2009 Vuelta a Colombia explained

2009 Vuelta a Colombia
Date:	June 6–21, 2009
Series:	2008–09 UCI America Tour
Stages:	14
Distance:	1881.3
Unit:	km
Time:	43h 37' 55"
Speed:	43.1106
First:	José Rujano
First Nat:	VEN
First Team:	Gobernacion del Zulía
First Color:	red
Second:	Freddy Montaña
Second Nat:	COL
Second Team:	Boyacá es Para Vivirla
Third:	César Salazar
Third Nat:	COL
Third Team:	Loteria del Tachirá
Points:	Artur García
Points Nat:	VEN
Points Team:	Loteria del Tachirá
Mountains:	José Rujano
Mountains Nat:	VEN
Mountains Team:	Gobernacion del Zulía
Combination:	Óscar Sevilla
Combination Nat:	ESP
Combination Team:	RRC
Youth:	Cristian Montoyá
Youth Nat:	COL
Youth Team:	Indeportes Antioquia
Team:	Loteria de Boyacá
Previous:	2008
Next:	2010

The 59th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from June 6 to June 21, 2009. Stage nine was cancelled due to a landslide.

Stages

2009-06-06: Bogotá — Bogotá (7.6 km)

Place	Prologue (Team Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	GW-Shimano
2.	Loteria de Boyacá
3.	UNE-EPM

2009-06-07: Bogotá — Bogotá (85.9 km)

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-08: Mosquera — Ibagué (184.4 km)

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-09: Ibagué — Ibagué (128.2 km)

Place	Stage 3		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-10: Circasia — Cali (195.5 km)

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-11: Guacari — Cartago (146.8 km)

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-12: Santa Rosa de Cabal — Sabaneta (177.8 km)

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-14: Medellín — Medellín (35 km)

Place	Stage 7 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-15: Rionegro — El Escobero (119.5 km)

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-16: Caldas — Manizales (167.2 km)

• Stage cancelled due to a landslide

2009-06-17: Manizales — Guaduas (167.3 km)

Place	Stage 10		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-18: Guaduas — Zipaquirá (141.8 km)

Place	Stage 11		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-19: Ubaté — Tunja (158.7 km)

Place	Stage 12		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-20: Tunja — Bogotá (142.5 km)

Place	Stage 13		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

2009-06-21: La Calera — Bogotá (23.1 km)

Place	Stage 14 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.
2.
3.

Jersey progression

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Mountains classification	Youth classification
P	GW-Shimano	Stiver Ortíz	no award	no award	no award
1	Juan Alejandro García	Juan Alejandro García	unknown	unknown	unknown
2	Alejandro Cortés
3	Fabio Duarte	Fabio Duarte
4	Wilson Cepeda
5	Artur García	Javier González
6	José Rujano	José Rujano
7	Santiago Botero
8	José Rujano
9	cancelled
10	José Rujano
11	Giovanny Báez
12	Víctor Hugo Peña
13	Glen Chadwick
14	José Rujano		Artur García	José Rujano	Cristian Montoyá

Final classification

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.		Gobernacion del Zulia	43:37:55
2.		Boyacá es Para Vivirla	+ 5.25
3.		Loteria del Tachirá	+ 8.49
4.		UNE-EPM	+ 9.35
5.		Colombia es Pasion	+ 13.17
6.		Boyacá es Para Vivirla	+ 13.29
7.		Loteria de Boyacá	+ 15.27
8.		UNE-EPM	+ 17.29
9.		GW-Shimano	+ 17.43
10.		Loteria de Boyacá	+ 22.01

Teams

Une-Epm

• Director Deportivo: Raúl Mesa

Rock Racing

• Director Deportivo: Rudy Pevenage

Lotería de Boyacá

• Director Deportivo: Ángel Camargo

Colombia es Pasión — Café de Colombia

• Director Deportivo: Luis Saldarriaga

Gobernación del Zulia

• Director Deportivo: Hernán Alemán

Indeportes Antioquia — Idea-Fla

• Director Deportivo: Carlos Jaramillo

EBSA

• Director Deportivo: Rafael Antonio Niño

Lotería del Táchira

• Director Deportivo: Roberto Sánchez

Para Tunja lo Mejor

• Director Deportivo: Jairo Sierra

Néctar-Coldeportes-Cundinamarca.

• Director Deportivo: Raùl Gómez

GW-Chec

• Director Deportivo: Luís Cely

Indervalle

• Director Deportivo: William Palacios

Boyacá es para Vivirla

• Director Deportivo: Vicente Belda

Alc. Armenia y Pereira

• Director Deportivo: Alejandro Carrizoza

Gobernación Nariño-Alkosto

• Director Deportivo: Remigio Atapuma

Cicloases

• Director Deportivo: Marcos Goyes

Estudiantes de Tunja

See also

• 2009 Clásico RCN

References

• cyclingnews
• cyclingwebsite
• dailypeloton