2009 Tour of Britain
Introduction The '''2009 Tour of Britain''' was a UCI 2.1 category race of eight stages from 12 September till 19 September 2009.The race was the sixth edition of the latest version of the Tour of Britain and the seventieth British tour in total. It formed part of the 2008–2009 UCI Europe Tour. The race begun in Scunthorpe and ended with a circuit stage in London.
Participating teams The 16 teams which participated in the race were:;UCI ProTour Teams* A2R – * EUS – * GRM – * KAT – * RAB – * THR – ;UCI Professional Continental Teams* BAR – * CTT – * CSF – * ISD – * TSV – * VAC – * AGR – ;UCI Continental Teams* CTV – * HAF – Team Halfords Bikehut* RCR – * TMB –
Stages ===Stage 1===;'''12 September 2009 – Scunthorpe to York, '''The first stage win was taken by Christopher Sutton (Garmin–Slipstream) after the peloton caught a long breakaway by Martin Mortensen (Vacansoleil) and Thomas De Gendt (Topsport Vlaanderen). '''Stage 1 Result'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' '''''' 4h 07' 59" 2   s.t. 3   s.t. 4  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 5   s.t. 6   s.t. 7   s.t. 8   s.t. 9  Team Halfords Bikehut s.t. 10   s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 1RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px 20px '''''' 4h 07' 49" 2   + 4" 3  20px  s.t. 4   + 6" 5  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT + 9" 6  Team Joker Bianchi s.t. 7   s.t. 8   + 10" 9   s.t. 10   s.t.===Stage 2===;'''13 September 2009 – Darlington to Gateshead, ''''''Stage 2 Result'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' '''''' 3h 38' 32" 2  Team Joker Bianchi + 9" 3   s.t. 4   s.t. 5   s.t. 6   s.t. 7  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 8   s.t. 9  20px 20px  s.t. 10   s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 2'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px '''''' 7h 46' 14" 2   + 16" 3  Team Joker Bianchi + 19" 4  20px  + 20" 5   + 21" 6  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT + 25" 7   + 26" 8   s.t. 9  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 10   s.t.===Stage 3===;'''14 September 2009 – Peebles to Gretna Green, ''''''Stage 3 Result'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' '''''' 3h 38' 01" 2  20px  s.t. 3   s.t. 4   s.t. 5   s.t. 6  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 7  Team Joker Bianchi s.t. 8   s.t. 9   s.t. 10   s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 3'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px '''''' 11h 24' 15" 2   + 11" 3   + 12" 4  20px  + 14" 5   + 17" 6  Team Joker Bianchi + 19" 7   + 23" 8  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT + 25" 9   + 26" 10   s.t.===Stage 4===;'''15 September 2009 – Stanley Park, Blackpool to Blackpool, ''''''Stage 4 Result'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' '''''' 3h 32' 04" 2   s.t. 3   s.t. 4  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 5   s.t. 6   s.t. 7   s.t. 8   s.t. 9  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 10  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 4'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px '''''' 14h 56' 19" 2   + 1" 3  20px  + 5" 4   + 11" 5   + 14" 6  Team Joker Bianchi + 19" 7   + 21" 8   + 23" 9   s.t. 10   s.t.===Stage 5===;'''16 September 2009 – Britannia Stadium to Stoke-on-Trent, ''''''Stage 5 Result'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' '''''' 3h 15' 57" 2   s.t. 3  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 4   s.t. 5   s.t. 6   s.t. 7   s.t. 8   s.t. 9  20px  s.t. 10   s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 5'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px 20px '''''' 18h 12' 07" 2   + 9" 3   + 14" 4   + 17" 5  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT + 29" 6   + 30" 7   s.t. 8   + 32" 9   s.t. 10   + 34"===Stage 6===;'''17 September 2009 – Frome to Bideford, ''''''Stage 6 Result'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px 20px '''''' 4h 05' 20" 2   s.t. 3  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 4   s.t. 5   s.t. 6   s.t. 7   s.t. 8   s.t. 9   s.t. 10   s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 6'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px 20px '''''' 22h 17' 17" 2   + 19" 3   + 21" 4   + 24" 5  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT + 35" 6   + 36" 7   + 40" 8   s.t. 9   + 42" 10   s.t.===Stage 7===;'''18 September 2009 – Hatherleigh to Yeovil, ''''''Stage 7 Result'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' '''''' 3h 52' 19" 2   s.t. 3  20px 20px  s.t. 4   s.t. 5   s.t. 6   s.t. 7   s.t. 8   s.t. 9   s.t. 10   s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 7'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px 20px '''''' 26h 09' 32" 2   + 23" 3   + 25" 4   + 28" 5  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT + 37" 6   + 40" 7   + 43" 8   + 44" 9   + 46" 10  Rapha Condor s.t.===Stage 8===;'''19 September 2009 – Whitehall, Westminster to Whitehall, Westminster, ''''''Stage 8 Result'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' '''''' 1h 56' 55" 2   s.t. 3   s.t. 4   s.t. 5  Team Halfords Bikehut s.t. 6  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 7   s.t. 8  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 9  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT s.t. 10   s.t. '''Final General Classification'''RiderTeamTime '''1''' '''''' 20px 20px '''''' 28h 06' 24" 2   + 23" 3   + 25" 4   + 26" 5  Candi TV-Marshalls Pasta RT + 39" 6   + 43" 7   s.t. 8   + 47" 9   + 49" 10  Rapha Condor s.t.
Jersey progress StageWinnerGeneral classification25pxSprint Classification25pxMountains Classification25pxPoints Classification25pxTeam Classification 1 Christopher Sutton Christopher Sutton Thomas De Gendt Martin Mortensen Christopher SuttonCervélo Test Team 2Kai Reus Kai Reus Thomas De Gendt Michele Merlo Rabobank 3Edvald Boasson Hagen 4 Christopher Sutton 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen 6 7Ben Swift 8Michele Merlo Final Edvald Boasson Hagen Thomas De Gendt Thomas De Gendt Edvald Boasson HagenRabobank
References
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