Algarve Tour 2008

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Final result after the 5th stage
winner Stijn Devolder 19:42:59 h
Second Sylvain Chavanel + 0:22 min
Third Tomas Vaitkus + 0:32 min
Fourth Héctor Guerra + 0:33 min
fifth Martín Garrido + 1:03 min
Sixth Jürgen Roelandts + 1:05 min
seventh Pedro Romero + 1:06 min
Eighth Andreas Klöden + 1:07 min
Ninth Rubén Plaza + 1:13 min
Tenth Markus Fothen + 1:18 min
Scoring Robert Forster 70 p.
Second Tomas Vaitkus 45 p.
Third Bernhard Eisel 33 P.
Mountain scoring Krassimir Vasilev 26 p.
Second Antonio Cosme 19 p.
Third Celestino Pinho 11 p.
Sprint scoring Antonio Cosme 11 p.
Second Celestino Pinho 5 p.
Third Staf Scheirlinckx 3 p.
Combination scoring Staf Scheirlinckx 3 p.
Second Constantino Zaballa 3 p.
Third Celestino Pinho 3 p.
Team evaluation Team Astana 59:12:54 h
Second Palmeiras Resort-Tavira + 0:18 min
Third Cofidis + 1:03 min

The 34th Algarve Tour took place from February 20th to 24th, 2008. The bike race was held in five stages over a distance of 784.7 kilometers. The race is part of the UCI Europe Tour 2008 and is classified in category 2.1.

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Leader
1st stage 20. February Albufeira - Faro 164.6 GermanyGermany Robert Forster GermanyGermany Robert Forster
2nd stage 21st of February Lagoa - Lagos 189.5 LithuaniaLithuania Tomas Vaitkus GermanyGermany Robert Forster
3rd stage February 22 Vila Real de Santo António - Loulé 207.7 GermanyGermany Robert Forster GermanyGermany Robert Forster
4th stage February 23 Castro Marim - Tavira ( EZF ) 29.4 BelgiumBelgium Stijn Devolder BelgiumBelgium Stijn Devolder
5th stage February 24th Vila do Bispo - Portimao 193.5 AustriaAustria Bernhard Eisel BelgiumBelgium Stijn Devolder

Individual evidence

  1. http://www.edosof.com:80/2008/algarve/ (link not available)