2008 Tour De France [1] Trivia Quiz

Answer: False

The 2008 Tour De France is the first Tour since the 1967 Tour De France to start without a prologue. Addition to that Christian Prudhomme, Tour Director, announced that the time bonuses at the end of stages would be removed and the time trials would be 82km, shorter than usual. Italy was the only country that the Tour went through in 2008, besides France.

Answer: Astana

The Astana team was banned from the 2008 Tour because of doping from the 2007 Tour. The team withdrew from the 2007 Tour when they found out that their team leader, Alexander Vinokourov, tested positive for blood doping. In 2008, the team signed on Alberto Contador, 2007 Tour De France winner, and Levi Leipheimer.

They also got a new director, Johan Bruyneel, who was the director the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team.

Answer: Herve Duclos-Lassalle

Herve Duclos-Lassalle was the first person to drop of the 2008 Tour, he dropped out because he broke his wrist. Herve Duclos Lassalle crashed about 50km into the first stage. Herve has ridden with Cofidis since 2005. Herve was born on December 24, 1979, in Pau, France.

Answer: Sylvain Chavanel

Sylvain Chavanel had ridden for Cofidis Cycling team ever since 2005. He rode for Brioches La Boulangere from 2000-2004. Sylvain was in Chatellerault, France. He has a brother that's also a cyclist, Sebastien Chavanel. Thor Hushovd ended up winning the stage.

Answer: Martijn Maaskant

Martijn rode for Team Garmin-Chipotle. The two previous years he rode for the Rabobank Continental Team, and before that he rode for Van Vliet for three years. Martijn Maaskant was born in Zuidland, Netherlands. Martijn's nickname is Sleepy Martijn.

Answer: Danny Pate

Danny Pate rode for Team Garmin-Chipotle. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He ended up placing 14th in this stage. Danny had ridden for five teams counting, Team Garmin-Chipotle.

Answer: 15km

Juan dropped out because of a wrist injury that occurred in Stage 1 when he crashed. In Stage 5, Juan crashed again and decided to quit the tour. Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez was born in Ramiriquí, Boyacá. He rode for Acqua & Sapone in 2006, and Baroloworld in 2007.

Answer: The feed zone

Both of them crashed when trying to get their food bags. Florent was born at Chambray-les-Tours in France. Florent had ridden for seven teams including Cofidis. David Lopez García had ridden for Cafe Baque, Euskaltel-Euskadi, and Caisse d'Epargne.

Answer: Broken arm

Lilian Jegou crashed into a tree and was taken to the hospital, and there he found out that he had a broken wrist. Lilian rode for Française des Jeux. John Gadret dropped out in Stage 7 because of illness. John rode for Ag2r-La Mondiale. Magnus Backstedt was forced to quit because he crossed the finish line outside of the time limit. Magnus rode for Team Garmin-Chipotle.

Answer: Mark Cavendish

Mark won his second stage in the 2008 Tour De France. Mark had ridden for two teams, Team Sparkasse and Team Columbia, which was known as the T-Mobile Team earlier on.