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.

Stages[]

Stage	Route	Distance		Type	Date	Stage winner
Stage	Route	km	mi	Type	Date	Stage winner
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)

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:

Pro Teams
Pro-Continental Teams
- PSK Whirlpool-Author
- Mitsubishi-Jartazi
- CSF Group-Navigare
- Benfica
- Extremadura
- Karpin-Galicia
- NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte
- Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
Continental Teams
- Tyrol-Team Radland Tirol
- AC Sparta Praha
- Team Ista
- Cosmote Kastro
- Centri della Calzatura Partizan
- Hadimec AG
- Atlas-Romer's Hausbäckerei
- Steg Computer-CKT Cogeas
- Brisa Cycling Team
National Teams
- Turkish National Team
- Dutch National Team
- Irish National Team

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