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2009 Tour Down Under

11th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race

Field	Value
name	2009 Tour Down Under
series	[2009 UCI World Ranking](2009-uci-world-ranking)
race_no	1
season_no	24
image	TDU 2009 Willunga Hill 1.jpg
image_caption	Glenn D'Hollander, Imanol Erviti and Wim Stroetinga
climb Willunga Hill during Stage 5.
date	20–25 January 2009
stages	6
distance	802
unit	km
time	19h 26' 59"
first	Allan Davis
first_nat	AUS
first_team
second	Stuart O'Grady
second_nat	AUS
second_team
third	José Joaquín Rojas
third_nat	ESP
third_team
points	Allan Davis
points_nat	AUS
points_team
mountains	Andoni Lafuente
mountains_nat	ESP
mountains_team
youth	José Joaquín Rojas
youth_nat	ESP
youth_team
team
previous	[2008](2008-tour-down-under)
next	[2010](2010-tour-down-under)

climb Willunga Hill during Stage 5. The 2009 Tour Down Under was the 11th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place over 20–25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI, and this edition was the first race in the inaugural UCI World Ranking calendar.

This was the first race in Lance Armstrong's comeback. The race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition.

The race was won by Australian Allan Davis of .

Stage results

Stage 1, 20 January, Norwood – Mawson Lakes, 140 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel
2	Baden Cooke	UniSA–Australia
3	Stuart O'Grady

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel
2	Baden Cooke	UniSA–Australia
3	Olivier Kaisen

Stage 2, 21 January, Hahndorf – Stirling, 145 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis
2	Graeme Brown
3	Martin Elmiger

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis
2	André Greipel
3	Graeme Brown

Stage 3, 22 January, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Graeme Brown
2	Allan Davis
3	Stuart O'Grady

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis
2	Graeme Brown
3	Stuart O'Grady

Stage 4, 23 January, Burnside Village – Angaston, 143 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis
2	Graeme Brown
3	José Joaquín Rojas

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis
2	Graeme Brown
3	Stuart O'Grady

Stage 5, 24 January, Snapper Point – Willunga, 148 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis
2	José Joaquín Rojas
3	Martin Elmiger

|| |General Classification after Stage 5

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis
2	Stuart O'Grady
3	José Joaquín Rojas

Stage 6, 25 January, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Francesco Chicchi
2	Robbie McEwen
3	Graeme Brown

|| |Final General Classification

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis
2	Stuart O'Grady
3	José Joaquín Rojas

Final standing

General classification

Cyclist	Team	Time
Allan Davis	****	19h 26' 59"
Stuart O'Grady		+ 25"
José Joaquín Rojas		+ 30"
Martin Elmiger		+ 30"
Wesley Sulzberger		+ 37"
Michael Rogers		+ 38"
Matthew Wilson	UniSA–Australia	+ 39"
Mauro Santambrogio		+ 40"
Jussi Veikkanen		+ 40"
Mickaël Chérel		+ 40"

Mountains classification

Cyclist	Team	Points
Andoni Lafuente	****	46
Markel Irizar		38
Olivier Kaisen		24

Points classification

Cyclist	Team	Points
Allan Davis	****	30
Graeme Brown		24
Andoni Lafuente		20

Young classification

Cyclist	Team	Time
José Joaquín Rojas	****	19h 27' 29"
Wesley Sulzberger		+ 7"
Mickaël Chérel		+ 10"

Team classification

Team	Time	1	2	3
****	58h 22' 57"
	+ 8"
	+ 11"

Classification leadership

Stage
(Winner)	General Classification
Mountains Classification
Points Classification
Young Rider Classification
Team Classification	Aggressive Rider
Stage 1
(André Greipel)	André Greipel		Olivier Kaisen	Jacopo Guarnieri		Olivier Kaisen
Stage 2
(Allan Davis)	Allan Davis	Andoni Lafuente	José Joaquín Rojas		Aaron Kemps
Stage 3
(Graeme Brown)	Markel Irizar	Stuart O'Grady		Cameron Meyer
Stage 4
(Allan Davis)	Andoni Lafuente	Allan Davis		Vladimir Efimkin
Stage 5
(Allan Davis)	Jack Bobridge
Stage 6
(Francesco Chicchi)	Wesley Sulzberger
Final
Allan Davis	Andoni Lafuente	Allan Davis	José Joaquín Rojas

Individual 2009 UCI World Rankings standings after race

Per the first published individual classification.

Rank	Name	Team	Points	1	122	2	87	3	77	4	64	5	50	6	40	7	20	8	16	9	10	10	6	11	6	12	5	13	4	14	2	15	1	16	1	17	1	18	1	19	1
Allan Davis
Stuart O'Grady
José Joaquín Rojas
Martin Elmiger
Wesley Sulzberger
Michael Rogers
Mauro Santambrogio
Graeme Brown
Jussi Veikkanen
Francesco Chicchi
André Greipel
Robbie McEwen
Mickaël Chérel
George Hincapie
Luis León Sánchez
Jérémy Roy
Greg Henderson
Jacopo Guarnieri
Mark Renshaw

Teams

Nation	UCI
Code	Team Name
	ALM
	AST
	BBO
	COF
	EUS
	FDJ
	FUJ
	GCE
	GRM
	KAT
	LAM
	LIQ
	MRM
	QST
	RAB
	SAX
	SIL
	THR

The Australian national team called Team UniSA–Australia was the only non-UCI ProTour team invited to the race.

References

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