The 2008 UCI ProTour is the fourth year of the UCI ProTour system. Following protracted disagreement between the organisers of the Grand Tours (ASO, RCS and Unipublic) and the UCI, all races organized by ASO, RCS and Unipublic were withdrawn from the ProTour calendar. This removed all three Grand Tours (Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España), four of the five monuments (Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix, Liège–Bastogne–Liège and Giro di Lombardia) and four further races (Paris–Nice, Tirreno–Adriatico, La Flèche Wallonne and Paris–Tours). As such, the quality of the races of the ProTour was diminished. The Australian race, the Tour Down Under was added to the calendar, making it the first race outside Europe on the ProTour (although races had previously been held outside Europe as part of the UCI Road World Cup).

The highly successful U.S. Postal Service ceased operations at the end of the 2007 season. Johan Bruyneel signed on to become the directeur sportif and revamp the embattled Astana; joining him are 2007 Tour de France champion Alberto Contador and 2007 Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer. Other major signings included American George Hincapie moving to Team High Road and Daniele Bennati from Lampre to Liquigas, while Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca left Liguigas for the UCI Professional Continental team LPR Brakes–Ballan.

2008 UCI ProTour races

As of September 28, 2008.

DatesRaceWinnerProTour leader
22–27 JanuaryAustralia Tour Down UnderAndré Greipel (GER) (Team High Road)André Greipel (GER) (Team High Road)
6 AprilBelgium Tour of FlandersStijn Devolder (BEL) (Soudal–Quick-Step)
7–12 AprilSpain Vuelta al País VascoAlberto Contador (ESP) (Astana)
9 AprilBelgium Gent–WevelgemÓscar Freire (ESP) (Rabobank)
20 AprilNetherlands Amstel Gold RaceDamiano Cunego (ITA) (Lampre)Damiano Cunego (ITA) (Lampre)
29 April–4 MaySwitzerland Tour de RomandieAndreas Klöden (GER) (Astana)
19–25 MaySpain Volta a CatalunyaGustavo César (ESP) (Karpin–Galicia)
8–15 JuneFrance Dauphiné LibéréAlejandro Valverde (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)Cadel Evans (AUS) (Silence–Lotto)
14–22 JuneSwitzerland Tour de SuisseRoman Kreuziger (CZE) (Liquigas)Damiano Cunego (ITA) (Lampre)
2 AugustSpain Clásica de San SebastiánAlejandro Valverde (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)
20–27 AugustBelgium / Netherlands Eneco Tour of BeneluxIván Gutiérrez (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)
25 AugustFrance GP Ouest-FrancePierrick Fédrigo (FRA) (Bouygues Télécom)
29 August– 6 SeptemberGermany Deutschland TourLinus Gerdemann (GER) (Team Columbia)
7 SeptemberGermany Vattenfall CyclassicsRobbie McEwen (AUS) (Silence–Lotto)
15–21 SeptemberPoland Tour de PologneJens Voigt (GER) (CSC–Saxo Bank)

Teams

As of 6 December 6, 2007

CodeOfficial Team NameCountryWebsite
ALMAg2r–La MondialeFrance2007-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
ASTAstanaLuxembourg
BTLBouygues TélécomFrance
GCECaisse d'EpargneSpain
COFCofidisFrance
C.ACrédit AgricoleFrance
CSCTeam CSCDenmark
SILSilence–LottoBelgium
EUSEuskaltel–EuskadiSpain
FDJFrançaise des JeuxFrance
GSTGerolsteinerGermany
LAMLampreItaly
LIQLiquigasItaly
MRMTeam MilramGermany
QSTQuick-StepBelgium
RABRabobankNetherlands
SDVSaunier Duval–ScottSpain
THRTeam High RoadUnited States2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine

Unibet.com Cycling Team, whose sponsors have pulled out of cycling, failed to submit its application renewal by the November 20, 2007 deadline.

Individual standings

RankNameTeamPoints
1Alejandro Valverde (ESP)Caisse d'Epargne123
2Damiano Cunego (ITA)Lampre104
3Andreas Klöden (GER)Astana96
4Roman Kreuziger (CZE)Liquigas94
5Cadel Evans (AUS)Silence–Lotto85
6André Greipel (GER)Team High Road62
7Mikel Astarloza (ESP)Euskaltel–Euskadi60
8Alberto Contador (ESP)Astana58
9Thomas Dekker (NED)Rabobank54
10Stijn Devolder (BEL)Quick-Step50
  • 107 riders have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.

Team standings

RankTeamNationalityPoints
1Caisse d'EpargneSpain147
2AstanaKazakhstan145
3Team CSCDenmark126
4Euskaltel–EuskadiSpain114
5Team High RoadUnited States111
6Saunier Duval–ScottSpain109
7Silence–LottoBelgium108
8LiquigasItaly107
9RabobankNetherlands105
10GerolsteinerGermany102
11Française des JeuxFrance102
12Quick-StepBelgium95
13Crédit AgricoleFrance76
14Ag2r–La MondialeFrance94
15Bouygues TélécomFrance93
16CofidisFrance73
17LampreItaly63
18Team MilramGermany54

Nation standings

RankNationPoints
1Spain336
2Italy237
3Germany198
4Belgium155
5France147
6Australia113
7Czech Republic94
8Luxembourg94
9Netherlands80
10Russia86
  • Riders from 23 nations have scored at least one point on the 2008 UCI ProTour.

2008 ProTour Points System

PlaceTour Down Under Tour of Flanders Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco Tour de Romandie Volta Ciclista a Catalunya Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré Tour de Suisse Deutschland Tour Eneco Tour Tour de PologneGent–Wevelgem Amstel Gold Race Vattenfall Cyclassics Clasica Ciclista San Sebastian GP Quest France-PlouayEindhoven Team Time Trial
Overall Classification
1st504010
2nd40309
3rd35258
4th30207
5th25156
6th20115
7th1574
8th1053
9th532
10th211
Stage wins (if applicable)
1st3
2nd2
3rd1
  • If a rider is not part of UCI ProTour, no points are given. The points corresponding to the place are not awarded
  • Top 20 teams get points in scale 20-19-18...1.
  • Team time trials in stage races doesn't give points for riders.
  • In Eindhoven time trial rider has to finish to earn points.
  • In country ranking, top 5 riders of each country count towards the ranking.

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