2008 Tour Down Under

The 10th Tour Down Under was held from 22 to 27 January 2008. The bicycle race was held in six stages over a distance of 785 kilometers. It was the first race outside of Europe was part of the UCI ProTour. It was opened with the Down Under Classic, that did not count for the ProTour standings.

The driver Elia Rigotto was disqualified after he had brought with a head butt the Australian Matthew Hayman in the final sprint of the fourth stage to case. Hayman suffered a broken collarbone. It was the first time in the Tour that a driver has been taken out of the race.

Stages

Teams and Drivers

1: These teams forgave their back numbers by alphabetical order, so a determination of the captain is not possible. Normally, the captain of a team gets the first race number during the race.

Allan Davis Luis León Sánchez Richie Porte Mark Renshaw Philippe Gilbert David Moncoutié Mathieu Perget Angaston, South Australia Stirling (South Australia) Hahndorf (South Australia) Graeme Brown Victor Harbor, South Australia Willunga, South Australia Adelaide France Martin Elmiger Robbie McEwen Team Milram Bernhard Eisel José Luis Rubiera Italy Euskaltel Euskadi 2008 UCI ProTour Tour of Flanders 2008 Tour of the Basque Country Amstel Gold Race 2008 Tour de Romandie 2008 Volta a Catalunya 2008 Tour de Suisse 2008 Eneco Tour 2008 Deutschland Tour 2008 Tour de Pologne 2002 Tour Down Under 2003 Tour Down Under 2004 Tour Down Under 2005 Tour Down Under 2006 Tour Down Under 2007 Tour Down Under 2009 Tour Down Under 2010 Tour Down Under 2011 Tour Down Under 2012 Tour Down Under 2014 Tour Down Under
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