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

Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step) took the best young rider's jersey.

Seeldraeyers wins more than jersey

By Cyclingnews.com last updated 28 August 19

White jersey for him, white dress for her

Michele Scarponi (Diquigiovanni - Androni) has now won his second stage of the 2009 Giro d'Italia.

Scarponi signs new Diquigiovanni contract

By Gregor Brown last updated 28 August 19

Gianni Savio's team builds for 2010 with Michele Scarponi

Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia - Highroad)

Cavendish sees pink jersey as a consolation prize

By Jean-François Quénet last updated 28 August 19

Mark Cavendish was super confident that he would win his first stage at the Giro d'Italia with the pink jersey on his shoulders

Liquigas' Sylvester Szmyd set such an infernal pace

Basso and Liquigas team cause destruction

By Gregor Brown last updated 28 August 19

Ivan Basso and his Liquigas team produced some devastating results over the finale of the fifth day of the Giro d'Italia

Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) a top a Grand Tour podium for the first time in his career.

Liquigas' Pellizotti keeping his Tour options open

By Gregor Brown last updated 28 August 19

Italian hopes for a French stage win

Sprinting from wine to water

By Procycling last updated 28 August 19

Stage 3 - Monday, May 11: Grado - Valdobbiadene, 198km

Contenders likely to let minor riders go in hills

By Procycling last updated 28 August 19

Stage 14 - Saturday, May 23: Campi Bisenzio - Bologna (San Luca), 172km

Mayhem at 2000 metres

By Procycling last updated 28 August 19

Stage 17 - Wednesday, May 27: Chieti - Blockhaus, 83km

Who will triumph in Roman time trial?

By Procycling last updated 28 August 19

Stage 21 - Sunday, May 31: Roma (ITT), 15.5km

Mark Cavendish led Columbia – Highroad across the line as planned.

Team spirit the key, says Columbia chief

By Daniel Friebe last updated 28 August 19

Columbia-Highroad team manager Rolf Aldag looked a nervous but excited man at around half-past five on Saturday afternoon at the Giro d'Italia.

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