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2009 Tour Down Under

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

  Points  Allan Davis (AUS) (Quick-Step)
  Mountains  Andoni Lafuente (ESP) (Euskaltel–Euskadi)
  Youth  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)
  Team Française des Jeux
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  Winner  Allan Davis (AUS) (Quick-Step)
  Second  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) (Team Saxo Bank)
  Third  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)

  Points  Allan Davis (AUS) (Quick-Step)
  Mountains  Andoni Lafuente (ESP) (Euskaltel–Euskadi)
  Youth  José Joaquín Rojas (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)
  Team Française des Jeux

The 2009 Tour Down Under was the 11th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place over 20 –25 January around Adelaide, Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside of Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI, and this edition was the first race in the inaugural UCI World Ranking calendar.

This was the first race in Lance Armstrong's comeback.

The race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition.

Per the first published individual classification.

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


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