2009 Tour de Romandie

The 2009 Tour de Romandie (63rd Edition) cycling road race started on 28 April and finished on 3 May in Switzerland. It was the 6th event in the 2009 UCI ProTour, and the 12th event in the World Calendar.

2009 UCI World Ranking, race 12 of 24
Race details
Dates28 April–3 May 2009
Stages5 & Prologue
Results
 Winner Roman Kreuziger (CZE)(Liquigas)
 Second Vladimir Karpets (RUS)(Team Katusha)
 Third Rein Taaramäe (EST)(Cofidis)

 Mountains Laurens ten Dam (NED)(Rabobank)
 Youth Roman Kreuziger (CZE)(Liquigas)
 Sprints Grégory Rast (SUI)(Astana)
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In addition to the 18 ProTour teams, guaranteed entry to the event as it is promoted by the UCI, two wildcard entries were accepted: Cervélo TestTeam and BMC Racing Team, both of which have strong Swiss links. Andreas Klöden did not defend the title he won the previous year, but the two previous winners of the event, Thomas Dekker and Cadel Evans took part, as teammates on the Silence–Lotto team. Other pre-race favourites included four of the top five in 2008 (Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia–High Road), Dennis Menchov (Rabobank) and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel–Euskadi)) and 2008 ProTour champion Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).

Roman Kreuziger won the 4th stage, and in doing so put himself into a lead that he retained on the last day, thus going one better than his second place overall in 2008.

Stages

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Prologue – 28 April 2009: Lausanne, (ITT)

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Prologue Results
CyclistTeamTime
1  František Raboň (CZE)Team Columbia–High Road3' 44.56"
2  Sandy Casar (FRA)Française des Jeux+ 2"
3  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)Caisse d'Epargne+ 3"
4  Tyler Farrar (USA)Garmin–Slipstream+ 4"
5  Roman Kreuziger (CZE)Liquigas+ 4"
General Classification after Prologue
CyclistTeamTime
1  František Raboň (CZE) Team Columbia–High Road3' 44"
2  Sandy Casar (FRA)Française des Jeux+ 2"
3  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)Caisse d'Epargne+ 3"
4  Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin–Slipstream+ 4"
5  Roman Kreuziger (CZE)Liquigas+ 4"

Stage 1 – 29 April 2009: Montreux > Fribourg

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Stage won by Ricardo Serrano before Lars Bak and Grégory Rast.

The stage was shortened due to snowfalls, from a scheduled 176.2 km to 87.6 km.

Stage 1 Results
CyclistTeamTime
1  Ricardo Serrano (ESP)Fuji–Servetto2h 08' 35"
2  Lars Bak (DEN)Team Saxo Banks.t.
3  Grégory Rast (SUI)Astanas.t.
4  Tony Martin (GER)Team Columbia–High Road+ 28"
5  Haimar Zubeldia (ESP)Astana+ 28"
General Classification after Stage 1
CyclistTeamTime
1  Grégory Rast (SUI) Astana2h 12' 17"
2  Ricardo Serrano (ESP) Fuji–Servetto+ 5"
3  Lars Bak (DEN)Team Saxo Bank+ 12"
4  František Raboň (CZE)Team Columbia–High Road+ 35"
5  Sandy Casar (FRA)Française des Jeux+ 35"

Stage 2 – April 30, 2009: La Chaux-de-Fonds

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Stage 2 Results
CyclistTeamTime
1  Óscar Freire (ESP)Rabobank4h 06' 56"
2  František Raboň (CZE)Team Columbia–High Roads.t.
3  Assan Bazayev (KAZ)Astanas.t.
4  Roman Kreuziger (CZE)Liquigass.t.
5  Dan Martin (IRL)Garmin–Slipstreams.t.
General Classification after Stage 2
CyclistTeamTime
1  Grégory Rast (SUI) Astana6h 19' 13"
2  Ricardo Serrano (ESP)Fuji–Servetto+ 5"
3  Lars Bak (DEN)Team Saxo Bank+ 12"
4  František Raboň (CZE)Team Columbia–High Road+ 27"
5  Óscar Freire (ESP)Rabobank+ 28"

Stage 3 – 1 May 2009: Yverdon-les-Bains, (TTT)

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Stage 3 Results
TeamTime
1Team Columbia–High Road18' 37"
2Caisse d'Epargne+ 10"
3Team Saxo Bank+ 16"
4Liquigas+ 24"
5Silence–Lotto+ 25"
General Classification after Stage 3
CyclistTeamTime
1  František Raboň (CZE) Team Columbia–High Road6h 38' 17"
2  Lars Bak (DEN)Team Saxo Bank+ 1"
3  Tony Martin (GER) Team Columbia–High Road+ 8"
4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)Caisse d'Epargne+ 19"
5  Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR)Team Columbia–High Road+ 21"

Stage 4 – 2 May 2009: Estavayer-le-Lac > Sainte-Croix

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Stage 4 Results
CyclistTeamTime
1  Roman Kreuziger (CZE)Liquigas4h 11' 44"
2  Rein Taaramäe (EST)Cofidiss.t.
3  Vladimir Karpets (RUS)Team Katusha+ 7"
4  Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE)Fuji–Servetto+ 17"
5  Mikel Astarloza (ESP)Euskaltel–Euskadi+ 45"
General Classification after Stage 4
CyclistTeamTime
1  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) Liquigas10h 50' 25"
2  Vladimir Karpets (RUS)Team Katusha+ 18"
3  Rein Taaramäe (EST)Cofidis+ 25"
4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)Caisse d'Epargne+ 46"
5  Rigoberto Urán (COL)Caisse d'Epargne+ 48"

Stage 5 – 3 May 2009: Aubonne > Geneva

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Stage 5 Results
CyclistTeamTime
1  Óscar Freire (ESP)Rabobank3h 29' 49"
2  Tyler Farrar (USA)Garmin–Slipstreams.t.
3  Koldo Fernández (ESP)Euskaltel–Euskadis.t.
4  Philippe Gilbert (BEL)Silence–Lottos.t.
5  Nico Sijmens (BEL)Cofidiss.t.
General Classification after Stage 5
CyclistTeamTime
1  Roman Kreuziger (CZE) Liquigas14h 20' 14"
2  Vladimir Karpets (RUS)Team Katusha+ 18"
3  Rein Taaramäe (EST)Cofidis+ 25"
4  Alejandro Valverde (ESP)Caisse d'Epargne+ 46"
5  Rigoberto Urán (COL)Caisse d'Epargne+ 48"

Final standings

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Jersey progress

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Stage
(Winner)
General ClassificationSprints ClassificationMountains ClassificationYouth ClassificationTeam ClassificationCombativity Prize
0Prologue (ITT)
(František Raboň)
František RaboňNone AwardedNone AwardedTyler FarrarFrançaise des JeuxFrantišek Raboň
0Stage 1
(Ricardo Serrano)
Grégory RastGrégory RastRicardo SerranoTony MartinAstanaRicardo Serrano
0Stage 2
(Óscar Freire)
Matthieu SprickMatthieu Sprick
0Stage 3 (TTT)
(Team Columbia–High Road)
František RaboňTeam Columbia–High RoadAlexandre Moos
0Stage 4
(Roman Kreuziger)
Roman KreuzigerLaurens ten DamRoman KreuzigerCaisse d'EpargneLaurens ten Dam
0Stage 5
(Óscar Freire)
Michael Schär
0Final
Roman KreuzigerGrégory RastLaurens ten DamRoman KreuzigerCaisse d'EpargneDavid Moncoutié

References

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