Tour de Picardie 2008

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Final result after the 3rd stage
winner Sébastien Chavanel 12:12:09 h
(44.540 km / h)
Second Jean-Eudes Demaret + 0:01 min
Third Martin Elmiger + 0:03 min
Fourth Jens Mouris + 0:10 min
fifth Kenny Dehaes + 0:15 min
Sixth Nico Eeckhout + 0:15 min
seventh Greg Van Avermaet + 0:17 min
Eighth Philippe Gilbert + 0:17 min
Ninth Jimmy Casper + 0:18 min
Tenth Bathing Cooke + 0:19 min
Scoring Sébastien Chavanel 68 P.
Second Aurélien Clerc 60 p.
Third Martin Elmiger 57 P.
Mountain scoring Alexandre Moss 30 p.
Second Janek Tombak 12 p.
Third Purely Taaramäe 8 p.
Young talent evaluation Jean-Eudes Demaret 12:12:10 h
Second Kenny Dehaes + 0:14 min
Third Greg Van Avermaet + 0:16 min
Team evaluation Mitsubishi Jartazi 36:37:23 h
Second Agritubel + 0:06 min
Third Cofidis + 0:06 min

The 62nd Tour de Picardie took place from May 16-18, 2008. The bike race was held in two stages and two half-stages over a distance of 543.5 kilometers. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour 2008 and classified there in category 2.1.

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Leader
1st stage May 16 Crécy-en-Ponthieu - Guise 179 Germany Sebastian Siedler Germany Sebastian Siedler
2nd stage 17th of May Ribemont - Clermont 181 Switzerland Martin Elmiger Switzerland Martin Elmiger
3a. stage May 18 Grandvilliers - Cayeux-sur-Mer 88.5 France Jean-Eudes Demaret France Jean-Eudes Demaret
3b. stage May 18 Ault - Cayeux-sur-Mer 95 France Sébastien Chavanel France Sébastien Chavanel

Web links

Official website of this event (English, French)