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Andy Schleck leading the
yellow jersey winner
Alberto Contador ,
Lance Armstrong and his brother
Fränk Schleck , up
Mont Ventoux on
stage 20 . The two chasers seen behind the four-man group are
Vincenzo Nibali and
Roman Kreuziger .
The
2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's
Grand Tours . This Tour featured 180 riders from 30 countries on 20
cycling teams , starting in the principality of
Monaco on 4 July and finishing on the
Champs-Élysées in Paris on 26 July.
[1]
Of the teams taking part in the Giro, 17 were
ProTour teams, and 3 were
Professional Continental teams .
[2]
Fuji–Servetto were the only ProTour team not to receive an invitation.
[3] The three Professional Continental teams included were
Agritubel ,
Skil–Shimano and
Cervélo TestTeam . Each of the 20 teams invited to the race entered a squad of nine riders.
[4]
Twenty-four riders abandoned the three-week race before reaching Paris.
[5]
Alberto Contador of the
Astana team won the race; after winning the
15th stage to
Verbier , and thus taking over the
yellow jersey which he kept until the end of the race.
[6]
Legend
No.
Starting number worn by the rider during the Giro
[4]
Pos.
Position in the
general classification
[6]
‡
Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1984 eligible for the
Young rider classification
[6]
HD
Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which they did so
[5]
DNS
Denotes a rider who did not start , followed by the stage before which they withdrew
[5]
DNF
Denotes a rider who did not finish , followed by the stage in which they withdrew
[5]
Legend
No.
Starting number worn by the rider during the Tour
[4]
Pos.
Position in the
general classification
[6]
‡
Denotes riders born on or after 1 January 1984 eligible for the
Young rider classification
[6]
HD
Denotes a rider finished outside the time limit, followed by the stage in which they did so
[5]
DNS
Denotes a rider who did not start , followed by the stage before which they withdrew
[5]
DNF
Denotes a rider who did not finish , followed by the stage in which they withdrew
[5]
Age correct as of 4 July 2009, the date on which the Tour began
[4]
Selection information
Rabobank announced their selection on 18 June, including
Denis Menchov ,
Grischa Niermann ,
Juan Antonio Flecha ,
Óscar Freire ,
Juan Manuel Gárate ,
Stef Clement ,
Joost Posthuma ,
Laurens ten Dam and
Robert Gesink .
[9]
Ag2r–La Mondiale announced
Vladimir Efimkin ,
Cyril Dessel ,
Stéphane Goubert ,
Lloyd Mondory , and
José Luis Arrieta on 21 June.
[22]
Christophe Riblon ,
Nicolas Roche ,
Hubert Dupont , and
Cyril Dessel complete the roster.
Team Saxo Bank announced their selection on 22 June, including
Andy Schleck ,
Fränk Schleck ,
Fabian Cancellara ,
Stuart O'Grady ,
Jens Voigt ,
Nicki Sørensen ,
Chris Anker Sørensen ,
Gustav Larsson and
Kurt Asle Arvesen .
[8]
Garmin–Slipstream announced their team on 24 June as
Julian Dean ,
David Millar ,
Christian Vande Velde ,
Bradley Wiggins ,
David Zabriskie ,
Tyler Farrar ,
Dan Martin ,
Ryder Hesjedal and
Danny Pate . Dan Martin withdrew due to a long-term knee problem, and was replaced by
Martijn Maaskant , who had previously been named as first reserve.
[10]
Team Katusha announced
Filippo Pozzato ,
Vladimir Karpets ,
Danilo Napolitano ,
Alexander Bocharov ,
Serguei Ivanov ,
Mikhail Ignatiev ,
Nikolai Trusov ,
Joan Horrach and
Stijn Vandenbergh .
[19]
Cervélo TestTeam announced
Heinrich Haussler ,
Thor Hushovd , and
Carlos Sastre on 23 June.
Íñigo Cuesta ,
José Ángel Gómez Marchante ,
Volodymir Gustov ,
Andreas Klier ,
Brett Lancaster and
Hayden Roulston were announced the following day.
[7]
[23]
Française des Jeux announced
Sandy Casar ,
Anthony Geslin ,
Jérôme Coppel ,
Yauheni Hutarovich ,
Sébastien Joly ,
Christophe Le Mével ,
Benoît Vaugrenard and
Jussi Veikkanen .
[24] The ninth rider will be either
Rémy Di Gregorio or
Jérémy Roy .
[23]
Astana announced that
Alberto Contador ,
Lance Armstrong ,
Andreas Klöden ,
Levi Leipheimer ,
Yaroslav Popovych ,
Sérgio Paulinho ,
Dmitriy Muravyev ,
Grégory Rast and
Haimar Zubeldia will be racing in the
2009 Tour de France .
[25]
Cofidis announced their roster on June 15.
Stéphane Augé ,
Samuel Dumoulin ,
Leonardo Duque ,
Bingen Fernández ,
Christophe Kern ,
Sébastien Minard ,
Amaël Moinard ,
David Moncoutié ,
Rémi Pauriol make up the Cofidis roster.
Team Milram announced that
Gerald Ciolek ,
Markus Fothen ,
Johannes Fröhlinger ,
Linus Gerdemann ,
Christian Knees ,
Niki Terpstra ,
Peter Velits ,
Fabian Wegmann and
Peter Wrolich will race. Ciolek and Gerdemann will be co-leaders.
[26]
Agritubel announced
Maxime Bouet ,
David Lelay , and
Christophe Moreau on 23 June. On June 29 the other six riders were announced.
Sylvain Calzati ,
Nicolas Vogondy ,
Brice Feillu ,
Romain Feillu ,
Eduardo Gonzalo ,
Geoffroy Lequatre make up the rest of the roster.
Bbox Bouygues Telecom announced
Yukiya Arashiro ,
William Bonnet ,
Pierrick Fédrigo ,
Pierre Rolland ,
Yuri Trofimov and
Thomas Voeckler on 23 June.
[23]
Caisse d'Epargne has confirmed
David Arroyo ,
Iván Gutiérrez ,
Luis Pasamontes ,
Luis León Sánchez ,
Xabier Zandio and
Óscar Pereiro will start. They have also announced that
Alejandro Valverde will not be on their squad due to the ban imposed upon him by the
Italian National Olympic Committee .
[27]
[28]
Euskaltel–Euskadi announced their roster on June 26.
Mikel Astarloza ,
Egoi Martínez ,
Alan Pérez ,
Amets Txurruka ,
Gorka Verdugo ,
Rubén Pérez ,
Juan José Oroz ,
Koldo Fernández , and
Igor Antón make up the roster.
Liquigas announced
Daniele Bennati ,
Vincenzo Nibali ,
Franco Pellizotti ,
Roman Kreuziger ,
Fabio Sabatini ,
Aleksandr Kuschynski ,
Alessandro Vanotti ,
Frederik Willems and
Brian Bach Vandborg .
[29]
Silence–Lotto has confirmed
Cadel Evans ,
Thomas Dekker ,
Mickaël Delage ,
Sebastian Lang ,
Matthew Lloyd ,
Staf Scheirlinckx ,
Greg Van Avermaet ,
Jurgen Van den Broeck , and
Johan Vansummeren as of 26 June. Dekker was subsequently suspended by the team after a re-test of a December 2007 sample revealed use of erythropoietin, and he was replaced by
Charlie Wegelius .
Skil–Shimano announced
Simon Geschke ,
Jonathan Hivert ,
Cyril Lemoine ,
Piet Rooijakkers ,
Albert Timmer and
Kenny van Hummel on 23 June. On June 29 the other three riders were announced.
Fumiyuki Beppu ,
Thierry Hupond , and
Koen de Kort make up the roster.
[23]
Lampre–NGC announced their roster on June 26.
Marco Bandiera ,
Angelo Furlan ,
Marco Marzano ,
Daniele Righi ,
Simon Špilak ,
Massimiliano Mori ,
Mirco Lorenzetto ,
Marzio Bruseghin , and
Alessandro Ballan make up their roster.
Quick-Step announced their short list on June 26.
Sylvain Chavanel ,
Jérôme Pineau ,
Stijn Devolder , and
Carlos Barredo were on the short list. On June 29 the other five riders were announced.
Matteo Tosatto ,
Steven de Jongh ,
Jurgen Van de Walle , and
Jérôme Pineau make up the roster.
Tom Boonen or
Allan Davis will receive the ninth spot on the roster.
Team Columbia–HTC announced their roster on June 26.
Mark Cavendish ,
George Hincapie ,
Tony Martin ,
Mark Renshaw ,
Michael Rogers ,
Maxime Monfort ,
Kim Kirchen ,
Bernhard Eisel , and
Marcus Burghardt make up the roster.