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{{Infobox Cycling race report
| name               = 2008 Tour de Georgia
| image              =
| image_caption      =
| image_size         =
| series             = [[2007–08 UCI America Tour]]
| race_no            =
| series_no          =
| date               = April 21 &ndash; April 27
| stages             = 7
| distance           = 600
| unit               = mi
| time               = 22h 44' 44"
| speed              = 26.38
| first              = Kanstantsin Sivtsov
| first_nat          = BLR
| first_natvar       =
| first_team         = Team High Road
| second             = Trent Lowe
| second_nat         = AUS
| second_natvar      =
| second_team        = Slipstream–Chipotle
| third              = Levi Leipheimer
| third_nat          = USA
| third_natvar       =
| third_team         = Astana Team
| points             =
| points_nat         =
| points_natvar      =
| points_team        =
| mountains          = Jason McCartney
| mountains_nat      = USA
| mountains_natvar   =
| mountains_team     = Team CSC
| youth              = Trent Lowe
| youth_nat          = AUS
| youth_natvar       =
| youth_team         = Slipstream–Chipotle
| combination        =
| combination_nat    =
| combination_natvar =
| combination_team   =
| sprints            = Greg Henderson
| sprints_nat        = NZL
| sprints_natvar     =
| sprints_team       = Team High Road
| team               = Astana Team
| team_nat           = LUX
| team_natvar        =
| previous           = [[2007 Tour de Georgia|2007]]
| next               =  2009 canceled
}}
The '''2008 [[Tour de Georgia]]''' was a seven-stage [[road bicycle racing|professional bicycle race]] held from April 21 through April 27, 2008 across the state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].  The race was part of the [[2008 USA Cycling Professional Tour|2008 USA Cycling Pro Tour]] and [[2007–08 UCI America Tour]], and was presented by [[AT&T]].

==Stage Results==
===Stage 1, April 21, [[Tybee Island, Georgia|Tybee Island]] – [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]], 115.6 km===

The first stage of the Tour was a short and flat stage suited for [[Cycling sprinter|sprinters]], starting in [[Tybee Island, Georgia|Tybee Island]] and finishing in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]]. A group of six riders broke clear of the main field and established a lead of over one minute, before being caught in the final {{convert|10|mi|km}}. The stage was won in a bunch sprint by [[Iván Domínguez]] of [[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team|Toyota–United]], ahead of [[Nicholas Sanderson (cyclist)|Nicholas Sanderson]] ([[Jelly Belly Cycling Team|Jelly Belly]]) and [[Robert Förster]] ([[Gerolsteiner (cycling team)|Gerolsteiner]]). Dominguez's win meant that he assumed the lead in the overall classification.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Mark Zalewski|website=cyclingnews.com|title=Sprinters delight in short, flat Georgia opener |url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/apr08/georgia08/?id=results/georgia081|accessdate=12 April 2010|date=April 2008}}</ref>

{|
|'''Stage 1 Results'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Iván Domínguez]]|CUB}}
|[[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| 2h 30' 18"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|Nicholas Sanderson|AUS}}
|Jelly Belly Cycling Team
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Robert Förster]]|GER}}
|[[Team Gerolsteiner]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 1'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Iván Domínguez]]|CUB}}
|[[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| 2h 30' 08"
|- style="background:#a4d049"
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|Nicholas Sanderson|AUS}}
|Jelly Belly Cycling Team
|align=right|+ 4"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Henderson]]|NZL}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| + 5"
|}
|}

===Stage 2, April 22, [[Statesboro, Georgia|Statesboro]] – [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], 186.2 km===
{|
|'''Stage 2 Results'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Juan José Haedo]]|ARG}}
|[[Team CSC]]
|align=right| 4h 32' 35"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Henderson]]|NZL}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Iván Domínguez]]|CUB}}
|[[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 2'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Iván Domínguez]]|CUB}}
|[[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| 7h 02' 39"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Henderson]]|NZL}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| + 3"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Juan José Haedo]]|ARG}}
|[[Team CSC]]
|align=right| + 4"
|}
|}

===Stage 3, April 23, [[Washington, Georgia|Washington]] – [[Gainesville, Georgia|Gainesville]], 176.5 km===
{|
|'''Stage 3 Results'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Henderson]]|NZL}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 3h 55' 45"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[André Greipel]]|GER}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyler Farrar]]|USA}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 3'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Henderson]]|NZL}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 10h 58' 17"
|- style="background:#a4d049"
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyler Farrar]]|USA}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| + 9"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Juan José Haedo]]|ARG}}
|[[Team CSC]]
|align=right| + 11"
|}
|}

===Stage 4, April 24, [[Braselton, Georgia|Braselton]] ([[Road Atlanta]]), 16.1 km (Team Time Trial)===
{|
|'''Stage 4 Results'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Team
!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]|USA}}
|align=right| 19' 36"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Astana Team]]|LUX}}
|align=right| + 4"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Team High Road]]|USA}}
|align=right| + 6"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 4'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Henderson]]|NZL}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 11h 17' 59"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[André Greipel]]|GER}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| + 15"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[David Zabriskie]]|USA}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| + 15"
|}
|}

===Stage 5, April 25, [[Suwanee, Georgia|Suwanee]] – [[Dahlonega, Georgia|Dahlonega]], 214.7 km===
{|
|'''Stage 5 Results'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Richard England (cyclist)|Richard England]]|AUS}}
|[[Bissell Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| 5h 15' 15"
|- style="background:#ff9900;"
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Rory Sutherland (cyclist)|Rory Sutherland]]|AUS}}
|[[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis|Health Net Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[George Hincapie]]|USA}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 5'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Trent Lowe]]|AUS}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| 16h 33' 29"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[David Zabriskie]]|USA}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Christian Vande Velde]]|USA}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
|}

===Stage 6, April 26, [[Blairsville, Georgia|Blairsville]] – [[Brasstown Bald]], 142.3 km===
{|
|'''Stage 6 Results'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]]|BLR}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 3h 47' 16"
|- style="background:#ffff00;"
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Trent Lowe]]|AUS}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| + 10"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Levi Leipheimer]]|USA}}
|[[Astana Team]]
|align=right| + 16"
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 6'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]]|BLR}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 20h 20' 51"
|-  style="background:#a4d049;"
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Trent Lowe]]|AUS}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| + 4"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Levi Leipheimer]]|USA}}
|[[Astana Team]]
|align=right| + 14"
|}
|}

===Stage 7, April 27, [[Atlanta]], 100.9 km===
{|
|'''Stage 7 Results'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-  style="background:#0099ff"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Henderson]]|NZL}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 2h 23' 53"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Juan José Haedo]]|ARG}}
|[[Team CSC]]
|align=right| s.t.
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|Andrew Pinfold|CAN}}
|[[Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team|Symmetrics Cycling Team]]
|align=right| s.t.
|}
||
|'''General Classification after Stage 7'''
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]]|BLR}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 22h 44' 44"
|-  style="background:#a4d049;"
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Trent Lowe]]|AUS}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| + 4"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Levi Leipheimer]]|USA}}
|[[Astana Team]]
|align=right| + 14"
|}
|}

==Final standing==
===General classification===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-  style="background:#ffff00"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]]|BLR}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 22h 44' 44"
|-  style="background:#a4d049;"
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Trent Lowe]]|AUS}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| + 4"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Levi Leipheimer]]|USA}}
|[[Astana Team]]
|align=right| + 14"
|-
|'''4'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Antonio Colom]]|ESP}}
|[[Astana Team]]
|align=right| + 1' 02"
|-
|'''5'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Íñigo Cuesta]]|ESP}}
|[[Team CSC]]
|align=right| + 1' 11"
|-
|'''6'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Óscar Sevilla]]|ESP}}
|[[Rock Racing]]
|align=right| + 1' 25"
|-
|'''7'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Christian Vande Velde]]|USA}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| + 1' 32"
|-
|'''8'''
|{{flagathlete|Moisés Aldape|MEX}}
|[[Team Type 1]]
|align=right| + 1' 37"
|- style="background:#ff9900;"
|'''9'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Rory Sutherland (cyclist)|Rory Sutherland]]|AUS}}
|[[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis|Health Net Pro Cycling Team]]
|align=right| + 2' 08"
|-
|'''10'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Bobby Julich]]|USA}}
|[[Team CSC]]
|align=right| + 2' 31"
|}

===Young classification===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Time
|-  style="background:#a4d049;"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Trent Lowe]]|AUS}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| 22h 44' 48"
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|Christian Meier|CAN}}
|[[Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team|Symmetrics Cycling Team]]
|align=right| + 3' 40"
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|Cameron Evans|CAN}}
|[[Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team|Symmetrics Cycling Team]]
|align=right| + 8' 06"
|}

===Mountains classification===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Points
|-  style="background:#d56221"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Jason McCartney (cyclist)|Jason McCartney]]|USA}}
|[[Team CSC]]
|align=right| 18
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|Neil Shirley|USA}}
|[[Jittery Joe's#Professional cycling team|Jittery Joe's Cycling Team]]
|align=right| 16
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Svein Tuft]]|CAN}}
|[[Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team|Symmetrics Cycling Team]]
|align=right| 13
|}

===Sprint classification===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Cyclist
!Team
!Points
|-  style="background:#0099ff"
|'''1'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Greg Henderson]]|NZL}}
|[[Team High Road]]
|align=right| 53
|-
|'''2'''
|{{flagathlete|[[Tyler Farrar]]|USA}}
|[[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|align=right| 35
|-
|'''3'''
|{{flagathlete|Andrew Pinfold|CAN}}
|[[Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team|Symmetrics Cycling Team]]
|align=right| 28
|}

===Team classification===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!
!Team
!Country
!Time
|-
!1
|[[Astana Team]]
|{{LUX}}
|align="right"|68h 17' 50"
|-
!2
|[[Team CSC]]
|{{DEN}}
|align="right"|+ 3' 30"
|-
!3
|[[Jittery Joe's#Professional cycling team|Jittery Joe's Cycling Team]]
|{{flagu|United States}}
|align="right"|+ 4' 56"
|}

==Jersey progress==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size:smaller;"
|- style="background-color: #efefef;"
! width="12%" | Stage<br>(Winner)
! style="background:#ffff00;" width="15%"|General Classification<br>
! style="background:#a4d049;" width="15%"|Young Classification<br>
! style="background:#d56221;" width="15%"|Mountains Classification<br>
! style="background:#0099ff;" width="15%"|Sprint Classification
! style="background:#ff9900;" width="15%"|Aggressive Rider
! style="background:;" width="15%"|Team Classification
|-
| {{0}}Stage 1<br>([[Iván Domínguez]])
| style="background:#ffff00" rowspan="2"| [[Iván Domínguez]]
| style="background:#a4d049;" rowspan="2"| Nicholas Sanderson
| rowspan="1"|
| style="background:#0099ff" rowspan="2"| [[Iván Domínguez]]
| style="background:#ff9900;" rowspan="1"| Scott Nydam
| style="background:" rowspan="2"| [[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team|Toyota–United]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 2<br>([[Juan José Haedo]])
| style="background:#d56221" rowspan="3"| Frank Pipp
| style="background:#ff9900;" rowspan="1"| Rhys Pollack
|-
| {{0}}Stage 3<br>([[Greg Henderson]])
| style="background:#ffff00" rowspan="2"| [[Greg Henderson]]
| style="background:#a4d049;" rowspan="1"| [[Tyler Farrar]]
| style="background:#0099ff" rowspan="5"| [[Greg Henderson]]
| style="background:#ff9900;" rowspan="2"| [[Rory Sutherland (cyclist)|Rory Sutherland]]
| style="background:" rowspan="1"| [[Team High Road]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 4<br>([[Slipstream–Chipotle|Slipstream]])
| style="background:#a4d049;" rowspan="4"| [[Trent Lowe]]
| style="background:" rowspan="2"| [[Slipstream–Chipotle]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 5<br>(Richard England)
| style="background:#ffff00" rowspan="1"| [[Trent Lowe]]
| style="background:#d56221" rowspan="1"| Edward King
| style="background:#ff9900;" rowspan="1"| [[Tim Johnson (cyclist)|Tim Johnson]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 6<br>([[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]])
| style="background:#ffff00" rowspan="2"| [[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]]
| style="background:#d56221" rowspan="2"| [[Jason McCartney (cyclist)|Jason McCartney]]
| style="background:#ff9900;" rowspan="1"| Neil Shirley
| style="background:" rowspan="2"| [[Astana Team]]
|-
| {{0}}Stage 7<br>([[Greg Henderson]])
| style="background:#ff9900;" rowspan="1"| [[Rory Sutherland (cyclist)|Rory Sutherland]]
|-
| {{0}}'''Final'''<br>
| style="background:#ffff00" rowspan="1"| [[Kanstantsin Sivtsov]]
| style="background:#a4d049;" rowspan="1"| [[Trent Lowe]]
| style="background:#d56221" rowspan="1"| [[Jason McCartney (cyclist)|Jason McCartney]]
| style="background:#0099ff" rowspan="1"| [[Greg Henderson]]
| style="background:#ff9900" rowspan="1"| [[Rory Sutherland (cyclist)|Rory Sutherland]]
| style="background:" rowspan="1"| [[Astana Team]]
|}

==Participating teams==
;UCI ProTour Teams
* AST – {{Flagicon|LUX}} [[Astana Team]]
* CSC – {{Flagicon|DEN}} [[Team CSC]]
* GST – {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Gerolsteiner (cycling team)|Gerolsteiner]]
* THR – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Team High Road]]

;UCI Professional Continental Teams
* BMC – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[BMC Racing Team]]
* TSL – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Slipstream–Chipotle presented by H30]]

;UCI Continental Teams—America Tour
* BPC – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Bissell Pro Cycling Team]]
* HNM – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis]]
* TUP – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Toyota–United Pro Cycling Team]]
* JBC – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jelly Belly Cycling Team]]
* JIT – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Jittery Joe's#Professional cycling team|Jittery Joe's Professional Cycling Team]]
* SYM – {{Flagicon|CAN}} [[Symmetrics Professional Cycling Team|Symmetrics Cycling Team]]
* TT1 – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Team Type 1]]
* RRC – {{Flagicon|USA}} [[Rock Racing]]

;UCI Continental Team—Asia Tour
* MPC – {{Flagicon|PRC}} [[Marco Polo Cycling Team|GE/Marco Polo Cycling Team presented by Trek]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.tourdegeorgia.com/}}

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