The 2009 Tour Down Under was the 11th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place over 20–25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI, and this edition was the first race in the inaugural UCI World Ranking calendar.
This was the first race in Lance Armstrong's comeback. The race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition.
The race was won by Australian Allan Davis of .
Stage results Stage 1, 20 January, Norwood – Mawson Lakes, 140 km Stage 1 result CyclistTeamTime1 3h 45' 27"2UniSA–Australia s.t.3 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime1 3h 45' 16"2UniSA–Australia + 5"3 + 5"
Stage 2, 21 January, Hahndorf – Stirling, 145 km Stage 2 result CyclistTeamTime1 3h 46' 25"2 s.t.3 + 2"General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime1 7h 31' 42"2 + 3"3 + 4"
Stage 3, 22 January, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km Stage 3 result CyclistTeamTime1 3h 15' 35"2 s.t.3 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime1 10h 47' 11"2 s.t.3 + 5"
Stage 4, 23 January, Burnside Village – Angaston, 143 km Stage 4 result CyclistTeamTime1 3h 29' 35"2 s.t.3 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime1 14h 16' 36"2 + 4"3 + 15"
Stage 5, 24 January, Snapper Point – Willunga, 148 km Stage 5 result CyclistTeamTime1 3h 28' 33"2 s.t.3 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime1 19h 26' 59"2 + 25"3 + 30"
Stage 6, 25 January, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km Stage 6 result CyclistTeamTime1 1h 42' 00"2 s.t.3 s.t.Final General Classification CyclistTeamTime1 19h 26' 59"2 + 25"3 + 30"
Final standing General classification CyclistTeamTime1 19h 26' 59"2 + 25"3 + 30"4 + 30"5 + 37"6 + 38"7 UniSA–Australia + 39"8 + 40"9 + 40"10 + 40"
Mountains classification CyclistTeamPoints 1 46 2 38 3 24
Points classification CyclistTeamPoints1 302 243 20
Young classification CyclistTeamTime1 19h 27' 29"2 + 7"3 + 10"
Team classification TeamTime1 58h 22' 57"2 + 8"3 + 11"
Classification leadership Stage(Winner)General ClassificationMountains ClassificationPoints ClassificationYoung Rider ClassificationTeam ClassificationAggressive Rider Stage 1(André Greipel) André Greipel Olivier Kaisen Jacopo Guarnieri Olivier Kaisen Stage 2(Allan Davis) Allan Davis Andoni Lafuente José Joaquín Rojas Aaron Kemps Stage 3(Graeme Brown) Markel Irizar Stuart O'Grady Cameron Meyer Stage 4(Allan Davis) Andoni Lafuente Allan Davis Vladimir Efimkin Stage 5(Allan Davis) Jack Bobridge Stage 6(Francesco Chicchi) Wesley Sulzberger Final Allan Davis Andoni Lafuente Allan Davis José Joaquín Rojas
Individual 2009 UCI World Rankings standings after race
Per the first published individual classification.
RankNameTeamPoints 1 122 2 87 3 77 4 64 5 50 6 40 7 20 8 16 9 10 10 6 11 6 12 5 13 4 14 2 15 1 16 1 17 1 18 1 19 1
Teams
NationUCI CodeTeam Name ALM AST BBO COF EUS FDJ FUJ GCE GRM KAT LAM LIQ MRM QST RAB SAX SIL THR The Australian national team called Team UniSA–Australia was the only non-UCI ProTour team invited to the race.
References
External links
Official Website