Tour of the Basque Country 2008

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Final result after the 6th stage
winner Alberto Contador 21:03:59 h
(39.779 km / h)
Second Cadel Evans + 0:30 min
Third Thomas Dekker + 0:37 min
Fourth Damiano Cunego + 0:57 min
fifth Maxime Monfort + 1:25 min
Sixth Mikel Astarloza + 1:37 min
seventh Kim churches + 1:43 min
Eighth Sandy Casar + 2:03 min
Ninth Ezequiel Mosquera + 2:03 min
Tenth Frank Schleck + 2:05 min
Scoring Damiano Cunego 79 P.
Second Kim churches 75 p.
Third Alberto Contador 70 p.
Mountain scoring Egoi Martínez 46 P.
Second Morris Possoni 33 P.
Third Amets Txurruka 24 p.
Intermediate sprint ranking Iban Mayoz 15 p.
Second Morris Possoni 14 p.
Third Egoi Martínez 10 p.
Team evaluation Rabobank 63:19:24 h
Second Silence lotto + 1:12 min
Third Karpin-Galicia + 2:27 min

The 65th Tour of the Basque Country is a cycling stage race that took place from April 7th to 12th, 2008. The race was held over 838 kilometers in six stages and is part of the UCI ProTour 2008 .

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall rating
1st stage 7th of April Legazpi - Legazpi 137 SpainSpain Alberto Contador SpainSpain Alberto Contador
2nd stage April 8th Legazpi - Erandio 153 LuxembourgLuxembourg Kim churches SpainSpain Alberto Contador
3rd stage 9th April Erandio - Viana 195 SpainSpain David Herrero SpainSpain Alberto Contador
4th stage 10th of April Viana - Vitoria 171 LuxembourgLuxembourg Kim churches SpainSpain Alberto Contador
5th stage 11 April Vitoria - Orio 162 ItalyItaly Damiano Cunego SpainSpain Alberto Contador
6th stage 12. April Orio - Orio ( EZF ) 020th SpainSpain Alberto Contador SpainSpain Alberto Contador

Individual evidence

  1. live-radsport.ch: Results VUELTA CICLISTA AL PAIS VASCO , accessed on May 21, 2008.