2009 Tour Down Under Explained

2009 Tour Down Under
Series:	2009 UCI World Ranking
Race No:	1
Season No:	24
Date:	20–25 January 2009
Stages:	6
Distance:	802
Unit:	km
Time:	19h 26' 59"
Speed:	41.23
First:	Allan Davis
First Nat:	AUS
Second:	Stuart O'Grady
Second Nat:	AUS
Third:	José Joaquín Rojas
Third Nat:	ESP
Points:	Allan Davis
Points Nat:	AUS
Mountains:	Andoni Lafuente
Mountains Nat:	ESP
Youth:	José Joaquín Rojas
Youth Nat:	ESP
Previous:	2008
Next:	2010

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.

Stage results

Stage 1, 20 January, Norwood – Mawson Lakes, 140 km

Stage 1 result

	Team	Time
1		3h 45' 27"
2	UniSA–Australia	s.t.
3		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Team	Time
1		3h 45' 16"
2	UniSA–Australia	+ 5"
3		+ 5"

Stage 2, 21 January, Hahndorf – Stirling, 145 km

Stage 2 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 46' 25"
2			s.t.
3			+ 2"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			7h 31' 42"
2			+ 3"
3			+ 4"

Stage 3, 22 January, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km

Stage 3 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 15' 35"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			10h 47' 11"
2			s.t.
3			+ 5"

Stage 4, 23 January, Burnside Village – Angaston, 143 km

Stage 4 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 29' 35"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			14h 16' 36"
2			+ 4"
3			+ 15"

Stage 5, 24 January, Snapper Point – Willunga, 148 km

Stage 5 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			3h 28' 33"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			19h 26' 59"
2			+ 25"
3			+ 30"

Stage 6, 25 January, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km

Stage 6 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			1h 42' 00"
2			s.t.
3			s.t.

Final General Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			19h 26' 59"
2			+ 25"
3			+ 30"

Final standing

General classification

	Team	Time
1		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

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			46
2			38
3			24

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			30
2			24
3			20

Young classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			19h 27' 29"
2			+ 7"
3			+ 10"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1		58h 22' 57"
2		+ 8"
3		+ 11"

Classification leadership

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Mountains Classification	Points Classification	Young Rider Classification	Aggressive Rider
Stage 1 (André Greipel)	André Greipel		Olivier Kaisen	Jacopo Guarnieri	Olivier Kaisen^[1]
Stage 2 (Allan Davis)	Allan Davis	Andoni Lafuente	Olivier Kaisen	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^[2]
Stage 6 (Francesco Chicchi)					Wesley Sulzberger^[3]
Final	Allan Davis	Andoni Lafuente	Allan Davis	José Joaquín Rojas

Individual 2009 UCI World Rankings standings after race

Per the first published individual classification.^[4]

Teams

Nation	UCI Code	Team 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.

External links

2009 Tour Down Under Official Website

Notes and References

Web site: Stage 1 – January 20: Norwood – Mawson Lakes, 140 km 2009 Tour Down Under . 7 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090123023750/http://tourdownunder.com.au/2009/?q=node%2F245 . 23 January 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: Stage 5 live report 2009 Tour Down Under . 7 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090126215845/http://tourdownunder.com.au/2009/?q=node%2F261 . 26 January 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: Davis delivers to clinch Tour Down Under crown 2009 Tour Down Under . 7 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090129041238/http://tourdownunder.com.au/2009/?q=node%2F266 . 29 January 2009 . dead . dmy-all .
Web site: Archived copy . 5 October 2009 . 13 June 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613185014/http://www.uci.ch/templates/BUILTIN-NOFRAMES/Template3/layout.asp?MenuId=MTU2MzU&LangId=1&RankType=RIDER&RankId=128 . dead .