2008 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini explained

2008 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
Date:	16–21 September 2008
Stages:	7 (counted 2 half stages as 2 stages)
Distance:	582.2
Unit:	km
Time:	14h 47' 33"
Speed:	39.358
First:	Judith Arndt
First Nat:	GER
First Team:	Team Columbia Women
Second:	Trixi Worrack
Second Nat:	GER
Second Team:	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
Third:	Marianne Vos
Third Nat:	NED
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009

The 2008 Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini was the 15th edition of the Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, a women's cycling stage race in Italy. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race and was held between 16 and 21 September 2008.^[1]

Stages

Stage 1

12 September 2008 – Viareggio to Viareggio, 5.5km (03.4miles), Team time trial^[2]

Stage 1 Result Team Riders Time 1 2 Netherlands national team +3.40" 3 +7.95"

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1 2 +0" 3 +0"

Stage 2a

17 September 2008 – Porcari to Montecarlo, 57.2km (35.5miles)^[3]

Stage 2a Result Rider Team Time 1 Team DSB Bank 2 s.t. 3 s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2a Rider Team Time 1 2 +4" 3 Team Columbia Women +4"

Stage 2b

17 September 2008 – Pontedera to Altopascio, 74.4km (46.2miles)^[4]

Stage 2b Result Rider Team Time 1 Team Columbia Women 2 +12" 3 +12"

General Classification after Stage 2b Rider Team Time 1 2 Team Columbia Women +3" 3 +4"

Stage 3

18 September 2008 – Lari to Volterra, 122.1km (75.9miles)^[5]

Stage 3 Result Rider Team Time 1 Team Columbia Women 2 +3" 3 +3"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1 2 Bigla Cycling Team +27" 3 +27"

Stage 4

19 September 2008 – Campi Bisenzio to Campi Bisenzio, 115.2km (71.6miles)^[6]

Stage 4 Result Rider Team Time 1 Team Columbia Women 2 s.t. 3 Netherlands national team s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1 2 +23" 3 +27"

Stage 5

20 September 2008 – Segromigno in Piano to Capannori, 100.9km (62.7miles)^[7]

Stage 5 Result Rider Team Time 1 2 s.t. 3 +2"

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1 2 +42" 3 +1' 03"

Stage 6

21 September 2008 – Quarrata to Firenze, 106.9km (66.4miles)^[8]

Stage 6 Result Rider Team Time 1 2 Germany national team s.t. 3 United States national team s.t.

General Classification after Stage 6 Rider Team Time 1 2 +42" 3 +1' 03"

Final classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1		Team Columbia Women
2		Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	+42"
3		Team DSB Bank	+1' 03"
4		Gauss RDZ Ormu	+1' 11"
5		Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	+1' 40"
6		Gauss RDZ Ormu	+1' 59"
7		Team Columbia Women	+2' 00"
8		Bigla Cycling Team	+2' 15"
9		Fenixs	+2' 23"
10		Canada national team	+2' 35"

Source^[9]

See also

• 2008 in women's road cycling

Notes and References

1. Web site: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini (9/16/2008 – 9/21/2008). UCI. 30 April 2013. https://archive.today/20130627081516/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=resultsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=EUR&ridercategory=WE&eventyearId=31577&stageId=51618&stagecount=8&year=2008&l=ENG. 27 June 2013. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F) 2008 Stage 1. cyclingarchives.com. 16 September 2008. 30 April 2013.
3. Web site: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F) 2008 Stage 2a. cyclingarchives.com. 17 September 2008. 1 May 2013.
4. Web site: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F) 2008 Stage 2b. cyclingarchives.com. 17 September 2008. 1 May 2013.
5. Web site: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F) 2008 Stage 3. cyclingarchives.com. 18 September 2008. 1 May 2013.
6. Web site: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F) 2008 Stage 4. cyclingarchives.com. 19 September 2008. 1 May 2013.
7. Web site: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F) 2008 Stage 5. cyclingarchives.com. 20 September 2008. 1 May 2013.
8. Web site: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F) 2008 Stage 6. cyclingarchives.com. 21 September 2008. 1 May 2013.
9. News: Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile (F) 2008. cyclingarchives.com. 2 May 2014.