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By Graham Jones
and Barry Boyce

CyclingRevealed Historians

 

 

Giro d'Italia Champions
Living and Dead

 

All for One and One for All

 

 

 

 

 

 

Giro d'Italia 2009: A Daily Journal of CyclingRevealed's Perspective on the race

Stage by Stage Recap

Below our pictorial review of the Giro provides a convenient way to capture the stage by stage action. Simply click on the stage winner pictures below.

Race Leaders:

Stage 1-2 Cavendish
Stage 3 Petacchi
Stage 4 Lovkvist
Stage 5-11 Di Luca
Stage 12-21 Menchov

Race Leaders ( Images © La Gazetta )

Stage Winners 1 to 9: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

Stage 1 High Road
Stage 2 Petacchi
Stage 3 Petacchi
Stage 4 Di Luca
Stage 5 Menchov
Stage 6 Scarponi
Stage 7 Boassan-Hagen
Stage 8 Siutsou
Stage 9 Cavendish

Click on the picture for each story Stg 1-9 ( Images © La Gazetta )

Standings after Stage 9:

Pos. Name
Nat.
Team
Time
1
Danilo Di Luca                    
ITA
LPR 
37h29'48"
2
Thomas Lövkvist
SWE
TCM
+13"
3
Michael Rogers
AUS
TCM
+44"
4
Levi Leipheimer
USA
AST
+51"
5
Denis Menchov
RUS
RAB
+58"
6
Ivan Basso
ITA
LIQ
+1'14"
7
Carlos Sastre
SPA
CTT
+1'24"
8
Christopher Horner
USA
AST
+1'25"
9
Franco Pellizotti
ITA
LIQ
+1'35"
10
David Arroyo
SPA
CDE
+1'49"

Stage Winners 10 to 16: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

Stage 10 Di Luca
Stage 11 Cavendish
Stage 12 Menchov
Stage 13 Cavendish
Stage 14 Gerrans
Stage 15 Bertagnolli
Stage 16 Sastre

Click on the picture for each story Stg 10-16 ( Images © La Gazetta )

Standings after Stage 16:

Pos. Name
Nat.
Team
Time
1
Denis Menchov
RUS
RAB
70h06'30"
2
Danilo Di Luca                    
ITA
LPR 
+39"
3
Carlos Sastre
SPA
CTT
+2'19"
4
Franco Pellizotti
ITA
LIQ
+3'08"
5
Ivan Basso
ITA
LIQ
+3'19"
6
Levi Leipheimer
USA
AST
+3'21"
7
Michael Rogers
AUS
TCM
+5'54"
8
Stefano Garzelli
ITA
ASA
+8'21"
9
David Arroyo
SPA
CDE
+8'39"
10
Tadej Valjavec 
SLO
AGR
+8'47"

Stage Winners 17 to 21: [Each picture holds a story, click on the picture]

Stage 17 Pellizotti
Stage 18 Scarponi
Stage 19 Sastre
Stage 20 Gilbert
Stage 21 Konovalovas

Click on the picture for each story Stg 17-21 ( Images © La Gazetta )

Final Standings:

Pos. Name
Nat.
Team
Time
1
Denis Menchov
RUS
RAB
86h03'11"
2
Danilo Di Luca                    
ITA
LPR 
+41"
3
Franco Pellizotti
ITA
LIQ
+1'59"
4
Carlos Sastre
SPA
CTT
+3'46"
5
Ivan Basso
ITA
LIQ
+3'59"
6
Levi Leipheimer
USA
AST
+5'28"
7
Stefano Garzelli
ITA
ASA
+8'43"
8
Michael Rogers
AUS
TCM
+10'01"
9
Tadej Valjavec 
SLO
AGR
+11'13"
10
Marzio Bruseghin
ITA
LAM
+11'28"

 


Dennis Menchov Celebrates the Giro victory


Podium (L-R): 2nd Di Luca, 1st Menchov, and 3rd Pellizotti

 

 

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