2008–09 UCI Europe Tour explained

2008–09 UCI Europe Tour
Edition:	5
Competition:	UCI Europe Tour
Dates:	–15 October 2009
Location:	Europe
Rounds:	About 300+
Previous:	2007–08
Next:	2009–10

The 2008–09 UCI Europe Tour was the fifth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 19 October 2008 with the Chrono des Nations and ended on 15 October 2009 with the Giro del Piemonte.

The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Enrico Gasparotto of Italy was the defending champion of the 2007–08 UCI Europe Tour. Giovanni Visconti was crowned as the 2008–09 UCI Europe Tour.

Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.

The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:

Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2

Events

2008

Date	Race Name	Location		width=200px	Winner !	Team
19 October			1.1
25 October			1.1

2009

Date	Race Name	Location		width=200px	Winner !	Team
1 February			1.1
4–8 February	Étoile de Bessèges		2.1
7 February			1.1
8 February			1.1
9 February			1.1
10 February			1.1
11 February			1.1
11–15 February	Tour Méditerranéen		2.1
12 February	Trofeo Calvià		1.1
13–15 February			2.1
15–19 February			2.1
18–22 February			2.1
21 February			1.1
21 February			1.2		Team 2000 Veneto Marchiol
21 February			1.2
21–22 February	Tour du Haut Var		2.1
24–28 February	Giro di Sardegna		2.1
27 February – 1 March			2.2
28 February			1.1
28 February			1.2		Team Nutrixxion–Sparkasse
28 February			1.HC
1 March			1.1
1 March			1.1
1 March			1.1
1 March	Trofeo Zsšdi		1.2		Loborika
4 March	Le Samyn		1.1
4 March	Giro del Friuli		1.1
4–8 March			2.1
6–8 March			2.1		Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team
7 March	Monte Paschi Eroica		1.1
7 March	De Vlaamse Pijl		1.2		Team Beveren 2000
8 March			1.2		Designa Køkken
8 March			1.2		Team 2000 Veneto Marchiol
8 March	Poreč Trophy		1.2		Joker–Bianchi
12–15 March			2.2		Radenska–KD Financial Point
15 March			1.2
15 March	Paris–Troyes		1.2		Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
15 March			1.2		Topsport Vlaanderen
18 March	Nokere Koerse		1.1
20 March			1.2		Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
22 March			1.1
22 March			1.1		Palmans–Cras
22 March			1.2		CC Nogent-sur-Oise
22 March			1.2		Calzaturieri Montegranaro
23–27 March			2.1
23–29 March			2.2		Van Vliet–EBH Elshof
25 March			1.1
24–28 March			2.1
26–29 March	The Paths of King Nikola		2.2		Loborika
27–29 March	Grand Prix du Portugal		2.Ncup		Colombia (national team)
28 March			1.HC
28 March	Trofeo Edil C		1.2		Bottoli Nordelettrica
28–29 March			2.HC
29 March			1.1
29 March			1.1
31 March – 2 April			2.HC
31 March – 5 April			2.1
1–5 April	Volta ao Alentejo em Bicicleta		2.1
1–5 April			2.2		Colombia es Pasión Coldeportes
2–4 April	Boucle de l'Artois		2.2		Designa Køkken
3 April	Route Adélie de Vitré		1.1
3–5 April	Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux		2.2		Davo–Lotto–Davitamon
4 April	Hel van het Mergelland		1.1
4 April			1.HC
5 April			1.2		Capinordic
5 April	Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza		1.2U		Team 2000 Veneto Marchiol
7–10 April			2.1
10–12 April	Circuit des Ardennes International		2.2		Bretagne–Schuller
11 April			1.2Ncup		Belgium (national team)
12 April			1.1
12 April			1.2		Cycling Club Bourgas
12 April	Ronde van Drenthe		1.1		Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini
12–19 April			2.1
13 April	Giro del Belvedere		1.2U		Zalf Désirée Fior
13 April	Rund um Köln		1.1		Denmark (national team)
14 April	Paris–Camembert		1.1		Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
14 April	GP Palio del Recioto		1.2U		De Nardi–Daigo–Bergamasca
14–19 April			2.2		Katusha Continental Team
15 April			1.HC
15 April	La Côte Picarde		1.Ncup		Russia (national team)
16 April			1.1		Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
16–19 April			2.2
18 April			1.1		Bretagne–Schuller
18 April			1.1		Amica Chips–Knauf
18 April			1.2U		Capinordic
18 April	ZLM Tour		1.Ncup		Great Britain (national team)
19 April	Tro-Bro Léon		1.1
19 April			1.2		Team Kuota–Indeland
22–25 April			2.1
22–26 April			2.2		Supermercados Froiz
25 April			1.2
25 April			1.2		Cycling Club Bourgas
25 April			1.2U		Zalf Désirée Fior
25 April – 1 May			2.2		Côtes-d'Armor–Maitre Jacques
26 April			1.1
26 April	Ronde van Noord-Holland		1.2		Rabobank Continental Team
26 April	Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines		1.2		ESEG–Douai
26 April			1.2		Team Halfords
28 April – 2 May			2.1
1 May			1.2		Mroz Continental Team
1 May			1.2
1 May			1.2U		Australia (national team)
1 May	Rund um den Henninger Turm		1.HC
2 May	Grand Prix Herning		1.2		Designa Køkken
2 May			1.1		Centri della Calzatura
2 May			1.2
2 May			1.2		Katusha Continental Team
3 May	Giro di Toscana		1.1
3 May			1.1
3 May			1.1		Orbea
3 May			1.2		Bottoli Nordelettrica
3 May			1.2		Katusha Continental Team
5–10 May			2.HC
6–10 May			2.2		Katusha Continental Team
6–10 May			2.2		Zalf Désirée Fior
8–10 May			2.1		Mróz Continental Team
8–10 May			2.2U		Rabobank Continental Team
9 May			1.2		Capinordic
10 May			1.2		Rabobank Continental Team
10 May			1.2		Marchiol Pasta Montegrappa
12 May			1.2		Moscow
13 May			1.1
14–17 May			2.2		Palmeiras Resort–Tavira
15–17 May			2.1
16 May			1.2		Glud & Marstrand–Horsens
16 May			1.HC
17 May			1.1
17–24 May			2.2		Rapha Condor
19–24 May			2.2		Rabobank Continental Team
20–24 May			2.1
20–24 May			2.2		Bürgis Cycling
21–24 May			2.2U		VC La Pomme Marseille
27–31 May			2.HC
27–31 May			2.HC
29 May			1.1		Cycling Club Bourgas
29 May – 1 June			2.2		CC Nogent-sur-Oise
29 May – 1 June			2.2U		LKT Team Brandenburg
30 May			1.1		Continental Team Differdange
30 May			1.1		Sava
30 May			1.1		Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
30 May			1.2		Dukla Trenčín–Merida
31 May			1.1
31 May			1.2		Dukla Trenčín–Merida
31 May			1.2U
31 May			1.2U		Zalf Désirée Fior
1 June			1.1
1 June			1.2		Sparebanken Vest–Ridley
2 June			1.2		Russia (national team)
2–7 June			2.2		Moscow
3–7 June			2.2		Designa Køkken
3–7 June			2.HC
6 June			1.1
6 June			1.1
6–13 June			2.2		SP Tablewere–Gatsoulis Bikes
7 June			1.2		Russia (national team)
7 June			1.2		VC Mendrisio
7 June			1.2		NH Tielen
7 June			1.HC
7–13 June			2.2U		Austria (national team)
10–16 June			2.2		Rabobank Continental Team
11–14 June			2.1		Contentpolis–Ampo
11–14 June			2.2		An Post–Sean Kelly
12–14 June			2.1
12–21 June			2.2		Colombia (national team)
15–21 June			2.2		Centri della Calzatura
17–21 June			2.1
18–20 June			2.2		DHL–Author
18–21 June			2.1		Miche–Silver Cross
18–21 June			2.1
18–21 June			2.2		Cycling Club Bourgas
19–21 June			2.2U		Chambéry Cyclisme Formation
19–21 June			2.2U		Thüringer Energie Team
21 June			1.2
24 June			1.1
24 June			1.1
24 June			1.2
1–5 July			2.1		Centri della Calzatura
2 July	European Road Championships (U23) – Time Trial		CC		Germany (national team)
4 July			1.2		Team Neotel
4 July			1.2		Scap Foresi
5 July			1.1
5 July			1.2		Zalf Désirée Fior
5 July	European Road Championships (U23) – Road Race		CC		Belgium (national team)
5–12 July			2.HC
7 July			1.2		Gavardo
8–12 July			2.2		Liberty Seguros
10–11 July			2.2		Centri della Calzatura
12 July			1.2		Bottoli Nordelettrica
17–19 July			2.1		Liberty Seguros
18 July			1.2		Capinordic
19 July			1.1
19 July			1.2		Vendée U
19 July			1.2		Ginestra Ceramiche
22–26 July			2.1
22–26 July			2.1		Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini
25 July			1.1		Andorra–Grandvalira
25–26 July			1.2		AC Sparta Prague
25–27 July			2.2		Bretagne–Schuller
25–29 July			2.HC
26 July			1.2		Continental Team Differdange
26 July			1.2		Russia (national team)
28 July – 1 August			2.2		CCC Polsat Polkowice
29 July – 2 August			2.2		Burgis Cycling Team
29 July – 2 August			2.HC
31 July			1.1
1 August			1.2		Cykelcity.se
1 August			1.2		Sava
2 August			1.1
2 August			1.1
2 August			1.1
2 August			1.2		Monturano–Civitanova Marche
2 August			1.2		Betonexpressz 2000–Limonta
4–8 August			2.2		Colombia es Pasión Coldeportes
4–8 August			2.2		Boyacá es Para Vivirla
5 August			1.2		Team SCAP Prefabbricati Foresi
5–6 August			2.1		CarmioOro–A Style
5–9 August			2.HC
5–16 August			2.HC		Palmeiras Resort–Tavira
6 August			1.1
6–8 August			2.2
8 August			1.1
8–12 August			2.1
9 August			1.2		Loborika
11 August			1.2
12–15 August			2.2
14 August			1.2
15 August			1.2		LKT Team Brandenburg
16 August			1.2		Lucchini Arvedi Unidelta
16 August			1.2		Capinordic
16 August			1.2		LKT Team Brandenburg
17 August			1.2		Palazzago Elledent Rad
18 August			1.1
18 August			1.HC
18–21 August			2.1
19 August			1.1
20 August			1.1
21–23 August			2.1		Candi TV–Marshalls Pasta RT
22 August			1.1
25 August			1.2
25–28 August			2.1
25–30 August			2.2		France (national team)
26 August			1.1		Designa Køkken
26–30 August			2.2
29 August			1.HC
30 August			1.1		Besson Chaussures–Sojasun
30 August			1.1
2–6 September			2.2		Australia (national team)
5–13 September			2.Ncup		France (national team A)
6 September			1.1
6 September			1.1
6 September			1.2
6 September			1.2		Zalf Désirée Fior
6–13 September			2.2		Heraklion–Nessebar
9 September			1.1		An Post–Sean Kelly Team
12 September			1.HC
12–19 September			2.1
13 September			1.1
13 September			1.2		Bottoli Nordelettrica
13 September			1.HC
16 September			1.1
17 September			1.2		Perutnina Ptuj
18 September			1.1
18 September			1.1
18 September			1.2		Heraklion–Nessebar
19 September			1.2
20 September			1.1
20 September			1.1
20 September			1.2
20 September			1.2		VC Mantovani
23 September			1.1
25–27 September			2.2		Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei
29 September			1.2		Lucchini Arvedi Unidelta
1–4 October			2.1
2–4 October			2.2		CarmioOro–A Style
3 October			1.1		Team Designa Køkken
3 October			1.1
4 October			1.1
8 October			1.1
8 October			1.1
10 October			1.HC
11 October			1.1		CarmioOro–A Style
11 October			1.2U		Côtes d'Armor–Maître Jacques
11 October			1.HC
13 October			1.1
15 October			1.HC

Final ranking

There is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.

Individual classification

Rank	Name
align=center	1	638.2
align=center	2	601
align=center	3	575
align=center	4	488
align=center	5	469.2
align=center	6	446
align=center	7	377
align=center	8	366
align=center	9	360
align=center	10	348

Team classification

Rank	Team	Points
align=center	1		2088
align=center	2		1499
align=center	3	Liberty Seguros	1326
align=center	4		1261
align=center	5		1249.79
align=center	6		1224
align=center	7		1210
align=center	8		1208
align=center	9		1120.8
align=center	10		1029

Nation classification

Rank	Nation
align=center	1	3357.6
align=center	2	3159
align=center	3	2259.4
align=center	4	2114.19
align=center	5	2101
align=center	6	1854
align=center	7	1805
align=center	8	1534
align=center	9	1455
align=center	10	1297

Nation under-23 classification

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Rank	Nation under-23
align=center	1	909
align=center	2	872
align=center	3	819.98
align=center	4	818.32
align=center	5	692
align=center	6	541.59
align=center	7	367
align=center	8	356
align=center	9	268
align=center	10	259.2