2009 Tour of Qatar

2009 Tour of Qatar

Race details
Dates		1–6February
Stages		5
Winning time		12h 55' 25"
Palmares
	Winner	Tom Boonen (BEL)	(Quick Step)
	Second	Heinrich Haussler (GER)	(Cervélo TestTeam)
	Third	Roger Hammond (GBR)	(Cervélo TestTeam)
	Points	Heinrich Haussler (GER)	(Cervélo TestTeam)
	Youth	Heinrich Haussler (GER)	(Cervélo TestTeam)
	Team	Cervélo TestTeam

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 2008-2009 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

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 Jurgen 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

Stage	Sprints	Pts	Young Rider	Time	Teams	Time
1	no sprints	none	Huub Duyn Wouter Weylandt Mikhail Ignatiev	6'34" + 1" + 2"	Garmin-Slipstream Quick Step Team Katusha	6'34" + 1" + 2"
2	Roger Hammond Danilo Napolitano Heinrich Haussler	30 27 25	Heinrich Haussler Huub Duyn Mikhail Ignatiev	3h 39'37" + 2'08" + 2'10"	Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Katusha	10h 45'42" + 0'53" + 4'17"
3	Tom Boonen Danilo Napolitano Roger Hammond	56 54 50	Heinrich Haussler Denis Galimzyanov Mark Cavendish	6h 14'30" + 2'10" + 2'13"	Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Katusha	18h 30'21" + 0'53" + 4'17"
4	Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler Roger Hammond	81 75 61	Heinrich Haussler Mark Cavendish Tom Veelers	10h 19'19" + 2'09" + 2'23"	Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Columbia	30h 45'06" + 2'27" + 5'29"
5	Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler Roger Hammond	81 75 61	Heinrich Haussler Mark Cavendish Tom Veelers	10h 19'19" + 2'09" + 2'23"	Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Columbia	30h 45'06" + 2'27" + 5'29"
6	Heinrich Haussler Tom Boonen Danilo Napolitano	100 92 73	Heinrich Haussler Mark Cavendish Tom Veelers	12h 55'33" + 2'03" + 2'27"	Cervélo TestTeam Quick Step Team Columbia	38h 34'00" + 2'27" + 5'29"

Men's top 10 overall

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

• Official site
• Cyclingnews.com 2009 Tour of Qatar

1. "BBC SPORT | Other sport... | Cycling | Belgian cyclist Nolf found dead". BBC News. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
2. "www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.