2009 Paris–Nice

2008 2010 2009 Paris–Nice 2009 UCI World Ranking 2 24 8–15 March 2009 8 1252.8http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/stageraces/ParisNice/paris-nice.html Paris-Nice (Pro Tour-Historic) BikeRaceInfo 24 August 2024 km 30h 53' 51" Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 yellow Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 green Tony Martin GER THR 2009a polkadot Kevin Seeldrayers BEL QST 2009 white SAX 2009 DEN The 2009 Paris–Nice was the 67th edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 8 March to 15 March 2009. The race started in Amilly and finished in Nice. It was won by Luis León Sánchez.http://www.velonews.com/article/89318 Sanchez wraps up Paris Nice, Colom wins final stage VeloNews 26 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090606113208/http://www.velonews.com/article/89318 6 June 2009 dead Favorites to win included Alberto Contador, who won in 2007, Cadel Evans, and Fränk Schleck. The 2008 winner, Davide Rebellin, did not take part in the event.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09/ Contador tops list of Race to Sun contenders cyclingnews.com 5 March 2009 The race was the second event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking. Teams The following twenty UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams, containing a total of 159 riders, were selected to the 2009 Paris–Nice:https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=startlist Start list Cycling News 26 August 2024 18em A2R 2009 LOT 2009 RAB 2009 EFE 2009 QST 2009 AST 2009 MOV 2009 FDJ 2009 SAX 2009 THR 2009a LIQ 2009 COF 2009 EUS 2009 BTL 2009 KAT 2009 AGR 2009 LAM 2009 MRM 2009 CTT 2009 SKS 2009 Route +Stage characteristics and winnershttps://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/mar08/parisnice08?id=stages Stages & results Cycling News 26 August 2024 Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 8 March Amilly 9.3 km on 20px|link=|alt= Individual time trial Alberto Contador ESP 2 9 March Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire to La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 195.5 km on 20px|link=|alt= Flat stage Heinrich Haussler GER 3 10 March Orval to Vichy 178 km on 20px|link=|alt= Hilly stage Sylvain Chavanel FRA 4 11 March Vichy to Saint-Étienne 173.5 km on 20px|link=|alt= Hilly stage Christian Vande Velde USA 5 12 March Annonay to Vallon-Pont-d'Arc 204 km on 20px|link=|alt= Medium mountain stage Jérémy Roy FRA 6 13 March Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Montagne de Lure La Montagne de Lure fr Montagne de Lure 182.5 km on 20px|link=|alt= Mountain stage Alberto Contador ESP 7 14 March Manosque to Fayence 191 km on 20px|link=|alt= Hilly stage Luis León Sánchez ESP 8 15 March Nice to Nice 119 km on 20px|link=|alt= Mountain stage Antonio Colóm ESP Stages Stage 1 8 March 2009 — Amilly, 9.3 km mi on (ITT) Stage 1 resultshttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Contador_wins_ParisNice_prologue_Wiggins_second_article_278292.html Contador wins Paris–Nice prologue, Wiggins second Cycling Weekly 26 March 2009 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 11' 05" 2 Bradley Wiggins GBR GRM 2009 + 7" 3 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 + 9" 4 Tony Martin GER THR 2009a + 11" 5 David Millar GBR GRM 2009 + 14" 6 Joost Posthuma NED RAB 2009 + 18" 7 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 + 19" 8 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 s.t. 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 21" 10 Rémi Pauriol FRA COF 2009 + 22"General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP20px20px AST 2009 11' 05" 2 Bradley Wiggins GBR GRM 2009 + 7" 3 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 + 9" 4 Tony Martin GER20px THR 2009a + 11" 5 David Millar GBR GRM 2009 + 14" 6 Joost Posthuma NED RAB 2009 + 18" 7 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 + 19" 8 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 s.t. 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 21" 10 Rémi Pauriol FRA COF 2009 + 22" Stage 2 9 March 2009 — Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire to La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, 195.5 km mi on Stage 2 resultshttp://www.velonews.com/article/89073 Haussler wins stage 2, Contador leads P-N VeloNews 26 March 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090313085521/http://velonews.com/article/89073/ 13 March 2009 dead CyclistTeamTime 1 Heinrich Haussler GER CTT 2009 4h 45' 01" 2 Mark Renshaw AUS THR 2009a s.t. 3 Mirco Lorenzetto ITA LAM 2009 s.t. 4 Tom Veelers NED Skil–Shimano s.t. 5 Murilo Fischer BRA LIQ 2009 s.t. 6 Sébastien Chavanel FRA FDJ 2009 s.t. 7 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2009 s.t. 8 Samuel Dumoulin FRA COF 2009 s.t. 9 Romain Feillu FRA Agritubel s.t. 10 Mathew Hayman AUS RAB 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP20px AST 2009 4h 56' 06" 2 Bradley Wiggins GBR GRM 2009 + 7" 3 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 + 9" 4 Tony Martin GER20px THR 2009a + 11" 5 David Millar GBR GRM 2009 + 14" 6 Joost Posthuma NED RAB 2009 + 18" 7 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 + 19" 8 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 s.t. 9 Heinrich Haussler GER20px CTT 2009 + 20" 10 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 21" Stage 3 10 March 2009 — Orval to Vichy, 178 km mi on Stage 3 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 4h 33' 12" 2 Juan Antonio Flecha ESP RAB 2009 s.t. 3 Sebastian Langeveld NED RAB 2009 s.t. 4 Stéphane Augé FRA COF 2009 s.t. 5 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL QST 2009 s.t. 6 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP RAB 2009 s.t. 7 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009 s.t. 8 Marcus Burghardt GER THR 2009a + 40" 9 Heinrich Haussler GER20px CTT 2009 + 1' 09" 10 Sébastien Turgot FRA BBO 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA20px20px QST 2009 9h 29' 27" 2 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP RAB 2009 + 32" 3 Juan Antonio Flecha ESP RAB 2009 + 33" 4 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL20px QST 2009 + 35" 5 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009 + 37" 6 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 + 1' 03" 7 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 + 1' 12" 8 Stéphane Augé FRA20px COF 2009 + 1' 14" 9 David Millar GBR GRM 2009 + 1' 17" 10 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 + 1' 22" Stage 4 11 March 2009 — Vichy to Saint-Étienne, 173.5 km mi on Stage 4 resultshttps://www.velonews.com/article/89159/vande-velde-wins-stage-4-chavanel-retains-overall-lead Vande Velde wins stage 4, Chavanel retains overall lead VeloNews 26 March 2009 CyclistTeamTime 1 Christian Vande Velde USA GRM 2009 4h 01' 31" 2 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano + 14" 3 Mirco Lorenzetto ITA LAM 2009 s.t. 4 Christophe Moreau FRA Agritubel s.t. 5 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 s.t. 6 Amaël Moinard FRA COF 2009 s.t. 7 Jakob Fuglsang DEN SAX 2009 s.t. 8 Maxime Monfort BEL THR 2009a s.t. 9 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 s.t. 10 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP RAB 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA20px QST 2009 13h 31' 36" 2 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP RAB 2009 + 6" 3 Juan Antonio Flecha ESP RAB 2009 + 36" 4 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 s.t. 5 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL20px QST 2009 + 37" 6 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 + 45" 7 David Millar GBR GRM 2009 + 50" 8 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 + 55" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 57" 10 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 + 1' 03" Stage 5 12 March 2009 — Annonay to Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 204 km mi on Stage 5 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2009 4h 58' 47" 2 Thomas Voeckler FRA BBO 2009 s.t. 3 Tony Martin GER THR 2009a + 3" 4 Heinrich Haussler GER CTT 2009 + 2' 33" 5 Murilo Fischer BRA LIQ 2009 s.t. 6 Romain Feillu FRA Agritubel s.t. 7 Cyril Lemoine FRA Skil–Shimano s.t. 8 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009 s.t. 9 Mirco Lorenzetto ITA20px LAM 2009 s.t. 10 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA20px QST 2009 18h 32' 56" 2 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP RAB 2009 + 6" 3 Juan Antonio Flecha ESP RAB 2009 + 36" 4 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 s.t. 5 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL20px QST 2009 + 37" 6 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 + 45" 7 David Millar GBR GRM 2009 + 50" 8 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 + 55" 9 Vladimir Karpets RUS KAT 2009 + 57" 10 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 + 1' 03" Stage 6 13 March 2009 — Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Montagne de Lure La Montagne de Lure fr Montagne de Lure, 182.5 km mi on Stage 6 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 4h 47' 46" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 + 58" 3 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 s.t. 4 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 27" 5 David Moncoutié FRA COF 2009 s.t. 6 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 + 1' 29" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 31" 8 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano + 1' 34" 9 Christophe Moreau FRA Agritubel + 1' 44" 10 Chris Anker Sørensen DEN SAX 2009 + 1' 46"General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 Alberto Contador ESP20px AST 2009 23h 21' 08" 2 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 + 1' 13" 3 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 + 1' 24" 4 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 + 1' 38" 5 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL20px QST 2009 + 2' 01" 6 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 + 2' 06" 7 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 2' 14" 8 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano + 2' 29" 9 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 + 2' 35" 10 Yury Trofimov RUS BBO 2009 + 3' 09" Stage 7 14 March 2009 — Manosque to Fayence, 191 km mi on Stage 7 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Luis León Sánchez ESP GCE 2009 4h 43' 34" 2 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 + 50" 3 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 s.t. 4 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 s.t. 5 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 + 56" 6 David Moncoutié FRA COF 2009 + 1' 31" 7 Hubert Dupont FRA ALM 2009 s.t. 8 Jurgen Van den Broeck BEL SIL 2009 s.t. 9 Christophe Moreau FRA Agritubel s.t. 10 Amaël Moinard FRA COF 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 7 CyclistTeamTime 1 Luis León Sánchez ESP20px GCE 2009 + 28h 5' 45" 2 Sylvain Chavanel FRA20px QST 2009 + 1' 09" 3 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 + 1' 21" 4 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 + 1' 50" 5 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 + 1' 59" 6 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 + 2' 16" 7 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL20px QST 2009 + 2' 29" 8 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano + 2' 57" 9 Yury Trofimov RUS BBO 2009 + 3' 37" 10 Christophe Le Mével FRA FDJ 2009 + 4' 00" Stage 8 15 March 2009 — Nice to Nice, 119 km mi on Stage 8 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 2h 47' 49" 2 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 s.t. 3 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 + 1" 4 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano + 17" 5 Christophe Moreau FRA Agritubel s.t. 6 Sylvain Chavanel FRA QST 2009 s.t. 7 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP RAB 2009 s.t. 8 Christophe Le Mével FRA FDJ 2009 s.t. 9 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 s.t. 10 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2009 s.t.General Classification after Stage 8 CyclistTeamTime 1 Luis León Sánchez ESP20px GCE 2009 + 30h 53' 51" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 + 1' 00" 3 Sylvain Chavanel FRA20px QST 2009 + 1' 09" 4 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 + 1' 24" 5 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 + 1' 47" 6 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 + 1' 59" 7 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL20px QST 2009 + 2' 29" 8 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano + 2' 57" 9 Yury Trofimov RUS BBO 2009 + 3' 37" 10 Christophe Le Mével FRA FDJ 2009 + 4' 00" Final standings General classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Luis León Sánchez ESP20px GCE 2009 + 30h 53' 51" 2 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 + 1' 00" 3 Sylvain Chavanel FRA20px QST 2009 + 1' 09" 4 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 + 1' 24" 5 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 + 1' 47" 6 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 + 1' 59" 7 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL20px QST 2009 + 2' 29" 8 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano + 2' 57" 9 Yury Trofimov RUS BBO 2009 + 3' 37" 10 Christophe Le Mével FRA FDJ 2009 + 4' 00"Points classification CyclistTeamPoints 1 Sylvain Chavanel FRA20px QST 2009 94 2 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 84 3 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 76 4 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 75 5 Luis León Sánchez ESP20px GCE 2009 71 6 Jens Voigt GER SAX 2009 67 7 Heinrich Haussler GER CTT 2009 65 8 Christophe Moreau FRA Agritubel 58 9 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano 55 10 Juan Manuel Gárate ESP RAB 2009 48 Young Rider Classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Kevin Seeldrayers BEL20px QST 2009 30h 56' 20" 2 Jonathan Hivert FRA Skil–Shimano + 28" 3 Yury Trofimov RUS BBO 2009 + 1' 08" 4 Pierre Rolland FRA BTL 2009 + 10' 28" 5 Jakob Fuglsang DEN SAX 2009 + 18' 58" 6 Tom Peterson USA GRM 2009 + 20' 30" 7 Matthieu Ladagnous FRA FDJ 2009 + 25' 38" 8 Albert Timmer NED Skil–Shimano + 26' 19" 9 Chris Anker Sørensen DEN SAX 2009 + 28' 07" 10 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2009 + 28' 49"Mountains classification CyclistTeamPoints 1 Tony Martin GER20px THR 2009a 55 2 Alberto Contador ESP AST 2009 48 3 Jérémy Roy FRA FDJ 2009 32 4 Luis León Sánchez ESP20px GCE 2009 22 5 Joan Horrach ESP KAT 2009 21 6 Aitor Hernández ESP EUS 2009 19 7 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2009 18 8 Fränk Schleck LUX SAX 2009 17 9 Antonio Colóm ESP KAT 2009 17 10 Martin Velits SVK MRM 2009 13 Team Classification TeamTime 1 SAX 2009 92h 52' 45" 2 FDJ 2009 + 10' 29" 3 GCE 2009 + 13' 58" 4 EUS 2009 + 15' 14" 5 QST 2009 + 17' 23" 6 ALM 2009 + 17' 33" 7 SIL 2009 + 20' 09" 8 KAT 2009 + 20' 38" 9 BBO 2009 + 24' 52" 10 RAB 2009 + 42' 33" Jersey progress Stage(Winner) 25 pxGeneral Classification 25 pxPoints Classification 25 pxMountains Classification 25 pxYoung Rider Classification 25 pxTeam Classification Stage 1 (ITT)(Alberto Contador) Alberto Contador Alberto Contador None Awarded Tony Martin Astana Team Stage 2(Heinrich Haussler) Heinrich Haussler Aitor Hernández Stage 3(Sylvain Chavanel) Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Stéphane Augé Kevin Seeldrayers RAB 2009 Stage 4(Christian Vande Velde) Mirco Lorenzetto Stage 5(Jérémy Roy) Tony Martin Stage 6(Alberto Contador) Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank Stage 7(Luis León Sánchez) Luis León Sánchez Sylvain Chavanel Stage 8(Antonio Colóm) Final Luis León Sánchez Sylvain Chavanel Tony Martin Kevin Seeldrayers Team Saxo Bank Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions Bradley Wiggins wore the green jersey in Stage 2 Heinrich Haussler wore the green jersey in Stage 4 Withdrawals TypeStageCyclistTeamReasonDNF2FRA Rémi PauriolCOF 2009Broken collarboneDNS3ESP José Ángel Gómez MarchanteCTT 2009Broken arm sustained from crash in Stage 2DNS3IRL Dan MartinGRM 2009IllnessDNS3NED Joost PosthumaRAB 2009IllnessDNF3FRA Matteo BonoLAM 2009DNF3FRA Anthony CharteauGCE 2009DNS4FRA Sylvain CalzatiAgritubelDNS4GBR Bradley WigginsGRM 2009Death in the familyDNF4FIN Jussi VeikkanenFDJ 2009DNS5ESP Íñigo CuestaCTT 2009DNS5ITA Enrico FranzoiLIQ 2009DNF5USA Steven CozzaGRM 2009DNF5BEL Philippe GilbertSIL 2009DNF5DEN Brian VandborgLIQ 2009DNS6BEL Jelle VanendertSIL 2009DNF6ESP Jose Luis ArrietaALM 2009DNF6FRA Sébastien ChavanelFDJ 2009DNF6SLO Simon ŠpilakLAM 2009DNF6FRA Thomas VoecklerBBO 2009Shoulder injury sustained from crashDNS7NED Sebastian LangeveldRAB 2009DNF7ESP Samuel SánchezEUS 2009DNF7FRA Mikaël CherelFDJ 2009DNF7GER Thomas FothenMRM 2009DNF7GER Marcel SiebergTHR 2009aDNF7NED Tom Veelers Skil–ShimanoDNF7FRA Mickaël BuffazCOF 2009DNF7ESP Javier AramendiaEUS 2009DNF7FRA Romain FeilluAgritubel References Further reading http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/paris-nice/2014/guide_historique_fr.pdf Guide Historique 2014 French Historic Guide 2014 L'Equipe 72 https://web.archive.org/web/20140327051041/http://netstorage.lequipe.fr/ASO/cyclisme/paris-nice/2014/guide_historique_fr.pdf 27 March 2014 https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09/?id=default 67th Paris-Nice - HIS France, March 8-15, 2009 Cycling News https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=results/parisnice091 Stage 1 - March 8: Amilly - Amilly (ITT), 9.3km Cycling News https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=results/parisnice092 Stage 2 - March 9: Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire - La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, 195.5km Cycling News https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=results/parisnice093 Stage 3 - March 10: Orval - Vichy, 178km Cycling News https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=results/parisnice094 Stage 4 - March 11: Vichy - Saint-Étienne, 173.5km Cycling News https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=results/parisnice095 Stage 5 - March 12: Annonay - Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 204km Cycling News https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=results/parisnice096 Stage 6 - March 13: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - La Montagne de Lure, 182.5km Cycling News https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=results/parisnice097 Stage 7 - March 14: Manosque - Fayence, 191km Cycling News https://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/mar09/parisnice09?id=results/parisnice098 Stage 8 - March 15: Nice - Nice, 119km Cycling News https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/08/EMD20090308046MDP.pdf Contador afronta el primer test pre-Tour Spanish Contador faces the first pre-Tour test El Mundo Deportivo 46 8 March 2009 https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/09/EMD20090309044MDP.pdf Contador se reivindica en su regreso a Francia Spanish Contador vindicates himself on his return to France El Mundo Deportivo 44 9 March 2009 https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/10/EMD20090310026MDA.pdf Susto para el lider Contador Spanish Scare for the leader Contador El Mundo Deportivo 26 10 March 2009 https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/11/EMD20090311037MDP.pdf Golpe maestro de Sylvain Chavanel Spanish Sylvain Chavanel's Masterstroke El Mundo Deportivo 37 11 March 2009 https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/12/EMD20090312044MDP.pdf Contador vuelve a la carga Spanish Contador returns to the fray El Mundo Deportivo 44 12 March 2009 https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/13/EMD20090313037MDP.pdf Contador, a jugar sus bazas en la etapa 'reina' de Paris-Niza Spanish Contador, to play his cards in the 'queen' stage of Paris-Nice El Mundo Deportivo 37 13 March 2009 https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/14/EMD20090314033MDP.pdf Contador hace disfrutar Spanish Contador makes you enjoy El Mundo Deportivo 33 14 March 2009 https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/15/EMD20090315042MDP.pdf Cara y Cruz Spanish Heads and tails El Mundo Deportivo 42 15 March 2009 https://hemeroteca-paginas.mundodeportivo.com/EMD03/PUB/2009/03/16/EMD20090316044MDP.pdf Luis Leon Sanchez se corona Spanish Luis León Sánchez is crowned El Mundo Deportivo 44 16 March 2009 External links http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_coursePNC.html Official site https://web.archive.org/web/20090318072738/http://www.letour.fr/us/homepage_coursePNC.html 18 March 2009 Category:Paris–Nice Paris-Nice Paris-Nice Paris-Nice