Tour de Suisse 2009

Final score
First	Fabian Cancellara	33: 05: 51h
Second	Tony Martin	+ 2:02 min
Third	Roman Kreuziger	+ 2:24 min
Fourth	Andreas Klöden	+ 2:50 min
fifth	Vladimir Karpez	+ 3:18 min
Sixth	Damiano Cunego	+ 3:23 min
seventh	Tadej Valjavec	+ 3:45 min
Eighth	Purely Taaramäe	+ 4:04 min
Ninth	Kim churches	+ 4:04 min
Tenth	Maxime Monfort	+ 4:08 min
Scoring	Fabian Cancellara	70
Second	Mark Cavendish	50
Third	Roman Kreuziger	50
Mountain scoring	Tony Martin	62
Second	Maxim Iglinski	26th
Third	Silvère Ackermann	21st
Sprint scoring	Enrico Gasparotto	21st
Second	Fabian Cancellara	16
Third	Andy Schleck	12
Team evaluation	Team Saxo Bank	99:23:58 h
Second	Team Columbia	+ 2:03 min
Third	Liquigas	+ 11:03 min

The 73rd Tour de Suisse took place from June 13 to 21, 2009. The stage cycle race consisted of nine stages and was part of the UCI ProTour 2009 racing series . The tour started in Mauren, Liechtenstein, and ended in Bern . The total distance was 1355 km. With Fabian Cancellara , a Swiss won the national tour for the first time since 2002 .

Participating teams

All 18 UCI Protour and 2 Professional Continental Teams were invited to the Tour de Suisse 2009. The wildcards were given to the Cervélo TestTeam and Vorarlberg-Corratec .

Stages

Overview

stage	Day	begin	target	km	Stage winner	Yellow jersey
1st stage	June 13th	Moors (LIE)	Ruggell (LIE)	007.8	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara
2nd stage	14th June	Davos	Davos	150	Bernhard Eisel	Fabian Cancellara
3rd stage	15th June	Davos	Lumino	195	Mark Cavendish	Fabian Cancellara
4th stage	June 16	Biasca	Stäfa	197	Matti Breschel	Tadej Valjavec
5th stage	17th of June	Stäfa	Serfaus (AUT)	202	Michael Albasini	Tadej Valjavec
6th stage	18th of June	Oberriet	Bad Zurzach	178	Mark Cavendish	Tadej Valjavec
7th stage	June 19th	Bad Zurzach	Vallorbe	204	Kim churches	Tadej Valjavec
8th stage	20th June	Le Sentier	Crans-Montana	182	Tony Martin	Tadej Valjavec
9th stage	June 21st	Bern	Bern	039	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara

1st stage: Mauren – Ruggell

Result 1st stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	09:21:85 min
2.	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:19 min
3.	Andreas Klöden		AST	+ 0:22 min
4th	George Hincapie		THR	+ 0:24 min
5.	Tony Martin		THR	+ 0:31 min

2nd stage: Davos – Davos

Result 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Bernhard Eisel		THR	3:36:54 h
2.	Gerald Ciolek		MRM	same time
3.	Óscar Freire		RAB	same time
4th	Francesco Gavazzi		LAM	same time
5.	José Rojas		GCE	same time

Overall ranking after the 2nd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	3:46:12 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:22 min
3.	Andreas Klöden		AST	+ 0:25 min
4th	George Hincapie		THR	+ 0:27 min
5.	Tony Martin		THR	+ 0:34 min

3rd stage: Davos – Lumino

Result 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Mark Cavendish		THR	4:39:17 h
2.	Óscar Freire		RAB	same time
3.	Thor Hushovd		CTT	same time
4th	Francesco Gavazzi		LAM	same time
5.	José Rojas		GCE	same time

Overall ranking after the 3rd stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	8:25:39 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:22 min
3.	Andreas Klöden		AST	+ 0:25 min
4th	George Hincapie		THR	+ 0:27 min
5.	Tony Martin		THR	+ 0:34 min

4th stage: Biasca – Stäfa

Result 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Matti Breschel		SAX	5:01:34 h
2.	Maxim Iglinski		AST	same time
3.	Tadej Valjavec		ALM	same time
4th	Peter Velits		MRM	same time
5.	Oliver Zaugg		LIQ	same time

Overall ranking after the 4th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tadej Valjavec		ALM	13:27:57 h
2.	Andy Schleck		SAX	+ 0:02 min
3.	Peter Velits		MRM	+ 0:11 min
4th	Thomas Rohrgger		MRM	+ 0:13 min
5.	Oliver Zaugg		LIQ	+ 0:14 min

5th stage: Stäfa – Serfaus

Result 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Michael Albasini		THR	5:24:04 h
2.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	same time
3.	Damiano Cunego		LAM	same time
4th	Oliver Zaugg		LIQ	same time
5.	Vladimir Karpez		CAT	same time

Overall ranking after the 5th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tadej Valjavec		ALM	18:52:01 h
2.	Oliver Zaugg		LIQ	+ 0:14 min
3.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:14 min
4th	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:42 min
5.	Andreas Klöden		AST	+ 0:45 min

6th stage: Oberriet – Bad Zurzach

Result 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Mark Cavendish		THR	4:18:26 h
2.	Óscar Freire		RAB	same time
3.	Francesco Gavazzi		LAM	same time
4th	Thor Hushovd		CTT	same time
5.	Jürgen Roelandts		SIL	same time

Overall ranking after the 6th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tadej Valjavec		ALM	23:10:27 h
2.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:09 min
3.	Oliver Zaugg		LIQ	+ 0:14 min
4th	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:42 min
5.	Andreas Klöden		AST	+ 0:45 min

7th stage: Bad Zurzach – Vallorbe

Result 7th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Kim churches		THR	4:56:41 h
2.	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:02 min
3.	Peter Velits		MRM	+ 0:07 min
4th	Oliver Zaugg		LIQ	same time
5.	Eros Capecchi		FUJ	same time

Overall ranking after the 7th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tadej Valjavec		ALM	28:07:15 h
2.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:09 min
3.	Oliver Zaugg		LIQ	+ 0:14 min
4th	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:31 min
5.	Andreas Klöden		AST	+ 0:45 min

8th stage: Le Sentier – Crans-Montana

Result 8th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tony Martin		THR	4:12:31 h
2.	Damiano Cunego		LAM	same time
3.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:02 min
4th	Tadej Valjavec		ALM	same time
5.	Kim churches		THR	same time

Overall ranking after the 8th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Tadej Valjavec		ALM	32:19:48 h
2.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	+ 0:04 min
3.	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 0:28 min
4th	Tony Martin		THR	+ 0:39 min
5.	Andreas Klöden		AST	+ 0:45 min

9th stage: Bern – Bern

Result 9th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	45:59:07 min
2.	Tony Martin		THR	+ 1:27 min
3.	Thomas Dekker		SIL	+ 1:42 min
4th	Marcus Burghardt		THR	+ 1:43 min
5.	Sylvain Chavanel		QST	+ 1:48 min

Overall ranking after the 9th stage

	driver	nation	team	time
1.	Fabian Cancellara		SAX	33:05:51 h
2.	Tony Martin		THR	+ 2:02 min
3.	Roman Kreuziger		LIQ	+ 2:24 min
4th	Andreas Klöden		AST	+ 2:50 min
5.	Vladimir Karpez		CAT	+ 3:18 min

Ratings in the course of the race

The table shows the leader in the respective classification after the respective stage.

stage	Overall rating	Scoring	Mountain scoring	Sprint scoring	Team evaluation
1st stage	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara			Team Saxo Bank
2nd stage			Tony Martin	Fabian Cancellara
3rd stage		Óscar Freire		Enrico Gasparotto
4th stage	Tadej Valjavec			Andy Schleck
5th stage		Fabian Cancellara		Enrico Gasparotto
6th stage		Mark Cavendish
7th stage
8th stage		Fabian Cancellara
9th stage	Fabian Cancellara	Fabian Cancellara	Tony Martin	Enrico Gasparotto	Team Saxo Bank

Web links

• Official website
• Tour de Suisse 2009 in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official website Tour de Suisse - route information 2009 ( German ) April 17th, 2009. Archived from the original on April 12th, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 17, 2009. 
2. ↑ Swiss Cervélo TestTeam at the TdS 2009 ( German ) April 17, 2009. Accessed on April 17, 2009.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.