2009 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 21

Cycling race stages right|250px|thumb|Overview of the stages These are the individual stages of the 2009 Vuelta a España, with Stage 12 on 11 September and Stage 21 on 20 September. Stages s.t. indicates that the rider crossed the finish line in the same group as the one receiving the time above him, and was therefore credited with the same finishing time. Stage 12 11 September 2009 — Almería to Alto de Velefique, 174 km Coming out of the second rest day, the peloton gets a course with over 3,500 meters in total climbing. It includes two visits to the Alto de Velefique, one coming after 55 km and the other at the finish line. There is another first and a third-category climb on the day.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/puertos.aspSeptember 2016 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa12.asp?e=12 La Vuelta Stage 12 results RiderTeamTime 1 Ryder Hesjedal CAN GRM 2009 5h 34' 31" 2 David García ESP XGZ 2009 + 1" 3 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 6" 4 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 s.t. 5 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 + 16" 6 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|Valverde finished the stage wearing the golden jersey as general classification leader GCE 2009 s.t. 7 Cadel Evans AUS 20px|Evans finished the stage wearing the white jersey as combination classification leader SIL 2009 s.t. 8 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 s.t. 9 Tom Danielson USA GRM 2009 s.t. 10 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 s.t.General classification after stage 12 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde was awarded the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 51h 12' 38" 2 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 7" 3 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 18" 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' 14" 9 Daniel Navarro ESP AST 2009 + 3' 53" 10 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 4' 01" Stage 13 12 September 2009 — Berja to Sierra Nevada, 175 km This is the queen stage of the 2009 Vuelta. The special-category Alto de Sierra Nevada at the finish is, at 2,520 metres, the highest point reached in the race. But it is far from all this course has to offer – the difficult and steep third-category Alto de Berja comes almost immediately and is followed by the first-category Puerto de la Ragua. The Vuelta has never before gone over the Puerto de la Ragua from this side, and it is more difficult than climbing it from the opposite side. Another first-category climb, the Alto de Monachil, occurs near the end of the stage, though it is essentially just the halfway point to the Alto de Sierra Nevada.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa13.asp?e=13 La Vuelta Stage 13 results RiderTeamTime 1 David Moncoutié FRA COF 2009 5h 09'22" 2 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 52" 3 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|Valverde finished the stage wearing the golden jersey as general classification leader 20px|Valverde finished the stage wearing the white jersey as combination classification leader GCE 2009 + 1'16" 4 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 1'17" 5 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 1'17" 6 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1'36" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 2'09" 8 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 2'34" 9 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 2'31" 10 Amaël Moinard FRA COF 2009 + 3'34"General classification after stage 13 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 56h 23' 08" 2 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 27" 3 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 1' 02" 4 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 32" 5 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 33" 6 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 2'06" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 5' 02" 8 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 5' 33" 9 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 6' 52" 10 Daniel Navarro ESP AST 2009 + 8' 21" Stage 14 13 September 2009 — Granada to La Pandera, 157 km The riders have one more high mountain stage to go through before making it back to flat lands. Two third-category climbs and several uncategorized rises precede another special-category summit stage finish at the Sierra de La Pandera.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa14.asp?e=14 La Vuelta Stage 14 results RiderTeamTime 1 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2009 4h 04' 23" 2Jakob Fuglsang DEN SAX 2009 + 2' 23" 3Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 3' 08" 4Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 3' 10" 5Alejandro Valverde ESP GCE 2009 + 3' 22" 6Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 3' 26" 7Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 3' 40" 8Gonzalo Rabuñal ESP XGZ 2009 + 3' 46" 9Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 3' 48" DSQJuan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 s.t.General classification after stage 14 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde was awarded the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 60h 30' 53" 2 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 31" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 10" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 1' 28" 5 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 51" 6 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 1' 54" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 5' 53" 8 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 6' 34" 9 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 8' 28" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 10' 45" Stage 15 14 September 2009 — Jaén to Córdoba, 168 km This stage is branded as flat, though it begins at about 600 meters in elevation before descending to the valley below. It also includes the second-category Alto del Catorce por Ciento (which, despite its name, does not feature 14% gradients) 20 km from the finish.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa15.asp?e=15 La Vuelta Stage 15 results RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED RAB 2009 4h 12' 56" 2 David Herrero ESP XGZ 2009 + 1' 36" 3 Dominik Roels GER MRM 2009 + 1' 44" 4 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2009 + 2' 04" 5 Maxim Iglinsky KAZ AST 2009 s.t. 6 Alexandr Kolobnev RUS SAX 2009 s.t. 7 Martin Velits SVK MRM 2009 s.t. 8 Serafín Martínez ESP XGZ 2009 s.t. 9 Alexander Efimkin RUS ALM 2009 s.t. 10 Mathieu Ladagnous FRA FDJ 2009 + 3' 23"General classification after stage 15 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the green jersey as points classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 65h 08' 50" 2 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 31" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 10" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 1' 28" 5 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 51" 6 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 1' 54" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 5' 53" 8 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 6' 34" 9 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 8' 28" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 10' 45" Stage 16 15 September 2009 — Córdoba to Puertollano, 170 km This is the easiest stage the peloton will have seen since Catalonia, with only two early third-category climbs to disrupt an otherwise flat overall profile.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa16.asp?e=16 La Vuelta Stage 16 results RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px|Greipel finished the stage wearing the green jersey as points classification leader THR 2009b4h 50' 44" 2 William Bonnet FRA BBO 2009s.t. 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009s.t. 4 Gerald Ciolek GER MRM 2009s.t. 5 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres ESP MCO 2009s.t. 6 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2009s.t. 7 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009s.t. 8 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2009s.t. 9 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2009s.t. 10 Iñaki Isasi ESP EUS 2009s.t.General classification after stage 16 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 69h 59' 34" 2 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 31" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 10" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 1' 28" 5 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 51" 6 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 1' 54" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 5' 53" 8 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 6' 34" 9 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 8' 28" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 10' 45" Stage 17 16 September 2009 — Ciudad Real to Talavera de la Reina, 175 km This stage was thought to be a hard-fought reward for whichever sprinters fought their way through the heights wrought by the Vuelta's second week – it did not feature a single categorized climb. It was expected to see a mass sprint finish.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa17.asp?e=17 La Vuelta Contrary to expectations, FDJ 2009's Anthony Roux was able to hold off the chasing peloton to take the win by just a few meters. Stage 17 results RiderTeamTime 1 Anthony Roux FRA FDJ 20094h 28' 14" 2 William Bonnet FRA BBO 2009s.t. 3 André Greipel GER 20px|Greipel finished the stage wearing the green jersey as points classification leader THR 2009b s.t. 4 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009s.t. 5 Francisco Jose Pacheco Torres ESP MCO 2009s.t. 6 Jürgen Roelandts BEL SIL 2009s.t. 7 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2009s.t. 8 Javier Benítez ESP MCO 2009s.t. 9 Enrico Gasparotto ITA LAM 2009s.t. 10 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2009s.t.General classification after stage 17 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 74h 27' 48" 2 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 31" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 10" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 1' 28" 5 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 51" 6 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 1' 54" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 5' 53" 8 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 6' 34" 9 Thomas Danielson USA GRM 2009 + 8' 28" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 10' 45" Stage 18 17 September 2009 — Talavera de la Reina to Ávila, 175 km This course has four categorized climbs, three of which are new to the Vuelta. The selection should take place on the first-category Puerto de Mijares, which comes at the halfway point of the stage.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa18.asp?e=18 La Vuelta Stage 18 results RiderTeamTime 1 Philip Deignan IRL CTT 20094h 19' 14" 2 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 3" 3 Jakob Fuglsang DEN SAX 2009 + 16" 4 Manuel Váquez ESP MCO 2009 + 39" 5 Igor Antón ESP EUS 2009 + 41" 6 Mickaël Chérel FRA FDJ 2009 + 42" 7 Rein Taaramäe EST COF 2009 s.t. 8 Rémy Di Gregorio FRA FDJ 2009 s.t. 9 Jesús Hernández ESP AST 2009 s.t. 10 Jesús Del Nero ESP FUJ 2009 s.t.General classification after stage 18 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 78h 56' 42" 2 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 32" 3 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 10" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 1' 29" 5 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 51" 6 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 1' 55" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 5' 54" 8 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 6' 35" 9 Philip Deignan IRL CTT 2009 + 7' 49" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 10' 46" Stage 19 18 September 2009 — Ávila to La Granja de San Ildefonso, 175 km This is the Vuelta's last mountain stage. It includes two passes over the first-category Puerto de Navacerrada, the second of which crests 17 km from the finish. There is also quite a lot of descending to do on this stage, as the four categorized climbs all begin and end at roughly the same elevation. The finish comes on the descent from the last pass over the Puerto de Navacerrada.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa19.asp?e=19 La Vuelta Stage 19 results RiderTeamTime DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 20094h 37' 35" 2 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde finished the stage wearing the golden jersey as general classification leader20px|Valverde finished the stage holding the white jersey as combination classification leader GCE 2009 + 2" 3 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 s.t. 4 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 s.t. 5 Daniel Moreno ESP GCE 2009 s.t. 6 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 s.t. 7 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 s.t. 8 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 s.t. 9 Manuel Vázquez ESP MCO 2009 + 1' 34" 10 Rémy Di Gregorio FRA FDJ 2009 s.t.General classification after stage 19 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 83h 34' 03" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 1' 26" 3 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 1' 45" 4 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 59" 5 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 2' 11" 6 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 5 ' 30" 7 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 6' 49" 8 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 7' 42" 9 Philip Deignan IRL CTT 2009 + 9' 37" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 10' 40" Stage 20 19 September 2009 — Toledo, 26 km (ITT) The course for the final time trial is flat, with very gentle undulation.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/altimetria.asp 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/20090817171654/http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/altimetria.asp 2009-08-17 Stage 20 results RiderTeamTime 1 David Millar GBR GRM 200935' 53" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 5" 3 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 9" 4 Gustavo César Veloso ESP XGZ 2009 + 20" 5 Roman Kreuziger CZE LIQ 2009 + 30" 6 Philippe Gilbert BEL SIL 2009 + 34" 7 Alejandro Valverde ESP20px|Valverde finished the stage wearing the golden jersey as general classification leader20px|Valverde finished the stage holding the white jersey as combination classification leader GCE 2009 + 36" 8 David Herrero ESP XGZ 2009 + 37" 9 Jesús Del Nero ESP FUJ 2009 + 40" 10 Lieuwe Westra NED VAC 2009 + 43"General classification after stage 20 RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 84h 10' 32" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 55" 3 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 32" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 2' 12" 5 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 4' 27" 6 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 6' 40" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 9' 08" 8 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 9' 11" 9 Philip Deignan IRL CTT 2009 + 11' 08" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 11' 27" Stage 21 20 September 2009 — Rivas-Vaciamadrid to Madrid, 110 km The Vuelta ended, by tradition, much like the Tour de France does, with a flat and largely ceremonial road stage. It ended in downtown Madrid at the Plaza de Cibeles.http://www.lavuelta.com/09/ingles/recorrido/etapa21.asp?e=21 La Vuelta Stage 21 results RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px|Greipel finished the stage wearing the green jersey as points classification leader THR 2009b3h 11' 35" 2 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2009 s.t. 3 Borut Božič SLO VAC 2009 s.t. 4 Leonardo Duque COL COF 2009 s.t. 5 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2009 s.t. 6 Enrico Gasparotto ITA LAM 2009 s.t. 7 Greg Henderson NZL THR 2009b s.t. 8 Roger Hammond GBR CTT 2009 s.t. 9 Tom Leezer NED RAB 2009 s.t. 10 Paul Voss GER MRM 2009 s.t.Final general classification RiderTeamTime 1 Alejandro Valverde ESP 20px|Valverde retained the golden jersey as general classification leader after this stage20px|Valverde retained the white jersey as combination classification leader after this stage GCE 2009 87h 22' 37" 2 Samuel Sánchez ESP EUS 2009 + 55" 3 Cadel Evans AUS SIL 2009 + 1' 32" 4 Ivan Basso ITA LIQ 2009 + 2' 12" 5 Ezequiel Mosquera ESP XGZ 2009 + 4' 27" 6 Robert Gesink NED RAB 2009 + 6' 40" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP GCE 2009 + 9' 08" 8 Paolo Tiralongo ITA LAM 2009 + 9' 11" 9 Philip Deignan IRL CTT 2009 + 11' 08" DSQ Juan José Cobo ESP FUJ 2009 + 11' 27" References See also 2009 Vuelta a España 1 11 12 21 Stage 12 To Stage 21 Category:Vuelta a España stages