Vuelta Ciclista a Extremadura 2008

The Vuelta Ciclista a Extremadura 2008 was held over April 23/27 near Madrid, Spain.

A stage one team time trial win by An Post put Great Britain's Dan Lloyd in the driving seat. He subsequently scored a ninth on stage two, and high spots on the following stages putting him in the race lead prior to the fifth and final stage held on April 27.

Prior to the Moraleja to Moraleja stage, Lloyd led Manuel Zaragoza by 36 seconds ,which he protected to win. Lloyd's team mate and fellow 'Brit', Dan Fleeman, claimed 10th overall.

Etappe 1: Mérida – Mérida (22, 4 km)
1 An Post/M. Donnelly/Grant Thornton/Sean Kelly Team 25.11
2 Madeinox Boavista 0.30
3 LKT Team Brandenburg 0.31
4 Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 0.37
5 P3 Transfer / Batavus 0.40
6 Comunitat Valenciana / CCN 0.41
7 Barbot / Siper 0.46
8 Fuerteventura / Canarias 0.48
9 Team Sparebanken Vest 1.00
10 Lokomotiv 1.01

Etappe 2: Badajoz – Badajoz (157, 7 km)
1 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer / Batavus 3.53.39 (40.50 km/h)
2 Félix Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot / Siper
3 Bruno Lima (Por) Madeinox / Boavista
4 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) P3Transfer / Batavus
5 Samuel José Caldeira (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira
6 Pedro Miguel Soeiro Miranda (Por) Centro Ciclismo de Loulé
7 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Centro Ciclismo de Loulé
8 Sondre Sörtveit (Nor) Team Sparebanken Vest
9 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post / M. Donnelly / Grant Thornton / Sean Kelly Team
10 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post / M. Donnelly / Grant Thornton / Sean Kelly Team

Etappe 3: Guareña – Guareña (176,8 km)
1 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Barbot / Siper 4.30.32 (40,36 km/h)
2 Félix Vidal Celis Zabala (Spa) Barbot / Siper
3 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post / M. Donnelly / Grant Thornton / Sean Kelly Team
4 Nélson Hugo Rocha (Por) Madeinox / Boavista
5 Pedro Miguel Soeiro Miranda (Por) Centro Ciclismo de Loulé
6 Francisco J Carrasco Ramírez (Spa) Sanse/Spiuk
7 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer / Batavus
8 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer / Batavus
9 Martin Reimer (GER) LKT Team / Brandenburg
10 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Centro Ciclismo de Loulé

Etappe 4: Casar de Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres (173,7 km)
1 Manuel Lloret Zaragoza (Spa) Comunitat Valenciana / CCN 4.04.43 (42,59 km/h)
2 André Vital (Por) Madeinox / Boavista 0.14
3 Ángel Vallejo Domínguez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
4 Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer / Batavus
5 Javier Ramírez Abeja (Spa) Avila Rojas / Cueta
6 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
7 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post / M. Donnelly / Grant Thornton / Sean Kelly Team
8 Pablo De Pedro García (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
9 Sérgio Sousa (Por) Madeinox / Boavista
10 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Barbot / Siper

Etapa 5: Moraleja – Moraleja (144,1 kms)
1 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres (Spa) Barbot / Siper 3.27.16 (41,71 km/h)
2 Nuno Marta Duarte (Por) Centro Ciclismo de Loulé
3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer / Batavus
4 Pedro Miguel Soeiro Miranda (Por) Centro Ciclismo de Loulé
5 Francisco J Carrasco Ramírez (Spa) Sanse/Spiuk
6 Ángel Vallejo Domínguez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
7 Martin Reimer (GER) LKT Team / Brandenburg
8 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer / Batavus
9 Alexander Ryabkin (Rus) Lokomotiv
10 Sérgio Sousa (Por) Madeinox / Boavista

Final General Classification
1 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post / M. Donnelly / Grant Thornton / Sean Kelly Team 16.21.35
2 Manuel Lloret Zaragoza (Spa) Comunitat Valenciana / CCN 0.36
3 Sérgio Sousa (Por) Madeinox / Boavista 0.39
4 André Vital (Por) Madeinox / Boavista
5 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox / Boavista
6 David Bernabeu Armengol (Spa) Barbot / Siper 0.55
7 Pablo De Pedro García (Spa) Supermercados Froiz 1.13
8 Ángel Vallejo Domínguez (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
9 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Supermercados Froiz
10 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post / M. Donnelly / Grant Thornton / Sean Kelly Team 1.22

Stages
1ª Etapa, miércoles 23: Mérida – Mérida, 22, 4 kms.
2ª Etapa, jueves 24: Badajoz – Badajoz, 157, 7 kms.
3ª Etapa, viernes 25: Guareña – Guareña, 176,8 kms.
4ª Etapa, sábado 26: Casar de Cáceres – Casar de Cáceres, 173,7 kms.
5ª Etapa, domingo 27: Moraleja – Moraleja, 144,1 kms

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