2008 Vuelta a Venezuela explained

2008 Vuelta a Venezuela
Date:	August 25 – September 7
Series:	2007–08 UCI America Tour
Stages:	14
Distance:	1977.1
Unit:	km
Time:	46h 24' 46"
Speed:	42.5960
First:	Carlos José Ochoa
First Nat:	VEN
First Team:	Diguigiovanni Androni
First Color:	red
Second:	Franklin Chacón
Second Nat:	VEN
Second Team:	Gobernacíon del Zulía
Third:	Freddy Vargas
Third Nat:	VEN
Third Team:	Loteria del Tachirá
Points:	Franklin Chacón
Points Nat:	VEN
Points Team:	Gobernacíon del Zulía
Mountains:	Manuel Medina
Mountains Nat:	VEN
Mountains Team:	Gobernacíon del Zulía
Sprints:	Gil Cordovés
Sprints Nat:	CUB
Sprints Team:	Alcaldia de Cabimas
Team:	Lotería del Táchira
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009

The 45th edition of the annual Vuelta a Venezuela was held from August 25 to September 7, 2008. The stage race started in Maracaibo, and ended in Caracas.

Stages

2008-08-25: Maracaibo — Maracaibo (80 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-08-26: Cabimas — Valera (188.6 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-08-27: Caja Seca — Mérida (183.2 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-08-28: Mucuchies — Guanare (172.6 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-08-29: Ospino — Nirgua San Vicente (217.6 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-08-30: Valencia — Valencia (80 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-08-31: Puerto Cabello — San Juan de los Morros (139.6 km)

Place	Stage 7		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-09-01: Ortiz — Valle de la Pascua (161.4 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-09-02: Las Mercedes del Llano — Chaguaramas (40 km)

Place	Stage 9 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-09-03: Valle de la Pascua — Pariaguan (159.1 km)

Place	Stage 10		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-09-04: Cantaura — Cantaura (80 km)

Place	Stage 11		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-09-05: Cantaura — Barcelona (147.3 km)

Place	Stage 12		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-09-06: Piritu — Higuerote (231.8 km)

Place	Stage 13		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2008-09-07: Caracas — Caracas (80 km)

Place	Stage 14		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

Final standings

General Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.		Diguigiovanni Androni	46:24:46
2.		Gobernacíon del Zulía	+ 0.03
3.		Loteria del Táchira	+ 0.23
4.		Sumiglov-City of Mérida	+ 1.00
5.		Loteria del Táchira	+ 1.07
6.		Gobernacíon del Zulía	+ 1.50
7.		Sumiglov-City of Mérida	+ 1.57
8.		Diguigiovanni Androni	+ 2.08
9.		Loteria del Táchira	+ 2.31
10.		Hussein Sport Gobierno	+ 3.53

Points Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1.		Gobernacíon del Zulía	165
2.		Alcaldia de Cabimas	156
3.		Diguigiovanni Androni	151

Mountains Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1.		Gobernacíon del Zulía	15
2.		Diguigiovanni Androni	13
3.		Trecolli Bono del Ciclismo Colombia	11

Sprints Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1.		Alcaldia de Cabimas	33
2.		Alcaldia Bolivariana de Paez Apure	27
3.		Gobernacíon del Zulía	20

Stage Points Classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	POINTS
1.		Gobernacíon de Lara Alcaldia de Jimenez	78
2.		Gobernacíon del Zulía	75
3.		Alcaldia de Cabimas	68

References

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