2008 Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
Tour of Azerbaijan 2008 was the 23rd running of the Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), which took place between 22 May and 29 May 2008 in Iranian Azerbaijan. The tour had 7 stages, in which Hossein Askari from Iran won the first place in over all of the tour.[1]
Stages of the tour
[edit]| Stage | Date | start | finish | length | winner | country |
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| Proluge | 22 May | Tabriz | Tabriz | Ghader Mizbani |  IRN
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| 1 | 23 May | Tabriz | Meshginshahr | 180 km | Mehdi Sohrabi | IRN
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| 2 | 24 May | Sarab | Tabriz | 120 km | Ahad Kazemi | IRN
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| 3 | 25 May | Tabriz | Bonab | 110 km | Behnam Khalilikhosroshahi | IRN
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| 4 | 26 May | Malekan | Urmia | 180 km | Mehdi Sohrabi | IRN
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| 5 | 27 May | Urmia | Shabestar | 180 km | Mahdi Sohrabi | IRN
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| 6 | 28 May | Shabestar | Jolfa | 140 km | Hossein Askari | IRN
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| 7 | 29 May | Jolfa | Tabriz | 130 km | Hamid Shiri | IRN
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General classification
[edit]| Rank | Rider | Country | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hossein Askari | IRN
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26h 45' 08" |
| 2 | Ghader Mizbani | IRN
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| 3 | Ahad Kazemi Sarai | IRN
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