2009 Tirreno-Adriatico - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2009 Tirreno–Adriatico, the 44th running of the race, started on 11 March and finished on 17 March. The race started in Cecina

Cecina

Cecina may refer to:*Cecina, Tuscany, a town in the Italian Province of Livorno*Cecina , a river in Italy*Cecina , a Spanish and Mexican culinary specialty made of beef*Farinata, a Tuscan culinary specialty made of chickpea flour...

and ended in San Benedetto del Tronto

San Benedetto del Tronto

San Benedetto del Tronto is a city and comune in Marche, Italy, in the province of Ascoli Piceno. It lies on the Adriatic Sea. San Benedetto del Tronto is an important little town on the Marche coast, an active fishing port and one of the main seaside resorts on the central Adriatic coast.Located...

. The race was the third event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking

2009 UCI World Ranking

The 2009 UCI World Ranking is the first edition of the ranking system launched by the International Cycling Union , replacing the rankings previously part of the UCI ProTour. The series started with the Tour Down Under's opening stage on 20 January, and consists of 13 stage races and 11 one-day...

Stage 1

11 March 2009 — Cecina

Cecina

to Capannori

Capannori

Capannori is a town and comune in the province of Lucca, in northern Tuscany .-Geography:The area is characterized by the number of distinctive towers .-History:...

, 147 km (91 mi)

Stage 1 result

	Team	Time
1		3h 34' 03"
2	Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce	s.t.
3		+ 12"
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7	Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce	s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 1

	Team	Time
1		3h 33' 50"
2	Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce	+ 5"
3		+ 21"
4		+ 25"
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7	Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce	s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

Stage 2

12 March 2009 — Volterra

Volterra

Volterra, known to the ancient Etruscans as Velathri, to the Romans as Volaterrae, is a town and comune in the Tuscany region of Italy.-History:...

to Marina di Carrara, 177 km (110 mi)

Stage 2 result

	Team	Time
1		4h 32' 42"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8	Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce	s.t.
9	Vacansoleil	s.t.
10		s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 2

	Team	Time
1		8h 6' 32"
2		+ 15"
3		s.t.
4	Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce	+ 24"
5		+ 25"
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

Stage 3

13 March 2009 — Fucecchio

Fucecchio

Fucecchio is a town and comune of the province of Firenze in the Italian region of Tuscany. The main economical resources of the city are the leather industries, shoes industry and other manufacturing activities, although in the recent years their number has been decreasing because of a slight...

to Santa Croce sull'Arno

Santa Croce sull'Arno

Santa Croce sull'Arno is an Italian town located in the province of Pisa, Tuscany. There are about 13,400 residents as of 2005 and the city has a well-established leather industry, which counts more than 400 factories and laboratories spread over the 16.92 square kilometres of its total area...

, 166 km (103 mi)

Stage 3 result

	Team	Time
1		3h 53' 48"
2		s.t.
3	Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce	s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10	Vacansoleil	s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 3

	Team	Time
1		12h 20"
2		+ 15"
3		s.t.
4	Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce	+ 20"
5		+ 25"
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

Stage 4

14 March 2009 — Foligno

Foligno

Foligno is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system...

to Montelupone

Montelupone

Montelupone is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 30 km south of Ancona and about 11 km northeast of Macerata...

, 171 km (106 mi)

Stage 4 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			4h 08' 35"
2			+ 6"
3			+ 10"
4			+ 14"
5			+ 21"
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			16h 9' 10"
2			+ 6"
3			+ 10"
4			+ 16"
5			+ 24"
6			+ 31"
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Stage 5

15 March 2009 — Loreto Aprutino

Loreto Aprutino

Loreto Aprutino is a comune and town in the Province of Pescara in the Abruzzo region of central Italy.-History:The Roman town on this site was called Laurentum, because of the many bay laurels that grew in the area. The modern town grew up around a castle and Benedictine abbey in the 11th century...

to Macerata

Macerata

Macerata is a city and comune in central Italy, the capital of the province of Macerata in the Marche region.The historical city center is located on a hill between the Chienti and Potenza rivers. It consisted of the Picenes city named Ricina, then, after the romanization, Recina and Helvia Recina...

, (TT) 30 km (19 mi)

Stage 5 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			41' 32"
2			+ 20"
3			+ 21"
4			s.t.
5			+ 32"
6			+ 40"
7			+ 32"
8			+ 52"
9			+ 58"
10			+ 1' 00"

b>General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			16h 51' 13"
2			+ 6"
3			+ 21"
4			+ 41"
5			+ 1' 02"
6			+ 1' 07"
7			+ 1' 22"
8			+ 1' 25"
9			+ 1' 26"
10			+ 1' 34"

Stage 6

16 March 2009 — Civitanova Marche

Civitanova Marche

Civitanova Marche is a comune in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about 40 km southeast of Ancona and about 25 km east of Macerata.-Geography:...

to Camerino

Camerino

Camerino is a small town of 7.135 inhabitants in the Marches , in the province of Macerata, Italy. It is located in the Apennines bordering Umbria, between the valleys of the rivers Potenza and Chienti, about 40 miles from Ancona....

, 235 km (146 mi)

b>Stage 6 result

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			6h 36' 12"
2			+ 1"
3			+ 3"
4			+ 1' 09"
5			+ 1' 11"
6			+ 1' 15"
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 6

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			23h 27' 36"
2			+ 25"
3			+ 1' 07"
4			+ 1' 10"
5			+ 1' 13"
6			+ 2' 06"
7			+ 2' 32"
8			+ 2' 33"
9			+ 2' 41"
10			+ 2' 54"

Stage 7

17 March 2009 — San Benedetto del Tronto

San Benedetto del Tronto

to San Benedetto del Tronto

San Benedetto del Tronto

, 169 km (105 mi)

Stage 7 result

	Team	Time
1		4h 9' 46"
2		s.t.
3	Vacansoleil	s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.
6		s.t.
7		s.t.
8		s.t.
9		s.t.
10		s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			27h 37' 22"
2			+ 25"
3			+ 1' 07"
4			+ 1' 10"
5			+ 1' 13"
6			+ 2' 06"
7			+ 2' 32"
8			+ 2' 33"
9			+ 2' 41"
10			+ 2' 54"

General classification
General Classification
The general classification in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races...

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			27h 37' 22"
2			+ 25"
3			+ 1' 07"
4			+ 1' 10"
5			+ 1' 13"
6			+ 2' 06"
7			+ 2' 32"
8			+ 2' 33"
9			+ 2' 41"
10			+ 2' 54"

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			27
2			25
3			22
4			22
5			21
6			20
7			19
8			18
9			18
10			15

Mountains classification

	Team	Points
1		10
2		6
3		6
4		5
5		5
6		5
7	Vacansoleil	5
8		5
9		5
10	Vacansoleil	5

Youth Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			27h 38' 32"
2			+ 1' 44"
3			+ 1' 55"
4			+ 2' 11"
5			+ 2' 27"
6			+ 13' 20"
7			+ 13' 46"
8			+ 15' 9"
9			+ 17' 52"
10			+ 27' 17"

Team Classification

	Team	Time
1		84h 30' 51"
2		+ 2' 44"
3		+ 3' 37"
4		+ 3' 38"
5		+ 6' 34"
6		+ 8' 24"
7		+ 8' 37"
8		+ 10' 42"
9		+ 11' 07"
10		+ 12' 34"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Young Rider Classification
Stage 1 (Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares is a French road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.-Palmares:20062009-External links:... )	Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares is a French road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.-Palmares:20062009-External links:...	Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares is a French road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.-Palmares:20062009-External links:...	Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares is a French road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.-Palmares:20062009-External links:...	Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares is a French road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.-Palmares:20062009-External links:...
Stage 2 (Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling... )		Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for .A specialist sprinter, Petacchi has won 51 grand tour stages with wins of the points jersey in the Giro d'Italia in 2004, the Vuelta a España in 2005 and the Tour de France in 2010.In 2007 Alessandro was banned from cycling...
Stage 3 (Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar Tyler Farrar is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003.-Cycling career:Farrar started racing at 13, and rode for in 2003, in 2004, and in 2006 and 2007. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone and missed most of the season... )			Ermanno Capelli Ermanno Capelli Ermanno Capelli is an Italian professional road racing cyclist for UCI Professional Continental team .-Palmares:20062007-External links:...
Stage 4 (Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001... )	Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist. He has been competing since 2001, and currently rides for the UCI ProTour team .- Palmarès :2001...	Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares is a French road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.-Palmares:20062009-External links:...
Stage 5 (ITT) (Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and second place in the 2004 Tour de France and 2006 Tour de France... )	Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden Andreas Klöden is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and second place in the 2004 Tour de France and 2006 Tour de France...			Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004...
Stage 6 (Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam .In 2006, Scarponi was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case... )	Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam .In 2006, Scarponi was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case...		Egoi Martínez Egoi Martínez Egoi Martínez de Esteban is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi. In his first Tour de France, Martínez finished 41st overall at the 2004 Tour de France....
Stage 7 (Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish MBE is a Manx professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam until the end of this season when the team is dissolved. He will join Team Sky at the start of the 2012 season... )
Final	Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi Michele Scarponi is an Italian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam .In 2006, Scarponi was implicated in the Operación Puerto doping case...	Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares is a French road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Cofidis.-Palmares:20062009-External links:...	Egoi Martínez Egoi Martínez Egoi Martínez de Esteban is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Euskaltel-Euskadi. In his first Tour de France, Martínez finished 41st overall at the 2004 Tour de France....	Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Lövkvist Thomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004...

Withdrawals

	Stage	Cyclist	Reason
DNF	2	Janez Brajkovic Janez Brajkovic Janez Brajkovič is a racing cyclist from Slovenia. He was the world under-23 Time Trial champion in Verona and rides for on the UCI ProTour.-Career:...	Head injuries sustained in crash
DNS	4	Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer riding . He has signed for from 2012 onwards. He is known for sprinting and time trialing and is the 2010 Norwegian and world road champion. He is the first Norwegian to lead the Tour de France, and first Scandinavian to win the road...
DNS	6	Andy Schleck Andy Schleck Andy Raymond Schleck is a Luxembourgish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . He is the younger brother of Fränk Schleck, who also rides for . Their father Johny Schleck rode the Tour de France and Vuelta a España between 1965 and 1974...
DNF	6	Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara Fabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam . A time trial specialist, he is a four-time World Time Trial Champion and is the current Olympic gold medalist...