The 2009 Tour de Romandie was the 63rd edition of the Tour de Romandie cycling road race and the sixth event in the 2009 UCI ProTour. It started on 28 April in Lausanne and finished on 3 May in Geneva. Roman Kreuziger won the 4th stage, and in doing so put himself into a lead that he retained on the last day, thus going one better than his second place overall in 2008.
Teams In addition to the 18 ProTour teams guaranteed entry to the event as it is promoted by the UCI, two wildcard entries were accepted: and , both of which have strong Swiss links. Andreas Klöden did not defend the title he won the previous year, but the two previous winners of the event, Thomas Dekker and Cadel Evans took part, as teammates on the team. Other pre-race favourites included four of the top five in 2008 (Roman Kreuziger (), Marco Pinotti (), Dennis Menchov () and Mikel Astarloza ()) and 2008 ProTour champion Alejandro Valverde ().
Stages Prologue 28 April – Lausanne, (ITT)
Stage 1 29 April – Montreux to Fribourg,
The stage was shortened due to snowfalls, from a scheduled to .
Stage 2 30 April – La Chaux-de-Fonds to La Chaux-de-Fonds,
Stage 3 1 May – Yverdon-les-Bains, (TTT)
Stage 4 2 May – Estavayer-le-Lac to Sainte-Croix,
Stage 5 3 May – Aubonne to Geneva,
Classification leadership table + Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification Team classification P František RaboňFrantišek RaboňNone AwardedNone AwardedTyler Farrar 1 Ricardo SerranoGrégory RastGrégory RastRicardo SerranoTony Martin 2 Óscar FreireMatthieu Sprick 3 František Raboň 4 Roman KreuzigerRoman KreuzigerLaurens ten DamRoman Kreuziger 5 Óscar Freire FinalRoman KreuzigerGrégory RastLaurens ten DamRoman Kreuziger
Classification standings General classification
Points classification
Mountains classification
Young rider classification
Teams classification
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