Debutants in monumental classic
Overview of riders starting in Hel van het Mergelland 2008 that compete for the first time in one of the 5 five monument classics in cycling (SanRemo, Flanders, Roubaix, Liege and Lombardy).
| # | Rider | Team | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VRIJMOED Maurice | Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten - Elshof | 19 |
| 2 | VIERBERGEN Lars | Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten - Elshof | 20 |
| 3 | POELS Wout | Team P3 Transfer - Batavus | 20 |
| 4 | MOLLEMA Bauke | Rabobank ProTeam | 21 |
| 5 | JACOBS Pieter | Silence - Lotto | 21 |
| 6 | LEEZER Tom | Rabobank ProTeam | 22 |
| 7 | VAN KESSEL Egon | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | 22 |
| 8 | DIJKXHOORN Rikke | Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten - Elshof | 22 |
| 9 | MARTIN Tony | Team High Road | 22 |
| 10 | LEBEN Christian | Team 3C-Gruppe | 22 |
| 11 | DE GREEF Francis | Silence - Lotto | 23 |
| 12 | VAN DULMEN Thom | Kuota Senges | 23 |
| 13 | NEYENS Maarten | Chocolade Jacques / Topsport Vlaanderen | 23 |
| 14 | VANDEWALLE Kristof | Chocolade Jacques / Topsport Vlaanderen | 23 |
| 15 | DEVENYNS Dries | Silence - Lotto | 24 |
| 16 | HOOGERLAND Johnny | Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten - Elshof | 24 |
| 17 | HONIG Reinier | Team P3 Transfer - Batavus | 24 |
| 18 | BELLEMAKERS Dirk | Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner | 24 |
| 19 | RABOŇ František | Team High Road | 24 |
| 20 | TRONBORG KRISTENSEN Michael | Team Designa Køkken | 24 |
| 21 | SCHEUNEMAN Niels | Krolstone Continental Team | 24 |
| 22 | MOL Wouter | Team P3 Transfer - Batavus | 25 |
| 23 | VAN RUITENBEEK Malaya | Kuota Senges | 25 |
| 24 | WESTRA Lieuwe | Krolstone Continental Team | 25 |
| 25 | BLOKS Hans | Cyclingteam Jo Piels | 25 |
| 26 | STEURS Geert | Silence - Lotto | 26 |
| 27 | NIELSEN LARSEN Jacob | Glud & Marstrand - LRØ Rådgivning | 30 |
| 28 | DRESSLER-LEHNHOF Frank | Mitsubishi-Jartazi | 31 |
| 29 | BENČÍK Petr | PSK Whirlpool-Author | 32 |
| 30 | GLASNER Björn | Kuota Senges | 34 |