Tour de France 2009

Tour de France 2009
Tour de France 2009
Race details
Route	Tour de France
Stages	21
Dates	July 4 - 26, 2009
Distance	3459.5 kilometers
A country	; ; ; ; ; ;
Start place
Finish place
Started; racers Finished the riders
average speed
Winners
Winner	Alberto Contador; ( Astana )
Second	Andy Schleck; ( Saxo Bank )
Third	Bradley Wiggins; ( Garmin – Slipstream )
Spectacled	Huskhovd Tour; ( Cervélo TestTeam )
Mountain	Franco Pellicotti ; ( Liquigas )
Youth	Andy Schleck; ( Saxo Bank )
Time team	Astana
	2008 2010

Tour de France 2009 ( fr. 96 ^e édition du Tour de France ) - 96th in a row Tour de France . The competition began on July 4 and ended on July 26, 2009 . Starting in Monaco , riders visited France , Spain , Andorra , Switzerland . The finish traditionally took place in Paris on the Champs Elysees . Cyclists covered 3459.5 km, which is 100 kilometers less than the previous year .

The competition was marked by the return to the stages of the “Big loop” of the seven-time Tour de France winner of the American cyclist Lance Armstrong , starting under the colors of the Astana team. After a triumphant career end in 2005 , setting a new record for the number of victories on the Tour, Lance returned to professional cycling in 2009 .

Despite the fact that at the end of 2008 there was a series of disclosures related to the use of doping drugs by cyclists and the refusal of several television companies to report from the Tour de France 2009, the main problems were resolved by the start of this race and the race again attracted the attention of millions of cycling enthusiasts and It will be widely broadcast by the Eurosport television channel and dozens of state-owned television channels around the world.

Members

The race organizers invited 20 cycling teams to participate. 17 out of 18 ProTour teams ( Fuji-Servetto team was not invited) and 3 teams with UCI ProContinental status. From each team, 9 racers start, in total 180 athletes start.

Belgium

Quick step

Silent-lotto

Germany

Team milram

Denmark

Team saxo bank

Spain

Caisse d'epargne

Euskaltel-euskadi

Italy

Lampre-ngc

Liquigas

Kazakhstan

Astana

Netherlands

Rabobank

Skil-shimano

Russia

Team kushusha

USA

Team Garmin-Slipstream

Team Columbia-HTC

France

Ag2r La Mondiale

Bbox Bouygues Télécom

Cofidis

Française des Jeux

Agritubel

Switzerland

Cervélo testteam

Favorites

The race’s favorites are Carlos Sastre , last year's Tour winner, Alberto Contador winner of 2007, Denis Menchov , winner of the 2009 Giro d'Italia , Cadel Evans , vice-champion of the last two Tours, and Lance Armstrong, seven-time Big Loop winner.

Stages

Stage	date	Start	The finish	Length		Winner
one	4th of July	Monaco! Monaco	Monaco! Monaco	15 km	Cutting	Fabian cancellara
2	5'th of July	Monaco! Monaco	France! Brignoles	182 km	Flat	Mark Cavendish
3	July 6th	France! Marseilles	France! La Grand Mot	196 km	Flat	Mark Cavendish
four	July 7th	France! Montpellier	France! Montpellier	38 km	Team race	Astana
five	July 8	France! Le Cap d'Aj	France! Perpignan	197 km	Flat	Thomas Wöckler
6	July 9th	Spain! Girona	Spain! Barcelona	175 km	Flat	Tour Hushovd
7	July 10th	Spain! Barcelona	Andorra! Andorra la Vella	224 km	Mountain	Brice Feyu
eight	July 11th	Andorra! Andorra la Vella	France! Sant Girones	176 km	Mountain	Louis Leon Sanchez
9	July, 12	France! Sant Joden	France! Tarb	160 km	Mountain	Pierrick Fedrigo
	July 13	Day of rest
ten	the 14 th of July	France! Limoges	France! Issoudoun	193 km	Flat	Mark Cavendish
eleven	July 15	France! Indre Vatan	France! Sant forjo	192 km	Flat	Mark Cavendish
12	July 16	France! Tonerre	France! Vittel	200 km	Flat	Nikki Sørensen
13	July 17th	France! Vittel	France! Colmar	200 km	Transition	Henrik Hausler
14	July 18th	France! Colmar	France! Besancon	199 km	Flat	Sergey Ivanov
15	July 19	France! Pontarlier	Switzerland! Verbier	207 km	Mountain	Alberto Contador
	July 20	Day of rest
sixteen	21 July	Switzerland! Martings	France! Burg st moris	160 km	Mountain	Mikel Astarlos
17	July 22	France! Burg st moris	France! Le Grand Bornan	169 km	Mountain	Frank Schleck
18	July 23	France! Annecy	France! Annecy	40 km	Cutting	Alberto Contador
nineteen	July 24	France! Bourgoin-Jallieu	France! Aubenas	195 km	Flat	Mark Cavendish
20	July 25th	France! Montelimore	France! Mont Vento	167 km	Mountain	Juan Manuel Garate
21	26 July	France! Monterro Fall Jone	France! Paris , Champs Elysees	160 km	Flat	Mark Cavendish

T-shirt ownership

Stage	Winner	General classification Yellow shirt	Sprint classification Green shirt	Mountain classification Pea T-shirt	Best young racer White shirt	Team classification	The most attacking racer White number on a red background
one	Fabian cancellara	Fabian cancellara	Fabian cancellara	Alberto Contador	Roman Kreuziger	Astana	-
2	Mark Cavendish		Mark Cavendish	Jussi Weikkanen	Roman Kreuziger		Steph Clement
3	Mark Cavendish				Tony martin		Samuel Dumolin
four	Astana						-
five	Thomas Wöckler						Mikhail Ignatiev
6	Tour Hushovd			Stefan Auger			David millar
7	Brice Feyu	Rinaldo Nocentini		Brice Feyu			Christoph Riblon
eight	Louis Leon Sanchez		Tour Hushovd	Christoph Kern		Ag2r-la mondiale	Sandy Qasar
9	Pierik Fedrigo			Ego martinez			Franco Pellicotti
ten	Mark Cavendish						Thierry Yupon
eleven	Mark Cavendish		Mark Cavendish				Johan Van Zummeren
12	Nikki Sørensen		Mark Cavendish			Team saxo bank	Nikki Sørensen
13	Henrik Hausler		Tour Hushovd	Franco Pellicotti			Henrik Hausler
14	Sergey Ivanov						Martin Maaskant
15	Alberto Contador	Alberto Contador			Andy Schleck	Astana	Simon Spilak
sixteen	Mikel Astarlos						Franco Pellicotti
17	Frank Schleck						Tour Hushovd
18	Alberto Contador						-
nineteen	Mark Cavendish						Leonardo Duque
20	Juan Manuel Garate						Tony martin
21	Mark Cavendish						Fumiyuki Beppu
Final results		Alberto Contador	Tour Hushovd	Franco Pellicotti	Andy Schleck	Astana	Franco Pellicotti

Offsets

The final results of the Tour de France. ^[2]

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
one	Alberto Contador	Astana	85h 48 '35 "
2	Andy Schleck	Team saxo bank	+ 04 '11 "
3	Lance Armstrong	Astana	+ 05 '24 "
four	Bradley Wiggins	Garmin-slipstream	+ 06 '01 "
five	Frank Schleck	Team saxo bank	+ 06 '04 "
6	Andreas Klöden	Astana	+ 06 '42 "
7	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas	+ 07 '35 "
eight	Christian Wande Velde	Garmin-slipstream	+ 12 '04 "
9	Roman Kreuziger	Liquigas	+ 14 '16 "
ten	Christoph Le Mevel	Française des Jeux	+ 14 '25 "

Youth Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
one	Andy Schleck	Team saxo bank	85h 52 '46 "
2	Vincenzo Nibali	Liquigas	+ 03 '24 "
3	Roman Kreuziger	Liquigas	+ 10 '05 "

Mountain classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
one	Franco Pellicotti	Liquigas	210
2	Ego martinez	Euskaltel-euskadi	135
3	Alberto Contador	Astana	126

Sprint classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
one	Tour Hushovd	Cervélo testteam	280
2	Mark Cavendish	Team Columbia-HTC	270
3	Herald Chiolec	Team milram	172

Team Classification

	Team	Time
one	Astana	256h 02 '58 "
2	Garmin-slipstream	+ 22 '35 "
3	Team saxo bank	+ 28 '34 "

Notes

↑ Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti found guilty of doping by Court of Arbitration for Sport - ESPN (neopr.) . Sports.espn.go.com (March 8, 2011). Date of treatment July 10, 2012.
↑ Final results on the official website of the Tour de France (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 26, 2009. Archived August 17, 2009.

Links

Official site

[autogenerated1-1] Italian cyclist Franco Pellizotti found guilty of doping by Court of Arbitration for Sport - ESPN (neopr.) . Sports.espn.go.com (March 8, 2011). Date of treatment July 10, 2012.

[2] Final results on the official website of the Tour de France (unopened) (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment July 26, 2009. Archived August 17, 2009.