Germany Tour 2008

Final result after eight stages

	Linus Gerdemann	THR	33:25:18 h
02.	Thomas Lövkvist	THR	+ 0:52 min
03.	Janez Brajkovič	AST	+ 1:34 min
04th	Daniel Navarro	AST	+ 3:06 min
05.	Pietro Caucchioli	CA	+ 3:27 min
06th	José Rujano	GCE	+ 3:35 min
07th	Bauke Mollema	RAB	+ 3:56 min
08th.	Andrea Noè	LIQ	+ 4:10 min
09.	Eros Capecchi	SDV	+ 4:44 min
10.	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	+ 4:53 min
	Thomas Lövkvist	THR	80 points
02.	Linus Gerdemann	THR	73 points
03.	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	52 points
	Daniel Musiol	VBG	18 points
02.	Thomas Lövkvist	THR	14 points
03.	Linus Gerdemann	THR	13 points
	Thomas Lövkvist	THR	33:26:10 h
02.	Janez Brajkovič	AST	+ 0:42 min
03.	Daniel Navarro	AST	+ 2:14 min
	Scott-American beef	SDV	100: 22: 54 h
02.	Astana	AST	+ 0:43 min
03.	Caisse d'Epargne	GCE	+ 1:13 min

The 10th Germany Tour took place from August 29th to September 6th, 2008.

The one-week cycle stage race started with a 4 km long prologue in Kitzbühel and ended with an individual time trial in Bremen . The total distance was 1409 kilometers. The tour was part of the UCI ProTour 2008 .

For the first time at a cycling event, the riders were tested for insulin doping.

Immediately after the first stage to Hochfügen , which had already been determined as the queen stage, Linus Gerdemann from Team Columbia led the ranking. He was able to defend this lead in the following stages and in the final individual time trial in front of his teammate Thomas Lövkvist , who won the points and junior ranking. The mountain classification was won by Daniel Musiol .

Field of participants

Participating teams

UCI ProTeams Quick Step Silence lotto Team CSC-Saxo Bank Gerolsteiner Team Milram ag2r La Mondiale Bouygues Telecom Cofidis Crédit Agricole Française des Jeux Lampre Liquigas Astana Rabobank Caisse d'Epargne Euskaltel-Euskadi Scott-American beef Team Columbia Professional Continental Teams Skil-Shimano Volksbank-Corratec team

In addition to the 18 UCI ProTeams , the Professional Continental Teams Volksbank and Skil-Shimano took part, each receiving a wildcard. The Scott-American Beef team (formerly Saunier Duval-Scott) was officially unloaded by the organizers after the doping cases at the 2008 Tour de France . However, it was allowed to take part in the tour as a ProTour team.

The most successful team on the tour was Team Columbia , which was able to record a total of four stage wins. In addition, two Columbia riders, Linus Gerdemann and Thomas Lövkvist, also won the overall, sprint and junior rankings. Nevertheless, it was not Columbia, but the Scott-American Beef team that won the team championship, and David de la Fuente also brought it a stage win. Other teams with stage wins were the Milram , Liquigas , Française des Jeux and Cofidis teams .

The drivers missed Jens Voigt third consecutive win it clear he was in Bremen finally 63. who traveled as a co-favorite Denis Menshov and the best climber of the de Tour France 2008 , Bernhard Kohl , disappointed. Menschow got out, Kohl finished in 92nd The three-way battle for the top in the last time trial was fought by the favorite drivers Linus Gerdemann and Janez Brajkovič and the Swede Thomas Lövkvist .

Favorites for the overall standings

Jens Voigt		CSC	Winner Germany Tour 2006 and 2007
Gustav Larsson		CSC	Olympic time trial 2008 and ninth Germany Tour 2007
Janez Brajkovič		AST	Fifth Tour de Suisse 2006
Vladimir Karpez		GCE	Winner Tour of Catalonia 2007 and Tour de Suisse 2007
Markus Fothen		GST	Fourth Tirreno – Adriatico 2008 and twelfth Giro d'Italia 2005
Haimar Zubeldia		EUS	Twice fifth in the Tour de France
Linus Gerdemann		THR	Winner Tour de l'Ain 2008
Cyril Dessel		ALM	Sixth Tour de France 2006
Leonardo Bertagnolli		LIQ	Fourth tour of Germany 2007
Maxime Monfort		COF	Fifth Tour of the Basque Country in 2008
Christian Knees		MRM	Winner Bavaria Tour 2008

The maximum number of drivers per team was 8 drivers. 154 drivers from 28 nations were registered.

Stages

Route Germany Tour 2008

As with the Tour de France 2008 , time credits for intermediate sprints or at the finish were abolished, so that the overall classification was based solely on the time driven. It started with a prologue, with the first stage from Kitzbühel to Hochfügen the queen stage followed . Then there were six more, mostly flat stages, the decision was made in the final time trial.

Overview

Stage overview

stage	Type	Start finish	winner		Second		Third
prolog	EZF	Kitzbühel ( AUT ) –Kitzbühel	Brett Lancaster	MRM	Gustav Larsson	CSC	Gerald Ciolek	THR
1st stage		Kitzbühel– Hochfügen (AUT)	Linus Gerdemann	THR	Thomas Lövkvist	THR	Janez Brajkovič	AST
2nd stage		Munich - Hesselberg	David de la Fuente	SDV	Pietro Caucchioli	CA	Thomas Lövkvist	THR
3rd stage		Herrieden - Wiesloch	Leonardo Bertagnolli	LIQ	Rigoberto Urán	SDV	Thomas Lövkvist	THR
4th stage		Wiesloch - Mainz	André Greipel	THR	Robbie McEwen	SIL	Robert Forster	GST
5th stage		Mainz– Winterberg	Gerald Ciolek	THR	Rubens Bertogliati	SDV	Leonardo Bertagnolli	LIQ
6th stage		Bad Fredeburg - Neuss	Jussi Veikkanen	FDJ	Maxim Iglinski	AST	Thierry Hupond	SKS
7th stage		Neuss– Georgsmarienhütte	Stéphane Augé	COF	Thierry Hupond	SKS	Mauro Da Dalto	LIQ
8th stage	EZF	Bremen –Bremen	Tony Martin	THR	Bert Grabsch	THR	Gustav Larsson	CSC

Prologue: Kitzbühel

The first five - prologue

	Brett Lancaster		MRM	0:03:59 h
2	Gustav Larsson		CSC	+ 0:00 min
3	Gerald Ciolek		THR	+ 0:02 min
4th	Markus Fothen		GST	+ 0:03 min
5	Mark Renshaw		CA	+ 0:04 min

The prologue, which is comparatively short at 3.6 kilometers, started at Schwarzsee and, after driving through the old town, led the drivers to the valley station of the Hahnenkammbahn . Mark Renshaw (Crédit Agricole) held the lead for a long time, but after more than an hour in the lead he was separated from Brett Lancaster (Milram) by several seconds . His time also seemed to be in jeopardy, but Tony Martin (Columbia) lost a few seconds in a fall and missed the lead after setting an interim fastest time.

Subsequently, Gerald Ciolek (Columbia, 1.79 seconds behind) and the Olympic runner-up from Beijing, Gustav Larsson (CSC, 0.1 seconds behind) failed to oust Lancaster. Co-favorite Linus Gerdemann (Columbia) finished seventh, the last defending champion Jens Voigt (CSC) only 51.

So Brett Lancaster won ahead of Gustav Larsson and Gerald Ciolek. Lancaster therefore took the lead in the points classification. Ciolek was the best driver in the junior class.

1st stage: Kitzbühel – Hochfügen

The first five - 1st stage

	Linus Gerdemann		THR	4:42:54 h
2	Thomas Lövkvist		THR	+ 0:16 min
3	Janez Brajkovič		AST	+ 0:16 min
4th	Pietro Caucchioli		CA	+ 0:50 min
5	José Rujano		GCE	+ 0:50 min

The first stage was a 178 km long mountain stage. It led from Kitzbühel over the Thurn Pass and the Gerlos Pass to Hochfügen . Linus Gerdemann (Team Columbia) was able to pull away in the final climb. Despite technical problems with the gear shift, he won ahead of his teammate Thomas Lövkvist and Astana driver Janez Brajkovič. This duo was 16 seconds behind Gerdemann. Jens Voigt had a time gap of 8:44 minutes.

Daniel Musiol (Volksbank) took the lead in the mountain classification . He drove together with Kasper Klostergård (CSC), Dominik Roels (Milram) and Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux) in the escape group. Their lead grew to eight minutes. Musiol was also honored as the most active driver.

2nd stage: Munich – Hesselberg

The first five - 2nd stage

	David de la Fuente		SDV	3:48:38 h
2	Pietro Caucchioli		CA	+ 0:02 min
3	Thomas Lövkvist		THR	+ 0:02 min
4th	Janez Brajkovič		AST	+ 0:02 min
5	Linus Gerdemann		THR	+ 0:02 min

Arrival at the finish on the 2nd stage

The second part of the day of the Germany tour led the riders from the Bavarian capital Munich to the Hesselberg in Middle Franconia . Four drivers formed the escape group: Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner), Kasper Klostergård (CSC), Yoann Le Boulanger (Française des Jeux) and Markel Irízar (Euskaltel). Their maximum lead was barely more than two minutes. The outliers were caught about six kilometers from the finish.

On the final climb of the third category, Johan Vansummeren (Silence-Lotto) attacked first. Also, Christophe Le Mevel (Crédit Agricole) and Rigoberto Urán (Caisse d'Epargne) attacked. But none of them succeeded. Only when David de la Fuente took over was successful. This was his first win of the season. The Spaniard won by two seconds over a group of five drivers, including the top four in the overall standings. Klostergård became the most active driver.

At least on the first part of the route from Munich to Augsburg there was a permanent tailwind.

3rd stage: Herrieden – Wiesloch

The first five - 3rd stage

	Leonardo Bertagnolli		LIQ	5:20:34 h
2	Rigoberto Urán		GCE	+ 0:00 min
3	Thomas Lövkvist		THR	+ 0:00 min
4th	Eros Capecchi		SDV	+ 0:00 min
5	Giovanni Visconti		QST	+ 0:00 min

The 195 km long third stage led from Herrieden in the district of Ansbach in central Franconia via the L 2247 to Wallhausen, the B 290 to Rot am See , L 1033 to Gerabronn , Langenburg , Laßbach and Mäusdorf to Künzelsau , the L 1045 from Ingelfingen and Niedernhall to Weißbach , via the L 1050 to Jagsthausen , the L 1025 to Möckmühl and from there to the intermediate spurt in Mosbach over the inclines to Aglasterhausen and to the Königstuhl . From there it was another 23 kilometers to the finish in Wiesloch . The last intermediate sprint was in Heidelberg .

The first successful attack was made - after about ten kilometers driven - Christian Knees (Milram) and Johannes Fröhlinger (Gerolsteiner), who were both more than five minutes behind in the overall standings. However, their maximum lead of 7:40 minutes was not enough. During the ascent of the second category to the Königstuhl, they were caught up again by a group of ten around overall leader Linus Gerdemann (Columbia). This group drove together across the Königstuhl.

On the descent, Daniel Navarro (Astana), Leonardo Bertagnolli (Liquigas) and Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux) attacked. The latter fell back due to a defect. Several more unsuccessful breakaway attempts increased the pace, so that the duo's lead of 35 seconds shrank to 11 seconds two kilometers from the finish. Bertagnolli was finally able to win the stage. His victory was revoked in 2014 because of doping . On the finish line, he no longer had a lead and was rated at the same time as the group of pursuers that had grown in the meantime. Daniel Navarro even fell back to sixth place.

The eleventh overall Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) fell on the rain-soaked descent and crossed the finish line 38 seconds behind the winner. Even the mountain classification in the second category on the Königstuhl did not cost Daniel Musiol (Volksbank) his lead in the mountain classification , he was now leading with 17 points. In the overall standings, the top ranks did not change either, as all favorites crossed the finish line with the top group. Only in the sprint classification was there another leader, Thomas Lövkvist (Columbia) took over the sprint jersey from team mate Gerdemann with his third place. Christian Knees was recognized as the most active driver.

4th stage: Wiesloch – Mainz

The first five - 4th stage

	André Greipel		THR	3:59:37 h
2	Robbie McEwen		SIL	+ 0:00 min
3	Robert Forster		GST	+ 0:00 min
4th	Mark Renshaw		CA	+ 0:00 min
5	Graeme Brown		RAB	+ 0:00 min

The profile of the fourth stage was flat. There were only two mountain ratings in the third category in Neuleiningen and Eisenberg during the 174 kilometers from Wiesloch to the Rhineland-Palatinate state capital Mainz .

Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Télécom) and Tom Stubbe (Française des Jeux) started a breakaway attempt after about 75 kilometers. Their maximum lead was 6:30 minutes. Seven kilometers from the finish, the peloton caught up with them again - it came to a mass sprint. After preliminary work by Gerald Ciolek, André Greipel was able to prevail over Robbie McEwen. The leaders of the ratings did not change. Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Télécom) was honored as the most active driver.

5th stage: Mainz – Winterberg

The first five - 5th stage

	Gerald Ciolek		THR	5:39:35 h
2	Rubens Bertogliati		SDV	+ 0:00 min
3	Leonardo Bertagnolli		LIQ	+ 0:00 min
4th	Thomas Lövkvist		THR	+ 0:00 min
5	Johannes Fröhlinger		GST	+ 0:00 min

5th stage in Schmallenberg

The 218 km long low mountain range was the longest part of the day of the Germany tour 2008. It took the riders from Mainz through the Rothaar Mountains to Winterberg . First, a sextet around Gustav Larsson (CSC), Héctor González (Scott), Mario Aerts (Lotto), Pieter Weening (Rabobank), David López García (Caisse d'Epargne) and Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) stood out, the maximum advantage of about 4:30 minutes in the middle of the race, however, melted down quickly. Gustav Larsson and Pieter Weening won the first two sprint classifications, while Larsson won the first mountain classification on the Homberg .

The descent from this third category mountain classification divided the leading group, so that Gustav Larsson was able to pull away on his own and won the third sprint classification. The four pursuers, Gonzalez had to let go in the meantime, quickly lost over 1:30 minutes to Larsson and were finally overtaken by the field. Many unsuccessful attacks were made there, which increased the racing pace, which was slow at the beginning due to the heavy rain.

Almost 20 kilometers from the finish, Larsson was also swallowed by the field, when Peter Velits (Milram) and Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) were next to attack , they too were caught a few kilometers from the finish. The Columbia team with the yellow jersey, Linus Gerdemann , was represented by four in the leading group shortly before the final climb in Winterberg, and Gerald Ciolek was also the last sprinter to keep up with the favorites. Since no attempt to break away was successful in the end, Ciolek was able to win the stage after an early start, Rubens Bertogliati (Scott) came second .

Nothing changed in the overall standings, as all the top drivers were represented in the first group. In the sprint and junior class, the leader was still Thomas Lövkvist . Daniel Musiol was also able to defend the lead in the mountain classification with a five point lead. The most active driver was Gustav Larsson.

6th stage: Bad Fredeburg – Neuss

The first five - 6th stage

	Jussi Veikkanen		FDJ	4:17:22 h
2	Maxim Iglinski		AST	+ 0:00 min
3	Thierry Hupond		SKS	+ 0:00 min
4th	Pablo Lastras		GCE	+ 0:00 min
5	Rémi Pauriol		CA	+ 0:00 min

The 6th stage began in Schmallenberg in the Sauerland in the Bad Fredeburg district and led over 189 km to Neuss . In the flat profile, only two mountain ratings in the third category were planned, plus three sprint ratings in Sundern , Radevormwald and Monheim .

Early attacks were unsuccessful, so that the field drove closed over the first sprint classification at 42 kilometers driven. Shortly afterwards, a group of eleven attacked, but the best-placed driver in the overall standings, Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux), was already 5:30 minutes behind. After the top, to which the German Matthias Russ (Gerolsteiner) and the Swiss David Loosli (Lampre) belonged, led with two and a half minutes at race kilometer 70, defending champion Jens Voigt (Team CSC) tried to make the connection. Although he was only a minute behind, he failed to merge and dropped back into the field.

The lead of the leading group remained constant at around three minutes for a few kilometers, but by increasing the pace of the sprinter teams in the main field it shrank to around 1:30 minutes with twenty kilometers from the finish. Since it did not decrease any further afterwards, two teams stopped their leadership work in the field, so that the Elfer group went with a clear lead on the final kilometers. In the sprint of the top group, the Finn Jussi Veikkanen finally prevailed ahead of Maxim Iglinski from Kazakhstan, two minutes later the field with all the favorites crossed the finish line.

In the overall standings as well as in the other ratings, the top positions did not change, as the mountain and sprint points were won by drivers who were far behind in the respective overall standings. Third- placed French driver Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano) was recognized as the most active driver .

7th stage: Neuss – Georgsmarienhütte

The first five - 7th stage

	Stéphane Augé		COF	4:45:33 h
2	Thierry Hupond		SKS	+ 0:00 min
3	Mauro Da Dalto		LIQ	+ 0:00 min
4th	Johannes Fröhlinger		GST	+ 0:00 min
5	Christian Knees		MRM	+ 0:00 min

The 7th section led over 214 km from Neuss to Georgsmarienhütte in Lower Saxony. On the flat profile, only two climbs in the third category had to be mastered, both of which came on early race kilometers and so did not have a decisive effect on the race.

As on the previous day, a group of eleven settled down, which formed at about 30 kilometers. Among them were defending champion Jens Voigt (CSC), who was already far behind in the overall standings, as well as several prominent drivers such as Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Télécom) and Christian Knees (Milram). However, all eleven drivers were already far behind in the overall standings and therefore posed no threat to Linus Gerdemann (Columbia) in the yellow jersey. Therefore, the lead grew quickly and after 40 kilometers of racing was almost three minutes.

The peloton on the 7th stage in Dortmund - Hohensyburg .

After 71 kilometers, the first mountain points of the stage were awarded. Because only Gerdemann and Thomas Lövkvist (both Columbia) could have ousted Daniel Musiol (Volksbank) from the top of the mountain classification and neither of them collected any points in the first classification, Musiol was decided ahead of time as the winner of the mountain classification. After that, the group led by Voigt remained constant at four to five minutes.

Despite the Columbia team increasing the pace with sprinter Gerald Ciolek and the Quick Step team, not enough time could be made up, so that the lead 15 kilometers from the finish was almost two minutes. As a result, all attacks from the leading group were unsuccessful, in the finish sprint the Frenchman Stéphane Augé (Cofidis) finally won ahead of Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano), who was honored as the most active driver in the sixth stage.

The field with all favorites crossed the finish line 3:54 minutes behind, which is why there was no change in the overall standings or in the sprint and junior class, where Thomas Lövkvist remains the leader. For the sprinters there was only one real mass sprint during the entire tour, and Gerald Ciolek won once as the last remaining sprint driver. In the team classification, the Liquigas team took the lead, as it was represented by one driver in the top group. Jens Voigt, who finished sixth, was named the most active driver.

8th stage: Bremen

The first five - 8th stage

	Tony Martin		THR	39:50 min
2	Bert Grabsch		THR	+ 0:34 min
3	Gustav Larsson		CSC	+ 0:48 min
4th	Linus Gerdemann		THR	+ 1:17 min
5	Vladimir Karpez		GCE	+ 1:43 min

For the finale of the 10th Germany tour, a 34 km long individual time trial took place in Bremen . This led back to the starting point in a circular course from the town hall in Bremen (then officially AWD Dome ) via Kuhsiel, Wümmedeich, Ritterhuder Heerstraße and Hafenrandstraße.

It was started in the reverse order in the overall classification, so that the German Markus Eichler (Milram) opened the race in 122nd place. At first, the best times at the finish and in the two intermediate times changed frequently before Bert Grabsch (Columbia) set the first clear mark. Several favorites missed Grabs time, only his team-mate Tony Martin was able to push him from the front. Subsequently, Gustav Larsson (CSC), who placed third, as well as László Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) failed to set the fastest time, the latter having a hard crash on the wet road and had to end the race.

Since the rain did not set in until after Grabs and partly also Martin had completed their race, both benefited from the fact that the competitors now had to drive more carefully. Last year's winners Jens Voigt (CSC) and Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner) also missed their last chance on a podium.

Before the top ten drivers took to the track, the road surface had partially dried up again, but the times remained slower. Both the runner-up Thomas Lövkvist and the leader Linus Gerdemann (both Columbia) started well and were able to distance the Slovenian Janez Brajkovič (Astana). In the end Gerdemann drove faster than Lövkvist and due to his fall a few kilometers from the finish, he had a lead of almost a minute in the end and drove the race at a moderate pace to avoid falling. Gerdemann was fourth, Lövkvist sixth.

Tony Martin won the time trial ahead of Bert Grabsch, and there was also a double triumph for Columbia in the overall standings, as Gerdemann won ahead of Lövkvist. Lövkvist, on the other hand, won the points and the junior ranking. Daniel Musiol (Volksbank) had already won the mountain classification the day before .

Ratings in the course of the tour

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

	Overall rating	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Young talent evaluation	Team ranking
prolog	Brett Lancaster	Brett Lancaster	not forgiven	Gerald Ciolek	Team Milram
1.	Linus Gerdemann	Linus Gerdemann	Daniel Musiol	Thomas Lövkvist	Astana
2.
3.		Thomas Lövkvist			Caisse d'Epargne
4th
5.
6th					Astana
7th					Liquigas
8. (EZF)					Scott-American beef

• Gustav Larsson wore the points jersey during the first stage
• Thomas Lövkvist wore the points jersey during the 2nd and 3rd stages
• On stages 2–8 Janez Brajkovič wore the white jersey of the best young rider

Retired drivers

stage	driver	team	reason
DNS prolog	Dario Cataldo	Liquigas	illness
DNF 1.	Denis Menshov	Rabobank	unknown
	Christophe Brandt	Silence lotto	unknown
	Sergei Yakovlev	Astana	Fall
	Brett Lancaster	Team Milram	stomach problems
DNS 3.	Albert Timmer	Skil-Shimano	unknown
DNS 5.	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	unknown
	Maarten den Bakker	Skil-Shimano	unknown
	Anthony Charteau	Caisse d'Epargne	unknown
DNF 5.	Mathieu Perget	Caisse d'Epargne	unknown
	Olaf Pollack	Volksbank-Corratec team	unknown
	Robert Wagner	Skil-Shimano	unknown
	Martin Muller	Team Milram	unknown
	Sylvain Calzati	ag2r La Mondiale	unknown
	Giovanni Bernaudeau	Bouygues Telecom	unknown
	Pascal Hungerbühler	Volksbank-Corratec team	unknown
	Sébastien portal	Cofidis	unknown
	Sébastien Chavanel	Française des Jeux	unknown
DNS 6.	Matej Mugerli	Liquigas	unknown
DNF 6.	Tom Stubbe	Française des Jeux	unknown
	Hubert Schwab	Quick Step Innergetic	unknown
	Yoann Le Boulanger	Française des Jeux	unknown
	Jérémy Roy	Française des Jeux	unknown
DNS 7.	Robbie McEwen	Silence lotto	unknown
	Nick Gates	Silence lotto	unknown
	Matthias Russ	Gerolsteiner	family reasons
DNF 7.	Robert Forster	Gerolsteiner	Boils on the buttocks
	Maxim Iglinski	Astana	unknown
	Mark Renshaw	Crédit Agricole	unknown
	Christophe Mengin	Française des Jeux	unknown
	Leonardo Bertagnolli	Liquigas	unknown
	William Bonnet	Crédit Agricole	unknown
DNS 8.	Graeme Brown	Rabobank	unknown
	Gerald Ciolek	Team Columbia	unknown
	Rigoberto Urán	Caisse d'Epargne	unknown
	Mauro Da Dalto	Liquigas	unknown
	Giovanni Visconti	Quick Step Innergetic	unknown
	David Loosli	Lampre	unknown
	Francesco Gavazzi	Lampre	unknown
	Mirco Lorenzetto	Lampre	unknown
	David de la Fuente	Scott-American beef	unknown
	Ángel Gómez	Scott-American beef	unknown
DNF 8.	László Bodrogi	Crédit Agricole	Fall

Prize money

Prize money for the final evaluations

	1.	2.	3.	...	20th	Every day
Overall rating	€ 14,000	€ 8,000	€ 6,000	...	250 €	€ 300
Scoring	0€ 4,000	€ 2,000	0600 €	-		€ 200
Mountain scoring	0€ 4,000	€ 2,000	0600 €	-		€ 200
Young talent evaluation	0€ 1,500	-				150 €
Team ranking	-					-
Most active driver	-					-

Daily bonuses

	winner	annotation
Stage ranking	€ 4,000	staggered up to 20th place (100 €)
Intermediate sprint	0100 €	21 intermediate sprints during the tour
Mountain classification 1st category	0€ 200	02 ratings during the tour
Mountain classification 2nd category	0130 €	03 ratings during the tour
Mountain classification 3rd category	0065 €	10 ratings during the tour
Most active driver	0150 €	Except time trial

See also

• List of winners of the Deutschland Tour

Web links

Commons : Deutschland Tour 2008  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Germany Tour 2008 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Germany Tour 2008 on cycling4fans.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rad-net.de: Deutschland Tour: Wildcard for Volksbank , accessed on June 21, 2008.
2. ↑ Consequences Imposed on License Holders as Result of Anti-Doping Rule Violations (ADRV) as per the UCI Anti-Doping Rules (ADR) - Updated: 23.12.2014. (PDF) uci.ch, accessed on January 18, 2015 (English).