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2008 Tour de France

Route of the 2008 Tour de France
Race details
Dates	5–27 July
Stages	21
Distance	3,559 km (2,211 mi)
Winning time	87h 52' 52"
Results
Winner  Carlos Sastre (ESP) (CSC–Saxo Bank)   Second  Cadel Evans (AUS) (Silence–Lotto)   Third  Bernhard Kohl Denis Menchov[1] (RUS) (Rabobank) Points  Óscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank) Mountains  Carlos Sastre[1] (ESP) (CSC–Saxo Bank) Youth  Andy Schleck (LUX) (CSC–Saxo Bank) Combativity  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Cofidis) Team CSC–Saxo Bank
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The 2008 Tour de France was the 95th running of the race. The event took place from 5 to 27 July. Starting in the French city of Brest, the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage. The race was won by Carlos Sastre.

Unlike previous years, time bonuses were no longer awarded for intermediate sprints and for high placement on each stage. This altered the way the General Classification was awarded in comparison to previous seasons.

Teams

Long running disputes between the event organisers, the ASO and the UCI^[2] reached a head when the race organisers insisted upon the right to invite, or exclude, whichever teams it chose for the event. Under UCI rules, any ProTour event must be open to all member teams of the UCI's top level. The ASO made it clear that, despite changes in team management and personnel, it intended to exclude Astana from the event as a result its involvement in the doping scandals that marred the 2007 Tour and its links to the 2006 Operación Puerto doping case. This meant that the champion (Alberto Contador) and third-place finisher (Levi Leipheimer) from 2007, both of whom had since signed with Astana, could not compete in the 2008 Tour.^[3]

The ASO announced on 20 March 2008 that all ProTour teams except Astana would be invited, along with three wildcard teams: Agritubel, Barloworld, and Slipstream–Chipotle (subsequently renamed as Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30^[4]). With each team consisting of nine riders, 180 riders started the Tour.

The teams entering the race were:^[5]

UCI ProTour teams

Invited teams

Pre-race favourites

Because Astana was not invited to the 2008 Tour de France, the winner of the 2007 Tour de France, Alberto Contador, the 3rd-place finisher Levi Leipheimer and the 2004 and 2006 Tour de France runner up Andreas Klöden did not compete. Ten days before the start of the tour, Contador picked Cadel Evans as the likely winner for 2008.^[7] Shown in the table below are the riders that, according to the bookmakers^[8] in the months before the start of the 2008 Tour de France, had a chance of winning the 2008 Tour better than or equal to 25/1. The odds shown are the odds in July 2008, directly before the start of the race. Thomas Dekker and Michael Rogers were also given odds in this range, but were not included in the Tour de France.

Route and stages

The 2008 Tour de France was almost entirely in France, with only a small part in Italy. In previous years, the Tour started with a prologue, followed by a week of flat stages. The flat stages were dominated by the sprinters' teams, and the yellow jersey was worn by a sprinter who had a good prologue. At the presentation of the Tour de France 2008 schedule, Tour Director Christian Prudhomme announced that the 2008 Tour would be different: "We have wanted a first week of racing with much more rhythm. With no prologue, an uphill finish that will suit different types of sprinters at the end of stage one, with a short time trial on stage four and the first mountain at Super-Besse only 48 hours later, we have decided to change the scenario."^[9] The time bonuses at the end of each stage were removed, and there was 82 kilometres (51 mi) of time trials, less than usual.

Stage characteristics and winners^[10][11][12]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Winner
1	5 July	Brest to Plumelec	197.5 km (122.7 mi)		Flat stage	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
2	6 July	Auray to Saint-Brieuc	164.5 km (102.2 mi)		Flat stage	Thor Hushovd (NOR)
3	7 July	Saint-Malo to Nantes	208.0 km (129.2 mi)		Flat stage	Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)
4	8 July	Cholet to Cholet	29.5 km (18.3 mi)		Individual time trial	Kim Kirchen (LUX)
5	9 July	Cholet to Châteauroux	232.0 km (144.2 mi)		Flat stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)
6	10 July	Aigurande to Super-Besse Sancy	195.5 km (121.5 mi)		Transition stage	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
7	11 July	Brioude to Aurillac	159.0 km (98.8 mi)		Transition stage	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)
8	12 July	Figeac to Toulouse	172.5 km (107.2 mi)		Flat stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)
9	13 July	Toulouse to Bagnères-de-Bigorre	224.0 km (139.2 mi)		Mountain stage	Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)
10	14 July	Pau to Hautacam	156.0 km (96.9 mi)		Mountain stage	Juan José Cobo (ESP)
	15 July	Pau			Rest day
11	16 July	Lannemezan to Foix	167.5 km (104.1 mi)		Transition stage	Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR)
12	17 July	Lavelanet to Narbonne	168.5 km (104.7 mi)		Flat stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)
13	18 July	Narbonne to Nîmes	182.0 km (113.1 mi)		Flat stage	Mark Cavendish (GBR)
14	19 July	Nîmes to Digne-les-Bains	194.5 km (120.9 mi)		Flat stage	Óscar Freire (ESP)
15	20 July	Embrun[n 1] to Prato Nevoso (Italy)	183.0 km (113.7 mi)		Mountain stage	Simon Gerrans (AUS)
	21 July	Cuneo (Italy)			Rest day
16	22 July	Cuneo (Italy) to Jausiers	157.0 km (97.6 mi)		Mountain stage	Cyril Dessel (FRA)
17	23 July	Embrun to Alpe d'Huez	210.5 km (130.8 mi)		Mountain stage	Carlos Sastre (ESP)
18	24 July	Bourg-d'Oisans to Saint-Étienne	196.5 km (122.1 mi)		Transition stage	Marcus Burghardt (GER)
19	25 July	Roanne to Montluçon	165.5 km (102.8 mi)		Flat stage	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)
20	26 July	Cérilly to Saint-Amand-Montrond	53.0 km (32.9 mi)		Individual time trial	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
21	27 July	Étampes to Paris (Champs-Élysées)	143.0 km (88.9 mi)		Flat stage	Gert Steegmans (BEL)
	Total		3,559 km (2,211 mi)[13]

Race overview

Romain Feillu was the only French cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the 2008 Tour de France; he wore it for one day after stage 3.

In the first week of the 2008 Tour de France, the stages were mostly flat. As traditionally in the Tour de France, this resulted in small breakaways of cyclists, and the sprinters' teams trying to get them back. In the first stage, the sprinters won, with Thor Hushovd winning the stage, but in the second stage, four cyclists managed to stay away. The fourth stage was a time trial, won by Stefan Schumacher, who took over the lead. In the fifth stage, the sprinters won the battle and Mark Cavendish won the stage.

The Massif Central mountains were visited in stage six and seven. In stage six, all the breakaways were caught, and the favourites stayed together and finished together. In stage seven, the same scenario, only now Luis León Sánchez managed to stay a few seconds ahead and win the stage. The eighth stage was a sprinter stage, won by Cavendish. Then, from stage nine, the Pyrénées were climbed. Riccardo Riccò broke away from the bunch on the final climb, and won the stage. On stage 10, a group of four with some main contenders escaped, and Leonardo Piepoli won the stage. Stage eleven had easier climbs, and a group of four riders, not important for the overall classification, were allowed to break away and win 14 minutes.

Stages twelve to fourteen were flat stages, and were dominated by the sprinters. Mark Cavendish won another two stages, and Óscar Freire took his first. In the fifteenth stage, a group of four cyclists escaped and stayed away, a similar thing happened in stage sixteen. In the seventeenth stage, Carlos Sastre placed his decisive attack for the general classification, and also won the stage. The eighteenth and nineteenth stage again saw breakaways of cyclists not important for the general classification. The twentieth stage, a time trial, was won by Stefan Schumacher who had also won the first time trial. The last stage was a sprinters' stage, won by Gert Steegmans.

Doping

Writing on the street during Tour de France 2008 at Alpe d'Huez, satirically saying that EPO is available in 500 meters.

On 26 May 2008, the 2007 green jersey (points) winner Tom Boonen tested positive for cocaine. Since this was outside competition, Boonen was not sanctioned by the UCI or WADA, but he was nevertheless barred from the 2008 Tour de France.^[14][15]

Following protracted disagreement between the organisers of the Tour de France (ASO) and the UCI, the race was sanctioned by the Fédération Française de Cyclisme (FFC), as was the 2008 Paris–Nice in March. Thus the FFC were in charge of the doping controls before and during the race, and rather than increasing the number of doping controls during the Tour, they applied a more targeted approach on suspect riders.^[16] The French government's anti-doping agency AFLD carried out approximately 60 random and targeted tests in the weeks leading up to the Tour. They took blood samples from all the 180 riders in a two-day period just before the first stage, and during the race took samples from up to 14 riders a day shortly after the stage was finished, 250 tests being run in total.^[17] The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) also performed unannounced doping tests of riders at the finish of stage 15, which ended at the ski resort of Prato Nevoso, Italy.^[18] On 3 July 2008, France enacted a law criminalizing using or trafficking in doping substances.^[19]

On 11 July news broke that Spanish rider Manuel Beltrán tested positive for erythropoietin after the first stage of the tour. Blood abnormalities before the tour start had led AFLD to target the rider. Beltrán's team Liquigas withdrew him from the tour with immediate effect. French law enforcement authorities questioned Beltrán over possible offences and searched his hotel room, but he claimed his innocence. The B-Sample has not yet been tested.^[20]

On 13 July, prior to the ninth stage, it was revealed that AFLD had informed team doctors that five riders had unusually high hematocrit levels. The Italian press reported that Riccardo Riccò, who won the stage later that day, had been selected for testing several times during the first week, which led to a suspicion that he was among those whose teams had been notified. Riccò has for some time been known to have a naturally high hematocrit level of 51%, above the 50%-level which usually is taken to be an indicator of possible blood manipulation. Riccò stated that he has a license confirming that this is a natural, long-term condition, which he gave to the doping agencies before the start of the race,^[21] but he later admitted to the offence at a hearing of the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI).^[22]

On 16 July Barloworld started the 11th stage without Moisés Dueñas, who had been withdrawn from the team after being tested positive for EPO at the end of the time trial fourth stage.^[23] Barloworld Ltd, two days later, announced that they were withdrawing from sponsorship after this year's Tour de France,^[24] but on 28 October, they announced that they would sponsor the team for another year.^[25]

Stefan Schumacher tested positive for MIRCERA following additional testing of his blood samples.

On 17 July, shortly before the start of stage 12, Ricardo Riccò and the rest of the Saunier Duval-Scott team, withdrew from the race after the announcement that he had tested positive for MIRCERA, a new type of EPO, at the end of stage 4.^[26][27]Leonardo Piepoli, winner of stage 10, was sacked by his team for "violation of the team's ethics code" the following day, though no positive test was reported at that time.^[28] Almost 3 months later his tests came back positive for samples taken one day prior to the start of the Tour, on 4 July, and also on 15 July, on the rest day in Pau.^[29]

On the last day of the race, but after the end of the stage, Dmitry Fofonov was announced to have tested positive for the banned stimulant heptaminol after Stage 18. He was asked for a medical exemption to use the stimulant, but did not produce one.^[30] He was subsequently fired by his team Crédit Agricole.^[31]

After the race ended, French cyclist Jimmy Casper was suspended from Agritubel because he tested positive after the stage to Super Besse for glucocorticoids, an asthma drug that is banned unless the user has a medical exemption for its use. Casper, an asthmatic, carried a therapeutic use exemptions (TUE) for the last twelve years but failed to renew this exemption. His authorisation expired on 29 May and was not renewed before the 2008 Tour de France.^[32] The French cycling federation's disciplinary commission exonerated Casper.^[33]

In late September it was announced that several Tour de France riders were to have their blood samples retested for traces of EPO. Pierre Bordry, the head of AFLD, claimed the testing involved riders who were already under scrutiny for suspicious urine samples. AFLD had suspicion that there was MIRCERA in some samples but the laboratory could not say definitively. The urine tests were somewhat unreliable at giving definitive results, so the AFLD decided to order the blood samples taken before and during the Tour for additional testing with a newly developed CERA blood test.^[34][35]

As a result of this additional testing, both Leonardo Piepoli and Stefan Schumacher tested positive for the same substance which Riccò used, MIRCERA. The riders were declared positive by AFLD.^[29]

On 13 October 2008, the AFLD announced that Bernhard Kohl, who finished in third place overall and winner of the climbers' competition, had also tested positive for MIRCERA on 3 and 15 July, before and during the Tour de France.^[36][37] Initial results were verified, and Kohl also confessed to doping. His third-place overall finish in the 2008 Tour and his first place in the King of the Mountains competition are considered vacancies in the Tour's official history.^{[n 2]}

Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Young rider classification	Team classification	Combativity award
1	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Thomas Voeckler	Riccardo Riccò	Caisse d'Epargne	Lilian Jegou
2	Thor Hushovd		Kim Kirchen				Sylvain Chavanel
3	Samuel Dumoulin	Romain Feillu			Romain Feillu	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	William Frischkorn
4	Kim Kirchen	Stefan Schumacher			Thomas Lövkvist		no award
5	Mark Cavendish		Thor Hushovd				Nicolas Vogondy
6	Alejandro Valverde	Kim Kirchen	Kim Kirchen	Sylvain Chavanel			Sylvain Chavanel
7	Luis León Sánchez			David de la Fuente		CSC–Saxo Bank	Luis León Sánchez
8	Mark Cavendish		Óscar Freire				Laurent Lefevre
9	Vladimir Efimkin		Kim Kirchen		Andy Schleck		Sebastian Lang
10	Juan José Cobo	Cadel Evans	Óscar Freire	Riccardo Riccò	Riccardo Riccò	Saunier Duval–Scott	Rémy Di Gregorio
11	Kurt Asle Arvesen					CSC–Saxo Bank	Amaël Moinard
12	Mark Cavendish			Sebastian Lang	Vincenzo Nibali		Arnaud Gérard
13	Mark Cavendish						Niki Terpstra
14	Óscar Freire						José Ivan Gutierrez
15	Simon Gerrans	Fränk Schleck		Bernhard Kohl[n 2]			Egoi Martínez
16	Cyril Dessel				Andy Schleck		Stefan Schumacher
17	Carlos Sastre	Carlos Sastre					Peter Velits
18	Marcus Burghardt						Marcus Burghardt
19	Sylvain Chavanel						Sylvain Chavanel
20	Fabian Cancellara						no award
21	Gert Steegmans						Nicolas Vogondy
Final		Carlos Sastre	Óscar Freire	Carlos Sastre	Andy Schleck	CSC–Saxo Bank	Sylvain Chavanel

Final standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification[40]		Denotes the leader of the mountains classification[40]
	Denotes the leader of the points classification[40]		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification[40]
	Denotes the leader of the team classification[40]		Denotes the winner of the combativity award[40]

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Carlos Sastre (ESP)	CSC–Saxo Bank	87h 52' 52"
2	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 0' 58"
DSQ	Bernhard Kohl (AUT)	Gerolsteiner	+1' 13"
3	Denis Menchov (RUS)	Rabobank	+ 2' 10"
4	Christian Vande Velde (USA)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	+ 3' 05"
5	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	CSC–Saxo Bank	+ 4' 28"
6	Samuel Sánchez (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 6' 25"
7	Kim Kirchen (LUX)	Team Columbia	+ 6' 55"
8	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 7' 12"
9	Tadej Valjavec (SLO)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 9' 05"
10	Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 9' 55"

Final general classification (11–144)
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
11	Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 9' 55"
12	Andy Schleck (LUX)	CSC–Saxo Bank	+ 11' 32"
13	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Liquigas	+ 12' 59"
14	Sandy Casar (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 19' 23"
15	Amaël Moinard (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 23' 31"
16	Mikel Astarloza (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 23' 40"
17	Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR)	Team Columbia	+ 24' 55"
18	Alexander Bocharov (RUS)	Crédit Agricole	+ 27' 11"
19	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Liquigas	+ 28' 33"
20	Stéphane Goubert (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 31' 50"
21	Laurens ten Dam (NED)	Rabobank	+ 32' 59"
22	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 35' 41"
23	Yaroslav Popovych (UKR)	Silence–Lotto	+ 36' 24"
24	Stefan Schumacher (GER)	Gerolsteiner	+ 37' 20"
25	Sylwester Szmyd (POL)	Lampre	+ 44' 43"
26	Marzio Bruseghin (ITA)	Lampre	+ 45' 19"
27	Cyril Dessel (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 46' 31"
28	Christian Knees (GER)	Team Milram	+ 47' 43"
29	David Arroyo (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 48' 23"
30	Mario Aerts (BEL)	Silence–Lotto	+ 48' 58"
31	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 50' 19"
32	Markus Fothen (GER)	Gerolsteiner	+ 1h 01' 04"
33	Koos Moerenhout (NED)	Rabobank	+ 1h 05' 38"
34	George Hincapie (USA)	Team Columbia	+ 1h 08' 15"
35	Matteo Carrara (ITA)	Quick-Step	+ 1h 09' 25"
36	Jens Voigt (GER)	CSC–Saxo Bank	+ 1h 11' 55"
37	Jérôme Pineau (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 1h 12' 58"
38	Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP)	Agritubel	+ 1h 20' 06"
39	Christophe Le Mével (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 1h 20' 24"
40	Thomas Lövkvist (SWE)	Team Columbia	+ 1h 25' 27"
41	David Moncoutié (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1h 26' 22"
42	Erik Zabel (GER)	Team Milram	+ 1h 26' 40"
43	Marco Velo (ITA)	Team Milram	+ 1h 26' 42"
44	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 1h 27' 00"
45	Volodymir Gustov (UKR)	CSC–Saxo Bank	+ 1h 29' 59"
46	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	+ 1h 33' 22"
47	John-Lee Augustyn (SAF)	Barloworld	+ 1h 36' 21"
48	Paolo Tiralongo (ITA)	Lampre	+ 1h 36' 57"
49	Egoi Martínez (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 1h 37' 00"
50	David Lopez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h 39' 37"
51	Amets Txurruka (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 1h 41' 59"
52	Leonardo Duque (COL)	Cofidis	+ 1h 44' 24"
53	Johann Tschopp (SUI)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 1h 47' 22"
54	Hubert Dupont (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 1h 47' 24"
55	José Ivan Gutierrez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h 48' 27"
56	Kurt Asle Arvesen (NOR)	CSC–Saxo Bank	+ 1h 49' 40"
57	Peter Velits (SVK)	Team Milram	+ 1h 49' 49"
58	Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 1h 49' 54"
59	Bram Tankink (NED)	Rabobank	+ 1h 50' 24"
60	Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1h 54' 25"
61	Luis Leon Sánchez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h 55' 39"
62	Pieter Weening (NED)	Rabobank	+ 1h 55' 52"
63	Nicolas Vogondy (FRA)	Agritubel	+ 1h 56' 04"
64	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	CSC–Saxo Bank	+ 1h 57' 09"
65	Nicolas Portal (FRA)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h 58' 16"
66	Filippo Pozzato (ITA)	Liquigas	+ 1h 59' 13"
67	David Millar (GBR)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	+ 1h 59' 39"
68	Joost Posthuma (NED)	Rabobank	+ 2h 05' 10"
69	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	+ 2h 05' 46"
70	Martin Elmiger (SUI)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 2h 06' 21"
71	José Luis Arrieta (ESP)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 2h 07' 33"
72	Gorka Verdugo (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 2h 08' 23"
73	Yoann Le Boulanger (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 2h 08' 50"
74	Sebastian Lang (GER)	Gerolsteiner	+ 2h 09' 23"
75	Murilo Antonio Fischer (BRA)	Liquigas	+ 2h 13' 03"
76	Trent Lowe (AUS)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	+ 2h 13' 41"
77	Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL)	Quick-Step	+ 2h 13' 50"
78	Simon Gerrans (AUS)	Crédit Agricole	+ 2h 14' 25"
79	Rémi Pauriol (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 2h 16' 33"
80	David Le Lay (FRA)	Agritubel	+ 2h 16' 43"
81	Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 2h 19' 33"
82	Dario David Cioni (ITA)	Silence–Lotto	+ 2h 20' 49"
83	Chris Froome (GBR)	Barloworld	+ 2h 22' 33"
84	Geoffroy Lequatre (FRA)	Agritubel	+ 2h 23' 04"
85	Laurent Lefèvre (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 2h 23' 16"
86	Johan Vansummeren (BEL)	Silence–Lotto	+ 2h 27' 04"
87	Giampaolo Cheula (ITA)	Barloworld	+ 2h 30' 12"
88	Carlos Barredo (ESP)	Quick-Step	+ 2h 30' 36"
89	Stef Clement (NED)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 2h 32' 19"
90	Rubén Pérez (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 2h 33' 55"
91	Marco Marzano (ITA)	Lampre	+ 2h 34' 08"
92	Ronny Scholz (GER)	Gerolsteiner	+ 2h 34' 12"
93	Alessandro Ballan (ITA)	Lampre	+ 2h 35' 08"
94	Danny Pate (USA)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	+ 2h 36' 29"
95	Matteo Tosatto (ITA)	Quick-Step	+ 2h 38' 07"
96	Thomas Voeckler (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 2h 38' 13"
97	Sébastien Rosseler (BEL)	Quick-Step	+ 2h 39' 58"
98	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	+ 2h 45' 20"
99	Björn Schröder (GER)	Team Milram	+ 2h 48' 33"
100	Xavier Florencio (ESP)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 2h 53' 51"
101	William Bonnet (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 2h 55' 29"
102	Juan José Oroz (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 2h 56' 12"
103	Iñaki Isasi (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 2h 57' 44"
104	Martin Müller (GER)	Team Milram	+ 2h 58' 31"
105	Gerald Ciolek (GER)	Team Columbia	+ 2h 58' 34"
106	Robert Hunter (SAF)	Barloworld	+ 3h 04' 02"
107	Adam Hansen (AUS)	Team Columbia	+ 3h 04' 52"
108	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	CSC–Saxo Bank	+ 3h 07' 46"
109	Julian Dean (NZL)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	+ 3h 07' 57"
110	Gert Steegmans (BEL)	Quick-Step	+ 3h 08' 23"
111	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Française des Jeux	+ 3h 09' 56"
112	Frederik Willems (BEL)	Liquigas	+ 3h 13' 38"
113	Samuel Dumoulin (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 3h 14' 37"
114	Arnaud Coyot (FRA)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 3h 15' 53"
115	Robert Förster (GER)	Gerolsteiner	+ 3h 16' 11"
116	Matteo Bono (ITA)	Lampre	+ 3h 16' 36"
117	Nicki Sørensen (DEN)	CSC–Saxo Bank	+ 3h 17' 01"
118	Florent Brard (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 3h 17' 45"
119	Marcus Burghardt (GER)	Team Columbia	+ 3h 20' 28"
120	Jérémy Roy (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 3h 21' 32"
121	Robbie McEwen (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 3h 22' 36"
122	Ralf Grabsch (GER)	Team Milram	+ 3h 23' 17"
123	Leif Hoste (BEL)	Silence–Lotto	+ 3h 23' 53"
124	Steven de Jongh (NED)	Quick-Step	+ 3h 24' 08"
125	Heinrich Haussler (GER)	Gerolsteiner	+ 3h 25' 34"
126	Daniele Righi (ITA)	Lampre	+ 3h 26' 16"
127	Aleksandr Kuschynski (BLR)	Liquigas	+ 3h 26' 47"
128	Brett Lancaster (AUS)	Team Milram	+ 3h 27' 29"
129	Manuel Quinziato (ITA)	Liquigas	+ 3h 28' 03"
130	Sebastian Langeveld (NED)	Rabobank	+ 3h 28' 07"
131	Arnaud Gérard (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 3h 30' 00"
132	William Frischkorn (USA)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	+ 3h 30' 47"
133	Martijn Maaskant (NED)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	+ 3h 31' 30"
134	Freddy Bichot (FRA)	Agritubel	+ 3h 32' 25"
135	Niki Terpstra (NED)	Team Milram	+ 3h 33' 40"
136	Christophe Riblon (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 3h 35' 24"
137	Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 3h 35' 30"
138	Stéphane Augé (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 3h 35' 52"
139	Massimiliano Mori (ITA)	Lampre	+ 3h 37' 22"
140	José Vicente Garcia (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 3h 39' 48"
141	Matthieu Sprick (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 3h 48' 18"
142	Sven Krauss (GER)	Gerolsteiner	+ 3h 51' 55"
143	Bernhard Eisel (AUT)	Team Columbia	+ 3h 54' 52"
144	Wim Vansevenant (BEL)	Silence–Lotto	+ 3h 55' 45"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Óscar Freire (ESP)	Rabobank	270
2	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	220
3	Erik Zabel (GER)	Team Milram	217
4	Leonardo Duque (COL)	Cofidis	181
5	Kim Kirchen (LUX)	Team Columbia	155
6	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	136
7	Robert Hunter (RSA)	Barloworld	131
8	Robbie McEwen (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	129
9	Julian Dean (NZL)	Garmin–Chipotle p/b H30	119
10	Gerald Ciolek (GER)	Team Columbia	116

Mountains classification

Final mountains classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
DSQ	Bernhard Kohl (AUT)	Gerolsteiner	128
2	Carlos Sastre (ESP)	CSC–Saxo Bank	80
3	Fränk Schleck (LUX)	CSC–Saxo Bank	80
4	Thomas Voeckler (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	65
5	Sebastian Lang (GER)	Gerolsteiner	62
6	Stefan Schumacher (GER)	Gerolsteiner	61
7	John-Lee Augustyn (RSA)	Barloworld	61
8	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	58
9	Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA)	Française des Jeux	52
10	Egoi Martínez (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	51

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Andy Schleck (LUX)	CSC–Saxo Bank	88h 04' 24"
2	Roman Kreuziger (CZE)	Liquigas	+ 1' 27"
3	Vincenzo Nibali (ITA)	Liquigas	+ 17' 01"
4	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 24' 09"
5	Eduardo Gonzalo (ESP)	Agritubel	+ 1h 08' 34"
6	Thomas Lövkvist (SWE)	Team Columbia	+ 1h 13' 55"
7	John-Lee Augustyn (RSA)	Barloworld	+ 1h 24' 49"
8	Peter Velits (SVK)	Team Milram	+ 1h 38' 17"
9	Rémy Di Gregorio (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 1h 38' 22"
10	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h 44' 07"

Team classification

Final team classification (1–10)

Rank	Team	Time
1	CSC–Saxo Bank	263h 29' 57"
2	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 15' 35"
3	Rabobank	+ 1h 05' 26"
4	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 1h 16' 26"
5	Silence–Lotto	+ 1h 17' 15"
6	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1h 20' 28"
7	Team Columbia	+ 1h 23' 00"
8	Lampre	+ 1h 26' 24"
9	Gerolsteiner	+ 1h 27' 40"
10	Crédit Agricole	+ 1h 37' 16"

Prize money

A total prize fund of approximately €3.25 million was awarded throughout the tour. In addition, each team received €51,243 towards expenses of participation, with an additional €1,600 per rider who completed the race, provided that at least seven did so.^[41][42]

By tradition, a team's winnings were pooled and shared among the riders and support team. Team CSC, the team of Tour winner Sastre, won the most prize money, more than €600,000. Saunier Duval's prize money was not awarded after the positive tests of Riccardo Riccò.^[43]

Team CSC received €450,000 for the overall victory of Carlos Sastre.

See also

• 2008 in road cycling


• List of doping cases in cycling

Notes and references

Footnotes

References

Sources

External links

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