2009 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11

Cycling race stages right|250px|thumb|Overview of the stages These are the individual stages of the 2009 Vuelta a España, with Stage 1 on 29 August and Stage 11 on 9 September. Stages Stage 1 29 August 2009 — Assen (Netherlands), 4.5 km (ITT) The course for the first individual time trial was as flat as it gets; there were no rises in elevation whatsoever. The stage was one lap through TT Circuit Assen, a noted motorcycle course.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa1.asp?e=1September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes The early time to beat was put up by EUS 2009 yes rider Markel Irizar, who stopped the clock at 5' 43". His time was beaten by a trio of LIQ 2009 yes riders who came about an hour after him. For a time, the Italian team held the top three positions, with Daniele Bennati, Roman Kreuziger, and Polish national champion Maciej Bodnar, and they took the lead in the teams' classification after the stage thanks to these results. Around the time the Liquigas trio finished their rides, rain began to fall, making the course more difficult for the riders to follow. It also caused Carlos Barredo to slip and nearly fall, losing several seconds, as he left the starthouse; subsequently, turf was put down over the ramp. After Tom Boonen and Tyler Farrar in turn posted provisional best times, Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara took the course and stopped the clock in 5' 20" to win the stage and gain the first golden jersey. Cancellara expressed surprise at his win after the stage, saying he had come to the Vuelta mainly thinking of it as preparation for the world championships. Gregor Brown http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/64th-vuelta-a-espana-gt/stages/stage-1/results Cancellara motors to win in Vuelta's opening time trial 2009-08-29 Cycling News 2009-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20091005041058/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/64th-vuelta-a-espana-gt/stages/stage-1/results 2009-10-05 dead Stage 1 results RiderTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 5' 20" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 9" 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 12" 4 Jens Mouris NED VAC 2009 + 14" 5 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 16" 6 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 17" 7 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2009 + 18" 8 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 18" 9 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 18" 10 Maciej Bodnar POL LIQ 2009 + 19"General classification after stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI20px|Cancellara was awarded the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Cancellara was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage20px|Cancellara was awarded the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage SAX 2009 5' 20" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 9" 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 12" 4 Jens Mouris NED VAC 2009 + 14" 5 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 16" 6 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 17" 7 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2009 + 18" 8 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 18" 9 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 18" 10 Maciej Bodnar POL LIQ 2009 + 19" Stage 2 30 August 2009 — Assen (Netherlands) to Emmen (Netherlands), 202 km The first mass-start stage was also very flat. A fourth-category climb to all of 30 meters in elevationhttp://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/puertos.aspSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes was the race's first.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa2.asp?e%3D2 Web Oficial de la Vuelta a Espa a 2009 - Official Web Site Vuelta a Espa a 2009 2009-08-20 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090802074105/http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa2.asp?e=2 2009-08-02 It did not afford any points for the mountains classification, though the first rider past the climb point got the first red jersey. left|thumb|The breakaway in Stage 2. A five-rider group was away for much of this stage. This breakaway comprised Francisco José Martínez, Tom Leezer, Dominik Roels, David García, and Lieuwe Westra. Westra had tried to make the breakaway to honor his recently deceased father, and his teammates with VAC 2009 yes wore black armbands in memorial as well. It was Leezer who was the first across the Relus climb to get the first mountains jersey, one that he was assured to hold through the next day, as the Stage 3 course had no categorized climbs on it. All but Westra were caught with 20 kilometers left to race. Westra fought on, but was caught 9 kilometers later, leading to the widely expected field sprint finish. THR 2009b yes did most of the work going into the finish, with everyone on that team but sprinter André Greipel pulling at the front of the peloton in the stage's final 5 kilometers. In the end, Milram's Gerald Ciolek was the winner, at the head of a sprint so close Ciolek himself was unsure he had won. A selection was made in the final 2 kilometers of the stage, with Alexander Vinokourov and Samuel Sánchez notably losing 18 seconds, and other groups who had been with the peloton losing up to and over a minute. Gregor Brown http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/64th-vuelta-a-espana-gt/stages/stage-2/results Ciolek wins Vuelta's stage to Emmen, Cancellara retains overall lead 2009-08-30 Cycling News 2009-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20090916000112/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/64th-vuelta-a-espana-gt/stages/stage-2/results 2009-09-16 dead Stage 2 results RiderTeamTime 1 Gerald Ciolek GER MRM 2009 4h 43' 12" 2 Fabio Sabatini ITA LIQ 2009 + 0" 3 Roger Hammond GBR CTT 2009 + 0" 4 André Greipel GER THR 2009b + 0" 5 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 0" 6 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2009 + 0" 7 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009 + 0" 8 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 0" 9 Davide Viganò ITA FUJ 2009 + 0" 10 Sébastien Chavanel FRA FDJ 2009 + 0"General classification after stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI20px|Cancellara was awarded the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Cancellara was awarded the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage SAX 2009 4h 48' 32" 2 Gerald Ciolek GER MRM 2009 + 8" 3 Tom Boonen BEL 20px|Boonen was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage QST 2009 + 9" 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 12" 5 Jens Mouris NED VAC 2009 + 14" 6 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 16" 7 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 17" 8 David García ESP XGZ 2009 + 18" 9 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 18" 10 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 18" Stage 3 31 August 2009 — Zutphen (Netherlands) to Venlo (Netherlands), 185 km The string of Dutch flat stages continued. This course did not have a categorized climb, though it had an uncategorized hill about two-thirds of the way into the stage. The stage briefly visited Germany, and included some cobbled passages, which could have been skipped if the weather was inclement.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa3.asp?e=3September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes The breakaway for this stage comprised Lars Boom, Johnny Hoogerland, and Jesús Rosendo. Though the two Dutch riders were decidedly more familiar with the weather conditions and the roads the course offered, it was Rosendo who stayed out front the longest. The breakaway's maximum advantage neared ten minutes, but the peloton had no trouble catching them, with Rosendo reeled in 20 kilometers from the finish. THR 2009b yes set up the sprint in the stage's final kilometers, just as they had all season, but it was not their main sprinter André Greipel who took the win, but rather leadout man Greg Henderson. Henderson was intending to lead Greipel in, but when he did not see the German in the stage's final 150 meters, he sprinted for the win himself, and edged out Borut Božič at the line. It was THR 2009b yes's 72nd win of the season.Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-espana-2009/stage-3/results Henderson surprise winner in Vuelta's Venlo stage 2009-08-31 Cycling News 2009-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20090916100444/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/64th-vuelta-a-espana-gt/stages/stage-3/results 16 September 2009 live Stage 3 results RiderTeamTime 1 Greg Henderson NZL THR 2009b 4h 41' 01" 2 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2009 + 0" 3 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2009 + 0" 4 André Greipel GER THR 2009b + 0" 5 William Bonnet FRA BBO 2009 + 0" 6 Tom Boonen BEL 20px|Boonen finished the stage wearing the green jersey as points classification leader QST 2009 + 0" 7 Roger Hammond GBR CTT 2009 + 0" 8 Wouter Weylandt BEL QST 2009 + 0" 9 Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2009 + 0" 10 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009 + 0"General classification after stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI20px|Cancellara retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Cancellara retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage SAX 2009 9h 29' 33" 2 Greg Henderson NZL THR 2009b + 6" 3 Gerald Ciolek GER MRM 2009 + 8" 4 Tom Boonen BEL 20px|Boonen retained the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage QST 2009 + 9" 5 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 12" 6 Jens Mouris NED VAC 2009 + 14" 7 Lars Boom NED RAB 2009 + 16" 8 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 16" 9 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 17" 10 David García ESP XGZ 2009 + 18" Stage 4 1 September 2009 — Venlo (Netherlands) to Liège (Belgium), 224 km This was another flat stage, though it had three fourth-category climbs. It visited some of the same roads used yearly by the Amstel Gold Race and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. With this stage finish, Liège is the only city that can boast having hosted stages of the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France, and now the Vuelta. After this stage, the riders traveled by plane to Catalonia for the continuation of the Vuelta on Spanish soil.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa4.asp?e=4September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes With the three fourth-category climbs on course offering the Vuelta's first mountains points, this was an important stage in which to make the breakaway. Not only would the mountains classification red jersey go to a member of this breakaway, but so too would the combination classification white jersey, as qualification for it would be restricted to riders who had scored points in the mountains classification. The four who made the breakaway were Javier Ramírez, Lars Boom, Dominik Roels, and Sergey Lagutin. Boom topped two of the three climbs in first position to gain the red jersey, while Roels wound up in white. The breakaway's maximum advantage over the peloton was over 14 minutes, but still the peloton easily caught them long before the finish, with some 30 kilometers to go. After several attempted escapes, the end of this stage was again a field sprint, won this time by the man who was denied by a teammate the day before, André Greipel. A big crash caused majority of the field to fall or jam behind, which caused the top seven to be of riders from only two teams. The day was marked by consistent rainfall, which made the stage's final few kilometers perilous. Many riders crashed, including Jakob Fuglsang, who lost control of his bike and ran into a parked truck.Les Clarke http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-espana-2009/stage-4/results/ Greipel wins a wet, classic Vuelta stage to Liège 2009-09-01 Cycling News 2009-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20090930051026/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/64th-vuelta-a-espana-gt/stages/stage-4/results 30 September 2009 live While Fuglsang was able to continue, Charly Wegelius, Chris Horner, and Robert Kišerlovski would all put out before the race reached Spain. Many other riders sustained minor injuries, and the coming rest day, uncharacteristically early coming after four flat stages, was welcomed by much of the peloton.Laura Weislo http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fuglsang-mosquera-among-walking-wounded-after-vuelta-stage-4 Fuglsang, Mosquera among walking wounded after Vuelta stage 4 2009-09-01 Cycling News 2009-09-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20090925023709/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/fuglsang-mosquera-among-walking-wounded-after-vuelta-stage-4 25 September 2009 live Stage 4 results RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER THR 2009b 5h 43'05" 2 Wouter Weylandt BEL QST 2009 + 0" 3 Bert Grabsch GER THR 2009b + 0" 4 Marcel Sieberg GER THR 2009b + 0" 5 Marco Velo ITA QST 2009 + 0" 6 Matteo Tosatto ITA QST 2009 + 0" 7 Adam Hansen AUS THR 2009b + 0" 8 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009 + 0" 9 Linus Gerdemann GER MRM 2009 + 0" 10 Thomas Rohregger AUT MRM 2009 + 0"General classification after stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI20px|Cancellara retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage SAX 2009 15h 12'38" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 9" 3 Bert Grabsch GER THR 2009b + 11" 4 André Greipel GER20px|Greipel was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage THR 2009b + 11" 5 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 12" 6 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 16" 7 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 17" 8 David García ESP XGZ 2009 + 18" 9 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 18" 10 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 18" Rest/travel day 2 September 2009 Stage 5 3 September 2009 — Tarragona to Vinaròs, 174 km The first stage in the Tour of Spain to actually take place in Spain, this course offered the first real climb for the riders, the second-category Alto de Fatxas soon after the stage begun.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa5.asp?e=5September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes A breakaway had already gained a lead of 4:30 before reaching the climb. The breakaway consisted of Julián Sánchez, Aitor Hernández, José Antonio Lopez Gil, Julien El Fares, Matthé Pronk and Serafín Martínez. The group collected the set of climber's points for the day, with Aitor Hernández collecting the maximum to take the red jersey. On behalf of the sprinters, Stijn Devolder of QST 2009 lead the charge the catch the breakaway group. They were caught with 30 km to go. David de la Fuente and Philippe Gilbert both tried to make a late move at 7 km to go, but the LIQ 2009 led peloton gave them no more than a 20-second advantage. Once the sprinters launched their assault, Tom Boonen looked to have the advantage, but André Greipel overtook him in the last few meters to take his second consecutive win and acquire both the green and yellow jerseys. Stage 5 results RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER20px|Greipel finished the stage wearing the green jersey as points classification leader THR 2009b 4h 27' 54" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 0" 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 0" 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 0" 5 William Bonnet FRA BBO 2009 + 0" 6 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009 + 0" 7 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2009 + 0" 8 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2009 + 0" 9 Davide Viganò ITA FUJ 2009 + 0" 10 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres ESP MCO 2009 + 0"General classification after stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER20px|Greipel was awarded the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Greipel retained the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage THR 2009b 19h 40' 23" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 6" 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 17" 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 21" 5 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 + 27" 6 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2009 + 33" 7 William Bonnet FRA BBO 2009 + 34" 8 Dominique Rollin CAN CTT 2009 + 38" 9 Bert Grabsch GER THR 2009b + 38" 10 Alessandro Ballan ITA LAM 2009 + 38" Stage 6 4 September 2009 — Xàtiva, 186 km This out-and-back stage in Xàtiva includes two third-category climbs never before visited in the Vuelta. The course concludes with the Vuelta's first finishing circuit, two laps which end at Xàtiva's Castle National Monument.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa6.asp?e=6September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Stage 6 results RiderTeamTime 1 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2009 4h 40' 50" 2 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 0" 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 0" 4 Davide Viganò ITA FUJ 2009 + 0" 5 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 0" 6 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2009 + 0" 7 Sébastien Chavanel FRA FDJ 2009 + 0" 8 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 0" 9 Marcel Sieberg GER THR 2009b + 0" 10 André Greipel GER20px|Greipel finished the stage wearing the golden jersey as general classification leader20px|Greipel finished the stage wearing the green jersey as points classification leader THR 2009b + 0"General classification after stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER20px|Greipel retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Greipel retained the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage THR 2009b 24h 21' 13" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 6" 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 9" 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 + 9" 5 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 + 18" 6 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2009 + 23" 7 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 27" 8 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 27" 9 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 28" 10 David García ESP XGZ 2009 + 33" Stage 7 5 September 2009 — Valencia, 30 km (ITT) The first race of any substance against the clock takes place on a Formula One urban racing circuit. It is almost perfectly flat, with only the gentlest of rises in elevation coming halfway into the circuit.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa7.asp?e=7September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Stage 7 results RiderTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 0h 36' 41" 2 David Millar GBR GRM 2009 + 32" 3 Bert Grabsch GER THR 2009b + 36" 4 David Herrero ESP XGZ 2009 + 40" 5 Vasil Kiryienka BLR GCE 2009 + 46" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 47" 7 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 50" 8 Christophe Riblon FRA ALM 2009 + 53" 9 Lars Boom NED RAB 2009 + 59" 10 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1'02"General classification after stage 7 RiderTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI20px|Cancellara was awarded the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage SAX 2009 24h 58' 12" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 + 51" 3 David Herrero ESP XGZ 2009 + 59" 4 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 + 1'03" 5 Vasil Kiryienka BLR GCE 2009 + 1'08" 6 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1'12" 7 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 1'14" 8 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 1'19" 9 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1'20" 10 David Millar GBR GRM 2009 + 1'20" Stage 8 6 September 2009 — Alzira to Alto de Aitana, 206 km This is a difficult stage, with seven categorized climbs on course (three second-category and four third-category) serving as a warm-up for the special-category Alto de Aitana at the finish. The course is also longer than most typical mountain stages in a Grand Tour, at 206 km, and figures to be the Vuelta's first truly selective stage.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa8.asp?e=8 September 2009 WebCiteBOT This stage produced one of the biggest shocks of the race so far with the retirement of Andy Schleck, a pre-race favourite. Stage 8 results RiderTeamTime 1 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 6h 05' 54" 2 David Moncoutié FRA COF 2009 + 33" 3 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 36" 4 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 44" 5 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 44" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 44" 7 Tadej Valjavec SLO ALM 2009 + 50" 8 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 50" 9 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 50" 10 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 50"General classification after stage 8 RiderTeamTime 1 Cadel Evans AUS20px|Evans retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Evans was awarded the white jersey as the combination classification leader after this stage SIL 2009 31h 05' 02" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 2" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 8" 4 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 13" 5 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 29" 6 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 46" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 + 1' 26" 8 Haimar Zubeldia ESP AST 2009 + 1' 37" 9 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 1' 46" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 2' 03" Stage 9 7 September 2009 — Alcoy to Xorret de Catí, 188 km The ninth stage of the Vuelta takes place between Alcoi and Xorret del Catí. The stage has a similar layout to that of the previous day: many mountain climbs and a mountain finish. However, this time the climb is not as long and steep as Aitana: Xorret del Catí is a short, explosive climb that requires sprockets of 25 and even 27 teeth.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa9.asp?e=9 September 2009 WebCiteBOT Stage 9 results RiderTeamTime 1 Gustavo César Veloso ESP XGZ 2009 5h 21' 04" 2 Marco Marzano ITA LAM 2009 + 21" 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 40" 4 David de la Fuente ESP FUJ 2009 + 41" 5 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 41" 6 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 41" 7Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 41" 8 Javier Ramírez Abeja ESP ACG 2009 + 53" 9 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 1' 12" 10 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 1' 12"General classification after stage 9 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde gained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 36h 26' 40" 2 Cadel Evans AUS20px|Evans gained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage SIL 2009 + 7" 3 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 36" 4 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 51" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 53" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1'03" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 + 2'04" 8 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 2'24" 9 Haimar Zubeldia ESP AST 2009 + 3'01" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 3'08" Stage 10 8 September 2009 — Alicante to Murcia, 186 km This stage started high in elevation and undulated a little before a drastic descent about two-thirds of the way into the course. The Alto de la Cresta del Gallo just before the finish kept the sprinters' teams from having anything to say on this day.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa10.asp?e=10September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes A breakaway of 19 riders formed early in the race, but consecutive attacks on the Alto de la Cresta del Gallo produced a group of four that held on until the finish. Alexander Vinokourov, Ryder Hesjedal, Simon Gerrans and Jakob Fuglsang worked together until the finish was in sight. They then came close to a standstill as the leading riders began to jockey for a drafting position for the start of the sprint. Vinokourov was the first to jump, as Gerrans waited patiently behind and was able to hold off Hesjedal and Fuglsang to take the win. Stage 10 results RiderTeamTime 1 Simon Gerrans AUS CTT 2009 3h 56' 19" 2 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2009 + 0" 3 Jakob Fuglsang DEN SAX 2009 + 0" 4 Alexander Vinokourov KAZ AST 2009 + 0" 5 Adam Hansen AUS THR 2009b + 29" 6 Francisco Pérez ESP GCE 2009 + 31" 7 Christophe Riblon FRA ALM 2009 + 37" 8 Karsten Kroon NED SAX 2009 + 39" 9 Arnaud Gérard FRA FDJ 2009 + 39" 10 Matteo Tosatto ITA QST 2009 + 39"General classification after stage 10 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 40h 26' 41" 2 Cadel Evans AUS20px|Evans retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage SIL 2009 + 7" 3 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 36" 4 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 51" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 53" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 03" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 + 2' 04" 8 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 2' 24" 9 Haimar Zubeldia ESP AST 2009 + 3' 01" 10 Tadej Valjavec SLO ALM 2009 + 3' 13" Stage 11 9 September 2009 — Murcia to Caravaca de la Cruz, 191 km This stage sees the Vuelta leave Murcia. The course has three categorized climbs, one each in the first, second, and third categories, and none of which have been visited in the Vuelta previously.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa11.asp?e=11September 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes Stage 11 results RiderTeamTime 1 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2009 5h 11' 10" 2 Philippe Gilbert BEL SIL 2009 + 0" 3 Marco Marcato ITA VAC 2009 + 0" 4 Iñaki Isasi ESP EUS 2009 + 0" 5 André Greipel GER 20px|Greipel finished the stage wearing the green jersey as points classification leader THR 2009b + 0" 6 Alessandro Ballan ITA LAM 2009 + 0" 7 Enrico Gasparotto ITA LAM 2009 + 0" 8 Christian Knees GER MRM 2009 + 0" 9 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2009 + 0" 10 Matteo Tosatto ITA QST 2009 + 0"General classification after stage 11 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 45h 37' 51" 2 Cadel Evans AUS20px|Evans retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage SIL 2009 + 7" 3 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 36" 4 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 51" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 53" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 03" 7 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 + 2' 13" 8 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 2' 24" 9 Haimar Zubeldia ESP AST 2009 + 3' 10" 10 Tadej Valjavec SLO ALM 2009 + 3' 13" References Vuelta a España general altimetry 2 See also 2009 Vuelta a España 1 11 12 21 Stage 01 To Stage 11 Category:Vuelta a España stages Category:2009 in Belgian sport Category:2009 in Dutch sport Category:August 2009 sports events in Europe Category:Cycle races in Belgium Category:Cycle races in the Netherlands