2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey

The 2008 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey
Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey is a professional road bicycle racing stage race held annually in Turkey. Historically the race attracted almost no attention from Europe's major cycling teams and best riders. However, its recent elevation in rankings has attracted an increasingly competitive...

, the 44th running of the race, took place from April 13 to April 20, 2008.

Stages

Stage	Route	Distance	Type	Date
P	Grand Prix of Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...	76.2 km (47.3 mi)	Opening race	Sunday, April 13
1	İzmir Izmir Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey... -Kuşadası Kusadasi Kuşadası is a resort town on Turkey's Aegean coast and the center of the seaside district of the same name in Aydın Province. Kuşadası lies at a distance of to the south from the region's largest metropolitan center of İzmir, and from the provincial seat of Aydın situated inland. Its primary...	132.7 km (82.5 mi)	Flat stage	Monday, April 14
2	Kuşadası Kusadasi Kuşadası is a resort town on Turkey's Aegean coast and the center of the seaside district of the same name in Aydın Province. Kuşadası lies at a distance of to the south from the region's largest metropolitan center of İzmir, and from the provincial seat of Aydın situated inland. Its primary... -Bodrum Bodrum Bodrum is a port city in Muğla Province, in the southwestern Aegean Region of Turkey. It is located on the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula, at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova. The site was called Halicarnassus of Caria in ancient times and was famous for housing the...	165.9 km (103.1 mi)	Flat stage	Tuesday, April 15
3	Bodrum Bodrum Bodrum is a port city in Muğla Province, in the southwestern Aegean Region of Turkey. It is located on the southern coast of Bodrum Peninsula, at a point that checks the entry into the Gulf of Gökova. The site was called Halicarnassus of Caria in ancient times and was famous for housing the... -Marmaris Marmaris Marmaris is a port city and a tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, located in southwest Turkey, in Muğla Province.Marmaris' main source of income is tourism. Little is left of the sleepy fishing village that Marmaris was just a few decades ago after a construction boom in the 1980s...	166.8 km (103.6 mi)	Flat stage	Wednesday, April 16
4	Marmaris Marmaris Marmaris is a port city and a tourist resort on the Mediterranean coast, located in southwest Turkey, in Muğla Province.Marmaris' main source of income is tourism. Little is left of the sleepy fishing village that Marmaris was just a few decades ago after a construction boom in the 1980s... -Ölüdeniz Ölüdeniz Ölüdeniz is a small resort village in the Fethiye district which is in the Muğla Province the South West coast of Turkey on the Aegean Sea to the south and the high, steep sided Babadağ Mountain, south of Fethiye. The town is a beach resort.Ölüdeniz remains one of the most photographed beaches on...	177.7 km (110.4 mi)	Flat stage	Thursday, April 17
5	Kalkan Kalkan Kalkan is a town on the Turkish Mediterranean coast, and an important tourist destination. The area includes many historical sites and many fine beaches .... -Finike Finike Finike, the ancient Phoenicus , is a district on the Mediterranean coast of Antalya Province of Turkey, 90 minutes west of the city of Antalya.Finike is located in the south of the Teke peninsula, and the coast here is a popular tourist destination...	100.1 km (62.2 mi)	Flat stage	Friday, April 18
6	Finike Finike Finike, the ancient Phoenicus , is a district on the Mediterranean coast of Antalya Province of Turkey, 90 minutes west of the city of Antalya.Finike is located in the south of the Teke peninsula, and the coast here is a popular tourist destination... -Antalya Antalya Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :...	115.8 km (72 mi)	Flat stage	Saturday, April 19
7	Antalya Antalya Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. With a population 1,001,318 as of 2010. It is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and country's biggest international sea resort.- History :... -Alanya Alanya Alanya , formerly Alaiye, is a beach resort city and a component district of Antalya Province in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey, from the city of Antalya. On the southern coast of Turkey, the district has an area of 1,598.51 km2 and 248,286 inhabitants...	136.6 km (84.9 mi)	Flat stage	Sunday, April 20

Teams

25 teams started the race – each had 6 riders at the start of the tour i.e., 150 started in total. The teams were:

Pro Teams

Pro-Continental Teams
- PSK Whirlpool-Author
  PSK Whirlpool-Author
  PSK Whirlpool-Author is a UCI Continental road bicycle racing team based in Czech Republic and participates in UCI Europe Tour. The Sponsors are PSK which is The Police Sport Club and Whirlpool a manufacturer and marketer of home appliances. Author is a bicycle manufacturer. The team was one of...
- Mitsubishi-Jartazi
  Mitsubishi-Jartazi
  Jartazi was a professional cycling team based in Belgium from 2004 until 2007 and Estonia in 2008. It started as a Division III team in 2004, made the transition to UCI Continental in 2005 and became UCI Professional Continental in 2008. The team was managed by Patrick Stallaert...
- CSF Group-Navigare
- Benfica
  SL Benfica (cycling team)
  Sport Lisboa e Benfica was a cycling team of the multisports club Sport Lisboa e Benfica, from Lisbon, Portugal.-History:Cycling was the second sports department established within Sport Lisboa e Benfica, and along with football, is one of only two sports referenced in the club logo...
- Extremadura
  Extremadura-Ciclismo Solidario
  Extremadura-Spiuk was a Spanish amateur road bicycle racing team. The team was founded in 2005 and became a UCI Professional Continental team in 2008 before financial problems forced them to become an under-23 amateur team. For the 2008 season, the riders and technical staff acted as their own...
- Karpin-Galicia
  Karpin-Galicia
  Xacobeo Galicia was a professional continental cycling team from Spain. It competed in the UCI Europe Tour and, when selected as a wildcard, in UCI ProTour events. The creation of the team was announced on July 11, 2006 as Fundación Ciclismo Galego following the withdrawal of four of the nine...
- NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte
  NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte
  NGC Medical-OTC Industria Porte was a professional continental road bicycle racing team based in Italy that competed predominantly in UCI Europe Tour and other UCI Continental Circuits races and, when invited, in UCI ProTour events.The team was formed in 2006 as a UCI Continental team, managed by...
- 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

} Turkish National Team
} Dutch National Team
} Irish National Team

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