Saxony Tour 2008
| 24th Saxony Tour 2008 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Route length | 5 stages, 800 km | ||
| Yellow jersey | Bert Grabsch | 19:19:33 h | |
| Second | Michael Rogers | + 0:24 min | |
| Third | Tony Martin | + 0:25 min | |
| Fourth | Jason McCartney | + 1:05 min | |
| fifth | Gustav Erik Larsson | + 1:31 min | |
| Sixth | Stephan Schreck | + 2:20 min | |
| seventh | Linus Gerdemann | + 2:22 min | |
| Eighth | Paul Martens | + 2:29 min | |
| Ninth | Lars Bak | + 2:50 min | |
| Tenth | André Greipel | + 3:01 min | |
| Scoring | Malaya van Ruitenbeek | 13 points | |
| Second | Matthias Friedemann | 9 points | |
| Third | Tobias Erler | 6 points | |
| Mountain scoring | Dmitri Kosonchuk | 50 points | |
| Second | Johannes Fröhlinger | 20 points | |
| Third | Malaya van Ruitenbeek | 16 points | |
| Combination scoring | Dmitri Kosonchuk | 63 points | |
| Second | Johannes Fröhlinger | 35 points | |
| Third | André Greipel | 30 points | |
| Young talent evaluation | Sergej Fuchs | 19:22:55 h | |
| Second | Dennis Pohl | + 2:38 min | |
| Third | Jonathan Bellis | + 3:28 min | |
| Team evaluation | Team Columbia | 57:59:37 h | |
| Second | Team CSC-Saxo Bank | + 4:14 min | |
| Third | Rabobank | + 8:05 min | |
The 24th Saxony Tour took place from July 23 to 27, 2008. The start and finish of the cycling - stage race was like the year before Dresden . The total route length was 800 km. The Saxony Tour is part of the UCI Europe Tour 2008 (Category 2.1) and the German Championship (TUI Cup) . Overall winner was the German Bert Grabsch from Team Columbia .
Field of participants
- UCI ProTeams
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Rabobank
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CSC-Saxo Bank
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Columbia
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Gerolsteiner
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Milram
- Professional Continental Teams
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Acqua e Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
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Elk House-Simplon
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PSK Whirlpool Author
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Volksbank
- Continental teams
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3C group
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LKT Team Brandenburg
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Kuota-Senger
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Savings bank
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Thuringian Energy Team
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National selection Germany
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National selection England
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Stage overview
| Stages | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Yellow jersey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | July 23 | Dresden - Niesky | 188 |
 André Greipel
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André Greipel
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| 2nd stage | 24th July | Görlitz - Frohburg | 242 |
 Dean Downing
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Dean Downing
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| 3rd stage | July 25th | Eilenburg - Freital | 188 |
André Greipel
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André Greipel
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| 4th stage | July 26th | Grossenhain ( EZF ) | 36 |
Bert Grabsch
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Bert Grabsch
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| 5th stage | July 27th | Dresden – Altenberg –Dresden | 146 |
 Karsten Kroon
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Bert Grabsch
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Ratings in the course of the tour
The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.
 Overall rating
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 Scoring
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 Mountain scoring
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Combination scoring |
 Young talent evaluation
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Team evaluation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st stage | André Greipel | Tobias Erler | Malaya van Ruitenbeek | André Greipel | Ben Swift | Kuota-Senges |
| 2nd stage | Dean Downing | Roger Kluge | Dmitri Kosonchuk | Dmitri Kosonchuk | Roger Kluge | National selection England |
| 3rd stage | André Greipel | Matthias Friedemann | Dennis Pohl | Acqua e Sapone | ||
| 4th stage | Bert Grabsch | Sergej Fuchs | Columbia | |||
| 5th stage | Malaya van Ruitenbeek |
Picture gallery
3rd stage (Eilenburg – Freital): outliers Martin Reimer and Malaya van Ruitenbeek when passing through Wurzen
As overall leader, André Greipel went into the individual time trial in Großenhain (4th stage)
Triple success for Team Columbia in the individual time trial
Dmitri Kosontschuk won both the mountain and the combined classification
