2009 Tour Down Under

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.

2009 Tour Down Under

2009 UCI World Ranking, race 1 of 24
Glenn D'Hollander, Imanol Erviti and Wim Stroetinga climb Willunga Hill during Stage 5.
Race details
Dates	20–25 January 2009
Stages	6
Distance	802 km (498.3 mi)
Winning time	19h 26' 59"
Results
Winner  Allan Davis (AUS) (Quick-Step)   Second  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) (Team Saxo Bank)   Third  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)   Points  Allan Davis (AUS) (Quick-Step)   Mountains  Andoni Lafuente (ESP) (Euskaltel–Euskadi)   Youth  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)   Team Française des Jeux
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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.

Stage results

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

Stage 1 result Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Team Columbia–High Road 3h 45' 27" 2  Baden Cooke (AUS) UniSA–Australia s.t. 3  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Team Saxo Bank s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Team Columbia–High Road 3h 45' 16" 2  Baden Cooke (AUS) UniSA–Australia + 5" 3  Olivier Kaisen (BEL) Silence–Lotto + 5"

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

Stage 2 result Cyclist Team Time 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step 3h 46' 25" 2  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank s.t. 3  Martin Elmiger (SUI) Ag2r–La Mondiale + 2"

General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step 7h 31' 42" 2  André Greipel (GER) Team Columbia–High Road + 3" 3  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank + 4"

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

Stage 3 result Cyclist Team Time 1  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank 3h 15' 35" 2  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step s.t. 3  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Team Saxo Bank s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step 10h 47' 11" 2  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank s.t. 3  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Team Saxo Bank + 5"

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

Stage 4 result Cyclist Team Time 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step 3h 29' 35" 2  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank s.t. 3  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Team Time 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step 14h 16' 36" 2  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank + 4" 3  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Team Saxo Bank + 15"

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

Stage 5 result Cyclist Team Time 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step 3h 28' 33" 2  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 3  Martin Elmiger (SUI) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Team Time 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step 19h 26' 59" 2  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Team Saxo Bank + 25" 3  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 30"

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

Stage 6 result Cyclist Team Time 1  Francesco Chicchi (ITA) Liquigas 1h 42' 00" 2  Robbie McEwen (AUS) Team Katusha s.t. 3  Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank s.t.

Final General Classification Cyclist Team Time 1  Allan Davis (AUS) Quick-Step 19h 26' 59" 2  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) Team Saxo Bank + 25" 3  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 30"

Final standing

General classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Allan Davis (AUS)	Quick-Step	19h 26' 59"
2	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Team Saxo Bank	+ 25"
3	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 30"
4	Martin Elmiger (SUI)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 30"
5	Wesley Sulzberger (AUS)	Française des Jeux	+ 37"
6	Michael Rogers (AUS)	Team Columbia–High Road	+ 38"
7	Matthew Wilson (AUS)	UniSA–Australia	+ 39"
8	Mauro Santambrogio (ITA)	Lampre–NGC	+ 40"
9	Jussi Veikkanen (FIN)	Française des Jeux	+ 40"
10	Mickaël Chérel (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 40"

Mountains classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Andoni Lafuente (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	46
2	Markel Irizar (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	38
3	Olivier Kaisen (BEL)	Silence–Lotto	24

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1	Allan Davis (AUS)	Quick-Step	30
2	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Rabobank	24
3	Andoni Lafuente (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	20

Young classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	19h 27' 29"
2	Wesley Sulzberger (AUS)	Française des Jeux	+ 7"
3	Mickaël Chérel (FRA)	Française des Jeux	+ 10"

Team classification

	Team	Time
1	Française des Jeux	58h 22' 57"
2	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 8"
3	Ag2r–La Mondiale	+ 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	Team Milram	Olivier Kaisen[1]
0Stage 2 (Allan Davis)	Allan Davis	Andoni Lafuente		José Joaquín Rojas	Rabobank	Aaron Kemps
0Stage 3 (Graeme Brown)		Markel Irizar	Stuart O'Grady		Team Columbia–High Road	Cameron Meyer
0Stage 4 (Allan Davis)		Andoni Lafuente	Allan Davis		Française des Jeux	Vladimir Efimkin
0Stage 5 (Allan Davis)						Jack Bobridge[2]
0Stage 6 (Francesco Chicchi)						Wesley Sulzberger[3]
0Final	Allan Davis	Andoni Lafuente	Allan Davis	José Joaquín Rojas	Française des Jeux

Individual 2009 UCI World Rankings standings after race

Per the first published individual classification.^[4]

Rank	Name	Team	Points
1	Allan Davis (AUS)	Quick-Step	122
2	Stuart O'Grady (AUS)	Team Saxo Bank	87
3	José Joaquín Rojas (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	77
4	Martin Elmiger (SUI)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	64
5	Wesley Sulzberger (AUS)	Française des Jeux	50
6	Michael Rogers (AUS)	Team Columbia–High Road	40
7	Mauro Santambrogio (ITA)	Lampre–NGC	20
8	Graeme Brown (AUS)	Rabobank	16
9	Jussi Veikkanen (FIN)	Française des Jeux	10
10	Francesco Chicchi (ITA)	Liquigas	6
11	André Greipel (GER)	Team Columbia–High Road	6
12	Robbie McEwen (AUS)	Team Katusha	5
13	Mickaël Chérel (FRA)	Française des Jeux	4
14	George Hincapie (USA)	Team Columbia–High Road	2
15	Luis León Sánchez (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	1
16	Jérémy Roy (FRA)	Française des Jeux	1
17	Greg Henderson (NZL)	Team Columbia–High Road	1
18	Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA)	Liquigas	1
19	Mark Renshaw (AUS)	Team Columbia–High Road	1

Teams

Nation	UCI Code	Team Name
	ALM	Ag2r–La Mondiale
	AST	Astana
	BBO	Bbox Bouygues Telecom
	COF	Cofidis
	EUS	Euskaltel–Euskadi
	FDJ	Française des Jeux
	FUJ	Fuji–Servetto
	GCE	Caisse d'Epargne
	GRM	Garmin–Slipstream
	KAT	Team Katusha
	LAM	Lampre–NGC
	LIQ	Liquigas
	MRM	Team Milram
	QST	Quick-Step
	RAB	Rabobank
	SAX	Team Saxo Bank
	SIL	Silence–Lotto
	THR	Team Columbia–High Road

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