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2009 Tour of Britain
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2009 Tour of Britain |
| image | 2009 Tour of Britain Stage 8 London DJ1.jpg |
| image_caption | Stage 8 of the 2009 Tour of Britain in London. |
| image_size | 250px |
| series | UCI Europe Tour |
| date | 12–19 September 2009 |
| stages | 8 |
| distance | 1201 |
| unit | km |
| time | 28h 06' 24" |
| first | Edvald Boasson Hagen |
| first_nat | NOR |
| first_team | Team Columbia – HTC |
| first_color | yellow |
| second | Christopher Sutton |
| second_nat | AUS |
| second_team | Garmin–Slipstream |
| third | Martin Reimer |
| third_nat | GER |
| third_team | Cervelo Test Team |
| points | Edvald Boasson Hagen |
| points_nat | NOR |
| points_team | Team Columbia – HTC |
| points_color | blue |
| mountains | Thomas De Gendt |
| mountains_nat | BEL |
| mountains_team | Topsport Vlaanderen |
| mountains_color | red |
| sprints | Thomas De Gendt |
| sprints_nat | BEL |
| sprints_team | Topsport Vlaanderen |
| sprints_color | white |
| team | Rabobank |
| previous | 2008 |
| next | 2010 |
The 2009 Tour of Britain was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 12 September till 19 September 2009. The race was the sixth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain and the seventieth British tour in total. It formed part of the 2008–2009 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun in Scunthorpe and ended with a circuit stage in London.
Participating teams
The 16 teams which participated in the race were:
;UCI ProTour Teams
- A2R –
- EUS –
- GRM –
- KAT –
- RAB –
- THR –
;UCI Professional Continental Teams
- BAR –
- CTT –
- CSF –
- ISD –
- TSV –
- VAC –
- AGR –
;UCI Continental Teams
- CTV –
- HAF – Team Halfords Bikehut
- RCR –
- TMB –
Stages
Stage 1
;12 September 2009 – Scunthorpe to York, 172 km
The first stage win was taken by Christopher Sutton (Garmin–Slipstream) after the peloton caught a long breakaway by Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil) and Thomas De Gendt (Topsport Vlaanderen).
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Sutton | **** |
| 2 | Michele Merlo | |
| 3 | Ben Swift | |
| 4 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT |
| 5 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | |
| 6 | Reinier Honig | |
| 7 | Martin Reimer | |
| 8 | Lloyd Mondory | |
| 9 | Ian Wilkinson | Team Halfords Bikehut |
| 10 | Tim Mertens |
|| |General Classification after Stage 1
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Sutton [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Michele Merlo | |||
| 3 | Martin Mortensen [[File:Jersey red.svg | 20px]] | ||
| 4 | Ben Swift | |||
| 5 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | ||
| 6 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Joker Bianchi | ||
| 7 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | |||
| 8 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | |||
| 9 | Reinier Honig | |||
| 10 | Martin Reimer |
|}
Stage 2
;13 September 2009 – Darlington to Gateshead, 153.3 km
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai Reus | **** | ||
| 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Joker Bianchi | ||
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | |||
| 4 | Martin Reimer | |||
| 5 | Danilo Napolitano | |||
| 6 | Michele Merlo | |||
| 7 | Malcolm Elliott | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | ||
| 8 | Pierpaolo De Negri | |||
| 9 | Christopher Sutton [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 10 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck |
|| |General Classification after Stage 2
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai Reus [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Christopher Sutton | ||
| 3 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Joker Bianchi | |
| 4 | Michele Merlo [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 5 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | ||
| 6 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | |
| 7 | Martin Reimer | ||
| 8 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck | ||
| 9 | Malcolm Elliott | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | |
| 10 | Reinier Honig |
|}
Stage 3
;14 September 2009 – Peebles to Gretna Green, 153.8 km
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | **** | |
| 2 | Michele Merlo [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 3 | Christopher Sutton | ||
| 4 | Danilo Napolitano | ||
| 5 | Davide Appollonio | ||
| 6 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | |
| 7 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Joker Bianchi | |
| 8 | Pierpaolo De Negri | ||
| 9 | Graeme Brown | ||
| 10 | Geraint Thomas |
|| |General Classification after Stage 3
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai Reus [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | ||
| 3 | Christopher Sutton | ||
| 4 | Michele Merlo [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 5 | Martin Reimer | ||
| 6 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Joker Bianchi | |
| 7 | Rob Ruygh | ||
| 8 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | |
| 9 | Danilo Napolitano | ||
| 10 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck |
|}
Stage 4
;15 September 2009 – Stanley Park, Blackpool to Blackpool, 148 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | **** |
| 2 | Christopher Sutton | |
| 3 | Martin Reimer | |
| 4 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT |
| 5 | Koldo Fernández | |
| 6 | Tony Martin | |
| 7 | Renaud Dion | |
| 8 | Mauro Finetto | |
| 9 | Graham Briggs | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT |
| 10 | Malcolm Elliott | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT |
|| |General Classification after Stage 4
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai Reus [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | ||
| 3 | Christopher Sutton [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 4 | Martin Reimer | ||
| 5 | Michele Merlo | ||
| 6 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Joker Bianchi | |
| 7 | Simon Clarke | ||
| 8 | Reinier Honig | ||
| 9 | Rob Ruygh | ||
| 10 | Geoffroy Lequatre |
|}
Stage 5
;16 September 2009 – Britannia Stadium to Stoke-on-Trent, 134 km
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | **** | |
| 2 | Filippo Pozzato | ||
| 3 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | |
| 4 | Aitor Galdós | ||
| 5 | Simon Clarke | ||
| 6 | Reinier Honig | ||
| 7 | Pierpaolo De Negri | ||
| 8 | Carlo Scognamiglio | ||
| 9 | Christopher Sutton [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 10 | Mauro Finetto |
|| |General Classification after Stage 5
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Kai Reus | |||
| 3 | Christopher Sutton | |||
| 4 | Martin Reimer | |||
| 5 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | ||
| 6 | Simon Clarke | |||
| 7 | Geoffroy Lequatre | |||
| 8 | Reinier Honig | |||
| 9 | Rob Ruygh | |||
| 10 | Federico Canuti |
|}
Stage 6
;17 September 2009 – Frome to Bideford, 183.7 km
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Martin Reimer | |||
| 3 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | ||
| 4 | Koldo Fernández | |||
| 5 | Pierpaolo De Negri | |||
| 6 | Michele Merlo | |||
| 7 | Christopher Sutton | |||
| 8 | Reinier Honig | |||
| 9 | Alan Marangoni | |||
| 10 | Davide Appollonio |
|| |General Classification after Stage 6
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Kai Reus | |||
| 3 | Martin Reimer | |||
| 4 | Christopher Sutton | |||
| 5 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | ||
| 6 | Geraint Thomas | |||
| 7 | Geoffroy Lequatre | |||
| 8 | Simon Clarke | |||
| 9 | Reinier Honig | |||
| 10 | Serge Pauwels |
|}
Stage 7
;18 September 2009 – Hatherleigh to Yeovil, 159.7 km
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Swift | **** | ||
| 2 | Filippo Pozzato | |||
| 3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | |
| 4 | Mauro Finetto | |||
| 5 | Alan Marangoni | |||
| 6 | Geraint Thomas | |||
| 7 | Kai Reus | |||
| 8 | Christopher Sutton | |||
| 9 | Kristof Vandewalle | |||
| 10 | Huub Duyn |
|| |General Classification after Stage 7
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Kai Reus | |||
| 3 | Martin Reimer | |||
| 4 | Christopher Sutton | |||
| 5 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | ||
| 6 | Geraint Thomas | |||
| 7 | Geoffroy Lequatre | |||
| 8 | Simon Clarke | |||
| 9 | Reinier Honig | |||
| 10 | Kristian House | Rapha Condor |
|}
Stage 8
;19 September 2009 – Whitehall, Westminster to Whitehall, Westminster, 92.5 km
| Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michele Merlo | **** |
| 2 | Koldo Fernández | |
| 3 | Christopher Sutton | |
| 4 | Pierpaolo De Negri | |
| 5 | Rob Hayles | Team Halfords Bikehut |
| 6 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT |
| 7 | Reinier Honig | |
| 8 | Peter Williams | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT |
| 9 | Malcolm Elliott | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT |
| 10 | Danilo Napolitano |
|| |Final General Classification
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen [[File:Jersey yellow.svg | 20px]] [[File:Jersey blue.svg | 20px]] | **** |
| 2 | Christopher Sutton | |||
| 3 | Martin Reimer | |||
| 4 | Kai Reus | |||
| 5 | Russell Downing | Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT | ||
| 6 | Geraint Thomas | |||
| 7 | Geoffroy Lequatre | |||
| 8 | Simon Clarke | |||
| 9 | Reinier Honig | |||
| 10 | Kristian House | Rapha Condor |
|}
Jersey progress
| Stage | Winner | General classification | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Jersey yellow.svg | 25px]] | Sprint Classification | |||||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 25px]] | Mountains Classification | |||||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey red.svg | 25px]] | Points Classification | |||||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey blue.svg | 25px]] | Team Classification | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final | |||||||
| Christopher Sutton | Christopher Sutton | Thomas De Gendt | Martin Mortensen | Christopher Sutton | Cervélo Test Team | ||||||||||
| Kai Reus | Kai Reus | Thomas De Gendt | Michele Merlo | Rabobank | |||||||||||
| Edvald Boasson Hagen | |||||||||||||||
| Christopher Sutton | |||||||||||||||
| Edvald Boasson Hagen | Edvald Boasson Hagen | ||||||||||||||
| Ben Swift | |||||||||||||||
| Michele Merlo | |||||||||||||||
| Edvald Boasson Hagen | Thomas De Gendt | Thomas De Gendt | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Rabobank |
References
References
- "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Teams".
- (12 September 2009). "Sutton wins opening stage of Tour of Britain". [[Cycling Weekly]].
- (12 September 2009). "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Results – Stage 1".
- (13 September 2009). "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Results – Stage 2".
- (14 September 2009). "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Results – Stage 3".
- (15 September 2009). "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Results – Stage 4".
- (16 September 2009). "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Results – Stage 5".
- (17 September 2009). "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Results – Stage 6".
- (18 September 2009). "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Results – Stage 7".
- (19 September 2009). "The Tour of Britain 2009 – Results – Stage 8".
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