The 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American and the Russian , joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of and . Two existing teams changed title sponsors: from Denmark became , and changed name to . As in 2008, the races organized by the three Grand Tour organizers were not part of the ProTour. Rather than a ranking based only on the ProTour, the UCI designed a World Calendar, on which the Monument events and Grand Tours were included, with a corresponding 2009 UCI World Ranking.
The first race was the 2009 Tour Down Under in January, and the series ended with the 2009 GP Ouest-France in August.
2009 UCI ProTour races
DatesRaceWinnerUCI World Ranking leader20–25 January Tour Down Under () ()5 April Tour of Flanders ()8 April Gent–Wevelgem ()6–11 April Vuelta al País Vasco () ()19 April Amstel Gold Race () (Haussler had taken the lead in the World Rankings prior to the Amstel Gold Race, in the Paris–Roubaix race which is part of the World Rankings but not the ProTour)28 April–3 May Tour de Romandie()18–24 May Volta a Catalunya()()Davis did not take part in the Volta a Catalunya, but had won enough points during the concurrent Giro d'Italia to regain the overall lead in the World Rankings7–14 June Dauphiné Libéré()()13–21 June Tour de Suisse()1 August Clásica de San Sebastián() ()Contador had taken the lead in the World Rankings prior to the Clásica de San Sebatián, in the Tour de France which is part of the World Rankings but not the ProTour.2–8 August Tour de Pologne()16 August Vattenfall Cyclassics()20–27 August / Tour of Benelux ()23 August GP Ouest-France ()
Teams
CodeOfficial Team NameCountryWebsite ALM AST BTL COF EUS FDJ FUJ GCE GRM KAT LAM LIQ MRM QST RAB SAX SIL THR
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