| 2008 Tour of Slovenia | |
| Series: | UCI Europe Tour (2.1 race) |
| Date: | 11–14 June 2008 |
| Stages: | 4 |
| Distance: | 620 |
| Unit: | km |
| Time: | 15h 06' 19" |
| First Color: | yellow |
| Points Color: | blue |
| Mountains Color: | polkadot |
| Youth Color: | white |
The 2008 Tour of Slovenia (Slovenian: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 15th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as 2.1 stage race (UCI Europe Tour) held between 11 and 14 June 2008.[1] [2]
The race consisted of 4 stages with 620 km (385.3 mi) in total.[3] [4] [5]
The original race was 650 km (403.9 mi) long, but the 3rd stage from Škofja Loka–Krvavec, had to be shortened due to bad weather for 30 km (18.6 mi), missed out Šenturska Gora–Kamnik round.
Total 122 riders (87 finished it) from 16 teams started the race.
| 1 | 11 June | Ljubljana – Postojna | 161km (100miles) | Hilly stage |  Claudio Cucinotta | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 12 June | Piran – Koper | 179km (111miles) | Hilly stage | Radoslav Rogina | ||
| 3 | 13 June | Škofja Loka – Krvavec | 123km (76miles) | Mountain stage | Jure Golčer | ||
| 4 | 14 June | Celje – Novo mesto | 157km (98miles) | Hilly stage | Francesco Chicchi | ||
| Total | 620km (390miles) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claudio Cucinotta | Claudio Cucinotta | Claudio Cucinotta | Kristjan Fajt | Björn Thurau | NGC Medical–OTC Industria Porte | |
| 2 | Radoslav Rogina | Mitja Mahorič | |||||
| 3 | Jure Golčer | Jure Golčer | Enrico Rossi | Jure Golčer | Robert Kišerlovski | ||
| 4 | Francesco Chicchi | ||||||
| Final | Jure Golčer | Robert Kišerlovski | |||||
| Legend | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification | ||
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification | ||
| Denotes the leader of the team classification | |||
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=180 | width=150 | LPR Brakes | width=76 align=right | ||
| 2 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas | ||||
| 3 | Adria Mobil | |||||
| 4 | Perutnina Ptuj | |||||
| 5 | Simon Špilak | Lampre | ||||
| 6 |  Przemysław Niemiec | Miche | ||||
| 7 | Grega Bole | Adria Mobil | ||||
| 8 | Matija Kvasina | Perutnina Ptuj | ||||
| 9 | Luca Zanasca | Calzatura Partizan | ||||
| 10 |  Ruslan Podgornij | LPR Brakes |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=180 | width=150 | Medical - OTC | width=76 align=center | 54 | |
| 2 | Francesco Chicchi | Liquigas | 39 | |||
| 3 | Radoslav Rogina | Perutnina Ptuj | 37 | |||
| 4 | Jure Kocjan | Perutnina Ptuj | 30 | |||
| 5 | Claudio Cucinotta | LPR Brakes | 27 | |||
| 6 | Simone Cadamuro | Nippo-Endeka | 27 | |||
| 7 | LPR Brakes | 25 | ||||
| 8 | Perutnina Ptuj | 24 | ||||
| 9 | Liquigas | 21 | ||||
| 10 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas | 20 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=180 | width=150 | Perutnina Ptuj | width=76 align=center | 15 | |
| 2 | LPR Brakes | 12 | ||||
| 3 | Kristjan Fajt | Perutnina Ptuj | 9 | |||
| 4 | Liquigas | 8 | ||||
| 5 | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil | 6 |
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | width=180 | width=150 | Adria Mobil | width=76 align=right | ||
| 2 | Simon Špilak | Lampre | ||||
| 3 | Blaž Furdi | Sava | ||||
| 4 | Radenska KD FT | |||||
| 5 |  Jakub Danačík | PSK Whirlpool |
| Rank | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Perutnina Ptuj | 45h 23′ 00″ | |
| 2 | Miche | + 2′ 38″ | |
| 3 | Liquigas | + 2′ 43″ | |
| 4 | Radenska KD FT | + 5′ 54″ | |
| 5 |  Elk Haus - Simplon | + 6′ 09″ | |
| 6 | Adria Mobil | + 7′ 04″ | |
| 7 | Calzatura-Partizan | + 7′ 13″ | |
| 8 | PSK Whirlpool | + 9′ 32″ | |
| 9 | Sava | + 13′ 09″ | |
| 10 |  LPR Brakes | + 15′ 51″ |
