2009 Tour Down Under Results - Prologue
Robbie McEwen wins Cancer Council Classic; Lance Armstrong returns to pro racing.
January 18, 2009: Tour Down Under - Prologue: Cancer Council Classic (51 km):
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 01:04:32
2 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
4 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia-High Road
5 Jose Rojas (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) UniSA
8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
9 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 0.01
10 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream
11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia-High Road
12 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Ag2R La Mondiale 0.02
13 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale
14 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
16 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
17 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C 0.03
18 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 0.05
19 Aliaksandr Usau (Blr) Cofidis 0.06
20 Julien El Fares (Fra) Cofidis
21 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
22 Mikael Cherel (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux
23 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Ag2R La Mondiale 0.07
24 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
25 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise Des Jeux
26 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream
27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2R La Mondiale 0.08
28 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxobank
29 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Francaise Des Jeux
30 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxobank
31 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram
32 Aaron Kemps (Aus) UniSA 0.09
33 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step
34 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
35 Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia-High Road
36 Josu Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
37 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank
38 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 0.10
39 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 0.11
40 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
41 Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxobank 0.12
42 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Team Katusha
43 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis 0.15
44 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.16
45 Cladio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.17
46 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team Saxobank
47 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.18
48 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis 0.19
49 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream
50 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.21
51 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step 0.22
52 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto
53 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne 0.23
54 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram
55 Oscar Pereiro (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne
56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team Saxobank
57 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia-High Road
58 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia-High Road
59 Michael Schar (Swi) Astana
60 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne
61 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas
62 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
63 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'Epargne
64 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana
65 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis
66 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Astana
67 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.24
68 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana
69 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step
70 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C
71 Travis Meyer (Aus) UniSA
72 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step
73 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux
74 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram
75 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
76 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
77 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse D'Epargne
78 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxobank
79 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxobank 0.25
80 Perrig
