# 2008 Tour of Slovenia

The 2008 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 15th edition of the Tour of Slovenia, categorized as 2.1 stage race (UCI Europe Tour) held between 11 and 14 June 2008.
The race consisted of 4 stages with 620 km (385.3 mi) in total.
The original race was 650 km (403.9 mi) long, but the 3rd stage from Škofja Loka–Krvavec, had to be shortened due to bad weather for 30 km (18.6 mi), missed out Šenturska Gora–Kamnik round.

## Teams

Total 122 riders (87 finished it) from 16 teams started the race.

### Pro Tour

* Lampre
* Liquigas

### Pro Continental

* Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo
* LPR Brakes–Ballan
* NGC Medical–OTC Industria Porte
* ELK Haus-Simplon
* PSK Whirlpool–Author
* Diquigiovanni–Androni

### Continental

* Perutnina Ptuj
* Sava
* Adria Mobil
* Radenska–KD Financial Point
* Miche–Silver Cross
* Nippo–Endeka
* Centri della Calzatura–Partizan

### National

* Croatia

## Route and stages

Stage characteristics and winners :
| Stage | Date | Course | Length | Type | Type | Winner |
| 1 | 11 June | Ljubljana – Postojna | 161 km (100 mi) | | Hilly stage | Claudio Cucinotta |
| 2 | 12 June | Piran – Koper | 179 km (111 mi) | | Hilly stage | Radoslav Rogina |
| 3 | 13 June | Škofja Loka – Krvavec | 123 km (76 mi) 153 km (95 mi) | | Mountain stage | Jure Golčer |
| 4 | 14 June | Celje – Novo mesto | 157 km (98 mi) | | Hilly stage | Francesco Chicchi |
| Total | Total | 620 km (385.3 mi) 650 km (404 mi) | 620 km (385.3 mi) 650 km (404 mi) | 620 km (385.3 mi) 650 km (404 mi) | 620 km (385.3 mi) 650 km (404 mi) | 620 km (385.3 mi) 650 km (404 mi) |

## Classification leadership

Classification leadership by stage :
| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Young rider classification | Team classification |
| 1 | Claudio Cucinotta | Claudio Cucinotta | Claudio Cucinotta | Kristjan Fajt | Björn Thurau | NGC Medical–OTC Industria Porte |
| 2 | Radoslav Rogina | Claudio Cucinotta | Claudio Cucinotta | Mitja Mahorič | Björn Thurau | Perutnina Ptuj |
| 3 | Jure Golčer | Jure Golčer | Enrico Rossi | Jure Golčer | Robert Kišerlovski | Perutnina Ptuj |
| 4 | Francesco Chicchi | Jure Golčer | Enrico Rossi | Jure Golčer | Robert Kišerlovski | Perutnina Ptuj |
| Final | Final | Jure Golčer | Enrico Rossi | Mitja Mahorič | Robert Kišerlovski | Perutnina Ptuj |

## Final classification standings

Legend :
| Denotes the leader of the general classification | Denotes the leader of the mountains classification |
| Denotes the leader of the points classification | Denotes the leader of the young rider classification |
| Denotes the leader of the team classification |

### General classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Jure Golčer | LPR Brakes | 15h 06' 19" |
| 2 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas | + 13" |
| 3 | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil | + 29" |
| 4 | Radoslav Rogina | Perutnina Ptuj | + 43" |
| 5 | Simon Špilak | Lampre | + 51" |
| 6 | Przemysław Niemiec | Miche | + 1' 00" |
| 7 | Grega Bole | Adria Mobil | + 1' 06" |
| 8 | Matija Kvasina | Perutnina Ptuj | + 1' 10" |
| 9 | Luca Zanasca | Calzatura Partizan | + 1' 37" |
| 10 | Ruslan Podgornij | LPR Brakes | + 1' 46" |

### Points classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Enrico Rossi | Medical - OTC | 54 |
| 2 | Francesco Chicchi | Liquigas | 39 |
| 3 | Radoslav Rogina | Perutnina Ptuj | 37 |
| 4 | Jure Kocjan | Perutnina Ptuj | 30 |
| 5 | Claudio Cucinotta | LPR Brakes | 27 |
| 6 | Simone Cadamuro | Nippo-Endeka | 27 |
| 7 | Jure Golčer | LPR Brakes | 25 |
| 8 | Mitja Mahorič | Perutnina Ptuj | 24 |
| 9 | Alberto Curtolo | Liquigas | 21 |
| 10 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas | 20 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Points |
| 1 | Mitja Mahorič | Perutnina Ptuj | 15 |
| 2 | Jure Golčer | LPR Brakes | 12 |
| 3 | Kristjan Fajt | Perutnina Ptuj | 9 |
| 4 | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas | 8 |
| 5 | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil | 6 |

### Young rider classification

| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Robert Kišerlovski | Adria Mobil | 15h 06' 48" |
| 2 | Simon Špilak | Lampre | + 22" |
| 3 | Blaž Furdi | Sava | + 3' 22" |
| 4 | Andi Bajc | Radenska KD FT | + 4' 55" |
| 5 | Jakub Danačík | PSK Whirlpool | + 9' 38" |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Perutnina Ptuj | 45h 23′ 00″ |
| 2 | Miche | + 2′ 38″ |
| 3 | Liquigas | + 2′ 43″ |
| 4 | Radenska KD FT | + 5′ 54″ |
| 5 | Elk Haus - Simplon | + 6′ 09″ |
| 6 | Adria Mobil | + 7′ 04″ |
| 7 | Calzatura-Partizan | + 7′ 13″ |
| 8 | PSK Whirlpool | + 9′ 32″ |
| 9 | Sava | + 13′ 09″ |
| 10 | LPR Brakes | + 15′ 51″ |