Tirreno – Adriatico 2008
The 43rd Tirreno – Adriatico cycle race took place from March 12th to 18th, 2008. It was held in seven stages over a distance of 1123 kilometers.
Last year's winner Andreas Klöden could not take part in the race because his Astana team was not invited to the race. The two French ProTeams Crédit Agricole and Bouygues Télécom as well as the Italian team Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo , which are approved for the UCI Europe Tour , also received no invitation. In addition to the remaining ProTeams, the teams from Barloworld , CSF Group-Navigare , Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni , LPR Brakes , Slipstream-Chipotle and Tinkoff Credit Systems started .
Stages
Overview
stage | Day | Start finish | km | Stage winner | Overall leader |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st stage | March 12th | Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia | 160 | Óscar Freire | Óscar Freire |
2nd stage | March 13th | Civitavecchia - Gubbio | 203 | Raffaele Illiano | Enrico Gasparotto |
3rd stage | the 14th of March | Gubbio– Montelupone | 195 | Joaquim Rodríguez | Niklas Axelsson |
4th stage | March, 15 | Porto Recanati - Civitanova Marche | 167 | Alessandro Petacchi | Niklas Axelsson |
5th stage | March 16 | Macerata - Recanati | 26 ( EZF ) | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara |
6th stage | 17. March | Civitanova Marche - Castelfidardo | 196 | Óscar Freire | Fabian Cancellara |
7th stage | March 18th | San Benedetto del Tronto - San Benedetto Del Tronto | 176 | Francesco Chicchi | Fabian Cancellara |
1st stage: Civitavecchia – Civitavecchia, 160 km
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 4:10:01 h |
2. | Alessandro Petacchi | Team Milram | equal time |
3. | José Joaquín Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | equal time |
4th | Erik Zabel | Team Milram | equal time |
5. | Bathing Cooke | Barloworld | equal time |
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 4:09:51 h |
2. | Alessandro Petacchi | Team Milram | + 0:04 min |
3. | José Joaquín Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | + 0:06 min |
4th | Mikhail Ignatiev | Team Tinkoff Credit Systems | + 0:07 min |
5. | Yuri Krivtsov | ag2r La Mondiale | + 0:08 min |
2nd stage: Civitavecchia – Gubbio, 203 km
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Raffaele Illiano | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | 5:01:10 h |
2. | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | equal time |
3. | Niklas Axelsson | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | + 0:03 min |
4th | Linus Gerdemann | Team High Road | + 0:09 min |
5. | Riccardo Riccò | Saunier Duval-Scott | + 0:17 min |
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | 9:11:05 h |
2. | Niklas Axelsson | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | + 0:02 min |
3. | Linus Gerdemann | Team High Road | + 0:06 min |
4th | Riccardo Riccò | Saunier Duval-Scott | + 0:23 min |
5. | Eros Capecchi | Saunier Duval-Scott | equal time |
3rd stage: Gubbio – Montelupone, 195 km
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Joaquim Rodríguez | Caisse d'Epargne | 4:49:59 h |
2. | Danilo Di Luca | LPR brakes | + 0:12 min |
3. | Niklas Axelsson | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | equal time |
4th | Thomas Lövkvist | Team High Road | equal time |
5. | Leonardo Piepoli | Saunier Duval-Scott | + 0:17 min |
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Niklas Axelsson | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | 13:56:14 h |
2. | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | + 0:10 min |
3. | Joaquim Rodríguez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 0:18 min |
4th | Linus Gerdemann | Team High Road | + 0:24 min |
5. | Danilo Di Luca | LPR brakes | + 0:32 min |
4th stage: Porto Recanati – Civitanova Marche, 166 km
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Alessandro Petacchi | Team Milram | 3:59:58 h |
2. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | equal time |
3. | Filippo Pozzato | Liquigas | equal time |
4th | Gerald Ciolek | Team High Road | equal time |
5. | José Joaquín Rojas | Caisse d'Epargne | equal time |
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Niklas Axelsson | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | 17:56:12 h |
2. | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | + 0:10 min |
3. | Joaquim Rodríguez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 0:18 min |
4th | Linus Gerdemann | Team High Road | + 0:24 min |
5. | Danilo Di Luca | LPR brakes | + 0:32 min |
5th stage: Macerata – Recanati, 26 km (EZF)
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Fabian Cancellara | Team CSC | 33:41 min |
2. | David Zabriskie | Slipstream Chipotle | + 0:22 min |
3. | Thomas Lövkvist | Team High Road | + 0:52 min |
4th | Markus Fothen | Gerolsteiner | + 0:56 min |
5. | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | + 1:00 min |
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Fabian Cancellara | Team CSC | 18:30:47 h |
2. | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | + 0:16 min |
3. | Thomas Lövkvist | Team High Road | + 0:40 min |
4th | Linus Gerdemann | Team High Road | + 0:46 min |
5. | Markus Fothen | Gerolsteiner | + 0:53 min |
6th stage: Civitanova Marche – Castelfidardo, 196 km
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 4:46:44 h |
2. | Filippo Pozzato | Liquigas | equal time |
3. | Danilo Di Luca | LPR brakes | equal time |
4th | Giovanni Visconti | Quick Step | equal time |
5. | Tadej Valjavec | ag2r La Mondiale | equal time |
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Fabian Cancellara | Team CSC | 23:17:31 h |
2. | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | + 0:16 min |
3. | Thomas Lövkvist | Team High Road | + 0:40 min |
4th | Markus Fothen | Gerolsteiner | + 0:53 min |
5. | Niklas Axelsson | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | + 1:32 min |
7th stage: San Benedetto del Tronto – San Benedetto del Tronto, 176 km
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Francesco Chicchi | Liquigas | 4:50:50 h |
2. | Danilo Napolitano | Lampre | equal time |
3. | Mark Cavendish | Team High Road | equal time |
4th | Robbie McEwen | Silence lotto | equal time |
5. | Danilo Hondo | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | equal time |
driver | team | time | |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Fabian Cancellara | Team CSC | 28:08:21 |
2. | Enrico Gasparotto | Barloworld | + 0:16 min |
3. | Thomas Lövkvist | Team High Road | + 0:40 min |
4th | Markus Fothen | Gerolsteiner | + 0:53 min |
5. | Niklas Axelsson | Serramenti Diquigiovanni | + 1:32 min |
Jerseys in the course of the race
The table shows the leaders after each stage.
stage | Overall rating | Scoring | Mountain scoring | White jersey | Team evaluation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st stage | Óscar Freire | Óscar Freire | Yuri Krivtsov | José Joaquín Rojas | |
2nd stage | Enrico Gasparotto | Raffaele Illiano | Niklas Axelsson | Riccardo Riccò | ag2r La Mondiale |
3rd stage | Niklas Axelsson | Enrico Gasparotto | Lloyd Mondory | Thomas Lövkvist | Serramenti Diquigiovanni |
4th stage | |||||
5th stage | Fabian Cancellara | Team High Road | |||
6th stage | Óscar Freire | Juan José Oroz | |||
7th stage | Lloyd Mondory | ||||
winner | Fabian Cancellara | Óscar Freire | Lloyd Mondory | Thomas Lövkvist | Team High Road |
During the 2nd stage, Alessandro Petacchi wore the points jersey.
Web links
- Tirreno – Adriatico 2008 in the Radsportseiten.net database