman Kreuziger | |
| 5 | Thomas Dekker |
|}
Stage 2 - 1 May 2008: [[Moutier]] > [[Fribourg]], 170 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robbie McEwen | |
| 2 | Daniele Bennati | |
| 3 | Matti Breschel | |
| 4 | Markus Zberg | |
| 5 | Alexander Bocharov |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Albasini | |
| 2 | Maxim Iglinsky | |
| 3 | Markus Zberg | |
| 4 | Roman Kreuziger | |
| 5 | Thomas Dekker |
|}
Stage 3 - 2 May 2008: [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]] > [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]], 18.8 km ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | |
| 2 | Thomas Dekker | |
| 3 | Stef Clement | |
| 4 | Tony Martin | |
| 5 | Gustav Larsson |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | |
| 2 | Thomas Dekker | |
| 3 | Roman Kreuziger | |
| 4 | Vladimir Gusev | |
| 5 | Marco Pinotti |
|}
Stage 4 - 3 May 2008: [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]] > [[Pointe de Zinal|Zinal]], 112.4 km
A landslide forced the organizers to cancel the third climb of the day, Saint-Luc, and the route was shortened to 112.4 km.
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco De Bonis | |
| 2 | John Gadret | |
| 3 | Manuel Beltrán | |
| 4 | Sandy Casar | |
| 5 | Roman Kreuziger |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | |
| 2 | Roman Kreuziger | |
| 3 | Marco Pinotti | |
| 4 | Denis Menchov | |
| 5 | Mikel Astarloza |
|}
Stage 5 - 4 May 2008: [[Le Bouveret]] > [[Lausanne]], 159.4 km
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | |
| 2 | Markus Zberg | |
| 3 | Maxim Iglinsky | |
| 4 | Matti Breschel | |
| 5 | Björn Schröder |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | |
| 2 | Roman Kreuziger | |
| 3 | Marco Pinotti | |
| 4 | Denis Menchov | |
| 5 | Mikel Astarloza |
|}
Final standings
General classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andreas Klöden | |
| 2 | Roman Kreuziger | |
| 3 | Marco Pinotti | |
| 4 | Denis Menchov | |
| 5 | Mikel Astarloza | |
| 6 | Sandy Casar | |
| 7 | Juan Manuel Gárate | |
| 8 | John Gadret | |
| 9 | Maxim Iglinsky | |
| 10 | José Ángel Gómez Marchante |
Mountain classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francesco De Bonis | |
| 2 | Stef Clement | Bouygues Télécom |
| 3 | Rémy Di Gregorio |
Points classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniele Bennati | |
| 2 | Markus Zberg | |
| 3 | Maxim Iglinsky |
Sprints classification
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morris Possoni | |
| 2 | Alexandre Moos | |
| 3 | Michael Albasini |
Jersey progress
Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race
As of 4 May 2008, after the 2008 Tour de Romandie.
| Rank | Name | Team | Points | 1 | 73 | 2 | 62 | 3 | 58 | 4 | 54 | 5 | 53 | 6 | 50 | 7 | 45 | 8 | 45 | 9 | 42 | 10 | 40 | 11 | 40 | 12 | 40 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Damiano Cunego | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| André Greipel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alberto Contador | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas Dekker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andreas Klöden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stijn Devolder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| José Joaquín Rojas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mikel Astarloza | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cadel Evans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Óscar Freire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roman Kreuziger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Nuyens |
- 62 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.
References
References
- (2008-05-04). "Rankings as of 04.05.2008 updated after Tour de Romandie". UCI.
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