2008–09 UCI Europe Tour
| Fifth edition of the UCI Europe Tour | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 19 October 2008–15 October 2009 |
| Location | Europe |
| Races | About 300+ |
| Champions | |
| Individual champion |  Giovanni Visconti (ITA) (ISD) |
| Teams' champion | Agritubel |
| Nations' champion | Italy |
The 2008–09 UCI Europe Tour was the fifth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The season began on 19 October 2008 with the Chrono des Nations and ended on 15 October 2009 with the Giro del Piemonte.
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. Enrico Gasparotto of Italy was the defending champion of the 2007–08 UCI Europe Tour. Giovanni Visconti was crowned as the 2008–09 UCI Europe Tour.
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:
- Multi-day events: 2.HC, 2.1 and 2.2
- One-day events: 1.HC, 1.1 and 1.2
Events[]
2008[]
| Date | Race Name | Location | UCI Rating | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 October | Chrono des Nations |  France |
1.1 |  Stef Clement (NED) |
Bouygues Télécom |
| 25 October | Firenze–Pistoia | Italy |
1.1 |  Andriy Hrivko (UKR) |
Team Milram |
2009[]
| Date | Race Name | Location | UCI Rating | Winner | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February | Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise | France |
1.1 | Rémi Pauriol (FRA) |
Cofidis |
| 4–8 February | Étoile de Bessèges | France |
2.1 | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) |
Bbox Bouygues Telecom |
| 7 February | Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi | Italy |
1.1 | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini |
| 8 February | Trofeo Mallorca |  Spain |
1.1 |  Gert Steegmans (BEL) |
Team Katusha |
| 9 February | Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona | Spain |
1.1 |  Robbie McEwen (AUS) |
Team Katusha |
| 10 February | Trofeo Inca | Spain |
1.1 | Daniele Bennati (ITA) |
Liquigas |
| 11 February | Trofeo Pollença | Spain |
1.1 | Antonio Colom (ESP) |
Team Katusha |
| 11–15 February | Tour Méditerranéen | France |
2.1 | Luis León Sánchez (ESP) |
Caisse d'Epargne |
| 12 February | Trofeo Calvia | Spain |
1.1 |  Gerald Ciolek (GER) |
Team Milram |
| 13–15 February | Giro della Provincia di Grosseto | Italy |
2.1 | Daniele Pietropolli (ITA) |
LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini |
| 15–19 February | Vuelta a Andalucía | Spain |
2.1 | Joost Posthuma (NED) |
Rabobank |
| 18–22 February | Volta ao Algarve |  Portugal |
2.1 | Alberto Contador (ESP) |
Astana |
| 21 February | Trofeo Laigueglia | Italy |
1.1 | Francesco Ginanni (ITA) |
Diquigiovanni–Androni |
| 21 February | Coppa San Geo | Italy |
1.2 | Davide Cimolai (ITA) |
|
| 21 February | Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche | France |
1.2 | Freddy Bichot (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 21–22 February | Tour du Haut Var | France |
2.1 | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) |
Bbox Bouygues Telecom |
| 24–28 February | Giro di Sardegna | Italy |
2.1 | Daniele Bennati (ITA) |
Liquigas |
| 27 February–1 March | Les 3 Jours de Vaucluse | France |
2.2 | David Lelay (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 28 February | Gran Premio dell'Insubria |  Switzerland |
1.1 | Francesco Ginanni (ITA) |
Diquigiovanni–Androni |
| 28 February | Beverbeek Classic | Belgium |
1.2 | Andreas Schillinger (GER) |
|
| 28 February | Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | Belgium |
1.HC |  Thor Hushovd (NOR) |
Cervélo TestTeam |
| 1 March | Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | Belgium |
1.1 | Tom Boonen (BEL) |
Quick-Step |
| 1 March | Clásica de Almería | Spain |
1.1 |  Greg Henderson (NZL) |
Team Columbia–High Road |
| 1 March | Gran Premio di Lugano | Switzerland |
1.1 | Rémi Pauriol (FRA) |
Cofidis |
| 1 March | Trofeo Zsšdi | Italy |
1.2 |  Tomislav Danculovic (CRO) |
Loborika |
| 4 March | Le Samyn | Belgium |
1.1 | Wouter Weylandt (BEL) |
Quick-Step |
| 4 March | Giro del Friuli | Italy |
1.1 | Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA) |
Lampre–NGC |
| 4–8 March | Vuelta a Murcia | Spain |
2.1 |  Denis Menchov (RUS) |
Rabobank |
| 6–8 March | Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen | Belgium |
2.1 | Johnny Hoogerland (NED) |
Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team |
| 7 March | Monte Paschi Eroica | Italy |
1.1 |  Thomas Lövkvist (SWE) |
Team Columbia–High Road |
| 7 March | De Vlaamse Pijl | Belgium |
1.2 | Jan Ghyselinck (BEL) |
|
| 8 March | Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers | France |
1.2 |  Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) |
Designa Køkken |
| 8 March | Trofeo Franco Balestra | Italy |
1.2 | Davide Cimolai (ITA) |
|
| 8 March | Porec Trophy | Croatia |
1.2 | Ole Haavardsholm (NOR) |
Joker-Bianchi |
| 12–15 March | Istrian Spring Trophy | Croatia |
2.2 |  Mitja Mahoric (SLO) |
|
| 15 March | Giro del Mendrisiotto | Switzerland |
1.2 |  Ignatas Konovalovas (LTU) |
Cervélo TestTeam |
| 15 March | Paris–Troyes | France |
1.2 | Yannick Talabardon (FRA) |
Besson Chaussures-Sojasun |
| 15 March | Omloop van het Waasland | Belgium |
1.2 | Johan Coenen (BEL) |
Topsport Vlaanderen |
| 18 March | Nokere Koerse | Belgium |
1.1 | Graeme Brown (AUS) |
Rabobank |
| 20 March | Classic Loire Atlantique | France |
1.2 | Cyril Bessy (FRA) |
Besson Chaussures-Sojasun |
| 22 March | Cholet - Pays De Loire | France |
1.1 |  Juan José Haedo (ARG) |
Team Saxo Bank |
| 22 March | Ronde van het Groene Hart | Netherlands |
1.1 | Geert Omloop (BEL) |
Palmans-Cras |
| 22 March | La Roue Tourangelle | France |
1.2 | Arnaud Molmy (FRA) |
|
| 22 March | Gran Premio San Giuseppe | Italy |
1.2 | Alessandro Malaguti (ITA) |
|
| 23–27 March | Vuelta a Castilla y León | Spain |
2.1 |  Levi Leipheimer (USA) |
Astana |
| 23–29 March | Tour de Normandie | France |
2.2 | Bram Schmitz (NED) |
Van Vliet-EBH Elshof |
| 25 March | Dwars door Vlaanderen | Belgium |
1.1 | Kevin Van Impe (BEL) |
Quick-Step |
| 24–28 March | Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale | Italy |
2.1 | Damiano Cunego (ITA) |
Lampre–NGC |
| 26–29 March | The Paths of King Nikola |  Montenegro |
2.2 | Radoslav Rogina (CRO) |
Loborika |
| 27–29 March | Grand Prix du Portugal | Portugal |
2.Ncup |  Sergio Luis Henao (COL) |
Colombia (national team) |
| 28 March | E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - Harelbeke | Belgium |
1.HC | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) |
Team Katusha |
| 28 March | Trofeo Edil C | Italy |
1.2 | Tomas Alberio (ITA) |
|
| 28–29 March | Critérium International | France |
2.HC | Jens Voigt (GER) |
Team Saxo Bank |
| 29 March | Brabantse Pijl | Belgium |
1.1 | Anthony Geslin (FRA) |
Française des Jeux |
| 29 March | Gran Premio de Llodio | Spain |
1.1 | Samuel Sánchez (ESP) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 31 March–2 April | Driedaagse Van De Panne | Belgium |
2.HC | Frederik Willems (BEL) |
Liquigas |
| 31 March–5 April | Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda | Italy |
2.1 | Daniele Pietropolli (ITA) |
LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini |
| 1–5 April | Volta ao Alentejo em Bicicleta | Portugal |
2.1 | Maxime Bouet (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 1–5 April | Cinturón Ciclista Internacional a Mallorca | Spain |
2.2 | Sergio Luis Henao (COL) |
|
| 2–4 April | France |
2.2 | Sergey Firsanov (RUS) |
Designa Køkken | |
| 3 April | Route Adélie de Vitré | France |
1.1 | Jérôme Coppel (FRA) |
Française des Jeux |
| 3–5 April | Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux | Belgium |
2.2 | Kris Boeckmans (BEL) |
Davo-Lotto-Davitamon |
| 4 April | Hel van het Mergelland | Netherlands |
1.1 | Mauro Finetto (ITA) |
CSF Group–Navigare |
| 4 April | GP Miguel Indurain | Spain |
1.HC | David De La Fuente (ESP) |
Fuji–Servetto |
| 5 April | Grand Prix de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise | France |
1.2 |  Martin Pedersen (DEN) |
|
| 5 April | Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza | Italy |
1.2U | Davide Cimolai (ITA) |
|
| 7–10 April | Circuit de la Sarthe | France |
2.1 | David Lelay (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 10–12 April | Circuit des Ardennes International | France |
2.2 | Dimitri Champion (FRA) |
Bretagne-Schuller |
| 11 April | Tour des Flandres Espoirs | Belgium |
1.2Ncup | Jan Ghyselinck (BEL) |
Belgium (national team) |
| 12 April | Klasika Primavera | Spain |
1.1 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
Caisse d'Epargne |
| 12 April | Grand Prix of Donetsk | Ukraine |
1.2 |  (EST) |
|
| 12 April | Ronde van Drenthe | Netherlands |
1.1 | Maurizio Biondo (ITA) |
Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini |
| 12–19 April | Presidential Cycling Tour |  Turkey |
2.1 |  Daryl Impey (RSA) |
Barloworld |
| 13 April | Italy |
1.2U | Sacha Modolo (ITA) |
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| 13 April | Rund um Köln | Germany |
1.1 | Martin Pedersen (DEN) |
Denmark (national team) |
| 14 April | Paris–Camembert | France |
1.1 | Jimmy Casper (FRA) |
Besson Chaussures-Sojasun |
| 14 April | GP Palio del Recioto | Italy |
1.2U | Stefano Locatelli (ITA) |
|
| 14–19 April | Tour du Loir-et-Cher | France |
2.2 | (RUS) |
Katusha Continental Team |
| 15 April | Scheldeprijs | Belgium |
1.HC | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini |
| 15 April | La Côte Picarde | France |
1.Ncup | Timofey Kritskiy (RUS) |
Russia (national team) |
| 16 April | Grand Prix de Denain | France |
1.1 | Jimmy Casper (FRA) |
Besson Chaussures-Sojasun |
| 16–19 April | Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour | France |
2.2 | Yann Huguet (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 18 April | Tour du Finistère | France |
1.1 | Dimitri Champion (FRA) |
Bretagne-Schuller |
| 18 April | Gran Premio Nobili Rubinetterie | Italy |
1.1 | Grega Bole (SLO) |
Amica Chips-Knauf |
| 18 April | Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs | Belgium |
1.2U | Rasmus Guldhammer (DEN) |
|
| 18 April | ZLM Tour | Netherlands |
1.Ncup |  Luke Rowe (GBR) |
Great Britain (national team) |
| 19 April | Tro-Bro Léon | France |
1.1 | Saïd Haddou (FRA) |
Bbox Bouygues Telecom |
| 19 April | Rund um Düren | Germany |
1.2 | (GER) |
|
| 22–25 April | Giro del Trentino | Italy |
2.1 | Ivan Basso (ITA) |
Liquigas |
| 22–26 April | Vuelta a Extremadura | Spain |
2.2 | José Antonio de Segovia (ESP) |
|
| 25 April | Arno Wallaard Memorial | Netherlands |
1.2 | Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil |
| 25 April | Beograd-Banja Luka I |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.2 | Normunds Lasis (LAT) |
|
| 25 April | Gran Premio della Liberazione | Italy |
1.2U | Sacha Modolo (ITA) |
|
| 25 April–1 May | Tour de Bretagne | France |
2.2 | Julien Fouchard (FRA) |
|
| 26 April | Vuelta a La Rioja | Spain |
1.1 | David García (ESP) |
Xacobeo–Galicia |
| 26 April | Ronde van Noord-Holland | Netherlands |
1.2 | Theo Bos (NED) |
Rabobank Continental Team |
| 26 April | Paris – Mantes-en-Yvelines | France |
1.2 | Pierre Drancourt (FRA) |
|
| 26 April | East Midlands Classic | United Kingdom |
1.2 | Ian Wilkinson (GBR) |
|
| 28 April–2 May | Vuelta a Asturias | Spain |
2.1 | Francisco Mancebo (ESP) |
Rock Racing |
| 1 May | Memorial Andrzeja Trochanowskiego |  Poland |
1.2 | Mateusz Taciak (POL) |
|
| 1 May | Meiprijs - Ereprijs Victor De Bruyne | Belgium |
1.2 | Denis Flahaut (FRA) |
Landbouwkrediet–Colnago |
| 1 May | Germany |
1.2U | Jack Bobridge (AUS) |
Australia (national team) | |
| 1 May | Rund um den Henninger Turm | Germany |
1.HC | Fabian Wegmann (GER) |
Team Milram |
| 2 May | Grand Prix Herning | Denmark |
1.2 | René Jørgensen (DEN) |
Designa Køkken |
| 2 May | GP Industria & Artigianato | Italy |
1.1 | Daniele Callegarin (ITA) |
|
| 2 May | Ronde van Overijssel | Netherlands |
1.2 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) |
Skil–Shimano |
| 2 May | Mayor Cup | Russia |
1.2 | Mikhail Antonov (RUS) |
Katusha Continental Team |
| 3 May | Giro di Toscana | Italy |
1.1 | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) |
LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini |
| 3 May | Trophée des Grimpeurs | France |
1.1 | Thomas Voeckler (FRA) |
Bbox Bouygues Telecom |
| 3 May | Subida al Naranco | Spain |
1.1 | Romain Sicard (FRA) |
Orbea |
| 3 May | Circuito del Porto | Italy |
1.2 | Filippo Baggio (ITA) |
|
| 3 May | Russia |
1.2 | Mikhail Antonov (RUS) |
Katusha Continental Team | |
| 5–10 May | Four Days of Dunkirk | France |
2.HC | Rui Costa (POR) |
Caisse d'Epargne |
| 6–10 May | Five rings of Moscow | Russia |
2.2 | Timofey Kritskiy (RUS) |
Katusha Continental Team |
| 6–10 May | Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia | Italy |
2.2 | Gianluca Brambilla (ITA) |
|
| 8–10 May | Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich | Poland |
2.1 | Mariusz Witecki (POL) |
|
| 8–10 May | France |
2.2U | Tejay van Garderen (USA) |
Rabobank Continental Team | |
| 9 May | Scandinavian Race Uppsala | Sweden |
1.2 | Jonas Jørgensen (DEN) |
|
| 10 May | Omloop der Kempen | Netherlands |
1.2 | Theo Bos (NED) |
Rabobank Continental Team |
| 10 May | GP Industrie del Marmo | Italy |
1.2 |  Carlos Manarelli (BRA) |
|
| 12 May | GP of Moscow | Russia |
1.2 | Alexander Khatuntsev (RUS) |
Moscow |
| 13 May | Batavus Prorace | Netherlands |
1.1 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) |
Skil–Shimano |
| 14–17 May | GP Paredes Rota dos Móveis | Portugal |
2.2 | Candido Barbosa (POR) |
Palmeiras Resort-Tavira |
| 15–17 May | Tour de Picardie | France |
2.1 | Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil |
| 16 May | Denmark |
1.2 | Jacob Nielsen (DEN) |
Glud & Marstrand Horsens | |
| 16 May | Dutch Food Valley Classic | Netherlands |
1.HC | Kenny van Hummel (NED) |
Skil–Shimano |
| 17 May | Tour de Rijke | Netherlands |
1.1 | Kenny van Hummel (NED) |
Skil–Shimano |
| 17–24 May | FBD Insurance Ras |  Ireland |
2.2 | Simon Richardson (GBR) |
Rapha Condor |
| 19–24 May | Olympia's Tour | Netherlands |
2.2 | Jetse Bol (NED) |
Rabobank Continental Team |
| 20–24 May | Circuit de Lorraine | France |
2.1 | Matteo Carrara (ITA) |
Vacansoleil |
| 20–24 May | Flèche du Sud |  Luxembourg |
2.2 | Simon Zahner (SUI) |
|
| 21–24 May | Ronde de l'Isard | France |
2.2U | Alexandre Geniez (FRA) |
VC La Pomme Marseille |
| 27–31 May | Ronde van België | Belgium |
2.HC | Lars Boom (NED) |
Rabobank |
| 27–31 May | Bayern-Rundfahrt | Germany |
2.HC | Linus Gerdemann (GER) |
Team Milram |
| 29 May | Tallinn–Tartu GP | Estonia |
1.1 | Erki Pütsep (EST) |
|
| 29 May–1 June | Tour de Gironde | France |
2.2 | Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) |
|
| 29 May–1 June | Tour de Berlin | Germany |
2.2U | Franz Schiewer (GER) |
LKT Team Brandenburg |
| 30 May | Tartu GP | Estonia |
1.1 | (GER) |
Continental Team Differdange |
| 30 May | GP Kranj | Slovenia |
1.1 | Gasper Svab (SLO) |
Sava |
| 30 May | Grand Prix de Plumelec-Morbihan | France |
1.1 | Jérémie Galland (FRA) |
Besson Chaussures-Sojasun |
| 30 May | GP Kooperativa |  Slovakia |
1.2 | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
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| 31 May | Boucles de l'Aulne | France |
1.1 | Maxime Bouet (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 31 May | Slovakia |
1.2 | Juraj Sagan (SVK) |
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| 31 May | Paris–Roubaix Espoirs | France |
1.2U | Taylor Phinney (USA) |
Trek–Livestrong |
| 31 May | Trofeo Città di San Vendemiano | Italy |
1.2U | Alessandro Mazzi (ITA) |
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| 1 June | Neuseen Classics | Germany |
1.1 | André Greipel (GER) |
Team Columbia–High Road |
| 1 June | Rogaland GP | Norway |
1.2 | Håvard Nybø (NOR) |
Sparebanken Vest-Ridley |
| 2 June | Italy |
1.2 | Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) |
Russia (national team) | |
| 2–7 June | Baltyk Karkonosze Tour | Poland |
2.2 | Sergey Kolesnikov (RUS) |
Moscow |
| 3–7 June | Ringerike GP | Norway |
2.2 | Sergey Firsanov (RUS) |
Designa Køkken |
| 3–7 June | Tour de Luxembourg | Luxembourg |
2.HC | Fränk Schleck (LUX) |
Team Saxo Bank |
| 6 June | Memorial Marco Pantani | Italy |
1.1 | Roberto Ferrari (ITA) |
LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini |
| 6 June | GP Triberg-Schwarzwald | Germany |
1.1 | Heinrich Haussler (GER) |
Cervélo TestTeam |
| 6–13 June | Romanian Cycling Tour |  Romania |
2.2 | Alexey Shchebelin (RUS) |
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| 7 June | Coppa della Pace | Italy |
1.2 | Egor Silin (RUS) |
Russia (national team) |
| 7 June | Italy |
1.2 | (ITA) |
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| 7 June | Memorial Ph. Van Coningsloo | Belgium |
1.2 | Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) |
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| 7 June | Grand Prix of Aargau Canton | Switzerland |
1.HC | Peter Velits (SVK) |
Team Milram |
| 7–13 June | Thüringen Rundfahrt | Germany |
2.2U |  Stefan Denifl (AUT) |
Austria (national team) |
| 10–16 June | Circuito Montañés | Spain |
2.2 | Tejay van Garderen (USA) |
Rabobank Continental Team |
| 11–14 June | GP CTT Correios | Portugal |
2.1 | Adrian Palomares (ESP) |
Contentpolis-Ampo |
| 11–14 June | Ronde de l'Oise | France |
2.2 | Steven Van Vooren (BEL) |
An Post–Sean Kelly Team |
| 12–14 June | Delta Tour Zeeland | Netherlands |
2.1 | Tyler Farrar (USA) |
Garmin–Slipstream |
| 12–21 June | Giro Ciclistico d'Italia | Italy |
2.2 | Cayetano Sarmiento (COL) |
Colombia (national team) |
| 15–21 June | Tour de Serbie |  Serbia |
2.2 | Davide Torosantucci (ITA) |
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| 17–21 June | Ster Elektrotoer | Netherlands |
2.1 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
Silence–Lotto |
| 18–20 June | Tour of Małopolska | Poland |
2.2 | Arthur Detko (POL) |
DHL-Author |
| 18–21 June | Route du Sud | France |
2.1 | Przemysław Niemiec (POL) |
Miche-Silver Cross |
| 18–21 June | Tour of Slovenia | Slovenia |
2.1 | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) |
Team Saxo Bank |
| 18–21 June | Boucles de la Mayenne | France |
2.2 | Janek Tombak (EST) |
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| 19–21 June | Tour des Pays de Savoie | France |
2.2U | Ben Gastauer (LUX) |
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| 19–21 June | Mainfranken-Tour | Germany |
2.2U | (GER) |
Thüringer Energie Team |
| 21 June | Raiffeisen GP | Austria |
1.2 | Markus Eibegger (AUT) |
Elk Haus |
| 24 June | Giro dell'Appennino | Italy |
1.1 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) |
Liquigas |
| 24 June | Halle–Ingooigem | Belgium |
1.1 | Jurgen Van De Walle (BEL) |
Quick-Step |
| 24 June | I.W.T. Jong Maar Moedig | Belgium |
1.2 | Thomas De Gendt (BEL) |
Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator |
| 1–5 July | Course de la Solidarité Olympique | Poland |
2.1 | (POL) |
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| 2 July | European Road Championships (U23) – Time Trial | Belgium |
CC | Marcel Kittel (GER) |
Germany (national team) |
| 4 July | Tour du Jura | Switzerland |
1.2 | Roger Beuchat (SUI) |
Team Neotel |
| 4 July | Italy |
1.2 | (ITA) |
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| 5 July | Tour du Doubs | France |
1.1 | Yann Huguet (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 5 July | Italy |
1.2 | Enrico Battaglin (ITA) |
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| 5 July | European Road Championships (U23) – Road Race | Belgium |
CC | Kris Boeckmans (BEL) |
Belgium (national team) |
| 5–12 July | Tour of Austria | Austria |
2.HC | Michael Albasini (SUI) |
Team Columbia–HTC |
| 7 July | Trofeo Città di Brescia | Italy |
1.2 | Andrea Palini (ITA) |
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| 8–12 July | GP Torres Vedras | Portugal |
2.2 | Hector Guerra (ESP) |
Liberty Seguros |
| 10–11 July | GP de Gemenc |  Hungary |
2.2 | Zsolt Der (SRB) |
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| 12 July | Giro del Medio Brenta | Italy |
1.2 | Christian Delle Stelle (ITA) |
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| 17–19 July | Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid | Spain |
2.1 | Hector Guerra (ESP) |
Liberty Seguros |
| 18 July | Grand Prix Cristal Energie | France |
1.2 | Martin Pedersen (DEN) |
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| 19 July | Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria | Italy |
1.1 | Fortunato Baliani (ITA) |
CSF Group–Navigare |
| 19 July | Trophée des Champions | France |
1.2 | Tony Hurel (FRA) |
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| 19 July | Giro del Casentino | Italy |
1.2 | (ITA) |
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| 22–26 July | Sachsen Tour | Germany |
2.1 | Patrik Sinkewitz (GER) |
PSK Whirlpool–Author |
| 22–26 July | Brixia Tour | Italy |
2.1 | Giampaolo Caruso (ITA) |
Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini |
| 25 July | Prueba Villafranca de Ordizia | Spain |
1.1 | Jaume Rovira (ESP) |
Andorra-Grandvalira |
| 25–26 July | Grand Prix Bradlo | Slovakia |
1.2 | Nebojsa Jovanovic (SRB) |
AC Sparta Prague |
| 25–27 July | Kreiz Breizh Elites | France |
2.2 | Antoine Dalibard (FRA) |
Bretagne-Schuller |
| 25–29 July | Tour de Wallonie | Belgium |
2.HC | Julien El Fares (FRA) |
Cofidis |
| 26 July | Grand Prix de Pérenchies | France |
1.2 | Robert Retschke (GER) |
Continental Team Differdange |
| 26 July | Italy |
1.2 | Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) |
Russia (national team) | |
| 28 July–1 August | Dookola Mazowska | Poland |
2.2 | Lukasz Bodnar (POL) |
CCC Polsat Polkowice |
| 29 July–2 August | Tour Alsace | France |
2.2 | Simon Zahner (SUI) |
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| 29 July–2 August | Danmark Rundt | Denmark |
2.HC | Jakob Fuglsang (DEN) |
Team Saxo Bank |
| 31 July | Circuito de Getxo | Spain |
1.1 | Koldo Fernández (ESP) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 1 August | Sweden |
1.2 | (SWE) |
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| 1 August | Hungary |
1.2 | (SLO) |
Sava | |
| 2 August | Subida a Urkiola | Spain |
1.1 | Igor Antón (ESP) |
Euskaltel–Euskadi |
| 2 August | Sparkassen Giro Bochum | Germany |
1.1 | Mark Cavendish (GBR) |
Team Columbia–HTC |
| 2 August | La Poly Normande | France |
1.1 | Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) |
Française des Jeux |
| 2 August | Italy |
1.2 | Paolo Ciavatta (ITA) |
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| 2 August | GP Betonexpressz 2000 | Hungary |
1.2 | Gergely Ivanics (HUN) |
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| 4–8 August | Tour des Pyrénées | France |
2.2 | Fabio Duarte (COL) |
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| 4–8 August | Vuelta a León | Spain |
2.2 | David Belda (ESP) |
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| 5 August | Italy |
1.2 | (ITA) |
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| 5–6 August | Paris–Corrèze | France |
2.1 | Francisco Ventoso (ESP) |
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| 5–9 August | Vuelta a Burgos | Spain |
2.HC | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) |
Caisse d'Epargne |
| 5–16 August | Volta a Portugal | Portugal |
2.HC | David Blanco (ESP) |
Palmeiras Resort-Tavira |
| 6 August | Gran Premio Industria e Commercio Artigianato Carnaghese | Italy |
1.1 | Francesco Ginanni (ITA) |
Diquigiovanni–Androni |
| 6–8 August | Tour of Szeklerland | Romania |
2.2 | Vitaliy Popkov (UKR) |
ISD Sport Donetsk |
| 8 August | Gran Premio Citta di Camaiore | Italy |
1.1 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) |
Liquigas |
| 8–12 August | Tour de l'Ain | France |
2.1 | Rein Taaramae (EST) |
Cofidis |
| 9 August | Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli | Italy |
1.2 | Radoslav Rogina (CRO) |
Loborika |
| 11 August | Italy |
1.2 | Richie Porte (AUS) |
Praties | |
| 12–15 August | Mi-Août Bretonne | France |
2.2 | Frederik Wilmann (NOR) |
Joker–Bianchi |
| 14 August | Puchar Ministra Obrony Narodowej | Poland |
1.2 | Tomasz Kiendys (POL) |
CCC–Polsat–Polkowice |
| 15 August | Memoriał Henryka Łasaka | Poland |
1.2 | Stefan Schäfer (GER) |
LKT Team Brandenburg |
| 16 August | GP Capodarco | Italy |
1.2 | (ITA) |
|
| 16 August | Antwerpse Havenpijl | Belgium |
1.2 | Jens Erik Madsen (DEN) |
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| 16 August | Puchar Uzdrowisk Karpackich | Poland |
1.2 | (GER) |
LKT Team Brandenburg |
| 17 August | Italy |
1.2 | Stefano Pirazzi (ITA) |
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| 18 August | Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem | Belgium |
1.1 | Niko Eeckhout (BEL) |
An Post–M.Donnelly–Grant Thornton–Sean Kelly |
| 18 August | Tre Valli Varesine | Italy |
1.HC | Mauro Santambrogio (ITA) |
Lampre–NGC |
| 18–21 August | Tour du Limousin | France |
2.1 | Mathieu Perget (FRA) |
Caisse d'Epargne |
| 19 August | Coppa Agostoni | Italy |
1.1 | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) |
ISD–NERI |
| 20 August | Coppa Bernocchi | Italy |
1.1 | Luca Paolini (ITA) |
Acqua & Sapone–Caffè Mokambo |
| 21–23 August | Tour of Ireland | Ireland |
2.1 | Russell Downing (GBR) |
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| 22 August | Trofeo Melinda | Italy |
1.1 | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) |
ISD–NERI |
| 25 August | Grand Prix des Marbriers | France |
1.2 | Robert Retschke (GER) |
Continental Team Differdange |
| 25–28 August | Tour du Poitou-Charentes | France |
2.1 | Gustav Larsson (SWE) |
Team Saxo Bank |
| 25–30 August | Giro della Valle d'Aosta | Italy |
2.2 | Thibaut Pinot (FRA) |
France (national team) |
| 26 August | Druivenkoers Overijse | Belgium |
1.1 | Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) |
Designa Køkken |
| 26–30 August | Grand Prix Tell | Switzerland |
2.2 | Mathias Frank (SUI) |
BMC Racing Team |
| 29 August | Giro del Veneto | Italy |
1.HC | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) |
Team Katusha |
| 30 August | Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre | France |
1.1 | Jimmy Casper (FRA) |
Besson Chaussures-Sojasun |
| 30 August | Schaal Sels-Merksem | Belgium |
1.1 | Kris Boeckmans (BEL) |
Silence–Lotto |
| 2–6 September | Tour de Slovaquie | Slovakia |
2.2 | Leigh Howard (AUS) |
Australia (national team) |
| 5–13 September | Tour de l'Avenir | France |
2.Ncup | Romain Sicard (FRA) |
France (national team A) |
| 6 September | Grote Prijs Jef Scherens | Belgium |
1.1 | Sebastian Langeveld (NED) |
Rabobank |
| 6 September | Giro della Romagna | Italy |
1.1 | Murilo Fischer (BRA) |
Liquigas |
| 6 September | Ljubljana-Zagreb | Slovenia |
1.2 | Robert Vrečer (SLO) |
Adria Mobil |
| 6 September | Memorial Davide Fardelli | Italy |
1.2 | Manuele Boaro (ITA) |
|
| 6–13 September | Tour of Bulgaria |  Bulgaria |
2.2 | Ivaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) |
|
| 9 September | Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen | Belgium |
1.1 | Niko Eeckhout (BEL) |
An Post–Sean Kelly Team |
| 12 September | Paris–Brussels | Belgium |
1.HC | Matthew Goss (AUS) |
Team Saxo Bank |
| 12–19 September | Tour of Britain | United Kingdom |
2.1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) |
Team Columbia–HTC |
| 13 September | Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt | Germany |
1.1 | Francesco Gavazzi (ITA) |
Lampre–NGC |
| 13 September | Chrono Champenois | France |
1.2 | Adriano Malori (ITA) |
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| 13 September | Grand Prix de Fourmies | France |
1.HC | Romain Feillu (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 16 September | Grand Prix de Wallonie | Belgium |
1.1 | Nick Nuyens (BEL) |
Rabobank |
| 17 September | Serbia |
1.2 | Matej Marin (SLO) |
Perutnina Ptuj | |
| 18 September | Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen | Belgium |
1.1 | Steven De Jongh (NED) |
Quick-Step |
| 18 September | Grand Prix de la Somme | France |
1.1 |  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) |
Française des Jeux |
| 18 September | Serbia |
1.2 | Ivaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) |
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| 19 September |  Czech Republic |
1.2 | Danilo Hondo (GER) |
PSK Whirlpool–Author | |
| 20 September | Grand Prix d'Isbergues | France |
1.1 | Benoît Vaugrenard (FRA) |
Française des Jeux |
| 20 September | Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato | Italy |
1.1 | Giovanni Visconti (ITA) |
ISD–NERI |
| 20 September | Duo Normand | France |
1.2 | Nikolay Trusov (RUS) Artem Ovechkin (RUS) |
Team Katusha |
| 20 September | Trofeo Gianfranco Bianchin | Italy |
1.2 |  (ECU) |
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| 23 September | Omloop van het Houtland | Belgium |
1.1 | Graeme Brown (AUS) |
Rabobank |
| 25–27 September | Tour du Gévaudan | France |
2.2 | (GER) |
|
| 29 September | Ruota d'Oro | Italy |
1.2 | (ITA) |
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| 1–4 October | Circuit Franco-Belge | Belgium |
2.1 | Tyler Farrar (USA) |
Garmin–Slipstream |
| 2–4 October | Cinturó de l'Empordà | Spain |
2.2 | Francisco Ventoso (ESP) |
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| 3 October | Sparkassen Münsterland Giro | Germany |
1.1 | Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT) |
Team Designa Køkken |
| 3 October | Memorial Cimurri | Italy |
1.1 | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) |
Team Katusha |
| 4 October | Tour de Vendée | France |
1.1 | Pavel Brutt (RUS) |
Team Katusha |
| 8 October | Paris–Bourges | France |
1.1 | André Greipel (GER) |
Team Columbia–HTC |
| 8 October | Coppa Sabatini | Italy |
1.1 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
Silence–Lotto |
| 10 October | Giro dell'Emilia | Italy |
1.HC | Robert Gesink (NED) |
Rabobank |
| 11 October | G.P. Beghelli | Italy |
1.1 | Francisco Ventoso (ESP) |
|
| 11 October | Paris–Tours Espoirs | France |
1.2U | (FRA) |
|
| 11 October | Paris–Tours | France |
1.HC | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
Silence–Lotto |
| 13 October | Nationale Sluitingsprijs | Belgium |
1.1 | Denis Flahaut (FRA) |
Landbouwkrediet–Colnago |
| 15 October | Giro del Piemonte | Italy |
1.HC | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
Silence–Lotto |
Final ranking[]
There is a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.
Individual classification[]
| Rank | Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giovanni Visconti (ITA)
|
638.2 |
| 2 | Kenny van Hummel (NED)
|
601 |
| 3 | Jimmy Casper (FRA)
|
575 |
| 4 | Romain Feillu (FRA)
|
488 |
| 5 | Alessandro Petacchi (ITA)
|
469.2 |
| 6 | David Lelay (FRA)
|
446 |
| 7 | Luca Paolini (ITA)
|
377 |
| 8 | Héctor Guerra (ESP)
|
366 |
| 9 | Rubén Plaza (ESP)
|
360 |
| 10 | Aleksejs Saramotins (LAT)
|
348 |
Team classification[]
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agritubel | 2088 |
| 2 | Vacansoleil | 1499 |
| 3 | Liberty Seguros | 1326 |
| 4 | Cervélo TestTeam | 1261 |
| 5 | ISD | 1249.79 |
| 6 | Skil–Shimano | 1224 |
| 7 | Diquigiovanni–Androni | 1210 |
| 8 | Besson Chaussures–Sojasun | 1208 |
| 9 | LPR Brakes–Farnese Vini | 1120.8 |
| 10 | Ceramica Flaminia–Bossini Docce | 1029 |
Nation classification[]
| Rank | Nation | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy
|
3357.6 |
| 2 | France
|
3159 |
| 3 | Spain
|
2259.4 |
| 4 | Netherlands
|
2114.19 |
| 5 | Germany
|
2101 |
| 6 | Slovenia
|
1854 |
| 7 | Belgium
|
1805 |
| 8 | Russia
|
1534 |
| 9 | Portugal
|
1455 |
| 10 | Poland
|
1297 |
Nation under-23 classification[]
| Rank | Nation under-23 | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium
|
909 |
| 2 | France
|
872 |
| 3 | Italy
|
819.98 |
| 4 | Germany
|
818.32 |
| 5 | Russia
|
692 |
| 6 | Netherlands
|
541.59 |
| 7 | Slovenia
|
367 |
| 8 | Denmark
|
356 |
| 9 | Slovakia
|
268 |
| 10 | Great Britain
|
259.2 |
External links[]
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