The 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday, August 27, 2008 to Sunday, August 31, 2008.

Stages

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Stage Route Distance Date Winner Team
1 DublinWaterford 192 km (119 mi) Wednesday, 27 August   Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
2 ThurlesLoughrea 158 km (98 mi) Thursday, 28 August   Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
3 BallinrobeGalway 201 km (125 mi) Friday, 29 August   Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road
4 LimerickDingle 186 km (116 mi) Saturday, 30 August   Russell Downing Pinarello RT
5 KillarneyCork 192 km (119 mi) Sunday, 31 August   František Raboň Team Columbia–High Road

Classification

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General Classification

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[1]

Rank Rider Team Time
    Marco Pinotti Team Columbia 21h 43' 16"
2   Russell Downing Pinarello RT + 19"
3   Julian Dean Team Garmin–Chipotle + 21"
4   Matt Wilson Team Type 1 + 33"
5   Michael Barry Team Columbia + 36"
6   Simon Clarke SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 37"
7   Lars Petter Nordhaug Team Joker Bianchi + 37″
8   Gonzalo Rabuñal Karpin–Galicia + 38″
9   Nikolas Maes Topsport Vlaanderen + 44″
10   Kevin Evans MTN Energade + 44″

Teams Classification

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Rank Team Time
    Team Columbia 65h 09' 29"
2   Tinkoff Credit Systems + 2' 36"
3   Topsport Vlaanderen + 3' 01"
4   SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 10' 24"
5   Team Type 1 + 10' 37"
6   An Post–M.Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly + 12' 21"
7   Rabobank + 12' 37"
8   Karpin–Galicia + 19' 25"
9   MTN Energade + 24' 47"
10   Team Joker Bianchi + 32' 07"

Jersey Progress

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Stage
(Winner)
General Classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Young Rider Classification Team Classification
Stage 1
(Mark Cavendish)
Mark Cavendish Alexander Kristoff Matt Wilson Mark Cavendish Topsport Vlaanderen
Stage 2
(Mark Cavendish)
Mark Cavendish
Stage 3
(Mark Cavendish)
Stage 4
(Russell Downing)
Russell Downing Gonzalo Rabuñal
Stage 5
(František Raboň)
Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Simon Clarke Team Columbia
Final Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Matt Wilson Simon Clarke Team Columbia

References

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  1. ^ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 31 August 2008.
  2. ^ "Results from the official Tour of Ireland website". Archived from the original on 15 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
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