Hardest 2008 Tour de Georgia Trivia Quiz | Cycling

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1. In Stage 1, who took the first intermediate sprint?

Answer: Greg Henderson

Greg Henderson of Team High Road, won the first intermediate sprint of the stage. Tyler Farrar won the second intermediate sprint of the stage. Ivan Dominguez won the stage. He road for Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team. He also took the lead in the 2008 Tour de Georgia.

2. Stage 2 came down to a sprint finish. From what country was the stage winner from?

Answer: Argentina

Juan Jos� Haedo won the stage. Juan Jos� rode for Team CSC. Ivan Dominguez finished third in the stage. He still maintained the overall lead in the 2008 Tour de Georgia. He had a lead of three seconds over the second place rider, Greg Henderson.

3. In Stage 3, what rider was taken to the hospital after a crash?

Answer: Timmy Duggan

Timmy Duggan of Slipstream-Chipotle crashed on a descent. He stayed overnight in the hospital with a head injury. Ben Day of Toyota-United Pro Cycling Team, and Corey Collier of Health Net-Maxxis, were both involved in the crash. They both got back on their bikes and continued on with the stage.

4. Stage 4 was a Team Time Trial. Slipstream-Chipotle won the Team Time Trial. How much did they win by over the second place finisher?

Answer: 4 seconds

Slipstream-Chipotle is based in the United States. Astana was the second place finisher. Team High Road finished third in the Team Time Trial. High Road is based in the United States also. Greg Henderson of Team High Road still was in the overall lead after Stage 4 concluded.

5. Who won Stage 5?

Answer: Justin England

Justin rode for Bissell Pro Cycling Team. Rory Sutherland of Health Net Pro Cycling Team finished second place in the stage. Trent Lowe took the overall lead in the 2008 Tour de Georgia. Trent rode for Slipstream-Chipotle.

6. In Stage 6, when did the breakaway start?

Answer: 30km into the stage

Stage 6's breakaway contained seven riders. All seven riders rode for different teams. Kanstantin Sivtsov of Team High Road won the stage. With the win he also took the overall lead in the 2008 Tour de Georgia, taking the lead from Trent Lowe.

7. Stage 7 came down to a sprint finish. Which rider won?

Answer: Greg Henderson

Greg Henderson won the stage. Greg rode for Team High Road. He barely beat out Juan Jos� Haedo for the stage win. With the win, he gave Team High Road three stage wins in the 2008 Tour de Georgia. It also sealed the sprint classification for him.

8. Kanstantin Siutsou won the 2008 Tour de Georgia.

Answer: true

Kanstantin won by a mere four seconds over Trent Lowe. Kanstantin rode for Team High Road. Kanstantin is from the Republic of Belarus, a landlocked country in Europe. This was Kanstantin's first Tour de Georgia victory. He held the lead for two consecutive stages, giving him the win. This was the sixth Tour de Georgia ever held.

9. What team won the team classification?

Answer: Astana

They beat Team CSC by three minutes and thirty seconds. Team CSC is based in Denmark. Jittery Joe's Cycling Team based in the United States, placed third.

10. What rider won the Mountains classification?

Answer: Jason McCartney

He held the lead from Stage 6 to the end of Stage 7. Jason rode for Team CSC. Frank Pipp and Edward King were leaders of the classification before Jason had taken the lead.

Source: Author ThurstAsh

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