Overview of the year 2008
Brest - Paris | total distance: 3559.5 km | number of stages: 21
Winner: Carlos Sastre | CSC-Saxo Bank | Spain | age: 33
time: 87hr 52min 52sec | average speed: 40.500 km/h
2nd place: Cadel Evans (+ 58sec)
3rd place: (+ )
winning team: CSC-Saxo Bank
number of participants: 180 (finished: 145 |not finished: 35)
Jerseys winners:
Stages in 2008
*total number of posibbilities to win the stage
STAGES - start, finish, length, winner, time, average speed | ||||||
1 | Brest - | Plumelec | 197.5 km | Alejandro VALVERDE | 4:36:07 | 42.9 km/h |
2 | Auray - | Saint-Brieuc | 164.5 km | Thor HUSHOVD | 3:45:13 | 43.8 km/h |
3 | Saint-Malo - | Nantes | 208.0 km | Samuel DUMOULIN | 5:05:27 | 40.9 km/h |
4 | Cholet - | Cholet | 29.5 km | Kim KIRCHEN | 0:35:44 | 49.5 km/h |
5 | Cholet - | Châteauroux | 232.0 km | Mark CAVENDISH | 5:27:52 | 42.5 km/h |
6 | Aigurande - | Super-Besse | 195.5 km | Alejandro VALVERDE | 4:57:52 | 39.4 km/h |
7 | Brioude - | Aurillac | 159.0 km | Luis LEÓN SÁNCHEZ | 3:52:53 | 41.0 km/h |
8 | Figeac - | Toulouse | 172.5 km | Mark CAVENDISH | 4:02:54 | 42.6 km/h |
9 | Toulouse - | Bagnères-de-Bigorre | 224.0 km | Vladimir EFIMKIN | 5:39:28 | 39.6 km/h |
10 | Pau - | Hautacam | 156.0 km | Juan José COBO | 4:19:27 | 36.1 km/h |
11 | Lannemezan - | Foix | 167.5 km | Kurt-Asle ARVESEN | 3:58:13 | 42.2 km/h |
12 | Lavelanet - | Narbonne | 168.5 km | Mark CAVENDISH | 3:40:52 | 45.8 km/h |
13 | Narbonne - | Nîmes | 182.0 km | Mark CAVENDISH | 4:25:42 | 41.1 km/h |
14 | Nîmes - | Digne-les-Bains | 194.5 km | Óscar FREIRE | 4:13:08 | 46.1 km/h |
15 | Embrun - | Prato Nevoso | 183.0 km | Simon GERRANS | 4:50:44 | 37.8 km/h |
16 | Cuneo - | Jausiers | 157.0 km | Cyril DESSEL | 4:31:27 | 34.7 km/h |
17 | Embrun - | Alpe d’Huez | 210.5 km | Carlos SASTRE | 6:07:58 | 34.3 km/h |
18 | Bourg d’Oisans - | Saint-Étienne | 196.5 km | Marcus BURGHARDT | 4:30:21 | 43.6 km/h |
19 | Roanne - | Montluçon | 165.5 km | Sylvain CHAVANEL | 3:37:09 | 45.7 km/h |
20 | Cérilly - | Saint-Amand-Montrond | 53.0 km | Fabian CANCELLARA | 1:03:50 | 49.8 km/h |
21 | Étampes - | Paris | 143.0 km | Gert STEEGMANS | 3:51:38 | 37.0 km/h |
Winners of stages in 2008 by nations (10):
ESP » 6 | GBR » 4 | FRA » 3 | NOR » 2 | BEL » 1 | LUX » 1 | RUS » 1 | AUS » 1 | GER » 1 | SUI » 1 |
Winners of stages in 2008 by cyclists (17):
Mark CAVENDISH » 4 | Alejandro VALVERDE » 2 | Samuel DUMOULIN » 1 | Juan José COBO » 1 | Carlos SASTRE » 1 | Luis LEÓN SÁNCHEZ » 1 | Simon GERRANS » 1 | Fabian CANCELLARA » 1 | Kim KIRCHEN » 1 | Kurt-Asle ARVESEN » 1 | Marcus BURGHARDT » 1 | Thor HUSHOVD » 1 | Vladimir EFIMKIN » 1 | Cyril DESSEL » 1 | Gert STEEGMANS » 1 | Óscar FREIRE » 1 | Sylvain CHAVANEL » 1 |
Climbs in 2008
*ascents of the second, first and "hors" category
Winners of categorised climbs in 2008 by nations (7):
ESP » 7 | FRA » 4 | GER » 3 | SVK » 1 | RSA » 1 | ITA » 1 | AUS » 1 |
Winners of ascents in 2008 by cyclists (16):
Sebastian LANG » 2 | David DE LA FUENTE » 2 | Alejandro VALVERDE » 1 | Peter VELITS » 1 | Rémy DI GREGORIO » 1 | Carlos SASTRE » 1 | Amaël MOINARD » 1 | Stefan SCHUMACHER » 1 | Carlos BARREDO » 1 | Egoi MARTINEZ » 1 | Simon GERRANS » 1 | John-Lee AUGUSTYN » 1 | Sylvain CHAVANEL » 1 | Christophe LE MÉVEL » 1 | José Luis ARRIETA » 1 | Leonardo PIEPOLI » 1 |