2008 Tour of Turkey

The 2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, the 44th running of the race, took place from April 13 to April 20, 2008.

2008 Tour of Turkey
Race details
Stages7 & prologue
Distance1,071.8 km (666.0 mi)
Winning time25h 40' 41"
Results
  Winner  David García (ESP) (Karpin–Galicia)
  Second  José Alberto Benítez (ESP) (Saunier Duval–Scott)
  Third  Pieter Jacobs (BEL) (Silence–Lotto)
  Points  Assan Bazayev (KAZ) (Astana)
  Mountains  José Alberto Benítez (ESP) (Saunier Duval–Scott)
  Team Diquigiovanni–Androni

Stages
Stage Route Distance Type Date Stage winner
km mi
P Grand Prix of Istanbul 76.2 47.3 Opening race Sunday, April 13  Grégory Rast (SUI)
1 İzmir–Kuşadası 132.7 82.5 Flat stage Monday, April 14  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
2 Kuşadası–Bodrum 165.9 103.1 Flat stage Tuesday, April 15  Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA)
3 Bodrum–Marmaris 166.8 103.6 Flat stage Wednesday, April 16  Matteo Priamo (ITA)
4 Marmaris–Ölüdeniz 177.7 110.4 Flat stage Thursday, April 17  Filippo Savini (ITA)
5 Kalkan–Finike 100.1 62.2 Flat stage Friday, April 18  Matteo Priamo (ITA)
6 Finike–Antalya 115.8 72.0 Flat stage Saturday, April 19  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
7 Antalya–Alanya 136.6 84.9 Flat stage Sunday, April 20  Maximiliano Richeze (ARG)

Teams
Winner of Antalya–Alanya stage Maximiliano Richezefrom Argentina

25 teams started the race – each had 6 riders at the start of the tour i.e., 150 started in total. The teams[1] were:

References
  1. ":: Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ::". Archived from the original on 2008-04-21. Retrieved 2008-04-16.


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