The final stage into Paris is a traditional easy ride to the final circuit course, when the pace picks up and the riders sprint around several times for the spectators. Today was no different, with Carlos Sastre and his teammates able to drink a flute of champagne.
Attacks started at about 30km to go, but all were reigned in. Today came to a sprint finish with Gert Steegmans (QuickStep) winning the final stage of the 2008 Tour de France.
Here is your 2008 top ten finishers in GC:
1 Carlos Sastre (CSC-Saxobank)
2 Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto)
3 Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner)
4 Dennis Menchov (Rabobank)
5 Christian Vande Velde (Garmin)
6 Frank Schleck (CSC-Saxobank)
7 Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel)
8 Kim Kirchen (Columbia)
9 Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne)
10 Tadej Valjavec (Ag2R)
Green Jersey Winner: Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
KOM Jersey Winner: Bernhard Kohl (Gerolsteiner)
Young Rider Jersey Winner: Andy Schleck (CSC-Saxobank)
Team Award: CSC-Saxobank
Congrats to Carlos Sastre and all the riders of the 2008 Tour.
Matt and I would like to thank all the readers on this site for reading and commenting on our coverage. Talk to you all next Tour de France. And to the team members reading, see you in the fall.
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August 5th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Good work you guys. I think that it was a great tour and really a pretty good year for cycling overall. But, it is not done yet. the Olympics are right round the corner. I want to know who we all think is going to be taking home the gold. May I suggest we open a little section on that discussion.