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The 2008 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Valencian Community between 26 February and 1 March 2008. The race was won by Rubén Plaza.

Stages

Stage schedule^[1]
Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Winner
1	26 February	Sagunto–Port de Sagunto ^es	157 km (98 mi)	José Iván Gutiérrez (ESP)
2	27 February	Alzira–Xàtiva	178 km (111 mi)	Erik Zabel (GER)
3	28 February	Ibi–Ibi	166.5 km (103 mi)	Manuel Vázquez (ESP)
4	29 February	Náquera–Náquera	149.4 km (93 mi)	Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA)
5	1 March	Valencia–Valencia	120.6 km (75 mi)	~~Alessandro Petacchi~~ (ITA)^[2] Danilo Napolitano

N.	Cod.	Team	Category
1-8	AST	Astana	UCI ProTour
11-18	BTL	Bouygues Télécom	UCI ProTour
21-28	GCE	Caisse d'Epargne	UCI ProTour
31-38	COF	Cofidis	UCI ProTour
41-48	EUS	Euskaltel–Euskadi	UCI ProTour
51-58	LAM	Lampre	UCI ProTour
61-68	LIQ	Liquigas	UCI ProTour
71-78	MRM	Team Milram	UCI ProTour
81-88	RAB	Rabobank	UCI ProTour

N.	Cod.	Team	Category
91-98	SDV	Saunier Duval–Scott	UCI ProTour
101-108	ACA	Andalucía–CajaSur	UCI Continental
111-118	SLB	S.L. Benfica	UCI Continental
121-128	GNM	Contentpolis–Murcia	UCI Continental
131-138	SPI	Extremadura–Grupo Gallardo	UCI Continental
141-148	KGZ	Karpin–Galicia	UCI Continental
151-158	TSL	Team Slipstream–Chipotle p/b H30	UCI Continental
161-168	ORB	Orbea–Oreka S.D.A.	UCI Continental

Standings

Rank	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Rubén Plaza	S.L. Benfica	19h 54'49"
2	Manuel Vázquez Hueso	Contentpolis–Murcia	+ 5"
3	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues Télécom	+ 21"
4	José Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 24"
5	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 31"
6	Alberto Contador	Astana	+ 33"
7	Jérôme Pineau	Bouygues Télécom	+ 35"
8	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas	m.t.
9	Maxime Monfort	Cofidis	m.t.
10	Toni Colom	Astana	m.t.

Rank	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues Telecom	55
2	Mirco Lorenzetto	Lampre	51
3	José Iván Gutiérrez	C. d'Epargne	47
4	Manuel Vázquez	Contentpolis	45
5	Rubén Plaza	S.L. Benfica	44

Rank	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Manuel Vázquez	Contentpolis	24
2	Timothy Duggan	Slipstream	11
3	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel–Euskadi	11
4	Koos Moerenhout	Rabobank	10
5	Jonathan McCarty	Slipstream	10

Rank	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Manuel Vázquez	Contentpolis	7
2	Rubén Plaza	S.L. Benfica	12
3	Gorka Verdugo	Euskaltel–Euskadi	17
4	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues Tel.	20
5	Jérôme Pineau	Bouygues Tél.	33

Rank	Team	Time
1	Bouygues Télécom	59h46'12"
2	Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone	a 1'47"
3	S.L. Benfica	a 3'32"
4	Lampre	a 3'52"
5	Astana	a 4'04"

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Combativity award	Team classification
1ª	José Iván Gutiérrez	José Iván Gutiérrez	José Iván Gutiérrez	Manuel Vázquez	Rubén Plaza	Bouygues Télécom
2ª	Erik Zabel	José Iván Gutiérrez	José Iván Gutiérrez		Gorka Verdugo
3ª	Manuel Vázquez	Rubén Plaza	Rubén Plaza		Manuel Vázquez
4ª	Mirco Lorenzetto		Xavier Florencio
5ª	~~Alessandro Petacchi~~^[2]		Xavier Florencio
Final classification		Rubén Plaza	Xavier Florencio	Manuel Vázquez	Manuel Vázquez	Bouygues Télécom

^ "Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana — General Classification (stages)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
^ ^a ^b Il 6 maggio 2008 Alessandro Petacchi venne condannato ad un anno di squalifica dal TAS per positività al salbutamolo. Il provvedimento prevedeva la restituzione di tutti i premi relativi alle vittorie ottenute a partire dal 1º novembre 2007, compreso il successo di tappa nell'edizione 2008 della Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. Si veda "Il Tas ferma Petacchi". gazzetta.it. 6 May 2008. Retrieved 1 March 2012.