2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo

2008 Volta de São Paulo
	Volta de São Paulo 2008 - Stage Outline
Race details
Dates	April 20–April 27, 2008
Stages	9
Distance	1,048 km (651.2 mi)
Winning time	24h 43' 17"
Results
	Winner
	Second
	Third
	Points
	Mountains
	Team
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The 2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo (Portuguese for International Cycling Tour of the State of São Paulo) is the 5th edition of a multi-day road cycling stage race held in the state of São Paulo. This edition features 9 stages over 1048 km, disputed from April 20 to 27, 2008. The race is a 2.2 event in the 2007-2008 UCI America Tour.

Classification and Bonuses[]

In this edition of the race, time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds are awarded to the top 3 riders in each stage. Time bonuses of 3, 2 and 1 seconds are awarded to the first 3 riders at each intermediary sprint point. For the points classification, the top 5 riders in each stage are awarded 10, 7, 5, 3 and 2 points, respectively. The first 3 riders at each intermediary sprint receive 5, 3 and 2 points. Climbs are classified among 4 categories. The first 3 riders at each summit are awarded points in the mountains classification according to the category:

Category 1: 11, 9, 8 pts
Category 2: 9, 7, 6 pts
Category 3: 7, 5, 4 pts
Category 4: 5, 3, 2 pts

The team classification accounts the times of the first 3 riders of each team in each stage.

Stages and Results[]

Stage 1: São Paulo[]

Held Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Autódromo José Carlos Pace. This stage featured 20 laps in the racing circuit, for a total distance of 85.84 km. A field of 94 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simon.

Stage 1 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	1h58'29"
2	Alvaro Tardáguila	Uruguay	s.t.
3	Alex Diniz	SCF	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	1h58'19"
2	Alvaro Tardáguila	Uruguay	+0'04"
3	Alex Diniz	SCF	+0'06"

Points Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	10 pts
2		Dataro	10 pts
3	Alvaro Tardáguila	Uruguay	7 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Alex Diniz	SCF	5 pts
2	Renato Santos	Dataro	5 pts
3		Metodista-SBC	3 pts

Stage 2: Sorocaba to São Carlos[]

Held Monday, April 21, 2008. This stage was 230.2 km long. A field of 76 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simon.

Stage 2 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	5h43'17"
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	s.t.
3	Kleber Ramos	Suzano-Flying Horse	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	7h41'24"
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	+0'15"
3	Alvaro Tardáguila	Uruguay	+0'16"

Points Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	23 pts
2		Dataro	10 pts
3	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	9 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1		Avaí-Florianópolis	9 pts
2		Metodista-SBC	8 pts
3	Renato Santos	Dataro	7 pts

Stage 3: São Carlos time trial[]

Held Tuesday, April 22, 2008. This stage was an 11.3 km individual time trial along the streets of São Carlos.

Stage 3 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1		CESC-Sundown	14'39"
2	Magno Prado Nazaret	SCF	14'42"
3	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	14'45"

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1		CESC-Sundown	7h56'25"
2	Magno Prado Nazaret	SCF	+0'03"
3	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	+0'06"

Points Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	23 pts
2		CESC-Sundown	10 pts
3		Dataro	10 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1		Avaí-Florianópolis	9 pts
2		Metodista-SBC	8 pts
3	Renato Santos	Dataro	7 pts

Stage 4: São Carlos to Ribeirão Preto[]

Held Tuesday, April 22, 2008. This stage was 93.2 km long, and was held in the afternoon, a few hours after Stage 3. A field of 95 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simon.

Stage 4 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	2h18'11"
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	s.t.
3		SLS-Americana	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1		CESC-Sundown	10h14'36"
2	Magno Prado Nazaret	SCF	+0'03"
3	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	+0'06"

Points Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	33 pts
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	16 pts
3		CESC-Sundown	10 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1		Avaí-Florianópolis	9 pts
2		Metodista-SBC	8 pts
3	Renato Santos	Dataro	7 pts

Stage 5: Cajuru to Campinas[]

Held Wednesday, April 23, 2008. This stage was 199.0 km long. A group of 8 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Otávio Bulgarelli.

Stage 5 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Otávio Bulgarelli	Suzano-Flying Horse	4h39'55"
2	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	s.t.
3		SLS-Americana	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	14h54'31"
2	Magno Prado Nazaret	SCF	+0'03"
3		CESC-Sundown	+0'15"

Points Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	33 pts
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	18 pts
3	Gregori Panizo	CESC-Sundown	12 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1		Avaí-Florianópolis	12 pts
2		Dataro	10 pts
3	Marco Arriagada	Juarez-México	9 pts

Stage 6: Campinas to Atibaia[]

Held Thursday, April 24, 2008. This stage was 193.0 km long.

Stage 6 Result

	Team	Time
1	CESC-Sundown	4h29'36"
2	DET-Cordeirópolis	+0'37"
3	SLS-Americana	+0'44"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	19h24'59"
2	Magno Prado Nazaret	SCF	+0'03"
3		CESC-Sundown	+0'15"

Points Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	33 pts
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	18 pts
3		Dataro	13 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 6

	Team	Points
1	CESC-Sundown	13 pts
2	SLS-Americana	13 pts
3	Avaí-Florianópolis	12 pts

Stage 7: Atibaia to São José dos Campos[]

Held Friday, April 25, 2008. This stage was 105.6 km long, and a field of 102 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Francisco Chamorro.

Stage 7 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	2h14'09"
2	Kleber Ramos	Suzano-Flying Horse	s.t.
3		Chivilcoy-Argentina	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	21h39'06"
2	Magno Prado Nazaret	SCF	+0'05"
3		CESC-Sundown	+0'17"

Points Classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	37 pts
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	33 pts
3	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	15 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 7

	Team	Points
1	Avaí-FLorianópolis	22 pts
2	CESC-Sundown	13 pts
3	SLS-Americana	13 pts

Stage 8: São José dos Campos to Campos do Jordão[]

Held Saturday, April 26, 2008. This mountain stage was 79 km long.

Stage 8 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1		Avaí-Florianópolis	2h07'53"
2		Avaí-Florianópolis	+0'10"
3	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	+0'12"

General Classification after Stage 8

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	23h47'07"
2		CESC-Sundown	+0'23"
3	Magno Prado Nazaret	SCF	+0'23"

Points Classification after Stage 8

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	37 pts
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	33 pts
3	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	20 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 8

	Team	Points
1	Avaí-FLorianópolis	31 pts
2	CESC-Sundown	13 pts
3	SLS-Americana	13 pts

Stage 9: Jundiaí to São Paulo[]

Held Sunday, April 27, 2008. This stage was 51.5 km long.

Stage 9 Result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1		Sales-BH	56'14"
2	Antônio Nascimento	Memorial-Santos	s.t.
3	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	s.t.

Final Results[]

General Classification after Stage 9 (Final results)

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	24h43'17"
2		CESC-Sundown	+0'27"
3		Avaí-Florianópolis	+0'51"
4	Magno Prado Nazaret	SCF	+1'34"
5		Suzano-Flying Horse	+1'36"
6	Antônio Nascimento	Memorial-Santos	+1'41"
7		Avaí-Florianópolis	+1'59"
8		Avaí-Florianópolis	+2'30"
9	Renato Seabra	SCF	+2'31"
10		União-Assis	+2'33"

Points Classification after Stage 9 (Final results)

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Edgardo Simon	SCF	40 pts
2	Francisco Chamorro	CESC-Sundown	38 pts
3	Gregori Panizo	Dataro	25 pts

Mountain Classification after Stage 9 (Final results)

	Team	Points
1	Avaí-Florianópolis	34 pts
2	CESC-Sundown	18 pts
3	Suzano-Flying Horse	14 pts

Team Classification after Stage 9 (Final results)

	Team	Time
1	Avaí-Florianópolis	74h14'13"
2	SCF	+1'26"
3	Dataro	+1'51"

Participating Teams and Riders[]

UCI Continental Teams

SCF - Scott-Marcondes Cesar-São José dos Campos

10 -

Magno Prado Nazaret

11 -

Pedro Autran Nicácio

12 -

Breno Sidoti

13 -

14 -

15 -

Renato Seabra

16 -

Alex Diniz

17 -

Edgardo Simon

National Teams

Uruguay - Uruguay National Team

190 -

191 -

Jorge Bravo

192 -

Alvaro Tardáguila

193 -

194 -

Cristian Villanueva

195 -

196 -

Geovane Fernández

197 -

Regional Teams

ACME - ACME Cycling Team

140 -

141 -

142 -

143 -

144 -

145 -

146 -

Gabriel Epstein

Avaí-Florianópolis - Avaí/Florianópolis/APGF

80 -

81 -

82 -

83 -

84 -

Rafael Silva

85 -

86 -

87 -

CESC-Sundown - CESC/Sundown/Nossa Caixa/Calipso/Maxxis

30 -

31 -

32 -

33 -

Francisco Chamorro

34 -

35 -

36 -

37 -

Chivilcoy-Argentina - Ciudad de Chivilcoy

180 -

Emilio Martin

181 -

Fernando Antogna

182 -

Gustavo Toledo

183 -

184 -

185 -

Dataro - Clube Dataro de Ciclismo/Blumenau

40 -

41 -

42 -

Gregori Panizo

43 -

44 -

Renato Santos

45 -

46 -

47 -

DET-Cordeirópolis - DET Cordeirópolis/Kuruma/Incefra/Unilance

110 -

111 -

112 -

Hernandes Cuadri

113 -

Marcelo Soares

114 -

115 -

Leonardo Lima

116 -

117 -

Gob.Zulia - Venezuela/Gob.Zulia/Alcadia de Cabimas

170 -

Manuel Medina

171 -

Victor Moreno

172 -

173 -

Franklin Chacón

174 -

José Contreras

175 -

Juarez-México - Municipalidad de Juarez - México

150 -

151 -

152 -

Ricardo Tapia

153 -

154 -

Marco Arriagada

155 -

Memorial-Santos - Memorial/PM Santos/Giant/Nossa Caixa

1 -

2 -

Antônio Nascimento

3 -

4 -

5 -

6 -

7 -

8 -

Metodista-SBC - Metodista/São Bernardo do Campo/Sundown/Nossa Caixa

70 -

Adriano Martins

71 -

72 -

73 -

74 -

75 -

76 -

77 -

Sales-BH - Sales Supermercados/Pinarello/BH

20 -

21 -

22 -

23 -

Valcemar Justino

24 -

25 -

26 -

27 -

Sel.Paulista - Seleção Paulista

130 -

131 -

Gideoni Monteiro

132 -

133 -

134 -

135 -

SF-Kenda - São Francisco/Kenda/Nossa Caixa//Ribeirão Preto

60 -

Michel Garcia

61 -

62 -

Rodrigo Melo

63 -

64 -

65 -

66 -

67 -

SLS-Americana - São Lucas Saúde/UCA/Americana

120 -

Anderson Oliveira

121 -

122 -

123 -

124 -

125 -

Suzano-Flying Horse - Suzano/Flying Horse/Caloi

90 -

91 -

92 -

Kleber Ramos

93 -

Leo Ferreira

94 -

Otávio Bulgarelli

95 -

96 -

Renato Ruiz

97 -

Team Vale - Team Vale/FAPI/O Lojão/Gramado/JKS/Sejelp

100 -

101 -

102 -

103 -

Roberto Pinheiro

104 -

105 -

106 -

107 -

União-Assis - União/Assis-Amea

50 -

51 -

52 -

53 -

José Medeiros

54 -

55 -

56 -

57 -