2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 17
An attempted breakaway by Contador succeeded only in dropping Klöden, and the leading trio continued to extend their lead over Col de la Colombière to the finish line, where the older Schleck brother, Fränk, was allowed to take the stage win. Lance Armstrong and Vincenzo Nibali overtook Klöden in the closing kilometre, finishing more than two minutes behind the first three finishers, who took the top three places in the overall classification.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18
The final time trial was held earlier in the race than is usual, and was not, as it had been for many years previously, the last stage which is competitive in terms of the overall classification. It followed a 40.5 km route around Lake Annecy, on a course that was mainly flat. A 270 m hill approximately ¾ around the course of 5% gradient would assist strong climbers in finishing closer to the typical TT specialists.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18
The riders set off in reverse order of their standing in the general classification, and the 19th rider to start, Mikhail Ignatiev set fastest times at all the intermediate checkpoints, and at the finish, that stood until Olympic time trial champion Fabian Cancellara, starting 58 riders later, bettered his times at the last checkpoint and, more importantly, at the finish line. Cancellara's finishing time, and Ignatiev's intermediate times were unchallenged until the last few riders were on the course, by which time there had been a rain shower and the wind speed had increased.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18
Both Bradley Wiggins and Alberto Contador beat Cancellara's times at the top of the climb, and the earlier checkpoints, but lost time relative to the Swiss rider over the last part of the course. Wiggins lost 55 seconds to Cancellara in the last 12 km, and ended sixth on the stage, while Contador lost 49 seconds to him over the same distance, but still retained a three second advantage to win the stage.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 18
Andy Schleck conceded 1'45" to Contador in coming 21st on the stage, but retained his second place overall, while Lance Armstrong, 16th on the stage, moved up to third overall, with an 11 second advantage over Wiggins.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 19
This was a largely flat stage, but featured a category 2 climb 16 km from the finish. A twenty-rider breakaway after 9 km never gained more than three minutes advantage over a peloton paced by Team Milram and Rabobank, and an attack by Leonardo Duque after 110 km reduced the group to five, his companions being José Luis Arrieta, Iván Gutiérrez, David Millar and Yaroslav Popovych.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 19
This smaller group stayed away from a chase group of about 40 riders that included all but one of the top 20 in the general classification, and some of the top sprinters in the race, for a further 35 km, but were caught before the final climb started in earnest. Near the top of that climb, Laurent Lefèvre and world champion Alessandro Ballan attempted a breakaway, but they were chased down by Team Columbia–HTC, whose sprinter Mark Cavendish again took the stage victory. A split in the group as it crossed the line meant that Lance Armstrong gained four seconds over the rest of the contenders for a place on the final podium in Paris.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20
25 July 2009 – Montélimar to Mont Ventoux, 167 km


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20
This was the first time the Tour had had a mountain stage on its second-to-last day. The early stages, which included four categorised climbs, saw a group of 16 riders build a lead in excess of 10'30" before Team Saxo Bank started to limit their gains. Under pressure from Astana, the chase group was reduced to 24 men, including the top 12 in the overall standings, when it reached the bottom of the final climb of the tour 4'05" behind the leaders.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20
Juan Manuel Gárate triggered the disintegration of the lead group by attacking on the lower slopes, with only Tony Martin able to stay with him for long. The yellow jersey group passed many of the members of the earlier escape as it climbed, but the seven riders who had any ambition of comprising the top three in Paris remained together for most of the climb.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20
Andy Schleck attempted a number of attacks, but as they neither allowed him to escape from Alberto Contador, nor assisted Fränk Schleck to move clear of Lance Armstrong in his ambition to gain third place overall, he did not persist with them. Franco Pellizotti, who already had an unassailable lead in the King of the Mountains category, caught and passed the yellow jersey group in pursuit of Martin and Gárate.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 20
Among the elite group, which had been joined by Roman Kreuziger in a bid to get into the top ten in general classification, the first to lose contact was Andreas Klöden, and with 2 km remaining Bradley Wiggins became detached from the group. Gárate attacked Martin twice in the closing stages, and although the German was able to catch-up twice, the Spaniard moved clear in the last 200m to win the stage. Pellizotti was caught by the yellow jersey group in the last 200m, and although Armstrong increased his lead over Wiggins, Fränk Schleck's margin over the British rider at the line was not enough to overtake him for fourth place overall.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21
26 July 2009 – Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris Champs-Élysées, 160 km


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21
The 2009 Tour ended, as it had for the previous 34 years, on the Champs-Élysées. The pace was casual in the early part of the stage, marked more by photo opportunities for the category leaders, but the pace increased once the race reached central Paris. On the first of seven circuits of the Champs-Élysées, a seven rider escape moved clear, consisting of Jussi Veikkanen, Arnaud Coyot, Samuel Dumoulin, Alexandre Pichot, Carlos Barredo, Fabian Wegmann and Fumiyuki Beppu. The breakaway nullified the intermediate sprints as part of the only unresolved contest, the green jersey category.


2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21, Stages, Stage 21
The last three escapees, Veikkanen, Wegmann and Beppu, were caught shortly after the start of the last circuit. Although the Garmin–Slipstream team attempted to get ahead of the Team Columbia–HTC lead out, Mark Cavendish won the sprint, his sixth stage of the Tour, with several metres to spare, with his lead-out man Mark Renshaw second. Thor Hushovd, by finishing sixth, took enough points to secure the points competition, and the other riders finished in the group to confirm their positions and awards.


2009 Tour de Langkawi
The 2009 Tour de Langkawi was the 14th edition of the Tour de Langkawi, a cycling stage race that took place in Malaysia. The race began on 9 February in Putrajaya and ended on 15 February in Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur. In fact this race was sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 2.HC (hors category) race on the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour calendar.


2009 Tour de Langkawi
Colombian cyclist, José Serpa emerged as the winner of the race, followed by Jai Crawford second and Jackson Rodriguez third. Mattia Gavazzi won the points classification category and José Serpa won the mountains classification category. Diquigiovanni–Androni won the team classification category.


2009 Tour de Langkawi, Teams
20 teams accepted invitations to participate in the 2009 Tour de Langkawi.


2009 Tour de Langkawi, Stages
The cyclists competed in 7 stages, covering a distance of 1031.7 kilometres.


2009 Tour de Luxembourg
The 2009 Tour de Luxembourg cycling race  was the 69th running of the Tour de Luxembourg. It was won by Fränk Schleck from Luxembourg, the first home rider to win this race in 26 years.


2009 Tour de Luxembourg, Stages
Key: : Leader and eventual winner of General Classification, based on total time. : Leader and eventual winner of climbers' classification, based on points gained on passing hilltops. :  : Leader and eventual winner of points classification, based on points given for finishing position on each mass start stage. : Leader and eventual winner of young riders' classification, based on total time, but restricted to riders under 25 at beginning of year.


2009 Tour de Luxembourg, Stages, Stage 1
4 June 2009 — Luxembourg > Mondorf-les-Bains - 157 km


2009 Tour de Luxembourg, Stages, Stage 2
5 June 2009 — Schifflange > Differdange - 188 km


2009 Tour de Luxembourg, Stages, Stage 3
6 June 2009 — Wiltz > Diekirch - 185 km


2009 Tour de Luxembourg, Stages, Stage 4
7 June 2009 — Mersch > Luxembourg - 148 km


2009 Tour de Pologne
The 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków. After four stages that were dominated by sprint finishes, World champion Alessandro Ballan's participation in successful breaks in stages five and six, and bonus time for being first and second respectively in those stages, brought him overall victory.


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages
There is a circuit of at least two laps on every stage.


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 2
This stage was very flat, with only a fourth-category climb near the end. There was a three-lap, 6.5 km circuit at the finish.


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 3
4 August 2009 – Bielsk Podlaski to Lublin, 225.1 km


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 3
This course is mostly flat, though it becomes bumpy at the end. The 4.6 km finishing circuit includes multiple passes over a third-category climb.


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 4
In a chaotic bunch sprint, Edvald Boasson Hagen led out teammate André Greipel. While Greipel and Quick-Step sprinter Allan Davis grappled for his wheel, Boasson Hagen led on to take the win. Greipel was later relegated, and lost both the yellow and blue jersey to Jurgen Roelandts.


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 4
This course has a sloping profile, with two categorized climbs in the second half of the stage as well as an uncategorized hill coming after about 40 km. There is a three-lap finishing circuit again on this stage; it is 5.9 km long and flat.


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 5
This is a high mountain stage, with a first-category climb coming after 105 km. There are two categorized climbs visited repeatedly in the four-lap 14.8 km finishing circuit, with mountains classification points taken for the first pass over them.


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 6
7 August 2009 – Krościenko nad Dunajcem to Zakopane, 162.2 km


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 6
This is the Tour de Pologne's most mountainous stage, with another mountain circuit. This circuit is four laps by 25 km, with two first-category climbs in it. There are two other first-category climbs on the course, so the course has ten first-category climbs.


2009 Tour de Pologne, Stages, Stage 7
The beginning to this stage is jagged, with a second-category climb after 56 km as well as several uncategorized rises in elevation. The finish comes on a three-lap 4 km circuit which is perfectly flat.


2009 Tour de Romandie
The 2009 Tour de Romandie (63rd Edition) cycling road race started on 28 April and finished on 3 May in Switzerland. It was the 6th event in the 2009 UCI ProTour, and the 12th event in the World Calendar.


2009 Tour de Romandie
In addition to the 18 ProTour teams, guaranteed entry to the event as it is promoted by the UCI, two wildcard entries were accepted: Cervélo TestTeam and BMC Racing Team, both of which have strong Swiss links. Andreas Klöden did not defend the title he won the previous year, but the two previous winners of the event, Thomas Dekker and Cadel Evans took part, as teammates on the Silence–Lotto team. Other pre-race favourites included four of the top five in 2008 (Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia–High Road), Dennis Menchov (Rabobank) and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel–Euskadi)) and 2008 ProTour champion Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).


2009 Tour de Romandie
Roman Kreuziger won the 4th stage, and in doing so put himself into a lead that he retained on the last day, thus going one better than his second place overall in 2008.


2009 Tour de Romandie, Stages, Stage 1 – 29 April 2009: Montreux > Fribourg
The stage was shortened due to snowfalls, from a scheduled 176.2 km to 87.6 km.


2009 Tour de San Luis
The 2009 Tour de San Luis was a men's road cycling race held from 19  to January 25, 2009 in Argentina. The third edition of this road racing event was a multiple stage race with seven stages and a total length of 1014 kilometres.


2009 Tour de Suisse
The 2009 Tour de Suisse was the 73rd edition of the Tour de Suisse stage race. It took place from 13 June to 21 June and is part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar. It began with a short individual time trial in Liechtenstein and ended with another time trial, in Bern. The race was won by Fabian Cancellara.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Teams
As the Tour de Suisse was a UCI ProTour event, all 18 ProTour teams were invited automatically. They were joined by two Professional Continental teams, Cervélo TestTeam and Vorarlberg–Corratec, to form the event's 20-team peloton.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 1
13 June 2009 - Mauren (Liechtenstein) to Ruggell (Liechtenstein), 7.8 km (4.8 mi) (ITT)


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 1
The course for the brief individual time trial was deceptively difficult, with a categorized climb coming after 5 km and a technical descent down twisting, turning roads to the finish following it.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 1
Two-time former world time trial champion and reigning Swiss national champion Fabian Cancellara was the winner of the opening individual time trial, taking the course 19 seconds faster than Liquigas' Roman Kreuziger. Despite the large gap Cancellara had over the man in second, most of the other times were tightly bunched, with 88 riders within a minute of Cancellara.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 2
This stage began at 1400 m in elevation, descended to around 500 m, and ended back around 1500 m. After a small climb that came just after the beginning of the stage, there was a 35 km descent to the valley below and over 60 km of flat racing. At that point, the race went back uphill, with both a first- and a third-category climb coming before the finish.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 2
The day began with a breakaway involving Javier Aramendia, Josef Benetseder, and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle, though their maximum advantage over the peloton was only 2'30". The three were caught with 25 km left to race, at which point Tony Martin launched a solo escape that got him over the first category climb before the finish in first position, giving him the lead in the mountains classification and its pink jersey. Martin was himself caught with 6 km to race as the teams of the sprinters worked to get the field together for a mass sprint finish.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 2
The sprint was so close between Bernhard Eisel, Gerald Ciolek, and Óscar Freire that even the riders themselves were unsure which of them had won. The photo finish showed Eisel to be the winner. Ninety-five riders had the same time as the stage winner, on a course that was not expected to produce a mass sprint finish.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 3
15 June 2009 - Davos to Lumino, 195 km (121 mi)


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 3
This course was undulating for about 100 km, before the first-category climb of Lukmanier Pass at nearly 2000 m in elevation. The descent from this height took about 40 km, with another 30 km of flat racing before the finish.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 3
The day's escapees were Will Frischkorn, Enrico Gasparotto, Samuel Dumoulin, and Marlon Pérez. Their lead was three minutes at the top of Lukmanier Pass, but with the teams of the sprinters working to get another sprint finish and Gasparotto threatening the overall race lead of Fabian Cancellara (he began the stage 48 seconds back), the peloton caught them with 3 km remaining in the stage. Ryder Hesjedal tried a solo move when the catch occurred, but he was caught with a little over 1 km to go. A bunched sprint was the finish, with Mark Cavendish winning after a successful leadout from Bernhard Eisel, Tony Martin, and George Hincapie.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 4
16 June 2009 - Biasca to Stäfa, 197 km (122 mi)


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 4
This was a mountainous course, which is marked by the outside-categorization climb of Tremola coming almost immediately. At 2108 m, it was the highest point reached in the 2009 Tour de Suisse. There was also a second-category climb later on in the course, the descent from which left close to 40 km of flat racing prior the stage conclusion.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 4
The stage began with a very large early breakaway, with 26 riders coming clear, representing every team except Rabobank. The best-placed man in the group was Columbia-High Road's Tony Martin, who began the day 34 seconds behind race leader Fabian Cancellara. Martin, however, was unable to make the second selection of the day, as 9 of the 26 came clear and wound up contesting the stage together, while the other 17 returned to the peloton.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 4
Tadej Valjavec was the first to try for the stage win, attacking solo from the group of nine with 6 km remaining in the stage, but the Saxo Bank duo of Matti Breschel and Andy Schleck chased him down, uniting the group again. Thomas Rohregger was the next to try his luck, but was caught in the final 150 meters. Maxim Iglinsky looked like he was in line for the win, but Breschel came around him and pipped him at the line for the stage win. The race lead transferred to Valjavec, whose time bonus for third place on the stage outweighed the bonuses Schleck had gotten for winning the intermediate sprints. Schleck wound up in the blue jersey after the stage.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 5
17 June 2009 - Stäfa to Serfaus (Austria), 202 km (126 mi)


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 5
This was considered the queen stage of the 2009 Tour de Suisse. There were four categorized climbs on the course, two each in the first and third categories. Two of these climbs occurred within the stage's final 10 km, with only a brief false flat between the first-category climb and the third-category summit finish.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 5
There were numerous breakaways during this stage. The first came from Pascal Hungerbühler, who was away alone for the race's first 150 km, holding a maximum advantage of eight minutes. When he was caught, another escape effort involving Marcus Burghardt and Björn Schröder took shape, but they were caught with 10 km left to race, their maximum advantage having been only 46 seconds. Rein Taaramäe and Tony Martin then tried their luck, but were caught by the yellow jersey group with 5 km remaining.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 5
The group tried repeatedly to attack and isolate race leader Tadej Valjavec, but his Ag2r team worked to keep the favorites in the same group on the road. Fifteen riders were indeed together for a sprint finish, won by Michael Albasini as he edged out countryman Fabian Cancellara at the line. The day saw a big loser in time, as Andy Schleck lost over a minute to the yellow jersey group, finishing 25th on the stage and dropping from second all the way to 13th on GC after the stage.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 6
18 June 2009 - Oberriet to Bad Zurzach, 178 km (111 mi)


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 6
This was a flat stage. After a second-category climb 10 km into the stage, the profile was very flat, with only two small third-category climbs later on. There was a perfectly flat stretch of about 8 km before the finish.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 6
Reto Hollenstein of the continental team Vorarlberg–Corratec managed to break away after 50 km, and stayed solo until 19 km from the finish. Thor Hushovd moved to the front on the wheel of George Hincapie, but was unable to hold off Hincapie's teammate Mark Cavendish. Cavendish took his second stage win of the tour. Fabian Cancellara earned five bonus seconds in intermediate sprints to move into second place in the general classification and trail race leader Tadej Valjavec by only 9 seconds.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 7
19 June 2009 - Bad Zurzach to Vallorbe Juraparc, 204 km (127 mi)


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 7
For 180 km, this looked like a perfect sprinters' stage, as the course didn't so much as undulate during that time. In the last 24 km, there were two categorized climbs, a third-category climb which preceded a shallow descent before a second-category summit stage finish.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 7
After several unsuccessful breakaway efforts, José Joaquin Rojas, Marcus Burghardt, and Gerald Ciolek succeeded in their escape attempt. Damien Gaudin joined them after a lengthy solo chase, and the four were together as a group for much of the stage, gaining a maximum advantage of six minutes by the 130 km mark. The yellow jersey peloton caught them on the ascent of the third-category climb before the finish. The yellow jersey group stayed together through the first cliumb and the intermediate sprint that came right after it.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 7
On the ascend to the stage finish, beginning 3 km from the finish, Roman Kreuziger and Michael Albasini both tried to escape for the stage win, but Kreuziger was fresher, as only he was able to stay away for any length of time. He built an advantage of 17 seconds and appeared poised for the stage win. Maxime Monfort drove the yellow jersey group to a pace that allowed Kim Kirchen to attack next and catch Kreuziger in the stage's final meters for the win.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 8
20 June 2009 - Le Sentier to Crans-Montana, 182 km (113 mi)


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 8
This stage started at 1000 m and descended to a valley at 400 m about 50 km later. For the next 90 km, the course was perfectly flat. There was then an uncategorized "wall" of about 200 m in height before a third- and a first-category climb just before the finish.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 8
This stage saw another four-man escape group, Marcel Wyss, Pavel Brutt, Lars Boom, and Hervé Duclos-Lassalle. Their maximum advantage was five and a half minutes, after 132 km. By the beginning of the third-category climb of Botyre, their advantage was just thirty seconds. They were easily caught on that ascent. Team Saxo Bank drove the peloton, to protect Fabian Cancellara from attacks, chiefly from the Liquigas duo of Roman Kreuziger and Oliver Zaugg. In the final kilometer, mountains classification leader Tony Martin and Damiano Cunego attacked and got a small gap over the yellow jersey group, with Martin holding off Cunego in the sprint to give Team Columbia-High Road its sixth stage win in this Tour de Suisse.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 9
21 June 2009 - Bern, 39 km (24 mi) (ITT)


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 9
The course for the final individual time trial was gently undulating, without any categorized climbs. The finish came on a perfectly flat stretch about 3 km in length; there was a similar perfectly flat stretch about 6 km long earlier in the course.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Stages, Stage 9
The early time to beat was set by Silence-Lotto rider Thomas Dekker. His time held up against most of the top riders on GC, as he finished the stage third. The first man to beat him was mountains classification winner Tony Martin, winner of the previous day's stage. His ride was good enough to propel him from fourth overall onto the event's final podium, in second. The second-to-last man to take the course was the stage winner. Time trial specialist Fabian Cancellara dominated the field, with no rider finishing inside a minute of his winning time. Race leader Tadej Valjavec finished 59th on the stage, almost four minutes back of Cancellara, to drop from the race lead to seventh in the final standings. Cancellara wound up as Tour de Suisse champion by over two minutes, after trailing coming into the final day.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Riders' jersey progress table
In the 2009 Tour de Suisse, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding the finishing times of the stages per cyclist, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass start stages, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Tour de Suisse, and the winner of the general classification is considered the winner of the Tour de Suisse.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Riders' jersey progress table
Additionally, there was also a points classification, indicated with a green jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 12 in a stage. The stage win awarded 15 points, second place awarded 12 points, third 10, and one point less per place down the line, to a single point for twelfth. In addition, some points could be won in intermediate sprints.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Riders' jersey progress table
There was also a mountains classification, indicated with a pink jersey. In the mountains classifications, points are won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. All climbs were categorized, with most either first, second, third, or fourth-category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. There was also an outside categorization climb at the beginning of Stage 4, which awarded even more points than the first-category climbs.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Riders' jersey progress table
The fourth classification was the sprint classification. Riders earned points based on their placings in intermediate sprints (which also awarded points toward the green jersey). Points were awarded to the top three in each sprint, six for first, three for second, and one for third - same as for the green jersey. The leader of the sprint classification received a blue jersey.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Riders' jersey progress table
There was also classification for teams. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per stage are added, and the team with the lowest time is leading team.


2009 Tour de Suisse, Riders' jersey progress table
If a cyclist leads two or more competitions at the end of a stage, he receives all those jerseys. The next stage, he can only wear one jersey, and he wears the jersey representing leadership in the most important competition (yellow first, then pink, then green, then blue). The other jerseys that the cyclist holds are worn in the next stage by the second-placed rider (or, if needed, third- or fourth-placed rider) of that classification.


2009 Tour de Wallonie
The 2009 Tour de Wallonie was the 36th edition of the Tour de Wallonie cycle race and was held on 25–29 July 2009. The race started in Waremme and finished in Tournai. The race was won by Julien El Fares.


2009 Tour de las Américas
The 2009 Tour de las Américas season consisted of 14 golf tournaments, hosted in eight countries across Latin America. Four events were played in both Argentina and Colombia, two in Chile and Venezuela and one in Mexico and Paraguay.


2009 Tour de las Américas
The Tour de las Américas continued its close association with the PGA European Tour, with one event, the Club Colombia Masters being co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour, Europe's official development tour.


2009 Tour de las Américas
The Order of Merit was won by Sweden's Peter Gustafsson.


2009 Tour de las Américas, Tournament results
In 2009 the prize funds ranged from US$30,000 to US$200,000.


2009 Tour du Grand Montréal
The 2009 Tour du Grand Montréal was the 8th and last edition of the Tour du Grand Montréal, a women's cycling stage race in Canada. It was rated by the UCI as a category 2.1 race and was held between 1 and 4 June 2009.


2009 Tour du Haut Var
The 2009 Tour du Haut Var was the 41st edition of the Tour du Haut Var cycle race and was held on 21–22 February 2009. The race started in Saint-Raphaël and finished in Callian. The race was won by Thomas Voeckler.


2009 Tour of Azerbaijan (Iran)
Tour of Azerbaijan 2009 is the 24th round of Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan), which took between 15 May and 21 May 2009 in Iranian Azerbaijan and in the Autonomous Republic of Nakhichivan. The tour had 6 stages in which Ahad Kazemi from Iran won in first place in over all classification of the tour.


2009 Tour of Britain
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.


2009 Tour of Britain, Stages, Stage 1
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).


2009 Tour of California
The 2009 Amgen Tour of California was the 4th running of an annual cycling race contained within the state of California. The event was staged February 14–22 and began with a prologue in the state capital of Sacramento. The event was held as part of the schedule of both the UCI America Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour. The race was won by Levi Leipheimer for the third consecutive year.


2009 Tour of California, Race details
The Fourth Tour of California covered nine days and 780.44 miles (1,256.00 km), starting with a flat 2.4 miles (3.9 km) prologue near the California State Capitol in Sacramento on February 14, 2009. Drawing many of the top cyclists from around the world, the Tour of California generated an estimated revenue of $100 million for the state of California.


2009 Tour of California, Race details
The Astana team included two-time returning champion Levi Leipheimer, and seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. The 2006 champion, Floyd Landis returned, riding for OUCH–Maxxis.


2009 Tour of California, Race details
Tour organizers have switched the route from year to year, hoping to reach out to fans in different parts of the state and maintain the challenge of the race. Santa Cruz, one of the cities added for the 2009 running, expected added costs of $100,000 to cover public services and accommodations for lodging and meals for the cycling teams, and was expecting 250,000 fans to attend the end of Stage 2. The sales and hotel taxes generated by drawing tourists at a traditionally slow time of the year were expected to help recover the costs of hosting the event. Stage 2 also took the peloton across the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time in the tour's history.


2009 Tour of California, Race details
In another first, Stage 4 includes an excursion through the Central Valley and the Sierra Nevada foothills, starting in Merced, then passing through the foothill towns of Mariposa and Oakhurst, and finishing in Clovis (adjacent to Fresno).


2009 Tour of California, Race details
The tour organizers tried to integrate climbing into nearly every day's stage; only the prologue, time trial and Stage 5 — the tour's longest at 134.3 miles (216.1 km) — had no climbs. The 2009 Tour features at least one King of the Mountain summit on each other stage, with the Tour's technical director proclaiming that the difficult climbs in the course they designed having the potential to have the leader change on a daily basis.


2009 Tour of California, Race details
The eighth stage alone, the last of the tour, stretching nearly 100 miles (160 km) from Rancho Bernardo to Escondido featured four King of the Mountain summits including a climb of Palomar Mountain, home of the Palomar Observatory, which runs for 7 miles (11 km), climbing 4,200 feet (1,300 m) at an average grade of 7%, with 21 switchbacks on the mountain that reaches an elevation of 5,123 feet (1,561 m).


2009 Tour of California, Stages
For the first time, the 2009 tour had an additional 8th stage meant to increase the competitiveness of the event.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Prologue
Saturday, February 14SacramentoStart Time: 1:30 PMMiles: 2.4KM: 3.9End ETA: 4:00 PM


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 1
Sunday, February 15Davis to Santa RosaStart Time: 12:00 noonMiles: 107.6KM: 173.2End ETA: 3:56–5:01 PM


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 1
Francisco Mancebo of Rock Racing broke away after 5 miles of racing, and stayed away almost all day. He was briefly joined by Tim Johnson and David Kemp in his breakaway effort, but he later broke away from them as well, and they were reabsorbed by the peloton. A 23-man chase group formed as Mancebo neared Santa Rosa, which included four members of Astana, working for two-time defending race champion Levi Leipheimer, as well as some other overall favorites such as Ivan Basso.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 1
Race officials decided to extend the "crash zone", the area in which riders would be granted the same finishing time as the group they were in on crashing (should they crash) from the final lap of the Santa Rosa circuit to the first, since the road was saturated by a steady downpour of rain. The chase group started out 12 minutes behind Mancebo and closed the time gap to 1'07" at the beginning of the first lap of the Santa Rosa circuit.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 1
They subsequently slowed at the end of the first circuit (since the only thing left to gain was the stage win - the group that was together at the beginning of the first circuit were all given the same finishing time, relative to Mancebo) and allowed some riders to attack, chief among them Vincenzo Nibali and Jurgen Van de Walle, who joined Mancebo at the beginning of the last lap. Mancebo managed to outsprint Nibali and Van de Walle to the line. Stage placings were taken on the first time the riders crossed the finish line, but Van de Walle and Nibali were awarded identical sprint classification points for finishing second and third as the riders credited with finishing second and third, Leipheimer and Michael Rogers.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 2
Monday, February 16Sausalito to Santa CruzStart Time: 8:30 AMMiles: 115.9KM: 186.6End ETA: 12:52–2:03 PMNote: For the first time, the peloton rode across the Golden Gate Bridge.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 2
After a few unsuccessful breakaway attempts immediately following the neutral zone, Rabobank's Grischa Niermann was the first rider to break free of the peloton. He was quickly joined by Garmin-Slipstream's Steven Cozza and eight other riders, to form a ten-man break that held a four- to five-minute advantage over the peloton for most of the stage. The best placed rider in the break was Ben Jacques-Maynes of Bissell, 5'05" behind race leader Francisco Mancebo, whose Rock Racing team paced the peloton calmly, content to let the breakaway get a lead.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 2
When the peloton reached the beginning of the climb of Bonny Doon road, Astana took over the pace, and the time gap to the breakaway fell precipitously. On their respective ways up the climb, Carlos Barredo attacked from the leading group of ten and Levi Leipheimer from the peloton, each coming free. Leipheimer gradually overtook members of the day's breakaway as they faltered on the climb, eventually reaching Barredo, Tom Peterson, and Jason McCartney (Peterson and McCartney had themselves caught Barredo only moments earlier) to take first position on the road.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 2
Leipheimer was the first to the top of the climb, and he and Peterson stayed together on the descent. A 17-man chase group paced by Lance Armstrong reabsorbed all the other members of the morning breakaway. Peterson took the stage win uncontested, with Leipheimer just behind him, and the Armstrong group having closed to 20 seconds behind them.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 3
Tuesday, February 17San Jose to ModestoStart Time: 12:00 noonMiles: 104.2KM: 167.7End ETA: 3:53–4:55 PM


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 3
A 4-man breakaway formed immediately after the stage's neutral zone, comprising Bauke Mollema of Rabobank, Jeff Louder of BMC, Bradley White of OUCH, and Brian Vandborg of Liquigas. The best-placed among them was Mollema, two minutes behind race leader Levi Leipheimer (the rest were nearly 24 minutes behind Leipheimer). King of the Mountains leader Francisco Mancebo joined them shortly thereafter and topped the climb up Sierra Road in first position, padding his lead. He then rejoined the peloton.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 3
The breakaway's lead extended to nearly six minutes, which was increased partially because Leipheimer crashed at the front of the peloton at about the 30 mile mark causing the Astana-paced bunch to slow to allow him to rejoin them. The time gap held steady at between four and five minutes for most of the stage, until Team Columbia-High Road, Quick Step, and Cervélo TestTeam came forward after the descent of the second climb of the day to take the pace, working to get the field together so their respective strong sprinters would have a chance at the stage win. Louder attacked from the leading group on the way into Modesto, and only Mollema could answer. They were subsequently caught in the middle of the Modesto circuit, and a classic bunched sprint saw the stage win go to Thor Hushovd.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 4
Wednesday, February 18Merced to ClovisStart Time: 11:00 AMMiles: 115.4KM: 185.7End ETA: 3:19–4:29 PM


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 4
Several unsuccessful breakaway attempts occurred in the first hour of racing. The breakaway that got away involved Francisco Mancebo, Jason McCartney, Serge Pauwels, and Tyler Hamilton. Mancebo took maximum points in the climbs and intermediate sprints available to him. After topping the fourth climb of the day, Mancebo dropped and rejoined the peloton. The breakaway's biggest advantage was close to six minutes before the peloton, paced chiefly by Team Columbia-High Road, began to chase in earnest, on the descent from the fifth and last climb. The catch occurred with about two miles left to race. A Rabobank rider attacked with the last half mile but was caught by Mark Cavendish, who launched his sprint early but held on in a photo finish for the stage win.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 5
Thursday, February 19Visalia to Paso RoblesStart Time: 10:00 AMMiles: 134.3KM: 216.1End ETA: 3:00–4:22 PM


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 5
This was a rather straightforward day of racing, on a course without even a single categorized climb. After five miles, a six-man breakaway formed, that was eventually whittled to four: Matthew Crane, Glen Chadwick, Pieter Weening, and Cameron Evans. Racing under clear blue skies for the first time in the Tour, the four were caught with about three miles to left to race, as the teams of the prominent sprinters ratcheted up the pace in the peloton to bring them back. The finish was contested in another mass sprint, won for the second day in a row by Mark Cavendish.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 6
Friday, February 20Solvang - Time TrialStart Time: 12:00 noonMiles: 15KM: 24End ETA: 2:50 PM


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 6
Early times to beat were set by Saxo Bank riders Jens Voigt and Gustav Larsson, with Larsson 13 seconds better of the two (though Voigt's ride was enough to propel him into fourth place in the General Classification). They stood for almost the whole stage, with noted time trial specialists such as George Hincapie and Stef Clement failing to top them. Even former world time trial champion Michael Rogers could not beat Larsson's time. The reigning American national champion David Zabriskie was the first to beat Larsson, by nine seconds. Yellow jersey wearer and two-time defending Tour of California and Solvang time trial champion Levi Leipheimer was the last man to take the course. He was two seconds better than Zabriskie at the intermediate time check and had eight seconds on him at the line, winning the stage.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 7
Saturday, February 21Santa Clarita to PasadenaStart Time: 12:00 noonMiles: 88.9KM: 143End ETA: 3:17–3:50 PM


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 7
A very aggressive first hour of racing saw many attempted attacks reeled in by the race leader's Astana team. It wasn't until nearly the half the stage, about 40 miles, had been covered that a successful breakaway group of ten formed. They attained a maximum advantage of four minutes, but for the better part of the stage the time gap held steady between two and three minutes, as Astana was content to let them get that lead.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 7
On the descent of the one climb of the day, King of the Mountains leader Francisco Mancebo clipped a small rock and tumbled off his bike, suffering a concussion and elbow and hand fractures, which forced him to abandon the race and surrender the KOM lead to Jason McCartney. The riders took five laps on a finishing circuit in the city of Pasadena. On the second lap, an even split in the breakaway formed, with five riders coming 20 seconds clear of the others, but by the end of the third, the group was one again.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 7
On the fourth lap, Fränk Schleck attacked from the back of the group and got clear for several minutes, but was eventually caught. The last split saw Rinaldo Nocentini, Hayden Roulston, and Pieter Weening come free on the sprint toward the finish, with Nocentini winning the stage. The other members of the breakaway finished 7 seconds back, and the peloton was 2' 19" behind the stage winner.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 8
Sunday, February 22Rancho Bernardo to EscondidoStart Time: 12:00 noonMiles: 96.8KM: 155.8End ETA: 3:34–4:43 PM


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 8
What was called the Tour of California's queen stage again saw very early attacking. Jason McCartney joined a three-man break that came free of the peloton almost immediately and topped the first two of four categorized climbs on the course in first position, assuring his victory in the King of the Mountains classification. Numerous splits occurred going up the mammoth Mount Palomar climb, with race leader Levi Leipheimer isolated from his teammates at one point, for the first and only time in the Tour, as he had to answer attacks from David Zabriskie and Michael Rogers.


2009 Tour of California, Stages, Stage 8
A group of GC leaders, along with most of team Astana, consolidated on the descent. Four riders came clear and were in the lead approaching the last climb of the day - Vincenzo Nibali, Fränk Schleck, Bauke Mollema, and Glen Chadwick. Nibali, 2' 21" behind Leipheimer, was a small threat to the race lead, but the Astana-paced leading group kept the time gap at around one minute. After numerous attacks, only Nibali and Schleck remained out front. The chase from the Astana-led group proved too slow to catch Nibali and Schleck, and they were able to survive to finish and contest the stage win between themselves. Schleck opened up a small gap on the Italian in the final straightaway and won the stage.


2009 Tour of California, Classification leadership
In the 2009 Tour of California, five different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding the finishing times of the stages per cyclist, the leader received a yellow jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Tour of California, and the winner of the general classification is considered the winner of the Tour of California.


2009 Tour of California, Classification leadership
Additionally, there was also a sprints classification, akin to what is called the points classification in other races, which awarded a green jersey. In the sprints classification, cyclists received points for finishing in the top 10 in a stage. The winner got 15 points, second place 12, third 10, fourth 7, and one point less per place down the line, to a single point for tenth. In addition, some points could be won in intermediate sprints.


2009 Tour of California, Classification leadership
There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a red jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized, either first, second, third, or fourth category, with more points available for the harder climbs.


2009 Tour of California, Classification leadership
There was also a youth classification. This classification is calculated the same way as the general classification, but only young cyclists (under 23) are in. The leader of the young rider classification received a white jersey.


2009 Tour of California, Classification leadership
The fifth jersey was not awarded on the basis of a time or points-based classification. It was for each stage's "Most Courageous" rider, akin to the combativity award in the Tour de France. The rider who received this award wore a blue jersey in the next stage. Unlike the Tour de France's combativity award, there was no overall award given.


2009 Tour of California, Classification leadership
There was also a classification for teams. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per stage were added, and the team with the lowest time was leader.


2009 Tour of California, Classification leadership
Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions


2009 Tour of California, Classification leadership
If a cyclist leads two or more competitions at the end of a stage, he receives all those jerseys. The next stage, he can only wear one jersey, and he wears the jersey representing leadership in the most important competition (yellow first, then green, then red, then white). The other jerseys that the cyclists holds are worn in the next stage by the second-placed rider (or, if needed, third- or fourth-placed rider) of that classification.


2009 Tour of Eritrea
The 2009 Tour of Eritrea was the 10th edition of the Tour of Eritrea. It started on 16 December ended on December 20. This latest Tour of Eritrea 2009 edition invited 6 national teams in recognition of its acceptance by International Cycling Union (UCI) as one Africa’s internationally recognized tours.


2009 Tour of Flanders
The 2009 Tour of Flanders cycle race is the 93rd edition of the monument classic and took place on 5 April. The course is 259.7 km long and goes from Bruges to Meerbeke. The weather during the race was sunny and warm at 12 °C. The race was the fifth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series.


2009 Tour of Flanders
Pre -race favorites included Filippo Pozzato (winner of the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen and a stage in the Three Days of De Panne), Tom Boonen (winner in 2005 and 2006), Stijn Devolder (winner in 2008), Nick Nuyens (2nd in 2008) and Heinrich Haussler (2nd in Milan – San Remo, 4th in Dwars door Vlaanderen, several other impressive results in 2009).


2009 Tour of Flanders
In a victory highly similar to the 2008 Tour of Flanders, Stijn Devolder powered away late to the win. With what pundits called the strongest team in the race behind him, the QuickStep rider was able to ride away, while other teams marked teammates Tom Boonen and Sylvain Chavanel. With riders such as favorite Pozzato watching Boonen, Devolder found the strength to solo to victory. Haussler, who was riding in support of Thor Hushovd planned not to contest the victory but said he was told by Hushovd to challenge Devolder.


2009 Tour of Flanders
[The race] was brought to life with 50km remaining when Italian Manuel Quinziato, Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel and three-time runner-up Leif Hoste led a six-rider breakaway. However, they were gradually caught by race favorites Devolder, compatriot and dual winner Tom Boonen and Italian Filippo Pozzato. Devolder made his decisive move over the crest of the penultimate climb, the Muur-Kapelmuur, and by the time he had reached the final climb, the Bosberg, he had an unassailable advantage. The rest of the breakaway riders were eventually caught by the peloton and German Haussler won the sprint for second place which was marred by a nasty crash on the final straight into Meerbeke.


2009 Tour of Flanders, General standings
Almost exactly one minute after Devolder crossed the line 29 other riders arrived, and all were awarded the same time. Beyond the top ten, these included: 11 Alexandre Pichot, 12 Johnny Hoogerland, 13 Roger Hammond, 14 Karsten Kroon, 15 Nick Nuyens, 16 Roy Sentjens, 17 Kevin Van Impe, 18 Frederik Willems, 19 Bert Scheirlinckx, 20 Tom Boonen, 21 Gerben Löwik, 22 Staf Scheirlinckx, 23 Serguei Ivanov, 24 Andreas Klier, 25 Preben Van Hecke, 26 Assan Bazayev, 27 Leif Hoste, 28 Paolo Longo Borghini, 29 Frédéric Guesdon, 30 Juan Antonio Flecha.


2009 Tour of Flanders, General standings
A crash during the group sprint for second place marred the finish of some riders in this group, including Thor Hushovd, George Hincapie, Bernhard Eisel, and Gregory Rast.


2009 Tour of Flanders for Women
The sixth edition of the Tour of Flanders for Women cycling race was held on 5 April 2009. The race started in Oudenaarde and finished in Meerbeke, containing 11 climbs and two flat cobbled sections, covering a total distance of 130 km. It was the second leg of the 2009 UCI Women's Road World Cup. The race was won by German rider Ina-Yoko Teutenberg.


2009 Tour of Flanders for Women, Race Summary
The race was animated by a break from Alona Andruk who gained up to three minutes but was caught before the Muur van Geraardsbergen. On the Muur, Marianne Vos, Emma Johansson, Noemi Cantele and Nicole Cooke broke clear. On the Bosberg, the quartet was joined by six other riders, when Marianne Vos attacked again. Cervélo TestTeam led the chase and caught Vos at 4 km from the finish. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg won the sprint ahead of Kirsten Wild and Emma Johansson.


2009 Tour of Ireland
The 2009 Tour of Ireland was the 35th running of the Tour of Ireland stage race. The event was held from 21–23 August. It consisted of three stages, and was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 1
This stage began at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Enniskerry and immediately the peloton set to climbing, with a third-category climb coming after 7 km. The course continued to be hilly after that, marked by the first-category Mount Leinster climb coming about halfway into the stage. There were two more categorized climbs and a few smaller rises later on.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 1
Many ultimately unsuccessful breakaway attempts occurred in the stage's first hour, including defending mountains champion Matt Wilson topping the first category three climb in first position. The first escapee to stay away for any amount of time was MTN's Jay Thomson, who was the first over Mount Leinster and Coppanagh, putting him second in the King of the Mountains standings at the end of the day (as Wilson took maximum points from the peloton on those climbs). Thomson badly bonked on the day's last climb, and wound up being passed by escapees from the main peloton.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 1
First to pass him by was Philip Lavery of the Irish National Team, and then came the rest of the 23-man group, one that included numerous big names such as Lance Armstrong, Stuart O'Grady, and defending Tour of Ireland champion Marco Pinotti. With Mark Cavendish stuck in the peloton 2' 12" behind the leaders, the stage win was wide open. After numerous attacks and counterattacks Russell Downing was the man to time his sprint just right, getting to the line a second ahead of seven other riders. Armstrong, O'Grady, and twelve others finished 16 seconds back. Time bonuses won at the finish line and in intermediate sprints meant the first General Classification was not the same as the Stage 1 result.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 2
The first An Post sprint of the day was at Ardfinnan after 9km.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 2
The climbing again began early on this stage, with a second-category climb occurring after 27.5 km. After the descent and one short uncategorized hill, the course was flat until another second-category climb, Musheramore, at the 135 km mark. Immediately after the descent from Musheramore was Curragh, a climb that was shorter, but steeper, and was categorized higher at first-category.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 2
Mark Cassidy of An Post–Sean Kelly sprinted out of the bunch immediately after the neutralized section of this stage. He was joined by Rabobank's Dennis Van Winden, and they were together through the three sprints and the first two climbs on the stage. The peloton was quite willing to let these two get a huge advantage, and their time gap over the main field ballooned to over ten minutes.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 2
It was between the third sprint and the last climb that Van Winden attacked and shed Cassidy, who hit the wall and wound up finishing over nine minutes back of the peloton at the finish. Van Winden was caught shortly after the descent from Curragh, but he managed to finish with the peloton, despite having been in a breakaway for 174 of the stage's 196 kilometers.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 2
Van Winden won each of the day's climbs and in so doing poised to challenge Matt Wilson for the King of the Mountains championship, but Wilson took maximum points from the peloton on each climb and finished the day with a 4-point lead. The mass sprint finish took place, with Mark Cavendish easily outclassing the other sprinters in the field.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 2
Each of the 23 riders who made the selective break in Stage 1 finished with the peloton, meaning race leader Russell Downing had 22 riders within 26 seconds of him going into the decisive third stage. It was on a stage much like this in the 2008 Tour of Ireland that Downing lost his race lead, but he expressed confidence after the stage that he would be able to keep it this year, as the finishing circuit in Cork for the 2009 race is shorter than it was in 2008. Team Columbia-HTC made it clear that their focus for Stage 3 would not be Cavendish, who freely admitted the circuit was probably too tough for him, but for defending Tour of Ireland champion Marco Pinotti, 11 seconds back of Downing.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 3
This course defines undulation, with more than a dozen rises in elevation, though only three are categorized. The peloton will take three laps of a finishing circuit in Cork, taking three passes over the first-category St. Patrick's Hill. Uniquely, only the second and third passes over the climb will count toward the climbers' prize, while the first pass is an intermediate sprint.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 3
As was expected, the third stage broke the field up more than either of the first two had. The largest group to cross the line together was the eight riders classified third through tenth, those with the same time as Matti Breschel. Many riders crossed the line alone, and two members of Team Joker Bianchi finished almost 21 minutes behind the stage winner. 57 riders also withdrew during the stage (one did not start), including the two the event had most used to promote itself, Lance Armstrong and Mark Cavendish.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 3
There was no significant breakaway on the day. Rather, the exact opposite seemed to take place, as riders little by little dropped off the pace of the leading group and either abandoned the race or finished many minutes behind the leaders. The last two together were Lars Petter Nordhaug and race leader Russell Downing. Since Downing had the event overall sewn up, Nordhaug took the stage. Downing's performance on this stage marked a significant improvement over the Cork stage from the 2008 Tour, where he, as race leader, was dropped and conceded the final yellow jersey to Marco Pinotti.


2009 Tour of Ireland, Stages, Stage 3
On this day, it was Pinotti who was dropped before the finish, finding himself in the first chase group 33 seconds behind Nordhaug and Downing. The climbs were taken by riders who had not yet scored any significant points in that classification, so Matt Wilson was able to come away with his second consecutive King of the Mountains win.


2009 Tour of Missouri
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.


2009 Tour of Missouri, Stages, Stage 1
September 7, St. Louis Circuit Race - 75 mi (121 km)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. Team Columbia–HTC 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.


2009 Tour of Missouri, Stages, Stage 2
September 8, Ste. Genevieve - Cape Girardeau, 112.4 mi (180.9 km)Timmy Duggan, Kiel Reijnen and François Parisien were able to form the day's main breakaway at 57 kilometers, but Team Columbia–HTC and Team Saxo Bank 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.


2009 Tour of Missouri, Stages, Stage 4
September 10, St. James - Jefferson City, 109.2 mi (175.7 km)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 Cervélo TestTeam and Garmin–Slipstream 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.


2009 Tour of Missouri, Stages, Stage 6
September 12, Chillicothe - Saint Joseph 110.3 mi (177.5 km)


2009 Tour of Missouri, Stages, Stage 7
September 13, Kansas City circuit race - 72.3 mi (116.4 km)


2009 Tour of Qatar
The 2009 Tour of Qatar was held from 1 February to 6 February 2009 in Qatar. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of 685 kilometres (426 mi) and was part of the 2008-2009 UCI Asia Tour. The Race was won by Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team.


2009 Tour of Qatar
During the night after stage 4 Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf of the Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator team died in his sleep  of a suspected heart attack. The organisers cancelled stage 5 and held a 'cycling procession' instead.


2009 Tour of Turkey
The 2009 Tour of Turkey is the 45th edition of professional road bicycle racing Tour of Turkey.


2009 Tour of the Basque Country
The 2009 Tour of the Basque Country, the 66th edition of the Tour of the Basque Country stage cycling race, started on 6 April and ended on 11 April 2009. The race was won by Alberto Contador, making this his second Tour of the Basque Country victory in a row. The race was the sixth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series.


2009 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 2
7 April 2009 - Ataun to Villatuerta, 169 km (105 mi)


2009 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 3
8 April 2009 - Villatuerta to Éibar, 163 km (101 mi)


2009 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 4
9 April 2009 - Éibar to Güeñes, 152 km (94 mi)


2009 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 5
10 April 2009 - Güeñes to Zalla, 162 km (101 mi)


2009 Tour of the Basque Country, Stages, Stage 6
11 April 2009 - Zalla, 24 km (15 mi) (ITT)


2009 Towson Tigers football team
The 2009 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Rob Ambrose and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They are a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 2–9, 1–7 in CAA play.


2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
The 2009 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the second round of the 2009 IndyCar Series season, held on April 19, 2009. The race was contested over 85 laps of the 1.968-mile (3.167 km) street course in Long Beach, California. Dario Franchitti recorded his first win since his 2007 championship win, after benefitting from an early full-course caution, having made a pitstop the lap before.


2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350
The 2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series event held on June 21, 2009 at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. Kasey Kahne picked up his first-ever win on a road course after leading 37 laps, giving car owner Richard Petty his first win as an owner in 10 years. All of Petty's cars finished in the top 10, except for Reed Sorenson, who finished a distant 40th.


2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race results
Failed to Qualify: Scott Speed (#82), Tom Hubert (#27), Chris Cook (#37), Brian Simo (#36)


2009 Toyota/Save Mart 350, Race results
* Scott Speed's team paid Joe Nemechek to let Speed drive his car in the race.


2009 Trail Appliances Curling Classic
The 2009 Trail Appliances Autumn Gold Curling Classic was held October 9–12 at the Calgary Curling Club in Calgary, Alberta. It was the first Grand Slam event of the 2009-10 Women's World Curling Tour.


2009 Trail Appliances Curling Classic
The total purse of the event is $56,000 and the winning team received $14,000.


2009 Trail Appliances Curling Classic
Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg, Manitoba rink won their second title, and fifth Grand Slam title. They defeated the Chinese national team in the final. The Chinese team was the first non-Canadian team to make it to a Grand Slam final in any event, men'ts or women's.


2009 Trampoline World Championships
The 26th Trampoline World Championships were held at the Petersburg Sports and Concert Complex in Saint Petersburg, Russia from 11  to 14 November 2009.


2009 Trani Cup
The 2009 Trani Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Trani, Italy between 17 and 23 August 2009.


2009 Trani Cup, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Trani Cup, Champions, Doubles
Jamie Delgado /  Jamie Murray def. Simon Greul /  Alessandro Motti, 3–6, 6–4, [12–10]


2009 Trani Cup – Doubles
Jamie Delgado and Jamie Murray defeated Simon Greul and Alessandro Motti 3–6, 6–4, [12–10] in the final.


2009 Trani Cup – Singles
Daniel Köllerer won this tournament, after defeating Filippo Volandri 6–3, 7–5.


2009 Trans-Am Series
The 2009 Trans-Am Series was the 41st running of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series. It was also the first official season since 2005. (Although the series held two races at Heartland Park Topeka in 2006, the races were considered after the fact to be exhibition events and no championship is officially counted.). Tomy Drissi won the series championship over the seven rounds contested.


2009 Tri Nations Series
The 2009 Tri Nations Series was the fourteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, respectively nicknamed the All Blacks, Wallabies, and Springboks. The Springboks secured the season crown in their final match on 12 September, defeating the defending series champion All Blacks 32–29 in Hamilton.


2009 Tri Nations Series, Background
New Zealand, South Africa and Australia were ranked first, second, and third in the world respectively by the International Rugby Board (IRB) immediately before the start of the Tri Nations on 30 June 2009. For South Africa, the tournament comes on the back of the British & Irish Lions tour.


2009 Tri Nations Series, Tri-Nations 2009
On 18 July, the All Blacks drew first blood in the series, coming from behind to defeat the Wallabies 22–16 at Eden Park. The All Blacks then departed for a two-test series against the Springboks in South Africa (Bloemfontein and Durban). The Boks won the first test 28–19, a result that not only gave them the series lead but also put them ahead of the All Blacks for first place in the IRB World Rankings. The following week, they defeated the All Blacks again, with Morné Steyn scoring all of their points in a 31–19 win. Steyn's performance broke the previous mark of New Zealand's Andrew Mehrtens for individual points in a Tri Nations match. The Boks completed their home leg with a 29–17 win over the Wallabies in Cape Town, with Steyn scoring 24 of their points.


2009 Tri Nations Series, Tri-Nations 2009
The series then travelled to Australia for the Wallabies' three home matches. It opened with the second Bledisloe Cup match with the All Blacks, won by the All Blacks 19–18. The Springboks then picked up a 32–25 bonus-point win over the Wallabies in Perth. The Wallabies then defeated the Springboks 21–6, at Brisbane. The Springboks had to wait another week to try grasp the Tri-Nations title, but had to face the All Blacks at home in Hamilton. The Boks claimed the Tri Nations crown for the first time since 2004 with a 32–29 win. In the final match of the series on 19 September, the All Blacks thumped the Wallabies 33–6 in Wellington.


2009 Tri Nations Series, Tri-Nations 2009
The final match of the Bledisloe Cup series between Australia and New Zealand took place after the Tri-Nations, on 11 October (the first 3 matches of the series were part of the Tri-Nations).


2009 Tri Nations Series, Fixtures, South Africa vs. New Zealand
Touch judges: Nigel Owens Tim HayesTelevision match official: Johann Meuwesen


2009 Tri Nations Series, Fixtures, South Africa vs. New Zealand II
Touch judges: Alain Rolland Tim HayesTelevision match official: Shaun Veldsman


2009 Tri Nations Series, Fixtures, Australia vs. New Zealand
Touch judges: Craig Joubert Cobus WesselsTelevision match official: George Ayoub


2009 Tri Nations Series, Fixtures, Australia vs. South Africa
Touch judges: Chris Pollock Vinny MunroTelevision match official: Keith Brown


2009 Tri Nations Series, Fixtures, New Zealand vs. South Africa
Touch judges: Wayne Barnes Stuart DickinsonTelevision match official: George Ayoub


2009 Tri Nations Series, Fixtures, New Zealand vs. Australia
Touch judges: Wayne Barnes Cobus WesselsTelevision match official: Shaun Veldsman


2009 Triglav Trophy
The 2009 Triglav Trophy was held between April 1 and 4, 2009. It was an international figure skating competition held annually in Jesenice, Slovenia. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's and ladies' singles across the levels of senior, junior, and novice.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic
The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic was the fifth season of the TOYOTA Classic, which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League and the National Super League. The tournament took place at the conclusion of the 2009 season. San Juan Jabloteh entered as the tournament's defending champion. The tournament commenced on 30 October, with 16 teams competing in single elimination matches.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Qualification
Every club from the TT Pro League automatically qualified for the competition except for Tobago United who did not enter. In addition, following the conclusion of the National Super League season, the top six teams ranked according to the league table qualified. All teams entered the competition at the first round.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Qualification
The draw for the first round for the fifth edition of the tournament was conducted by Pro League CEO Dexter Skeene on 28 October 2009, at the TOYOTA Trinidad and Tobago Limited Barataria showroom. The 16 teams in the competition, valued at TT$50,000 in total sponsorship, were drawn into four groups. All clubs were seeded based on their positions in their respective leagues.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Qualification
St. Ann's Rangers, San Juan Jabloteh, Defence Force, and Joe Public were drawn as the top seeds in Groups A, B, C, and D, respectively.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Qualification
The following clubs have qualified for this year's edition of the TOYOTA Classic:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Schedule
The schedule for the 2009 TOYOTA Classic, as announced by the TT Pro League and National Super League:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results
All matches were played over two 45 minutes halves, and in the process if the match were drawn at the end of regulation time, penalty kicks determined the winner.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, First round
On the competition's opening night, W Connection dumped Caledonia AIA out of the tournament with a 3–0 victory on penalty kicks after each team scored a goal in regulation. There were no other surprises as Joe Public easily defeated Police, Ma Pau claimed a 2–1 victory over Joe Public (SL), and St. Ann's Rangers used a late Jahvon Morris goal to advance past fellow Pro League side FC South End. On the following day, Defence Force defeated T&TEC by a score 3–0, whereas San Juan Jabloteh mauled Defence Force (SL) 5–0 to advance to the quarterfinals.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, Quarterfinals
San Juan Jabloteh survived a scoreless match after regulation to defeat Petrotrin on penalties 3–2 and advanced to the semifinals. Likewise, St. Ann's Rangers needed eight penalty kicks to defeat the lone National Super League team left in the tournament, 1976 FC Phoenix. Ma Pau and Joe Public continued their run to the semifinals with wins over Pro League sides W Connection and Defence Force respectively.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, Semifinals
Jabloteh held off St. Ann's Rangers 4–3 following two late goals from Rangers to advance to the final on 13 November. In the other semifinal match, Joe Public edged Ma Pau on penalties to meet Jabloteh in the final.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Classic, Results, Final
Joe Public claimed the title on 13 November with a 4–0 mauling of Jabloteh at Marvin Lee Stadium. Although Jabloteh lost in the final, teammates Marvin Oliver and Noel Williams walked away as the tournament's top goal scorers with four goals each.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy
The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy was the 80th season of the FA Trophy, which is the oldest football competition for teams in Trinidad and Tobago. The tournament took place at the conclusion of the 2009 TT Pro League season. Caledonia AIA entered as the tournament's defending champion. The tournament commenced on 15 November, with 32 teams competing in single elimination matches and concluded on 9 December.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Qualification
The tournament featured teams from the top three levels of the football pyramid. These three levels and 8 leagues, namely the TT Pro League, National Super League, Central FA's Premier Division, Eastern FA's Premier Division, Eastern Counties' Football Union, Northern FA's Premier Division, Southern FA's Premier Division, and Tobago FA's Premier Division, each have their own separate qualification process to trim their ranks down to their final team delegations.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Qualification
The top eight finishers in the Pro League for the 2009 season all qualified for the competition. In addition, the top seven finishers from the Super League also qualified. However, only three clubs from 5 of the 6 regional football associations were awarded qualification into this year's edition, with the Tobago FA as the exception as they only received two.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Qualification
The following clubs qualified for the 80th edition of the FA Trophy:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Schedule
The schedule for the 2009 FA Trophy, as announced by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results
All matches were played over two 45 minute halves, and in the process if the match were drawn at the end of regulation time, then two additional 15-minute halves were used, and if necessary, penalty kicks if still drawn after extra time.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, First round
The draw for the most prestigious knockout tournament held by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association was made on 2 November 2009 at its head office in Port of Spain, Trinidad with ties played in the week beginning 15 November 2009. The only Pro League match-up featured W Connection against FC South End. As a result, seven Pro League clubs advanced to the next round with little difficulty. The lone upset of the round occurred when Joe Public from the Eastern FA Premier Division defeated Club Sando of the National Super League.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Second round
The draw for the second round took place on 16 November 2009 and involved the 16 winning teams from the first round. These were from the following levels:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Second round
Matches in the second round were played in the week commencing 23 November 2009. The main match-up in the round featured rivals San Juan Jabloteh and W Connection. In the end, Jabloteh were defeated 3–1 and finished their 2009 season without a trophy for the first time in five years. In the other all-Pro League fixture, Keyon Edwards scored two late goals to guarantee Caledonia AIA a place in the quarterfinals after a 2–0 victory over Defence Force (PL). Valtrin United stunned Defence Force (SL) 2–1 with a penalty converted by Matthew Ramirez in the 90th minute.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals
The draw for the quarterfinals took place on 25 November 2009 and involved the 8 winning teams from the second round. These were from the following levels:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Quarterfinals
Matches in the quarterfinals were played on 30 November 2009. Hughton Hector scored a hat-trick to lead W Connection to a 5–1 win over Valtrin United. In the only all-Pro League encounter, Caledonia AIA and Ma Pau ended 1–1 after regulation time following a late equaliser from Stallions' Kerry Daniel in the 90th minute. Caledonia AIA won the match 6–5 on penalties. In the other two quarterfinal matches at Marvin Lee Stadium, Joe Public (PL) won the battle of Tunapuna by defeating Joe Public (EFA) by a score of 6 to 0. United Petrotrin avoided giant-killers Siparia Spurs by a 3–1 scoreline to make it an all-Pro League semifinals.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Semifinals
The draw for the semifinals took place on 1 December 2009. It consisted of Caledonia AIA, Joe Public (PL), United Petrotrin, and W Connection from the Pro League (1). The semifinal matches took place at Marvin Lee Stadium on 7 December 2009. W Connection defeated United Petrotrin 1–0 to reach the final of the competition. The lone goal in the match came from Jonathan Faña, who netted the winner in the 82nd minute. In the other semifinal, Joe Public (PL) defeated Caledonia AIA 3–1 to advance to the final.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago FA Trophy, Results, Final
The final was played at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Trinidad on 9 December 2009. The match was contested by Joe Public (PL), who defeated Caledonia AIA 3–1 in their semifinal, and W Connection who beat United Petrotrin 1–0. Joe Public (PL) used an own goal by Eder Gilmer Arias in the 90th minute to force extra time after the match ended 2–2. The Eastern Lions then capitalized in the 117th minute when, the tournament's leading scorer with eight goals, Conrad Smith slotted home the winner. The win marked Joe Public's fourth title of the year. Whereas, W Connection's suffered their second consecutive loss in the final.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield
The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield was the inaugural season of the Lucozade Sport Goal Shield, which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League. The structure of the competition not only allowed the winners and runners-up healthy purses at the end of the tournament, but more so give an added incentive for more goals to be scored throughout the tournament.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield
In particular, the winner of the competition was awarded TT$20,000 plus an additional TT$3,000 for every goal scored in the final, TT$2,000 for every goal in the semifinals, and TT$1,000 for each goal scored in the quarterfinals. Whereas, the runner-up was awarded TT$10,000 plus TT$1,500 for every goal scored in the final, TT$1,000 for every goal in the semifinals, and TT$500 for each goal scored in the quarterfinals.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, Qualification
Seeding was determined from the league standings after the fourth match day of the 2009 season. However, the teams which played four matches, their goals and points from Match Day 4 were not entered into the qualifying table to ensure that all teams start evenly. Thus, only points from three matches were considered for the draw and the clubs were drawn based on their positions.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, Qualification
The bottom two teams were placed in a penalty shootout to determine which team would advance to the qualifying round. Teams ranked seventh to ninth were then placed directly into the qualifying round which will determine the seventh and eight spots in the quarterfinals. Finally, the teams ranked from first to sixth automatically qualified for the quarterfinals.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, Qualification
The automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position were: San Juan Jabloteh, United Petrotrin, Joe Public, Caledonia AIA, W Connection, and Defence Force.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, Schedule
The schedule for the 2009 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield, as announced by the TT Pro League:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, Results
All matches except the Penalty shootout were played for 90 minutes duration, at the end of which if the match was still tied, penalty-kicks were used to determine the match winner.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, Results, Penalty shootout
On 29 May, Tobago United became the first club to win two penalty shootouts on one night, when they first defeated FC South End in the penalty shootout by a score of 4–2 to advance to the qualifying round.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, Results, Qualifying round
Thirty minutes after their penalty shootout win, Tobago United faced Police in the qualifying round. The Tobago Boys picked up the unusual achievement by outscoring Police 5–3 on penalties after the match ended 0–0 in regular time.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Goal Shield, Results, Final
The competition culminated with the inaugural final, held at Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella on 26 June. The match was contested by W Connection and Defence Force, with W Connection taking the title 3–0. Jonathan Faña, of Dominican Republic, scored five goals to lead the tournament and W Connection to the title.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup
The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup was the tenth season of the First Citizens Cup, which is the league cup competition for Trinidad and Tobago teams competing in the TT Pro League. Continuing from previous seasons, the slogan for the year's league cup was No Room for Losers and was sponsored by First Citizens Bank for the ninth consecutive year. To keep with the tag-line, this year's edition will only reward prizes to the cup winners and runner-up. The Savonetta Boys of W Connection entered as the five-time defending cup holders by winning the 2008 league cup over Joe Public 6–5 in a penalty shootout after the match ended 2–2 in regulation.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Qualification
Seeding for the competition was determined from the league standings following the twentieth league match day. The bottom two teams, Tobago United and Police, were placed in the 10th place playoff to determine who would advance to face Defence Force in one of two qualifying round matches, with the other game matching St. Ann's Rangers up with FC South End.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Qualification
The two teams that win their respective quarterfinal matches will meet up with the top six teams in the Pro League. The automatic quarterfinal qualifiers in order of league position are: Joe Public, Caledonia AIA, Ma Pau, San Juan Jabloteh, United Petrotrin, and W Connection.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Schedule
The schedule for the 2009 First Citizens Cup, as announced by the TT Pro League:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results
All matches were played for 90 minutes duration, at the end of which if the match was still tied, penalty-kicks were used to determine the match winner.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, 10th place playoff
The knockout cup began with the 10th place playoff between the bottom two clubs in the 2009 season following Match Day 20, Tobago United and Police, on 1 September at Plymouth Recreation Grounds. The Tobago Boys came out on top by a score of 3–1 following goals from Collie Hercules, Benjamin Bottino, and Dwayne Jack.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Qualifying round
St. Ann's Rangers used three saves from Haitian Fortunato Valcourt from penalty kicks to defeat FC South End and advanced to face top-seed Joe Public. In the earlier match, Defence Force scored two first half goals on its way past Tobago United by a 2–1 score into the quarterfinals to face Caledonia AIA.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Quarterfinals
The biggest surprise of the tournament came in the quarterfinals, when Ma Pau upset the defending champions W Connection at Manny Ramjohn Stadium by a 3–1 score. Joining the Casino Boys were Joe Public, San Juan Jabloteh, and Defence Force into the semifinals.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Semifinals
On 25 September, Joe Public used goals from Trent Noel and Seon Power to defeat San Juan Jabloteh and book their place in the final. In the other semifinal, Defence Force shutout Ma Pau 2–0 with goals from Richard Roy and Devorn Jorsling.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago League Cup, Results, Final
The tournament was concluded on 2 October when Defence Force upset Joe Public 1–0 in Marvin Lee Stadium to claim their second First Citizens Cup title and end their six-year trophy drought. On the other hand, Joe Public suffered their second consecutive defeat in the league cup final having lost to W Connection on penalty kicks in last year's edition. Teammates Devorn Jorsling and Richard Roy finished as the tournament's top goal scorers with 3 goals each.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl
The 2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl was the sixth season of the Digicel Pro Bowl, which is a knockout tournament competition for teams in the TT Pro League. The tournament took place at the conclusion of the 2009 season. Caledonia AIA entered as the tournament's defending champion. The tournament commenced on 17 November 2009 with 10 teams competing in single elimination matches and concluded with the final on 11 December.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Qualification
Every team based on the island of Trinidad took part in the tournament, with Tobago United as the lone Pro League representative that did not participate. Seeding for this year's competition was determined by each team's league position following the 2009 season. The bottom four teams in the table, United Petrotrin, FC South End, St. Ann's Rangers, and Police entered the tournament in the qualifying round.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Qualification
The two winning teams from the qualifying round will take on the top two seeds Joe Public and Caledonia AIA, respectively. The other four clubs that qualified for the Pro League Big Six also entered the Pro Bowl directly in the quarterfinals.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Schedule
The schedule for the 2009 Digicel Pro Bowl, as announced by the TT Pro League:


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results
All matches were played for 90 minutes duration, at the end of which if the match was still tied, penalty-kicks were used to determine the match winner.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results, Qualifying round
On 17 November, St. Ann's Rangers pulled an upset over FC South End 1–0 with Josimar Belgrave providing the lone goal. In the other qualifying round match, Police also stunned United Petrotrin 2–1 to complete the teams in the quarterfinals.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results, Quarterfinals
In the quarterfinals on 20 November, Joe Public used four goals from 2009 Golden Boot winner, Kerry Baptiste, to a 9–1 win against Police. Ma Pau joined the Eastern Lions in the semifinals, with a win over W Connection at Manny Ramjohn Stadium. On the other side of the bracket, Caledonia AIA defeated St. Ann's Rangers by a score 5–0 following a hat-trick from Kendall Velox, while Defence Force provided the closest match in the round with their win over San Juan Jabloteh 2–1.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results, Semifinals
On 4 December, Joe Public and Caledonia AIA both registered 1–0 victories in the semifinals to advance to the final. The Eastern Lions used a Hayden Tinto goal in the thirteenth minute to upend Ma Pau. However, Caledonia AIA needed an 81st minute free kick from winger Kareem Joseph to defeat Defence Force.


2009 Trinidad and Tobago Pro Bowl, Results, Final
In the final, Joe Public came from behind to earn a draw 1–1 in regulation time before Colombian goalkeeper Alejandro Figueroa saved a Caledonia AIA's Keon Daniel penalty kick to give Joe Public a 5–3 win from the penalty spot.


2009 Triton Oil Scandal
The 2009 Triton Oil scandal involved the unauthorized release of oil by Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) without informing financiers. This oil scandal became public in January 2009.


2009 Triton Oil Scandal
The release of the oil occurred in 2008 when Triton Oil Company was allowed by KPC to withdraw oil amounting to Kshs 7.6 billion or (US$98.7 million). The company collapsed shortly afterward, withdrawing the oil and selling it to the market.


2009 Triton Oil Scandal
Triton Oil was owned by Yagnesh Devani. Kenya has issued a warrant to arrest him, but as of January 2010 he was at large and believed to be in hiding abroad.


2009 Tro-Bro Léon
The 2009 Tro-Bro Léon was the 26th edition of the Tro-Bro Léon cycle race and was held on 19 April 2009. The race was won by Saïd Haddou.


2009 Trofeo Bellaveglia
The 2009 Trofeo Bellaveglia was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. This was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Orbetello, Italy between 20 July and 26 July 2009.


2009 Trofeo Bellaveglia, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Trofeo Bellaveglia, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received a special exempt into the main draw:


2009 Trofeo Bellaveglia, Champions, Doubles
Paolo Lorenzi /  Giancarlo Petrazzuolo def. Alessio di Mauro /  Manuel Jorquera, 7–6(5), 3–6, [10–6]


2009 Trofeo Bellaveglia – Doubles
Paolo Lorenzi and Giancarlo Petrazzuolo won in the final 7–6(5), 3–6, [10–6], against Alessio di Mauro and Manuel Jorquera.


2009 Trofeo Bellaveglia – Singles
Oleksandr Dolgopolov Jr., who received a special exempt into the main draw, became the first champion of this tournament. He defeated 3rd-seeded Pablo Andújar 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


2009 Trofeo Federale
The 2009 Trofeo Federale is the twenty-fourth edition of the San Marino four-club supercup competition. The competition will begin on 23 September 2009. The clubs involved are the league champions Tre Fiori, cup winners Juvenes/Dogana and cup runners-up Domagnano. Because Juvenes/Dogana were also the league runners-up, the league semi-finalist Murata are also admitted into the competition.


2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi
The 2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Cremona, Italy between May 18 and May 24, 2009.


2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw:


2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi, Champions, Doubles
Colin Fleming /  Ken Skupski def. Daniele Bracciali /  Alessandro Motti, 6–2, 6–1


2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi – Doubles
Eduardo Schwank and Dušan Vemić were the champions in 2009, but he chose to not defend their title. Colin Fleming and Ken Skupski won in the final 6–2, 6–1, against Daniele Bracciali and Alessandro Motti.


2009 Trofeo Paolo Corazzi – Singles
Eduardo Schwank was the defending champion, but he chose not to play this year. Benjamin Becker won in the final 7–6(3), 6–1, against Izak van der Merwe.


2009 Trophée des Alpilles
The 2009 Trophée des Alpilles was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the first edition of the tournament which was part of the 2009 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France between 7 and 13 September 2009.


2009 Trophée des Alpilles, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2009 Trophée des Alpilles, Champions, Doubles
Jiří Krkoška /  Lukáš Lacko def. Ruben Bemelmans /  Niels Desein, 6–1, 3–6, [10–3]


2009 Trophée des Alpilles – Doubles
Jiří Krkoška and Lukáš Lacko won in the final 6–1, 3–6, [10–3], against Ruben Bemelmans and Niels Desein.


2009 Trophée des Alpilles – Doubles, Seeds
All seed pairs received a bye to the first round.


2009 Trophée des Alpilles – Singles
3rd-seeded Marcos Baghdatis became the first champion of this event, after winning against unseeded Xavier Malisse 6–4, 6–1 in the final.


2009 Trophée des Champions
The 2009 Trophée des Champions Final was a football match that was played on 25 July 2009. The match was contested between the winners of 2008–09 Coupe de France, En Avant Guingamp, and the 2008–09 Ligue 1 champions, FC Girondins de Bordeaux. The match was played, for the first time, on international soil at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada with the objective being to promote French professional football abroad.


2009 Trophée des Champions
Bordeaux captured their 3rd Trophée des Champions overall and their second straight after defeating Guingamp 2–0 with goals from the Argentine Fernando Cavenaghi in the 39th minute and the Brazilian Fernando Menegazzo in the 90th minute.


2009 Trophée Éric Bompard
The 2009 Trophée Éric Bompard was the first event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris on October 15–18. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.


2009 Trophée Éric Bompard, Results, Ladies
Kim Yuna set a new free skating world record of 133.95 and a new combined total world record of 210.03.


2009 Troy Trojans football team
The 2009 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They played their home games at Movie Gallery Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. The Trojans won their fourth straight Sun Belt championship going undefeated in conference play (8–0) with a regular season record of 9–3. They were invited to the GMAC Bowl, where they played Mid-American Conference champion Central Michigan and were defeated, 44–41, in two overtimes.


2009 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 2009 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Green Wave's third year under head coach Bob Toledo. The Green Wave finished the season 3–9 and 1–7 in CUSA play.


2009 Tulane Green Wave football team, Preseason
The Green Wave came off a 2–10 season in 2008.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Golden Hurricane, led by third-year head coach Todd Graham, played their home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium. Tulsa finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play and failed to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2004.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Tulsa opened the season with a trip to the Superdome to take on division rival Tulane, whom they had defeated 56–7 in 2008. Tulsa scored on their first three possessions to build up a 17–0 lead as Tulane's offense struggled in the first quarter. Tulane managed cut the deficit to 13 points late in the third quarter, but Damaris Johnson's 66-yard punt return for a score with twelve minutes to play ended their hopes of a comeback.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, Tulane
Sophomore quarterback G.J. Kinne went 15 of 20 for 211 yards in his debut with the Golden Hurricane, throwing for one touchdown and running for another. Johnson also had a big night with 252 all-purpose yards including the punt-return touchdown. With the win, Tulsa improved to 5–1 overall against the Green Wave.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
For their second game of the season, Tulsa traveled to Albuquerque for the second leg of a home-and-away series against New Mexico. The Lobos fared little better at home than they had in Tulsa the previous season, when they suffered a 56–14 defeat and lost starting quarterback Donovan Porterie to a season-ending knee injury. Tulsa was forced to punt on their first possession but regained the ball on the Lobos' 16 after a fumble by UNM punt returner Frankie Solomon.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
Charles Clay scored four plays later on a 1-yard run over the middle, giving the Golden Hurricane a lead they never relinquished. The Lobos responded with a field goal to make it 7-3 at the end of the first, but Tulsa scored 23 unanswered points in the second and third quarters to put the game out of reach. Kinne threw for 310 yards and four touchdowns and the Golden Hurricane racked up 489 yards of offense in the blowout.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
In week 3, the Golden Hurricane made the drive to Norman for their 24th meeting with the Sooners, whom they had beaten only once since 1979. Tulsa appeared to be off to a good start, intercepting Landry Jones on the first play of the game and taking 25 of their first 27 snaps in Oklahoma territory, but two costly red-zone turnovers and a missed 50-yard field goal kept them scoreless in the first half while the Sooners built an insurmountable 31-0 lead. The Golden Hurricane offense failed to threaten at all in the second half and Tulsa was shut out for the first time since 2004, falling to 7–16–1 overall against Oklahoma.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, Sam Houston State
For their home opener, the Golden Hurricane took on FCS opponent Sam Houston State in the first ever meeting of the two schools. The Bearkats moved the ball effectively in the first quarter but came away with only a field goal and were held to just 71 yards in the remainder of the game. Meanwhile, Tulsa scored on five of its first six possessions to put the game away by halftime. G.J. Kinne completed 12 of 15 passes for 264 yards and four touchdowns and Damaris Johnson accumulated 103 yards receiving in the rout.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, Rice
The Golden Hurricane traveled to Houston in week 5 to play their second conference opponent, a winless Rice team. Tulsa marched 80 yards on their first possession and Jamad Williams scored on a 6-yard run for the only points of the first quarter. Rice responded with a touchdown and a field goal in the second to take the lead, but Kevin Fitzpatrick kicked a 29-yard field goal just before halftime to tie the game at 10.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, Rice
In the second half, Kinne ran for one touchdown and threw for another as the Golden Hurricane scored 17 unanswered points to clinch the game. Kinne completed 21 of his 32 passes for 251 yards and Williams led the team in rushing with 72 yards on 14 carries. With the win, Tulsa tied the all-time series with Rice at 7–7–1.


2009 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team, Game summaries, Boise State
After a bye week, Tulsa returned home for a Wednesday-night matchup against Boise State, their highest-ranked opponent of the season. After recovering a muffed punt at their own 47, the Golden Hurricane got on the board first when Kinne pitched the ball to A.J. Whitmore, who completed a 53-yard trick pass to Damaris Johnson for the score. The Broncos responded with a touchdown and successful two-point conversion on their next drive, but Tulsa took the lead again when Kinne hit Trae Johnson from 15 yards at the end of the first quarter.