The 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday 27 August 2008 to Sunday 31 August 2008.

Stages

Stage Route Distance Date Winner Team
1 DublinWaterford 192 km (119 mi) Wednesday, 27 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
2 ThurlesLoughrea 158 km (98 mi) Thursday, 28 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
3 BallinrobeGalway 201 km (125 mi) Friday, 29 August United Kingdom Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
4 LimerickDingle 186 km (116 mi) Saturday, 30 August United Kingdom Russell Downing Pinarello RT
5 KillarneyCork 192 km (119 mi) Sunday, 31 August Czech Republic František Raboň Team Columbia–High Road

Classification

General Classification

[1]

RankRiderTeamTime
Italy Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 21h 43' 16"
2 United Kingdom Russell Downing Pinarello RT + 19"
3 New Zealand Julian Dean Team Garmin–Chipotle + 21"
4 Australia Matt Wilson Team Type 1 + 33"
5 Canada Michael Barry Team Columbia + 36"
6 Australia Simon Clarke SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 37"
7 Norway Lars Petter Nordhaug Team Joker Bianchi + 37″
8 Spain Gonzalo Rabuñal Karpin–Galicia + 38″
9 Belgium Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen + 44″
10 South Africa Kevin Evans MTN Energade + 44″

Teams Classification

[2]

Rank Team Time
United States Team Columbia65h 09' 29"
2Italy Tinkoff Credit Systems+ 2' 36"
3Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen+ 3' 01"
4Australia SouthAustralia.com–AIS+ 10' 24"
5United States Team Type 1+ 10' 37"
6Republic of Ireland An Post Seán Kelly Team+ 12' 21"
7Netherlands Rabobank+ 12' 37"
8Spain Karpin–Galicia+ 19' 25"
9South Africa MTN Energade+ 24' 47"
10Norway Team Joker Bianchi+ 32' 07"

Jersey Progress

Stage
(Winner)
General Classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Young Rider Classification Team Classification
Stage 1
(Mark Cavendish)
Mark Cavendish Alexander Kristoff Matt Wilson Mark Cavendish Topsport Vlaanderen
Stage 2
(Mark Cavendish)
Mark Cavendish
Stage 3
(Mark Cavendish)
Stage 4
(Russell Downing)
Russell Downing Gonzalo Rabuñal
Stage 5
(František Raboň)
Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Simon Clarke Team Columbia
Final Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Matt Wilson Simon Clarke Team Columbia

References

  1. "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
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