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2008 Flèche Wallonne Bicycle Race (HC), Belgium
72nd Edition: Wednesday, April 23, 2008
La Flèche Wallonne Podium History | 2009 edition | 2007 edition |
Charleroi - Huy,
199.5 km, 43.450 km/hr
200 starters, 119 classified finishers
Complete Results:
| 1 | Kim Kirchen (High Road) | 4hr 35min 29sec |
| 2 | Cadel Evans (Silence-Lotto) | @ 1 second |
| 3 | Damiano Cunego (Lampre) | 02" |
| 4 | Robert Gesink (Rabobank) | |
| 5 | Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) | |
| 6 | Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) | |
| 7 | Michael Albasini (Liquigas) | 08" |
| 8 | Joaquin Rodríguez (Caisse d'Epargne) | 10" |
| 9 | Christian Pfannberger (Barloworld) | 15" |
| 10 | John Gadret (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | 20" |
| 11 | Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues Télécom) | |
| 12 | Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet) | |
| 13 | Aitor Galdos Alonso (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | |
| 14 | Yury Trofimov (Bouygues Télécom) | 24" |
| 15 | Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | |
| 16 | Vladimir Efimkin (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | 26" |
| 17 | Luca Mazzanti (Tinkoff) | |
| 18 | Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Scott) | 29" |
| 19 | Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) | 32" |
| 20 | Benoît Vaugrenard (FDJ) | |
| 21 | Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) | |
| 22 | Moises Dueñas (Barloworld) | 37" |
| 23 | Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet) | 40" |
| 24 | Christian Knees (Milram) | |
| 25 | Matthew Lloyd (Silence-Lotto) | |
| 26 | Matej Mugerli (Liquigas) | 42" |
| 27 | Kevyn Ista (Agritubel) | 45" |
| 28 | Vladimir Efimkin (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | 46" |
| 29 | Josep Jufre Pou (Saunier Duval-Scott) | 49" |
| 30 | Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) | 53" |
| 31 | Nicki Sørensen (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) | 54" |
| 32 | Igor Astarloa Askasibar (Milram) | |
| 33 | Oscar Freire Gomez (Rabobank) | 56" |
| 34 | Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank) | 1' 02" |
| 35 | Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) | 1' 09" |
| 36 | Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | 1' 12" |
| 37 | Pierre Rolland (Crédit Agricole) | 1' 17" |
| 38 | Andrei Grivko (Milram) | 1' 25" |
| 39 | Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Chipotle) | 1' 34" |
| 40 | Christophe Rinero (Agritubel) | |
| 41 | Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre) | 1' 40" |
| 42 | Simon Spilak (Lampre) | 1' 42" |
| 43 | Carlos Barredo (Quick Step) | 1' 50" |
| 44 | Sergej Lagutin (Cycle Collstrop) | 1' 51" |
| 45 | Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) | |
| 46 | Christophe Brandt (Silence-Lotto) | 2' 33" |
| 47 | Bram Tankink (Rabobank) | 2' 38" |
| 48 | Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano) | |
| 49 | Mario Aerts (Silence-Lotto) | 2' 47" |
| 50 | David Millar (Garmin-Chipotle) | 2' 49" |
| 51 | Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) | |
| 52 | Jelle Vanendert (FDJ) | 2' 56" |
| 53 | David De La Fuente (Saunier Duval-Scott) | 3' 02" |
| 54 | Hugo Manuel Madeira (Barloworld) | |
| 55 | Sven Renders (Topsport Vlaanderen) | 3' 05" |
| 56 | Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| 57 | Guillaume Levarlet (FDJ) | 3' 08" |
| 58 | Maxime Monfort (Cofidis) | |
| 59 | Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) | |
| 60 | Nicolas Roche (Crédit Agricole) | 3' 10" |
| 61 | Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Télécom) | 3' 18" |
| 62 | Stef Clement (Bouygues Télécom) | 3' 24" |
| 63 | Frederik Veuchelen (Topsport Vlaanderen) | |
| 64 | Mirko Selvaggi (Cycle Collstrop) | 3' 28" |
| 65 | Volodymyr Bileka (Silence-Lotto) | 3' 35" |
| 66 | Addy Engels (Quick Step) | 3' 41" |
| 67 | Mauro Santambrogio (Lampre) | |
| 68 | René Mandri (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | 3' 58" |
| 69 | Luis León Sánchez Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) | 4' 01" |
| 70 | Bert Scheirlinckx (Landbouwkrediet) | 4' 31" |
| 71 | Mikhail Ignatiev (Tinkoff) | 4' 45" |
| 72 | Ruben Lobato (Saunier Duval-Scott) | 4' 51" |
| 73 | Sandy Casar (FDJ) | 4' 56" |
| 74 | Kenny Van Der Schueren (Cycle Collstrop) | 5' 09" |
| 75 | Jose Luis Arrieta (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | 5' 13" |
| 76 | Andy Schleck (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) | |
| 77 | Maarten Den Bakker (Skil-Shimano) | |
| 78 | Fränk Schleck (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) | |
| 79 | Carlos Sastre Candil (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) | |
| 80 | Amaël Moinard (Cofidis) | 5' 16" |
| 81 | Yoann Le Boulanger (FDJ) | 5' 19" |
| 82 | Chris Anker Sørensen (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) | 5' 22" |
| 83 | Tadej Valjavec (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | |
| 84 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Silence-Lotto) | 5' 24" |
| 85 | José Ángel Gómez (Saunier Duval-Scott) | 5' 37" |
| 86 | Alberto Fernandez (Saunier Duval-Scott) | 6' 03" |
| 87 | Dario Cataldo (Liquigas) | |
| 88 | Paul Martens (Rabobank) | 6' 15" |
| 89 | Serge Pauwels (Topsport Vlaanderen) | 6' 19" |
| 90 | Vincent Jerome (Bouygues Télécom) | 6' 26" |
| 91 | Vicente Reynès Mimo (High Road) | 6' 35" |
| 92 | Michal Golas (Cycle Collstrop) | |
| 93 | Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | |
| 94 | Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) | 6' 43" |
| 95 | Francis Mourey (FDJ) | |
| 96 | Serguei Klimov (Tinkoff) | 6' 48" |
| 97 | Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) | |
| 98 | Hubert Dupont (Ag2r-La Mondiale) | 6' 50" |
| 99 | Andy Cappelle (Landbouwkrediet) | 6' 55" |
| 100 | Steven Caethoven (Agritubel) | 7' 21" |
| 101 | Steve Zampieri (Cofidis) | 7' 22" |
| 102 | Marco Pinotti (High Road) | 7' 26" |
| 103 | Adam Hansen (High Road) | |
| 104 | Inaki Isasi Flores (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | |
| 105 | Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | 7' 38" |
| 106 | Maxime Mederel (Crédit Agricole) | 7' 44" |
| 107 | Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval-Scott) | 8' 22" |
| 108 | Gustav Erik Larsson (Team CSC-Saxo Bank) | 9' 02" |
| 109 | Daniel Martin (Garmin-Chipotle) | 9' 40" |
| 110 | Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) | 9' 44" |
| 111 | Michael Barry (High Road) | 9' 48" |
| 112 | Beñat Intxausti (Saunier Duval-Scott) | 9' 50" |
| 113 | Nikita Eskov (Tinkoff) | 9' 54" |
| 114 | Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) | 9' 56" |
| 115 | Chris Froome (Barloworld) | |
| 116 | Matej Jurco (Milram) | 9' 58" |
| 117 | Hubert Schwab (Quick Step) | 10' 06" |
| 118 | Dario David Cioni (Silence-Lotto) | 10' 07" |
| 119 | Julien Loubet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) |
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This picture and the one below show Kim Kirchen pulling away from Cadel Evans in the Mur de Huy. Cunego is between the 2 Rabobank riders and Rebellin is on the far right, in blue. |
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La Flèche Wallonne podium, left to right: Damiano Cunego, Kim Kirchen, Cadel Evans |
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