Tour of Denmark 2008

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18. Tour of Denmark
Overall rating	Jakob Fuglsang	OF	20:42:40 h
2.	Steve Cummings	BAR	+ 0:09 min
3.	Tom Stamsnijder	GST	+ 0:15 min
4th	Gustav Larsson	CSC	+ 0:17 min
5.	Matti Breschel	CSC	+ 0:21 min
6th	František Raboň	COL	+ 0:28 min
7th	Michael Blaudzun	CSC	+ 0:34 min
8th.	Jason McCartney	CSC	+ 0:44 min
9.	Marco Pinotti	COL	+ 0:44 min
10.	Enrico Gasparotto	BAR	+ 0:46 min
Scoring	Matti Breschel	CSC	65 P
2.	Rubén Bongiorno	CSF	30 p
3.	Markus Zberg	GST	30 p
Mountain scoring	Kristoffer Nielsen	GLS	36 P.
2.	Martin Mortensen	OF	34 P
3.	Thomas Kvist	Post ¹	32 P
Young talent evaluation	Jakob Fuglsang	OF	20:42:40 h
2.	Tom Stamsnijder	GST	+ 0:15 min
3.	Matti Breschel	CSC	+ 0:21 min
Team evaluation	Team CSC-Saxo Bank	CSC	62:08:59 h
2.	Team Columbia	COL	+ 1:23 min
3.	Team Gerolsteiner	GST	+ 1:25 min
Most combative driver	Martin Mortensen	OF	16 p
¹ Team Post Danmark

The 18th Tour of Denmark was a cycling race that took place from July 30th to August 3rd, 2008. The stage race was held in four stages and two half-stages over a distance of 870 km. The race was part of the UCI Europe Tour 2008 racing series, where it was classified in the highest category, 2nd HC .

Stage overview

stage	Day	Start finish	km	Stage winner	Overall rating
1st stage	30th July	Holstebro –Holstebro	175	Rubén Bongiorno	Rubén Bongiorno
2nd stage	July 31	Skjern - Sønderborg	220	Matti Breschel	Matti Breschel
3rd stage	August 1st	Padborg - Vejle	200	Matti Breschel	Matti Breschel
4a. stage	August 2nd	Rings - Odense	115	Rubén Bongiorno	Matti Breschel
4b. stage	August 2nd	Kerteminde ( EZF )	014.5	Gustav Larsson	Jakob Fuglsang
5th stage	3rd August	Slagelse - Frederiksberg	165	Juan José Haedo	Jakob Fuglsang

Ratings in the course of the tour

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

stage	Overall rating	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Young talent evaluation	Team evaluation
1.	Rubén Bongiorno	Rubén Bongiorno	Martin Mortensen	Martin Mortensen	Team Columbia
2.	Matti Breschel	Matti Breschel		Matti Breschel	Team Columbia
3.					Team Gerolsteiner
4a					Team Gerolsteiner
4b	Jakob Fuglsang			Jakob Fuglsang	Team CSC-Saxo Bank
5.	Jakob Fuglsang		Kristoffer Nielsen	Jakob Fuglsang	Team CSC-Saxo Bank
winner	Jakob Fuglsang	Matti Breschel	Kristoffer Nielsen	Jakob Fuglsang	Team CSC-Saxo Bank

Retired drivers

stage	driver	team	reason
DNS 1.	Mauro Richeze	CSF Group Navigare
DNF 1.	Hugo Sabido	Barloworld	stomach problems
DNF 2.	Dries Devenyns	Silence lotto	Broken wrist
DNF 2.	Sven Krauss	Team Gerolsteiner
DNS 3.	Harald Totschnig	Elk House-Simplon	family reasons

Field of participants

Denmark Team CSC-Saxo Bank: Denmark Matti Breschel; Denmark Lars Bak; United States Jason McCartney; Denmark Chris Anker Sørensen; Argentina Juan José Haedo; Sweden Gustav Larsson; Denmark Kasper Klostergård; Denmark Michael Blaudzun
United States Team Columbia: Italy Marco Pinotti; Australia Scott Davis; United States John Devine; United Kingdom Roger Hammond; Germany Andreas Klier; Czech Republic František Raboň; Spain Vicente Reynés
Belgium Silence lotto: Belgium Dominique Cornu; Belgium Dries Devenyns; Australia Nick Gates; Belgium Pieter Jacobs; Belgium Jürgen Roelandts; Belgium Bert Roesems; Belgium Geert Steurs; Netherlands Maarten Tjallingii
Germany Team Gerolsteiner: Switzerland Markus Zberg; Germany Thomas Fothen; Germany Sven Krauss; Germany Johannes Fröhlinger; Italy Oscar Gatto; Netherlands Tom Stamsnijder; Germany Carlo Westphal

Professional Continental Teams

United Kingdom Barloworld: Italy Enrico Gasparotto; Italy Francesco Bellotti; Italy Diego Caccia; Switzerland Patrick Calcagni; Italy Marco Corti; South Africa Daryl Impey; Portugal Hugo Sabido; United Kingdom Steve Cummings
Italy CSF Group Navigare: Italy Paride Grillo; Argentina Rubén Bongiorno; Italy Tiziano Dall'Antonia; Argentina Mauro Richeze; Italy Francesco Tomei; Italy Matteo Priamo; Italy Mauro Finetto; Italy Marco Frapporti
Netherlands Skil-Shimano: Netherlands Tom Veelers; Germany Sebastian Siedler; Netherlands Roy Curvers; Germany Robert Wagner; Netherlands Kenny van Hummel; France Fabien Bacquet; France David Deroo
United States Garmin Chipotle: United States Tyler Farrar; United States Steven Cozza; United States Lucas Euser; France Christophe Laurent; Ireland Daniel Martin; United States Pat McCarty; France Killian Patour; Australia Christopher Sutton
Austria Elk House-Simplon: Austria Harald Totschnig; Austria Harald Starzengruber; Austria Stefan Rucker; Austria Jochen Summer; Austria Markus Eibegger; Austria Clemens Fankhauser; Austria Daniel Schorn
Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen: Belgium Niko Eeckhout; Belgium Bart Vanheule; Belgium Kenny Dehaes; Belgium Sven Renders; Belgium Frederiek Nolf; Belgium Maarten Neyens; Belgium Nikolas Maes; Belgium Preben Van Hecke

Continental teams

Denmark Team GLS-Pakke Shop: Denmark Brian Vandborg; Denmark Martin Pedersen; Denmark Jonas Aaen Jørgensen; Denmark Morten Reckweg; Denmark Kristoffer Nielsen; Norway Roy Hegreberg; Sweden Christofer Stevenson; Denmark Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg
Denmark Glud & Marstrand Horsens: Denmark Kim Nielsen; Denmark Jacob Nielsen; Denmark Morten Voss Christiansen; Denmark Michael Berling; Denmark Christopher Juul Jensen; Denmark Jesper Odgaard Nielsen; Denmark Nicolaj Olesen; South Africa Luthando Kaka
Denmark Designa Køkken: Denmark Jakob Fuglsang; Denmark Michael Reihs; Denmark Allan Johansen; Denmark René Jørgensen; Denmark Rasmus Guldhammer; Denmark Kasper Jebjerg; Denmark Martin Mortensen; Denmark Thomas Oredsson
Denmark Team Løgstør: Denmark Daniel Foder; Denmark Jacob Kollerup; Denmark Morten Høberg; Denmark Philip NF Nielsen; Denmark Kristian Sobota; Denmark Simon Lerbech; Denmark Thomas Bendixen; Denmark Mads Bugge Andersen
Denmark Team Post Danmark: Denmark Frank Høj; Denmark Troels Vinther; Denmark Thomas Kvist; Denmark Lars Ulrich; Denmark Kalle Corneliussen; Denmark Hilligsøe is different; Denmark Mads Christensen; Denmark Søren Nissen

Web links

Commons : Post Danmark Rundt 2008 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Tour of Denmark 2008 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
Official website of this event (Danish)