2008 Tour of Britain
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| Stage 5 of the 2008 Tour of Britain in Beverley | |||
| Race details | |||
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| Dates | 7–14 September 2008 | ||
| Stages | 8[1] | ||
| Distance | 730 mi (1,175 km) | ||
| Winning time | 27h 21' 49"[2] (26.7 mph or 43.0 km/h) | ||
| Palmares | |||
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Winner |  Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA) |
(Agritubel) |
| Second |  Steve Cummings (GBR) |
(Barloworld) | |
| Third | Ian Stannard (GBR) |
(Great Britain) | |
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Points |  Matthew Goss (AUS) |
(CSC-Saxo Bank) |
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Mountains |  Danilo Di Luca (ITA) |
(LPR Brakes-Ballan) |
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Sprints |  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) |
(Team Columbia) |
| Team | Agritubel | ||
The 2008 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 7 September till 14 September 2008.[3] The race was the fifth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain.[3] It formed part of the 2007–2008 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun with a circuit stage in London and ended in Liverpool.[3]
The race was won by Geoffroy Lequatre of Agritubel,[2][4] whilst both Alessandro Petacchi and Edvald Boasson Hagen won three stages.[5]
Participating teams
The 16 teams which participated in the race were:[6]
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Stages
Stage 1
- 7 September 2008 – London to London, 86 km (53 mi)
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Stage 2
- 8 September 2008 – Milton Keynes to Newbury, 145 km (90 mi)
Stage 2 results[8]
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General Classification after Stage 2
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Stage 3
- 9 September 2008 – Chard to Burnham-on-Sea, 186 km (116 mi)
Stage 3 results[9]
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General Classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4
- 10 September 2008 – Worcester to Stoke-on-Trent, 157 km (98 mi)
Stage 4 results[10]
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General Classification after Stage 4
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Stage 5
- 11 September 2008 – Hull to Dalby Forest, 165 km (103 mi)
Stage 5 results[11]
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General Classification after Stage 5
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Stage 6
- 12 September 2008 – Darlington to Newcastle/Gateshead, 156 km (97 mi)
Stage 6 results[12]
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General Classification after Stage 6
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Stage 7
- 13 September 2008 – Glasgow Green to Drumlanrig Castle, 153 km (95 mi)
Stage 7 results[13]
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General Classification after Stage 7
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Stage 8
The final stage departed from Blackpool and finished in Liverpool with six laps of a city centre circuit.[4] Alessandro Petacchi took the stage win, his third of the tour, whilst Geoffroy Lequatre finished third to win the general classification.[14]
Stage 8 results[5]
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General Classification after Stage 8
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Classification leadership
| Stage | Winner | General classification |
Sprint Classification |
Mountains Classification |
Points Classification |
Team Classification |
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| 1[7] | Alessandro Petacchi | Alessandro Petacchi | Anders Lund | Kristian House | Alessandro Petacchi | |
| 2[8] | Matthew Goss | Danilo Di Luca | ||||
| 3[9] | Emilien Berges | Emilien Berges | Roger Hammond | |||
| 4[10] | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Geoffroy Lequatre | Giairo Ermeti | Ben Swift | ||
| 5[11] | Danilo Di Luca | Matthew Goss | ||||
| 6[12] | Alessandro Petacchi | Alessandro Petacchi | Agritubel | |||
| 7[13] | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Danilo Di Luca | Edvald Boasson Hagen | ||
| 8[5] | Alessandro Petacchi | Matthew Goss | Agritubel | |||
| Final | Geoffroy Lequatre | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Danilo Di Luca | Matthew Goss | Agritubel | |
References
- ↑ "The Tour of Britain Race Manual 08". Tour of Britain. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tour of Britain win for Lequatre". BBC Sport. 14 September 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rob Lampard (4 April 2008). "2008 Tour of Britain launched". bikeradar.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Tour of Britain 2008". Tour of Britain. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Three For Petacchi Too!". British Cycling. 14 September 2008. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008.
- ↑ Nigel Wynn (28 August 2008). "Tour of Britain 2008: Preview". Cycling Weekly.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Rapid Petacchi Brings Star Quality To London Stage". British Cycling. 7 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Goss Heads Antipodean Charge to Claim Second Stage". British Cycling. 8 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Exmoor Stage Blows Race Apart". British Cycling. 9 September 2008. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Last Minute Puncture Means New Leader for Tour". British Cycling. 10 September 2008. Archived from the original on 4 November 2008.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "No Stopping Boason Hagen". British Cycling. 11 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Petacchi Triumphs on Tyneside". British Cycling. 12 September 2008. Archived from the original on 14 September 2008.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Unstoppable Boasen Hagen Makes it Three!". British Cycling. 13 September 2008. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008.
- ↑ Richard Moore (15 September 2008). "Lequatre holds off charge of home brigade for biggest win". The Guardian. UK.
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