2009 Tour of Missouri
Introduction The '''2009 Tour of Missouri''' was the third annual edition of a professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Missouri. It began on September 7, 2009 with seven days of racing. The Tour of Missouri is considered the second highest profile domestic race in the United States this year, bettered only by the Tour of California. Television coverage of the race will be limited to daily 30 minute recorded highlights on Versus, and some local TV station coverage. Live streaming of the race will be available for all stages online via the Official Tour of Missouri web site Tour Tracker and the Universal Sports web site.
Teams ;UCI ProTour Teams* AST - * GRM - * LIQ - * QST - * SAX - * THR - ;UCI Professional Continental Teams* BMC - * CTT - ;UCI Continental Teams* BPC - * COL - * JBC - * KBS - * OCM - * TRP - Planet Energy* TT1 -
Stages ===Stage 1==='''September 7, St. Louis Circuit Race - '''Numerous attacks were launched on the 7.5 mile circuit, but only the trio of Tomas Vaitkus, Chris Anker Sørensen, and Moisés Aldape were able to stay away for any significant amount of time, picking up the majority of bonus seconds for the stage. kept close tabs on the break, keen to lead out sprinter Mark Cavendish. Thor Hushovd launched the sprint with a broken wheel, sustained just before the sprint, but was passed by Cavendish and Juan José Haedo. '''Stage 1 Results'''CyclistTeamTime'''1''''''''''''''' '''2h 43' 56"'''2 s.t.3 s.t.4 s.t.5Planet Energy s.t.6 s.t.7 s.t.8 s.t.9 s.t.10 s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 1'''Cyclist TeamTime'''1''''''''' 20px20px20px'''''' '''2h 43' 56"'''2 + 2"3 + 4"4 + 4"5 + 6"620px + 6"7 + 10"8Planet Energy + 10"9 + 10"10 + 10"===Stage 2==='''September 8, Ste. Genevieve - Cape Girardeau, Timmy Duggan, Kiel Reijnen and François Parisien were able to form the day's main breakaway at 57 kilometers, but  and  reeled them in on behalf of their sprinters. Mark Cavendish was once again able to get on Thor Hushovd's wheel, and took his second win in as many days. '''Stage 2 Results'''CyclistTeamTime'''1'''''''''Cavendish finished the stage holding the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classificationCavendish finished the stage holding the green jersey as the leader of the points classificationCavendish finished the stage holding the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification'''''' '''4h 16' 53"'''2 s.t.3 s.t.4 s.t.5Planet Energy s.t.6 s.t.7 s.t.8 s.t.9Planet Energy s.t.10 s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 2'''Cyclist TeamTime'''1''''''''' Cavendish retained the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classificationCavendish retained the green jersey as the leader of the points classificationCavendish retained the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification'''''' '''7h 00' 29"'''2 + 10"3 + 10"4Aldape was awarded the blue jersey as the leader of the mountains classification + 12"5 + 14"6 + 16"7 + 17"8 + 17"9 + 18"10 + 10"===Stage 3==='''September 9, Farmington - Rolla, ''''''Stage 3 Results'''CyclistTeamTime'''1''''''''''''''' '''4h 26' 50"'''2 s.t.3 s.t.4 s.t.5Cavendish finished the stage holding the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classificationCavendish finished the stage holding the green jersey as the leader of the points classificationCavendish finished the stage holding the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification s.t.6 s.t.7 s.t.8 s.t.9 s.t.10 s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 3'''Cyclist TeamTime'''1''''''''' Hushovd was awarded the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classificationHushovd was awarded the green jersey as the leader of the points classification'''''' '''11h 27' 19"'''2Cavendish retained the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification + 0"3 + 4"4Aldape was awarded the blue jersey as the leader of the mountains classification + 12"5 + 14"6 + 14"7 + 16"8 + 16"9 + 17"10 + 17"===Stage 4==='''September 10, St. James - Jefferson City, '''Mark Cavendish, the winner of the first two stages, did not start stage 4 due to respiratory illness.Another day-long breakaway was formed containing Bernard Van Ulden, Jeff Louder, Bradley White and Michael Creed. The  and  led peloton never let them get much more than three minutes advantage. They were finally caught just before the finishing circuit, a three lap circuit containing the "Capital wall". Multiple attacks were launched on the steep hill, but none succeeded. There was a large crash in the back of the field, claiming George Hincapie and the stage winner's brother, Lucas Sebastian Haedo. Juan José Haedo was able to outsprint yellow and green jersey holder Thor Hushovd to take the stage win and the yellow jersey. '''Stage 4 Results'''CyclistTeamTime'''1''''''''''''''' '''4h 07' 55"'''2 Hushovd finished the stage holding the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classificationHushovd finished the stage holding the green jersey as the leader of the points classification s.t.3 s.t.4 s.t.5 s.t.6 s.t.7Planet Energy s.t.8 s.t.9 s.t.10Aldape finished the stage wearing the blue jersey as the leader of the mountains classification s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 4'''Cyclist TeamTime'''1''''''''' Haedo was awarded the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification'''''' '''15h 35' 08"'''2Hushovd retained the green jersey as the leader of the points classification + 0"3 + 18"4Aldape retained the blue jersey as the leader of the mountains classification + 18"5 + 20"6 + 20"7 + 21"8 + 21"9 + 22"10 + 23"===Stage 5==='''September 11, Sedalia  (ITT)''''''Stage 5 Results'''CyclistTeamTime'''1''''''''''''''' '''36' 30"'''2 + 30"3 + 44"4 + 45"5 + 1' 09"6 Cataldo finished the stage holding the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification + 1' 10"7 + 1' 12"8 + 1' 15"9 + 1' 18"10 + 1' 22"'''General Classification after Stage 5'''Cyclist TeamTime'''1''''''''' Haedo was awarded the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification'''''' '''16h 12' 04"'''2 + 30"3 + 44"4 + 45"5 Cataldo retained the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification + 1' 02"6 + 1' 09"7 + 1' 15"8 + 1' 16"9 + 1' 22"10 + 1' 30"===Stage 6==='''September 12, Chillicothe - Saint Joseph ''''''Stage 6 Results'''CyclistTeamTime'''1''''''''''''''' '''3h 41' 41"'''2 Hushovd finished the stage holding the green jersey as the leader of the points classification s.t.3 s.t.4Planet Energy s.t.5 s.t.6Planet Energy s.t.7 s.t.8 s.t.9 Cataldo finished the stage holding the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification s.t.10 s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 6'''Cyclist TeamTime'''1''''''''' Haedo was awarded the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification'''''' '''19h 53' 45"'''2 + 30"3 + 44"4 + 45"5 Cataldo retained the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification + 1' 02"6 + 1' 09"7 + 1' 14"8 + 1' 15"9 + 1' 16"10 + 1' 22"===Stage 7==='''September 13, Kansas City circuit race - ''''''Stage 7 Results'''CyclistTeamTime'''1''''''''''''Planet Energy''' '''2h 33' 11"'''2 s.t.3 Hushovd finished the stage holding the green jersey as the leader of the points classification s.t.4 s.t.5 s.t.6 s.t.7 s.t.8 Cataldo finished the stage holding the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification s.t.9 s.t.10 s.t. '''General Classification after Stage 7'''Cyclist TeamTime'''1''''''''' Haedo was awarded the yellow jersey as the leader of the general classification'''''' '''22h 26' 56"'''2 + 30"3 + 42"4 + 44"5 Cataldo retained the white jersey as the leader of the youth classification + 1' 02"6 + 1' 09"7 + 1' 13"8 + 1' 15"9 + 1' 16"10 + 1' 22"
Jersey progress  Stage(Winner)General classification25pxSprint Classification25pxMountains Classification25pxYouth Classification25pxAggressive Rider25pxTeam Classification Stage 1(Mark Cavendish) Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Chris Anker Sørensen Mark Cavendish Moisés Aldape  Stage 2(Mark Cavendish) Moisés Aldape François Parisien Stage 3(Thor Hushovd) Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd Matt Wilson Stage 4(Juan José Haedo) Juan José Haedo Dario Cataldo Bradley White Stage 5(David Zabriskie) David Zabriskie ''no award''  Stage 6(Francesco Chicchi) Jeremy Hunt Stage 7(Martin Gilbert) Michael Barry '''Final''' David Zabriskie Thor Hushovd Moisés Aldape Dario Cataldo
References
External links *  Official Site