| 2008 UCI ProTour, race 4 of 15 | |||||||||||||
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| Race details | |||||||||||||
| Dates | April 9 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 209 km (129.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 5h 01' 35" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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The 2008 GentâWevelgem was a road cycling race that took place in Belgium on April 9, 2008. Spaniard Ăscar Freire won in a tightly contested bunch sprint and beat Swiss racer AurĂ©lien Clerc who finished a close second.
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time |
UCI ProTour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
Ăscar Freire (
ESP)
|
Rabobank | 5h 01' 35" | 40 |
| 2 | 
Aurélien Clerc (
SUI)
|
Bouygues Télécom | s.t. | 30 |
| 3 | 
Wouter Weylandt (
BEL)
|
Quick-Step | s.t. | 25 |
| 4 | 
Erik Zabel (
GER)
|
Team Milram | s.t. | 20 |
| 5 |
Kenny Dehaes (
BEL)
|
Topsport Vlaanderen | s.t. | N/A |
| 6 | 
Luca Paolini (
ITA)
|
Acqua & SaponeâCaffĂš Mokambo | s.t. | N/A |
| 7 |
JosĂ© JoaquĂn Rojas (
ESP)
|
Caisse d'Epargne | s.t. | 7 |
| 8 | 
Stuart O'Grady (
AUS)
|
Team CSC | s.t. | 5 |
| 9 |
Heinrich Haussler (
GER)
|
Gerolsteiner | s.t. | 3 |
| 10 | 
Roger Hammond (
UK)
|
Team High Road | s.t. | 1 |
Individual 2008 UCI ProTour standings after race
| Rank | Previous Rank |
Name | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
André Greipel (
GER)
|
Team High Road | 62 |
| 2 | 2 |
Stijn Devolder (
BEL)
|
Quick-Step | 50 |
| 3 | 4 |
JosĂ© JoaquĂn Rojas (
ESP)
|
Caisse d'Epargne | 45 |
| 4 | - |
Ăscar Freire (
ESP)
|
Rabobank | 40 |
| 5 | 3 |
Nick Nuyens (
BEL)
|
Cofidis | 40 |
| 6 | 5 |
Juan Antonio Flecha (
ESP)
|
Rabobank | 35 |
| 7 | - |
Aurélien Clerc (
SUI)
|
Bouygues Télécom | 30 |
| 8 | 6 |
Alessandro Ballan (
ITA)
|
Lampre | 30 |
| 9 | 7 | 
Mickaël Delage (
FRA)
|
Française des Jeux | 30 |
| 10 | - |
Wouter Weylandt (
BEL)
|
Quick-Step | 25 |
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