2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León explained

2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León
Date:	23 March – 27 March
Stages:	5
Distance:	659.3^[1]
Unit:	km
Time:	15h 33' 26"
Speed:	41.86
First:	Levi Leipheimer
First Nat:	USA
First Team:	Astana
First Color:	granate
Second:	Alberto Contador
Second Nat:	ESP
Second Team:	Astana
Third:	David Zabriskie
Third Nat:	USA
Third Team:	Garmin–Slipstream
Points:	Alejandro Valverde
Points Nat:	ESP
Mountains:	Alejandro Valverde
Mountains Nat:	ESP
Combination:	Alejandro Valverde
Combination Nat:	ESP
Team:	Rabobank
Team Nat:	NED
Previous:	2008
Next:	2010

The 2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León was the 24th edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y León road cycling stage race, started on 23 March in Paredes de Nava, and concluded on 27 March in Valladolid.^[2] The race was won by Levi Leipheimer.

Teams

Seventeen teams of up to eight riders started the race:

Stages

Stage 1

23 March 2009 – Paredes de Nava to Baltanás, 168.3km (104.6miles)

Stage 1 results

	Team	Time
1	Burgos Monumental-Castilla y Leon	4h 31' 53"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Liberty Seguros	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Team	Time
1	Burgos Monumental-Castilla y Leon	4h 31' 53"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Liberty Seguros	s.t.

Stage 2

24 March 2009 – Palencia (ITT), 28.2km (17.5miles)

Stage 2 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			33' 17"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 55"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			5h 5' 10"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 55"

Stage 3

25 March 2009 – Sahagún to Estación Inv. De San Isiro, 156.9km (97.5miles)

Stage 3 results^[3]

	Team	Time
1		3h 28' 16"
2	Liberty Seguros	s.t.
3	Andalucía–CajaSur	s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			8h 33' 26"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 55"

Stage 4

26 March 2009 – Santa María Del Páramo to Galende-Laguna De Los Peces, 145.4km (90.3miles)

Stage 4 results^[4]

	Team	Time
1		3h 42' 3"
2		+ 8"
3	Andalucía–CajaSur	+ 9"
4		s.t.
5		s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			12h 15' 38"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 54"

Stage 5

27 March 2009 – Benavente to Valladolid, 152.5km (94.8miles)

Stage 5 results

	Team	Time
1		3h 17' 46"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		+ 2"
5	ISD	s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			15h 33' 26"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 1' 07"

Final standings

General classification^[5]

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			15h 33' 26"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 1' 07"

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			64
2			43
3			38
4			36
5			33

Mountains classification

	Team	Points
1		20
2		10
3	Andalucía–CajaSur	9
4		8
5	Andalucía–CajaSur	8

Combination classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			5
2			5
3			5
4			5
5			5

Team Classification

	Team	Time
1		46h 44' 45"
2		+ 4' 02"
3		+ 4' 03"
4		+ 4' 56"
5	Andalucía–CajaSur	+ 5' 02"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Combination classification	Team Classification
Stage 1 (Joaquin Sobrino)	Joaquin Sobrino	Joaquin Sobrino	José Antonio López	Joaquin Sobrino
Stage 2 (ITT) (Levi Leipheimer)	Levi Leipheimer	Levi Leipheimer	José Antonio López	Levi Leipheimer	Astana
Stage 3 (Alejandro Valverde)		Rubén Pérez	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Astana
Stage 4 (Juan José Cobo)		Alejandro Valverde		Denis Menchov
Stage 5 (Alejandro Valverde)		Alejandro Valverde		Alejandro Valverde
Final	Levi Leipheimer	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde	Alejandro Valverde

Notes and References

Web site: Vuelta a Castilla y León (2.1). BikeRaceInfo. 18 February 2020.
News: 24th Vuelta a Castilla y León . Cycling News . 23 March 2009.
News: Valverde nails the stage, Leipheimer keeps the lead . VeloNews . 26 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090611150434/http://www.velonews.com/article/89651/valverde-nails-the-stage-leipheimer-keeps-the-lead . 11 June 2009 . live .
News: Cobo wins, Leipheimer defends lead . VeloNews . 26 March 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090603180627/http://velonews.com/article/89757/cobo-wins-leipheimer-defends-lead . 3 June 2009 . live .
News: Valverde takes another stage, Leipheimer the overall . cyclingnews.com . 27 March 2009.
News: Armstrong fractures collarbone in Castilla y León . cyclingnews.com . 24 March 2009.