# 2008 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

The 2008 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 66th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held in the Valencian Community between 26 February and 1 March 2008. The race was won by Rubén Plaza.

## Stages

Stage schedule :
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Winner |
| 1 | 26 February | Sagunto–Port de Sagunto$^{es}$ | 157 km (98 mi) | José Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) |
| 2 | 27 February | Alzira–Xàtiva | 178 km (111 mi) | Erik Zabel (GER) |
| 3 | 28 February | Ibi–Ibi | 166.5 km (103 mi) | Manuel Vázquez (ESP) |
| 4 | 29 February | Náquera–Náquera | 149.4 km (93 mi) | Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA) |
| 5 | 1 March | Valencia–Valencia | 120.6 km (75 mi) | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Danilo Napolitano |

## Teams

| N. | Cod. | Team | Category |
| 1-8 | AST | Astana | UCI ProTour |
| 11-18 | BTL | Bouygues Télécom | UCI ProTour |
| 21-28 | GCE | Caisse d'Epargne | UCI ProTour |
| 31-38 | COF | Cofidis | UCI ProTour |
| 41-48 | EUS | Euskaltel–Euskadi | UCI ProTour |
| 51-58 | LAM | Lampre | UCI ProTour |
| 61-68 | LIQ | Liquigas | UCI ProTour |
| 71-78 | MRM | Team Milram | UCI ProTour |
| 81-88 | RAB | Rabobank | UCI ProTour |
| N. | Cod. | Team | Category |
| 91-98 | SDV | Saunier Duval–Scott | UCI ProTour |
| 101-108 | ACA | Andalucía–CajaSur | UCI Continental |
| 111-118 | SLB | S.L. Benfica | UCI Continental |
| 121-128 | GNM | Contentpolis–Murcia | UCI Continental |
| 131-138 | SPI | Extremadura–Grupo Gallardo | UCI Continental |
| 141-148 | KGZ | Karpin–Galicia | UCI Continental |
| 151-158 | TSL | Team Slipstream–Chipotle p/b H30 | UCI Continental |
| 161-168 | ORB | Orbea–Oreka S.D.A. | UCI Continental |
Standings

### General classification

| Rank | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Rubén Plaza | S.L. Benfica | 19h 54'49" |
| 2 | Manuel Vázquez Hueso | Contentpolis–Murcia | + 5" |
| 3 | Xavier Florencio | Bouygues Télécom | + 21" |
| 4 | José Iván Gutiérrez | Caisse d'Epargne | + 24" |
| 5 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 31" |
| 6 | Alberto Contador | Astana | + 33" |
| 7 | Jérôme Pineau | Bouygues Télécom | + 35" |
| 8 | Vincenzo Nibali | Liquigas | m.t. |
| 9 | Maxime Monfort | Cofidis | m.t. |
| 10 | Toni Colom | Astana | m.t. |

### Points classification

| Rank | Cyclist | Team | Points |
| 1 | Xavier Florencio | Bouygues Telecom | 55 |
| 2 | Mirco Lorenzetto | Lampre | 51 |
| 3 | José Iván Gutiérrez | C. d'Epargne | 47 |
| 4 | Manuel Vázquez | Contentpolis | 45 |
| 5 | Rubén Plaza | S.L. Benfica | 44 |

### Mountains classification

| Rank | Cyclist | Team | Points |
| 1 | Manuel Vázquez | Contentpolis | 24 |
| 2 | Timothy Duggan | Slipstream | 11 |
| 3 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 11 |
| 4 | Koos Moerenhout | Rabobank | 10 |
| 5 | Jonathan McCarty | Slipstream | 10 |

### Combativity award

| Rank | Cyclist | Team | Points |
| 1 | Manuel Vázquez | Contentpolis | 7 |
| 2 | Rubén Plaza | S.L. Benfica | 12 |
| 3 | Gorka Verdugo | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 17 |
| 4 | Xavier Florencio | Bouygues Tel. | 20 |
| 5 | Jérôme Pineau | Bouygues Tél. | 33 |

### Team classification

| Rank | Team | Time |
| 1 | Bouygues Télécom | 59h46'12" |
| 2 | Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone | a 1'47" |
| 3 | S.L. Benfica | a 3'32" |
| 4 | Lampre | a 3'52" |
| 5 | Astana | a 4'04" |

## Classification Leadership

| Stage | Winner | General classification | Points classification | Mountains classification | Combativity award | Team classification |
| 1ª | José Iván Gutiérrez | José Iván Gutiérrez | José Iván Gutiérrez | Manuel Vázquez | Rubén Plaza | Bouygues Télécom |
| 2ª | Erik Zabel | José Iván Gutiérrez | José Iván Gutiérrez | Manuel Vázquez | Gorka Verdugo | Bouygues Télécom |
| 3ª | Manuel Vázquez | Rubén Plaza | Rubén Plaza | Manuel Vázquez | Manuel Vázquez | Bouygues Télécom |
| 4ª | Mirco Lorenzetto | Rubén Plaza | Xavier Florencio | Manuel Vázquez | Manuel Vázquez | Bouygues Télécom |
| 5ª | Alessandro Petacchi | Rubén Plaza | Xavier Florencio | Manuel Vázquez | Manuel Vázquez | Bouygues Télécom |
| Final classification | Final classification | Rubén Plaza | Xavier Florencio | Manuel Vázquez | Manuel Vázquez | Bouygues Télécom |