2008 Criterium du Dauphine Libere Quiz

Answer: 1 second

Levi won the prologue. With the victory he also took the overall lead in the Dauphinè Libèrè. Levi also took the lead in the points classification. Levi Leipheimer rode for Astana. Thor Hushovd rode for Crédit Agricole. Thor took second place overall.

Answer: True

There were three riders in the break. Sébastian Joly, Arnaud Labbe, and Christian Kux were in the breakaway. They were caught with about 15km to go in the stage. Alejandro Valverde would go on to win the stage. Alejandro rode for Caisse d'Epargne. Thor Hushovd took the overall lead away from Levi Leipheimer.

Answer: Team High Road

George Hincapie was the stage winner. Thor Hushovd still maintained the overall lead. He held a one second lead over Alejandro Valverde. Alejandro rode for Caisse d'Epargne.

Answer: 31km

Alejandro Valverde would win the Individual Time Trial. The prologue winner, Levi Leipheimer, would place second on the stage. With the stage win Alejandro would take over the lead in the Dauphinè Libèrè. He also led in the points and mountains classification.

Answer: 16

The stage winner, Cyril Dessel, was in the breakaway. Cyril rode for Ag2r-La Mondiale. Cyril escaped the break while ascending Le Salève, a category one mountain. The top three finishers on the stage were French. Alejandro Valverde still maintained the overall lead.

Answer: Russian

Yuri Trofimov won Stage 5. Yuri rode for Bouygues Télécom. Alejandro Valverde of Caisse d'Epargne, would still hold the overall lead in the 2008 Dauphinè Libèrè. Juan José Cobo took the lead in the mountains classification after Stage 5 had come to an end. Juan Josè rode for Saunier-Duval Scott.

Answer: La Toussuire

The climb to the top of the La Toussuire is 18.5km. Stage 6's finish was on the top of the La Toussuire. Chris Anker Sørensen won the stage. Chris rode for Team CSC. Alejandro still maintained the overall lead after Stage 6 was completed.

Answer: True

Dmitry Fofonov won the final stage of the 2008 Dauphinè Libèrè. Dmitry rode for Crèdit Agricole. Stage 7's breakaway would succeed. Pierre Rolland would win the mountains classification. Pierre rode for Crèdit Agricole.

Answer: Alejandro Valverde

This was Alejandro's first Dauphinè Libèrè victory. He won two stages in the 2008 Dauphinè Libèrè. Alejandro rode for Caisse d'Epargne. He won by 39 seconds over the second place finisher Cadel Evans. Levi Leipheimer placed third overall. This was the 60th edition of the Dauphinè Libèrè.

Answer: Euskaltel-Euskadi

Euskaltel-Euskadi first gained the lead in the team classification after Stage 6 had concluded. Astana, Silence-Lotto, and Caisse d'Epargne had all lead the team classification once in the 2008 Dauphinè Libèrè. Euskaltel-Euskadi had one rider finish in the top five. That was Haimar Zubeldia.