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2009 Vuelta a España

2009 Vuelta a España

Cycling race

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.

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The 2009 Vuelta has been described as having an easy start and a hard finish.[1] This is because of the short individual time trial and three perfectly flat stages in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium (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.[2][3]

Teams

For a more comprehensive list, see List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Vuelta a España.

29 teams sought places in the race, of which 21 were initially invited to compete.[4] Fuji–Servetto, one of two UCI ProTour teams omitted from the list of invited teams, appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and were subsequently granted the right to enter. Team Katusha are thus the only ProTour team absent from the race.

Stages

For details see 2009 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11 and 2009 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21.

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Classification leadership

In the 2009 Vuelta a España, four different jerseys are awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding the finishing times of the stages per cyclist after deduction of time bonuses for high placings in stage finishes and at intermediate sprints, the leader receives a golden jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Vuelta a España, and the winner of the general classification is considered the winner of the Vuelta.

Additionally, there is also a points classification, which awards a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists receive points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The winner gets 25 points, second place 20, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point per place less down the line, to a single point for fifteenth. In addition, some points can be won in intermediate sprints.

There is also a mountains classification, which awards a red jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb is categorized, with most of the climbs being either first, second, third, or fourth category. There are also three "special category" climbs (equivalent to hors catégorie in the Tour de France); these are the stage finishes on the Alto de Aitana, the Alto de Sierra Nevada, and the Sierra de La Pandera. These climbs award even more points than a first-category climb.

Finally, there is the combination classification. This is calculated by adding the rankings in the general, points and mountains classifications; the cyclist with the lowest combined ranking is the leader in the combination classification, and receives a white jersey.

There is also a classification for teams. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per stage are added, and the team with the lowest time is the leader.

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Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

If a cyclist leads two or more competitions at the end of a stage, he receives all those jerseys. In the next stage, he can only wear one jersey, and he wears the jersey representing leadership in the most important competition (golden first, then green, then granate, then white). The other jerseys that the cyclists owns are worn in the next stage by the second-place (or, if needed, third or fourth-place) rider in that classification.

Final standings

After stage 21

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Teams Classification

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World Rankings points

The Vuelta was the penultimate event in the 2009 UCI World Ranking. The rankings leader, Alberto Contador, did not compete in the event, but five of the top ten did, including the race winner, Valverde, who earned enough points to ensure that the title was not yet decided. Valverde, however, remained banned from riding in Italy, and so did not take part in the final ranking event, the 2009 Giro di Lombardia.

Vuelta

RiderTeamNationalityStage pointsPoints for final positionTotal
Alejandro ValverdeCaisse d'Epargne Spain18170188
Samuel SánchezEuskaltel–Euskadi Spain14130144
Cadel EvansSilence–Lotto Australia10100110
Ezequiel MosqueraXacobeo–Galicia Spain128092
Ivan BassoLiquigas Italy19091
Robert GesinkRabobank Netherlands117081
André GreipelTeam Columbia–HTC Germany7373
Philip DeignanCervélo TestTeam Ireland164460
Joaquim RodríguezCaisse d'Epargne Spain6060
Juan José CoboFuji–Servetto Spain163854
Paolo TiralongoLampre–NGC Italy5252
Damiano CunegoLampre–NGC Italy3333
Daniel MorenoCaisse d'Epargne Spain13233
Fabian CancellaraTeam Saxo Bank  Switzerland3232
Tyler FarrarGarmin–Slipstream United States3131
Borut BožičVacansoleil Slovenia2828
Johnny HoogerlandVacansoleil Netherlands2626
Ryder HesjedalGarmin–Slipstream Canada2424
David MillarGarmin–Slipstream United Kingdom2424
David MoncoutiéCofidis France2424
Daniele BennatiLiquigas Italy2323
Daniel NavarroAstana Spain2222
William BonnetBbox Bouygues Telecom France1818
Gustavo CesarXacobeo–Galicia Spain1818
Gerald CiolekTeam Milram Germany1818
Haimar ZubeldiaAstana Spain1818
Tom BoonenQuick-Step Belgium1717
Lars BoomRabobank Netherlands1616
Jakob FuglsangTeam Saxo Bank Denmark1616
Simon GerransCervélo TestTeam Australia1616
Greg HendersonTeam Columbia–HTC New Zealand1616
Anthony RouxFrançaise des Jeux France1616
Manuel VázquezContentpolis-Ampo Spain21416
Vasil KiryienkaCaisse d'Epargne Belarus11011
David HerreroXacobeo–Galicia Spain1010
Roman KreuzigerLiquigas Czech Republic99
David GarcíaXacobeo–Galicia Spain88
Philippe GilbertSilence–Lotto Belgium88
Bert GrabschTeam Columbia–HTC Germany88
Marco MarzanoLampre–NGC Italy88
Fabio SabatiniLiquigas Italy88
Sylwester SzmydLiquigas Poland88
Wouter WeylandtQuick-Step Belgium88
Amaël MoinardCofidis France66
Roger HammondCervélo TestTeam United Kingdom44
Leonardo DuqueCofidis Colombia44
Óscar FreireRabobank Spain44
Jesús HernándezAstana Spain44
Marco MarcatoVacansoleil Italy44
Dominik RoelsTeam Milram Germany44
David de la FuenteFuji–Servetto Spain22
Kevin De WeertQuick-Step Belgium22
Iñaki IsasiEuskaltel–Euskadi Spain22
Jens MourisVacansoleil Netherlands22
Francisco José PachecoContentpolis-Ampo Spain22
Marcel SiebergTeam Columbia–HTC Germany22
Davide ViganòFuji–Servetto Italy22
Alexander VinokourovAstana Kazakhstan22
Igor AntónEuskaltel–Euskadi Spain11
Adam HansenTeam Columbia–HTC Australia11
Sébastien HinaultAg2r–La Mondiale France11
Maxim IglinskyAstana Kazakhstan11
Marco VeloQuick-Step Italy11

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