# 2009 Tour de Romandie

The 2009 Tour de Romandie (63rd Edition) cycling road race started on 28 April and finished on 3 May in Switzerland. It was the 6th event in the 2009 UCI ProTour, and the 12th event in the World Calendar.
In addition to the 18 ProTour teams, guaranteed entry to the event as it is promoted by the UCI, two wildcard entries were accepted: Cervélo TestTeam and BMC Racing Team, both of which have strong Swiss links. Andreas Klöden did not defend the title he won the previous year, but the two previous winners of the event, Thomas Dekker and Cadel Evans took part, as teammates on the Silence–Lotto team. Other pre-race favourites included four of the top five in 2008 (Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia–High Road), Dennis Menchov (Rabobank) and Mikel Astarloza (Euskaltel–Euskadi)) and 2008 ProTour champion Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne).
Roman Kreuziger won the 4th stage, and in doing so put himself into a lead that he retained on the last day, thus going one better than his second place overall in 2008.

## Stages
### Prologue – 28 April 2009: Lausanne, (ITT)

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | František Raboň (CZE) | Team Columbia–High Road | 3' 44.56" |
| 2 | Sandy Casar (FRA) | Française des Jeux | + 2" |
| 3 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3" |
| 4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) | Garmin–Slipstream | + 4" |
| 5 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Liquigas | + 4" |
| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | František Raboň (CZE) | Team Columbia–High Road | 3' 44" |
| 2 | Sandy Casar (FRA) | Française des Jeux | + 2" |
| 3 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 3" |
| 4 | Tyler Farrar (USA) | Garmin–Slipstream | + 4" |
| 5 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Liquigas | + 4" |

### Stage 1 – 29 April 2009: Montreux > Fribourg

The stage was shortened due to snowfalls, from a scheduled 176.2 km to 87.6 km.
| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Ricardo Serrano (ESP) | Fuji–Servetto | 2h 08' 35" |
| 2 | Lars Bak (DEN) | Team Saxo Bank | s.t. |
| 3 | Grégory Rast (SUI) | Astana | s.t. |
| 4 | Tony Martin (GER) | Team Columbia–High Road | + 28" |
| 5 | Haimar Zubeldia (ESP) | Astana | + 28" |
| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Grégory Rast (SUI) | Astana | 2h 12' 17" |
| 2 | Ricardo Serrano (ESP) | Fuji–Servetto | + 5" |
| 3 | Lars Bak (DEN) | Team Saxo Bank | + 12" |
| 4 | František Raboň (CZE) | Team Columbia–High Road | + 35" |
| 5 | Sandy Casar (FRA) | Française des Jeux | + 35" |

### Stage 2 – April 30, 2009: La Chaux-de-Fonds

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank | 4h 06' 56" |
| 2 | František Raboň (CZE) | Team Columbia–High Road | s.t. |
| 3 | Assan Bazayev (KAZ) | Astana | s.t. |
| 4 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Liquigas | s.t. |
| 5 | Dan Martin (IRL) | Garmin–Slipstream | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Grégory Rast (SUI) | Astana | 6h 19' 13" |
| 2 | Ricardo Serrano (ESP) | Fuji–Servetto | + 5" |
| 3 | Lars Bak (DEN) | Team Saxo Bank | + 12" |
| 4 | František Raboň (CZE) | Team Columbia–High Road | + 27" |
| 5 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank | + 28" |

### Stage 3 – 1 May 2009: Yverdon-les-Bains, (TTT)

| | Team | Time |
| 1 | Team Columbia–High Road | 18' 37" |
| 2 | Caisse d'Epargne | + 10" |
| 3 | Team Saxo Bank | + 16" |
| 4 | Liquigas | + 24" |
| 5 | Silence–Lotto | + 25" |
| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | František Raboň (CZE) | Team Columbia–High Road | 6h 38' 17" |
| 2 | Lars Bak (DEN) | Team Saxo Bank | + 1" |
| 3 | Tony Martin (GER) | Team Columbia–High Road | + 8" |
| 4 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 19" |
| 5 | Kanstantsin Sivtsov (BLR) | Team Columbia–High Road | + 21" |

### Stage 4 – 2 May 2009: Estavayer-le-Lac > Sainte-Croix

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Liquigas | 4h 11' 44" |
| 2 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 3 | Vladimir Karpets (RUS) | Team Katusha | + 7" |
| 4 | Fredrik Kessiakoff (SWE) | Fuji–Servetto | + 17" |
| 5 | Mikel Astarloza (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | + 45" |
| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Liquigas | 10h 50' 25" |
| 2 | Vladimir Karpets (RUS) | Team Katusha | + 18" |
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 25" |
| 4 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 46" |
| 5 | Rigoberto Urán (COL) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 48" |

### Stage 5 – 3 May 2009: Aubonne > Geneva

| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Óscar Freire (ESP) | Rabobank | 3h 29' 49" |
| 2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) | Garmin–Slipstream | s.t. |
| 3 | Koldo Fernández (ESP) | Euskaltel–Euskadi | s.t. |
| 4 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) | Silence–Lotto | s.t. |
| 5 | Nico Sijmens (BEL) | Cofidis | s.t. |
| | Cyclist | Team | Time |
| 1 | Roman Kreuziger (CZE) | Liquigas | 14h 20' 14" |
| 2 | Vladimir Karpets (RUS) | Team Katusha | + 18" |
| 3 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) | Cofidis | + 25" |
| 4 | Alejandro Valverde (ESP) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 46" |
| 5 | Rigoberto Urán (COL) | Caisse d'Epargne | + 48" |

## Jersey progress

| Stage (Winner) | General Classification | Sprints Classification | Mountains Classification | Youth Classification | Team Classification | Combativity Prize |
| 0Prologue (ITT) (František Raboň) | František Raboň | None Awarded | None Awarded | Tyler Farrar | Française des Jeux | František Raboň |
| 0Stage 1 (Ricardo Serrano) | Grégory Rast | Grégory Rast | Ricardo Serrano | Tony Martin | Astana | Ricardo Serrano |
| 0Stage 2 (Óscar Freire) | Grégory Rast | Grégory Rast | Matthieu Sprick | Tony Martin | Astana | Matthieu Sprick |
| 0Stage 3 (TTT) (Team Columbia–High Road) | František Raboň | Grégory Rast | Matthieu Sprick | Tony Martin | Team Columbia–High Road | Alexandre Moos |
| 0Stage 4 (Roman Kreuziger) | Roman Kreuziger | Grégory Rast | Laurens ten Dam | Roman Kreuziger | Caisse d'Epargne | Laurens ten Dam |
| 0Stage 5 (Óscar Freire) | Roman Kreuziger | Grégory Rast | Laurens ten Dam | Roman Kreuziger | Caisse d'Epargne | Michael Schär |
| 0Final | Roman Kreuziger | Grégory Rast | Laurens ten Dam | Roman Kreuziger | Caisse d'Epargne | David Moncoutié |