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{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = 2008 Tour of Turkey
| image              = 
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| series             = 
| race_no            = 
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| date               = 
| stages             = 7 & prologue
| distance           = 1071.8
| unit               = km
| time               = 25h 40' 41"
| speed              = 41.74
| first              = [[David García (cyclist, born 1977)|David García]] || first_nat = ESP || first_natvar = || first_team = [[Karpin–Galicia]]
| second             = [[José Alberto Benítez]] || second_nat = ESP || second_natvar =  || second_team = {{UCI team code|GEO|2008a}}
| third              = [[Pieter Jacobs]] || third_nat = BEL || third_natvar = || third_team = {{UCI team code|OLO|2008}}
| points             = [[Assan Bazayev]] || points_nat = KAZ|| points_natvar = || points_team = {{UCI team code|AST|2008}}
| mountains          = [[José Alberto Benítez]] || mountains_nat = ESP || mountains_natvar = || mountains_team = {{UCI team code|GEO|2008a}}
| team               = [[Diquigiovanni–Androni]]
| previous           = [[2007 Tour of Turkey|2007]]
| next               = [[2009 Tour of Turkey|2009]]
}}
The '''2008 [[Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey]]''', the 44th running of the race, took place from April 13 to April 20, 2008.

==Stages==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!rowspan=2|Stage
!rowspan=2|Route
!colspan=2|Distance
!rowspan=2|Type
!rowspan=2|Date
!rowspan=2|Stage winner
|-
!km
!mi
|-bgcolor=yellow
|P
|Grand Prix of [[Istanbul]]
|{{convert|76.2|km|mi|disp=table}}
|Opening race
|align="right"| Sunday, April 13
|{{flagathlete|[[Grégory Rast]]|SUI}} 
|-
|1
|[[İzmir]]–[[Kuşadası]]
|{{convert|132.7|km|mi|disp=table}}
|Flat stage
|align="right"| Monday, April 14
|{{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Petacchi]]|ITA}} 
|-
|2
|[[Kuşadası]]–[[Bodrum]]
|{{convert|165.9|km|mi|disp=table}}
|Flat stage
|align="right"| Tuesday, April 15
|{{flagathlete|[[Mirco Lorenzetto]]|ITA}} 
|-
|3
|[[Bodrum]]–[[Marmaris]]
|{{convert|166.8|km|mi|disp=table}}
|Flat stage
|align="right"| Wednesday, April 16
|{{flagathlete|[[Matteo Priamo]]|ITA}} 
|-
|4
|[[Marmaris]]–[[Ölüdeniz]]
|{{convert|177.7|km|mi|disp=table}}
|Flat stage
|align="right"| Thursday, April 17
|{{flagathlete|[[Filippo Savini]]|ITA}} 
|-
|5
|[[Kalkan]]–[[Finike]]
|{{convert|100.1|km|mi|disp=table}}
|Flat stage
|align="right"| Friday, April 18
|{{flagathlete|[[Matteo Priamo]]|ITA}} 
|-
|6
|[[Finike]]–[[Antalya]]
|{{convert|115.8|km|mi|disp=table}}
|Flat stage
|align="right"| Saturday, April 19
|{{flagathlete|[[Alessandro Petacchi]]|ITA}}  
|-
|7
|[[Antalya]]–[[Alanya]]
|{{convert|136.6|km|mi|disp=table}}
|Flat stage
|align="right"| Sunday, April 20
|{{flagathlete|[[Maximiliano Richeze]]|ARG}} 
|}

==Teams==
[[Image:Birinci.jpg|thumb|250px|Winner of [[Antalya]]–[[Alanya]] stage [[Maximiliano Richeze]]from Argentina]]
25 teams started the race – each had 6 riders at the start of the tour i.e., 150 started in total. The teams<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tourofturkey.org/proteams.aspx |title=:: Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey ::<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421180317/http://www.tourofturkey.org/proteams.aspx |archive-date=2008-04-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> were:

*Pro Teams
** {{UCI team code|OLO|2008}}
** {{UCI team code|GEO|2008a}}
** {{UCI team code|MRM|2008}}
** {{UCI team code|LAM|2008}}
** {{UCI team code|AST|2008}}
*Pro-Continental teams
** [[PSK Whirlpool–Author]]
** [[Mitsubishi–Jartazi]]
** [[CSF Group–Navigare]]
** [[SL Benfica (cycling team)|Benfica]]
** [[Extremadura–Ciclismo Solidario|Extremadura]]
** [[Karpin–Galicia]]
** [[NGC Medical–OTC Industria Porte]]
** [[Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni–Androni Giocattoli]]
*Continental teams
** Tyrol–Team Radland Tirol
** AC Sparta Praha
** Team Ista
** Cosmote Kastro
** Centri della Calzatura Partizan
** Hadimec AG
** Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei
** Steg Computer–CKT Cogeas
** Brisa Cycling Team
*National teams
**{{flagicon|Turkey}} Turkish national team
**{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Dutch national team
**{{flagicon|Ireland}} Irish national team

== References ==

<references/>

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.tourofturkey.org/}}

{{Tour of Turkey}}
{{Tour of Turkey Winners}}

[[Category:Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey by year]]
[[Category:2008 in road cycling|Presidential]]
[[Category:2008 in Turkish sport|Tour of Turkey]]


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