UCI ProTour 2008

The UCI ProTour was a series of important stage wins and one-day races of road cycling . The ProTour, held annually by the UCI World Cycling Federation , took place for the fourth time in 2008.

However, the three major country tours Tour de France , Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España were removed from the ProTour calendar following disagreements between the UCI and the organizers, as well as other prestigious one-day races. The program was presented on September 27, 2007 as part of the 2007 road cycling world championships in Stuttgart. Initial plans for a race to the series finale have been dropped.

Participating teams

team	nation	Captains
Ag2r La Mondiale		Rinaldo Nocentini
Astana		Alberto Contador , Levi Leipheimer
Bouygues Telecom		Thomas Voeckler
Caisse d'Epargne		Vladimir Karpez , Alejandro Valverde
Cofidis, Le Credit par Téléphone		Sylvain Chavanel , Nick Nuyens
Team CSC-Saxo Bank		Fabian Cancellara , Carlos Sastre
Crédit Agricole		Thor Hushovd
Euskaltel-Euskadi		Samuel Sánchez , Haimar Zubeldia
Française des Jeux		Sandy Casar , Philippe Gilbert
Gerolsteiner		Davide Rebellin , Stefan Schumacher
Team Columbia		George Hincapie , Kim Kirchen
Lampre		Alessandro Ballan , Damiano Cunego
Liquigas		Daniele Bennati , Filippo Pozzato
Team Milram		Alessandro Petacchi , Erik Zabel
Quick Step		Paolo Bettini , Tom Boonen
Rabobank		Óscar Freire , Denis Menshov
Scott-American beef		Leonardo Piepoli , Riccardo Riccò
Silence lotto		Cadel Evans , Robbie McEwen

run

date	Cycling race	winner	Result	ProTour leader
22-27 January	Tour down under	André Greipel	Result	André Greipel
April 6th	Tour of Flanders	Stijn Devolder		André Greipel
9th April	Gent – ​​Wevelgem	Óscar Freire		André Greipel
7-12 April	Basque Country Tour	Alberto Contador	Result	André Greipel
20th of April	Amstel Gold Race	Damiano Cunego		Damiano Cunego
April 29–4. May	Tour de Romandie	Andreas Klöden	Result	Damiano Cunego
19.-25. May	Tour of Catalonia	Gustavo César Veloso	Result	Damiano Cunego
8-15 June	Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré	Alejandro Valverde	Result	Cadel Evans
14-22 June	Tour de Suisse	Roman Kreuziger	Result	Damiano Cunego
August 2nd	Clásica San Sebastián	Alejandro Valverde		Alejandro Valverde
20.-27. August	Eneco tour	José Iván Gutiérrez	Result	Alejandro Valverde
August 25	GP Ouest France-Plouay	Pierrick Fédrigo		Alejandro Valverde
29 Aug-6 Sept	Germany tour	Linus Gerdemann	Result	Alejandro Valverde
7th of September	Vattenfall Cyclassics	Robbie McEwen		Alejandro Valverde
15-21 September	Tour of Poland	Jens Voigt	Result	Alejandro Valverde

Final score

153 riders scored points in the UCI ProTour 2008.

The final results of the individual, team and national standings:

singles

space	driver	Points
01.	Alejandro Valverde	123
02.	Damiano Cunego	104
03.	Andreas Klöden	096
04th	Roman Kreuziger	094
05.	André Greipel	093
06th	Cadel Evans	085
07th	Stijn Devolder	080
08th.	José Joaquín Rojas Gil	077
09.	Thomas Lövkvist	074
10.	Alessandro Ballan	060

team

space	team	Points
01.	Caisse d'Epargne	229
02.	Astana	226
03.	Team CSC-Saxo Bank	180
04th	Liquigas	178
05.	Scott-American beef	177
06th	Crédit Agricole	161
07th	Euskaltel-Euskadi	160
08th.	Quick Step	160
09.	Team Columbia	159
10.	Rabobank	156
11.	Silence lotto	155
12.	Française de Jeux	152
13.	ag2r La Mondiale	145
14th	Gerolsteiner	142
15th	Bouygues Telecom	108
16.	Cofidis, Le Credit par Téléphone	107
17th	Lampre	095
18th	Team Milram	079

Nations

space	nation	Points
01.	Spain	374
02.	Germany	317
03.	Italy	295
04th	Australia	268
05.	Belgium	216
06th	France	177
07th	Czech Republic	094
08th.	Luxembourg	094
09.	Netherlands	090
10.	Russia	087

Web links

• Official website (English, French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ rad-net.de: Sotschi versus Giro: UCI assigns dates in 2009 , accessed on June 17, 2008.