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2008 Tour Down Under

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Dates
  
22 –27 January

Distance
  
835 km (518.8 mi)

Winner
  
André Greipel (GER)

Stages
  
6

Winning time
  
18h 46' 18"

Second
  
Allan Davis (AUS)

The 2008 Tour Down Under was the 10th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place from 22 to 27 January around Adelaide, Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside of Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI.

Contents

The race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition. It was won by German André Greipel of Team High Road.

Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race

As of 27 January 2008, after the Tour Down Under

After winning 4 stages of Tour Down Under and the overall classification, German André Greipel is the first leader of 2008 UCI ProTour.

Teams

The Australian national team called Team UniSA-Australia was the only non-UCI ProTour team invited to the race.

References

2008 Tour Down Under Wikipedia