2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo

The 2008 Volta de Ciclismo Internacional do Estado de São Paulo (Portuguese for International Cycling Tour of the State of São Paulo) is the 5th edition of a multi-day road cycling stage race held in the state of São Paulo. This edition features 9 stages over 1048 km, disputed from April 20 to 27, 2008. The race is a 2.2 event in the 2007–2008 UCI America Tour.

Classification and Bonuses
In this edition of the race, time bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds are awarded to the top 3 riders in each stage. Time bonuses of 3, 2 and 1 seconds are awarded to the first 3 riders at each intermediary sprint point. For the points classification, the top 5 riders in each stage are awarded 10, 7, 5, 3 and 2 points, respectively. The first 3 riders at each intermediary sprint receive 5, 3 and 2 points. Climbs are classified among 4 categories. The first 3 riders at each summit are awarded points in the mountains classification according to the category:


 * Category 1: 11, 9, 8 pts
 * Category 2: 9, 7, 6 pts
 * Category 3: 7, 5, 4 pts
 * Category 4: 5, 3, 2 pts

The team classification accounts the times of the first 3 riders of each team in each stage.

Stage 1: São Paulo
Held Sunday, April 20, 2008, in Autódromo José Carlos Pace. This stage featured 20 laps in the racing circuit, for a total distance of 85.84 km. A field of 94 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simón.

Stage 2: Sorocaba to São Carlos
Held Monday, April 21, 2008. This stage was 230.2 km long. A field of 76 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simón.

Stage 3: São Carlos time trial
Held Tuesday, April 22, 2008. This stage was an 11.3 km individual time trial along the streets of São Carlos.

Stage 4: São Carlos to Ribeirão Preto
Held Tuesday, April 22, 2008. This stage was 93.2 km long, and was held in the afternoon, a few hours after Stage 3. A field of 95 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Edgardo Simón.

Stage 5: Cajuru to Campinas
Held Wednesday, April 23, 2008. This stage was 199.0 km long. A group of 8 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Otávio Bulgarelli.

Stage 6: Campinas to Atibaia
Held Thursday, April 24, 2008. This stage was 193.0 km long.

Stage 7: Atibaia to São José dos Campos
Held Friday, April 25, 2008. This stage was 105.6 km long, and a field of 102 riders finished with the same time of the stage winner, Francisco Chamorro.

Stage 8: São José dos Campos to Campos do Jordão
Held Saturday, April 26, 2008. This mountain stage was 79 km long.

Stage 9: Jundiaí to São Paulo
Held Sunday, April 27, 2008. This stage was 51.5 km long.

Participating teams and riders

 * UCI Continental teams


 * 🇧🇷 SCF – Scott–Marcondes Cesar–São José dos Campos
 * 10 – 🇧🇷 Magno Prado Nazaret
 * 11 – 🇧🇷 Pedro Autran Nicácio
 * 12 – 🇧🇷 Breno Sidoti
 * 13 – 🇧🇷 Maurício Morandi
 * 14 – 🇧🇷 Fabrício Morandi
 * 15 – 🇧🇷 Renato Seabra
 * 16 – 🇧🇷 Alex Diniz
 * 17 – 🇦🇷 Edgardo Simón


 * National teams


 * Uruguay – Uruguay National Team
 * 190 – Richard Mascarañas
 * 191 – Jorge Bravo
 * 192 – Alvaro Tardáguila
 * 193 – Gonzalo Tagliabúe
 * 194 – Cristian Villanueva
 * 195 – José Miraglia
 * 196 – Geovane Fernández
 * 197 – Fredy Peralta


 * Regional teams


 * 🇦🇷 ACME – ACME Cycling Team
 * 140 – 🇦🇷 Maurício Frazer
 * 141 – 🇦🇷 Javier Lindner
 * 142 – 🇦🇷 Jesus Patalagoytia
 * 143 – Lisandro Ajcu
 * 144 – 🇦🇷 Adolfo Trabochi
 * 145 – Luis Marroquin
 * 146 – 🇨🇦 Gabriel Epstein


 * 🇧🇷 Avaí-Florianópolis – Avaí/Florianópolis/APGF
 * 80 – 🇧🇷 Jair Santos
 * 81 – 🇧🇷 Marcelo Moser
 * 82 – Ramiro Gonzales
 * 83 – 🇧🇷 Rafael Gerhard
 * 84 – 🇧🇷 Rafael Silva
 * 85 – 🇧🇷 Edson Resende
 * 86 – 🇧🇷 Gustavo Zorzo
 * 87 – 🇧🇷 Flávio Reblin


 * 🇧🇷 CESC-Sundown – CESC/Sundown/Nossa Caixa/Calipso/Maxxis
 * 30 – 🇧🇷 Luiz Amorim Tavares
 * 31 – 🇧🇷 Rogério Silva
 * 32 – 🇧🇷 Walter Ribeiro Jr.
 * 33 – 🇦🇷 Francisco Chamorro
 * 34 – 🇧🇷 Raul Cançado
 * 35 – 🇧🇷 Edson Corradi
 * 36 – 🇧🇷 Elivelton Pedro
 * 37 – 🇧🇷 Diego Portugal


 * 🇦🇷 Chivilcoy-Argentina – Ciudad de Chivilcoy
 * 180 – 🇦🇷 Emilio Martin
 * 181 – 🇦🇷 Fernando Antogna
 * 182 – 🇦🇷 Gustavo Toledo
 * 183 – 🇦🇷 Armando Borrajo
 * 184 – 🇦🇷 César Sigura
 * 185 – 🇦🇷 Pedro Prieto


 * 🇧🇷 Dataro – Clube Dataro de Ciclismo/Blumenau
 * 40 – 🇧🇷 Alcides Vieira
 * 41 – 🇧🇷 Cleberson Weber
 * 42 – 🇧🇷 Gregolry Panizo
 * 43 – 🇧🇷 Jocielmo Marins
 * 44 – 🇧🇷 Renato Santos
 * 45 – 🇧🇷 Eduardo Pereira
 * 46 – 🇧🇷 Carlos França
 * 47 – 🇧🇷 Sidnei Silva


 * 🇧🇷 DET-Cordeirópolis – DET Cordeirópolis/Kuruma/Incefra/Unilance
 * 110 – 🇧🇷 Andrio Lima
 * 111 – 🇧🇷 Fábio Ribeiro
 * 112 – 🇧🇷 Hernandes Cuadri
 * 113 – 🇧🇷 Marcelo Soares
 * 114 – 🇧🇷 Elinton Stocco
 * 115 – 🇧🇷 Leonardo Lima
 * 116 – 🇧🇷 Glauber Nascimento
 * 117 – 🇧🇷 André Souza


 * 🇻🇪 Gob.Zulia – Venezuela/Gob.Zulia/Alcadia de Cabimas
 * 170 – 🇻🇪 Manuel Medina
 * 171 – 🇻🇪 Víctor Moreno
 * 172 – 🇻🇪 Adelso Valero
 * 173 – 🇻🇪 Franklin Chacón
 * 174 – 🇻🇪 José Contreras
 * 175 – 🇻🇪 Hebert Rivas


 * 🇲🇽 Juarez-México – Municipalidad de Juarez – México
 * 150 – 🇲🇽 Fidel Goytia
 * 151 – 🇲🇽 Jessiel Valenzuela
 * 152 – 🇲🇽 Ricardo Tapia
 * 153 – 🇲🇽 Javier Pérez
 * 154 – Marco Arriagada
 * 155 – 🇲🇽 Ismael Ponce


 * 🇧🇷 Memorial-Santos – Memorial/PM Santos/Giant/Nossa Caixa
 * 1 – 🇧🇷 Marcos Novello
 * 2 – 🇧🇷 Antônio Nascimento
 * 3 – 🇧🇷 André Pulini
 * 4 – 🇧🇷 Thiago Nardin
 * 5 – 🇧🇷 Eduardo Pinheiro
 * 6 – 🇧🇷 Robson Dias
 * 7 – 🇧🇷 Patrick Oyakaua
 * 8 – 🇧🇷 Armando Camargo


 * 🇧🇷 Metodista-SBC – Metodista/São Bernardo do Campo/Sundown/Nossa Caixa
 * 70 – 🇧🇷 Adriano Martins
 * 71 – 🇧🇷 Alexandre Mantovani
 * 72 – 🇧🇷 Jerre Souza
 * 73 – 🇧🇷 Jeovane Oliveira
 * 74 – 🇧🇷 Wilian Rodrigues
 * 75 – 🇧🇷 Marcelo Simeoni
 * 76 – 🇧🇷 Jean Coloca
 * 77 – 🇧🇷 João Paulo Vieira


 * 🇧🇷 Sales-BH – Sales Supermercados/Pinarello/BH
 * 20 – Miguel Direnna
 * 21 – 🇧🇷 Márcio Pinto
 * 22 – 🇧🇷 Roger Ferraro
 * 23 – 🇧🇷 Valcemar Justino
 * 24 – 🇧🇷 Vanderlei Melchior
 * 25 – 🇧🇷 Renato Rohsler
 * 26 – 🇧🇷 Fabiele Mota
 * 27 – 🇧🇷 Gilberto Goes


 * 🇧🇷 Sel.Paulista – Seleção Paulista
 * 130 – 🇧🇷 Jean Silva
 * 131 – 🇧🇷 Gideoni Monteiro
 * 132 – 🇧🇷 Valmir Baia
 * 133 – 🇧🇷 José Cláudio Santos
 * 134 – 🇧🇷 Carlos Santos
 * 135 – 🇧🇷 Alberto Camera


 * 🇧🇷 SF-Kenda – São Francisco/Kenda/Nossa Caixa/DKS/Ribeirão Preto
 * 60 – 🇨🇺 Michel García
 * 61 – 🇧🇷 Murilo Costa
 * 62 – 🇧🇷 Rodrigo Melo
 * 63 – 🇧🇷 Anderson Echeverria
 * 64 – 🇧🇷 Humberto Vale
 * 65 – 🇧🇷 Juliano Silva
 * 66 – 🇧🇷 José Jailson Diniz
 * 67 – 🇧🇷 Daniel Amaral


 * 🇧🇷 SLS-Americana – São Lucas Saúde/UCA/Americana
 * 120 – 🇧🇷 Anderson Oliveira
 * 121 – 🇧🇷 Bruno Pereira
 * 122 – 🇧🇷 Bruno Tabanez
 * 123 – 🇧🇷 Geraldo Santos
 * 124 – 🇧🇷 José Júnior Diniz
 * 125 – 🇧🇷 Luciano Silva


 * 🇧🇷 Suzano-Flying Horse – Suzano/Flying Horse/Caloi
 * 90 – 🇧🇷 Alex Arseno
 * 91 – 🇧🇷 Douglas Bueno
 * 92 – 🇧🇷 Kléber Ramos
 * 93 – 🇧🇷 Léo Ferréira
 * 94 – 🇧🇷 Otávio Bulgarelli
 * 95 – 🇧🇷 Patrique Azevedo
 * 96 – 🇧🇷 Renato Ruiz
 * 97 – 🇧🇷 Tiago Fiorilli


 * 🇧🇷 Team Vale – Team Vale/FAPI/O Lojão/Gramado/JKS/Sejelp
 * 100 – 🇧🇷 Ezequiel Riderson
 * 101 – 🇧🇷 Flávio Cardoso
 * 102 – 🇧🇷 Raphael Serpa
 * 103 – 🇧🇷 Roberto Pinheiro
 * 104 – 🇧🇷 Fabiano Mota
 * 105 – 🇧🇷 Fábio Fagundes
 * 106 – 🇧🇷 Fernando Tomaz
 * 107 – 🇧🇷 Marcos Pereira Jr.


 * 🇧🇷 União-Assis – União/Assis-Amea
 * 50 – 🇧🇷 Alan Maniezzo
 * 51 – 🇧🇷 Justino Ribeiro
 * 52 – 🇧🇷 Diego Domingues
 * 53 – 🇧🇷 José Medeiros
 * 54 – 🇧🇷 Ruy Sá Neto
 * 55 – 🇧🇷 Josias Silva
 * 56 – 🇧🇷 Elton Marroni
 * 57 – 🇧🇷 Rodrigo Cheles