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.
2009 UCI World Ranking, race 23 of 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||
2 | 30 Aug | Assen (Netherlands) to Emmen (Netherlands) | 203.7 km (127 mi) | Flat stage | |||
3 | 31 Aug | Zutphen (Netherlands) to Venlo (Netherlands) | 189.7 km (118 mi) | Flat stage | |||
4 | 1 Sept | Venlo (Netherlands) to Liège (Belgium) | 225.5 km (140 mi) | Flat stage | |||
2 Sept | Rest/travel day | ||||||
5 | 3 Sept | Tarragona to Vinaròs | 174.0 km (108 mi) | Flat stage | |||
6 | 4 Sept | Xàtiva | 176.8 km (110 mi) | Flat stage | |||
7 | 5 Sept | Valencia | 30.0 km (19 mi) | Individual time trial | |||
8 | 6 Sept | Alzira to Alto de Aitana | 204.7 km (127 mi) | Mountain stage | |||
9 | 7 Sept | Alcoy to Xorret del Catí | 188.8 km (117 mi) | Mountain stage | |||
10 | 8 Sept | Alicante to Murcia | 171.2 km (106 mi) | Flat stage | |||
11 | 9 Sept | Murcia to Caravaca de la Cruz | 200.0 km (124 mi) | Transition stage | |||
10 Sept | Rest day | ||||||
12 | 11 Sept | Almería to Alto de Velefique | 179.3 km (111 mi) | Mountain stage | |||
13 | 12 Sept | Berja to Sierra Nevada | 172.4 km (107 mi) | Mountain stage | |||
14 | 13 Sept | Granada to La Pandera | 157.0 km (98 mi) | Mountain stage | |||
15 | 14 Sept | Jaén to Córdoba | 167.7 km (104 mi) | Transition stage | |||
16 | 15 Sept | Córdoba to Puertollano | 170.3 km (106 mi) | Flat stage | |||
17 | 16 Sept | Ciudad Real to Talavera de la Reina | 193.6 km (120 mi) | Flat stage | |||
18 | 17 Sept | Talavera de la Reina to Ávila | 165.0 km (103 mi) | Transition stage | |||
19 | 18 Sept | Ávila to La Granja de San Ildefonso | 179.8 km (112 mi) | Mountain stage | |||
20 | 19 Sept | Toledo | 27.8 km (17 mi) | Individual time trial | |||
21 | 20 Sept | Rivas-Vaciamadrid to Madrid | 110.2 km (68 mi) | Flat stage | |||
TOTAL | 3,292.3 km (2,046 mi) |
Stage | Winner | General classification
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Points classification
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Mountains classification
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Combination Classification
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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 | |
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1 | Caisse d’Epargne | 87h 22′ 37″ | |
2 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 55″ | |
3 | Silence–Lotto | + 1′ 32″ | |
4 | Liquigas | + 2′ 12″ | |
5 | Xacobeo–Galicia | + 4′ 27″ | |
6 | Rabobank | + 6′ 40″ | |
7 | Caisse d’Epargne | + 9′ 08″ | |
8 | Lampre–NGC | + 9′ 11″ | |
9 | Cervélo TestTeam | + 11′ 08″ | |
DSQ |
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | Team Columbia–HTC | 150 | |
2 | Caisse d’Epargne | 111 | |
3 | Liquigas | 101 | |
4 | Silence–Lotto | 99 | |
5 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 89 | |
6 | Vacansoleil | 68 | |
7 | Xacobeo–Galicia | 68 | |
8 | Rabobank | 68 | |
9 | Liquigas | 64 | |
10 | Cofidis | 64 |
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | Cofidis | 186 | |
2 | Fuji–Servetto | 99 | |
3 | Contentpolis–Ampo | 73 | |
4 | Caisse d’Epargne | 67 | |
5 | Xacobeo–Galicia | 61 | |
6 | Rabobank | 60 | |
7 | Andalucía–Cajasur | 59 | |
8 | Rabobank | 58 | |
9 | Vacansoleil | 54 | |
10 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 52 |
Rider | Team | Points | |
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1 | Caisse d’Epargne | 7 | |
2 | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 17 | |
3 | Xacobeo–Galicia | 17 | |
4 | Silence–Lotto | 19 | |
5 | Rabobank | 22 | |
6 | Liquigas | 29 | |
7 | Cofidis | 40 | |
8 | Vacansoleil | 52 | |
DSQ | |||
10 | Caisse d’Epargne | 58 |
Team | Time | |
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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 | 18 | 170 | 188 | |
Samuel Sánchez | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 14 | 130 | 144 | |
Cadel Evans | Silence–Lotto | 10 | 100 | 110 | |
Ezequiel Mosquera | Xacobeo–Galicia | 12 | 80 | 92 | |
Ivan Basso | Liquigas | 1 | 90 | 91 | |
Robert Gesink | Rabobank | 11 | 70 | 81 | |
André Greipel | Team Columbia–HTC | 73 | 73 | ||
Philip Deignan | Cervélo TestTeam | 16 | 44 | 60 | |
Joaquim Rodríguez | Caisse d’Epargne | 60 | 60 | ||
Juan José Cobo | Fuji–Servetto | 16 | 38 | 54 | |
Paolo Tiralongo | Lampre–NGC | 52 | 52 | ||
Damiano Cunego | Lampre–NGC | 33 | 33 | ||
Daniel Moreno | Caisse d’Epargne | 1 | 32 | 33 | |
Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | 32 | 32 | ||
Tyler Farrar | Garmin–Slipstream | 31 | 31 | ||
Borut Božič | Vacansoleil | 28 | 28 | ||
Johnny Hoogerland | Vacansoleil | 26 | 26 | ||
Ryder Hesjedal | Garmin–Slipstream | 24 | 24 | ||
David Millar | Garmin–Slipstream | 24 | 24 | ||
David Moncoutié | Cofidis | 24 | 24 | ||
Daniele Bennati | Liquigas | 23 | 23 | ||
Daniel Navarro | Astana | 22 | 22 | ||
William Bonnet | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 18 | 18 | ||
Gustavo Cesar | Xacobeo–Galicia | 18 | 18 | ||
Gerald Ciolek | Team Milram | 18 | 18 | ||
Haimar Zubeldia | Astana | 18 | 18 | ||
Tom Boonen | Quick-Step | 17 | 17 | ||
Lars Boom | Rabobank | 16 | 16 | ||
Jakob Fuglsang | Team Saxo Bank | 16 | 16 | ||
Simon Gerrans | Cervélo TestTeam | 16 | 16 | ||
Greg Henderson | Team Columbia–HTC | 16 | 16 | ||
Anthony Roux | Française des Jeux | 16 | 16 | ||
Manuel Vázquez | Contentpolis-Ampo | 2 | 14 | 16 | |
Vasil Kiryienka | Caisse d’Epargne | 1 | 10 | 11 | |
David Herrero | Xacobeo–Galicia | 10 | 10 | ||
Roman Kreuziger | Liquigas | 9 | 9 | ||
David García | Xacobeo–Galicia | 8 | 8 | ||
Philippe Gilbert | Silence–Lotto | 8 | 8 | ||
Bert Grabsch | Team Columbia–HTC | 8 | 8 | ||
Marco Marzano | Lampre–NGC | 8 | 8 | ||
Fabio Sabatini | Liquigas | 8 | 8 | ||
Sylwester Szmyd | Liquigas | 8 | 8 | ||
Wouter Weylandt | Quick-Step | 8 | 8 | ||
Amaël Moinard | Cofidis | 6 | 6 | ||
Roger Hammond | Cervélo TestTeam | 4 | 4 | ||
Leonardo Duque | Cofidis | 4 | 4 | ||
Óscar Freire | Rabobank | 4 | 4 | ||
Jesús Hernández | Astana | 4 | 4 | ||
Marco Marcato | Vacansoleil | 4 | 4 | ||
Dominik Roels | Team Milram | 4 | 4 | ||
David de la Fuente | Fuji–Servetto | 2 | 2 | ||
Kevin De Weert | Quick-Step | 2 | 2 | ||
Iñaki Isasi | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 2 | 2 | ||
Jens Mouris | Vacansoleil | 2 | 2 | ||
Francisco José Pacheco | Contentpolis-Ampo | 2 | 2 | ||
Marcel Sieberg | Team Columbia–HTC | 2 | 2 | ||
Davide Viganò | Fuji–Servetto | 2 | 2 | ||
Alexander Vinokourov | Astana | 2 | 2 | ||
Igor Antón | Euskaltel–Euskadi | 1 | 1 | ||
Adam Hansen | Team Columbia–HTC | 1 | 1 | ||
Sébastien Hinault | Ag2r–La Mondiale | 1 | 1 | ||
Maxim Iglinsky | Astana | 1 | 1 | ||
Marco Velo | Quick-Step | 1 | 1 |