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2009 Giro d'Italia
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | 2009 Giro d'Italia |
| series | [2009 UCI World Ranking](2009-uci-world-ranking) |
| race_no | 13 |
| season_no | 24 |
| image | Giro d Italia 2009.png |
| image_size | 350px |
| image_caption | Overview of the stages: |
| route from Venice to Rome covered by the riders on the bicycle (red) | |
| and distances between stages (green). | |
| image_alt | Map of Italy showing the path of the race, going counter-clockwise from Venice and crossing the border to pass through Austria and Switzerland, reaching Naples in the south of Italy before finishing in Rome |
| date | 9–31 May 2009 |
| stages | 21 |
| distance | 3456.5 |
| unit | km |
| time | 86h 03' 11" |
| first | Denis Menchov |
| first_nat | RUS |
| first_color | pink |
| first_team | |
| second | Danilo Di Luca |
| Franco Pellizotti Carlos Sastre | |
| second_nat | ESP |
| second_team | |
| third | Ivan Basso |
| third_nat | ITA |
| third_team | |
| points | Danilo Di Luca Denis Menchov |
| points_nat | RUS |
| points_color | violet |
| points_team | |
| mountains | Stefano Garzelli |
| mountains_nat | ITA |
| mountains_color | green |
| mountains_team | |
| youth | Kevin Seeldraeyers |
| youth_nat | BEL |
| youth_color | white |
| youth_team | |
| sprints | Giovanni Visconti |
| sprints_nat | ITA |
| sprints_team | |
| combativity | Stefano Garzelli |
| combativity_nat | ITA |
| combativity_team | |
| team | |
| teampoints | |
| previous | [2008](2008-giro-d-italia) |
| next | [2010](2010-giro-d-italia) |
route from Venice to Rome covered by the riders on the bicycle (red) and distances between stages (green). Franco Pellizotti Carlos Sastre The 2009 Giro d'Italia was the 92nd running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It was held from 9 to 31 May 2009, and marked the 100th year since the first edition of the race. Starting in Venice and finishing in Rome, |access-date=2009-03-18 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090218221641/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2009/tappe_en_09.shtml| archive-date= 18 February 2009 | url-status= live}} 22 teams competed over 21 stages. Four of the top ten finishers in this edition later had their results voided.
The Giro was raced on a unique path through Italy, taking the peloton to some historic cities and towns in Italian cycling. Though the route lacked any well-known, storied climbs, the many intermediate and mountain stages in the second and third weeks of the race proved deceptively difficult.{{cite news |access-date=2009-08-27 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091005151034/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/| archive-date= 5 October 2009 | url-status= live}} The 10th and the 16th stages were both called the race's queen stage, as both contained multiple difficult mountain climbs.
Riders protested during the ninth stage, a criterium in Milan. This protest was nominally about the overall safety conditions of the stage, and was sparked by life-threatening injuries sustained by Pedro Horrillo the day before. In the protest, riders declined to contest the stage except for a final sprint finish, a decision that proved controversial with race organizers and fans.
Denis Menchov won the race, having taken the lead in a long time trial in stage 12, and defended vigorously against attacks by his closest challenger, Danilo Di Luca, during the mountain stages of the final week.{{cite news | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090606060501/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/5417780/Denis-Menchov-wins-Giro-dItalia.html| archive-date= 6 June 2009 | url-status= live}} Di Luca came in second, 41 seconds behind the winner, and won the mauve jersey as points classification winner. Subsequent to the Giro, both he and third-place finisher Franco Pellizotti became embroiled in doping scandals, were given bans, and had their results stripped.{{cite news |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227141737/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=6192949 |archive-date=27 February 2014 |url-status=live
Teams
Main article: List of teams and cyclists in the 2009 Giro d'Italia
Twenty-two teams were announced for the Giro. These included fifteen ProTour teams, and seven Professional Continental teams. Three ProTour teams did not wish to participate, and were thus not invited: , , and .{{cite web |access-date=2009-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715013509/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/barloworld-left-off-first-giro-ditalia-team-list-70964 |archive-date=15 July 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711171642/http://www.bikeradar.com/us/news/article/fuji-not-invited-to-giro-ditalia-20172/ |archive-date=11 July 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date = 2010-02-06 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120306110200/http://www.rbaction.net/fly.aspx?layout=content&taxid=69&cid=1470 |archive-date = 6 March 2012 |url-status = dead}} Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Giro began with a peloton of 198 cyclists. |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714104020/http://www.gazzetta.it/ssi/2008/boxes/giro2009/sito/squadre_en.shtml |archive-date=14 July 2015 |url-status=live
The 22 teams that took part in the race were:{{cite web |access-date=2009-10-07 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091001134228/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=startlist| archive-date= 1 October 2009 | url-status= live}}
Pre-race favorites
The Astana team did not include 2008 race champion Alberto Contador, who chose not to defend his championship, |access-date=2009-03-10 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090311162307/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/cycling/7696002.stm| archive-date= 11 March 2009 | url-status= live}} but did include Lance Armstrong, who had recently returned from retirement. |access-date=2009-03-10 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090215062300/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Lance_Armstrong_to_ride_2009_Giro_dItalia_article_269874.html| archive-date= 15 February 2009 | url-status= dead}} Though his appearance was put in doubt after he crashed out of stage 1 of the Vuelta a Castilla y León and broke his collarbone, Armstrong announced on 16 April that he would start the Giro despite undergoing surgery for his injury. |access-date=2009-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102084048/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2009-04-16-armstrong-giro-d-italia_N.htm |archive-date=2 November 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150712184545/http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/cadel-evans-racing-the-2009-giro-19635/ |archive-date=12 July 2015 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090516061202/http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/cadel-evans-wont-race-the-2009-giro-ditalia-19654 |archive-date=16 May 2009 |url-status=dead
Many riders were named as contenders, including Ivan Basso, Levi Leipheimer, Armstrong, Damiano Cunego, Carlos Sastre, Gilberto Simoni, Danilo Di Luca, Marzio Bruseghin, and Denis Menchov.{{cite news |access-date=2009-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726191231/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=/features/2009/giro09_rating_contenders |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005173147/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=%2Ffeatures%2F2009%2Fgiro09_presentation |archive-date=5 October 2009 |url-status=live
Former winner Stefano Garzelli named Leipheimer as the favorite,{{cite news |access-date=2009-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017213129/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may01news2 |archive-date=17 October 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-11 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240527015048/https://www.webcitation.org/6QYaQhddi?url=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/sports/cycling/10cycling.html%3F_r=1& |archive-date=27 May 2024 |url-status=live |access-date = 2010-12-15 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150711071259/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/172314-low-key-levi-leipheimer-is-a-contender-at-giro |archive-date = 11 July 2015 |url-status = dead}} Armstrong considered Basso to be the favorite when speaking about the Giro in December 2008.{{cite news |access-date=2009-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304225115/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/12/news/road/armstrong-likes-giro-route-calls-basso-favorite_85892 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711154342/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2009-05-08-armstrong-giro_N.htm |archive-date=11 July 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111043919/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2009-05-25/bertagnolli-shrugs-off-heat-to-win-giro-stage/1693306 |archive-date=11 November 2012 |url-status=live
Only a small number of stages were expected to end in a sprint, barring a successful breakaway. Sprinters in the event included Mark Cavendish, Alessandro Petacchi, Allan Davis, Filippo Pozzato, Robert Hunter, Robert Förster, Tyler Farrar, Juan José Haedo, and Oscar Gatto.{{cite news |access-date = 2009-10-11 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130419215208/http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=14713 |archive-date = 19 April 2013 |url-status = dead}}
Route and stages
The first Giro d'Italia was held in 1909, and the 2009 route was designed to commemorate the 100th anniversary, though interruptions due to World War I and World War II meant this was only the 92nd race. Milan, which had for years been the city in which the Giro concluded,{{cite news |access-date=2009-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926175407/http://in.reuters.com/article/2009/03/24/idINIndia-38677320090324 |archive-date=26 September 2012 |url-status=dead
The tenth stage was planned to mimic stage 17 of the 1949 Giro d'Italia, which was won by Italian cycling legend Fausto Coppi en route to the overall victory.{{cite news |access-date=2009-10-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114050100/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/5350941/Giro-dItalia-Danilo-di-Luca-retains-lead-after-winning-Fausto-Coppis-stage.html |archive-date=14 November 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=2010-02-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627040423/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=/features/2009/giro09_battlegrounds |archive-date=27 June 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313021346/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/giro-loses-its-top/ |archive-date=13 March 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001062943/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=stages%2Fgiro0910 |archive-date=1 October 2009 |url-status=live
The route received a small amount of criticism for failing to include any well-known and especially difficult climbs such as the Passo del Mortirolo or Monte Zoncolan, instead including stages featuring multiple climbs with lesser ascents. Race director Angelo Zomegnan responded to the criticism by saying, "I won't follow the philosophy that the selection of climbs has to be determined by their names."
The 21 stages of the 2009 Giro d'Italia were divided into five categories: one team time trial, seven flat stages, four intermediate stages, seven mountain stages and two individual time trials. The type of stage together with the average speed of the winner decided how much time each cyclist would be allowed to finish that stage before being eliminated from the race.
| Stage | Date | Course | Distance | Type | Winner | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [1](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-1) | 9 May | Lido (Venice) | 20.5 km | [[Image:Time Trial.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Team time trial |
| [2](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-2) | 10 May | Jesolo to Trieste | 156 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Flat stage |
| [3](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-3) | 11 May | Grado to Valdobbiadene | 198 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Flat stage |
| [4](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-4) | 12 May | Padua to San Martino di Castrozza | 162 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Mountain stage |
| [5](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-5) | 13 May | San Martino di Castrozza to Alpe di Siusi | 125 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Mountain stage |
| [6](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-6) | 14 May | Brixen to Mayrhofen, Austria | 248 km | [[Image:Mediummountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Intermediate stage |
| [7](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-7) | 15 May | Innsbruck, Austria, to Chiavenna | 244 km | [[Image:Mediummountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Intermediate stage |
| [8](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-8) | 16 May | Morbegno to Bergamo | 209 km | [[Image:Mediummountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Intermediate stage |
| [9](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-9) | 17 May | Milano Show 100 | ||||||
| Milan - Milan | 165 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Flat stage | ||
| 18 May | Rest day | |||||||
| [10](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-10) | 19 May | Cuneo to Pinerolo | 262 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Mountain stage |
| [11](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-11) | 20 May | Turin to Arenzano | 214 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Flat stage |
| [12](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-12) | 21 May | Sestri Levante to Riomaggiore | 60.6 km | [[Image:Time Trial.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Individual time trial |
| [13](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-13) | 22 May | Lido di Camaiore to Florence | 176 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Flat stage |
| [14](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-14) | 23 May | Campi Bisenzio to Bologna | 172 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Mountain stage |
| [15](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-15) | 24 May | Forlì to Faenza | 161 km | [[Image:Mediummountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Intermediate stage |
| [16](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-16) | 25 May | Pergola to Monte Petrano | 237 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Mountain stage |
| 26 May | Rest day | |||||||
| [17](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-17) | 27 May | Chieti to Blockhaus | 83 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Mountain stage |
| [18](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-18) | 28 May | Sulmona to Benevento | 182 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Flat stage |
| [19](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-19) | 29 May | Avellino to Mount Vesuvius | 164 km | [[Image:Mountainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Mountain stage |
| [20](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-20) | 30 May | Naples to Anagni | 203 km | [[Image:Plainstage.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Flat stage |
| [21](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-21) | 31 May | Rome | 14.4 km | [[Image:Time Trial.svg | 22px | link= | alt=]] | Individual time trial |
| Total | 3456.5 km{{cite web | author=Anthony Tan | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results/giro091 | title=A tale of two teams, as Columbia puts Cavendish in pink | date=2009-05-09 |
Race overview
Main article: 2009 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11, 2009 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The Giro began with a team time trial in Lido, a barrier island in the city of Venice. The starting order of the teams was decided by a random draw. , the first team to take the course, won the stage, giving their star sprinter Mark Cavendish the first pink jersey as leader of the race. Cavendish was defeated in a sprint finish the following day by Italian Alessandro Petacchi, who was riding for the team.{{cite web |access-date=2009-05-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618003206/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro092 |archive-date=18 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001062109/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro093 |archive-date=1 October 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621001914/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro099 |archive-date=21 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618005618/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0911 |archive-date=18 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726190713/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results/giro0913 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618005624/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro097 |archive-date=18 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620015825/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro098 |archive-date=20 June 2009 |url-status=live
The first two high mountain stages of the Giro revealed the men who would battle for the overall race title. Danilo Di Luca of took the win in Stage 4, and put himself just 2 seconds off the pink jersey.{{cite web |access-date=2009-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726190753/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results/giro094 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629015052/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro095 |archive-date=29 June 2009 |url-status=live
Menchov was fifth after Alpe di Siusi, but rose to second before stage 12, the very long and hilly individual time trial in Cinque Terre. There, he claimed a convincing victory; only Levi Leipheimer finished within a minute of Menchov's winning time. Di Luca was nearly two minutes slower than him, finished sixth on the stage, and fell to second overall, with Menchov assuming the race lead.{{cite web |access-date=2009-05-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616141136/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0912 |archive-date=16 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624132159/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0916 |archive-date=24 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090623015817/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0917 |archive-date=23 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142016/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009//giro09/?id=reults/giro0920 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619075627/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0921 |archive-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=live
Stefano Garzelli was the winner of the mountains classification, gaining points for consistent high placings on the summit stage finishes, as well as a brief breakaway on the mountainous stage 10. The points classification was won by Di Luca, after he finished in the top ten in eight of the road stages. The youth classification was won by Kevin Seeldraeyers, who remained consistent after Thomas Lövkvist lost nearly 25 minutes on stage 16. Lövkvist had, for one day earlier in the race, led not just the youth but also the general classification.
Controversy arose during the ten-lap Milan criterium of the ninth stage, when the riders staged a protest over what they viewed as unsafe riding conditions in that stage and those that preceded it. The most visible cause for the protest was Rabobank rider Pedro Horrillo's accident during the eighth stage; Horrillo sustained numerous fractures and head injuries after tumbling over a barricade on the roadside while descending the Culmine di San Pietro. Horrillo fell more than 60 m,{{cite web |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914172632/http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/05/news/horrillo-in-medically-induced-coma-after-crash-catapults-him-into-ravine_92142 |archive-date=14 September 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-10}} After spending five weeks in hospitals in both Italy and his native Spain, Horrillo eventually recovered,{{cite web |access-date=2009-10-10 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090930043703/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/horrillo-set-to-leave-hospital| archive-date= 30 September 2009 | url-status= live}} though the day on the Culmine di San Pietro was his last as a professional cyclist, as he retired before the 2010 season began.{{cite web |access-date=2010-02-05 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100212013429/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/horrillo-decides-to-retire| archive-date= 12 February 2010 | url-status= live}}
The protest at first only involved the criterium being neutralized – that is, the race director agreed that each rider would receive the same finishing time as the stage winner regardless of when they actually crossed the line.{{cite web |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150420003848/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/milan-riders-protest-justified-or-a-farce-69010 |archive-date=20 April 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090523220527/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/17052009/58/giro-d-italia-cavendish-wins-farcical-stage.html |archive-date=23 May 2009 |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103090847/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=4172813 |archive-date=3 November 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160057/http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/2419161/Giro-stage-turns-into-farce-after-rider-protest |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610051704/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/20/sports/cycling/20lance.html?_r=0 |archive-date=10 June 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001193635/http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/05/news/armstrong-defends-rider-protest_92207 |archive-date=1 October 2015 |url-status=live
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Success in stages was limited to a few teams. Though there were nearly as many stages (21) as teams in the event (22), only eight teams ultimately came away with stage victories. Six different riders won multiple stages – Cavendish, Petacchi, Menchov, Di Luca,{{cite web |access-date=2009-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625183912/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0910 |archive-date=25 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090619021844/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0919 |archive-date=19 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624130221/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro096 |archive-date=24 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618011710/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0918 |archive-date=18 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726190718/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results/giro0914 |archive-date=26 July 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=2009-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625192930/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=results%2Fgiro0915 |archive-date=25 June 2009 |url-status=live |access-date = 2009-08-27 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130419215233/http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=14867 |archive-date = 19 April 2013 |url-status = dead}}
Aftermath
About two months after the event concluded, on 22 July, it was announced that second place overall finisher and points classification winner Di Luca had given two positive tests for continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA, an erythropoietin derivative) on 20 and 28 May, before the Cinque Terre time trial and the Mount Vesuvius stage in the race's final week. He was provisionally suspended with immediate effect by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), cycling's governing body. It was announced on 8 August that the analyses of the B-samples from those controls confirmed the initial results, making it likely that Di Luca will be stripped of some or all of his results from the race.{{cite news |access-date=2009-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183601/http://in.reuters.com/article/2009/08/08/idINIndia-41628520090808 |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220933/http://velonews.competitor.com/2009/07/news/disdain-for-di-luca-at-tour_95740 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-10-10 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091002053755/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-luca-claims-conspiracy-in-doping-positive| archive-date= 2 October 2009 | url-status= live}} Di Luca at first maintained his innocence and claimed a conspiracy against him by the labs handling the tests.{{cite news |access-date=2010-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013032222/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2009/08/26/uk-cycling-italy-di-luca-idUKTRE57P2NV20090826 |archive-date=13 October 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=2009-08-27 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090926090425/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-luca-claims-conspiracy-in-doping-positive| archive-date= 26 September 2009 | url-status= live}} A period of legal maneuvering between Di Luca and the Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) followed. CONI officials asked their anti-doping tribunal (TNA) to suspend Di Luca for three years – while two years is a customary ban for a doping positive,{{cite news |access-date = 2010-03-05 |archive-url = https://archive.today/20140624004247/http://web.utsandiego.com/news/2010/Feb/17/pa-cyclist-who-testified-against-landis-to-plead/ |archive-date = 24 June 2014 |url-status = dead}} CONI prosecutors sought a third year for recidivism, stemming from Di Luca's previous doping incident two years earlier. He was given a two-year suspension, retroactive to July 2009, and indicated that he would appeal it to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.{{cite web |access-date = 2010-03-05 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100206033507/http://english.gazzetta.it/More_sports/01-02-2010/epo-2-years-for-luca-but-ll-go-to-the-cas-602853952848.shtml |archive-date = 6 February 2010 |url-status = dead}} In October 2010, Di Luca was reinstated to active status by CONI, due to his cooperation with several ongoing doping investigations, though his results were indeed stricken from the record.{{cite web |access-date=2010-12-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129111418/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-luca-free-to-race-after-coni-reduce-ban |archive-date=29 January 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=2011-01-10 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110111231103/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/di-luca-set-to-ride-for-free-with-one-year-katusha-deal| archive-date= 11 January 2011 | url-status= live}}
Five days before the start of the 2010 Giro d'Italia, 2009 podium finisher Pellizotti was identified as a rider of interest to the UCI's biological passport program due to irregular blood values. He was removed from his team's start list for the Giro and provisionally suspended.{{cite web |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140212170306/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/giro-ditalia/pellizotti-out-of-the-giro-due-to-biological-passport-findings-61239 |archive-date=12 February 2014 |url-status=dead |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305201406/http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=Njg2NQ&MenuId=MTk0OA&LangId=1&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuID=MTk0OA |archive-date=5 March 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524144739/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/franco-pellizotti-cleared-to-race |archive-date=24 May 2013 |url-status=live |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104020005/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2011-01-12-3339211279_x.htm |archive-date=4 November 2012 |url-status=live |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106170608/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/pellizotti-banned-for-two-years-by-the-court-of-arbitration-for-sport |archive-date=6 November 2014 |url-status=live |access-date=2011-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106190931/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/disappointed-pellizotti-says-hes-quitting-cycling |archive-date=6 November 2014 |url-status=live
Classification leadership
In the 2009 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass-start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.
Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point fewer per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, points could be won in intermediate sprints.
There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized as either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2009 was Sestrière in stage 10,{{cite web |access-date=2009-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003214246/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2009/giro09/?id=live%2Fgiro0910 |archive-date=3 October 2009 |url-status=live
The fourth jersey represented the young rider classification, which awarded a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born after 1 January 1984 were eligible.
There were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage were added; the leading team was the team with the lowest total time. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team.
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.
| Stage | Winner | General classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Jersey pink.svg | 25px | link= | alt=]] | Points classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey violet.svg | 25px | link= | alt=]] | Mountains classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 25px | link= | alt=]] | Young rider classification | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 25px | link= | alt=]] | [1](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-1) | [2](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-2) | [3](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-3) | [4](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-4) | [5](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-5) | [6](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-6) | [7](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-7) | [8](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-8) | [9](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-9) | [10](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-10) | [11](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-1-to-stage-11-stage-11) | [12](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-12) | [13](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-13) | [14](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-14) | [15](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-15) | [16](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-16) | [17](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-17) | [18](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-18) | [19](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-19) | [20](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-20) | [21](2009-giro-d-italia-stage-12-to-stage-21-stage-21) | **Final** | **Denis Menchov** | Danilo Di Luca | ||||
| **Denis Menchov** | **Stefano Garzelli** | **Kevin Seeldraeyers** | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Cavendish | *no award* | *no award* | Mark Cavendish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alessandro Petacchi | Alessandro Petacchi | David García | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alessandro Petacchi | Alessandro Petacchi | Mauro Facci | Tyler Farrar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danilo Di Luca Stefano Garzelli | Thomas Löfkvist | Danilo Di Luca | Thomas Löfkvist | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denis Menchov | Danilo Di Luca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michele Scarponi | Danilo Di Luca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edvald Boasson Hagen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kanstantsin Sivtsov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Cavendish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Danilo Di Luca Denis Menchov | Stefano Garzelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Cavendish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denis Menchov | Denis Menchov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Cavendish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simon Gerrans | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leonardo Bertagnolli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carlos Sastre | Kevin Seeldraeyers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Franco Pellizotti Stefano Garzelli | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michele Scarponi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carlos Sastre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Philippe Gilbert | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ignatas Konovalovas |
Final standings
| Legend | ||
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:Jersey pink.svg | 20px | alt=A pink jersey]] |
| [[Image:Jersey violet.svg | 20px | alt=A violet jersey]] |
General classification
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denis Menchov [[Image:Jersey pink.svg | 20px | alt=Pink jersey]] | |
| DSQ | Danilo Di Luca | |||
| DSQ | Franco Pellizotti | |||
| 2 | Carlos Sastre | |||
| 3 | Ivan Basso | |||
| 4 | Levi Leipheimer | |||
| 5 | Stefano Garzelli [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px | alt=Green jersey]] | |
| 6 | Michael Rogers | |||
| DSQ | Tadej Valjavec | |||
| 7 | Marzio Bruseghin | |||
| 8 | David Arroyo | |||
| DSQ | Lance Armstrong |
Mountains classification
| Rider | Team | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefano Garzelli [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px | alt=Green jersey]] | |
| DSQ | Danilo Di Luca | |||
| 3 | Denis Menchov [[Image:Jersey pink.svg | 20px | alt=Pink jersey]] | |
| 4 | Andriy Hryvko | |||
| DSQ | Franco Pellizotti | |||
| 6 | Carlos Sastre | |||
| 7 | Michele Scarponi | |||
| 8 | Giovanni Visconti | |||
| 9 | Simon Gerrans | |||
| 10 | Damiano Cunego |
Points classification
| Rider | Team | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DSQ | Danilo Di Luca | |||||
| 1 | Denis Menchov [[Image:Jersey pink.svg | 20px | alt=Pink jersey]] [[Image:Jersey violet.svg | 20px | alt=Mauve jersey]] | |
| DSQ | Franco Pellizotti | |||||
| 4 | Stefano Garzelli [[Image:Jersey green.svg | 20px | alt=Green jersey]] | |||
| 5 | Alessandro Petacchi | |||||
| 6 | Edvald Boasson Hagen | |||||
| 7 | Carlos Sastre | |||||
| 8 | Allan Davis | |||||
| 9 | Ivan Basso | |||||
| 10 | Levi Leipheimer |
Young rider classification
| Rider | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kevin Seeldraeyers [[Image:Jersey white.svg | 20px | alt=White jersey]] | |
| 2 | Francesco Masciarelli | |||
| 3 | Francis De Greef | |||
| 4 | Thomas Löfkvist | |||
| 5 | Jackson Rodríguez | |||
| 6 | Andrey Zeits | |||
| 7 | Chris Froome | |||
| 8 | Marcos García | |||
| 9 | Arnold Jeannesson | |||
| 10 | Dario Cataldo |
Trofeo Fast Team classification
| Team | Time |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 |
Trofeo Super Team classification
| Team | Points |
|---|---|
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 |
Minor classifications
Other less well-known classifications, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey, were awarded during the Giro. These awards were based on points earned throughout the three weeks of the tour.
Each mass-start stage had one intermediate sprint, the Traguardo Volante, or TV. The TV gave bonus seconds towards the general classification, points towards the regular points classification, and also points towards the TV classification. This award was known in previous years as the "Intergiro" and the "Expo Milano 2015" classification. It was won by Italian Giovanni Visconti, of .
Other awards included the Combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Mountains classification winner Stefano Garzelli won this award.
The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. It was won, like the closely associated points classification, by Danilo Di Luca.
Additionally, the Trofeo Fuga Cervelo rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stayed clear. 's Mauro Facci was first in this competition.
Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. and were most successful in avoiding penalties, and so shared leadership of the Fair Play classification.
World Rankings points
The Giro was one of 24 events throughout the season that contributed points towards the 2009 UCI World Ranking. Points were awarded to the top 20 finishers overall, and to the top five finishers in each stage.{{cite web |access-date = 2009-10-09 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140624003254/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU2MjU&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NDk3ODU&LangId=1 |archive-date = 24 June 2014 |url-status = dead}}
| Name | Team | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| url = http://www.uci.ch/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTU2MzU&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=NDk4OTk&LangId=1 | title = 2009 UCI World Ranking Detailed Gained Points | date = 2009-09-21 | |||
| {{sortname | Denis | Menchov}} | 218 | ||
| {{sortname | Danilo | Di Luca}} | 186 | ||
| {{sortname | Franco | Pellizotti}} | 138 | ||
| {{sortname | Carlos | Sastre}} | 124 | ||
| {{sortname | Ivan | Basso}} | 86 | ||
| {{sortname | Stefano | Garzelli}} | 85 | ||
| {{sortname | Levi | Leipheimer}} | 79 | ||
| {{sortname | Mark | Cavendish}} | 56 | ||
| {{sortname | Michael | Rogers | Michael Rogers (cyclist)}} | 54 |
| 45 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{sortname | Alessandro | Petacchi}} | |
| {{sortname | Tadej | Valjavec}} | |
| {{sortname | Marzio | Bruseghin}} | |
| {{sortname | Edvald Boasson | Hagen}} | |
| {{sortname | David | Arroyo}} | |
| {{sortname | Michele | Scarponi}} | |
| {{sortname | Kanstantsin | Siutsou}} | |
| {{sortname | Lance | Armstrong}} | |
| {{sortname | Allan | Davis | Allan Davis (cyclist)}} |
| {{sortname | Tyler | Farrar}} | |
| {{flagathlete | {{sortname | José | Serpa |
| {{sortname | Kevin | Seeldraeyers}} | |
| {{sortname | Philippe | Gilbert}} | |
| {{sortname | Simon | Gerrans}} | |
| {{sortname | Leonardo | Bertagnolli}} | |
| {{sortname | Ignatas | Konovalovas}} | |
| {{sortname | Yaroslav | Popovych}} | |
| {{sortname | Robert | Hunter | Robert Hunter (cyclist)}} |
| {{sortname | Thomas | Voeckler}} | |
| {{sortname | Bradley | Wiggins}} | |
| {{sortname | Francesco | Gavazzi}} | |
| {{sortname | Rubens | Bertogliati}} | |
| {{flagathlete | {{sortname | Janez | Brajkovič |
| {{flagathlete | {{sortname | Félix | Cárdenas |
| {{sortname | Francesco | Masciarelli}} | |
| {{sortname | Serge | Pauwels}} | |
| {{sortname | Lars | Bak}} | |
| {{sortname | Damiano | Cunego}} | |
| {{flagathlete | {{sortname | Thomas | Lövkvist |
| {{sortname | Ben | Swift}} | |
| {{sortname | Marco | Pinotti}} | |
| {{sortname | Pavel | Brutt}} | |
| {{sortname | Danny | Pate}} | |
| {{sortname | Matthew | Goss}} | |
| {{sortname | Filippo | Pozzato}} | |
| {{sortname | Dario | Cataldo}} | |
| {{flagathlete | {{sortname | Sébastien | Hinault |
| {{sortname | Evgeni | Petrov | Evgeni Petrov (cyclist)}} |
| {{sortname | Mauricio | Soler}} | |
| {{flagathlete | {{sortname | Davide | Viganò |
| {{sortname | Alessandro | Bertolini}} | |
| {{sortname | Philip | Deignan}} | |
| {{sortname | Dmytro | Grabovskyy}} | |
| {{sortname | Marco | Marzano}} | |
| {{sortname | Gilberto | Simoni}} |
| Rank | Prev. | Name | Team | Points | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | {{sortname | Denis | Menchov}} | 218 | ||||
| 2 | {{sortname | Allan | Davis | Allan Davis (cyclist)}} | 205 | |||
| 3 | {{sortname | Heinrich | Haussler}} | 197 | ||||
| 4 | {{sortname | Davide | Rebellin}} | 194 | ||||
| 5 | {{sortname | Alejandro | Valverde}} | 188 | ||||
| 6 | {{sortname | Alberto | Contador}} | 188 | ||||
| 7 | {{sortname | Danilo | Di Luca}} | 188 | ||||
| 8 | {{sortname | Philippe | Gilbert}} | 187 | ||||
| 9 | {{sortname | Stefano | Garzelli}} | 170 | ||||
| 10 | {{flagathlete | {{sortname | Luis León | Sánchez | Sanchez, Luis Leon}} | ESP}} |
References
Citations
References
- "Results – Giro d'Italia – Individual Road Race".
- Cyclingnews. (2009-07-22). "Di Luca positive for CERA in Giro". Future Publishing Limited.
- (2009-05-25). "Giro d'Italia: Stage 16". [[Universal Sports]].
- Di Luca finished first, but the stage was subsequently awarded to Garzelli
- While [[Danilo Di Luca]]'s results have been removed, with other riders promoted, it is not yet clear that other riders have been promoted to results attained by or awarded to [[Franco Pellizotti]]
- Laura Weislo. (13 May 2008). "Giro d'Italia classifications demystified". Future Publishing Limited.
- This position was originally occupied by Slovenian cyclist [[Tadej Valjavec]], who has, like Di Luca and Pellizotti, been stripped of his results for a period including this race. See: [https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/news/story?id=6408721] and [https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/news/story?id=6408721]
- For this result, [[Danilo Di Luca]] was removed and no one was promoted in his stead
- Di Luca originally won the points competition. While Menchov was promoted to winner, no other rider was added to the top ten
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