2009 Paris–Nice

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The 2009 Paris–Nice, the 67th running of the race, started on 8 March in Amilly, and concluded on 15 March in Nice. It was won by Luis León Sánchez.[1]

2009 Paris–Nice
2009 UCI World Ranking, race 2 of 24
Race details
DatesMarch 8–15, 2009
Stages8
Distance1,243.5 km (772.7 mi)
Winning time30h 53' 51"
Results
Winner  Luis León Sánchez (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)
  Second  Fränk Schleck (LUX) (Team Saxo Bank)
  Third  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Quick-Step)

Points  Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) (Quick-Step)
Mountains  Tony Martin (GER) (Team Columbia–High Road)
Youth  Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL) (Quick-Step)
  Team Denmark Team Saxo Bank
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Favorites to win included Alberto Contador, who won in 2007, Cadel Evans, and Fränk Schleck. The 2008 winner, Davide Rebellin, did not take part in the event.[2] The race was the second event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking.

Stages edit

Stage 1 – March 8, 2009: Amilly, 9.3 km (ITT) edit

Stage 1 results[3]
Cyclist Team Time
1   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana 11' 05"
2   Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 7"
3   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 9"
4   Tony Martin (GER) Team Columbia–High Road + 11"
5   David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 14"
6   Joost Posthuma (NED) Rabobank + 18"
7   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Quick-Step + 19"
8   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha s.t.
9   Vladimir Karpets (RUS) Team Katusha + 21"
10   Rémi Pauriol (FRA) Cofidis + 22"
General Classification after Stage 1
Cyclist Team Time
1   Alberto Contador (ESP)   Astana 11' 05"
2   Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 7"
3   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 9"
4   Tony Martin (GER)  Team Columbia–High Road + 11"
5   David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 14"
6   Joost Posthuma (NED) Rabobank + 18"
7   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Quick-Step + 19"
8   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha s.t.
9   Vladimir Karpets (RUS) Team Katusha + 21"
10   Rémi Pauriol (FRA) Cofidis + 22"

Stage 2 – March 9, 2009: Saint-Brisson-sur-Loire > La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin, 195.5 km edit

Stage 2 results[4]
Cyclist Team Time
1   Heinrich Haussler (GER) Cervélo TestTeam 4h 45' 01"
2   Mark Renshaw (AUS) Team Columbia–High Road s.t.
3   Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA) Lampre–NGC s.t.
4   Tom Veelers (NED) Skil–Shimano s.t.
5   Murilo Fischer (BRA) Liquigas s.t.
6   Sébastien Chavanel (FRA) Française des Jeux s.t.
7   Sébastien Hinault (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t.
8   Samuel Dumoulin (FRA) Cofidis s.t.
9   Romain Feillu (FRA) Agritubel s.t.
10   Mathew Hayman (AUS) Rabobank s.t.
General Classification after Stage 2
Cyclist Team Time
1   Alberto Contador (ESP)  Astana 4h 56' 06"
2   Bradley Wiggins (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 7"
3   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 9"
4   Tony Martin (GER)  Team Columbia–High Road + 11"
5   David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 14"
6   Joost Posthuma (NED) Rabobank + 18"
7   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Quick-Step + 19"
8   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha s.t.
9   Heinrich Haussler (GER)  Cervélo TestTeam + 20"
10   Vladimir Karpets (RUS) Team Katusha + 21"

Stage 3 – March 10, 2009: Orval > Vichy, 178 km edit

Stage 3 results
Cyclist Team Time
1   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Quick-Step 4h 33' 12"
2   Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Rabobank s.t.
3   Sebastian Langeveld (NED) Rabobank s.t.
4   Stéphane Augé (FRA) Cofidis s.t.
5   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL) Quick-Step s.t.
6   Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Rabobank s.t.
7   Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence–Lotto s.t.
8   Marcus Burghardt (GER) Team Columbia–High Road + 40"
9   Heinrich Haussler (GER)  Cervélo TestTeam + 1' 09"
10   Sébastien Turgot (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
General Classification after Stage 3
Cyclist Team Time
1   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)   Quick-Step 9h 29' 27"
2   Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Rabobank + 32"
3   Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Rabobank + 33"
4   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL)  Quick-Step + 35"
5   Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence–Lotto + 37"
6   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana + 1' 03"
7   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 1' 12"
8   Stéphane Augé (FRA)  Cofidis + 1' 14"
9   David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 1' 17"
10   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha + 1' 22"

Stage 4 – March 11, 2009: Vichy > Saint-Étienne, 173.5 km edit

Stage 4 results[5]
Cyclist Team Time
1   Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin–Slipstream 4h 01' 31"
2   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 14"
3   Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA) Lampre–NGC s.t.
4   Christophe Moreau (FRA) Agritubel s.t.
5   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank s.t.
6   Amaël Moinard (FRA) Cofidis s.t.
7   Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Team Saxo Bank s.t.
8   Maxime Monfort (BEL) Team Columbia–High Road s.t.
9   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank s.t.
10   Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Rabobank s.t.
General Classification after Stage 4
Cyclist Team Time
1   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Quick-Step 13h 31' 36"
2   Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Rabobank + 6"
3   Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Rabobank + 36"
4   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana s.t.
5   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL)  Quick-Step + 37"
6   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 45"
7   David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 50"
8   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha + 55"
9   Vladimir Karpets (RUS) Team Katusha + 57"
10   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 03"

Stage 5 – March 12, 2009: Annonay > Vallon-Pont-d'Arc, 204 km edit

Stage 5 results
Cyclist Team Time
1   Jérémy Roy (FRA) Française des Jeux 4h 58' 47"
2   Thomas Voeckler (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom s.t.
3   Tony Martin (GER) Team Columbia–High Road + 3"
4   Heinrich Haussler (GER) Cervélo TestTeam + 2' 33"
5   Murilo Fischer (BRA) Liquigas s.t.
6   Romain Feillu (FRA) Agritubel s.t.
7   Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Skil–Shimano s.t.
8   Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence–Lotto s.t.
9   Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA)  Lampre–NGC s.t.
10   Sébastien Hinault (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t.
General Classification after Stage 5
Cyclist Team Time
1   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Quick-Step 18h 32' 56"
2   Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Rabobank + 6"
3   Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) Rabobank + 36"
4   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana s.t.
5   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL)  Quick-Step + 37"
6   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 45"
7   David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Slipstream + 50"
8   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha + 55"
9   Vladimir Karpets (RUS) Team Katusha + 57"
10   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 03"

Stage 6 – March 13, 2009: Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux > La Montagne de Lure, 182.5 km edit

Stage 6 results
Cyclist Team Time
1   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana 4h 47' 46"
2   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank + 58"
3   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne s.t.
4   Cadel Evans (AUS) Silence–Lotto + 1' 27"
5   David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis s.t.
6   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 29"
7   Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 1' 31"
8   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 1' 34"
9   Christophe Moreau (FRA) Agritubel + 1' 44"
10   Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 46"
General Classification after Stage 6
Cyclist Team Time
1   Alberto Contador (ESP)  Astana 23h 21' 08"
2   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 1' 13"
3   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Quick-Step + 1' 24"
4   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 38"
5   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL)  Quick-Step + 2' 01"
6   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank + 2' 06"
7   Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 2' 14"
8   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 2' 29"
9   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha + 2' 35"
10   Yury Trofimov (RUS) Bbox Bouygues Telecom + 3' 09"

Stage 7 – March 14, 2009: Manosque > Fayence, 191 km edit

Stage 7 results
Cyclist Team Time
1   Luis León Sánchez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 4h 43' 34"
2   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha + 50"
3   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank s.t.
4   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Quick-Step s.t.
5   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank + 56"
6   David Moncoutié (FRA) Cofidis + 1' 31"
7   Hubert Dupont (FRA) Ag2r–La Mondiale s.t.
8   Jurgen Van den Broeck (BEL) Silence–Lotto s.t.
9   Christophe Moreau (FRA) Agritubel s.t.
10   Amaël Moinard (FRA) Cofidis s.t.
General Classification after Stage 7
Cyclist Team Time
1   Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Caisse d'Epargne + 28h 5' 45"
2   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Quick-Step + 1' 09"
3   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 21"
4   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana + 1' 50"
5   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 59"
6   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha + 2' 16"
7   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL)  Quick-Step + 2' 29"
8   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 2' 57"
9   Yury Trofimov (RUS) Bbox Bouygues Telecom + 3' 37"
10   Christophe Le Mével (FRA) Française des Jeux + 4' 00"

Stage 8 – March 15, 2009: Nice > Nice, 119 km edit

Stage 8 results
Cyclist Team Time
1   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha 2h 47' 49"
2   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana s.t.
3   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank + 1"
4   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 17"
5   Christophe Moreau (FRA) Agritubel s.t.
6   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) Quick-Step s.t.
7   Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Rabobank s.t.
8   Christophe Le Mével (FRA) Française des Jeux s.t.
9   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank s.t.
10   Sandy Casar (FRA) Française des Jeux s.t.
General Classification after Stage 8
Cyclist Team Time
1   Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Caisse d'Epargne + 30h 53' 51"
2   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 00"
3   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Quick-Step + 1' 09"
4   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana + 1' 24"
5   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha + 1' 47"
6   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 59"
7   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL)  Quick-Step + 2' 29"
8   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 2' 57"
9   Yury Trofimov (RUS) Bbox Bouygues Telecom + 3' 37"
10   Christophe Le Mével (FRA) Française des Jeux + 4' 00"

Final standings edit

General classification edit

Cyclist Team Time
1   Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Caisse d'Epargne + 30h 53' 51"
2   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 00"
3   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Quick-Step + 1' 09"
4   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana + 1' 24"
5   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha + 1' 47"
6   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank + 1' 59"
7   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL)  Quick-Step + 2' 29"
8   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 2' 57"
9   Yury Trofimov (RUS) Bbox Bouygues Telecom + 3' 37"
10   Christophe Le Mével (FRA) Française des Jeux + 4' 00"

Points classification edit

Cyclist Team Points
1   Sylvain Chavanel (FRA)  Quick-Step 94
2   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana 84
3   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha 76
4   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank 75
5   Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Caisse d'Epargne 71
6   Jens Voigt (GER) Team Saxo Bank 67
7   Heinrich Haussler (GER) Cervélo TestTeam 65
8   Christophe Moreau (FRA) Agritubel 58
9   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano 55
10   Juan Manuel Gárate (ESP) Rabobank 48

Young Rider Classification edit

Cyclist Team Time
1   Kevin Seeldrayers (BEL)  Quick-Step 30h 56' 20"
2   Jonathan Hivert (FRA) Skil–Shimano + 28"
3   Yury Trofimov (RUS) Bbox Bouygues Telecom + 1' 08"
4   Pierre Rolland (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom + 10' 28"
5   Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) Team Saxo Bank + 18' 58"
6   Tom Peterson (USA) Garmin–Slipstream + 20' 30"
7   Matthieu Ladagnous (FRA) Française des Jeux + 25' 38"
8   Albert Timmer (NED) Skil–Shimano + 26' 19"
9   Chris Anker Sørensen (DEN) Team Saxo Bank + 28' 07"
10   Rein Taaramäe (EST) Cofidis + 28' 49"

Mountains classification edit

Cyclist Team Points
1   Tony Martin (GER)  Team Columbia–High Road 55
2   Alberto Contador (ESP) Astana 48
3   Jérémy Roy (FRA) Française des Jeux 32
4   Luis León Sánchez (ESP)  Caisse d'Epargne 22
5   Joan Horrach (ESP) Team Katusha 21
6   Aitor Hernández (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 19
7   Sandy Casar (FRA) Française des Jeux 18
8   Fränk Schleck (LUX) Team Saxo Bank 17
9   Antonio Colom (ESP) Team Katusha 17
10   Martin Velits (SVK) Team Milram 13

Team Classification edit

Team Time
1 Team Saxo Bank 92h 52' 45"
2 Française des Jeux + 10' 29"
3 Caisse d'Epargne + 13' 58"
4 Euskaltel–Euskadi + 15' 14"
5 Quick-Step + 17' 23"
6 Ag2r–La Mondiale + 17' 33"
7 Silence–Lotto + 20' 09"
8 Team Katusha + 20' 38"
9 Bbox Bouygues Telecom + 24' 52"
10 Rabobank + 42' 33"

Jersey progress edit

Stage
(Winner)
 
General Classification
 
Points Classification
 
Mountains Classification
 
Young Rider Classification
 
Team Classification
0Stage 1 (ITT)
(Alberto Contador)
Alberto Contador Alberto Contador None Awarded Tony Martin Astana Team
0Stage 2
(Heinrich Haussler)
Heinrich Haussler Aitor Hernández
0Stage 3
(Sylvain Chavanel)
Sylvain Chavanel Sylvain Chavanel Stéphane Augé Kevin Seeldrayers Rabobank
0Stage 4
(Christian Vande Velde)
Mirco Lorenzetto
0Stage 5
(Jérémy Roy)
Tony Martin
0Stage 6
(Alberto Contador)
Alberto Contador Team Saxo Bank
0Stage 7
(Luis León Sánchez)
Luis León Sánchez Sylvain Chavanel
0Stage 8
(Antonio Colom)
0Final
Luis León Sánchez Sylvain Chavanel Tony Martin Kevin Seeldrayers Team Saxo Bank
Jersey wearers when one rider is leading two or more competitions

Withdrawals edit

Type Stage Cyclist Team Reason
DNF 2   Rémi Pauriol Cofidis Broken collarbone
DNS 3   José Ángel Gómez Marchante Cervélo TestTeam Broken arm sustained from crash in Stage 2
DNS 3   Dan Martin Garmin–Slipstream Illness
DNS 3   Joost Posthuma Rabobank Illness
DNF 3   Matteo Bono Lampre–NGC
DNF 3   Anthony Charteau Caisse d'Epargne
DNS 4   Sylvain Calzati Agritubel
DNS 4   Bradley Wiggins Garmin–Slipstream Death in the family
DNF 4   Jussi Veikkanen Française des Jeux
DNS 5   Íñigo Cuesta Cervélo TestTeam
DNS 5   Enrico Franzoi Liquigas
DNF 5   Steven Cozza Garmin–Slipstream
DNF 5   Philippe Gilbert Silence–Lotto
DNF 5   Brian Vandborg Liquigas
DNS 6   Jelle Vanendert Silence–Lotto
DNF 6   Jose Luis Arrieta Ag2r–La Mondiale
DNF 6   Sébastien Chavanel Française des Jeux
DNF 6   Simon Špilak Lampre–NGC
DNF 6   Thomas Voeckler Bbox Bouygues Telecom Shoulder injury sustained from crash
DNS 7   Sebastian Langeveld Rabobank
DNF 7   Samuel Sánchez Euskaltel–Euskadi
DNF 7   Mikaël Cherel Française des Jeux
DNF 7   Thomas Fothen Team Milram
DNF 7   Marcel Sieberg Team Columbia–High Road
DNF 7   Tom Veelers Skil–Shimano
DNF 7   Mickaël Buffaz Cofidis
DNF 7   Javier Aramendia Euskaltel–Euskadi
DNF 7   Romain Feillu Agritubel

Teams and cyclists edit

The following 20 UCI ProTour and UCI Professional Continental teams were selected to the 2009 Paris–Nice:

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Sanchez wraps up Paris Nice, Colom wins final stage". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  2. ^ "Contador tops list of Race to Sun contenders". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  3. ^ "Contador wins Paris–Nice prologue, Wiggins second". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  4. ^ "Haussler wins stage 2, Contador leads P-N". VeloNews. Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2009-03-26.
  5. ^ "Vande Velde wins stage 4, Chavanel retains overall lead". VeloNews. Retrieved 2009-03-26.

External links edit