2009 UCI ProTour
Fifth edition of the UCI ProTour | |
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Dates | 20 January – 23 August |
Location | Australia and Europe |
Races | 14 |
The 2009 UCI ProTour was the fifth series of the UCI ProTour. Two new teams, the American Garmin–Slipstream and the Russian Team Katusha, joined the ProTour, effectively taking over the licenses of Crédit Agricole and Gerolsteiner. Two existing teams changed title sponsors: Team CSC from Denmark became Team Saxo Bank, and Saunier Duval–Scott changed name to Fuji–Servetto. As in 2008, the races organized by the three Grand Tour organizers were not part of the ProTour. Rather than a ranking based only on the ProTour, the UCI designed a World Calendar, on which the Monument events and Grand Tours were included, with a corresponding 2009 UCI World Ranking.
The first race was the 2009 Tour Down Under in January, and the series ended with the 2009 GP Ouest-France in August.
2009 UCI ProTour races
[edit]Teams
[edit]Code | Official Team Name | Country | Website |
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ALM | Ag2r–La Mondiale | France | [1] Archived 2007-05-21 at the Wayback Machine |
AST | Astana | Kazakhstan | [2][usurped] |
BTL | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | France | [3] |
COF | Cofidis | France | [4] |
EUS | Euskaltel–Euskadi | Spain | [5] |
FDJ | Française des Jeux | France | [6] |
FUJ | Fuji–Servetto | Spain | [7] Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine |
GCE | Caisse d'Epargne | Spain | [8] |
GRM | Garmin–Slipstream | United States | [9] Archived 2009-01-29 at the Wayback Machine |
KAT | Team Katusha | Russia | [10] |
LAM | Lampre–NGC | Italy | [11] |
LIQ | Liquigas | Italy | [12] |
MRM | Team Milram | Germany | [13] |
QST | Quick-Step | Belgium | [14] |
RAB | Rabobank | Netherlands | [15] |
SAX | Team Saxo Bank | Denmark | [16][permanent dead link ] |
SIL | Silence–Lotto | Belgium | [17] |
THR | Team Columbia–HTC | United States | [18] Archived 2020-09-23 at the Wayback Machine |
References
[edit]- ^ "2009 UCI ProTour Races". UCI. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- ^ Haussler had taken the lead in the World Rankings prior to the Amstel Gold Race, in the Paris–Roubaix race which is part of the World Rankings but not the ProTour
- ^ Davis did not take part in the Volta a Catalunya, but had won enough points during the concurrent Giro d'Italia to regain the overall lead in the World Rankings
- ^ Contador had taken the lead in the World Rankings prior to the Clásica de San Sebatián, in the Tour de France which is part of the World Rankings but not the ProTour.
- ^ "UCI ProTour: 2009 teams". UCI. 2008-11-26. Archived from the original on 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2009-01-05.