Giro d'Italia 2009

Final result after the 21st stage
First	Denis Menshov	86:03:11 h (40.132 km / h)
	Danilo Di Luca *	+ 00:41 min
-	Franco Pellizotti **	+ 01:59 min
Third	Carlos Sastre	+ 03:46 min
Fourth	Ivan Basso	+ 03:59 min
fifth	Levi Leipheimer	+ 05:28 min
Sixth	Stefano Garzelli	+ 08:43 min
seventh	Michael Rogers	+ 10:01 min
Eighth	Tadej Valjavec	+ 11:13 min
Ninth	Marzio Bruseghin	+ 11:28 min
Tenth	David Arroyo	+ 12:50 min
Scoring	Danilo Di Luca *	170 p.
Scoring	Denis Menshov	144 P.
-	Franco Pellizotti **	133 P.
Third	Stefano Garzelli	133 P.
Mountain scoring	Stefano Garzelli	061 P.
	Danilo Di Luca *	045 p.
Second	Denis Menshov	041 P.
Third	Andrij Hrywko	040 p.
Young talent evaluation	Kevin Seeldraeyers	86:19:26 h
Second	Francesco Masciarelli	+ 02:55 min
Third	Francis De Greef	+ 17:03 min
Team evaluation	Astana	257: 48: 40 h
Second	Columbia High Road	+ 24:15 min
Third	Serramenti PVC	+ 27:17 min
* Danilo Di Luca was removed from the list of results due to a positive doping test.
** Franco Pellizotti was stripped of all successes since May 17, 2009 by the International Court of Justice due to irregularities in his blood passport that indicate doping . However, its results were not awarded to other drivers.

The 92nd Giro d'Italia is a cycle stage race that took place from May 9th to 31st, 2009. The tour celebrated its 100th anniversary this year.

Routing

Route of the Giro d'Italia 2009

The race started with a team time trial in Venice and ended after a total of 3453.5 kilometers for the first time since 1950 in Rome and not, as usual, in Milan , where the race has always ended since 1990. One international arrival and one international start was on the stage plan in Austria, and two further stages led through Switzerland and France. The tour comprised a total of seven mountain stages (including six mountain arrivals), four low mountain range stages, seven flat stages and, in addition to the team time trial, two individual time trials.

Field of participants

Invitation practice, important teams and drivers

Team presentation in Venice

The organizer RCS Sport initially invited 20 teams, including 14 of the 18 ProTour teams (the exceptions were Cofidis , Française des Jeux , Euskaltel-Euskadi and Fuji-Servetto ). On April 7, 2009, the Barloworld team received the last place in the field at that time. On April 24th, Fuji-Servetto was invited retrospectively. For this, Ceramica Flaminia , the team of Italian master Filippo Simeoni , did not receive an invitation.

Alberto Contador , the 2008 winner , was not there. His team-mate Lance Armstrong drove his first Giro despite a broken collarbone at the Vuelta a Castilla y León . In addition to the aforementioned Lance Armstrong, other winners of “Gran Tours” included: Ivan Basso , Danilo Di Luca , Damiano Cunego , Gilberto Simoni , Carlos Sastre , Stefano Garzelli and Denis Menschow .

The following sprinters were at the start: Mark Cavendish , Alessandro Petacchi , Allan Davis , Filippo Pozzato , Robert Hunter , Juan José Haedo , Tyler Farrar and Robert Förster .

→ Detailed start list: drivers field 2009

Stages

stage	Type	Day	begin	target	km	Stage winner	Maglia Rosa
01st stage	MZF	0May 9	Lido di Venezia	Lido di Venezia	020.5	Team Columbia	Mark Cavendish
02nd stage		10th of May	Jesolo	Trieste	156	Alessandro Petacchi
03rd stage		May 11th	Grado	Valdobbiadene	198	Alessandro Petacchi	Alessandro Petacchi
04th stage		12th of May	Padua	San Martino di Castrozza	162	Danilo Di Luca	Thomas Lövkvist
05th stage		May 13th	San Martino di Castrozza	Seiser Alm	125	Denis Menshov	Danilo Di Luca
06th stage		May 14th	Brixen	Mayrhofen ( AUT )	248	Michele Scarponi
07th stage		May 15	Innsbruck (AUT)	Chiavenna	242	Edvald Boasson Hagen
08th stage		May 16	Morbegno	Bergamo	211	Kanstanzin Siuzou
09th stage		17th of May	Milan	Milan	165	Mark Cavendish
1st day of rest		May 18	-
10th stage		May 19th	Cuneo	Pinerolo	262	Danilo Di Luca
11th stage		May 20th	Turin	Arenzano	214	Mark Cavendish
12th stage	EZF	May 21	Sestri Levante	Riomaggiore	060.6	Denis Menshov	Denis Menshov
13th stage		May 22	Lido di Camaiore	Florence	175	Mark Cavendish
14th stage		23. May	Campi Bisenzio	Bologna	172	Simon Gerrans
15th stage		May 24th	Forlì	Faenza	161	Leonardo Bertagnolli
16th stage		25. May	pergola	Monte Petrano ( Cagli )	235	Carlos Sastre
2nd day off		May 26	-
17th stage		May 27th	Chieti	Log cabin ( Majella National Park )	083	Franco Pellizotti
18th stage		28th of May	Sulmona	Benevento	182	Michele Scarponi
19th stage		May 29th	Avellino	Vesuvius	164	Carlos Sastre
20th stage		30th May	Naples	Anagni	203	Philippe Gilbert
21st stage	EZF	31. May	Rome	Rome	014.4	Ignatas Konovalovas

Jerseys in the course of the tour

There are numerous ratings at the Giro d'Italia. To identify the leader in each case, special jerseys were approved for four ratings. The table shows the wearer of the respective jersey during the individual stage or the leaders of the respective overall ranking on the evening of the previous day.

stage	Pink jersey (overall classification)	Cyclone red jersey (points evaluation)	Green jersey (mountain classification)	White jersey (junior ranking )	Team evaluation
02nd stage	Mark Cavendish			Mark Cavendish	Team Columbia
03rd stage		Alessandro Petacchi	David García
04th stage	Alessandro Petacchi		Mauro Facci	Tyler Farrar
05th stage	Thomas Lövkvist		Danilo Di Luca	Thomas Lövkvist
06th stage	Danilo Di Luca				Team Astana
07th stage		Danilo Di Luca
08th stage					Team Columbia
09th stage
10th stage
11th stage			Stefano Garzelli		Team Astana
12th stage
13th stage	Denis Menshov
14th stage
15th stage
16th stage
17th stage				Kevin Seeldraeyers
18th stage
19th stage
20th stage
21st stage
winner	Denis Menshov	Danilo Di Luca	Stefano Garzelli	Kevin Seeldraeyers	Team Astana

The Columbia-High Road team won the team time trial and celebrated five more stage wins

If a driver led more than one classification at the same time, the next-placed driver wore a jersey as a substitute:

• 2nd stage: Edvald Boasson Hagen wore the white jersey.
• 3rd stage: Thomas Lövkvist wore the white jersey.
• 4th stage: Tyler Farrar wore the cyclamen red jersey, Thomas Lövkvist the white jersey.
• 5th stage: John-Lee Augustyn wore the white jersey.
• 6th stage: Denis Menschow wore the green jersey.
• 7th and 8th stage: Alessandro Petacchi wore the cyclamen red jersey, Denis Menschow the green jersey.
• 9th and 10th stage: Edvald Boasson Hagen wore the cyclamen red jersey, Stefano Garzelli the green jersey.
• 11th and 12th stage: Edvald Boasson Hagen wore the cyclam red jersey.

Trivia

The jubilee Maglia pink was designed by the designer duo Dolce & Gabbana and presented at the official route presentation.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pellizotti banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on cyclingnews.com.com
2. ↑ First Edition Cycling News, January 29, 2009 ( English ) January 29, 2009. Retrieved on February 10, 2009: "Giro d'Italia invites initial 20 teams"
3. ↑ Here's the pink jersey for the centenary Giro designed by Dolce & Gabbana ( English ) December 12, 2008. Accessed December 13, 2008.

Web links

Commons : Giro d'Italia 2009  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Giro d'Italia 2009 (English, Italian, French, German , Spanish)