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2009 Tour Down Under

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Dates
  
20 –25 January

Distance
  
802 km (498.3 mi)

Winner
  
Allan Davis (AUS)

Stages
  
6

Winning time
  
19h 26' 59"

Second
  
Stuart O'Grady (AUS)

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 around Adelaide, Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside of Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI, and this edition was the first race in the inaugural UCI World Ranking calendar.

Contents

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.

Individual 2009 UCI World Rankings standings after race

Per the first published individual classification.

Teams

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

References

2009 Tour Down Under Wikipedia