The 2008 Tour of Ireland took place between Wednesday, August 27, 2008 to Sunday, August 31, 2008.
Stages Stage Route Distance Date Winner Team 1 Dublin–Waterford Wednesday, 27 August Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road 2 Thurles–Loughrea Thursday, 28 August Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road 3 Ballinrobe–Galway Friday, 29 August Mark Cavendish Team Columbia–High Road 4 Limerick–Dingle Saturday, 30 August Russell DowningPinarello RT 5 Killarney–Cork Sunday, 31 August František Raboň Team Columbia–High Road
Classification
General Classification
RankRiderTeamTime Marco PinottiTeam Columbia 21h 43' 16"2 Russell DowningPinarello RT + 19"3 Julian DeanTeam Garmin–Chipotle + 21"4 Matt WilsonTeam Type 1 + 33"5 Michael BarryTeam Columbia + 36"6 Simon ClarkeSouthAustralia.com–AIS + 37"7 Lars Petter NordhaugTeam Joker Bianchi + 37″8 Gonzalo RabuñalKarpin–Galicia + 38″9 Nikolas MaesTopsport Vlaanderen + 44″10 Kevin EvansMTN Energade + 44″
Teams Classification
RankTeamTime Team Columbia65h 09' 29"2 Tinkoff Credit Systems + 2' 36"3 Topsport Vlaanderen + 3' 01"4 SouthAustralia.com–AIS + 10' 24"5 Team Type 1 + 10' 37"6 + 12' 21"7 Rabobank + 12' 37"8 Karpin–Galicia + 19' 25"9 MTN Energade + 24' 47"10 Team Joker Bianchi + 32' 07"
Jersey Progress Stage(Winner) General Classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Young Rider Classification Team Classification Stage 1(Mark Cavendish) Mark Cavendish Alexander Kristoff Matt Wilson Mark Cavendish Topsport Vlaanderen Stage 2(Mark Cavendish) Mark Cavendish Stage 3(Mark Cavendish) Stage 4(Russell Downing) Russell Downing Gonzalo Rabuñal Stage 5(František Raboň) Marco Pinotti Russell Downing Simon Clarke Team Columbia FinalMarco Pinotti Russell Downing Matt Wilson Simon Clarke Team Columbia
References
External links 2008 Tour of Ireland at Cycling News