2008 Tour of Ireland
The 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday, August 27, 2008 to Sunday, August 31, 2008.
Stages
[edit]| Stage | Route | Distance | Date | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dublin–Waterford | 192 km (119 mi) | Wednesday, 27 August |  Mark Cavendish
|
Team Columbia–High Road |
| 2 | Thurles–Loughrea | 158 km (98 mi) | Thursday, 28 August | Mark Cavendish
|
Team Columbia–High Road |
| 3 | Ballinrobe–Galway | 201 km (125 mi) | Friday, 29 August | Mark Cavendish
|
Team Columbia–High Road |
| 4 | Limerick–Dingle | 186 km (116 mi) | Saturday, 30 August | Russell Downing
|
Pinarello RT |
| 5 | Killarney–Cork | 192 km (119 mi) | Sunday, 31 August |  František Raboň
|
Team Columbia–High Road |
Classification
[edit]General Classification
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
|
 Marco Pinotti
|
Team Columbia | 21h 43' 16" |
| 2 | Russell Downing
|
Pinarello RT | + 19" |
| 3 |  Julian Dean
|
Team Garmin–Chipotle | + 21" |
| 4 |  Matt Wilson
|
Team Type 1 | + 33" |
| 5 |  Michael Barry
|
Team Columbia | + 36" |
| 6 | Simon Clarke
|
SouthAustralia.com–AIS | + 37" |
| 7 |  Lars Petter Nordhaug
|
Team Joker Bianchi | + 37″ |
| 8 |  Gonzalo Rabuñal
|
Karpin–Galicia | + 38″ |
| 9 |  Nikolas Maes
|
Topsport Vlaanderen | + 44″ |
| 10 |  Kevin Evans
|
MTN Energade | + 44″ |
Teams Classification
[edit]| Rank | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
 |
 Team Columbia |
65h 09' 29" |
| 2 | Tinkoff Credit Systems |
+ 2' 36" |
| 3 | Topsport Vlaanderen |
+ 3' 01" |
| 4 | SouthAustralia.com–AIS |
+ 10' 24" |
| 5 | Team Type 1 |
+ 10' 37" |
| 6 |  An Post–M.Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly |
+ 12' 21" |
| 7 |  Rabobank |
+ 12' 37" |
| 8 | Karpin–Galicia |
+ 19' 25" |
| 9 | MTN Energade |
+ 24' 47" |
| 10 | Team Joker Bianchi |
+ 32' 07" |
Jersey Progress
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
- ^ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.