The 2008 Tour de Romandie (62nd Edition) cycling road race took place from April 29 to May 4, 2008 in
SwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It is the sixth race of the
2008 UCI ProTourThe 2008 UCI ProTour is the fourth year of the UCI ProTour system. Following protracted disagreement between the organisers of the Grand Tours and the UCI, all races organized by ASO, RCS and Unipublic were withdrawn from the ProTour calendar...
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Prologue - April 29, 2008: Genève > Genève, 1.9 km (ITTAn individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...
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Prologue Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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2' 07" |
| 2 |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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+ 1" |
| 4 |
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+ 1" |
| 5 |
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+ 1" |
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General Classification after Prologue
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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2' 07" |
| 2 |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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+ 1" |
| 4 |
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+ 1" |
| 5 |
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+ 1" |
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Stage 1 - April 30, 2008: MorgesMorges is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud, located in the district of Morges and is also the seat of the district.-History:...
> SaignelégierSaignelégier is a municipality in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district of Franches-Montagnes. On 1 January 2009, the formerly independent municipalities of Goumois and Les Pommerats merged into Saignelégier....
, 182.4 km
Stage 1 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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4h 47' 28" |
| 2 |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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s.t. |
| 4 |
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+ 2" |
| 5 |
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+ 2" |
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General Classification after Stage 1
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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4h 49' 30" |
| 2 |
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+ 1" |
| 3 |
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+ 8" |
| 4 |
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+ 8" |
| 5 |
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+ 9" |
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Stage 2 - May 1, 2008: MoutierMoutier is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura .-History:...
> FribourgFribourg is the capital of the Swiss canton of Fribourg and the district of Sarine. It is located on both sides of the river Saane/Sarine, on the Swiss plateau, and is an important economic, administrative and educational center on the cultural border between German and French Switzerland...
, 170 km
Stage 2 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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4h 16' 16" |
| 2 |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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s.t. |
| 4 |
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s.t. |
| 5 |
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s.t. |
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General Classification after Stage 2
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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9h 05' 46" |
| 2 |
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+ 1" |
| 3 |
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+ 8" |
| 4 |
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+ 8" |
| 5 |
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+ 9" |
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Stage 3 - May 2, 2008: SionSion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...
> SionSion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...
, 18.8 km (ITTAn individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...
)
Stage 3 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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25' 32" |
| 2 |
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+ 6" |
| 3 |
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+ 20" |
| 4 |
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+ 21" |
| 5 |
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+ 25" |
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General Classification after Stage 3
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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9h 31' 58" |
| 2 |
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+ 5" |
| 3 |
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+ 35" |
| 4 |
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+ 38" |
| 5 |
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+ 43" |
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Stage 4 - May 3, 2008: SionSion is the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais. it had a population of .Landmarks include the Basilique de Valère and Château de Tourbillon. Sion has an airfield for civilian and military use, which, because of its location in a valley, causes a reasonable amount of noise pollution. FC Sion...
> ZinalPointe de Zinal is a mountain in the Pennine Alps in Switzerland. It is located east of Dent Blanche between the valleys of Zinal and Zmutt....
, 112.4 km
A landslide forced the organizers to cancel the third climb of the day, Saint-Luc, and the route was shortened to 112.4 km.
Stage 4 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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3h 28' 06" |
| 2 |
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+ 3" |
| 3 |
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+ 5" |
| 4 |
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+ 7" |
| 5 |
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+ 7" |
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General Classification after Stage 4
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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12h 59' 41" |
| 2 |
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+ 35" |
| 3 |
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+ 43" |
| 4 |
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+ 45" |
| 5 |
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+ 54" |
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Stage 5 - May 4, 2008: Le BouveretLe Bouveret is a town in the commune of Port-Valais in the Swiss canton of Valais. Situated at the southernmost end of Lake Geneva and close to the French border, Le Bouveret is very much tourism-oriented with several amusement attractions, including the Swiss Vapeur Parc and the water amusement...
> LausanneLausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west...
, 159.4 km
Stage 5 Results
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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3h 43' 39" |
| 2 |
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s.t. |
| 3 |
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s.t. |
| 4 |
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s.t. |
| 5 |
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s.t. |
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General Classification after Stage 4
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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16h 43' 20" |
| 2 |
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+ 35" |
| 3 |
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+ 43" |
| 4 |
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+ 45" |
| 5 |
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+ 54" |
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General classification
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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16h 43' 20" |
| 2 |
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+ 35" |
| 3 |
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+ 43" |
| 4 |
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+ 45" |
| 5 |
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+ 54" |
| 6 |
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+ 1' 05" |
| 7 |
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+ 1' 08" |
| 8 |
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+ 1' 14" |
| 9 |
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+ 1' 48" |
| 10 |
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+ 1' 52" |
Mountain classification
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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35 pts |
| 2 |
|
Bouygues Télécom |
28 |
| 3 |
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21 |
Points classification
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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39 pts |
| 2 |
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37 |
| 3 |
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36 |
Sprints classification
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Cyclist |
Team |
Time |
| 1 |
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12 pts |
| 2 |
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12 |
| 3 |
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12 |
Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race
As of 4 May 2008, after the 2008 Tour de Romandie.
| Rank |
Name |
Team |
Points |
| 1 |
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73 |
| 2 |
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62 |
| 3 |
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58 |
| 4 |
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54 |
| 5 |
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53 |
| 6 |
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50 |
| 7 |
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45 |
| 8 |
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45 |
| 9 |
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42 |
| 10 |
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40 |
| 11 |
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40 |
| 12 |
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40 |
- 62 riders have scored at least one (1) point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.
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