Giro d'Italia 2008
| Final result after the 21st stage | ||
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| winner | Alberto Contador | 89:56:49 h (37.781 km / h) |
| Second | Riccardo Riccò | + 1:57 min |
| Third | Marzio Bruseghin | + 2:54 min |
| Fourth | Franco Pellizotti | + 2:56 min |
| fifth | Denis Menshov | + 3:37 min |
| Sixth | Emanuele Sella | + 4:31 min |
| seventh | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | + 6:30 min |
| Eighth | Danilo Di Luca | + 7:15 min |
| Ninth | Domenico Pozzovivo | + 7:53 min |
| Tenth | Gilberto Simoni | + 11:03 min |
| Scoring | Daniele Bennati | 189 P. |
| Second | Emanuele Sella | 138 P. |
| Third | Riccardo Riccò | 131 P. |
| Mountain scoring | Emanuele Sella | 136 P. |
| Second | Vasil Kiryienka | 63 P. |
| Third | Fortunato Baliani | 48 p. |
| Young talent evaluation | Riccardo Riccò | 89:58:46 h |
| Second | Jurgen Van Den Broeck | + 4:33 min |
| Third | Vincenzo Nibali | + 18:17 min |
| Team evaluation | CSF Group Navigare | 268: 52: 44 h |
| Second | Astana | + 43:48 min |
| Third | Liquigas | + 1:00:42 h |
The 91st Giro d'Italia took place from May 10th to June 1st, 2008. The bike race was held in 21 stages with a total length of 3398.3 km.
Routing
The three-week tour began in Palermo on the island of Sicily, where a team time trial took place. This was followed by two more stages on the island. The Giro last started in 1986 in Palermo. There were four time trials (two individual time trials, one team time trial and one mountain time trial), and there were also four mountain arrivals. The tour traditionally ended in Milan .
Jens Voigt criticized the route and organization on the fringes of the mountain time trial (16th stage) : The cyclists were not able to drive from the finish point of the mountain time trial into the valley, the transfers between the stages were too long and it wouldn't taken action when drivers let themselves be pulled by the support vehicles. Further criticism came from the team boss of the Gerolsteiner team , Hans-Michael Holczer , who criticized the difficulty of the course.
Deletion from the UCI ProTour
The organizer of the Giros, RCS Sports , was one of three race organizers who were in conflict with the UCI . Since the UCI ProTour was founded in 2005, the Giro has been an integral part, as have the RCS Sports classic Milan – San Remo and Lombardy Tour and the Tirreno – Adriatico stage race . In 2008, RCS Sports deleted these races from the UCI ProTour 2008 calendar . The Giro formed the “historical calendar” with five other races. The UCI and the organizers agreed on this. Therefore in the Giro dÍtalia 2008 there are no points for the UCI ProTour 2008.
Field of participants
Invited teams
16 UCI ProTeams and 6 Professional Continental Teams were invited to the Giro d'Italia 2008. The two French ProTeams Bouygues Télécom and Crédit Agricole and the Italian Professional Continental Team Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo (last year with two stage wins by Stefano Garzelli) did not receive an invitation. Team High Road and Astana were only invited afterwards .
According to race director Angelo Zomegnan , there were four basic criteria for the invitation: ethics, quality, internationality and long-term relationship with the host RCS Sports . The Professional Continental Teams invited were Team Barloworld , CSF Group-Navigare , LPR (with last year's winner Danilo Di Luca ), Diquigiovanni-Androni (with Gilberto Simoni ), Slipstream-Chipotle and Tinkoff Credit Systems .
Class driver
In addition to last year's winner Danilo Di Luca (LPR), two other former giro winners took part: Di Lucas team-mate Paolo Savoldelli ( 2002 and 2005 ) and Diquigiovanni-Androni's captain Gilberto Simoni ( 2001 and 2003 ). All three drivers start for a Professional Continental Team. The Astana team, which was invited later, nominated three strong stage riders: Alberto Contador , Levi Leipheimer and Andreas Klöden . The two-time Vuelta winner Denis Menchov from Rabobank contests his first Giro.
The extended circle of favorites included José Rujano (third in 2005 ), Vladimir Karpets - both Caisse d'Epargne. The young Italian Riccardo Riccò (24 years, sixth last year) relies on the support of the winner of the Maglia Verde ( mountain classification ) 2007 Leonardo Piepoli. Also the best climber of the Tour de France 2007 , Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) is at the start.
The sprinters
Alessandro Petacchi - winner of 24 Giro stages - cannot contest the Giro due to his doping ban. His team Milram now relies entirely on Erik Zabel in the mass sprint . Other successful sprinters are at the start: Robbie McEwen , Daniele Bennati , Danilo Hondo , Paolo Bettini and Robert Förster . The young Briton Mark Cavendish underlined his good form with three sprint wins in April. Not to be underestimated are Mirco Lorenzetto , Graeme Brown , Alexandre Usov , Koldo Fernández , Luciano Pagliarini and Alberto Loddo .
All teams and drivers
197 drivers participated, including 53 Italians. The youngest participant was the Belgian Kevin Seeldrayers from Quick · Step (21 years), the oldest was Fabio Baldato (39 years) from Lampre.
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Stages
| stage | Type | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner |
 Maglia Rosa
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| 1st stage | MZF | 10th of May | Palermo | 23.6 |
 Slipstream Chipotle
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Christian Vande Velde
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| 2nd stage | May 11th | Cefalù - Agrigento | 207 |
 Riccardo Riccò
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Franco Pellizotti
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| 3rd stage | 12th of May | Catania - Milazzo | 221 |
Daniele Bennati
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Franco Pellizotti
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| 4th stage | May 13th | Pizzo Calabro - Catanzaro | 183 |
 Mark Cavendish
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Franco Pellizotti
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| 5th stage | May 14th | Belvedere Marittimo - Contursi Terme | 203 |
 Pawel Gross
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Franco Pellizotti
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| 6th stage | May 15 | Potenza - Peschici | 232 * |
Matteo Priamo
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Giovanni Visconti
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| 7th stage | May 16 | Vasto - Pescocostanzo | 180 |
Gabriele Bosisio
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Giovanni Visconti
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| 8th stage | 17th of May | Rivisondoli - Tivoli | 208 |
Riccardo Riccò |
Giovanni Visconti
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| 9th stage | May 18 | Civitavecchia - San Vincenzo | 218 |
Daniele Bennati |
Giovanni Visconti
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| May 19th | Rest day | |||||
| 10th stage | EZF | May 20th | Pesaro - Urbino | 39.4 |
Marzio Bruseghin
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Giovanni Visconti
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| 11th stage | May 21 | Urbania - Cesena | 199 |
Alessandro Bertolini
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Giovanni Visconti
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| 12th stage | May 22 | Forlì - Carpi | 172 |
Daniele Bennati |
Giovanni Visconti
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| 13th stage | 23. May | Modena - Cittadella | 177 |
Mark Cavendish |
Giovanni Visconti
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| 14th stage |  |
May 24th | Verona - Alpe di Pampeago | 195 |
Emanuele Sella
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Gabriele Bosisio
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| 15th stage | |
25. May | Arabba - Passo Fedaia | 153 |
Emanuele Sella |
 Alberto Contador
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| 16th stage | BZF | May 26 | St. Vigil - Kronplatz | 13.8 |
Franco Pellizotti |
Alberto Contador
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| May 27th | Rest day | |||||
| 17th stage | 28th of May | Sondrio - Locarno ( SUI ) | 146 |
 André Greipel
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Alberto Contador
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| 18th stage | May 29th | Mendrisio (SUI) - Varese | 147 |
Jens Voigt
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Alberto Contador
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| 19th stage | |
30th May | Legnano - Presolana | 228 |
.svg){kind=small} Vasil Kiryenka
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Alberto Contador
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| 20th stage | |
31. May | Rovetta - Tirano | 224 |
Emanuele Sella |
Alberto Contador
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| 21st stage | EZF | June 1st | Cesano Maderno - Milan | 28.5 |
Marco Pinotti
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Alberto Contador
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* The stage was shortened by 33 km from 265 km after driver protests.
Race course
The winner of the Tour de France 2007 Alberto Contador from Team Astana , mastered the Giro d'Italia 2008 the fastest with an average speed of 38.044 km / h. Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) finished second, 1:57 minutes behind. Third place went to Marzio Bruseghin , just two seconds ahead of Franco Pellizotti .
The basis for Contador's success were his good results in the time trial. In the fight against the clock, he finished second in Urbino (10th stage), fourth on the Kronplatz (16th stage) and on the last stage, the individual time trial to Milan, he was able to achieve the tiny lead of four seconds to almost two minutes to expand.
doping
On May 9, 2008, one day before the start of the Giro d'Italia, it was announced that Maximiliano Richeze had tested positive for anabolic steroids at the Circuit de la Sarthe , whereupon he was excluded from the Giro. His team CSF Group-Navigare then contested the tour with just eight drivers.
On May 21, 2008 Andrea Moletta was taken out of the Giro by his team, the Gerolsteiner team , because the driver's father was checked and questioned by the Guardia di Finanza , which is responsible for doping in Italy, during a doping campaign .
As it became known on May 29, 2008, Team Milram took its driver Igor Astarloa out of the race after the second stage, not because of fever and stomach problems, but because of suspected doping. The alleged doping was not committed during the Giro d'Italia.
Jerseys in the course of the tour
There are numerous ratings at the Giro d'Italia. To identify the leader in each case, special jerseys were approved for four ratings. The table shows the wearer of the respective jersey during the individual stage or the leaders of the respective overall ranking on the evening of the previous day.
| stage |
Pink jersey (overall classification)
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 Cyclone red jersey (points evaluation)
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 Green jersey (mountain classification)
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 White jersey (junior ranking )
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Team evaluation |
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| 2nd stage | Christian Vande Velde | not forgiven | not forgiven | Chris Anker Sørensen | Slipstream Chipotle |
| 3rd stage | Franco Pellizotti | Riccardo Riccò | Emanuele Sella | Liquigas | |
| 4th stage | Daniele Bennati | Morris Possoni | |||
| 5th stage | |||||
| 6th stage | |||||
| 7th stage | Giovanni Visconti | Giovanni Visconti | Astana | ||
| 8th stage | CSF Group Navigare | ||||
| 9th stage | Riccardo Riccò | ||||
| 10th stage | Daniele Bennati | ||||
| 11th stage | Astana | ||||
| 12th stage | |||||
| 13th stage | |||||
| 14th stage | |||||
| 15th stage | Gabriele Bosisio | Riccardo Riccò | CSF Group Navigare | ||
| 16th stage | Alberto Contador | ||||
| 17th stage | |||||
| 18th stage | |||||
| 19th stage | |||||
| 20th stage | |||||
| 21st stage | |||||
| winner | Alberto Contador | Daniele Benatti | Emanuele Sella | Riccardo Riccò | CSF Group Navigare |
If a driver leads more than one classification at the same time, the next-placed driver wears a jersey as a substitute:
- Stage 7–11, Matthias Russ : maglia bianca
- Stage 12-14, Vincenzo Nibali : maglia bianca
tasks
| stage | Bib number driver | team | reason |
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| DNS 1. | 63 Maximiliano Richeze | CSF Group Navigare | Positive doping test |
| DNS 2. | 202 Igor Astarloa | Team Milram | Suspected doping |
| DNF 2. | 189 David Zabriskie | Slipstream Chipotle | Fall (lumbar fracture) |
| DNF 3. | 192 Bradley McGee | Team CSC | Fall (broken collarbone) |
| DNS 4. | 199 Stuart O'Grady | Team CSC | Fall (broken collarbone) |
| DNF 4. | 172 Dominique Cornu | Silence lotto | Fall |
| DNF 4. | 88 Tom Stubbe | Française des Jeux | unknown |
| DNS 5. | 58 Nick Nuyens | Cofidis | Fall (broken collarbone) |
| DNF 6. | 207 Enrico Poitschke | Team Milram | Breathing problems (after falling on stage 5) |
| DNF 6. | 13 René Mandri | ag2r La Mondiale | Fall |
| DNF 6. | 52 Kevin De Weert | Cofidis | unknown |
| DNF 7. | 214 Alberto Loddo | Tinkoff Credit Systems | unknown |
| DNF 7. | 83 Jauheni Hutarowitsch | Française des Jeux | unknown |
| DNF 7. | 74 Aitor Galdós | Euskaltel-Euskadi | exhaustion |
| DNF 7. | 32 Patrick Calcagni | Barloworld | Food poisoning and tendinitis |
| DNF 8. | 26 Steve Morabito | Team Astana | Fall (broken collarbone) |
| DNF 8. | 204 Sergio Ghisalberti | Team Milram | Torn hamstring |
| DNF 9. | 66 Filippo Savini | CSF Group Navigare | Knee injury |
| DNF 9. | 53 Bingen Fernández | Cofidis | Fall |
| DNS 10. | 217 Pavel Gross | Tinkoff Credit Systems | unknown |
| DNS 10. | 181 Magnus Backstedt | Slipstream Chipotle | fever |
| DNS 10. | 55 Steve Zampieri | Cofidis | unknown |
| DNS 11. | 31 Francesco Bellotti | Barloworld | Broken elbow |
| DNS 11. | 171 Geert Steurs | Silence lotto | |
| DNS 11. | 96 Andrea Moletta | Gerolsteiner | Suspension / suspected doping |
| DNF 11. | 118 Mauro Santambrogio | Lampre | unknown |
| DNF 11. | 38 Mauricio Soler | Barloworld | cold |
| DNF 11. | 59 Rik Verbrugghe | Cofidis | exhaustion |
| DNF 11. | 97 Volker Ordowski | Gerolsteiner | unknown |
| DNS 13. | 67 Matteo Priamo | CSF Group Navigare | unknown |
| DNF 13. | 208 Fabio Sabatini | Team Milram | unknown |
| DNS 14. | 177 Robbie McEwen | Silence lotto | Planned exit |
| DNS 14. | 91 Robert Förster | Gerolsteiner | Planned exit |
| DNS 14. | 73 Koldo Fernández | Euskaltel-Euskadi | Planned exit |
| DNS 14. | 98 Davide rebel | Gerolsteiner | fatigue |
| DNF 14. | 142 Graeme Brown | Rabobank | unknown |
| DNF 14. | 158 Luciano Pagliarini | Saunier Duval-Scott | unknown |
| DNF 14. | 94 Oscar Gatto | Gerolsteiner | unknown |
| DNF 14. | 185 Jonathan Patrick McCarty | Slipstream Chipotle | bronchitis |
| DNF 14. | 117 Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre | unknown |
| DNF 15. | 99 Matthias Russ | Gerolsteiner | stomach problems |
| DNF 15. | 159 Leonardo Piepoli | Saunier Duval-Scott | Fall |
| DNF 15. | 154 Ermanno Capelli | Saunier Duval-Scott | unknown |
| DNF 15. | 123 Dario Cataldo | Liquigas | unknown |
| DNF 15. | 77 Iñigo Landaluze | Euskaltel-Euskadi | stomach problems |
| DNF 15. | 36 Christian Pfannberger | Barloworld | Bronchitis / multiple falls |
| ODT 16. | 153 Raivis Belohvoščiks | Saunier Duval-Scott | Time limit exceeded |
| ODT 16. | 145 Mathew Hayman | Rabobank | Time limit exceeded |
| ODT 16. | 112 Paolo Bossoni | Lampre | Time limit exceeded |
| ODT 16. | 187 Christopher Sutton | Slipstream Chipotle | Time limit exceeded |
| ODT 16. | 72 Lander Aperribay | Euskaltel-Euskadi | Time limit exceeded |
| ODT 16. | 92 Thomas Fothen | Gerolsteiner | Time limit exceeded |
| DNS 19. | 182 Julian Dean | Slipstream Chipotle | injury |
| DNF 19. | 81 Mickaël Chérel | Française des Jeux | unknown |
| DNF 19. | 75 Dionisio Galparsoro | Euskaltel-Euskadi | Pain in the leg |
| DNF 20. | 28 Andreas Klöden | Team Astana | Respiratory infection |
| DNF 20. | 108 Kanstanzin Siuzou | Team High Road | unknown |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Giro d'Italia begins on Saturday - Klöden dreams of overall victory , radsportnews.net
- ↑ rad-net.de from May 26, 2008 Pellizotti wins mountain time trial
- ↑ Cycling - Giro d'Italia - Contador snatches Ricco Giro victory away , accessed on June 2, 2008.
- ^ Rad-net.de from May 6, 2008: CAS blocks Petacchi until August
- ↑ a b c rad-net.de: from May 9, 2008: Richeze excluded from the Giro
- ↑ rad-net.de from May 15, 2008: Russ just missed the pink jersey on the 6th Giro stage
- ↑ a b rad-net.de of May 21, 2008: Gerolsteiner takes Moletta from Giro
- ↑ a b rad-net.de of May 29, 2008: Milram separates from Astarloa
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