2009 Tour Down Under


The 2009 Tour Down Under was the 11th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place over 20–25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI, and this edition was the first race in the inaugural UCI World Ranking calendar.
This was the first race in Lance Armstrong's comeback.
The race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition.

Stage results

Stage 1, 20 January, Norwood – Mawson Lakes, 140 km

Stage 2, 21 January, Hahndorf – Stirling, 145 km

Stage 3, 22 January, Unley – Victor Harbor, 136 km

Stage 4, 23 January, Burnside Village – Angaston, 143 km

Stage 5, 24 January, Snapper Point – Willunga, 148 km

Stage 6, 25 January, Adelaide City Council Circuit, 90 km

Final standing

General classification

Mountains classification

Points classification

Young classification

Team classification

Classification leadership

Individual 2009 UCI World Rankings standings after race

Per the first published individual classification.
RankNameTeamPoints
1122
287
377
464
550
640
720
816
910
106
116
125
134
142
151
161
171
181
191

Teams

NationUCI
Code		Team Name
ALM
AST
BBO
COF
EUS
FDJ
FUJ
GCE
GRM
KAT
LAM
LIQ
MRM
QST
RAB
SAX
SIL
THR

The Australian national team called Team UniSA-Australia was the only non-UCI ProTour team invited to the race.