2009 Tour de Suisse

2009 Tour de Suisse 2009 UCI World Ranking 16 24 13–21 June 2009 9 1353.4http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Switzerland/swiss-tour.html Tour De Suisse (Pro Tour) BikeRaceInfo 14 February 2020 km 33h 05' 51" Fabian Cancellara SAX 2009 SUI yellow Tony Martin THR 2009a GER Roman Kreuziger LIQ 2009 CZE Fabian Cancellara SAX 2009 SUI green Tony Martin THR 2009a GER pink Enrico Gasparotto LAM 2009 ITA blue SAX 2009 2008 2010 The 2009 Tour de Suisse was the 73rd edition of the Tour de Suisse stage race. It took place from 13 June to 21 June and is part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar. It began with a short individual time trial in Liechtenstein and ended with another time trial, in Bern. The race was won by Fabian Cancellara. Teams As the Tour de Suisse was a UCI ProTour event, all 18 ProTour teams were invited automatically. They were joined by two Professional Continental teams, CTT 2009 and VBG 2009, to form the event's 20-team peloton. The 20 teams participating in the race were:Tour de Suisse – Offizielle Webseite http://www.tds.ch/tourdesuisse/2009/teams.html https://web.archive.org/web/20090805062654/http://www.tds.ch/tourdesuisse/2009/teams.html 2009-08-05 dead 2009-05-27 http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/jun09/suisse09?id=startlist Start list Cycling News 14 February 2020 22em ALM 2009 AST 2009 BBO 2009 CTT 2009 GCE 2009 COF 2009 EUS 2009 FDJ 2009 FUJ 2009 GRM 2009 LAM 2009 LIQ 2009 QST 2009 RAB 2009 SIL 2009 THR 2009a KAT 2009 MRM 2009 SAX 2009 VBG 2009 Route +Stage characteristics and winnershttp://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/Switzerland/2009-swiss-tour.html Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) Pro Tour, June 13 - June 21, 2009 BikeRaceInfo 14 February 2020http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/jun09/suisse09?id=stages 73rd Tour de Suisse – UPT Cycling News 14 February 2020 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 13 June Mauren (Liechtenstein) to Ruggell (Liechtenstein) 7.8 km 1 on 20px|link=|alt= Individual time trial Fabian Cancellara SUI 2 14 June Davos to Davos 149.8 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Medium mountain stage Bernhard Eisel AUT 3 15 June Davos to Lumino 195.4 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Mark Cavendish GBR 4 16 June Biasca to Stäfa 196.6 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Matti Breschel DEN 5 17 June Stäfa to Serfaus (Austria) 201.5 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Mountain stage Michael Albasini SUI 6 18 June Oberriet to Bad Zurzach 178 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Hilly stage Mark Cavendish GBR 7 19 June Bad Zurzach to Vallorbe Juraparc 204.1 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Medium mountain stage Kim Kirchen LUX 8 20 June Le Sentier to Crans-Montana 181.7 km 1 on 20px|alt=|link= Medium mountain stage Tony Martin GER 9 21 June Bern 38.5 km 1 on 20px|link=|alt= Individual time trial Fabian Cancellara SUI Stages Stage 1 13 June 2009 – Mauren (Liechtenstein) to Ruggell (Liechtenstein), 7.8 km mi on (ITT) The course for the brief individual time trial was deceptively difficult, with a categorized climb coming after 5 km and a technical descent down twisting, turning roads to the finish following it.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke1.html 1. Etappe: 13.06.09 Mauren FL – Ruggell FL de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090501090245/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke1.html 1 May 2009 Two-time former world time trial champion and reigning Swiss national champion Fabian Cancellara was the winner of the opening individual time trial, taking the course 19 seconds faster than Liquigas' Roman Kreuziger. Despite the large gap Cancellara had over the man in second, most of the other times were tightly bunched, with 88 riders within a minute of Cancellara.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-1/report Cancellara roars to Suisse lead Susan Westemeyer 13 June 2009 22 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090619052337/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-1/report 19 June 2009 dead Stage 1 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/jun09/suisse09?id=results/suisse091 Stage 1 – June 13: Mauren – Ruggell, 7.8km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 9' 21" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 19" 3 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 22" 4 George Hincapie USA THR 2009a + 24" 5 Tony Martin GER THR 2009a + 31" 6 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2009a + 31" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 32" 8 Heinrich Haussler GER CTT 2009 + 34" 9 Lars Boom NED RAB 2009 + 34" 10 Rui Costa POR GCE 2009 + 35"General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|Cancellara was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after the stage20px|Cancellara was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after the stage SAX 2009 9' 21" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 19" 3 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 22" 4 George Hincapie USA THR 2009a + 24" 5 Tony Martin GER THR 2009a + 31" 6 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2009a + 31" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 32" 8 Heinrich Haussler GER CTT 2009 + 34" 9 Lars Boom NED RAB 2009 + 34" 10 Rui Costa POR GCE 2009 + 35" Stage 2 14 June 2009 – Davos, 150 km mi on This stage began at 1400 m in elevation, descended to around 500 m, and ended back around 1500 m. After a small climb that came just after the beginning of the stage, there was a 35 km descent to the valley below and over 60 km of flat racing. At that point, the race went back uphill, with both a first- and a third-category climb coming before the finish.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke2.html 2. Etappe: 14.06.09 Davos – Davos de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090501062026/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke2.html 1 May 2009 The day began with a breakaway involving Javier Aramendia, Josef Benetseder, and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle, though their maximum advantage over the peloton was only 2'30". The three were caught with 25 km left to race, at which point Tony Martin launched a solo escape that got him over the first category climb before the finish in first position, giving him the lead in the mountains classification and its pink jersey. Martin was himself caught with 6 km to race as the teams of the sprinters worked to get the field together for a mass sprint finish. The sprint was so close between Bernhard Eisel, Gerald Ciolek, and Óscar Freire that even the riders themselves were unsure which of them had won. The photo finish showed Eisel to be the winner. Ninety-five riders had the same time as the stage winner, on a course that was not expected to produce a mass sprint finish.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-2/report Eisel wins by a hair Susan Westemeyer 14 June 2009 17 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618174037/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-2/report 18 June 2009 dead Stage 2 Resultshttp://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/jun09/suisse09?id=results/suisse092 Stage 2 – June 14: Davos – Davos, 150km Cycling News 14 February 2020 CyclistTeamTime 1 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2009a 3h 36' 54" 2 Gerald Ciolek GER MRM 2009 s.t. 3 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2009 s.t. 4 Francesco Gavazzi ITA LIQ 2009 s.t. 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2009 s.t. 6 Xavier Florencio ESP CTT 2009 s.t. 7 Andreas Dietzker SUI VBG 2009 s.t. 8 Lloyd Mondory FRA ALM 2009 s.t. 9 Enrico Gasparotto ITA LAM 2009 s.t. 10 Daniel Moreno ESP GCE 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|Cancellara was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after the stage20px|Cancellara was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after the stage20px|Cancellara was awarded the blue jersey as sprint classification leader after the stage SAX 2009 3h 46' 12" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 22" 3 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 25" 4 George Hincapie USA THR 2009a + 27" 5 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin was awarded the pink jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage THR 2009a + 34" 6 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2009a + 34" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 35" 8 Gustav Larsson SWE SAX 2009 + 36" 9 Rui Costa POR GCE 2009 + 38" 10 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2009a + 39" Stage 3 15 June 2009 – Davos to Lumino, 195 km mi on This course was undulating for about 100 km, before the first-category climb of Lukmanier Pass at nearly 2000 m in elevation. The descent from this height took about 40 km, with another 30 km of flat racing before the finish.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke3.html 3. Etappe: 15.06.09 Davos – Lumino de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090501062102/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke3.html 1 May 2009 The day's escapees were Will Frischkorn, Enrico Gasparotto, Samuel Dumoulin, and Marlon Pérez. Their lead was three minutes at the top of Lukmanier Pass, but with the teams of the sprinters working to get another sprint finish and Gasparotto threatening the overall race lead of Fabian Cancellara (he began the stage 48 seconds back), the peloton caught them with 3 km remaining in the stage. Ryder Hesjedal tried a solo move when the catch occurred, but he was caught with a little over 1 km to go. A bunched sprint was the finish, with Mark Cavendish winning after a successful leadout from Bernhard Eisel, Tony Martin, and George Hincapie.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-3/report Cavendish wins Suisse's Lumino stage 15 June 2009 17 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090618173922/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-3/report 18 June 2009 dead Stage 3 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2009a 4h 39' 27" 2 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2009 s.t. 3 Thor Hushovd NOR CTT 2009 s.t. 4 Francesco Gavazzi ITA LAM 2009 s.t. 5 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2009 s.t. 6 Greg Van Avermaet BEL SIL 2009 s.t. 7 Renaud Dion FRA ALM 2009 s.t. 8 Yoann Offredo FRA FDJ 2009 s.t. 9 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR FDJ 2009 s.t. 10 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|Cancellara wore the yellow jersey as general classification leader during the stage SAX 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|Cancellara was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after the stage SAX 2009 8h 25' 39" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 22" 3 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 25" 4 George Hincapie USA THR 2009a + 27" 5 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin was awarded the pink jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage THR 2009a + 34" 6 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 35" 7 Gustav Larsson SWE SAX 2009 + 36" 8 Rui Costa POR GCE 2009 + 38" 9 Óscar Freire ESP 20px|Freire was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after the stage RAB 2009 + 39" 10 Carlos Barredo ESP QST 2009 + 41" Stage 4 16 June 2009 – Biasca to Stäfa, 197 km mi on This was a mountainous course, which is marked by the outside-categorization climb of Tremola coming almost immediately. At 2108 m, it was the highest point reached in the 2009 Tour de Suisse. There was also a second-category climb later on in the course, the descent from which left close to 40 km of flat racing prior the stage conclusion.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke4.html 4. Etappe 16.06.09 Biasca – Stäfa de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090501090047/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke4.html 1 May 2009 The stage began with a very large early breakaway, with 26 riders coming clear, representing every team except Rabobank. The best-placed man in the group was Columbia–High Road's Tony Martin, who began the day 34 seconds behind race leader Fabian Cancellara. Martin, however, was unable to make the second selection of the day, as 9 of the 26 came clear and wound up contesting the stage together, while the other 17 returned to the peloton. Tadej Valjavec was the first to try for the stage win, attacking solo from the group of nine with 6 km remaining in the stage, but the Saxo Bank duo of Matti Breschel and Andy Schleck chased him down, uniting the group again. Thomas Rohregger was the next to try his luck, but was caught in the final 150 meters. Maxim Iglinsky looked like he was in line for the win, but Breschel came around him and pipped him at the line for the stage win. The race lead transferred to Valjavec, whose time bonus for third place on the stage outweighed the bonuses Schleck had gotten for winning the intermediate sprints. Schleck wound up in the blue jersey after the stage.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-4/report Breschel wins from nine-man break Susan Westemeyer 16 June 2009 17 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090619041814/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-4/report 19 June 2009 dead Stage 4 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2009 3h 57' 03" 2 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2009 s.t. 3 Tadej Valjavec SLO ALM 2009 s.t. 4 Peter Velits SVK MRM 2009 s.t. 5 Oliver Zaugg SUI LIQ 2009 s.t. 6 Andy Schleck LUX SAX 2009 s.t. 7 Alexander Efimkin RUS ALM 2009 s.t. 8 Thomas Rohregger AUT MRM 2009 s.t. 9 Robert Kišerlovski CRO FUJ 2009 s.t. 10 Filippo Pozzato ITA KAT 2009 + 1' 03"General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Tadej Valjavec SLO 20px|Valjavec was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after the stage ALM 2009 13h 27' 57" 2 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|Schleck was awarded the blue jersey as sprint classification leader after the stage SAX 2009 + 2" 3 Peter Velits SVK MRM 2009 + 11" 4 Thomas Rohregger AUT MRM 2009 + 13" 5 Oliver Zaugg SUI LIQ 2009 + 14" 6 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 + 20" 7 Robert Kišerlovski CRO FUJ 2009 + 34" 8 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 42" 9 Maxim Iglinskiy KAZ AST 2009 + 42" 10 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 45" Stage 5 17 June 2009 – Stäfa to Serfaus (Austria), 202 km mi on This was considered the queen stage of the 2009 Tour de Suisse. There were four categorized climbs on the course, two each in the first and third categories. Two of these climbs occurred within the stage's final 10 km, with only a brief false flat between the first-category climb and the third-category summit finish.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke5.html 5. Etappe 17.06.09 Stäfa – Serfaus de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090501090055/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke5.html 1 May 2009 There were numerous breakaways during this stage. The first came from Pascal Hungerbühler, who was away alone for the race's first 150 km, holding a maximum advantage of eight minutes. When he was caught, another escape effort involving Marcus Burghardt and Björn Schröder took shape, but they were caught with 10 km left to race, their maximum advantage having been only 46 seconds. Rein Taaramäe and Tony Martin then tried their luck, but were caught by the yellow jersey group with 5 km remaining. The group tried repeatedly to attack and isolate race leader Tadej Valjavec, but his Ag2r team worked to keep the favorites in the same group on the road. Fifteen riders were indeed together for a sprint finish, won by Michael Albasini as he edged out countryman Fabian Cancellara at the line. The day saw a big loser in time, as Andy Schleck lost over a minute to the yellow jersey group, finishing 25th on the stage and dropping from second all the way to 13th on GC after the stage.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-5/report Albasini king of Serfaus Susan Westemeyer 17 June 2009 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090620151700/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-5/report 20 June 2009 dead Stage 5 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Michael Albasini SUI THR 2009a 5h 24' 04" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 s.t. 3 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 s.t. 4 Oliver Zaugg SUI LIQ 2009 s.t. 5 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 s.t. 6 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 s.t. 7 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 s.t. 8 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 s.t. 9 Tadej Valjavec SLO 20px|Valjavec wore the yellow jersey as general classification leader during the stage ALM 2009 s.t. 10 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Tadej Valjavec SLO 20px|Valjavec was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after the stage ALM 2009 18h 52' 01" 2 Oliver Zaugg SUI LIQ 2009 + 14" 3 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|Cancellara was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after the stage SAX 2009 + 14" 4 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 42" 5 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 45" 6 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin was awarded the pink jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage THR 2009a + 55" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 55" 8 Gustav Larsson SWE SAX 2009 + 56" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 1' 01" 10 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2009 + 1' 02" Stage 6 18 June 2009 – Oberriet to Bad Zurzach, 178 km mi on This was a flat stage. After a second-category climb 10 km into the stage, the profile was very flat, with only two small third-category climbs later on. There was a perfectly flat stretch of about 8 km before the finish.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke6.html 6. Etappe 18.06.09 Oberriet – Bad Zurzach de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090412044623/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke6.html 12 April 2009 Reto Hollenstein of the continental team VBG 2009 managed to break away after 50 km, and stayed solo until 19 km from the finish. Thor Hushovd moved to the front on the wheel of George Hincapie, but was unable to hold off Hincapie's teammate Mark Cavendish. Cavendish took his second stage win of the tour. Fabian Cancellara earned five bonus seconds in intermediate sprints to move into second place in the general classification and trail race leader Tadej Valjavec by only 9 seconds.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-6/report Cavendish sprints ahead in Bad Zurzach Susan Westemeyer 18 June 2009 18 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090621050538/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-6/report 21 June 2009 dead Stage 6 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Mark Cavendish GBR THR 2009a 4h 18' 26" 2 Óscar Freire ESP RAB 2009 s.t. 3 Francesco Gavazzi ITA LIQ 2009 s.t. 4 Thor Hushovd NOR CTT 2009 s.t. 5 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009 s.t. 6 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2009 s.t. 7 Koldo Fernández ESP EUS 2009 s.t. 8 Gerald Ciolek GER MRM 2009 s.t. 9 José Joaquín Rojas ESP GCE 2009 s.t. 10 Wouter Weylandt BEL QST 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 Tadej Valjavec SLO 20px|Valjavec was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after the stage ALM 2009 23h 10' 27" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 + 9" 3 Oliver Zaugg SUI LIQ 2009 + 14" 4 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 42" 5 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 45" 6 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin was awarded the pink jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage THR 2009a + 54" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 55" 8 Gustav Larsson SWE SAX 2009 + 56" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 1' 01" 10 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2009 + 1' 02" Stage 7 19 June 2009 – Bad Zurzach to Vallorbe Juraparc, 204 km mi on For 180 km, this looked like a perfect sprinters' stage, as the course didn't so much as undulate during that time. In the last 24 km, there were two categorized climbs, a third-category climb which preceded a shallow descent before a second-category summit stage finish.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke7.html 7. Etappe 19.06.09 Zurzach – Vallorbe/Juraparc de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090501090256/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke7.html 1 May 2009 After several unsuccessful breakaway efforts, José Joaquín Rojas, Marcus Burghardt, and Gerald Ciolek succeeded in their escape attempt. Damien Gaudin joined them after a lengthy solo chase, and the four were together as a group for much of the stage, gaining a maximum advantage of six minutes by the 130 km mark. The yellow jersey peloton caught them on the ascent of the third-category climb before the finish. The yellow jersey group stayed together through the first cliumb and the intermediate sprint that came right after it. On the ascend to the stage finish, beginning 3 km from the finish, Roman Kreuziger and Michael Albasini both tried to escape for the stage win, but Kreuziger was fresher, as only he was able to stay away for any length of time. He built an advantage of 17 seconds and appeared poised for the stage win. Maxime Monfort drove the yellow jersey group to a pace that allowed Kim Kirchen to attack next and catch Kreuziger in the stage's final meters for the win.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-7/report Kirchen times move to perfection Susan Westemeyer 19 June 2009 22 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090622025554/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-7/report 22 June 2009 dead Stage 7 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2009a 4h 56' 41" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009+ 2" 3 Peter Velits SVK MRM 2009+ 7" 4 Oliver Zaugg SUI LIQ 2009+ 7" 5 Eros Capecchi ITA FUJ 2009+ 7" 6 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009+ 7" 7 Rui Costa POR GCE 2009+ 7" 8 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009+ 7" 9 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin finished the stage wearing the pink jersey as mountains classification leader THR 2009a+ 7" 10 Chris Anker Sørensen DEN SAX 2009+ 7"General Classification after Stage 7 CyclistTeamTime 1 Tadej Valjavec SLO 20px|Valjavec was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after the stage ALM 2009 28h 07' 00" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009 + 9" 3 Oliver Zaugg SUI LIQ 2009 + 14" 4 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 31" 5 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 45" 6 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin was awarded the pink jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage THR 2009a + 51" 7 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 55" 8 Gustav Larsson SWE SAX 2009 + 56" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 1' 01" 10 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 + 1' 02" Stage 8 20 June 2009 – Le Sentier to Crans-Montana, 182 km mi on This stage started at 1000 m and descended to a valley at 400 m about 50 km later. For the next 90 km, the course was perfectly flat. There was then an uncategorized "wall" of about 200 m in height before a third- and a first-category climb just before the finish.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke8.html 8. Etappe 20.06.09 Le Sentier – Crans-Montana de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090501090321/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke8.html 1 May 2009 This stage saw another four-man escape group, Marcel Wyss, Pavel Brutt, Lars Boom, and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle. Their maximum advantage was five and a half minutes, after 132 km. By the beginning of the third-category climb of Botyre, their advantage was just thirty seconds. They were easily caught on that ascent. Team Saxo Bank drove the peloton, to protect Fabian Cancellara from attacks, chiefly from the Liquigas duo of Roman Kreuziger and Oliver Zaugg. In the final kilometer, mountains classification leader Tony Martin and Damiano Cunego attacked and got a small gap over the yellow jersey group, with Martin holding off Cunego in the sprint to give Team Columbia–High Road its sixth stage win in this Tour de Suisse.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-8/report Martin conquers Crans-Montana Gregor Brown 20 June 2009 22 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090623033058/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-8/report 23 June 2009 dead Stage 8 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin finished the stage wearing the pink jersey as mountains classification leader THR 2009a 4h 12' 31" 2 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009s.t. 3 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2009+ 2" 4 Tadej Valjavec SLO 20px|Valjavec finished the stage wearing the yellow jersey as general classification leader ALM 2009+ 2" 5 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2009a+ 2" 6 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2009+ 2" 7 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009+ 2" 8 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009+ 2" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009+ 2" 10 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009+ 2"General Classification after Stage 8 CyclistTeamTime 1 Tadej Valjavec SLO 20px|Valjavec was awarded the yellow jersey as general classification leader after the stage ALM 2009 32h 19' 48" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|Cancellara was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after the stage SAX 2009 + 4" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 28" 4 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin was awarded the pink jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage THR 2009a + 39" 5 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 45" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 + 54" 7 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 1' 01" 8 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2009a + 1' 07" 9 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2009 + 1' 08" 10 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 1' 12" Stage 9 21 June 2009 – Bern, 39 km mi on (ITT) The course for the final individual time trial was gently undulating, without any categorized climbs. The finish came on a perfectly flat stretch about 3 km in length; there was a similar perfectly flat stretch about 6 km long earlier in the course.http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke9.html 9. Etappe 21.06.09 Bern – Bern de Tour de Suisse https://web.archive.org/web/20090617073758/http://www.tds.ch/de/tourdesuisse/generated/radsport/tds/strecken/2009_strecke9.html 17 June 2009 The early time to beat was set by Silence–Lotto rider Thomas Dekker. His time held up against most of the top riders on GC, as he finished the stage third. The first man to beat him was mountains classification winner Tony Martin, winner of the previous day's stage. His ride was good enough to propel him from fourth overall onto the event's final podium, in second. The second-to-last man to take the course was the stage winner. Time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara dominated the field, with no rider finishing inside a minute of his winning time. Race leader Tadej Valjavec finished 59th on the stage, almost four minutes back of Cancellara, to drop from the race lead to seventh in the final standings. Cancellara wound up as Tour de Suisse champion by over two minutes, after trailing coming into the final day.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-9/report Cancellara captures Suisse victory Gregor Brown 21 June 2009 22 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090624003853/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/73rd-tour-de-suisse-2009-upt/stages/stage-9/report 24 June 2009 dead Stage 9 Results CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|Cancellara finished the stage wearing the green jersey as points classification leader SAX 2009 45' 59" 2 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin finished the stage wearing the pink jersey as mountains classification leader THR 2009a + 1' 27" 3 Thomas Dekker NED SIL 2009 + 1' 42" 4 Marcus Burghardt GER THR 2009a + 1' 43" 5 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 + 1' 48" 6 Cameron Meyer AUS GRM 2009 + 1' 50" 7 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 2' 00" 8 Brian Vandborg DEN LIQ 2009 + 2' 02" 9 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 2' 09" 10 Thor Hushovd NOR CTT 2009 + 2' 14"Final General Classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI 20px|Cancellara was awarded the final yellow jersey as general classification winner of the 2009 Tour de Suisse20px|Cancellara was awarded the final green jersey as points classification winner SAX 2009 33 05' 51" 2 Tony Martin GER 20px|Martin was awarded the final pink jersey as mountains classification winner of the 2009 Tour de Suisse THR 2009a + 2' 02" 3 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 2' 24" 4 Andreas Klöden GER AST 2009 + 2' 50" 5 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 3' 18" 6 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 + 3' 23" 7 Tadej Valjavec SLO ALM 2009 + 3' 45" 8 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2009 + 4' 04" 9 Kim Kirchen LUX THR 2009a + 4' 04" 10 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a + 4' 08" Riders' jersey progress table In the 2009 Tour de Suisse, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding the finishing times of the stages per cyclist, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Tour de Suisse, and the winner of the general classification is considered the winner of the Tour de Suisse. Additionally, there was also a points classification, indicated with a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 12 in a stage. The stage win awarded 15 points, second place awarded 12 points, third 10, and one point less per place down the line, to a single point for twelfth. In addition, some points could be won in intermediate sprints. There was also a mountains classification, indicated with a pink jersey. In the mountains classifications, points are won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. All climbs were categorized, with most either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. There was also an outside categorization climb at the beginning of Stage 4, which awarded even more points than the first-category climbs. The fourth classification was the sprint classification. Riders earned points based on their placings in intermediate sprints (which also awarded points toward the green jersey). Points were awarded to the top three in each sprint, six for first, three for second, and one for third – same as for the green jersey. The leader of the sprint classification received a blue jersey. There was also 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 leading team. Stage WinnerGeneral classification25pxMountains classification25pxPoints classification25pxSprints classification25pxTeam classification 1 Fabian CancellaraFabian Cancellarano awardFabian Cancellarano award SAX 2009 2 Bernhard EiselTony MartinFabian Cancellara 3 Mark CavendishÓscar FreireEnrico Gasparotto 4 Matti BreschelTadej ValjavecAndy Schleck 5 Michael AlbasiniFabian CancellaraEnrico Gasparotto 6 Mark CavendishMark Cavendish 7 Kim Kirchen 8 Tony MartinFabian Cancellara 9 Fabian CancellaraFabian Cancellara FinalFabian CancellaraTony MartinFabian CancellaraEnrico GasparottoSAX 2009 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. The next stage, he can only wear one jersey, and he wears the jersey representing leadership in the most important competition (yellow first, then pink, then green, then blue). The other jerseys that the cyclist holds are worn in the next stage by the second-placed rider (or, if needed, third- or fourth-placed rider) of that classification. After stage 1, Fabian Cancellara received the yellow jersey and the green jersey, because he was leading both the general and the points classifications. In stage 2, he wore the yellow jersey, and the green jersey was worn by the second-placed cyclist in the points classification, Roman Kreuziger. In stage 3, Josef Benetseder wore the blue jersey. In stage 3, Bernhard Eisel wore the green jersey. References 2 Category:2009 in Austrian sport Category:2009 in Liechtenstein sport Tour de Suisse Category:2009 UCI ProTour 2009 Category:2009 UCI World Ranking