Vuelta al Táchira 2009
| Vuelta al Táchira 2009 | |
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| Racing series | UCI America Tour - Category 2.2 |
| Host country |
 Venezuela
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| Competition period | 6-17 January 2009 |
| Stages | 12 |
| overall length | 1355 km |
| Starting field | 121 drivers from 11 nations in 16 teams (64 of them arrived at the finish) |
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| Overall rating | 1. Rónald González 34:35:25 h 2. Tomás Gil + 0:07 min 3. Jonathan Monsalve + 0:33 min
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| Team evaluation |
Lotería Del Táchira 103: 47: 43 h
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 Overall rating
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Rónald González
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 Scoring
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Jonathan Monsalve
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 Mountain scoring
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Manuel Medina
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 Sprint scoring
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Victor Moreno
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| ← 2008 | 2010 → |
The 44th Vuelta al Táchira took place from January 6th to 17th, 2009 in Venezuela . The bike race was held in twelve stages over a distance of 1355 kilometers. It belonged to the UCI America Tour 2009 and was classified in category 2.2.
The overall winner of the stage race was the local Rónald González of Lotería Del Táchira with just seven seconds ahead of his fellow Venezuelan Tomás Gil ( Gobierno De Carabobo Fundadeporte ). The podium was completed by Jonathan Monsalve ( Hussein Sport Gobierno Barinas ), who also won the points classification and the combined classification. Last year's winner Manuel Medina was sixth in 2009, 53 seconds behind González, and won the mountain classification. In the sprint classification, Víctor Moreno was able to repeat his success from 2008 .
Attendees
At the start were teams from Argentina , Slovakia , Mexico , Italy , Greece , the Netherlands and Venezuela , including two national teams. A total of fifteen teams took part. With Christoph Springer and Henrik Wolter from the Heraklion-Nessebar team , two Germans also took part in the race.
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Stages
| stage | Day | Start finish | km | Type | Stage winner |
Overall leader
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| 1. | 6th January | El Tocuyo circuit | 100 |
Miguel Ubeto
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Miguel Ubeto
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| 2. | January 7th | El Tocuyo - Acarigua | 150 |
Artur García
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| 3. | January 8th | Barinitas circuit | 100 |
Jonathan Monsalve
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Jonathan Monsalve
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| 4th | January 9th | Merida - Tovar | 80 |
Juan Murillo
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Franklin Chacón
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| 5. | 10. January | El Vigía circuit | 100 |
Artur García
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| 6th | 11th January | Umuquena - Cerro del Cristo Rey | 126 |
Rónald González
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Rónald González
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| 7th | January 12th | Táriba - El Cobre | 160 |
José Rujano
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| 8th. | 13th January | Las Masas - San Antonio | 160 |
José Alarcon
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| 9. | January 14th | Rubio circuit | 110 |
Carlos Becerra
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| 10. | 15. January | Cordero - La Grita | 135 |
José Rujano
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José Alarcon
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| 11. | January 16 | San José de Bolívar - Queniquea ( EZF ) | 14th |  |
José Rujano
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| 12. | January 17th | San Cristóbal circuit | 120 |
Jonathan Monsalve
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Rónald González
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See also
Web links
- Official website of the Vuelta al Táchira
- Report on rpp.com.pe
- Results of the race on live-radsport.ch
- Vuelta al Táchira 2009 in the database of Radsportseiten.net