2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
Race details
2008 UCI ProTour, race 8 of 15
Dates		8 June–15 June
Stages		7 & Prologue
Distance		1,093.6 km (679.5 mi)
Winning time		27h 34' 39"
Results
	Winner	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	(Caisse d'Epargne)
	Second	Cadel Evans (AUS)	(Silence–Lotto)
	Third	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	(Astana)

	Points	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	(Caisse d'Epargne)
	Mountains	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	(Crédit Agricole)
	Team	Euskaltel–Euskadi

The 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré (60th Edition) cycling road race took place from June 8 to June 15, 2008 in France.

Stages

Prologue - June 8, 2008 - Le Pontet > Avignon, 5.6 km (ITT)

Prologue Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	6' 10"
2	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	+ 1"
3	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 6"
4	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 12"
5	Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 12"

General Classification after Prologue

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	6' 10"
2	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	+ 1"
3	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 6"
4	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 12"
5	Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 12"

Stage 1 - June 9, 2008 - Avignon > Privas, 194 km

Stage 1 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	4h 46' 36"
2	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
3	Björn Schröder (GER)	Team Milram	s.t.
4	Fabian Wegmann (GER)	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
5	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	4h 52' 41"
2	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1"
3	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 5"
4	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 17"
5	Vladimir Efimkin (RUS)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 17"

Stage 2 - June 10, 2008 - Bourg-Saint-Andéol > Vienne, 184 km

Stage 2 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	George Hincapie (USA)	Team High Road	4h 32' 38"
2	Sebastien Chavanel (FRA)	Française des Jeux	s.t.
3	Sebastian Lang (GER)	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
4	Heinrich Haussler (GER)	Gerolsteiner	s.t.
5	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Thor Hushovd (NOR)	Crédit Agricole	9h 25' 19"
2	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1"
3	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 5"
4	George Hincapie (USA)	Team High Road	+ 13"
5	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 17"

Stage 3 - June 11, 2008 - Saint-Paul-en-Jarez > Saint-Paul-en-Jarez, 31 km (ITT)

Stage 3 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	44' 59"
2	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 19"
3	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 20"
4	Mikel Astarloza (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 1' 00"
5	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 1' 01"

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	10h 10' 19"
2	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 23"
3	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 37"
4	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 1' 17"
5	Mikel Astarloza (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 1' 20"

Stage 4 - June 12, 2008 - Vienne > Annemasse, 193 km

Stage 4 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Cyril Dessel (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	4h 37' 16"
2	Pierre Rolland (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	+ 18"
3	Amaël Moinard (FRA)	Cofidis	+ 1' 21"
4	Óscar Pereiro (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1' 21"
5	Lars Bak (DEN)	Team CSC	+ 2' 07"

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	14h 49' 46"
2	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 23"
3	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 37"
4	Cyril Dessel (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 1' 08"
5	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 1' 17"

Stage 5 - June 13, 2008 - Ville-la-Grand > Morzine, 125 km

Stage 5 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Iouri Trofimov (RUS)	Bouygues Télécom	3h 07' 46"
2	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 18"
3	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 18"
4	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 23"
5	Sylwester Szmyd (POL)	Lampre	+ 26"

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	17h 57' 50"
2	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 37"
3	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 1' 29"
4	Iouri Trofimov (RUS)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 2' 16"
5	Robert Gesink (NED)	Rabobank	+ 2' 36"

Stage 6 - June 14, 2008 - Morzine > La Toussuire, 233 km

Stage 6 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN)	Team CSC	6h 15' 53"
2	Pierrick Fédrigo (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	+ 1' 02"
3	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 1' 10"
4	Sylwester Szmyd (POL)	Lampre	+ 1' 15"
5	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 1' 15"

General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	24h 14' 58"
2	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 39"
3	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 1' 24"
4	Robert Gesink (NED)	Rabobank	+ 2' 47"
5	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3' 19"

Stage 7 - June 15, 2008 - Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne > Grenoble, 128 km

Stage 7 Results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Dmitry Fofonov (KAZ)	Crédit Agricole	3h 17' 20"
2	Jurgen Van de Walle (BEL)	Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Iouri Trofimov (RUS)	Bouygues Télécom	s.t.
4	Christophe Riblon (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 11"
5	Matteo Carrara (ITA)	Quick-Step	+ 11"

General Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	27h 34' 39"
2	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	+ 39"
3	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	+ 1' 24"
4	Robert Gesink (NED)	Rabobank	+ 2' 47"
5	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 3' 19"
6	Cyril Dessel (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 4' 01"
7	Mikel Astarloza (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 4' 25"
8	Sylvester Szmyd (POL)	Lampre	+ 4' 29"
9	Maxime Monfort (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 4' 46"
10	Matteo Carrara (ITA)	Quick-Step	+ 5' 13"

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General classification	Mountains classification	Points classification	Team Classification
P	Levi Leipheimer	Levi Leipheimer	no award	Levi Leipheimer	Astana
1	Alejandro Valverde	Thor Hushovd	Christian Kux	Alejandro Valverde
2	George Hincapie	Thor Hushovd	David de la Fuente	Thor Hushovd
3	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Caisse d'Epargne
4	Cyril Dessel		David de la Fuente		Caisse d'Epargne
5	Iouri Trofimov		Juan José Cobo		Silence–Lotto
6	Chris Anker Sørensen		Pierre Rolland		Euskaltel–Euskadi
7	Dmitry Fofonov		Pierre Rolland		Euskaltel–Euskadi
Final		Alejandro Valverde	Pierre Rolland	Alejandro Valverde	Euskaltel-Euskadi

Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

In stage 1, Thor Hushovd wore the green jersey
In stage 3, Alejandro Valverde wore the green jersey
In stages 4–7, Levi Leipheimer wore the green jersey

Teams and cyclists

The following UCI ProTour teams were named to the 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré:

Belgium

Quick-Step (QST)
Silence–Lotto (SIL)

Denmark

Team CSC (CSC)

France

Germany

Gerolsteiner (GST)
Team Milram (MRM)

Italy

Lampre (LAM)
Liquigas (LIQ)

Luxembourg

Astana (AST)

Netherlands

Rabobank (RAB)

Spain

United States

Team High Road (THR)

ProTour standings

As of 15 June 2008, after the 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.^[1]

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Cadel Evans (AUS)	Silence–Lotto	85
2	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	83
3	Damiano Cunego (ITA)	Lampre	73
4	André Greipel (GER)	Team High Road	62
5	Mikel Astarloza (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	60
6	Alberto Contador (ESP)	Astana	58
7	Thomas Dekker (NED)	Rabobank	54
8	Andreas Klöden (GER)	Astana	53
9	Stijn Devolder (BEL)	Quick-Step	50
10	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	45
11	Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	45
12	Levi Leipheimer (USA)	Astana	41

91 riders have scored at least one (1) point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.

References

↑ "Individual standings". UCI. 2008-06-15. Retrieved 2008-06-18.

External links

Official website (English)
cyclingnews.com

2008 UCI ProTour

Tour Down Under Tour of Flanders Tour of the Basque Country Gent–Wevelgem Amstel Gold Race Tour de Romandie Volta a Catalunya Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Tour de Suisse Clásica de San Sebastián Eneco Tour GP Ouest-France Deutschland Tour Vattenfall Cyclassics Tour de Pologne

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Young rider classification
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