Rabobank Cycling Team / 2008 season

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The squad and results of the Rabobank team in the 2008 season .

2008 season

team

Surname birthday nationality
Mauricio Ardila May 21, 1979 ColombiaColombia Colombia
Jan Boven * February 28, 1972 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Graeme Brown April 9, 1979 AustraliaAustralia Australia
Laurens ten Dam November 13, 1980 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Michiel Elijzen August 31, 1982 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Theo Eltink November 27, 1981 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Jos van Emden February 18, 1985 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Juan Antonio Flecha 17th September 1977 SpainSpain Spain
Rick Flens April 11, 1983 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
[Óscar Freire]] 15th February 1976 SpainSpain Spain
Robert Gesink May 31, 1986 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Bram de Groot 18th December 1974 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Mathew Hayman April 20, 1978 AustraliaAustralia Australia
Pedro Horrillo September 27, 1974 SpainSpain Spain
Dmitriy Kozontchuk April 5, 1984 RussiaRussia Russia
Sebastian Langeveld 17th January 1985 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Tom Leezer December 26, 1985 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Tanning Löwik June 29, 1977 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Marc de Maar February 15, 1984 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Paul Martens October 26, 1983 GermanyGermany Germany
Denis Menshov January 25, 1978 RussiaRussia Russia
Koos Moerenhout 5th November 1973 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Bauke Mollema November 26, 1986 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Grischa Niermann 3rd November 1975 GermanyGermany Germany
Joost Posthuma March 8, 1981 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Kai Reus March 11, 1985 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
Bram Tankink 3rd December 1978 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
William Walker October 31, 1985 AustraliaAustralia Australia
Pieter Weening April 5th 1981 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands

Disposals-Additions

Accesses Team 2007 Departures Team 2008
Michiel Elijzen Cofidis Kai Reus Rabobank Continental
Bram Tankink Quick Step Innergetic Léon van Bon Trek Marco Polo
Laurens ten Dam Unibet.com Max van Heeswijk Willems porch
Paul Martens Skil-Shimano Michael Boogerd End of career
Tom Leezer Rabobank Continental Michael Rasmussen Doping ban
Bauke Mollema Rabobank Continental Thorwald Veneberg Unknown
Kai Reus (from June 29th) Rabobank Continental Jan Boven (until April 16) End of career
Jos van Emden (from September 1st) Rabobank Continental Thomas Dekker (until August 14th) Silence lotto

* Jan Boven ended his career on April 16, 2008 after the Grand Prix Scheldeprijs.

successes

Successes in the ProTour

date run driver
9th April BelgiumBelgium Gent – ​​Wevelgem SpainSpain Óscar Freire
14th June SwitzerlandSwitzerland1st stage Tour de Suisse SpainSpain Óscar Freire

Successes in the Continental Circuits

date run driver
February 11th SpainSpain Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona AustraliaAustralia Graeme Brown
20. February United StatesUnited States3rd stage California Tour NetherlandsNetherlands Robert Gesink
4th of March SpainSpain1st stage Murcia tour AustraliaAustralia Graeme Brown
March 12th ItalyItaly1st stage Tirreno – Adriatico SpainSpain Óscar Freire
17. March ItalyItaly6th stage Tirreno – Adriatico SpainSpain Óscar Freire
March 30 FranceFrance1st stage Critérium International NetherlandsNetherlands Laurens ten Dam
3rd of April BelgiumBelgium3b. Stage three days from De Panne (EZF) NetherlandsNetherlands Joost Posthuma
1st - 3rd April BelgiumBelgium Overall ranking Three days of De Panne NetherlandsNetherlands Joost Posthuma
4-8 June LuxembourgLuxembourg Overall ranking Tour of Luxembourg NetherlandsNetherlands Joost Posthuma
July 19 FranceFrance14th stage Tour de France SpainSpain Óscar Freire
August 23 GermanyGermany4th stage Rothaus Regio-Tour GermanyGermany Grischa Niermann
September 10 SpainSpain11th stage Vuelta a España SpainSpain Óscar Freire
September 10 FranceFrance BelgiumBelgium Overall ranking Circuit Franco-Belge SpainSpain Juan Antonio Flecha