2008 Monte Paschi Eroica

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2008 Monte Paschi Eroica

2008 UCI Europe Tour

Fabian Cancellara won the 2008 Monte Paschi Eroica

Race details

Dates

8 March 2008

Stages

Distance

181 km (112.5 mi)

Winning time

4h 34' 41"

Results

Winner	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	(Team CSC)
Second	Alessandro Ballan (ITA)	(Lampre)
Third	Linus Gerdemann (GER)	(Team High Road)

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The 2008 Monte Paschi Eroica was the second edition of the Monte Paschi Eroica, later named Strade Bianche, held on 8 March 2008.^[1] It is a professional road bicycle race in Tuscany, Italy, starting in Gaiole in Chianti and finishing in Siena. The race was 181 km, including seven sectors of strade bianche, totaling 56,1 km of gravel road.^[2]

Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara won the race in a two-man sprint with Alessandro Ballan. The duo had caught early Canadian escapee Ryder Hesjedal at nine kilometer from the finish and headed into Siena's Piazza del Campo, where Cancellara took the win after hitting the front with 150 metres to go. 63 riders finished.^[3]

Results

Race result ^[4]
Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Fabian Cancellara (SUI)	Team CSC	4h 34' 41"
2	Alessandro Ballan (ITA)	Lampre	+ 0"
3	Linus Gerdemann (GER)	Team High Road	+ 15"
4	Martijn Maaskant (NED)	Slipstream–Chipotle	+ 15"
5	Baden Cooke (AUS)	Barloworld	+ 15"
6	Patrick Calcagni (SUI)	Barloworld	+ 15"
7	Niklas Axelsson (SWE)	Diquigiovanni–Androni	+ 15"
8	Thomas Lövkvist (SWE)	Team High Road	+ 15"
9	Pavel Brutt (RUS)	Tinkoff Credit Systems	+ 38"
10	Ryder Hesjedal (CAN)	Slipstream–Chipotle	+ 38"

References

^ Brown, Gregor. "2nd Monte Paschi Eroica - 1.1 Italy, March 8, 2008". Cycling News. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "ULTIME NOTIZIE Bettini Ballan Backstedt Pozzato Di Luca Riccò Simoni Petacchi nelle 16 squadre invitate alla Monte Paschi Eroica dell'8 marzo". Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ Brown, Gregor. "2nd Monte Paschi Eroica - 1.1. Cancellara tops Ballan in Eroica duel". Cycling News. Italy. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
^ "2nd Monte Paschi Eroica (1.1)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

External links

Official website

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