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 2007–08 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
 * CTV – Pinarello – CandiTV
 * MTN –
 * PRT –
 * PCA – Plowman Craven Cycling Team
 * RCS –
 * RRC –
 * SAI – SouthAustralia.com–AIS
 * SKT –


 * Other
 * Great Britain

Stage 1

 * 7 September 2008 – London to London, 86 km

Stage 2

 * 8 September 2008 – Milton Keynes to Newbury, 145 km

Stage 3

 * 9 September 2008 – Chard to Burnham-on-Sea, 186 km

Stage 4

 * 10 September 2008 – Worcester to Stoke-on-Trent, 157 km

Stage 5

 * 11 September 2008 – Hull to Dalby Forest, 165 km

Stage 6

 * 12 September 2008 – Darlington to Newcastle/Gateshead, 156 km

Stage 7

 * 13 September 2008 – Glasgow Green to Drumlanrig Castle, 153 km

Stage 8
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.
 * 14 September 2008 – Blackpool to Liverpool, 110 km