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 The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

. It formed part of the 2007–2008 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun with a circuit stage in London and ended in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...

. The race was won by Geoffroy Lequatre of , whilst both

Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015. A specialist Cycling sprinter, sprinter, Petacchi has won 48 Grand Tour (cycling), grand tour stages ...

and

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won three stages.

Participating teams

The 16 teams which participated in the race were: ;

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Teams *SAX – *THR – ;

UCI Professional Continental The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, the ...

Teams *AGR – *BAR – *GRM – *LPR – *TSV – ;

UCI Continental The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to expand cycling around the world. The five circuits (representing the continents of Africa, th ...

Teams *CTV – Pinarello – CandiTV *MTN – *PRT – *PCA – Plowman Craven Cycling Team *RCS – *RRC – *SAI – SouthAustralia.com – AIS *SKT – ;Other *Great Britain

Stages

Stage 1

;7 September 2008 – London to London,

Stage 2

;8 September 2008 – Milton Keynes to Newbury,

Stage 3

;9 September 2008 – Chard to

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Stage 4

;10 September 2008 –

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to Stoke-on-Trent,

Stage 5

;11 September 2008 – Hull to

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Stage 6

;12 September 2008 – Darlington to

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/ Gateshead,

Stage 7

;13 September 2008 –

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Stage 8

;14 September 2008 – Blackpool to

, 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.

Classification leadership

References

External links

Official Website
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