2008 Tour Down Under

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2008 Tour Down Under

2008 UCI ProTour, race 1 of 15
Race details
Dates	22 –27 January
Stages	6
Distance	835 km (518.8 mi)
Winning time	18h 46' 18"
Results
Winner  André Greipel (GER) (Team High Road)   Second  Allan Davis (AUS) (Team UniSA-Australia)   Third  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)   Points  André Greipel (GER) (Team High Road)   Mountains  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) (Française des Jeux)   Youth  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)   Team Française des Jeux
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The 2008 Tour Down Under was the 10th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place from 22 to 27 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside of Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI.

The race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition. It was won by German André Greipel of Team High Road.

Stage results[]

Stage 1, 22 January, Mawson Lakes–Angaston, 129 km[]

Stage 1 result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour Points 1  Mark Renshaw (AUS) Crédit Agricole 3h 13' 33" 3 pts 2  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 2 pts 3  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank s.t. 1 pt

General Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Team Time 1  Mark Renshaw (AUS) Crédit Agricole 3h 13' 23" 2  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 4" 3  Mickaël Buffaz (FRA) Cofidis + 4"

Stage 2, 23 January, Stirling - Hahndorf, 148 km[]

Stage 2 result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour Points 1  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road 3h 46' 55" 3 pts 2  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank s.t. 2 pts 3  Allan Davis (AUS) Team UniSA-Australia s.t. -

General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time 1  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank 7h 00' 18" 2  Mark Renshaw (AUS) Crédit Agricole s.t. 3  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road s.t.

Stage 3, 24 January, Unley – Victor Harbor, 139 km[]

Stage 3 result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour Points 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Team UniSA-Australia 3h 13' 48" - 2  Mark Renshaw (AUS) Crédit Agricole s.t. 2 pts 3  Mathew Hayman (AUS) Rabobank s.t. 1 pt

General Classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Team Time 1  Mark Renshaw (AUS) Crédit Agricole 10h 14' 00" 2  Allan Davis (AUS) Team UniSA-Australia + 2" 3  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road + 6"

Stage 4, 25 January, Mannum - Strathalbyn, 134 km[]

Stage 4 result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour Points 1  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road 3h 14' 46" 3 pts 2  Mark Renshaw (AUS) Crédit Agricole s.t. 2 pts 3  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 1 pt

General Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Team Time 1  Mark Renshaw (AUS) Crédit Agricole 13h 28' 38" 2  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road + 4" 3  Allan Davis (AUS) Team UniSA-Australia + 7"

Stage 5, 26 January, Willunga - Willunga, 147 km[]

Stage 5 result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour Points 1  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road 3h 26' 26" 3 pts 2  Allan Davis (AUS) Team UniSA-Australia s.t. - 3  José Alberto Benítez (ESP) Saunier Duval–Scott s.t. 1 pt

General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road 16h 55' 18" 2  Allan Davis (AUS) Team UniSA-Australia + 7" 3  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 20"

Stage 6, 27 January, Adelaide East End Circuit , 88 km[]

Stage 6 result Cyclist Team Time UCI ProTour Points 1  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road 1h 51' 13" 3 pts 2  Robert Förster (GER) Gerolsteiner s.t. 2 pts 3  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank s.t. 1 pt

General Classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Team High Road 18h 46' 18" 2  Allan Davis (AUS) Team UniSA-Australia + 15" 3  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 33"

Final standing[]

General classification[]

	Cyclist	Team	Time	UCI ProTour Points
1	André Greipel (GER)	Team High Road	18h 46' 18"	50
2	Allan Davis (AUS)	Team UniSA-Australia	+ 15"	-
3	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 33"	35
4	Mickael Delage (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 37"	30
5	Mickael Buffaz (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 37"	25
6	José Alberto Benítez (ESP)	Saunier Duval–Scott	+ 39"	20
7	Kjell Carlstrom (FIN)	Liquigas	+ 39"	15
8	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 41"	10
9	Richie Porte (AUS)	Team UniSA-Australia	+ 41"	-
10	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Team CSC	+ 42"	2

Mountains classification[]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Française des Jeux	38
2	David Moncoutié (FRA)	Cofidis	22
3	Mathieu Perget (FRA)	Caisse d'Epargne	18

Points classification[]

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	André Greipel (GER)	Team High Road	38
2	Allan Davis (AUS)	Team UniSA-Australia	34
3	Mark Renshaw (AUS)	Crédit Agricole	24

Young classification[]

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	18h 46' 51"
2	Mickael Delage (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 4"
3	Richie Porte (AUS)	Team UniSA-Australia	+ 8"

Team classification[]

	Team	Country	Time
1	Française des Jeux	France	56h 21' 03"
2	Saunier Duval–Scott	Spain	s.t.
3	Caisse d'Epargne	Spain	s.t.

Classification leadership[]

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Mountains Classification	Points Classification	Young rider classification	Team Classification
0Stage 1 (Mark Renshaw)	Mark Renshaw	Philippe Gilbert	Mickaël Buffaz	José Joaquín Rojas	Ag2r–La Mondiale
0Stage 2 (André Greipel)	Graeme Brown				Astana
0Stage 3 (Allan Davis)	Mark Renshaw		Mark Renshaw		Team High Road
0Stage 4 (André Greipel)					Team CSC
0Stage 5 André Greipel	André Greipel		André Greipel		Française des Jeux
0Stage 6 (André Greipel)
0Final	André Greipel	Philippe Gilbert	André Greipel	José Joaquín Rojas	Française des Jeux

Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race[]

As of 27 January 2008, after the Tour Down Under^[1]

After winning 4 stages of Tour Down Under and the overall classification, German André Greipel is the first leader of 2008 UCI ProTour.

Rank	Previous Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	-	André Greipel (GER)	Team High Road	62
2	-	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	38
3	-	Mickael Delage (FRA)	Française des Jeux	30
4	-	Mickaël Buffaz (FRA)	Rabobank	25
5	-	José Alberto Benítez (ESP)	Saunier Duval–Scott	21
6	-	Kjell Carlström (FIN)	Liquigas	15
7	-	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	10
8	-	Mark Renshaw (AUS)	Crédit Agricole	7
9	-	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Rabobank	4
10	-	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Team CSC	2
11	-	Robert Förster (GER)	Gerolsteiner	2
12	-	Mathew Hayman (AUS)	Rabobank	1

Teams[]

Nation	UCI Code	Team Name
	ALM	Ag2r–La Mondiale
	AST	Astana
	BTL	Bouygues Télécom
	COF	Cofidis
	C.A	Crédit Agricole
	CSC	Team CSC
	EUS	Euskaltel–Euskadi
	FDJ	Française des Jeux
	GCE	Caisse d'Epargne
	GST	Gerolsteiner
	LAM	Lampre
	LIQ	Liquigas
	MRM	Team Milram
	QST	Quick-Step
	RAB	Rabobank
	SDV	Saunier Duval–Scott
	SIL	Silence–Lotto
	THR	Team High Road

The Australian national team called Team UniSA-Australia was the only non-UCI ProTour team invited to the race.

See also[]

• 2008 in Road Cycling

External links[]

• 2008 Tour Down Under Official Website
• 2008 Tour Down Under CyclingFever Racespecial

References[]