2008 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana explained

2008 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
Series:	UCI Europe Tour
Date:	26 February -1 March 2008
Stages:	5
Distance:	826.5
Unit:	km
Time:	19h 54' 49"
Speed:	43.1
First:	Rubén Plaza
First Nat:	ESP
First Color:	yellow
Second:	Manuel Vázquez
Second Nat:	ESP
Third:	Xavier Florencio
Third Nat:	ESP
Points:	Xavier Florencio
Points Nat:	ESP
Points Color:	green
Mountains:	Manuel Vázquez
Mountains Nat:	NED
Mountains Color:	polkadot
Team:	Bouygues Télécom
Team Color:	yellow
Previous:	2007
Next:	2016

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	157km (98miles)
2	27 February	Alzira–Xàtiva	178km (111miles)
3	28 February	Ibi–Ibi	166.5km (103.5miles)
4	29 February	Náquera–Náquera	149.4km (92.8miles)
5	1 March	Valencia–Valencia	120.6km (74.9miles)	^[2] Danilo Napolitano

Teams

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width=10% N. width=10% Cod. width=50% Team width=30% Category 1-8 AST Astana UCI ProTour 11-18 BTL UCI ProTour 21-28 GCE Caisse d'Epargne UCI ProTour 31-38 COF Cofidis UCI ProTour 41-48 EUS 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

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width=10% N. width=10% Cod. width=50% Team width=30% 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

General classification

Rank	Cyclist	Team	Time
	Rubén Plaza	S.L. Benfica	19h 54'49"
		Contentpolis–Murcia	+ 5"
			+ 21"
		Caisse d'Epargne	+ 24"
			+ 31"
		Astana	+ 33"
	Jérôme Pineau		+ 35"
	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas	m.t.
		Cofidis	m.t.
	Toni Colom	Astana	m.t.

Points classification

width=5%	Rank	width=50%	Cyclist	width=27%	Team	width=18%	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

Mountains classification

width=5%	Rank	width=50%	Cyclist	width=27%	Team	width=18%	Points
1	Manuel Vázquez	Contentpolis	24
2	Timothy Duggan	Slipstream	11
3	Gorka Verdugo		11
4	Koos Moerenhout	Rabobank	10
5	Jonathan McCarty	Slipstream	10

Combativity award

width=5%	Rank	width=50%	Cyclist	width=27%	Team	width=18%	Points
1	Manuel Vázquez	Contentpolis	7
2	Rubén Plaza	S.L. Benfica	12
3	Gorka Verdugo		17
4	Xavier Florencio	Bouygues Tel.	20
5	Jérôme Pineau	Bouygues Tél.	33

Team classification

width=6%	Rank	width=74%	Team	width=20%	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"

Classification Leadership

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	Gorka Verdugo
3ª	Manuel Vázquez	Rubén Plaza	Rubén Plaza	Manuel Vázquez
4ª	Mirco Lorenzetto	Xavier Florencio
5ª	Alessandro Petacchi
Final classification		Rubén Plaza	Xavier Florencio	Manuel Vázquez	Manuel Vázquez	Bouygues Télécom

Notes and References

1. Web site: Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana — General Classification (stages). ProCyclingStats. 3 February 2015.
2. 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 News: Il Tas ferma Petacchi. 1 March 2012. gazzetta.it. 6 May 2008.