In 2009 a number of prominent riders returned to professional cycling. Ivan Basso, Floyd Landis and Michele Scarponi had finished a suspension. Bjorn Leukemans was without a team for over a year due to doping-related allegations, which were proven to be ungrounded. Most notably, seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong returned after a three-and-half year break, starting his season as a Astana-rider in the Tour Down Under.
The teams Gerolsteiner and Saunier Duval–Scott, both who were connected to some major doping cases in 2008, saw their title sponsors drop out. The Spanish squad found a new sponsor in Fuji Bikes and was granted another ProTour license as Fuji–Servetto. However, race organizer ASO did not invite the team for their races, and they did not participate in the Tour de France. New teams in the ProTour are Garmin–Slipstream from the United States and Team Katusha (built from the former Tinkoff Credit Systems) from Russia. One notable new ProContinental team, started from scratch, is the Cervélo TestTeam, which managed to sign 2008 Tour de France-winner Carlos Sastre and Norwegian sprinter Thor Hushovd. Like another new ProContinental team, Vacansoleil from the Netherlands, Katusha and Cervélo immediately proved successful in the early months of the season.
This year's World Championships will be held in Mendrisio, Switzerland.
The UCI ProTour ranking, which was heavily devalued in 2008 due to the withdrawal from the ProTour by the three Grand Tour organizers, was replaced by the UCI World Ranking, based on a new World Calendar - effectively combining the existing 14 ProTour races with the Monuments and Grand Tours that are currently organized as "Historic" races.
World championships
The World Road championships were held in Mendrisio, Switzerland.
Grand Tours
UCI ProTour
Other World Calendar events
These races contribute, along with the Grand Tours and the UCI ProTour races, towards the 2009 UCI World Ranking
2.HC Category Races
The prefix 2 indicates that these events are stage races.
1.HC Category Races
The prefix 1 indicates that these events are one-day races.
National Championships
See 2009 national cycling championships.
See also
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- Ag2r–La Mondiale
- Astana
- Bbox Bouygues Telecom
- Cofidis
- Euskaltel–Euskadi
- Française des Jeux
- Fuji–Servetto
- Caisse d'Epargne
- Garmin–Slipstream
- Team Katusha
- Lampre–NGC
- Liquigas
- Team Milram
- Quick Step
- Rabobank
- Team Saxo Bank
- Silence–Lotto
- Team Columbia–HTC
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- BMC Racing Team
- Androni Giocattoli–Venezuela
- Elk Haus
- Team Vorarlberg
- Crelan–Euphony
- Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
- Bauknecht–Author
- Andalucía
- Contentpolis–Ampo
- Xacobeo–Galicia
- Agritubel
- Barloworld
- Ceramica Flaminia
- Bardiani–CSF
- LPR
- Acqua & Sapone
- Neri Sottoli
- Giant–Shimano
- Vacansoleil–DCM
- Amica Chips–Knauf
- Cervélo TestTeam
- Not professional: OUCH–Maxxis
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- Team Uniqa–Elk
- Lotto–Belisol Ladiesteam
- Topsport Vlaanderen Thompson Ladies Team
- Bizkaia Durango
- Debabarrena–Kirolgi
- Lointek
- ESGL 93–GSD Gestion
- Vienne Futuroscope
- Vision 1 Racing
- Cervélo TestTeam (women)
- Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
- Team Columbia–HTC Women
- Giant Pro Cycling
- Fenixs
- Gauss RDZ Ormu–Colnago
- Selle Italia Ghezzi
- Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Raxy Line
- S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox
- Team Cmax Dilà
- USC Chirio Forno d'Asolo
- Safi–Pasta Zara Titanedi
- DSB Bank–LTO
- Leontien.nl
- Red Sun Cycling Team
- Team Flexpoint
- Team Hitec Products UCK
- MTN
- Petrogradets
- Bigla Cycling Team
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Cadel Evans (AUS)
Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS)
Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP)
Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
Gustav Larsson (SWE)
Tony Martin (GER)
Giro d'Italia
Tour de France
Andy Schleck (LUX)
Lance Armstrong (USA)
Mark Cavendish (GBR)
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Tom Boonen (BEL)
