The 2009 Giro d'Italia Femminile, or Giro Donne, was the 20th Giro d'Italia Femminile, one of the premier events of the women's road cycling calendar. It was held over nine stages from 3–12 July 2009, starting in Scarperia and finishing in Grumo Nevano. It was won by Claudia Häusler of .

Teams Eighteen teams were invited to the Giro d'Italia Femminile. These teams were:

Australia National Team

Bizkaia–Durango–Champion System

Fenixs–Edilsavino Gauss RDZ Ormu–Colnago

S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi Selle Italia–Ghezzi Team Cmax Dila

Team System Data Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line USA National Team USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo

Route and stages + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner P 3 July Scarperia Individual time trial 1 4 July San Piero a Sieve to Pratolino di Vaglia Medium-mountain stage 2 5 July Pontedera to Santa Maria a Monte Individual time trial 3 6 July Calcinaia to Prato a Calci/Monte Serra Stage with mountain(s) 4 7 July Porto Sant'Elpidio to Porto Sant'Elpidio Medium-mountain stage 5 8 July Fossacesia to Cerro al Volturno Stage with mountain(s) 6 9 July Cerro al Volturno to Sant'Elena Sannita Stage with mountain(s) 7 10 July Andria to Castel del Monte Medium-mountain stage 8 11 July San Marco dei Cavoti to Pesco Sannita Medium-mountain stage 9 12 July Grumo Nevano Plain stage

Classification leadership There were four different jerseys awarded in the 2009 Giro Donne. These followed the same format as those in the men's Giro d'Italia. The leader of the General classification received a pink jersey. This classification was calculated by adding the combined finishing times of the riders from each stage, and the overall winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Giro.

Secondly, the points classification awarded the maglia ciclamino, or mauve jersey. Points were awarded for placements at stage finishes as well as at selected intermediate sprint points on the route, and the jersey would be received by the rider with the most overall points to their name.

In addition to this, there was a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. Points were allocated for the first few riders over selected mountain passes on the route, with more difficult passes paying more points, and the jersey would be received by the rider with the most overall points to their name.

Finally, there was the jersey for the Best Young Rider, which was granted to the highest-placed rider on the General classification aged 23 or under. This rider would receive a white jersey.

+Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classification Points classification Mountains classification Young rider classification P Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild not awarded not awarded Trine Schmidt 1 Edita Pučinskaitė Edita Pučinskaitė Edita Pučinskaitė Edita Pučinskaitė Alyona Andruk 2 Amber Neben Amber Neben Amber Neben Amber Neben Lizzie Armitstead 3 Mara Abbott Emma Pooley Emma Pooley Mara Abbott 4 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg 5 Noemi Cantele Judith Arndt 6 Judith Arndt Claudia Häusler 7 Claudia Häusler 8 Trixi Worrack Claudia Häusler 9 Kirsten Wild Final Claudia Häusler Claudia Häusler Mara Abbott Lizzie Armitstead

Classification standings Legend      Denotes the leader of the General classification      Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification      Denotes the leader of the Points classification      Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification

General classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 + 30" 3 + 2' 33" 4 + 6' 35" 5 Fenixs-Edilsavino + 6' 51" 6 Selle Italia–Ghezzi + 8' 53" 7 S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox + 10' 54" 8 + 12' 29" 9 + 14' 13" 10 Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago + 14' 23"

Points classification RankRiderTeamPoints 1 49 2 41 3 Fenixs-Edilsavino 39 4 Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi 32 5 29 6 29 7 27 8 25 9 Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago 22 10 21

Mountains classification RankRiderTeamPoints 1 38 2 36 3 27 4 25 5 19 6 Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago 13 7 Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi 10 8 10 9 Selle Italia–Ghezzi 10 10 9

Young rider classification RankRiderTeamTime 1 2 Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi + 30" 3 Australia National Team + 5' 18" 4 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line + 7' 06" 5 USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo + 8' 53" 6 Australia National Team + 14' 25" 7 + 29' 47" 8 Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago + 32' 19" 9 Australia National Team + 34' 55" 10 Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi + 44' 28"

Team classification RankTeamPoints 1 2 + 9' 12" 3 S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox + 50' 55" 4 Selle Italia–Ghezzi + 1h 05' 47" 5 + 1h 07' 25" 6 Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago + 1h 07' 31" 7 + 1h 08' 22" 8 Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi + 1h 30' 57" 9 Australia National Team + 1h 33' 01" 10 Fenixs-Edilsavino + 1h 59' 54"

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