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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = 2008 Tour de France
| image              = Route of the 2008 Tour de France.png
| image_size         = 360px
| image_caption      = Route of the 2008 Tour de France
| date               = 5–27 July 2008
| stages             = 21
| distance           = 3559
| unit               = km
| time               = 87h 52' 52"
| first              = [[Carlos Sastre]]
| first_nat          = ESP
| first_team         = {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
| first_color        = yellow
| second             = [[Cadel Evans]]
| second_nat         = AUS
| second_team        = {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}}
| third              = <s>[[Bernhard Kohl]]</s> [[Denis Menchov]]<ref name="SportsResults">{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20433&EditionID=460336&SeasonID=474&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=12146&EventPhaseID=464847&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=303270&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8 |title=Results – Tour de France 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119062420/http://www.uci.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/TheASP.asp?PageID=19006&SportID=102&CompetitionID=20433&EditionID=460336&SeasonID=474&ClassID=1&GenderID=1&EventID=12146&EventPhaseID=464847&Phase1ID=0&Phase2ID=0&Phase3ID=0&PhaseClassificationID=303270&Detail=1&Ranking=0&All=0&TaalCode=2&StyleID=0&Cache=8 |archive-date=19 January 2016  }}</ref>
| third_nat          = RUS
| third_team         = [[Rabobank (cycling team)|Rabobank]]
| points             = [[Óscar Freire]]
| points_nat         = ESP
| points_team        = {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}}
| points_color       = green
| mountains          = <s>[[Bernhard Kohl]]</s> [[Carlos Sastre]]<ref name="SportsResults"/>
| mountains_nat      = ESP
| mountains_team     = {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
| mountains_color    = polkadot
| youth              = [[Andy Schleck]]
| youth_nat          = LUX
| youth_team         = {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
| youth_color        = white
| team               = {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
| team_color         = yellow_number
| combativity        = [[Sylvain Chavanel]]
| combativity_nat    = FRA
| combativity_team   = {{UCI team code|COF|2008}}
| combativity_color  = red_number
| previous           = [[2007 Tour de France|2007]]
| next               = [[2009 Tour de France|2009]]
}}

The '''2008 Tour de France''' was the 95th running of [[Tour de France|the race]]. The event took place from 5 to 27 July. Starting in the French city of [[Brest, France|Brest]], the tour entered Italy on the 15th stage and returned to France during the 16th, heading for Paris, its regular final destination, which was reached in the 21st stage. The race was won by [[Carlos Sastre]].

Unlike previous years, time bonuses were no longer awarded for intermediate sprints and for high placement on each stage. This altered the way the [[Yellow Jersey|General Classification]] was awarded in comparison to previous seasons.

==Teams==
{{mainlist|List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France}}
Long running disputes between the event organisers, the [[Amaury Sport Organisation|ASO]] and the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/protour_affair_complete |title=History of UCI-Grand Tour disputes |publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601033936/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2Fprotour_affair_complete |archive-date=1 June 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref> reached a head when the race organisers insisted upon the right to invite, or exclude, whichever teams it chose for the event. Under UCI rules, any [[UCI ProTour|ProTour]] event must be open to all member teams of the UCI's top level. The ASO made it clear that, despite changes in team management and personnel, it intended to exclude {{UCI team code|AST|2008}} from the event as a result of its involvement in the [[Doping at the 2007 Tour de France|doping scandals]] that marred the [[2007 Tour de France|2007 Tour]] and its links to the 2006 [[Operación Puerto doping case]]. This meant that the champion ([[Alberto Contador]]) and third-place finisher ([[Levi Leipheimer]]) from 2007, both of whom had since signed with Astana, could not compete in the 2008 Tour.<ref name="Astana barred">{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=cycling&id=3243633 |title=Tour de France organisers exclude Astana team; Alberto Contador may not defend title |agency=Associated Press |publisher=ESPN |date=13 February 2008 |access-date=15 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301150449/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=cycling&id=3243633 |archive-date=1 March 2009 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

The ASO announced on 20 March 2008 that all ProTour teams except Astana would be invited, along with three [[Wild card (sports)|wildcard]] teams: {{UCI team code|AGR|2008}}, {{UCI team code|BAR|2008}}, and {{UCI team code|GRM|2008a}} (subsequently renamed as {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}}<ref>{{cite press release| title = Garmin is the new title sponsor of the Slipstream–Chipotle team  | work=VeloNews | date = 18 June 2008  | url = http://www.velonews.com/article/77889 | access-date =18 June 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080619155849/http://www.velonews.com/article/77889| archive-date= 19 June 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/docs/cp_2008_03_20_fr.pdf |title=TOUR 2008 : VINGT ÉQUIPES INVITÉES (PDF) |access-date=9 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011014209/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/docs/cp_2008_03_20_fr.pdf |archive-date=11 October 2012  }}</ref> With each team consisting of nine riders, 180 riders started the Tour.<ref name="letour-start-list">{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2008 – Riders list|url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/RIDERS/us/partants.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080806014651/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/RIDERS/us/partants.html|archive-date=6 August 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The teams entering the race were:<ref name="letour-teams">{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2008 – Teams and riders|url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/equipes_presentation.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804201253/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/equipes_presentation.html|archive-date=4 August 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

'''UCI ProTour teams'''
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|COF|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|GST|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|QST|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|FUJ|2008a}}
* {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
* {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}}<ref>renamed with effect from the date of commencement of the 2008 Tour de France, formerly known as ''Team High Road'' :  {{cite press release|title=Columbia Sportswear Announces Sponsorship |publisher=Team Columbia & High Road Sports, Inc |date=15 June 2008 |url=http://www.highroadsports.com/news/173-Columbia-Sportswear-Company-and-High-Road-Sports-Announce-New-Team-Columbia-to-Debut-at-2008-Tour-de-France |access-date=17 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620054345/http://www.highroadsports.com/news/173-Columbia-Sportswear-Company-and-High-Road-Sports-Announce-New-Team-Columbia-to-Debut-at-2008-Tour-de-France |archive-date=20 June 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
{{div col end}}

'''Invited teams'''
{{div col|colwidth=20em}}
* {{UCI team code|AGR|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|BAR|2008}}
* {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}}
{{div col end}}

==Pre-race favourites==
<!-- PLEASE NOTE: this section is only for the presentation of the situation prior to the start. Please do not update this section after the start of the Tour. Thanks. -->
Because {{UCI team code|AST|2008}} was not invited to the 2008 Tour de France, the winner of the 2007 Tour de France, [[Alberto Contador]], the 3rd-place finisher [[Levi Leipheimer]] and the 2004 and 2006 Tour de France runner up [[Andreas Klöden]] did not compete. Ten days before the start of the tour, Contador picked [[Cadel Evans]] as the likely winner for 2008.<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/jun08/jun25news
 |title        = Contador rates Evans as Tour favourite
 |date         = 25 June 2008
 |access-date   = 16 June 2009 
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110917122603/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2008%2Fjun08%2Fjun25news
 |archive-date = 17 September 2011
 |url-status     = live
 |df           = dmy-all
}}</ref>  Shown in the table below are the riders that, according to the bookmakers<ref>All odds taken from [http://www.skybet.com/skybet?action=GoEvEv&id=10874646 skybet.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619155915/http://www.skybet.com/skybet?action=GoEvEv&id=10874646 |date=19 June 2008 }}</ref> in the months before the start of the 2008 Tour de France, had a chance of winning the 2008 Tour better than or equal to 25/1. The odds shown are the odds in July 2008, directly before the start of the race. [[Thomas Dekker (cyclist)|Thomas Dekker]] and [[Michael Rogers (cyclist)|Michael Rogers]] were also given odds in this range, but were not included in the Tour de France.

==Route and stages==

The 2008 Tour de France was almost entirely in France, with only a small part in Italy. In previous years, the Tour started with a prologue, followed by a week of flat stages. The flat stages were dominated by the sprinters' teams, and the [[yellow jersey]] was worn by a sprinter who had a good prologue. At the presentation of the Tour de France 2008 schedule, Tour Director [[Christian Prudhomme]] announced that the 2008 Tour would be different: "We have wanted a first week of racing with much more rhythm. With no prologue, an uphill finish that will suit different types of sprinters at the end of stage one, with a short time trial on stage four and the first mountain at [[Super-Besse]] only 48 hours later, we have decided to change the scenario."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/|title=A Grand Tour with minimal transfers and mythical mountains|author=Gregor Brown|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]| access-date=16 June 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090606042738/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/| archive-date= 6 June 2009| url-status= live}}</ref> The time bonuses at the end of each stage were removed, and there was {{convert|82|km}} of [[time trial]]s, less than usual. The [[List of highest points reached in the Tour de France|highest point of elevation in the race]] was {{convert|2802|m|ft|abbr=on}} at the [[Cime de la Bonette]] loop road on stage 16.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=180}}<ref>{{cite news|last=Jones|first=Jeff|title=2008 Tour de France route revealed|url=https://www.bikeradar.com/news/2008-tour-de-france-route-revealed/|access-date=23 December 2019|website=BikeRadar|date=25 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219010500/https://www.bikeradar.com/news/2008-tour-de-france-route-revealed/|archive-date=19 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Stage characteristics and winners<ref name="letour-route">{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2008 – The Tour 2008|url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/le_parcours.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804203416/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/le_parcours.html|archive-date=4 August 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="mdc2008">{{cite web|title=95ème Tour de France 2008|trans-title=95th Tour de France 2008|url=http://memoire-du-cyclisme.eu/eta_tdf/tdf2008.php|work=Mémoire du cyclisme|access-date=6 April 2020|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="letour-stage-winners">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 2008 – The stage winners|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2008/vainqueurs.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-date=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403012420/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2008/vainqueurs.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | Stage
! scope="col" | Date
! scope="col" | Course
! scope="col" | Distance
! scope="col" colspan="2" |Type
! scope="col" | Winner
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 1|1]]
| style="text-align:center;" |5 July || [[Brest, France|Brest]] to [[Plumelec]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|197.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage
|| {{Flag athlete|[[Alejandro Valverde]]|ESP}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 2|2]]
| style="text-align:center;" |6 July || |[[Auray]] to [[Saint-Brieuc]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|164.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Thor Hushovd]]|NOR}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 3|3]]
| style="text-align:center;" |7 July || [[Saint-Malo]] to [[Nantes]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|208.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Samuel Dumoulin]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 4|4]]
| style="text-align:center;" |8 July || [[Cholet]] to [[Cholet]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|29.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] || {{Flag athlete|[[Kim Kirchen]]|LUX}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 5|5]]
| style="text-align:center;" |9 July || [[Cholet]] to [[Châteauroux]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|232.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Mark Cavendish]]|GBR}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 6|6]]
| style="text-align:center;" |10 July || [[Aigurande]] to [[Super-Besse|Super-Besse Sancy]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|195.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mediummountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Transition stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Alejandro Valverde]]|ESP}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 7|7]]
| style="text-align:center;" |11 July || [[Brioude]] to [[Aurillac]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|159.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mediummountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Transition stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Luis León Sánchez]]|ESP}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 8|8]]
| style="text-align:center;" |12 July || [[Figeac]] to [[Toulouse]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|172.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Mark Cavendish]]|GBR}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 9|9]]
| style="text-align:center;" |13 July || [[Toulouse]] to [[Bagnères-de-Bigorre]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|224.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Mountain stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Vladimir Efimkin]]|RUS}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 10|10]]
| style="text-align:center;" |14 July || [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]] to [[Hautacam]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|156.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Mountain stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Juan José Cobo]]|ESP}}
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 15 July
| colspan="2" | [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]]
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 11|11]]
| style="text-align:center;" |16 July || [[Lannemezan]] to [[Foix]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|167.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mediummountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Transition stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Kurt Asle Arvesen]]|NOR}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 12|12]]
| style="text-align:center;" |17 July || [[Lavelanet]] to [[Narbonne]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|168.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Mark Cavendish]]|GBR}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 13|13]]
| style="text-align:center;" |18 July || [[Narbonne]] to [[Nîmes]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|182.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || |[[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Mark Cavendish]]|GBR}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 14|14]]
| style="text-align:center;" |19 July || [[Nîmes]] to [[Digne-les-Bains]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|194.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Óscar Freire]]|ESP}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 15|15]]
| style="text-align:center;" |20 July || [[Embrun, Hautes-Alpes|Embrun]]{{efn|name=stage15|The 15th stage was due to start at Digne-les-Bains but due to the risk of rock falls in the climb up the [[Col de Larche]], the organisers decided to modify the itinerary. The stage took off from Embrun and head to Prato Nevoso facing the climb up the [[Col Agnel]] (2744 m).}} to [[Prato Nevoso]] (Italy) || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|183.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Mountain stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Simon Gerrans]]|AUS}}
|-
! scope="row" |
| style="text-align:center;" | 21 July
| colspan="2" | [[Cuneo]] (Italy)
|
| colspan="2" | Rest day
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 16|16]]
| style="text-align:center;" |22 July || [[Cuneo]] (Italy) to [[Jausiers]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|157.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Mountain stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Cyril Dessel]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 17|17]]
| style="text-align:center;" |23 July || [[Embrun, Hautes-Alpes|Embrun]] to [[Alpe d'Huez]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|210.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Mountain stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Carlos Sastre]]|ESP}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 18|18]]
| style="text-align:center;" |24 July || [[Bourg-d'Oisans]] to [[Saint-Étienne]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|196.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Mediummountainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Transition stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Marcus Burghardt]]|GER}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 19|19]]
| style="text-align:center;" |25 July || [[Roanne]] to [[Montluçon]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|165.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Sylvain Chavanel]]|FRA}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 20|20]]
| style="text-align:center;" |26 July || [[Cérilly, Allier|Cérilly]] to [[Saint-Amand-Montrond]] || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|53.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Time Trial.svg|20px|link=]] || [[Individual time trial]] || {{Flag athlete|[[Fabian Cancellara]]|SUI}}
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 21|21]]
| style="text-align:center;" |27 July || [[Étampes]] to Paris ([[Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France|Champs-Élysées]]) || style="text-align:center;" | {{convert|143.0|km|mi|abbr=on}} || [[File:Plainstage.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] || Flat stage || {{Flag athlete|[[Gert Steegmans]]|BEL}}
|-
! scope="row" |
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center"| Total
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center"| {{convert|3559|km|0|abbr=on}}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=110}}
|}

==Race overview==
{{main|2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11|2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21}}

[[File:Romain Feillu (Tour de France 2008 - stage 3).jpg|thumb|right|[[Romain Feillu]] was the only French cyclist to wear the [[yellow jersey]] in the 2008 Tour de France; he wore it for one day after stage 3.]]
In the first week of the 2008 Tour de France, the stages were mostly flat. As traditionally in the Tour de France, this resulted in small breakaways of cyclists, and the sprinters' teams trying to get them back. In the first stage, the sprinters won, with [[Thor Hushovd]] winning the stage, but in the second stage, four cyclists managed to stay away. The fourth stage was a time trial, won by [[Stefan Schumacher]], who took over the lead. In the fifth stage, the sprinters won the battle and [[Mark Cavendish]] won the stage.

The Massif Central mountains were visited in stage six and seven. In stage six, all the breakaways were caught, and the favourites stayed together and finished together. In stage seven, the same scenario, only now [[Luis León Sánchez]] managed to stay a few seconds ahead and win the stage. The eighth stage was a sprinter stage, won by Cavendish. Then, from stage nine, the Pyrenees were climbed. [[Riccardo Riccò]] broke away from the bunch on the final climb, and won the stage. On stage 10, a group of four with some main contenders escaped, and [[Leonardo Piepoli]] won the stage. Stage eleven had easier climbs, and a group of four riders, not important for the overall classification, were allowed to break away and win by 14 minutes.

Stages twelve to fourteen were flat stages, and were dominated by the sprinters. Mark Cavendish won another two stages, and [[Óscar Freire]] took his first. In the fifteenth stage, a group of four cyclists escaped and stayed away, a similar thing happened in stage sixteen. In the seventeenth stage, [[Carlos Sastre]] placed a surprise attack (not only a surprise for his opponents, but also for his teammates and [[directeur sportif]])<ref>{{cite web|title=Team mate Reveals Schleck Brothers Feud With Carlos Sastre at 2008 Tour de France
|publisher=Johnny Long |date=29 June 2020 |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/csc-team-mate-reveals-schleck-brothers-feud-with-carlos-sastre-at-2008-tour-de-france-458774
}}</ref> won the stage and took the lead in the general classification. The eighteenth and nineteenth stage again saw breakaways of cyclists not important for the general classification. The twentieth stage, a time trial, was won by [[Stefan Schumacher]] who had also won the first time trial. The last stage was a sprinters' stage, won by [[Gert Steegmans]].<ref name="cn-stage-21">{{cite news|last1=Stokes|first1=Shane|last2=Kröner|first2=Hedwig|title=Sastre and Steegmans speed to success|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/?id=results/tour0821|access-date=17 February 2019|website=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|date=27 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920151347/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/?id=results%2Ftour0821|archive-date=20 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Doping===
[[File:EPO-TdF 2008.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Writing on the street during Tour de France 2008 at [[Alpe d'Huez]], satirically saying that [[erythropoietin|EPO]] is available in 500 meters.]]
On 26 May 2008, the [[2007 Tour de France|2007]] green jersey (points) winner [[Tom Boonen]] tested positive for [[cocaine]]. Since this was outside competition, Boonen was not sanctioned by the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]] or [[World Anti-Doping Agency|WADA]], but he was nevertheless barred from the 2008 Tour de France.<ref>{{cite news
 |url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gd1Z4lZt9KeuTey0Ml33U-B7wCIw 
 |title=Boonen participation in Tour de France to be decided: Ouick Step 
 |date=11 June 2008 
 |access-date=13 October 2008 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804163517/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gd1Z4lZt9KeuTey0Ml33U-B7wCIw 
 |archive-date=4 August 2008 
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxwWIhZ6kC1VbnHNkea3oWGXJonQD9180C7G1 |title=Former world champion Tom Boonen barred from Tour de France |date=11 June 2008 |access-date=13 October 2008  |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620011914/http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jxwWIhZ6kC1VbnHNkea3oWGXJonQD9180C7G1 |archive-date=20 June 2008  }}</ref>

Following protracted disagreement between the organisers of the [[Tour de France]] ([[Amaury Sport Organisation|ASO]]) and the [[Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI]], the race was sanctioned by the [[Fédération Française de Cyclisme]] (FFC), as was the [[2008 Paris–Nice]] in March. Thus the FFC were in charge of the doping controls before and during the race, and rather than increasing the number of doping controls during the Tour, they applied a more targeted approach on suspect riders.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2008/tour_ffc_jun08|title=Tour de France under the control of FFC and AFLD|access-date=30 July 2008|publisher=cyclingnews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630022956/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features%2F2008%2Ftour_ffc_jun08|archive-date=30 June 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> The French government's anti-doping agency [[Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage|AFLD]] carried out approximately 60 random and targeted tests in the weeks leading up to the Tour. They took blood samples from all the 180 riders in a two-day period just before the first stage, and during the race took samples from up to 14 riders a day shortly after the stage was finished, 250 tests being run in total.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.velonews.com/article/81057/andrew-hood-s-tour-de-france-notebook---sastres-tour |title=Andrew Hood's Tour de France Notebook – Sastre's Tour: Can we dare to believe? |access-date=30 July 2008 |publisher=VeloNews |work=velonews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805045346/http://www.velonews.com/article/81057/andrew-hood-s-tour-de-france-notebook---sastres-tour |archive-date=5 August 2009 }}</ref> The [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] (CONI) also performed unannounced doping tests of riders at the finish of stage 15, which ended at the ski resort of [[Prato Nevoso]], Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/jul08/jul22news|title=CONI surprises Schleck with doping control|access-date=30 July 2008|publisher=cyclingnews.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404192605/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2008%2Fjul08%2Fjul22news|archive-date=4 April 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> On 3 July 2008, France enacted a law criminalizing using or trafficking in doping substances.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000019117516 |title=Law 2008-650 of 3 July 2008, amending the Sports Code |language=fr |publisher=Legifrance.gouv.fr |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205010615/http://legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000019117516 |archive-date=5 December 2008 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

On 11 July news broke that Spanish rider [[Manuel Beltrán]] tested positive for [[erythropoietin]] after the first stage of the tour. Blood abnormalities before the tour start had led [[Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage|AFLD]] to target the rider. Beltrán's team Liquigas withdrew him from the tour with immediate effect. French law enforcement authorities questioned Beltrán over possible offences and searched his hotel room, but he claimed his innocence. The B-Sample has not yet been tested.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j99v8lGDDLVr7JnBjqOPuu0iupiwD91RQJG01 |title=Doping agency: Beltran positive for EPO |access-date=11 July 2008 |agency=Associated Press }}{{dead link|date=July 2010}}</ref>

On 13 July, prior to the ninth stage, it was revealed that AFLD had informed team doctors that five riders had unusually high [[hematocrit]] levels. The Italian press reported that [[Riccardo Riccò]], who won the stage later that day, had been selected for testing several times during the first week, which led to a suspicion that he was among those whose teams had been notified. Riccò has for some time been known to have a naturally high [[hematocrit]] level of 51%, above the 50%-level which usually is taken to be an indicator of possible [[Blood doping|blood manipulation]]. Riccò stated that he has a licence confirming that this is a natural, long-term condition, which he gave to the doping agencies before the start of the race,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul14news |title=Riccò makes it look easy on Col d'Aspin |access-date=13 July 2008 |publisher=cyclingnews.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091205235944/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=%2Fnews%2F2008%2Fjul08%2Fjul14news |archive-date=5 December 2009 |url-status=live  }}</ref> but he later admitted to the offence at a hearing of the [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] (CONI).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7533246.stm|title=Ricco criticises Tour drug tests |date=30 July 2008|publisher=BBC Sport  |access-date=31 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080731030959/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7533246.stm| archive-date= 31 July 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

On 16 July Barloworld started the 11th stage without [[Moisés Dueñas]], who had been withdrawn from the team after being tested positive for EPO at the end of the time trial fourth stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/1100/depeches.html#121340|title=11:02 – Official Statement From ASO|access-date=16 July 2008|publisher=letour.fr| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080719054738/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/1100/depeches.html| archive-date= 19 July 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref> Barloworld Ltd, two days later, announced that they were withdrawing from sponsorship after this year's Tour de France,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=6&click_id=185&art_id=nw20080719130626460C437381 |title=Plug pulled on Team Barloworld |publisher=Iol.co.za |date=19 July 2008 |access-date=9 July 2013}}</ref> but on 28 October, they announced that they would sponsor the team for another year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teambarloworld.com/news_view.php?l1=2&l2=2&id=685&l=1|title=The Team Barloworld cycling legend continues...|access-date=9 February 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929142905/http://www.teambarloworld.com/news_view.php?l1=2&l2=2&id=685&l=1|archive-date=29 September 2011}}</ref>

[[File:Stefan Schumacher 2006.jpg|thumb|upright|Stefan Schumacher tested positive for MIRCERA following additional testing of his blood samples.]]
On 17 July, shortly before the start of stage 12, Ricardo Riccò and the rest of the Saunier Duval–Scott team, withdrew from the race after the announcement that he had tested positive for [[Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta|MIRCERA]], a new type of EPO, at the end of stage 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=/news/2008/jul08/jul17news4 |title=www.cyclingnews.com presents the 95th Tour de France |publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |date=17 July 2008 |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404192618/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/news/?id=%2Fnews%2F2008%2Fjul08%2Fjul17news4 |archive-date=4 April 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Tierney |first=John |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/17/sports/TOUR.php |title=Doping once again roils the Tour de France |work=International Herald Tribune |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080719114208/http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/17/sports/TOUR.php |archive-date=19 July 2008 |url-status=live  }}</ref> [[Leonardo Piepoli]], winner of stage 10, was sacked by his team for "violation of the team's ethics code" the following day, though no positive test was reported at that time.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7514224.stm |publisher=BBC News  | title=Spanish team sack Ricco & Piepoli | date=18 July 2008 | access-date=22 April 2010}}</ref> Almost 3 months later his tests came back positive for samples taken one day prior to the start of the Tour, on 4 July, and also on 15 July, on the rest day in [[Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques|Pau]].<ref name="Piepoli">{{cite web |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/oct08/oct07news |title=Piepoli and Schumacher Tour de France samples positive for MIRCERA |publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |date=7 October 2008 |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027195413/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2008%2Foct08%2Foct07news |archive-date=27 October 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

On the last day of the race, but after the end of the stage, [[Dmitry Fofonov]] was announced to have tested positive for the banned stimulant [[heptaminol]] after Stage 18. He was asked for a medical exemption to use the stimulant, but did not produce one.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008076751_tour28.html |work=The Seattle Times |title=Team CSC rider Carlos Sastre wins doping-scarred race |first=Jamey |last=Keaten |date=28 July 2008 |access-date=16 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005032446/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008076751_tour28.html |archive-date=5 October 2008 }}</ref> He was subsequently fired by his team Crédit Agricole.<ref>[http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others/08/07/27/CYCLING_Tour_Fofonov.html FOFONOV FIRED AFTER POSITIVE TEST | Sporting Life | Beijing Olympics, MotoGP, Athletics, World Rally Championship, Superbikes]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605012947/http://www.sportinglife.com/others/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=others%2F08%2F07%2F27%2FCYCLING_Tour_Fofonov.html |date=5 June 2011 }}</ref>

After the race ended, French cyclist [[Jimmy Casper]] was suspended from Agritubel because he tested positive after the stage to [[Super Besse]] for [[glucocorticoid]]s, an [[asthma]] drug that is banned unless the user has a medical exemption for its use. Casper, an asthmatic, carried a therapeutic use exemptions (TUE) for the last twelve years but failed to renew this exemption. His authorisation expired on 29 May and was not renewed before the 2008 Tour de France.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7551944.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Fifth Tour rider fails drugs test | date=9 August 2008 | access-date=22 April 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815040413/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7551944.stm | archive-date=15 August 2008 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> The French cycling federation's disciplinary commission exonerated Casper.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/sep08/sep17news2 |title=www.cyclingnews.com – the world centre of cycling |publisher=Autobus.cyclingnews.com |date=17 September 2008 |access-date=9 July 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511143121/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2008%2Fsep08%2Fsep17news2 |archive-date=11 May 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

In late September it was announced that several Tour de France riders were to have their blood samples retested for traces of EPO. Pierre Bordry, the head of [[Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage|AFLD]], claimed the testing involved riders who were already under scrutiny for suspicious urine samples. AFLD had suspicion that there was MIRCERA in some samples but the laboratory could not say definitively. The urine tests were somewhat unreliable at giving definitive results, so the AFLD decided to order the blood samples taken before and during the Tour for additional testing with a newly developed CERA blood test.<ref>[http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/09/17/cycling.doping.ap/index.html Tour riders to have blood samples retested – cnn.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918055136/http://edition.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/09/17/cycling.doping.ap/index.html |date=18 September 2008 }}</ref><ref>[http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/26092008/3/tour-doping-czar-begins-search-cera-type-epo.html Tour doping czar begins search for MIRCERA-type EPO – Yahoo Sports]{{dead link|date=July 2013}}</ref>

As a result of this additional testing, both [[Leonardo Piepoli]] and [[Stefan Schumacher]] tested positive for the same substance which Riccò used, MIRCERA. The riders were declared positive by AFLD.<ref name="Piepoli" />

On 13 October 2008, the AFLD announced that [[Bernhard Kohl]], who finished in third place overall and winner of the climbers' competition, had also tested positive for MIRCERA on 3 and 15 July, before and during the Tour de France.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7668224.stm| title=Kohl admits to failed doping test|publisher=BBC News | date=15 October 2008| access-date=26 October 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081016160227/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/cycling/7668224.stm| archive-date= 16 October 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="test">[https://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2008/20081013_184539_kohl-a-triche-lui-aussi_Dev.html Kohl a triché lui aussi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120122114937/http://www.lequipe.fr/Cyclisme/breves2008/20081013_184539_kohl-a-triche-lui-aussi_Dev.html |date=22 January 2012 }}, ''L'Équipe'', 13 October 2008.</ref> Initial results were verified, and Kohl also confessed to doping. His third-place overall finish in the 2008 Tour and his first place in the King of the Mountains competition are considered vacancies in the Tour's official history.{{efn|name=Kohldoping}}

==Classification leadership and minor prizes==

There were four main individual classifications contested in the 2008 Tour de France, as well as a team competition. The most important was the [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]], which was calculated by adding each rider's finishing times on each stage.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=93}} There were no time bonuses given at the end of stages for this edition of the Tour.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=94}} If a crash had happened within the final {{convert|3|km|1|abbr=on}} of a stage, not including time trials and summit finishes, the riders involved would have received the same time as the group they were in when the crash occurred.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=89}} The rider with the lowest cumulative time was the winner of the general classification and was considered the overall winner of the Tour.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=94}} The rider leading the classification wore a yellow jersey.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}

The second classification was the [[Points classification in the Tour de France|points classification]]. Riders received points for finishing in the highest positions in a stage finish, or in [[intermediate sprint]]s during the stage. The points available for each stage finish were determined by the stage's type.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=93}} The leader was identified by a green jersey.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}

The third classification was the [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|mountains classification]]. Most stages of the race included one or more categorised climbs, in which points were awarded to the riders that reached the summit first. The climbs were categorised as fourth-, third-, second- or first-category and ''[[hors catégorie]]'', with the more difficult climbs rated lower.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=93–94}} The leader wore a white jersey with red [[polka dot]]s.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}

The final individual classification was the [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|young rider classification]]. This was calculated the same way as the general classification, but the classification was restricted to riders who were born on or after 1 January 1983.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=94}} The leader wore a white jersey.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}

The final classification was a [[Team classification in the Tour de France|team classification]]. This was calculated using the finishing times of the best three riders per team on each stage; the leading team was the team with the lowest cumulative time. The number of stage victories and placings per team determined the outcome of a tie.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=94}} The riders in the team that lead this classification were identified with yellow number bibs on the back of their jerseys.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}

In addition, there was a [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|combativity award]] given after each [[mass start]] stage to the rider considered, by a jury, to have "made the greatest effort and who has demonstrated the best qualities of sportsmanship".{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=94}} The winner wore a red number bib the following stage.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}} At the conclusion of the Tour, [[Sylvain Chavanel]] ({{UCI team code|COF|2008|nolink=yes}}) was given the overall super-combativity award.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=99}}

There were also two special awards each with a prize of €5000, the [[Souvenir Henri Desgrange]], given in honour of Tour founder and first race director [[Henri Desgrange]] to the first rider to pass the summit of the [[Col du Galibier]] on stage 17, and the [[Souvenir Jacques Goddet]], given in honour of the second director [[Jacques Goddet]] to the first rider to pass the summit of the [[Col du Tourmalet]] on stage 10.{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|p=79}} Stefan Schumacher won the Henri Desgrange and [[Rémy Di Gregorio]] won the Jacques Goddet.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sastre The Seventh Leader After Commanding Performance!|url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/1700/journal_etape.html|access-date=26 July 2019|work=[[Tour de France]]|date=23 July 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726195114/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/1700/journal_etape.html|archive-date=26 July 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Evans in yellow as Piepoli wins atop Hautacam|url=https://www.velonews.com/2008/07/road/evans-in-yellow-as-piepoli-wins-atop-hautacam_80103|access-date=4 March 2019|work=[[VeloNews]]|publisher=Pocket Outdoor Media|date=14 July 2008}}</ref>

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! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|Mountains classification]]<br>[[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|25px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=Polkadot jersey]]
! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|Young rider classification]]<br>[[File:Jersey white.svg|25px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=White jersey]]
! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| [[Team classification in the Tour de France|Team classification]]<br>[[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|25px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=Jersey with yellow number]]
! scope="col" style="width:14%;"| [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|Combativity award]]<br>[[File:Jersey red number.svg|25px|link=Combativity award in the Tour de France|alt=Jersey with red number]]
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| [[Alejandro Valverde]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"     rowspan="2"|[[Alejandro Valverde]]
| style="background:#9CE97B;"|[[Alejandro Valverde]]
| style="background:#FFA8A4;"     rowspan="5"|[[Thomas Voeckler]]
| style="background:white;"      rowspan="2"|[[Riccardo Riccò]]
| style="background:#FFCD5F;"     rowspan="2"|{{UCI team code|GCE|2008}}
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Lilian Jégou]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 2|2]]
| [[Thor Hushovd]]
| style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan="3"|[[Kim Kirchen]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Sylvain Chavanel]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 3|3]]
| [[Samuel Dumoulin]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"|[[Romain Feillu]]
| style="background:white;"|[[Romain Feillu]]
| style="background:#FFCD5F;"     rowspan="4"|{{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}}
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[William Frischkorn]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 4|4]]
| [[Kim Kirchen]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"     rowspan="2"|<s>[[Stefan Schumacher]]</s>
| style="background:white;"      rowspan="5"|[[Thomas Lövkvist]]
| ''no award''
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 5|5]]
| [[Mark Cavendish]]
| style="background:#9CE97B;"|[[Thor Hushovd]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Nicolas Vogondy]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 6|6]]
| [[Alejandro Valverde]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"     rowspan="4"|[[Kim Kirchen]]
| style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan="2"|[[Kim Kirchen]]
| style="background:#FFA8A4;"|[[Sylvain Chavanel]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Sylvain Chavanel]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 7|7]]
| [[Luis León Sánchez]]
| style="background:#FFA8A4;"     rowspan="3"|[[David de la Fuente]]
| style="background:#FFCD5F;"     rowspan="3"|{{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Luis León Sánchez]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 8|8]]
| [[Mark Cavendish]]
| style="background:#9CE97B;"|[[Óscar Freire]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Laurent Lefèvre]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 9|9]]
| [[Vladimir Efimkin]]
| style="background:#9CE97B;"|[[Kim Kirchen]]
| style="background:white;"|[[Andy Schleck]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Sebastian Lang]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 10|10]]
| [[Juan José Cobo]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"     rowspan="5"|[[Cadel Evans]]
| style="background:#9CE97B;" rowspan="12"|[[Óscar Freire]]
| style="background:#FFA8A4;"     rowspan="2"|[[Riccardo Riccò]]
| style= "background:white;"     rowspan="2"|[[Riccardo Riccò]]
| style="background:#FFCD5F;"|{{UCI team code|FUJ|2008a}}
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Rémy Di Gregorio]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 11|11]]
| [[Kurt Asle Arvesen]]
| style="background:#FFCD5F;"     rowspan="11"|{{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Amaël Moinard]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 12|12]]
| [[Mark Cavendish]]
| style="background:#FFA8A4;"     rowspan="3"|[[Sebastian Lang]]
| style= "background:white;"     rowspan="4"|[[Vincenzo Nibali]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Arnaud Gérard]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 13|13]]
| [[Mark Cavendish]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Niki Terpstra]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 14|14]]
| [[Óscar Freire]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[José Iván Gutiérrez]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 15|15]]
| [[Simon Gerrans]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"     rowspan="2"|[[Fränk Schleck]]
| style="background:#FFA8A4;"     rowspan="7"|<s>[[Bernhard Kohl]]</s>{{efn|name=Kohldoping|The results of Austrian cyclist [[Bernhard Kohl]] have been removed, after Kohl tested positive and admitted the use of doping.{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=117}}{{sfn|Augendre|2016|p=123}} As of 27 July 2009, other cyclists have not been upgraded to the positions Kohl's removal has vacated.}}
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Egoi Martínez]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 16|16]]
| [[Cyril Dessel]]
| style= "background:white;"     rowspan="6"|[[Andy Schleck]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Stefan Schumacher]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 17|17]]
| [[Carlos Sastre]]
| style="background:#FFEB64;"     rowspan="5"|[[Carlos Sastre]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Peter Velits]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 18|18]]
| [[Marcus Burghardt]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Marcus Burghardt]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 19|19]]
| [[Sylvain Chavanel]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Sylvain Chavanel]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 20|20]]
| [[Fabian Cancellara]]
| ''no award''
|-
! scope="row" | [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 21|21]]
| [[Gert Steegmans]]
| style="background:#E4B3AB;"|[[Nicolas Vogondy]]
|-
! colspan="2" | Final
! style="background:#FFDB00;"|[[Carlos Sastre]]
! style="background:#46E800;"|[[Óscar Freire]]
! style="background:#FF3E33;" | {{font color|white|Carlos Sastre|link=yes}}
! style="background:white;"|[[Andy Schleck]]
! style="background:#FFB927;"|{{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
! style="background:#E42A19;" | {{font color|white|Sylvain Chavanel|link=yes}}
|}

* In stage 2, [[Philippe Gilbert]] wore the green jersey
* In stage 4, [[Andy Schleck]] wore the white jersey
* In stage 7, [[Thor Hushovd]] wore the green jersey
* In stages 8 and 10, [[Óscar Freire]] wore the green jersey
* In stages 11 and 12, [[Vincenzo Nibali]] wore the white jersey.
* In stage 12, no-one wore the polka-dot jersey, due to [[Riccardo Riccò]]'s withdrawal.

==Final standings==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="4" | Legend
|-
| [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=Yellow jersey]]
| Denotes the leader of the [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]]{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}
| [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=Polka dot jersey]]
| Denotes the leader of the [[Mountains classification in the Tour de France|mountains classification]]{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}
|-
| [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px|link=Points classification in the Tour de France|alt=Green jersey]]
| Denotes the leader of the [[Points classification in the Tour de France|points classification]]{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}
| [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=White jersey]]
| Denotes the leader of the [[Young rider classification in the Tour de France|young rider classification]]{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}
|-
| [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=Jersey with a yellow background on the number bib.]]
| Denotes the leader of the [[Team classification in the Tour de France|team classification]]{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}
| [[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px|link=Combativity award in the Tour de France|alt=Jersey with a red background on the number bib.]]
| Denotes the winner of the [[Combativity award in the Tour de France|combativity award]]{{sfn|''Race regulations''|2008|pp=86–87}}
|}

===General classification===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:44em;margin-bottom:0;"
|+ Final general classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-gc-final">{{cite web|title=Tour de France 2008 – Standings – Stage 21|url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/2100/classement/index.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080806014531/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/2100/classement/index.html|archive-date=6 August 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Time
|-
! scope="row" | 1
| {{Flag athlete|[[Carlos Sastre]]|ESP}} [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey.]] [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=Polka dot jersey]] [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] ||{{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}  || style="text-align:right;" | 87h 52' 52"
|-
! scope="row" | 2
| {{Flag athlete|[[Cadel Evans]]|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 58"
|-
! scope="row" | DSQ
| <s>{{Flag athlete|[[Bernhard Kohl]]|AUT}}</s> || <s>{{UCI team code|GST|2008}}</s> || style="text-align:right;" | <S>+ 1' 13"</s>
|-
! scope="row" | 3
| {{Flag athlete|[[Denis Menchov]]|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2' 10"
|-
! scope="row" | 4
| {{Flag athlete|[[Christian Vande Velde]]|USA}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3' 05"
|-
! scope="row" | 5
| {{Flag athlete|[[Fränk Schleck]]|LUX}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 4' 28"
|-
! scope="row" | 6
| {{Flag athlete|[[Samuel Sánchez]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 6' 25"
|-
! scope="row" | 7
| {{Flag athlete|[[Kim Kirchen]]|LUX}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 6' 55"
|-
! scope="row" | 8
| {{Flag athlete|[[Alejandro Valverde]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 7' 12"
|-
! scope="row" | 9
| {{Flag athlete|[[Tadej Valjavec]]|SLO}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 9' 05"
|-
! scope="row" | 10
| {{Flag athlete|[[Vladimir Efimkin]]|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 9' 55"
|}
{| class="collapsible collapsed wikitable" style="width:44em;margin-top:-1px;"
|-
! scope="col" colspan="4" | Final general classification (11–144)<ref name="letour-gc-final" />
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Time
|-|-
! scope="row" | 12
| {{Flag athlete|[[Andy Schleck]]|LUX}} [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey.]] [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 11' 32"
|-
! scope="row" | 13
| {{Flag athlete|[[Roman Kreuziger]]|CZE}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 12' 59"
|-
! scope="row" | 14
| {{Flag athlete|[[Sandy Casar]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 19' 23"
|-
! scope="row" | 15
| {{Flag athlete|[[Amaël Moinard]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 23' 31"
|-
! scope="row" | 16
| {{Flag athlete|[[Mikel Astarloza]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 23' 40"
|-
! scope="row" | 17
| {{Flag athlete|[[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]]|BLR}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 24' 55"
|-
! scope="row" | 18
| {{Flag athlete|[[Alexander Bocharov]]|RUS}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 27' 11"
|-
! scope="row" | 19
| {{Flag athlete|[[Vincenzo Nibali]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 28' 33"
|-
! scope="row" | 20
| {{Flag athlete|[[Stéphane Goubert]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 31' 50"
|-
! scope="row" | 21
| {{Flag athlete|[[Laurens ten Dam]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 32' 59"
|-
! scope="row" | 22
| {{Flag athlete|[[Maxime Monfort]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 35' 41"
|-
! scope="row" | 23
| {{Flag athlete|[[Yaroslav Popovych]]|UKR}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 36' 24"
|-
! scope="row" | 24
| {{Flag athlete|[[Stefan Schumacher]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 37' 20"
|-
! scope="row" | 25
| {{Flag athlete|[[Sylwester Szmyd]]|POL}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 44' 43"
|-
! scope="row" | 26
| {{Flag athlete|[[Marzio Bruseghin]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 45' 19"
|-
! scope="row" | 27
| {{Flag athlete|[[Cyril Dessel]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 46' 31"
|-
! scope="row" | 28
| {{Flag athlete|[[Christian Knees]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 47' 43"
|-
! scope="row" | 29
| {{Flag athlete|[[David Arroyo]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 48' 23"
|-
! scope="row" | 30
| {{Flag athlete|[[Mario Aerts]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 48' 58"
|-
! scope="row" | 31
| {{Flag athlete|[[Pierrick Fédrigo]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 50' 19"
|-
! scope="row" | 32
| {{Flag athlete|[[Markus Fothen]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 01' 04"
|-
! scope="row" | 33
| {{Flag athlete|[[Koos Moerenhout]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 05' 38"
|-
! scope="row" | 34
| {{Flag athlete|[[George Hincapie]]|USA}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 08' 15"
|-
! scope="row" | 35
| {{Flag athlete|[[Matteo Carrara]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 09' 25"
|-
! scope="row" | 36
| {{Flag athlete|[[Jens Voigt]]|GER}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 11' 55"
|-
! scope="row" | 37
| {{Flag athlete|[[Jérôme Pineau]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 12' 58"
|-
! scope="row" | 38
| {{Flag athlete|[[Eduardo Gonzalo]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 20' 06"
|-
! scope="row" | 39
| {{Flag athlete|[[Christophe Le Mével]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 20' 24"
|-
! scope="row" | 40
| {{Flag athlete|[[Thomas Lövkvist]]|SWE}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 25' 27"
|-
! scope="row" | 41
| {{Flag athlete|[[David Moncoutié]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 26' 22"
|-
! scope="row" | 42
| {{Flag athlete|[[Erik Zabel]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 26' 40"
|-
! scope="row" | 43
| {{Flag athlete|[[Marco Velo]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 26' 42"
|-
! scope="row" | 44
| {{Flag athlete|[[Haimar Zubeldia]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 27' 00"
|-
! scope="row" | 45
| {{Flag athlete|[[Volodymir Gustov]]|UKR}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 29' 59"
|-
! scope="row" | 46
| {{Flag athlete|[[Ryder Hesjedal]]|CAN}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 33' 22"
|-
! scope="row" | 47
| {{Flag athlete|[[John-Lee Augustyn]]|SAF}} || {{UCI team code|BAR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 36' 21"
|-
! scope="row" | 48
| {{Flag athlete|[[Paolo Tiralongo]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 36' 57"
|-
! scope="row" | 49
| {{Flag athlete|[[Egoi Martínez]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 37' 00"
|-
! scope="row" | 50
| {{Flag athlete|[[David López García|David Lopez]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 39' 37"
|-
! scope="row" | 51
| {{Flag athlete|[[Amets Txurruka]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 41' 59"
|-
! scope="row" | 52
| {{Flag athlete|[[Leonardo Duque]]|COL}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 44' 24"
|-
! scope="row" | 53
| {{Flag athlete|[[Johann Tschopp]]|SUI}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 47' 22"
|-
! scope="row" | 54
| {{Flag athlete|[[Hubert Dupont]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 47' 24"
|-
! scope="row" | 55
| {{Flag athlete|[[José Iván Gutiérrez]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 48' 27"
|-
! scope="row" | 56
| {{Flag athlete|[[Kurt Asle Arvesen]]|NOR}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 49' 40"
|-
! scope="row" | 57
| {{Flag athlete|[[Peter Velits]]|SVK}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 49' 49"
|-
! scope="row" | 58
| {{Flag athlete|[[Rémy Di Gregorio]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 49' 54"
|-
! scope="row" | 59
| {{Flag athlete|[[Bram Tankink]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 50' 24"
|-
! scope="row" | 60
| {{Flag athlete|[[Sylvain Chavanel]]|FRA}} [[File:Jersey red number.svg|20px|link=Combativity award in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a red number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|COF|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 54' 25"
|-
! scope="row" | 61
| {{Flag athlete|[[Luis Leon Sánchez]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 55' 39"
|-
! scope="row" | 62
| {{Flag athlete|[[Pieter Weening]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 55' 52"
|-
! scope="row" | 63
| {{Flag athlete|[[Nicolas Vogondy]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 56' 04"
|-
! scope="row" | 64
| {{Flag athlete|[[Fabian Cancellara]]|SUI}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 57' 09"
|-
! scope="row" | 65
| {{Flag athlete|[[Nicolas Portal]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 58' 16"
|-
! scope="row" | 66
| {{Flag athlete|[[Filippo Pozzato]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 59' 13"
|-
! scope="row" | 67
| {{Flag athlete|[[David Millar]]|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 59' 39"
|-
! scope="row" | 68
| {{Flag athlete|[[Joost Posthuma]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 05' 10"
|-
! scope="row" | 69
| {{Flag athlete|[[Óscar Freire]]|ESP}} [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px|Freire was awarded the final green jersey as points classification winner]] || {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 05' 46"
|-
! scope="row" | 70
| {{Flag athlete|[[Martin Elmiger]]|SUI}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 06' 21"
|-
! scope="row" | 71
| {{Flag athlete|[[José Luis Arrieta]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 07' 33"
|-
! scope="row" | 72
| {{Flag athlete|[[Gorka Verdugo]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 08' 23"
|-
! scope="row" | 73
| {{Flag athlete|[[Yoann Le Boulanger]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 08' 50"
|-
! scope="row" | 74
| {{Flag athlete|[[Sebastian Lang]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 09' 23"
|-
! scope="row" | 75
| {{Flag athlete|[[Murilo Antonio Fischer]]|BRA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 13' 03"
|-
! scope="row" | 76
| {{Flag athlete|[[Trent Lowe]]|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 13' 41"
|-
! scope="row" | 77
| {{Flag athlete|[[Jurgen Van De Walle]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 13' 50"
|-
! scope="row" | 78
| {{Flag athlete|[[Simon Gerrans]]|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 14' 25"
|-
! scope="row" | 79
| {{Flag athlete|[[Rémi Pauriol]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 16' 33"
|-
! scope="row" | 80
| {{Flag athlete|[[David Lelay]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 16' 43"
|-
! scope="row" | 81
| {{Flag athlete|[[Benoît Vaugrenard]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 19' 33"
|-
! scope="row" | 82
| {{Flag athlete|[[Dario David Cioni]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 20' 49"
|-
! scope="row" | 83
| {{Flag athlete|[[Chris Froome]]|GBR}} || {{UCI team code|BAR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 22' 33"
|-
! scope="row" | 84
| {{Flag athlete|[[Geoffroy Lequatre]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 23' 04"
|-
! scope="row" | 85
| {{Flag athlete|[[Laurent Lefèvre]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 23' 16"
|-
! scope="row" | 86
| {{Flag athlete|[[Johan Vansummeren]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 27' 04"
|-
! scope="row" | 87
| {{Flag athlete|[[Giampaolo Cheula]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|BAR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 30' 12"
|-
! scope="row" | 88
| {{Flag athlete|[[Carlos Barredo]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 30' 36"
|-
! scope="row" | 89
| {{Flag athlete|[[Stef Clement]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 32' 19"
|-
! scope="row" | 90
| {{Flag athlete|[[Rubén Pérez]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 33' 55"
|-
! scope="row" | 91
| {{Flag athlete|[[Marco Marzano]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 34' 08"
|-
! scope="row" | 92
| {{Flag athlete|[[Ronny Scholz]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 34' 12"
|-
! scope="row" | 93
| {{Flag athlete|[[Alessandro Ballan]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 35' 08"
|-
! scope="row" | 94
| {{Flag athlete|[[Danny Pate]]|USA}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 36' 29"
|-
! scope="row" | 95
| {{Flag athlete|[[Matteo Tosatto]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 38' 07"
|-
! scope="row" | 96
| {{Flag athlete|[[Thomas Voeckler]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 38' 13"
|-
! scope="row" | 97
| {{Flag athlete|[[Sébastien Rosseler]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 39' 58"
|-
! scope="row" | 98
| {{Flag athlete|[[Thor Hushovd]]|NOR}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 45' 20"
|-
! scope="row" | 99
| {{Flag athlete|[[Björn Schröder]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 48' 33"
|-
! scope="row" | 100
| {{Flag athlete|[[Xavier Florencio]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 53' 51"
|-
! scope="row" | 101
| {{Flag athlete|[[William Bonnet]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 55' 29"
|-
! scope="row" | 102
| {{Flag athlete|[[Juan José Oroz]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 56' 12"
|-
! scope="row" | 103
| {{Flag athlete|[[Iñaki Isasi]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 57' 44"
|-
! scope="row" | 104
| {{Flag athlete|[[Martin Müller (cyclist)|Martin Müller]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 58' 31"
|-
! scope="row" | 105
| {{Flag athlete|[[Gerald Ciolek]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 2h 58' 34"
|-
! scope="row" | 106
| {{Flag athlete|[[Robbie Hunter (cyclist)|Robert Hunter]]|SAF}} || {{UCI team code|BAR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 04' 02"
|-
! scope="row" | 107
| {{Flag athlete|[[Adam Hansen]]|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 04' 52"
|-
! scope="row" | 108
| {{Flag athlete|[[Stuart O'Grady]]|AUS}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 07' 46"
|-
! scope="row" | 109
| {{Flag athlete|[[Julian Dean]]|NZL}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 07' 57"
|-
! scope="row" | 110
| {{Flag athlete|[[Gert Steegmans]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 08' 23"
|-
! scope="row" | 111
| {{Flag athlete|[[Philippe Gilbert]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 09' 56"
|-
! scope="row" | 112
| {{Flag athlete|[[Frederik Willems]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 13' 38"
|-
! scope="row" | 113
| {{Flag athlete|[[Samuel Dumoulin]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 14' 37"
|-
! scope="row" | 114
| {{Flag athlete|[[Arnaud Coyot]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 15' 53"
|-
! scope="row" | 115
| {{Flag athlete|[[Robert Förster]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 16' 11"
|-
! scope="row" | 116
| {{Flag athlete|[[Matteo Bono]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 16' 36"
|-
! scope="row" | 117
| {{Flag athlete|[[Nicki Sørensen]]|DEN}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 17' 01"
|-
! scope="row" | 118
| {{Flag athlete|[[Florent Brard]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 17' 45"
|-
! scope="row" | 119
| {{Flag athlete|[[Marcus Burghardt]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 20' 28"
|-
! scope="row" | 120
| {{Flag athlete|[[Jérémy Roy (cyclist)|Jérémy Roy]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 21' 32"
|-
! scope="row" | 121
| {{Flag athlete|[[Robbie McEwen]]|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 22' 36"
|-
! scope="row" | 122
| {{Flag athlete|[[Ralf Grabsch]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 23' 17"
|-
! scope="row" | 123
| {{Flag athlete|[[Leif Hoste]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 23' 53"
|-
! scope="row" | 124
| {{Flag athlete|[[Steven de Jongh]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|QST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 24' 08"
|-
! scope="row" | 125
| {{Flag athlete|[[Heinrich Haussler]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 25' 34"
|-
! scope="row" | 126
| {{Flag athlete|[[Daniele Righi]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 26' 16"
|-
! scope="row" | 127
| {{Flag athlete|[[Aleksandr Kuschynski]]|BLR}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 26' 47"
|-
! scope="row" | 128
| {{Flag athlete|[[Brett Lancaster]]|AUS}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 27' 29"
|-
! scope="row" | 129
| {{Flag athlete|[[Manuel Quinziato]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 28' 03"
|-
! scope="row" | 130
| {{Flag athlete|[[Sebastian Langeveld]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 28' 07"
|-
! scope="row" | 131
| {{Flag athlete|[[Arnaud Gérard]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 30' 00"
|-
! scope="row" | 132
| {{Flag athlete|[[William Frischkorn]]|USA}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 30' 47"
|-
! scope="row" | 133
| {{Flag athlete|[[Martijn Maaskant]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 31' 30"
|-
! scope="row" | 134
| {{Flag athlete|[[Freddy Bichot]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|AGR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 32' 25"
|-
! scope="row" | 135
| {{Flag athlete|[[Niki Terpstra]]|NED}} || {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 33' 40"
|-
! scope="row" | 136
| {{Flag athlete|[[Christophe Riblon]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 35' 24"
|-
! scope="row" | 137
| {{Flag athlete|[[Jimmy Engoulvent]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 35' 30"
|-
! scope="row" | 138
| {{Flag athlete|[[Stéphane Augé]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|COF|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 35' 52"
|-
! scope="row" | 139
| {{Flag athlete|[[Massimiliano Mori]]|ITA}} || {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 37' 22"
|-
! scope="row" | 140
| {{Flag athlete|[[José Vicente García]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 39' 48"
|-
! scope="row" | 141
| {{Flag athlete|[[Matthieu Sprick]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 48' 18"
|-
! scope="row" | 142
| {{Flag athlete|[[Sven Krauss]]|GER}} || {{UCI team code|GST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 51' 55"
|-
! scope="row" | 143
| {{Flag athlete|[[Bernhard Eisel]]|AUT}} || {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 54' 52"
|-
! scope="row" | 144
| {{Flag athlete|[[Wim Vansevenant]]|BEL}} || {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 3h 55' 45"
|}

{{columns-start}}

===Points classification===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final points classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-class-final">{{cite web|title=The history of the Tour de France – Year 2008 – Stage 21 Étampes > Paris Champs-Élysées|url=http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2008/2100/etape.html|work=Tour de France|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-date=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402224328/http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/2008/2100/etape.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Points
|-
! scope="row" | 1
|{{Flag athlete|[[Óscar Freire]]|ESP}} [[File:Jersey green.svg|20px|Freire was awarded the final green jersey as points classification winner]]
|{{UCI team code|RAB|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 270
|-
! scope="row" |2
|{{Flag athlete|[[Thor Hushovd]]|NOR}}
|{{UCI team code|C.A|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 220
|-
! scope="row" |3
|{{Flag athlete|[[Erik Zabel]]|GER}}
|{{UCI team code|MRM|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 217
|-
! scope="row" |4
|{{Flag athlete|[[Leonardo Duque]]|COL}}
|{{UCI team code|COF|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 181
|-
! scope="row" |5
|{{Flag athlete|[[Kim Kirchen]]|LUX}}
|{{UCI team code|THR|2008b}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 155
|-
! scope="row" |6
|{{Flag athlete|[[Alejandro Valverde]]|ESP}}
|{{UCI team code|GCE|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 136
|-
! scope="row" |7
|{{Flag athlete|[[Robbie Hunter (cyclist)|Robert Hunter]]|RSA}}
|{{UCI team code|BAR|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 131
|-
! scope="row" |8
|{{Flag athlete|[[Robbie McEwen]]|AUS}}
|{{UCI team code|SIL|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 129
|-
! scope="row" |9
|{{Flag athlete|[[Julian Dean]]|NZL}}
|{{UCI team code|GRM|2008b}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 119
|-
! scope="row" |10
|{{Flag athlete|[[Gerald Ciolek]]|GER}}
|{{UCI team code|THR|2008b}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 116
|}

{{column}}

===Mountains classification===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final mountains classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-class-final" />
|-
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Points
|-
! scope="row" |DSQ
| <s>{{Flag athlete|[[Bernhard Kohl]]|AUT}}</s> || <s>{{UCI team code|GST|2008}}</s> || style="text-align:right;" | <s>128</s>
|-
! scope="row" |1<ref name="SportsResults"/>
| {{Flag athlete|[[Carlos Sastre]]|ESP}} [[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|link=General classification in the Tour de France|alt=A yellow jersey.]] [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px|link=Mountains classification in the Tour de France|alt=Polka dot jersey]] [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | 80
|-
! scope="row" |3
| {{Flag athlete|[[Fränk Schleck]]|LUX}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | 80
|-
! scope="row" |4
| {{Flag athlete|[[Thomas Voeckler]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|BBO|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | 65
|-
! scope="row" |5
| {{Flag athlete|[[Sebastian Lang]]|GER}}||{{UCI team code|GST|2008}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 62
|-
! scope="row" |6
| {{Flag athlete|[[Stefan Schumacher]]|GER}}||{{UCI team code|GST|2008}}|| style="text-align:right;" | 61
|-
! scope="row" |7
|{{Flag athlete|[[John-Lee Augustyn]]|RSA}} || {{UCI team code|BAR|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | 61
|-
! scope="row" |8
|{{Flag athlete|[[Alejandro Valverde]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | 58
|-
! scope="row" |9
| {{Flag athlete|[[Rémy Di Gregorio]]|FRA}} || {{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | 52
|-
! scope="row" |10
| {{Flag athlete|[[Egoi Martínez]]|ESP}} || {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | 51
|}

{{columns-end}}
{{columns-start}}

===Young rider classification===

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Final young rider classification (1–10)<ref name="letour-class-final" />
|-
! scope="col" | Rank!! scope="col" | Rider!! scope="col" | Team!! scope="col" | Time
|-
! scope="row" |1
|{{Flag athlete|[[Andy Schleck]]|LUX}} [[File:Jersey white.svg|20px|link=Young rider classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey.]] [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]]
|{{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 88h 04' 24"
|-
! scope="row" |2
|{{Flag athlete|[[Roman Kreuziger]]|CZE}}
|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 1' 27"
|-
! scope="row" |3
|{{Flag athlete|[[Vincenzo Nibali]]|ITA}}
|{{UCI team code|LIQ|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 17' 01"
|-
! scope="row" |4
|{{Flag athlete|[[Maxime Monfort]]|BEL}}
|{{UCI team code|COF|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 24' 09"
|-
! scope="row" |5
|{{Flag athlete|[[Eduardo Gonzalo]]|ESP}}
|{{UCI team code|AGR|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 08' 34"
|-
! scope="row" |6
|{{Flag athlete|[[Thomas Lövkvist]]|SWE}}
|{{UCI team code|THR|2008b}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 13' 55"
|-
! scope="row" |7
|{{Flag athlete|[[John-Lee Augustyn]]|RSA}}
|{{UCI team code|BAR|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 24' 49"
|-
! scope="row" |8
|{{Flag athlete|[[Peter Velits]]|SVK}}
|{{UCI team code|MRM|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 38' 17"
|-
! scope="row" |9
|{{Flag athlete|[[Rémy Di Gregorio]]|FRA}}
|{{UCI team code|FDJ|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 38' 22"
|-
! scope="row" |10
|{{Flag athlete|[[Luis León Sánchez]]|ESP}}
|{{UCI team code|GCE|2008}}
| style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 44' 07"
|}

{{column}}

===Team classification===

{| class="wikitable"
|+Final team classification (1–10)<ref name="cn-stage-21" />
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Time
|-
! scope="row" |1
| {{UCI team code|SAX|2008b}} [[File:Jersey yellow number.svg|20px|link=Team classification in the Tour de France|alt=A white jersey with a yellow number bib.]] || style="text-align:right;" | 263h 29' 57"
|-
! scope="row" |2
| {{UCI team code|ALM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 15' 35"
|-
! scope="row" |3
|  {{UCI team code|RAB|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 05' 26"
|-
! scope="row" |4
|  {{UCI team code|EUS|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 16' 26"
|-
! scope="row" |5
|  {{UCI team code|SIL|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 17' 15"
|-
! scope="row" |6
|  {{UCI team code|GCE|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 20' 28"
|-
! scope="row" |7
|  {{UCI team code|THR|2008b}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 23' 00"
|-
! scope="row" |8
|  {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 26' 24"
|-
! scope="row" |9
|  {{UCI team code|GST|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 27' 40"
|-
! scope="row" |10
| {{UCI team code|C.A|2008}} || style="text-align:right;" | + 1h 37' 16"
|}

{{columns-end}}

==Prize money==
A total prize fund of approximately €3.25&nbsp;million was awarded throughout the tour. In addition, each team received €51,243 towards expenses of participation, with an additional €1,600 per rider who completed the race, provided that at least seven did so.<ref name="LeTour2008 01">[http://www.letourdefrance.com/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/reglements.html Rules and Stakes at Le Tour.fr ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713202122/http://www.letourdefrance.com/2008/TDF/LIVE/us/reglements.html |date=13 July 2011 }}</ref><ref name="LeTour2008 02">{{cite web|url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement_fr_us.pdf |title=2008 Rules and Stakes at Le Tour.fr (PDF) |access-date=9 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602053731/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement_fr_us.pdf |archive-date=2 June 2013  }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
! width=8%|1st
! width=8%|2nd
! width=8%|3rd
! width=8%|4th
! width=8%|5th
! style="width:40%;"|Notes
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" | Individual stages
| €8,000
| €4,000
| €2,000
| €1,200
| €830
|Prizes down to 20th place (€200).
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" | General classification
| €450,000
| €200,000
| €100,000
| €70,000
| €50,000
| All finishers earn at least €400. The wearer of the Yellow Jersey each day gets €350.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" |Overall points classification
| €25,000
| €15,000
| €10,000
| €4,000
| €3,500
| Additional prize money down to 8th place (€2,000). The leader of the ranking each day gets €300.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" | Intermediate sprints
| €800
| €450
| €300
| colspan=2|
|There are 45 such sprints during the tour.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" | Mountains classification
| €25,000
| €15,000
| €10,000
| €4,000
| €3,500
| Additional prize money down to 8th place (€2,000). The leader of the ranking each day gets €300.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" |Hors category climbs
| €800
| €450
| €300
| colspan=2|
|There are 8 [[Hors catégorie|HC]] cols during the tour. There are additional €5,000 prizes for the riders first over the Tourmalet (stage 10) and the Galibier (stage 17).
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" | First category climbs
| €650
| €400
| €150
| colspan=2|
|There are 4 such mountains during the tour.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" | Second category climbs
| €500
| €250
| colspan=3|
|There are 5 such climbs during the tour.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" | Third category climbs
| €300
| colspan=4|
|There are 14 such climbs during the tour.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" | Fourth category climbs
| €200
| colspan=4|
|There are 26 such climbs during the tour.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" |Young riders' classification
| €20,000
| €15,000
| €10,000
| €5,000
|
| The first young rider each day gets €500, and the leader of the ranking each day gets €300.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" |Combativity prize
| €20,000
| colspan=4|
| A prize of €2,000 is awarded for each stage except time trials.
|- style="text-align:center"
! style="text-align:left" |Team classification in the Tour de France
| €50,000
| €30,000
| €20,000
| €12,000
| €8,000
| The team with the fastest time for its first three finishers each day gets €2,800.
|}

By tradition, a team's winnings were pooled and shared among the riders and support team. Team CSC, the team of Tour winner Sastre, won the most prize money, more than €600,000. Saunier Duval's prize money was not awarded after the positive tests of Riccardo Riccò.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/80939 |title=VeloNews 2008 Tour de France information |access-date=13 October 2008  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007232019/http://tour-de-france.velonews.com/article/80939 |archive-date=7 October 2008 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
[[File:Paris - Tour de France 2008 Winner - Carlos Sastre - Maillot Jaune.jpg|thumb|right|[[Team CSC]] received €450,000 for the overall victory of [[Carlos Sastre]].]]
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! !! scope="col" | Team name!!Prize money
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1|| Team CSC Saxo Bank|| €621,210
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2|| Silence–Lotto || €233,450
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3|| Gerolsteiner || €192,370
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4|| Rabobank || €154,250
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5|| Team Columbia || €113,450
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6|| Cofidis || €91,460
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7|| Garmin–Chipotle || €82,570
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8|| Ag2r–La Mondiale || €71,060
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9|| Caisse d'Epargne || €59,510
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10|| Crédit Agricole || €55,450
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 11|| Euskaltel–Euskadi || €53,130
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 12|| Liquigas || €49,220
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 13|| Française des Jeux || €45,780
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 14|| Team Milram || €35,490
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 15|| Agritubel || €32,540
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 16|| Quick-Step || €31,470
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 17|| Bouygues Télécom || €24,900
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 18|| Barloworld || €22,480
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 19|| Lampre || €9,840
|}

==See also==
*[[2008 in road cycling]]
*[[List of doping cases in cycling]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|first=Jacques|last=Augendre|author-link=Jacques Augendre|url=http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|title=Guide historique|trans-title=Historical guide|year=2016|language=fr|access-date=27 October 2016|work=[[Tour de France]]|location=Paris|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817121602/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/le-tour/2016/histoire/TDF16_GH_Interactif-PROD.pdf|archive-date=17 August 2016|url-status=live}}
* {{cite book|title=Race regulations|url=http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement_fr_us.pdf|work=[[Tour de France]]|location=Paris|publisher=[[Amaury Sport Organisation]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327070838/http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement_fr_us.pdf|archive-date=27 March 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=27 October 2016|year=2008|ref={{harvid|''Race regulations''|2008}}}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Mapping Le Tour|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=Glasgow|year=2014|pages=234–235|isbn=9780007543991|oclc=872700415}}

==External links==
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* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080805120529/http://www.letour.fr/us/index.html |date=5 August 2008 |title=Official website }}{{cbignore}}
* [http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/tour08/ 2008 Tour de France] at [[Cyclingnews.com]]

{{Tour de France}}
{{Cycling stage recaps|2008 Tour de France|1|11|12|21}}
{{Tour de France general classification winners}}

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[[Category:Tour de France by year|2008]]
[[Category:2008 in road cycling]]
[[Category:July 2008 sports events in France]]
[[Category:July 2008 sports events in Europe]]