2009 Paris–Tours

The 2009 Paris–Tours is the 103rd edition of this single day road bicycle racing event and is organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), which also runs the Tour de France. The 230 km event took place on October 11, 2009 and was won by Philippe Gilbert, the Belgian rider for Silence–Lotto in 5 hours, 12 minutes, 23 seconds. Gilbert, along with countryman Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Slovenia's Borut Božič (Vacansoleil), escaped with 7 km to go at the base of the Côte de l'Epan behind an attack from Gilbert's teammate Greg Van Avermaet.https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/103rd-paris-tours-1-hc/results Paris - Tours 2009: Results General standings 2009-10-11: Chartres–Tours, 230 km CyclistTeamTime1Philippe Gilbert BELOLO 2009 5h 12' 23"2Tom Boonen BEL QST 2009 s.t.3Borut Božič SLOVAC 2009 + 2"4Filippo Pozzato ITA KAT 2009 + 16"5Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2009 s.t.6Francesco Gavazzi ITALAM 2009 s.t.7Gerben Löwik NED VAC 2009 s.t.8Pablo Lastras ESP GCE 2009 s.t.9Martin Reimer GER CTT 2009 s.t.10Yauheni Hutarovich BLR FDJ 2009 s.t. References Paris Category:Paris–Tours Paris-Tours