Giro d'Italia 2009

last updated 28 August 2019

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Giro d'Italia 2009
9 May 2009 - 31 May 2009 | Italy | GT
- Past winners - Giro d'Italia
- Stage 1 - A tale of two teams, as Columbia puts Cavendish in pink | Lido di Venezia - Lido di Venezia
  2009-05-09 20.5km
  
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- Stage 2 - Petacchi is back! | Jesolo - Trieste
  2009-05-10 156km
  
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- Stage 3 - Silenzio! Oh Ale-Jet, how good can you get? | Grado - Valdobbiadene
  2009-05-11 198km
  
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- Stage 4 - Di Luca still the cold-blooded killer | Padova - San Martino di Castrozza
  2009-05-12 162km
  
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- Stage 5 - Six firm favourites | San Martino di Castrozza - Alpe di Siusi
  2009-05-13 125km
  
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- Stage 6 - Confession leads to absolution: Scarponi repays the faith | Bressanone/Brixen - Mayrhofen (Aut)
  2009-05-14 248km
  
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- Stage 7 - Boasson Hagen the big boss of Chiavenna And set to move out of Hushovd's shadow | Innsbruck (Aut) - Chiavenna
  2009-05-15 244km
  
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- Stage 8 - Do what we may: Columbia has another gem in Siutsou | Morbegno - Bergamo
  2009-05-16 209km
  
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- Stage 9 - Cavendish wins a stage left wanting | Milano Show 100 - Milano Show 100
  2009-05-17 163km
  
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- Rest day | Cuneo - Cuneo
  2009-05-18
- Stage 10 - Leave no stone unturned: Di Luca più forte (the strongest) in Pinerolo | Cuneo - Pinerolo
  2009-05-19 262km
  
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- Stage 11 - Cavendish "floats" to second sprint win | Torino - Arenzano
  2009-05-20 214km
  
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- Stage 12 - Russian juggernaut's pedals pound their way to pink | Sestri Levante - Riomaggiore
  2009-05-21 60.6km
  
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- Stage 13 - By far the fastest in Firenze: A hat-trick for Cav On GC, it's the hunted after the hunter | Lido di Camaiore - Firenze
  2009-05-22 176km
  
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- Stage 14 - A strong sense of déjà-vu: 10 months on, Gerrans wins big again in Italia | Campi Bisenzio - Bologna (San Luca)
  2009-05-23 172km
  
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- Stage 15 - Serramenti's Bertagnolli defies the laws of the land | Forlì - Faenza
  2009-05-24 161km
  
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- Stage 16 - "I came here for a fight": Sastre launches bid for victory | Pergola - Monte Petrano
  2009-05-25 237km
  
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- Rest day | Chieti - Chieti
  2009-05-26
- Stage 17 - Menchov tightens grip on pink - but still room for a crisis or two | Chieti - Blockhaus
  2009-05-27 83km
  
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- Stage 18 - Scarponi adds another as GC fav's lay low before Vesuvio | Sulmona - Benevento
  2009-05-28 182km
  
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- Stage 19 - Menchov a certain winner as Sastre erupts on Vesuvio | Avellino - Vesuvio
  2009-05-29 164km
  
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- Stage 20 - Stylish Classics rider profits on Classics-style finish | Napoli - Anagni
  2009-05-30 203km
  
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- Stage 21 - From Russia to Roma, with love: Menchov falls for maglia rosa | Rome - Rome
  2009-05-31 15.5km
  
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Latest Content on the Race

Explosive Di Luca not dwelling on stage win

By Jean-François Quénet last updated 28 August 19

Danilo Di Luca cherishes his Giro d'Italia stage win on stage four

Alfredo Binda: The Giro's first superstar

By Hedwig Kröner last updated 28 August 19

Handsome, rugged and talented, Alfredo Binda was undoubtedly the first superstar of the Giro d'Italia

Carlos Sastre changes into dry clothes after a tough day on the bike

Sastre shows his form in mountainous Giro stage

By Sue George, Mountain Bike Editor last updated 28 August 19

With about 600m to go, Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) launched an attack toward the finish line of stage five of the Giro d'Italia

Monumental queen stage distills essence of Giro

By Procycling last updated 28 August 19

Stage 10 - Tuesday, May 19: Cuneo - Pinerolo, 262km

Giro boss pretends to boost the Tour de France

By Jean-François Quénet last updated 28 August 19

One year ago, the promoters of the Giro d'Italia suggested in Palermo that their race was better than the Tour de France

Basso pleased with Liquigas' control

By Gregor Brown last updated 28 August 19

Liquigas charge the front of the peloton after its Italian rival LPR Brakes cease control of the race

Lance Armstrong arrives in Alpe di Siusi.

Armstrong looks to Giro's second half after tough Dolomite days

By Gregor Brown last updated 28 August 19

Lance Armstrong faced his first big loss in the mountains since he lost two minutes on the Col de Joux-Plane in the 2000 Tour de France

Chris Horner (Astana) can't decide to laugh or cry over the race.

Chris Horner suffers leg fracture

By Daniel Simms last updated 28 August 19

Injury worse than believed

Chris Froome leads Bradley Wiggins late in the race.

Froome readies for season's second half and new team

By Gregor Brown last updated 28 August 19

Looking ahead after fourth in first British nationals

All smiles from Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini) on the podium after his win in stage three of the Giro d'Italia, which gave him the leader's maglia rosa.

Petacchi signs with Lampre-NGC

By Gregor Brown last updated 28 August 19

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi with top-level Lampre team for two years

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