2009 Tour of Qatar
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| Dates | 1–6 February | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12h 55' 25" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Tour of Qatar was held from 1 February to 6 February 2009 in Qatar. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of 685 kilometres (426 mi) and was part of the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour. The Race was won by Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team.
During the night after stage 4 Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf of the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator team died in his sleep [1] of a suspected heart attack.[2] The organisers cancelled stage 5 and held a 'cycling procession' instead.
Stage summary
[edit]| Stage | Date | Start | Finish | Distance | Stage Top 3 | Leading Top 3 | Time |
| 1 | 1 February | Doha Corniche | Doha Corniche | 6 km |  Garmin–Slipstream  Quick Step Team Katusha |
 Bradley Wiggins Hans Dekkers Kilian Patour |
6'34" s.t. s.t. |
| 2 | 2 February | Khalifa International Stadium | Al Khor Corniche | 134 km | Roger Hammond  Danilo Napolitano Heinrich Haussler |
Roger Hammond Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler |
3h 39'30" 6" 7" |
| 3 | 3 February | Zubarah | Doha Golf Club | 137.5 km | Tom Boonen Danilo Napolitano Jürgen Roelandts |
Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler |
6h 14'16" 6" 14" |
| 4 | 4 February | Doha Old Souq | Madinat Al Shamal | 141 km | Mark Cavendish Heinrich Haussler Tom Boonen |
Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler |
10h 19'07" 10" 12" |
| 5 | 5 February | Camel Race Track | Qatar Foundation | 147.5 km | Cancelled | Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler |
10h 19'07" 10" 12" |
| 6 | 6 February | Sealine Beach Resort | Doha Corniche | 121 km | Mark Cavendish Robert Förster Heinrich Haussler |
Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler Roger Hammond |
12h 55'25" 8" 10" |
Other leading top threes
[edit]Men's top 10 overall
[edit]| Pos | Rider | Time |
| 1 | Tom Boonen |
12h 55'25" |
| 2 | Heinrich Haussler |
0'08" |
| 3 | Roger Hammond |
0'10" |
| 4 | Daniel Lloyd |
0'25" |
| 5 | Andreas Klier |
0'27" |
| 6 |  Xavier Florencio |
0'28" |
| 7 | Angelo Furlan |
1'07" |
| 8 |  Gabriel Rasch |
1'43" |
| 9 | Mark Cavendish |
2'11" |
| 10 | Tom Veelers |
2'35" |
References
[edit]- ^ "Belgian cyclist Nolf found dead". BBC News. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ "www.cyclingnews.com – the world centre of cycling". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.