Tour de France 2008
Tour de France 2008 | |
Host country |
France Italy |
Competition period | July 5th to 27th, 2008 |
Stages | 21st |
overall length | 3559.5 km |
Starting field | 180 in 20 teams (of which 145 arrived at the finish) |
winner | |
Overall rating | 1. Carlos Sastre 85:48:35 h 2. Cadel Evans + 0:58 min 3. |
Team evaluation | Team CSC-Saxo Bank 263: 29: 57 h |
Scoring jerseys | |
Yellow jersey | Carlos Sastre |
Green jersey | Óscar Freire |
Dotted jersey |
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White jersey | Andy Schleck |
course | |
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Carlos Sastre |
87:52:52 h (40.504 km / h) |
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Second | Cadel Evans | + 0:58 min |
Third |
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Fourth | Denis Menshov | + 2:10 min |
fifth | Christian Vande Velde | + 3:05 min |
Sixth | Frank Schleck | + 4:28 min |
seventh | Samuel Sánchez | + 6:25 min |
Eighth | Kim churches | + 6:55 min |
Ninth | Alejandro Valverde | + 7:12 min |
Tenth | Tadej Valjavec | + 9:05 min |
Óscar Freire | 270 p. | |
Second | Thor Hushovd | 220 p. |
Third | Erik Zabel | 217 P. |
128 P. | ||
Second | Carlos Sastre | 80 p. |
Third | Frank Schleck | 80 p. |
Andy Schleck | 88:04:24 h | |
Second | Roman Kreuziger | + 1:27 min |
Third | Vincenzo Nibali | + 17:01 min |
Team CSC-Saxo Bank | 263: 29: 57 h | |
Second | Ag2r | + 15:35 min |
Third | Rabobank | + 1:05:26 h |
Sylvain Chavanel |
The 95th Tour de France began on Saturday 5th July 2008 in Brest and ended on Sunday 27th July on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris. The total length of the route was 3559.5 km and was thus similar to the previous year ; a total of around 50,000 vertical meters had to be overcome.
Overall winner was Carlos Sastre from the CSC-Saxo Bank team . After Óscar Pereiro (2006) and Alberto Contador (2007), a Spaniard won for the third time in a row.
On June 3, 2008 it was announced that this Tour de France will be run by the ASO under the supervision of the French cycling federation FFC and not the UCI , like the Paris – Nice and Paris – Roubaix bike races carried out by the same organizer . In response, the UCI threatened participating teams with punishment and suspended the French Cycling Federation. The Tour de France 2008 has been removed from the UCI ProTour 2008 calendar.
One change in the regulations was the elimination of time credits for the intermediate sprints and the stage finish.
Starting position
Field of participants
On March 20, 2008, the OSA announced the 20 participating teams. With the exception of the Astana team around last year's winner Alberto Contador , all ProTour teams were invited. The reason for the exclusion of the Astana team was its involvement in the Fuentes doping scandal and the uncovered cases of the former Astana drivers Alexander Vinokurow and Andrei Kaschetschkin . The three Professional Continental Teams Agritubel , Barloworld and Garmin-Chipotle (formerly Slipstream-Chipotle) received a wildcard.
The 2007 tour runner-up Cadel Evans and Alejandro Valverde were favorites for the overall standings . Other contenders for the yellow jersey were Denis Menschow , Vuelta winner 2005 and 2007, Damiano Cunego , winner of the Giro d'Italia 2004, Kim Kirchen , seventh in 2007, and the CSC team riders: Carlos Sastre , fourth in the tour 2007 and the Luxembourgers Andy and Fränk Schleck .
Michael Rogers was not at the start after his long retirement due to Pfeiffer's glandular fever . He lacked the form for a three-week tour.
Three prominent drivers were missing from the sprinters: Alessandro Petacchi was banned for doping, Tom Boonen was unloaded by the organizers due to a positive cocaine result, and Daniele Bennati canceled the race due to an Achilles tendonitis . The most promising sprinters in the field included Óscar Freire , Thor Hushovd , Erik Zabel , Robbie McEwen , Mark Cavendish , Gerald Ciolek , Robert Förster , Robert Hunter and Jimmy Casper .
A total of 180 drivers started in 20 teams.
→ Main article driver field 2008
Routing
On January 25, 2007, the organizer announced the starting points for the first three stages, all of which are in Brittany . For the first time since 1966 , the Tour de France began not with a prologue or a time trial, but with an ordinary stage. This led from Brest to Plumelec . The second stage led from Auray to Saint-Brieuc . The starting point for the third stage was Saint-Malo . Denmark had also applied to start the 2008 tour.
The complete course was presented on October 25, 2007. The route ran almost exclusively through France, the tour only made a detour to Italy on the 15th and 16th stages. There were a total of 10 flat stages, five high mountain and four low mountain stages as well as two individual time trials.
The tour led on the 197.5 km long 1st stage inland to Plumelec. The 2nd, 3rd and 5th stages followed typical flat stages for the first week of the tour, where mass sprints at the finish line are very likely. The first individual time trial took place on July 8th and thus represented the 4th stage.
The 6th and 7th stages were moderately difficult and already had some mountains of the 2nd category , whereby the sixth stage ended with a mountain arrival ( Super Besse , Cat. 2). The 8th stage was a transfer stage with a possible mass sprint in the destination Toulouse .
The 9th, 10th and 11th stages led through the Pyrenees . Three stages of transfer followed. The first alpine stage took place before the second day of rest on July 21st. The destination was Prato Nevoso in Italy. On July 22nd there was a very difficult stage with two mountain ratings of the highest category (hors categorie) and one day later the 17th stage - the queen stage of this tour to L'Alpe d'Huez with three mountain ratings of the highest category (hors categorie) including the famous Col du Galibier .
Stages 18 and 19 were moderately difficult and therefore favorable for outliers (groups). The individual time trial on July 26th was the last chance to catch up, while the last stage to Paris was all about the prestigious stage win on the Champs-Élysées .
Race course
At the finish of the first stage in Plumelec, Alejandro Valverde was the first to cross the finish line with a one-second lead. This made him the first to wear the yellow jersey. The second stage ended in a pure mass sprint, with Thor Hushovd as the winner, Valverde stayed in the yellow jersey. A mass sprint was also expected on the third stage, but four drivers managed a successful escape and Samuel Dumoulin sprinted to victory. His escape companion Romain Feillu wore the yellow jersey. The fourth stage, an individual time trial, was won by Stefan Schumacher , who took over the overall lead.
The fifth stage had a flat profile. 23-year-old Mark Cavendish was the fastest in the mass sprint . The sixth stage ended with a mountain finish. Stefan Schumacher kept up with the leading group, but fell several hundred meters from the finish. The Luxembourger Kim Kirchen was the new bearer of the yellow jersey, Riccardo Riccò won the stage . The seventh stage also led through the Auvergne. Luis León Sánchez was able to pull away a few kilometers from the finish and won. Kirchen stayed in yellow.
On the evening before the eighth stage, Manuel Beltrán was suspended from his Liquigas team. He tested positive after the first stage. On the tenth stage, Cadel Evans took over the yellow jersey from Kim Kirchen. The Australian was only one second ahead of Fränk Schleck from Luxembourg . Before the start of the eleventh stage, it was announced that Moisés Dueñas tested positive for EPO after the fourth stage. Syringes and blood bags were found in Dueña's hotel room. Shortly before the start of the twelfth stage, Riccardo Riccò , the two-time stage winner and leader in the mountain and youngsters' classification, was convicted of doping. His Saunier Duval-Scott team immediately withdrew the entire team, including the winner of the 10th stage, Leonardo Piepoli . After the twelfth stage, Sebastian Lang received the dotted jersey and Vincenzo Nibali the white jersey - Riccò had previously been in the lead in both ratings.
Kurt Asle Arvesen , Mark Cavendish (two stages) and Óscar Freire won the transfer stages between the Pyrenees and the Alps . Simon Gerrans won the first Alpine stage on Prato Nevoso in Italy ahead of three other outliers. The overall lead was taken over by Fränk Schleck driving in the main field. Bernhard Kohl , who led the pursuers, won the dotted jersey as the best climber and moved up to second place. After the second rest day, the second Alpine stage followed - with the roof of the tour, the Cime de la Bonette-Restefond. Again a breakaway group managed to escape, Cyril Dessel won . Of the favorites, Christian Vande Velde could not follow on the last climb. Denis Menshov lost half a minute on the descent towards the goal.
The third Alpine stage was the queen stage to L'Alpe d'Huez. The favorites waited for the final climb. Sastre attacked there. Only Menshov responded, but he could not follow the pace. Sastre won with a two-minute lead and thus took over the yellow jersey from his team-mate Fränk Schleck. In the favorite group, Andy Schleck countered the numerous attacks and held the group together.
The next two stages won outliers - Marcus Burghardt and Sylvain Chavanel . Stefan Schumacher also won the second time trial ahead of the favorite Fabian Cancellara . Cadel Evans, classified as the stronger time trial and favorite to win the Tour, could not make up enough time on Sastre and had to be content with second place in the overall standings, more than a minute behind. Mountain specialist Bernhard Kohl defended his third podium with a ninth place in the time trial. Fränk Schleck dropped from second to sixth overall.
The Belgian Gert Steegmans won the final stage on the Champs-Élysées in a mass sprint.
Stage overview
Links to the articles for the individual stages are in the first column of the table. The wearers of the yellow jersey are indicated at the end of the stage.
Stages | Type | Day | Start finish | km | profile | Altitude meters |
Stage winner | Time (h) |
Average (km / h) |
Gelbes Trikot |
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1st stage | Saturday, July 5th | Brest - Plumelec | 197.5 | 2,300 | Alejandro Valverde | 4:36:07 | 42.917 | Alejandro Valverde | ||
2nd stage | Sun, July 6th | Auray - Saint-Brieuc | 164.5 | 1,810 | Thor Hushovd | 3:45:13 | 43.824 | |||
3rd stage | Mon. July 7th | Saint-Malo - Nantes | 208 | 1,410 | Samuel Dumoulin | 5:05:28 | 40.856 | Romain Feillu | ||
4th stage | EZF | Tuesday, July 8th | Cholet - Cholet | 29.5 | 265 | Kim churches | 0:35:44 | 49.534 | Stefan Schumacher | |
5th stage | Wed, July 9th | Cholet - Châteauroux | 232 | 970 | Mark Cavendish | 5:27:52 | 42.456 | |||
6th stage | Thursday, July 10th | Aigurande - Super Besse | 195.5 | 3,310 | Alejandro Valverde | 4:57:52 | 39,380 | Kim churches | ||
7th stage | Fri., July 11th | Brioude - Aurillac | 159 | 2,730 | Luis León Sánchez | 3:52:53 | 40.960 | |||
8th stage | Sat, July 12th | Figeac - Toulouse | 172.5 | 2,060 | Mark Cavendish | 4:02:54 | 42.610 | |||
9th stage | Sun, July 13th | Toulouse - Bagneres-de-Bigorre | 224 | 3,730 | Vladimir Efimkin | 5:39:28 | 39,592 | |||
10th stage | Mon., July 14th | Pau - Hautacam | 156 | 4,250 | Juan José Cobo | 4:19:27 | 36.076 | Cadel Evans | ||
1st day of rest | Tuesday, July 15th | - | ||||||||
11th stage | Wed, July 16 | Lannemezan - Foix | 167.5 | 2,990 | Kurt Asle Arvesen | 3:58:13 | 42.188 | Cadel Evans | ||
12th stage | Thursday 17th July | Lavelanet - Narbonne | 168.5 | 1,390 | Mark Cavendish | 3:40:52 | 45.774 | |||
13th stage | Friday, July 18 | Narbonne - Nîmes | 182 | 1,320 | Mark Cavendish | 4:25:42 | 41.099 | |||
14th stage | Sat, July 19 | Nîmes - Digne-les-Bains | 194.5 | 1,480 | Óscar Freire | 4:13:08 | 46.102 | |||
15th stage | Sun, July 20th | Embrun - Prato Nevoso ( ITA ) | 183 | 4.210 | Simon Gerrans | 4:50:44 | 37.767 | Frank Schleck | ||
2nd day off | Mon., July 21 | - | ||||||||
16th stage | Tuesday, July 22nd | Cuneo (ITA) - Jausiers | 157 | 4,610 | Cyril Dessel | 4:31:27 | 34.703 | Frank Schleck | ||
17th stage | Wed., July 23 | Embrun - L'Alpe d'Huez | 210.5 | 6,060 | Carlos Sastre | 6:07:58 | 34,324 | Carlos Sastre | ||
18th stage | Thursday, July 24th | Le Bourg-d'Oisans - Saint-Etienne | 196.5 | 1,790 | Marcus Burghardt | 4:30:21 | 43.610 | |||
19th stage | Friday, July 25th | Roanne - Montluçon | 165.5 | 1,930 | Sylvain Chavanel | 3:37:09 | 45.729 | |||
20th stage | EZF | Sat, July 26th | Cérilly - Saint-Amand-Montrond | 53 | 355 | Fabian Cancellara | 1:03:50 | 49.817 | ||
21st stage | Sun July 27th | Étampes - Paris , Champs-Élysées | 143 | 1,070 | Gert Steegmans | 3:51:38 | 37.041 |
Ratings in the course of the tour
The table shows the leader in the respective classification at the beginning of the respective stage.
- 1) Philippe Gilbert wore the green jersey as second in the points classification.
- 2) Andy Schleck wore the white jersey as second in the young professional ranking.
- 3) On the 7th stage Thor Hushovd wore the green jersey as second in the points classification, on the 8th and 10th stage Óscar Freire .
- 4) Vincenzo Nibali wore the white jersey as second in the young professional class.
- 5) After Riccardo Riccò was excluded and the Saunier Duval-Scott team withdrew with the runner-up David de la Fuente, none of the riders wore the dotted jersey on stage 12.
- 6) Vincenzo Nibali was initially intended as a substitute carrier on the 12th stage, but after Riccardo Riccò's suspension he was the leader of the young professional classification.
- 7) Sylvain Chavanel, the overall winner of this classification, wore the red number on the last stage. The most aggressive driver of the last part of the day was Nicolas Vogondy .
The red lantern for last place in the overall ranking was awarded to Wim Vansevenant for the third time . No driver has been the last to reach Paris three times before him.
doping
Doping prevention
All teams taking part in the Tour de France were required to sign an "anti-doping contract" which provided for a fine of 100,000 euros if a doping offense was discovered during the tour if the driver doped with the team's knowledge. The fine should be paid to the French Cycling Federation. Possible disputes between teams and organizers should be regulated by the French NOK . It was unclear whether this contract would have more legal weight than the declaration of honor that had to be signed by the individual drivers at the last event. All 20 participating teams signed the contract.
Doping cases
After the seventh stage it became known that the Spaniard Manuel Beltrán had tested positive for EPO before the start of the first stage . The driver was withdrawn from the race by his Liquigas team and temporarily suspended until the results of the B-test became known. The French police were unable to detect any doping substances in Beltran's hotel room. Also Moisés Dueñas was tested at the fourth stage positive for EPO, gave the French anti-doping agency AFLD announced before the start of the eleventh stage. The 27-year-old was immediately suspended from his Barloworld team. In addition, abnormal blood tests were found in 5 to 20 drivers.
After the eleventh stage it became known that the two-time stage winner at this year's Tour Riccardo Riccò had also tested positive for EPO. As a result, his Saunier Duval-Scott team did not take part in the 12th stage. The next day, Leonardo Piepoli , another driver doped with EPO, was caught. Like Riccardo Riccò, Saunier Duval-Scott sacked him immediately.
After the 18th stage, Kazakhs Dmitri Fofonow , who was in 19th place overall, tested positive for a stimulant from the Crédit Agricole team .
On August 9, 2008, it was announced that there was Jimmy Casper, the fifth doping case. Traces of cortisone were found in his urine. The disciplinary commission of the French Cycling Federation acquitted Casper, however, as the doping allegation was due to an exemption for the drug that had not yet been renewed. Casper, who suffers from asthma, had such an exemption for the past twelve years, which expired on May 29 and was not extended before the tour.
On October 13, 2008, the French sports newspaper L'Équipe reported that the winner of the mountain classification, Bernhard Kohl , as well as his Gerolsteiner teammate and Tour roommate Stefan Schumacher, during the follow-up checks on the Tour de France doping tests by the French anti-virus Doping authority AFLD had tested positive for the EPO doping agent CERA. The A sample was also positive for the Italian Leonardo Piepoli.
On October 15, 2008, Kohl admitted to ORF that he had doped at the Tour de France. He therefore decided not to open the B sample.
Prize money
During the tour, prize money of € 3.25 million was distributed. Each team received an entry fee of € 51,243. Traditionally, all drivers and helpers shared the prize money within the teams.
placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | annotation |
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Stage ranking | € 8,000 | € 4,000 | € 2,000 | staggered up to 20th place (200 €) |
Intermediate sprints | € 800 | 450 € | € 300 | 45 intermediate sprints during the tour |
Mountain classification cat. HC | € 800 | 450 € | € 300 | 8 ratings during the tour |
Mountain classification cat. 1 | € 650 | 400 € | 150 € | 4 ratings during the tour |
Mountain classification cat. 2 | 500 € | 250 € | - | 5 ratings during the tour |
Mountain classification cat. 3 | € 300 | - | 14 ratings during the tour | |
Mountain classification cat. 4 | € 200 | - | 26 ratings during the tour | |
Young drivers | 500 € | - | Fastest young driver of the stage | |
Most combative driver | € 2,000 | - | Except time trial | |
team | € 2,800 | - | Fastest team on the stage |
- Special ratings
- Souvenir Jacques Goddet on the Col du Tourmalet for the first: 5000 €
- Souvenir Henri Desgrange on the Col du Galibier for the first: 5000 €
team | € | |
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1. | Team CSC Saxo Bank | 621.210 |
2. | Silence lotto | 233,450 |
3. | Gerolsteiner | 192.370 |
4th | Rabobank | 154,250 |
5. | Team Columbia | 113,450 |
6th | Cofidis | 91,460 |
7th | Garmin Chipotle | 82,570 |
8th. | Ag2r-La Mondiale | 71,060 |
9. | Caisse d'Epargne | 59,510 |
10. | Crédit Agricole | 55,450 |
11. | Euskaltel-Euskadi | 53,130 |
12. | Liquigas | 49,220 |
13. | Française des Jeux | 45,780 |
14th | Team Milram | 35,490 |
15th | Agritubel | 32,540 |
16. | Quick Step | 31,470 |
17th | Bouygues Telecom | 24,900 |
18th | Barloworld | 22,480 |
19th | Lampre | 9,840 |
20th | Saunier Duval-Scott | 0 |
The CSC-Saxo Bank team around the tour winner Sastre won the most prize money. Saunier Duval-Scott received no prize money due to Riccò's positive doping test.
Retired drivers
A total of 35 drivers were eliminated. Thus 145 drivers reached the destination in Paris. CSC Saxo Bank , Milram and Euskaltel-Euskadi finished the tour completely with all nine riders.
stage | driver | team | reason |
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DNF 1. | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle | Cofidis | Fall |
DNF | 3.Ángel Gómez | Saunier Duval-Scott | Fall |
DNF | 5.Mauricio Soler | Barloworld | Fall |
DNS 6. | Aurélien Passeron | Saunier Duval-Scott | Fall injuries |
DNF | 7.Mauro Facci | Quick Step | task |
DNF | 7.Lilian Jégou | Française des Jeux | Collision with a tree |
DNF | 7.John Gadret | ag2r La Mondiale | task |
DNF | 7.Christophe Moreau | Agritubel | task |
DSQ 7. | Magnus Backstedt | Garmin Chipotle | Timed out |
DNS | 8.Manuel Beltran | Liquigas | Suspension due to suspected doping: Positive A-sample after 1st stage |
DNF 10. | Yuri Trofimov | Bouygues Telecom | task |
DNS 11. | Moisés Dueñas | Barloworld | Suspension on suspicion of doping: positive A sample after stage 4 |
DNF 11. | Paolo Longo Borghini | Barloworld | Fall |
DNF 11. | Félix Cárdenas | Barloworld | Fall |
DNS 12. | Riccardo Riccò | Saunier Duval-Scott | Suspension on suspicion of doping: positive A sample after stage 4 |
DNS 12. | Rubens Bertogliati | Saunier Duval-Scott | Team retreat |
Juan José Cobo | |||
David de la Fuente | |||
Jesús Del Nero | |||
Josep Jufré | |||
Leonardo Piepoli | |||
DNF 12. | Bathing Cooke | Barloworld | Fall |
DNF 14. | Nicolas Jalabert | Agritubel | task |
DNS 15. | Mark Cavendish | Team Columbia | exhaustion |
DNF 15. | Mark Renshaw | Crédit Agricole | task |
DNF 15. | Stijn Devolder | Quick Step | task |
DNF 15. | Óscar Pereiro | Caisse d'Epargne | Fall |
DNF 16. | Sébastien Chavanel | Française des Jeux | task |
DSQ 16. | Francesco Chicchi | Liquigas | Timed out |
DSQ 17. | Jimmy Casper | Agritubel | Timed out |
DNS 19. | Damiano Cunego | Lampre | Fall on the 18th stage |
DNF 19. | Christophe Brandt | Silence lotto | task |
DSQ 19. | Fabian Wegmann | Gerolsteiner | Timed out |
DSQ 19. | Romain Feillu | Agritubel | Timed out |
DSQ 19. | Juan Antonio Flecha | Rabobank | Timed out |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Kohl was subsequently deleted from the rating because of doping.
- ↑ a b rad-net.de: Tour: 100,000 euros fine for doping offenses , accessed on June 3, 2008.
- ↑ fr-online .: Association threatens tour teams , accessed on June 4, 2008.
- ↑ rad-net.de: UCI suspends French association , accessed on June 13, 2008.
- ↑ rad-net.de: High Road without Michael Rogers on the tour , accessed on June 17, 2008.
- ↑ rad-net.de: All 20 teams sign tour contracts , accessed on June 7, 2008.
- ↑ Voices on the BeltranSonntag case - Fear of further doping cases (July 13, 2008)
- ↑ Les dépêches ( Memento of the original of July 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. the 11th stage on letour.fr, accessed on July 16, 2008
- ↑ rad-net.de: Schumacher stark - Beltran's first doping case , accessed on July 13, 2008.
- ↑ fr-online.de: Everything as always , accessed on July 13, 2008.
- ↑ tour.ard.de from July 17, 2008: Riccardo Ricco also positive ( Memento from July 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ La formation Saunier-Duval s'est retirée de la course ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on www.letour.fr, accessed on July 17, 2008
- ^ Spiegel Online: Fourth case: Fofonov tested positive for doping , accessed on July 27, 2008.
- ↑ live-radsport.ch: Jimmy Casper the 5th doping case of the tour , accessed on August 9, 2008.
- ↑ L'Equipe on October 13, 2008 ( Memento of the original from January 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ORF ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on October 15, 2008
- ^ Piepoli of Italy wins 10th stage of Tour
- ↑ tdf.sbs.com.au of July 20, 2008: Cavendish pulls out of Tour de France ( Memento of July 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- official website
- Tour de France 2008 in the ProCyclingStats.com database