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Tour of Ireland 2008
Ireland - 27 August 2008 - 31 August 2008
General classification - 31 August 2008
| 1 |  Marco Pinotti (ITA) | Team Columbia - High Road | 21.43.16 |
| 2 |  Russell Downing (GBR) | Pinarello | 0.19 |
| 3 |  Julian Dean (NZL) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | 0.21 |
| 4 |  Matthew Wilson (AUS) | Team Type 1 | 1 0.33 |
| 5 |  Michael Barry (CAN) | Team Columbia - High Road | 0.36 |
| 6 | Simon Clarke (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | 0.37 |
| 7 |  Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 8 |  Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | 0.38 |
| 9 |  Nikolas Maes (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | 0.44 |
| 10 |  Kevin Evans (RSA) | Team MTN | s.t. |
| 11 | Luca Mazzanti (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | 0.46 |
| 12 |  Alexander Gottfried (GER) | Tinkoff Credit System | 0.50 |
| 13 | Daniel Fleeman (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | 0.52 |
| 14 | Kurt Hovelynck (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | 0.54 |
| 15 | Daniel Lloyd (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | 0.56 |
| 16 |  Valery Kobzarenko (UKR) | Team Type 1 | 1 0.59 |
| 17 |  Serguei Klimov (RUS) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 18 | Johan Coenen (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 19 |  Thomas Rabou (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | 1.08 |
| 20 | Wesley Sulzberger (AUS) | La Française des Jeux | 3.09 |
| 21 | Kristian House (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | 5.09 |
| 22 | Roger Aitken (IRL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 23 | Adam Semple (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | 6.18 |
| 24 | Joeri Adams (BEL) | Rabobank Continental Team | 7.43 |
| 25 | Massimo Graziato (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | 9.15 |
| 26 | Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | 9.34 |
| 27 | Cameron Jennings (AUS) | Pezula Racing | 9.52 |
| 28 | Thomas Berkhout (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | 9.56 |
| 29 | Trent Lowe (AUS) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | 10.46 |
| 30 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | Rabobank Continental Team | 12.07 |
| 31 | Boy Van Poppel (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | 12.30 |
| 32 | Matteo Priamo (ITA) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 33 | Johnny Walker (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | 13.16 |
| 34 | Mark Cassidy (IRL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | 13.29 |
| 35 | Travis Meyer (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | 14.09 |
| 36 | Sven Renders (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | 15.34 |
| 37 | Ciaran Power (IRL) | Pezula Racing | 17.02 |
| 38 |  Frederik Ericsson (SWE) | Pezula Racing | 17.23 |
| 39 |  Oleksandr Surutkovych (AZE) | Team Type 1 | 1 18.19 |
| 40 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | 19.37 |
| 41 | Malcolm Elliott (GBR) | Pinarello | 20.00 |
| 42 | Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 43 |  Frantisek Rabon (CZE) | Team Columbia - High Road | 20.01 |
| 44 | Maarten Neyens (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | 21.07 |
| 45 | Jose Ramon Troncoso Sobrino (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | 21.19 |
| 46 | Neil MacDonald (RSA) | Team MTN | 25.23 |
| 47 | David George (RSA) | Team MTN | 26.12 |
| 48 | Frederiek Nolf (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | 28.34 |
| 49 | Kurt De Schrooder (BEL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | 29.16 |
| 50 | Dean Downing (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | 33.06 |
| 51 | Graham Briggs (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | 33.49 |
| 52 | Paidi O'Brien (IRL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | 35.10 |
| 53 | Svein Erik Vold (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | 38.28 |
| 54 | Paul Griffin (IRL) | Giant Asia Racing Team | 39.17 |
| 55 | Alejandro Paleo Mosquera (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | 40.09 |
| 56 | Miceal Concannon (IRL) | Team MTN | 43.06 |
| 57 | Stephen O'Sullivan (IRL) | Pezula Racing | 64 |
Stage 1 - Dublin - Waterford 192km - 27 August 2008
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Team Columbia - High Road | 5.00.20 (38.36 km/h) |
| 2 | Julian Dean (NZL) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 3 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 4 | Boy Van Poppel (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Dean Downing (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 6 | Benny De Schrooder (BEL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 7 | Russell Downing (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 8 | Nikolas Maes (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 9 | Kurt Hovelynck (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 10 | Zakkari Dempster (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 11 | Dale Appleby (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 12 | Valery Kobzarenko (UKR) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 14 | Sven Renders (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 15 | Juan Van Heerden (RSA) | Team MTN | s.t. |
| 16 |  Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Araquistaín (ARG) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 17 | Massimo Graziato (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 18 | Malcolm Elliott (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 19 | Ciaran Power (IRL) | Pezula Racing | s.t. |
| 20 |  Moises Aldape Chavez (MEX) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Cameron Jennings (AUS) | Pezula Racing | s.t. |
| 22 | Kristian House (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 23 | Daniel Lloyd (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 24 | Daniel Martin (IRL) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 25 | Magnus Bäckstedt (SWE) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 26 | Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 27 | Simon Clarke (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 28 | Adam Hansen (AUS) | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
| 29 | Delio Fernandez Cruz (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 30 | Frederiek Nolf (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 31 | Ramon Sinkeldam (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Alexander Gottfried (GER) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 33 | Tom Murray (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 34 | Matthew Wilson (AUS) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
Stage 2 - Thurles - Loughrea 158km - 28 August 2008
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Team Columbia - High Road | 3.57.55 |
| 2 | Michaël Van Staeyen (BEL) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Araquistaín (ARG) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 4 | Kenny Dehaes (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 5 | Russell Downing (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 6 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 7 | Zakkari Dempster (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 8 | Ciaran Power (IRL) | Pezula Racing | s.t. |
| 9 | Boy Van Poppel (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Nikolas Maes (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 11 | Malcolm Elliott (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 12 | Mauro Abel Richeze Araquistaín (ARG) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 13 |  Emile Abraham (TRI) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Dean Downing (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 15 | Joachim Bohler (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 16 | Juan Van Heerden (RSA) | Team MTN | s.t. |
| 17 | Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 18 | Valery Kobzarenko (UKR) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Julian Dean (NZL) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 20 | Daniel Lloyd (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 21 | Guillermo Rubén Bongiorno (ARG) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 22 | Moises Aldape Chavez (MEX) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Michael Barry (CAN) | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
| 24 | Magnus Bäckstedt (SWE) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 25 | Francesco Tomei (ITA) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 26 | Massimo Graziato (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 27 | Martijn Maaskant (NED) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 28 | Tom Murray (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 29 | Simon Clarke (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 30 | Luca Mazzanti (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 31 | Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 32 | Delio Fernandez Cruz (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 33 | Wesley Sulzberger (AUS) | La Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 34 | David McCann (IRL) | Giant Asia Racing Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Mark Cassidy (IRL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
Stage 3 - Ballinrobe - Galway 201km - 29 August 2008
| 1 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) | Team Columbia - High Road | 4.57.01 (39.59 km/h) |
| 2 | Bernardo Riccio (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 3 | Julian Dean (NZL) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 4 | Alexander Kristoff (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 5 | Kenny Dehaes (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 6 | Kenny Lisabeth (BEL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 7 | Ciaran Power (IRL) | Pezula Racing | s.t. |
| 8 | Guillermo Rubén Bongiorno (ARG) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 9 | Boy Van Poppel (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 10 | Michaël Van Staeyen (BEL) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Sven Renders (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 12 | Joachim Bohler (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 13 | Malcolm Elliott (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 14 | Russell Downing (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 15 | Juan Van Heerden (RSA) | Team MTN | s.t. |
| 16 | Dean Downing (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 17 | Paul Healion (IRL) | Pezula Racing | s.t. |
| 18 | David Abal Diego (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 19 | Zakkari Dempster (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 20 | Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 21 | Johnny Walker (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 22 | Emile Abraham (TRI) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Michael Barry (CAN) | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
| 24 | Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 25 | Frederik Ericsson (SWE) | Pezula Racing | s.t. |
| 26 | Dale Appleby (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 27 | Kurt Hovelynck (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 28 | Massimo Graziato (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 29 | Matthew Wilson (AUS) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Oleksandr Surutkovych (AZE) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Alexander Wetterhall (SWE) | Pezula Racing | s.t. |
| 32 | Alexander Gottfried (GER) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 33 | Peter Williams (GBR) | Pinarello | s.t. |
| 34 | Kristian House (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 35 | Daniel Lloyd (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
Stage 4 - Limerick - Dingle 186km - 30 August 2008
| 1 | Russell Downing (GBR) | Pinarello | 4.19.56 (42.93 km/h) |
| 2 | Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 3 | Matthew Wilson (AUS) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Simon Clarke (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 5 | Luca Mazzanti (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 6 | Daniel Lloyd (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 7 | Johan Coenen (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 8 | Nikolas Maes (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 9 | Julian Dean (NZL) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 10 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 11 | Kurt Hovelynck (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 12 | Alexander Gottfried (GER) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 13 | Valery Kobzarenko (UKR) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Serguei Klimov (RUS) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 15 | Michael Barry (CAN) | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
| 16 | Marco Pinotti (ITA) | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
| 17 | Stian Sommerseth (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 18 | Frederik Ericsson (SWE) | Pezula Racing | s.t. |
| 19 | Daniel Fleeman (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 20 | Kevin Evans (RSA) | Team MTN | s.t. |
| 21 | Morris Possoni (ITA) | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
| 22 | Thomas Rabou (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 23 | David George (RSA) | Team MTN | 0.05 |
| 24 |  David Millar (SCO) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | 0.59 |
| 25 | Wesley Sulzberger (AUS) | La Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 26 | Joeri Adams (BEL) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 27 | Ariel Maximiliano Richeze Araquistaín (ARG) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 28 | Mark Cassidy (IRL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | 2.04 |
| 29 | Filippo Savini (ITA) | C.S.F. Group Navigare | s.t. |
| 30 | Jose Ramon Troncoso Sobrino (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 31 | Stephen Gallagher (IRL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | 4.10 |
| 32 | Roger Aitken (IRL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 33 | Oleksandr Surutkovych (AZE) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Kristian House (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 35 | Adam Semple (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
Stage 5 - Killarney - Cork 144km - 31 August 2008
| 1 | Frantisek Rabon (CZE) | Team Columbia - High Road | 3.27.04 (40.60 km/h) |
| 2 | Frederik Ericsson (SWE) | Pezula Racing | 0.15 |
| 3 | Marco Pinotti (ITA) | Team Columbia - High Road | 1.04 |
| 4 | Russell Downing (GBR) | Pinarello | 1.37 |
| 5 | Lars Petter Nordhaug (NOR) | Joker - Bianchi | s.t. |
| 6 | Julian Dean (NZL) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |
| 7 | Michael Barry (CAN) | Team Columbia - High Road | s.t. |
| 8 | Simon Clarke (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | 1.40 |
| 9 | Massimo Graziato (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 10 | Matthew Wilson (AUS) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | 1.44 |
| 12 | Nikolas Maes (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 13 | Kevin Evans (RSA) | Team MTN | s.t. |
| 14 | Luca Mazzanti (ITA) | Tinkoff Credit System | 1.46 |
| 15 | Thomas Rabou (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Alexander Gottfried (GER) | Tinkoff Credit System | 1.51 |
| 17 | Daniel Fleeman (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | 1.52 |
| 18 | Thomas Berkhout (NED) | Rabobank Continental Team | 1.59 |
| 19 | Kurt Hovelynck (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 20 | Roger Aitken (IRL) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 21 | Bart Aernouts (BEL) | Rabobank Continental Team | s.t. |
| 22 | Juan Francisco Mouron Doldan (SPA) | Karpin - Galicia | s.t. |
| 23 | Johan Coenen (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. |
| 24 | Valery Kobzarenko (UKR) | Team Type 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Kristian House (GBR) | Rapha Condor - Recycling.co.uk | s.t. |
| 26 | Daniel Lloyd (GBR) | AN Post - M:donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 27 | Serguei Klimov (RUS) | Tinkoff Credit System | s.t. |
| 28 | Cameron Jennings (AUS) | Pezula Racing | 2.17 |
| 29 | David George (RSA) | Team MTN | 2.20 |
| 30 | Maarten Neyens (BEL) | Topsport Vlaanderen | 3.05 |
| 31 | Johnny Walker (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | 3.08 |
| 32 | Adam Semple (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 33 | Wesley Sulzberger (AUS) | La Française des Jeux | 3.11 |
| 34 | Travis Meyer (AUS) | South Australia.com-AIS Cycling | s.t. |
| 35 | Trent Lowe (AUS) | Garmin - Chipotle Presented by H30 | s.t. |