2009 in men's road cycling

none 2009 in road cycling the women's overview 2009 in women's road cycling October 2025 2009 In 2009 a number of prominent riders returned to professional cycling. Ivan Basso, Floyd Landis and Michele Scarponi had finished a suspension. Bjorn Leukemans was without a team for over a year due to doping-related allegations, which were proven to be ungrounded. Most notably, seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong returned after a three-and-half year break, starting his season as a AST 2009-rider in the Tour Down Under. The teams GST 2008 and FUJ 2008a, both who were connected to some major doping cases in 2008, saw their title sponsors drop out. The Spanish squad found a new sponsor in Fuji Bikes and was granted another ProTour license as FUJ 2009. However, race organizer ASO did not invite the team for their races, and they did not participate in the Tour de France. New teams in the ProTour are GRM 2009 from the United States and KAT 2009 (built from the former TCS 2008) from Russia. One notable new Pro Continental team, started from scratch, is the CTT 2009, which managed to sign 2008 Tour de France-winner Carlos Sastre and Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd. Like another new Pro Continental team, VAC 2009 from the Netherlands, Katusha and Cervélo immediately proved successful in the early months of the season. This year's World Championships will be held in Mendrisio, Switzerland. The UCI ProTour ranking, which was heavily devalued in 2008 due to the withdrawal from the ProTour by the three Grand Tour organizers, was replaced by the UCI World Ranking, based on a new World Calendar - effectively combining the existing 14 ProTour races with the Monuments and Grand Tours that are currently organized as "Historic" races. World championships The World Road championships were held in Mendrisio, Switzerland. RaceDateWinnerSecondThird World Championship Road RaceSep 26Cadel Evans AUSAlexandr Kolobnev RUSJoaquim Rodríguez ESP World Championship Time TrialSep 23Fabian Cancellara SUIGustav Larsson SWETony Martin GER Grand Tours RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdItaly Giro d'ItaliaMay 9 - May 31Denis Menchov RUSDanilo Di Luca ITAFranco Pellizotti ITAFrance Tour de FranceJul 4 - Jul 26Alberto Contador ESPAndy Schleck LUXLance Armstrong USASpain Vuelta a EspañaAug 29 - Sep 20Alejandro Valverde ESPSamuel Sánchez ESPCadel Evans AUS UCI ProTour RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdAustralia Tour Down UnderJan 20 - Jan 25Allan Davis AUSStuart O'Grady AUSJosé Joaquín Rojas ESPBelgium Tour of Flanders / Tour des FlandresApril 5Stijn Devolder BELHeinrich Haussler GERPhilippe Gilbert BELSpain Vuelta al País VascoApr 6 - Apr 11Alberto Contador ESPAntonio Colom ESPSamuel Sánchez ESPBelgium Gent–WevelgemApr 8Edvald Boasson Hagen NORAleksandr Kuschynski BLRMatthew Goss AUSNetherlands Amstel Gold RaceApr 19Serguei Ivanov RUSKarsten Kroon NEDRobert Gesink NEDSwitzerland Tour de RomandieApr 28 - May 3Roman Kreuziger CZEVladimir Karpets RUSRein Taaramäe ESTSpain Volta a CatalunyaMay 18 - May 24Alejandro Valverde ESPDan Martin IRLHaimar Zubeldia ESPFrance Critérium du Dauphiné LibéréJun 7 - Jun 14Alejandro Valverde ESPCadel Evans AUSAlberto Contador ESPSwitzerland Tour de SuisseJun 13 - Jun 21Fabian Cancellara SUITony Martin GERRoman Kreuziger CZESpain Clásica de San SebastiánAug 1Carlos Barredo ESPRoman Kreuziger CZEMickaël Delage FRAPoland Tour de PologneAug 2 - Aug 8Alessandro Ballan ITADaniel Moreno ESPEdvald Boasson Hagen NORGermany Vattenfall CyclassicsAug 16Tyler Farrar USAMatti Breschel DENGerald Ciolek GERBelgiumNetherlandsLuxembourg Eneco TourAug 18 - Aug 25Edvald Boasson Hagen NORSylvain Chavanel FRASebastian Langeveld NEDFrance GP Ouest-FranceAug 23Simon Gerrans AUSPierrick Fédrigo FRAPaul Martens GER Other World Calendar events These races contribute, along with the Grand Tours and the UCI ProTour races, towards the 2009 UCI World Ranking RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdFrance Paris–NiceMar 9 - Mar 16Luis León Sánchez ESPFränk Schleck LUXSylvain Chavanel FRAItaly Tirreno–AdriaticoMar 11 - Mar 17Michele Scarponi ITAStefano Garzelli ITAAndreas Klöden GERItaly Milan – San RemoMar 21Mark Cavendish GBRHeinrich Haussler GERThor Hushovd NORFrance Paris–RoubaixApr 12Tom Boonen BELFilippo Pozzato ITAThor Hushovd NORBelgium La Flèche WallonneApr 22Davide Rebellin ITAAndy Schleck LUXDamiano Cunego ITABelgium Liège–Bastogne–LiègeApr 26Andy Schleck LUXJoaquim Rodríguez ESPDavide Rebellin ITAItaly Giro di LombardiaOct 17Philippe Gilbert BELSamuel Sánchez ESPAlexandr Kolobnev RUS 2.HC Category Races The prefix 2 indicates that these events are stage races. RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdMalaysia Tour de LangkawiFeb 9 - Feb 15José Serpa COLJai Crawford AUSJackson Rodríguez VENUSA Tour of CaliforniaFeb 14 - Feb 22Levi Leipheimer USADavid Zabriskie USAMichael Rogers AUSFrance Critérium InternationalMar 28 - Mar 29Jens Voigt GERFrantišek Raboň CZEDanny Pate USABelgium Three Days of De PanneMar 31 - Apr 2Frederik Willems BELJoost Posthuma NEDTom Leezer NEDFrance Four Days of DunkirkMay 6 - May 11Rui Costa PORDavid Lelay FRACyril Lemoine FRABelgium Tour of BelgiumMay 27 - May 31Lars Boom NEDBram Tankink NEDDominique Cornu BELGermany Bayern-RundfahrtMay 27 - May 31Linus Gerdemann GERMaxime Monfort BELDavid Lelay FRALuxembourg Tour de LuxembourgJun 3 - Jun 7Fränk Schleck LUXAndreas Klöden GERMarco Marcato ITAAustria Tour of AustriaJuly 5 - July 12Michael Albasini SUIRuslan Pidgornyy UKRStanislau Samoilav BLRChina Tour of Qinghai LakeJuly 17–26Andrey Mizurov KAZGhader Mizbani IRIMitja Mahoric SLOBelgium Tour de WallonieJuly 25 - July 29Julien El Fares FRAPavel Brutt RUSAlexander Kolobnev RUSDenmark Tour of DenmarkJuly 29 - Aug 2Jakob Fuglsang DENMaurizio Biondo ITARoger Hammond GBRSpain Vuelta a BurgosAug 5 - Aug 9Alejandro Valverde ESPXavier Tondo ESPTom Danielson USAPortugal Volta a PortugalAug 5 - Aug 16Nuno Ribeiro PORDavid Blanco ESPDavid Bernabeu ESPUSA Tour of MissouriSep 7 - Sep 13David Zabriskie USAGustav Larsson SWEMarco Pinotti ITA 1.HC Category Races The prefix 1 indicates that these events are one-day races. RaceDateWinnerSecondThirdBelgium Omloop Het NieuwsbladFeb 28Thor Hushovd NORKevyn Ista BELJuan Antonio Flecha ESPBelgium E3 Prijs VlaanderenMar 29Filippo Pozzato ITATom Boonen BELMaxim Iglinsky KAZSpain GP Miguel IndurainApr 4David de la Fuente ESPAlexandr Kolobnev RUSFabian Wegmann GERBelgium ScheldeprijsApr 15Alessandro Petacchi ITAKenny van Hummel NEDDominique Rollin CANGermany Eschborn-Frankfurt City LoopMay 1Fabian Wegmann GERKarsten Kroon NEDChristian Knees GERNetherlands Dutch Food Valley ClassicMay 16Kenny van Hummel NEDGraeme Brown AUSSteven de Jongh NEDSwitzerland Grand Prix of Aargau CantonJun 7Peter Velits SVKBen Hermans BELHeinrich Haussler GERUSA Philadelphia International ChampionshipJun 7André Greipel GERGreg Henderson NZLKirk O'Bee USAItaly Tre Valli VaresineAug 18Mauro Santambrogio ITAFrancesco Masciarelli ITAAlexander Bocharov RUSItaly Giro del VenetoAug 29Filippo Pozzato ITACarlo Scognamiglio ITALuca Paolini ITABelgium Paris-BruxellesSep 12Matthew Goss AUSAllan Davis AUSKristof Goddaert BELFrance GP de FourmiesSep 13Romain Feillu FRAManuel Belletti ITAYauheni Hutarovich BLRItaly Giro dell'EmiliaOct 10Robert Gesink NEDJakob Fuglsang DENThomas Lövkvist SWEFrance Paris–ToursOct 11Philippe Gilbert BELTom Boonen BELBorut Božič SLOItaly Giro del PiemonteOct 15Philippe Gilbert BELDaniel Moreno ESPFrancesco Gavazzi ITA National Championships See 2009 national cycling championships. See also 2009 in women's road cycling Category:Men's road cycling by year