2009 Vuelta a Venezuela

2009 Vuelta a Venezuela

2008–2009 UCI America Tour
Peloton at the last stage of the 2009 Vuelta a Venezuela
Race details
Dates	June 24 – July 5
Stages	12
Distance	1,560.6 km (969.7 mi)
Winning time	39h 09' 51"
Results
Winner  José Rujano (VEN) (Gobernacion del Zulía)   Second  César Salazar (COL) (Loteria del Tachirá)   Third  José Chacón Díaz (VEN) (G. Carabobo-Tra. Ele)   Points  Honorio Machado (VEN) (Alcadia Bol.Jimenez)   Mountains  José Rujano (VEN) (Gobernacion del Zulía)   Youth  José Alarcón (VEN) (Sumiglov)   Team Lotería del Táchira
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The 46th edition of the annual Vuelta a Venezuela was held from Wednesday June 24 to Sunday July 5, 2009.

Stages[]

2009-06-24: Puerto la Cruz - Puerto la Cruz (80 km)[]

Place	Stage 1		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Alberto Loddo (ITA)	02:09.21	Alberto Loddo (ITA)	02:09.11
2.	(VEN)	—	(VEN)	+0.03
3.	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	—	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	+0.06

2009-06-25: Barcelona - El Tigre (175.6 km)[]

Place	Stage 2		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Alberto Loddo (ITA)	04:18.06	Alberto Loddo (ITA)	06:27.17
2.	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	—	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	—
3.	(CUB)	—	(VEN)	+0.03

2009-06-26: Anaco Circuito (50 km)[]

Place	Stage 3-A		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	00:40.30
2.	Honorio Machado (VEN)	—
3.	Franklin Molina (VEN)	—

2009-06-26: Aragua de Barcelona - Valle de la Pascua (135 km)[]

Place	Stage 3-B		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	03:31.32	Wilmer Bravo (VEN)	10:39.20
2.	Franklin Chacón (VEN)	—	Honorio Machado (VEN)	—
3.	Jesús Pérez (VEN)	—	(VEN)	+0.02

2009-06-27: Valle de la Pascua - Valle de la Pascua (93 km)[]

Place	Stage 4		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	02:12.54	(VEN)	12:52.07
2.	(VEN)	—	Honorio Machado (VEN)	+0.02
3.	Honorio Machado (VEN)	—	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	+0.04

2009-06-28: Chaguaramas - Calabozo (169.5 km)[]

Place	Stage 5		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Jesús Pérez (VEN)	04:16.35	(VEN)	17:08.42
2.	Tomás Teresen (VEN)	—	Honorio Machado (VEN)	+0.02
3.	Julio Herrera (VEN)	—	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	+0.04

2009-06-29: - (225 km)[]

Place	Stage 6		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Honorio Machado (VEN)	05:21.11	Honorio Machado (VEN)	22:29.44
2.	Frederick Segura (VEN)	—	(VEN)	+0.09
3.	Weimar Roldán (COL)	—	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	+0.13

2009-06-30: - (35 km)[]

Place	Stage 7 (Individual Time Trial)		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	José Serpa (COL)	00:40.59	José Serpa (COL)	23:11.28
2.	José Chacón Díaz (VEN)	+0.21	José Chacón Díaz (VEN)	+0.01
3.	César Salazar (COL)	+0.27	César Salazar (COL)	+0.07

2009-07-01: Acarigua - (163.4 km)[]

Place	Stage 8		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	José Rujano (VEN)	03:44.29	José Rujano (VEN)	26:56.50
2.	Víctor Moreno (VEN)	+1.15	César Salazar (COL)	+0.32
3.	Carlos José Ochoa (VEN)	+1.16	José Chacón Díaz (VEN)	+1.00

2009-07-02: Quibor - Nirgua (160 km)[]

Place	Stage 9		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	José Rujano (VEN)	04:12.18	José Rujano (VEN)	31:08.56
2.	Carlos José Ochoa (VEN)	+0.49	César Salazar (COL)	+1.28
3.	César Salazar (COL)	+0.49	José Chacón Díaz (VEN)	+2.31

2009-07-03: San Felipe Circuito (80 km)[]

Place	Stage 10		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Honorio Machado (VEN)	01:32.39	José Rujano (VEN)	32:41.35
2.	Mattia Gavazzi (ITA)	—	César Salazar (COL)	+1.28
3.	Jesús Pérez (VEN)	—	José Chacón Díaz (VEN)	+2.31

2009-07-04: San Felipe - Turmero (181.5 km)[]

Place	Stage 11		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Weimar Roldán (COL)	04:17.49	José Rujano (VEN)	37:00.13
2.	Miguel Chacón (VEN)	—	César Salazar (COL)	+1.28
3.	(CUB)	—	José Chacón Díaz (VEN)	+2.31

2009-07-05: Caracas - Caracas (81.6 km)[]

Place	Stage 12		General Classification
	Name	Time	Name	Time
1.	Jesús Pérez (VEN)	02:09.39	José Rujano (VEN)	39:09.51
2.	Frederick Segura (VEN)	—	César Salazar (COL)	+1.29
3.	Miguel Chacón (VEN)	—	José Chacón Díaz (VEN)	+2.32

Final classification[]

RANK	NAME	TEAM	TIME
1.	José Rujano (VEN)	Gobernacíon del Zulía	39:09:51
2.	César Salazar (COL)	Loteria del Táchira	+ 1.29
3.	José Chacón Díaz (VEN)	G. Carabobo-Tra. Ele	+ 2.32
4.	José Alarcón (VEN)	Sumiglov-City of Mérida	+ 2.42
5.	Carlos José Ochoa (VEN)	Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni	+ 2.43
6.	Rodolfo Camacho (COL)	Loteria del Táchira	+ 3.16
7.	José Alirio Contreras (VEN)	Sumiglov-City of Mérida	+ 4.45
8.	Yeison Delgado (VEN)	Loteria del Táchira	+ 4.57
9.	(VEN)	G. Carabobo-Tra. Ele	+ 5.35
10.	Edwin Becerra (VEN)	Sumiglov-City of Mérida	+ 5.41

See also[]

• 2009 Vuelta al Táchira

References[]

• wvcycling
• cyclingnews
• live-radsport