The 2009 Vuelta a España was the 64th Vuelta a España. The event took place from 29 August to 20 September 2009. For only the second time in the race’s history, it began away from Spanish soil, with the race not in fact reaching Spain until Stage 5.
The 2009 Vuelta has been described as having an easy start and a hard finish. This is because of the short individual time trial and three perfectly flat stages in the Netherlands (along with another in Spain in the race’s first week), and eight of the final fourteen stages being mountain stages, with four mountaintop finishes.
The race was won by Spain’s Alejandro Valverde who claimed his first grand tour victory.
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| Dates | 29 August–20 September | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 3,292.3 km (2,046 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 87h 22′ 37″ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | ||
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| 1 | 29 Aug | Assen (Netherlands) | 4.8 km (3 mi) |  |
Individual time trial |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
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| 2 | 30 Aug | Assen (Netherlands) to Emmen (Netherlands) | 203.7 km (127 mi) |  |
Flat stage |  Gerald Ciolek (GER) |
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| 3 | 31 Aug | Zutphen (Netherlands) to Venlo (Netherlands) | 189.7 km (118 mi) | |
Flat stage |  Greg Henderson (NZL) |
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| 4 | 1 Sept | Venlo (Netherlands) to Liège (Belgium) | 225.5 km (140 mi) | |
Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) |
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| 2 Sept | Rest/travel day | ||||||
| 5 | 3 Sept | Tarragona to Vinaròs | 174.0 km (108 mi) | |
Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) |
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| 6 | 4 Sept | Xàtiva | 176.8 km (110 mi) | |
Flat stage |  Borut Božič (SLO) |
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| 7 | 5 Sept | Valencia | 30.0 km (19 mi) | |
Individual time trial | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
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| 8 | 6 Sept | Alzira to Alto de Aitana | 204.7 km (127 mi) |  |
Mountain stage |  Damiano Cunego (ITA) |
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| 9 | 7 Sept | Alcoy to Xorret del Catí | 188.8 km (117 mi) | |
Mountain stage |  Gustavo César Veloso (ESP) |
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| 10 | 8 Sept | Alicante to Murcia | 171.2 km (106 mi) | |
Flat stage |  Simon Gerrans (AUS) |
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| 11 | 9 Sept | Murcia to Caravaca de la Cruz | 200.0 km (124 mi) |  |
Transition stage |  Tyler Farrar (USA) |
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| 10 Sept | Rest day | ||||||
| 12 | 11 Sept | Almería to Alto de Velefique | 179.3 km (111 mi) | |
Mountain stage |  Ryder Hesjedal (CAN) |
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| 13 | 12 Sept | Berja to Sierra Nevada | 172.4 km (107 mi) | |
Mountain stage |  David Moncoutié (FRA) |
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| 14 | 13 Sept | Granada to La Pandera | 157.0 km (98 mi) | |
Mountain stage | Damiano Cunego (ITA) |
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| 15 | 14 Sept | Jaén to Córdoba | 167.7 km (104 mi) | |
Transition stage |  Lars Boom (NED) |
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| 16 | 15 Sept | Córdoba to Puertollano | 170.3 km (106 mi) | |
Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) |
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| 17 | 16 Sept | Ciudad Real to Talavera de la Reina | 193.6 km (120 mi) | |
Flat stage | Anthony Roux (FRA) |
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| 18 | 17 Sept | Talavera de la Reina to Ávila | 165.0 km (103 mi) | |
Transition stage |  Philip Deignan (IRL) |
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| 19 | 18 Sept | Ávila to La Granja de San Ildefonso | 179.8 km (112 mi) | |
Mountain stage | Alejandro Valverde (ESP)[6] |
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| 20 | 19 Sept | Toledo | 27.8 km (17 mi) | |
Individual time trial |  David Millar (GB) |
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| 21 | 20 Sept | Rivas-Vaciamadrid to Madrid | 110.2 km (68 mi) | |
Flat stage | André Greipel (GER) |
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| TOTAL | 3,292.3 km (2,046 mi) | ||||||
| Stage | Winner | General classification
Maillot Oro |
Points classification
Maillot Puntos |
Mountains classification
Maillot Montaña |
Combination Classification
Maillot Combinada |
Team classification Clasificación por equipos |
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| 1 | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara | Not Awarded | Fabian Cancellara | Liquigas |
| 2 | Gerald Ciolek | Tom Boonen | Tom Leezer | |||
| 3 | Greg Henderson | |||||
| 4 | André Greipel | André Greipel | Lars Boom | Dominik Roels | Team Columbia–HTC | |
| 5 | André Greipel | André Greipel | Aitor Hernández | Serafín Martínez | Liquigas | |
| 6 | Borut Božič | José Antonio López | ||||
| 7 | Fabian Cancellara | Fabian Cancellara | Dominik Roels | Garmin–Slipstream | ||
| 8 | Damiano Cunego | Cadel Evans | David Moncoutie | Cadel Evans | Caisse d’Epargne | |
| 9 | Gustavo Cesar Veloso | Alejandro Valverde | ||||
| 10 | Simon Gerrans | David De La Fuente | ||||
| 11 | Tyler Farrar | David Moncoutie | ||||
| 12 | Ryder Hesjedal | Alejandro Valverde | ||||
| 13 | David Moncoutie | |||||
| 14 | Damiano Cunego | Alejandro Valverde | ||||
| 15 | Lars Boom | Xacobeo–Galicia | ||||
| 16 | André Greipel | André Greipel | ||||
| 17 | Anthony Roux | |||||
| 18 | Philip Deignan | |||||
| 19 | ||||||
| 20 | David Millar | |||||
| 21 | André Greipel | |||||
| Final | Alejandro Valverde | André Greipel | David Moncoutié | Alejandro Valverde | Xacobeo–Galicia | |
| Rider | Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP)   |
Caisse d’Epargne | 87h 22′ 37″ |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 55″ |
| 3 | Cadel Evans (AUS) |
Silence–Lotto | + 1′ 32″ |
| 4 | Ivan Basso (ITA) |
Liquigas | + 2′ 12″ |
| 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) |
Xacobeo–Galicia | + 4′ 27″ |
| 6 | Robert Gesink (NED) |
Rabobank | + 6′ 40″ |
| 7 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) |
Caisse d’Epargne | + 9′ 08″ |
| 8 | Paolo Tiralongo (ITA) |
Lampre–NGC | + 9′ 11″ |
| 9 | Philip Deignan (IRL) |
Cervélo TestTeam | + 11′ 08″ |
| DSQ | Juan José Cobo (ESP) |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | André Greipel (GER) |
Team Columbia–HTC | 150 |
| 2 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
Caisse d’Epargne | 111 |
| 3 | Daniele Bennati (ITA) |
Liquigas | 101 |
| 4 | Cadel Evans (AUS) |
Silence–Lotto | 99 |
| 5 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | 89 |
| 6 | Borut Božič (SLO) |
Vacansoleil | 68 |
| 7 | Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) |
Xacobeo–Galicia | 68 |
| 8 | Robert Gesink (NED) |
Rabobank | 68 |
| 9 | Ivan Basso (ITA) |
Liquigas | 64 |
| 10 |  Leonardo Duque (COL) |
Cofidis | 64 |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Moncoutié (FRA) |
Cofidis | 186 |
| 2 | David de la Fuente (ESP) |
Fuji–Servetto | 99 |
| 3 | Julián Sánchez Pimienta (ESP) |
Contentpolis–Ampo | 73 |
| 4 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
Caisse d’Epargne | 67 |
| 5 | Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) |
Xacobeo–Galicia | 61 |
| 6 | Pieter Weening (NED) |
Rabobank | 60 |
| 7 | Javier Ramírez Abeja (ESP) |
Andalucía–Cajasur | 59 |
| 8 | Robert Gesink (NED) |
Rabobank | 58 |
| 9 | Johnny Hoogerland (NED) |
Vacansoleil | 54 |
| 10 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | 52 |
| Rider | Team | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
Caisse d’Epargne | 7 |
| 2 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi | 17 |
| 3 | Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP) |
Xacobeo–Galicia | 17 |
| 4 | Cadel Evans (AUS) |
Silence–Lotto | 19 |
| 5 | Robert Gesink (NED) |
Rabobank | 22 |
| 6 | Ivan Basso (ITA) |
Liquigas | 29 |
| 7 | David Moncoutié (FRA) |
Cofidis | 40 |
| 8 | Johnny Hoogerland (NED) |
Vacansoleil | 52 |
| DSQ | Juan José Cobo (ESP) |
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| 10 | Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) |
Caisse d’Epargne | 58 |
| Team | Time | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xacobeo–Galicia | 261h 57′ 19″ |
| 2 | Caisse d’Epargne | + 23′ 43″ |
| 3 | Astana | + 31′ 39″ |
| 4 | Cofidis | + 39′ 37″ |
| 5 | Fuji–Servetto | + 52′ 13″ |
| 6 | Rabobank | + 57′ 35″ |
| 7 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 1h 04′ 40″ |
| 8 | Silence–Lotto | + 1h 07′ 04″ |
| 9 | Cervélo TestTeam | + 1h 19′ 27″ |
| 10 | Liquigas | + 1h 34′ 05″ |
| Rider | Team | Nationality | Stage points | Points for final position | Total |
| Alejandro Valverde | Caisse d’Epargne | Spain |
18 | 170 | 188 |
| Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel–Euskadi | Spain |
14 | 130 | 144 |
| Cadel Evans | Silence–Lotto | Australia |
10 | 100 | 110 |
| Ezequiel Mosquera | Xacobeo–Galicia | Spain |
12 | 80 | 92 |
| Ivan Basso | Liquigas | Italy |
1 | 90 | 91 |
| Robert Gesink | Rabobank | Netherlands |
11 | 70 | 81 |
| André Greipel | Team Columbia–HTC | Germany |
73 | 73 | |
| Philip Deignan | Cervélo TestTeam | Ireland |
16 | 44 | 60 |
| Joaquim Rodríguez | Caisse d’Epargne | Spain |
60 | 60 | |
| Juan José Cobo | Fuji–Servetto | Spain |
16 | 38 | 54 |
| Paolo Tiralongo | Lampre–NGC | Italy |
52 | 52 | |
| Damiano Cunego | Lampre–NGC | Italy |
33 | 33 | |
| Daniel Moreno | Caisse d’Epargne | Spain |
1 | 32 | 33 |
| Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | Switzerland |
32 | 32 | |
| Tyler Farrar | Garmin–Slipstream | United States |
31 | 31 | |
| Borut Božič | Vacansoleil | Slovenia |
28 | 28 | |
| Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil | Netherlands |
26 | 26 | |
| Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin–Slipstream | Canada |
24 | 24 | |
| David Millar | Garmin–Slipstream | United Kingdom |
24 | 24 | |
| David Moncoutié | Cofidis | France |
24 | 24 | |
| Daniele Bennati | Liquigas | Italy |
23 | 23 | |
| Daniel Navarro | Astana | Spain |
22 | 22 | |
| William Bonnet | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | France |
18 | 18 | |
| Gustavo Cesar | Xacobeo–Galicia | Spain |
18 | 18 | |
| Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | Germany |
18 | 18 | |
| Haimar Zubeldia | Astana | Spain |
18 | 18 | |
| Tom Boonen | Quick-Step |  Belgium |
17 | 17 | |
| Lars Boom | Rabobank | Netherlands |
16 | 16 | |
| Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank |  Denmark |
16 | 16 | |
| Simon Gerrans | Cervélo TestTeam | Australia |
16 | 16 | |
| Greg Henderson | Team Columbia–HTC | New Zealand |
16 | 16 | |
| Anthony Roux | Française des Jeux | France |
16 | 16 | |
| Manuel Vázquez | Contentpolis-Ampo | Spain |
2 | 14 | 16 |
| Vasil Kiryienka | Caisse d’Epargne |  Belarus |
1 | 10 | 11 |
| David Herrero | Xacobeo–Galicia | Spain |
10 | 10 | |
| Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas |  Czech Republic |
9 | 9 | |
| David García | Xacobeo–Galicia | Spain |
8 | 8 | |
| Philippe Gilbert | Silence–Lotto | Belgium |
8 | 8 | |
| Bert Grabsch | Team Columbia–HTC | Germany |
8 | 8 | |
| Marco Marzano | Lampre–NGC | Italy |
8 | 8 | |
| Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas | Italy |
8 | 8 | |
| Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas |  Poland |
8 | 8 | |
| Wouter Weylandt | Quick-Step | Belgium |
8 | 8 | |
| Amaël Moinard | Cofidis | France |
6 | 6 | |
| Roger Hammond | Cervélo TestTeam | United Kingdom |
4 | 4 | |
| Leonardo Duque | Cofidis | Colombia |
4 | 4 | |
| Óscar Freire | Rabobank | Spain |
4 | 4 | |
| Jesús Hernández | Astana | Spain |
4 | 4 | |
| Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil | Italy |
4 | 4 | |
| Dominik Roels | Team Milram | Germany |
4 | 4 | |
| David de la Fuente | Fuji–Servetto | Spain |
2 | 2 | |
| Kevin De Weert | Quick-Step | Belgium |
2 | 2 | |
| Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel–Euskadi | Spain |
2 | 2 | |
| Jens Mouris | Vacansoleil | Netherlands |
2 | 2 | |
| Francisco José Pacheco | Contentpolis-Ampo | Spain |
2 | 2 | |
| Marcel Sieberg | Team Columbia–HTC | Germany |
2 | 2 | |
| Davide Viganò | Fuji–Servetto | Italy |
2 | 2 | |
| Alexander Vinokourov | Astana |  Kazakhstan |
2 | 2 | |
| Igor Antón | Euskaltel–Euskadi | Spain |
1 | 1 | |
| Adam Hansen | Team Columbia–HTC | Australia |
1 | 1 | |
| Sébastien Hinault | Ag2r–La Mondiale | France |
1 | 1 | |
| Maxim Iglinsky | Astana | Kazakhstan |
1 | 1 | |
| Marco Velo | Quick-Step | Italy |
1 | 1 |
