2009 Giro d'Italia Femminile
Introduction The '''2009 Giro d'Italia Femminile''', or '''Giro Donne''', was the 20th Giro d'Italia Femminile, one of the premier events of the women's road cycling calendar. It was held over nine stages from 3–12 July 2009, starting in Scarperia and finishing in Grumo Nevano. It was won by Claudia Häusler of .
Teams Eighteen teams were invited to the Giro d'Italia Femminile.These teams were:*Australia National Team*Bigla Cycling Team*Bizkaia–Durango–Champion System**Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung*Fenixs–Edilsavino*Gauss RDZ Ormu–Colnago**S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox*Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi*Selle Italia–Ghezzi*Team Cmax Dila**Team Flexpoint*Team System Data*Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line*USA National Team*USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
Route and stages + Stage resultsStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner P  3 July Scarperia  alt= Individual time trial  1 4 July San Piero a Sieve to Pratolino di Vaglia  link= Medium-mountain stage  2 5 July Pontedera to Santa Maria a Monte  alt= Individual time trial  3 6 July Calcinaia to Prato a Calci/Monte Serra  alt= Stage with mountain(s)  4 7 July Porto Sant'Elpidio to Porto Sant'Elpidio  link= Medium-mountain stage  5 8 July Fossacesia to Cerro al Volturno  alt= Stage with mountain(s)  6 9 July Cerro al Volturno to Sant'Elena Sannita  alt= Stage with mountain(s)  7 10 July Andria to Castel del Monte  link= Medium-mountain stage  8 11 July San Marco dei Cavoti to Pesco Sannita  link= Medium-mountain stage  9 12 July Grumo Nevano  alt= Plain stage
Classification leadership There were four different jerseys awarded in the 2009 Giro Donne. These followed the same format as those in the men's Giro d'Italia. The leader of the General classification received a pink jersey. This classification was calculated by adding the combined finishing times of the riders from each stage, and the overall winner of this classification is considered the winner of the Giro.Secondly, the points classification awarded the maglia ciclamino, or mauve jersey. Points were awarded for placements at stage finishes as well as at selected intermediate sprint points on the route, and the jersey would be received by the rider with the most overall points to their name.In addition to this, there was a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. Points were allocated for the first few riders over selected mountain passes on the route, with more difficult passes paying more points, and the jersey would be received by the rider with the most overall points to their name.Finally, there was the jersey for the Best Young Rider, which was granted to the highest-placed rider on the General classification aged 23 or under. This rider would receive a white jersey.+Classification leadership by stage Stage Winner General classificationalt= Points classificationalt= Mountains classificationalt= Young rider classificationalt= P Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild ''not awarded'' ''not awarded'' Trine Schmidt 1 Edita Pučinskaitė Edita Pučinskaitė  Edita Pučinskaitė Edita Pučinskaitė Alyona Andruk 2 Amber Neben Amber Neben Amber Neben Amber Neben Lizzie Armitstead 3 Mara Abbott Emma Pooley Emma Pooley Mara Abbott 4 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg 5 Noemi Cantele Judith Arndt 6 Judith Arndt Claudia Häusler 7 Claudia Häusler 8 Trixi Worrack Claudia Häusler 9 Kirsten Wild '''Final''' '''Claudia Häusler''' '''Claudia Häusler''' '''Mara Abbott''' '''Lizzie Armitstead'''
Classification standings  Legend   alt=Pink jersey   Denotes the leader of the General classification   alt=Green jersey   Denotes the leader of the Mountains classification   alt=Mauve jersey   Denotes the leader of the Points classification   alt=White jersey   Denotes the leader of the Young rider classification===General classification===RankRiderTeamTime 1  Pink jerseyMauve jersey   2  Green jersey  + 30" 3  Bigla Cycling Team + 2' 33" 4   + 6' 35" 5  Fenixs-Edilsavino + 6' 51" 6  Selle Italia–Ghezzi + 8' 53" 7  S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox + 10' 54" 8   + 12' 29" 9  Team Flexpoint + 14' 13" 10  Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago + 14' 23"===Points classification===RankRiderTeamPoints 1  Pink jerseyMauve jersey  49 2  Green jersey  41 3  Fenixs-Edilsavino 39 4  Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi 32 5  Bigla Cycling Team 29 6   29 7   27 8   25 9  Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago 22 10  Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 21===Mountains classification===RankRiderTeamPoints 1  Green jersey  38 2  Bigla Cycling Team 36 3  Pink jerseyMauve jersey  27 4  Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung 25 5   19 6  Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago 13 7  Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi 10 8  Team Flexpoint 10 9  Selle Italia–Ghezzi 10 10   9===Young rider classification===RankRiderTeamTime 1  White jersey   2  Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi + 30" 3  Australia National Team + 5' 18" 4  Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line + 7' 06" 5  USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo + 8' 53" 6  Australia National Team + 14' 25" 7   + 29' 47" 8  Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago + 32' 19" 9  Australia National Team + 34' 55" 10  Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi + 44' 28"===Team classification===RankTeamPoints 1   2  + 9' 12" 3 S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox + 50' 55" 4 Selle Italia–Ghezzi + 1h 05' 47" 5 Team Flexpoint + 1h 07' 25" 6 Gauss RDZ Ormu-Colnago + 1h 07' 31" 7 Bigla Cycling Team + 1h 08' 22" 8 Safi–Pasta Zara–Titanedi + 1h 30' 57" 9 Australia National Team + 1h 33' 01" 10 Fenixs-Edilsavino + 1h 59' 54"
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