The 2009 Tour of Qatar was held from 1 February to 6 February 2009 in Qatar. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of and was part of the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour. The Race was won by Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team.
During the night after stage 4 Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf of the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator team died in his sleep of a suspected heart attack. The organisers cancelled stage 5 and held a 'cycling procession' instead.
Stage summary
StageDateStartFinishDistanceStage Top 3Leading Top 3Time 1 1 February Doha Corniche Doha Corniche 6 km Garmin–Slipstream Quick Step Team Katusha Bradley Wiggins Hans Dekkers Kilian Patour 6'34" s.t. s.t. 2 2 February Khalifa International Stadium Al Khor Corniche 134 km Roger Hammond Danilo Napolitano Heinrich Haussler Roger Hammond Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler 3h 39'30" + 6" + 7" 3 3 February Zubarah Doha Golf Club 137.5 km Tom Boonen Danilo Napolitano Jürgen Roelandts Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler 6h 14'16" + 6" + 14" 4 4 February Doha Old Souq Madinat Al Shamal 141 km Mark Cavendish Heinrich Haussler Tom Boonen Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler 10h 19'07" + 10" + 12" 5 5 February Camel Race Track Qatar Foundation 147.5 km Cancelled Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler 10h 19'07" + 10" + 12" 6 6 February Sealine Beach Resort Doha Corniche 121 km Mark Cavendish Robert Förster Heinrich Haussler Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler Roger Hammond 12h 55'25" + 8" + 10"
Other leading top threes
StageSprintsPtsYoung RiderTimeTeamsTime 1 no sprints none Huub Duyn Wouter Weylandt Mikhail Ignatiev 6'34" + 1" + 2" Garmin–Slipstream Quick Step Team Katusha 6'34" + 1" + 2" 2 Roger Hammond Danilo Napolitano Heinrich Haussler 30 27 25 Heinrich Haussler Huub Duyn Mikhail Ignatiev 3h 39'37" + 2'08" + 2'10" Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Katusha 10h 45'42" + 0'53" + 4'17" 3 Tom Boonen Danilo Napolitano Roger Hammond 56 54 50 Heinrich Haussler Denis Galimzyanov Mark Cavendish 6h 14'30" + 2'10" + 2'13" Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Katusha 18h 30'21" + 0'53" + 4'17" 4 Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler Roger Hammond 81 75 61 Heinrich Haussler Mark Cavendish Tom Veelers 10h 19'19" + 2'09" + 2'23" Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Columbia 30h 45'06" + 2'27" + 5'29" 5 Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler Roger Hammond 81 75 61 Heinrich Haussler Mark Cavendish Tom Veelers 10h 19'19" + 2'09" + 2'23" Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Columbia 30h 45'06" + 2'27" + 5'29" 6 Heinrich Haussler Tom Boonen Danilo Napolitano 100 92 73 Heinrich Haussler Mark Cavendish Tom Veelers 12h 55'33" + 2'03" + 2'27" Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Columbia 38h 34'00" + 2'27" + 5'29"
Men's top 10 overall
PosRiderTime 1 Tom Boonen 12h 55'25" 2 Heinrich Haussler + 0'08" 3 Roger Hammond + 0'10" 4 Daniel Lloyd + 0'25" 5 Andreas Klier + 0'27" 6 Xavier Florencio + 0'28" 7 Angelo Furlan + 1'07" 8 Gabriel Rasch + 1'43" 9 Mark Cavendish + 2'11"10 Tom Veelers + 2'35"
References Official site Cyclingnews.com 2009 Tour of Qatar