2008 Tour of Britain


The 2008 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 7 September till 14 September 2008. The race was the fifth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain. It formed part of the UCI Europe Tour">Union Cycliste Internationale">UCI Europe Tour. The race begun with a circuit stage in London and ended in Liverpool.
The race was won by Geoffroy Lequatre of, whilst both Alessandro Petacchi and Edvald Boasson Hagen won three stages.

Participating teams

The 16 teams which participated in the race were:
;UCI ProTour Teams
  • SAX –
  • THR –
;UCI Professional Continental Teams
  • AGR –
  • BAR –
  • GRM –
  • LPR –
  • TSV –
;UCI Continental Teams
;Other
  • Great Britain

Stages

Stage 1

;7 September 2008 – London to London,
'''Stage 1 results'''

Stage 2

;8 September 2008 – Milton Keynes to Newbury,
'''Stage 2 results'''

Stage 3

;9 September 2008 – Chard to Burnham-on-Sea,
'''Stage 3 results'''

Stage 4

;10 September 2008 – Worcester to Stoke-on-Trent,
'''Stage 4 results'''

Stage 5

;11 September 2008 – Hull to Dalby Forest,
'''Stage 5 results'''

Stage 6

;12 September 2008 – Darlington to Newcastle/Gateshead,
'''Stage 6 results'''

Stage 7

;13 September 2008 – Glasgow Green to Drumlanrig Castle,
'''Stage 7 results'''

Stage 8

;14 September 2008 – Blackpool to Liverpool,
The final stage departed from Blackpool and finished in Liverpool with six laps of a city centre circuit. Alessandro Petacchi took the stage win, his third of the tour, whilst Geoffroy Lequatre finished third to win the general classification.
'''Stage 8 results'''