2008 Tour of California explained

2008 Tour of California
Series:	UCI America Tour
Date:	February 17 - 24
Stages:	7 & Prologue
Distance:	650
Unit:	mi
Time:	29h 24' 32"
Speed:	22.10
First:	Levi Leipheimer
First Nat:	USA
Second:	David Millar
Second Nat:	GBR
Third:	Christian Vande Velde
Third Nat:	USA
Mountains:	Scott Nydam
Mountains Nat:	USA
Youth:	Robert Gesink
Youth Nat:	NED
Sprints:	Dominique Rollin
Sprints Nat:	CAN
Team Nat:	USA
Previous:	2007
Next:	2009

The 2008 Tour of California was the third edition of an eight-day, 650-mile (1,045 km) stage race, which began in Palo Alto (Stanford University), then raced through the California redwoods, wine country and the Pacific Coast and finished in Pasadena. The road bicycle racing event was held February 17 - 24. The 2008 Tour of California is part of the 2007–2008 UCI America Tour and the 2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour.

Participating teams

UCI ProTour Teams

AST -
BTL -
C.A -
CSC -
GST -
QST -
RAB -
SDV -
THR -

UCI Professional Continental Teams

BMC -
TSL -

UCI Continental Teams

BPC -
HNM -
JBC -
KBM -
RRC -
TUP -

Stage Results

Prologue, February 17, Palo Alto - Stanford University, 3.4 km

Prologue Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3' 51"
2			+ 4"
3			+ 5"

Stage 1, February 18, Sausalito - Santa Rosa, 156 km

Stage 1 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 03' 29"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 0"

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 07' 20"
2			+ 2"
3			+ 4"

Stage 2, February 19, Santa Rosa - Sacramento, 186 km

Stage 2 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			5h 09' 35"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 0"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			9h 16' 54"
2			+ 1"
3			+ 4"

Stage 3, February 20, Modesto - San José, 165 km

Stage 3 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 28' 29"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 19"

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			13h 45' 30"
2			+ 13"
3			+ 15"

Stage 4, February 21, Seaside - San Luis Obispo, 218 km

Stage 4 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			06h 56' 08"
2			+ 18"
3			+ 18"

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			20h 44' 06"
2			+ 13"
3			+ 15"

Stage 5, February 22, Solvang, 24 km

Stage 5 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			30' 46"
2			+ 29"
3			+ 45"

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			21h 14' 52"
2			+ 49"
3			+ 1' 08"

Stage 6, February 23, Santa Barbara - Santa Clarita, 169.6 km

Stage 6 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 18' 31"
2			+ 0"
3			+ 0"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			25h 33' 23"
2			+ 49"
3			+ 1' 08"

Stage 7, February 24, Santa Clarita - Pasadena, 150 km

Stage 7 Result

	Team	Time
1		3h 50' 57"
2	Health Net Pro Cycling Team	+ 0"
3		+ 0"

General Classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			29h 24' 32"
2			+ 49"
3			+ 1' 08"

Final standing

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			29h 24' 32"
2			+ 49"
3			+ 1' 08"
4			+ 1' 18"
5			+ 1' 19"
6			+ 1' 36"
7			+ 2' 07"
8			+ 2' 11"
9			+2' 18"
10			+2' 27"

Team classification

	Team	Country	Time
1			88h 17' 05"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 8' 44"

Young classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			29h 26' 50"
2			+ 40"
3			+ 1' 22"

Mountains classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			26
2			19
3			17

Sprint classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			44
2			42
3			32

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Youth Classification	Mountains Classification	Sprint Classification	Most Aggressive
Prologue (Fabian Cancellara)	Fabian Cancellara	Edvald Boasson Hagen	no award	Fabian Cancellara	no award
Stage 1 (Juan José Haedo)	Fabian Cancellara	Gerald Ciolek	Jackson Stewart	Jackson Stewart	Jackson Stewart
Stage 2 (Tom Boonen)	Tyler Farrar	Gerald Ciolek	Jackson Stewart	Heinrich Haussler	Scott Nydam
Stage 3 (Robert Gesink)	Levi Leipheimer	Robert Gesink	Scott Nydam	Heinrich Haussler	George Hincapie
Stage 4 (Dominique Rollin)				Dominique Rollin	Dominique Rollin
Stage 5 (Levi Leipheimer)					no award
Stage 6 (Luciano Pagliarini)					Rory Sutherland
Stage 7 (George Hincapie)
Final	Levi Leipheimer	Robert Gesink	Scott Nydam	Dominique Rollin

External links

- 2008 Tour Archive
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