The 2009 Tirreno–Adriatico, the 44th running of the race, started on 11 March and finished on 17 March. The race started in Cecina and ended in San Benedetto del Tronto. The race was the third event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking.

Teams Twenty-five teams, containing a total of 200 riders, participated in the race:

Route +Stage characteristics and winners Stage Date Course Distance Type Winner 1 11 March Cecina to Capannori Flat stage 2 12 March Volterra to Marina di Carrara Hilly stage 3 13 March Fucecchio to Santa Croce sull'Arno Flat stage 4 14 March Foligno to Montelupone Hilly stage 5 15 March Loreto to Macerata Individual time trial 6 16 March Civitanova Marche to Camerino Medium mountain stage 7 17 March San Benedetto del Tronto to San Benedetto del Tronto Hilly stage

Stages

Stage 1 11 March 2009 — Cecina to Capannori, Stage 1 result CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 34' 03" 2 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce s.t. 3 + 12" 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 33' 50" 2 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce + 5" 3 + 21" 4 + 25" 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 2 12 March 2009 — Volterra to Marina di Carrara, Stage 2 result CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 32' 42" 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce s.t. 9 Vacansoleil s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 8h 6' 32" 2 + 15" 3 s.t. 4 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce + 24" 5 + 25" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 3 13 March 2009 — Fucecchio to Santa Croce sull'Arno, Stage 3 result CyclistTeamTime 1 3h 53' 48" 2 s.t. 3 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 Vacansoleil s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 12h 20" 2 + 15" 3 s.t. 4 Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce + 20" 5 + 25" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 4 14 March 2009 — Foligno to Montelupone, Stage 4 result CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 08' 35" 2 + 6" 3 + 10" 4 + 14" 5 + 21" 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 16h 9' 10" 2 + 6" 3 + 10" 4 + 16" 5 + 24" 6 + 31" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.

Stage 5 15 March 2009 — Loreto to Macerata, (ITT) Stage 5 result CyclistTeamTime 1 41' 32" 2 + 20" 3 + 21" 4 s.t. 5 + 32" 6 + 40" 7 + 32" 8 + 52" 9 + 58" 10 + 1' 00"General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 16h 51' 13" 2 + 6" 3 + 21" 4 + 41" 5 + 1' 02" 6 + 1' 07" 7 + 1' 22" 8 + 1' 25" 9 + 1' 26" 10 + 1' 34"

Stage 6 16 March 2009 — Civitanova Marche to Camerino, Stage 6 result CyclistTeamTime 1 6h 36' 12" 2 + 1" 3 + 3" 4 + 1' 09" 5 + 1' 11" 6 + 1' 15" 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime 1 23h 27' 36" 2 + 25" 3 + 1' 07" 4 + 1' 10" 5 + 1' 13" 6 + 2' 06" 7 + 2' 32" 8 + 2' 33" 9 + 2' 41" 10 + 2' 54"

Stage 7 17 March 2009 — San Benedetto del Tronto to San Benedetto del Tronto, Stage 7 result CyclistTeamTime 1 4h 9' 46" 2 s.t. 3 Vacansoleil s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 7 CyclistTeamTime 1 27h 37' 22" 2 + 25" 3 + 1' 07" 4 + 1' 10" 5 + 1' 13" 6 + 2' 06" 7 + 2' 32" 8 + 2' 33" 9 + 2' 41" 10 + 2' 54"

Final standings

General classification CyclistTeamTime 1 27h 37' 22" 2 + 25" 3 + 1' 07" 4 + 1' 10" 5 + 1' 13" 6 + 2' 06" 7 + 2' 32" 8 + 2' 33" 9 + 2' 41" 10 + 2' 54"

Points classification CyclistTeamPoints 1 27 2 25 3 22 4 22 5 21 6 20 7 19 8 18 9 18 10 15

Mountains classification CyclistTeamPoints 1 10 2 6 3 6 4 5 5 5 6 5 7 Vacansoleil 5 8 5 9 5 10 Vacansoleil 5

Youth Classification CyclistTeamTime 1 27h 38' 32" 2 + 1' 44" 3 + 1' 55" 4 + 2' 11" 5 + 2' 27" 6 + 13' 20" 7 + 13' 46" 8 + 15' 9" 9 + 17' 52" 10 + 27' 17"

Jersey progress Stage(Winner) General Classification Points Classification Mountains Classification Young Rider Classification Stage 1(Julien El Fares) Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Julien El Fares Stage 2(Alessandro Petacchi) Alessandro Petacchi Stage 3(Tyler Farrar) Ermanno Capelli Stage 4(Joaquim Rodríguez) Joaquim Rodríguez Julien El Fares Stage 5 (ITT) (Andreas Klöden) Andreas Klöden Thomas Lövkvist Stage 6(Michele Scarponi) Michele Scarponi Egoi Martínez Stage 7(Mark Cavendish) Final Michele Scarponi Julien El Fares Egoi Martínez Thomas Lövkvist

Withdrawals StageCyclistTeamReasonDNF2 Janez BrajkovičHead injuries sustained in crashDNS4 Thor HushovdDNF5 Geraint ThomasLeg and facial injuries sustained in crashDNS6 Andy SchleckDNF6 Fabian Cancellara

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