2008 Tour of Ireland

The 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday, August 27, 2008 to Sunday, August 31, 2008.

Stages

Stage Route Distance Date Winner Team
1 Dublin–Waterford 192 km (119 mi) Wednesday, 27 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
2 Thurles–Loughrea 158 km (98 mi) Thursday, 28 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
3 Ballinrobe–Galway 201 km (125 mi) Friday, 29 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
4 Limerick–Dingle 186 km (116 mi) Saturday, 30 August United Kingdom Russell Downing Pinarello RT
5 Killarney–Cork 192 km (119 mi) Sunday, 31 August Czech Republic František Raboň Team Columbia–High Road

Classification

General Classification

[1]

Rank Rider Team Time
Italy Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 21h 43' 16"
2 United Kingdom Russell Downing Pinarello RT + 19"
3 New Zealand Julian Dean Team Garmin–Chipotle + 21"
4 Australia Matt Wilson Team Type 1 + 33"
5 Canada Michael Barry Team Columbia + 36"
6 Australia Simon Clarke SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 37"
7 Norway Lars Petter Nordhaug Team Joker Bianchi + 37″
8 Spain Gonzalo Rabuñal Karpin–Galicia + 38″
9 Belgium Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen + 44″
10 South Africa Kevin Evans MTN Energade + 44″

Teams Classification

[2]

Rank Team Time
United States Team Columbia 65h 09' 29"
2 Italy Tinkoff Credit Systems + 2' 36"
3 Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen + 3' 01"
4 Australia SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 10' 24"
5 United States Team Type 1 + 10' 37"
6 Republic of Ireland An Post–M.Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly + 12' 21"
7 Netherlands Rabobank + 12' 37"
8 Spain Karpin–Galicia + 19' 25"
9 South Africa MTN Energade + 24' 47"
10 Norway Team Joker Bianchi + 32' 07"

Jersey Progress

Stage
(Winner) 		General Classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Young Rider Classification Team Classification
Stage 1
(Mark Cavendish) 		Mark Cavendish Alexander Kristoff Matt Wilson Mark Cavendish Topsport Vlaanderen
Stage 2
(Mark Cavendish) 		Mark Cavendish
Stage 3
(Mark Cavendish)
Stage 4
(Russell Downing) 		Russell Downing Gonzalo Rabuñal
Stage 5
(František Raboň) 		Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Simon Clarke Team Columbia
Final Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Matt Wilson Simon Clarke Team Columbia

References

  1. ^ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.