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 Calvià |
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) |
Team 2000 Veneto Marchiol |
| 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) |
Team Nutrixxion–Sparkasse
|
| 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 Dančulović (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 Löfkvist (SWE) |
Team Columbia–High Road |
| 7 March | De Vlaamse Pijl | Belgium |
1.2 | Jan Ghyselinck (BEL) |
Team Beveren 2000 |
| 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) |
Team 2000 Veneto Marchiol |
| 8 March | Poreč Trophy | Croatia |
1.2 | Ole Haavardsholm (NOR) |
Joker–Bianchi
|
| 12–15 March | Istrian Spring Trophy | Croatia |
2.2 |  Mitja Mahorič (SLO) |
Radenska–KD Financial Point
|
| 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 la 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) |
CC Nogent-sur-Oise |
| 22 March | Gran Premio San Giuseppe | Italy |
1.2 | Alessandro Malaguti (ITA) |
Calzaturieri Montegranaro |
| 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) |
Bottoli Nordelettrica
|
| 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) |
Colombia es Pasión Coldeportes
|
| 2–4 April | Boucle de l'Artois | 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 Induráin | 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) |
Capinordic
|
| 5 April | Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza | Italy |
1.2U | Davide Cimolai (ITA) |
Team 2000 Veneto Marchiol |
| 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 |  Mart Ojave (EST) |
Cycling Club Bourgas |
| 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 | Giro del Belvedere | Italy |
1.2U | Sacha Modolo (ITA) |
Zalf Désirée Fior
|
| 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) |
De Nardi–Daigo–Bergamasca |
| 14–19 April | Tour du Loir-et-Cher | France |
2.2 | Dmitry Kosyakov (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) |
Capinordic
|
| 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 | Dennis Pohl (GER) |
Team Kuota–Indeland |
| 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) |
Supermercados Froiz |
| 25 April | Arno Wallaard Memorial | Netherlands |
1.2 | Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil |
| 25 April | Belgrade–Banja Luka |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
1.2 | Normunds Lasis (LAT) |
Cycling Club Bourgas |
| 25 April | Gran Premio della Liberazione | Italy |
1.2U | Sacha Modolo (ITA) |
Zalf Désirée Fior
|
| 25 April – 1 May | Tour de Bretagne | France |
2.2 | Julien Fouchard (FRA) |
Côtes-d'Armor–Maitre Jacques |
| 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) |
ESEG–Douai |
| 26 April | East Midlands Classic |
United Kingdom |
1.2 | Ian Wilkinson (GBR) |
Team Halfords
|
| 28 April – 2 May | Vuelta a Asturias | Spain |
2.1 | Francisco Mancebo (ESP) |
Rock Racing |
| 1 May | Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego |  Poland |
1.2 | Mateusz Taciak (POL) |
Mroz Continental Team
|
| 1 May | Meiprijs–Ereprijs Victor De Bruyne | Belgium |
1.2 | Denis Flahaut (FRA) |
Landbouwkrediet–Colnago |
| 1 May | Rund um den Henninger Turm U23 | 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) |
Centri della Calzatura
|
| 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) |
Bottoli Nordelettrica
|
| 3 May | Memorial Oleg Dyachenko | 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) |
Zalf Désirée Fior
|
| 8–10 May | Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich | Poland |
2.1 | Mariusz Witecki (POL) |
Mróz Continental Team
|
| 8–10 May | Tour du Haut-Anjou | France |
2.2U | Tejay van Garderen (USA) |
Rabobank Continental Team
|
| 9 May | Scandinavian Race Uppsala | Sweden |
1.2 | Jonas Jørgensen (DEN) |
Capinordic
|
| 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) |
Marchiol Pasta Montegrappa |
| 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 | Cândido Barbosa (POR) |
Palmeiras Resort–Tavira
|
| 15–17 May | Tour de Picardie | France |
2.1 | Lieuwe Westra (NED) |
Vacansoleil |
| 16 May | GP Copenhagen | 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) |
Bürgis Cycling |
| 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) |
Cycling Club Bourgas |
| 29 May – 1 June | Tour de Gironde | France |
2.2 | Stéphane Rossetto (FRA) |
CC Nogent-sur-Oise |
| 29 May – 1 June | Tour de Berlin | Germany |
2.2U | Franz Schiewer (GER) |
LKT Team Brandenburg |
| 30 May | Tartu GP | Estonia |
1.1 | Hannes Blank (GER) |
Continental Team Differdange
|
| 30 May | GP Kranj | Slovenia |
1.1 | Gašper Švab (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) |
Dukla Trenčín–Merida
|
| 31 May | Boucles de l'Aulne | France |
1.1 | Maxime Bouet (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 31 May | Grand Prix Boka | Slovakia |
1.2 | Juraj Sagan (SVK) |
Dukla Trenčín–Merida
|
| 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) |
Zalf Désirée Fior
|
| 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 | Trofeo Alcide Degasperi |
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) |
SP Tablewere–Gatsoulis Bikes |
| 7 June | Coppa della Pace | Italy |
1.2 | Egor Silin (RUS) |
Russia (national team) |
| 7 June | Coppa Colli Briantei | Italy |
1.2 | Maurizio Anzalone (ITA) |
VC Mendrisio |
| 7 June | Memorial Ph. Van Coningsloo |
Belgium |
1.2 | Gediminas Bagdonas (LTU) |
NH Tielen |
| 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 | Adrián Palomares (ESP) |
Contentpolis–Ampo |
| 11–14 June | Ronde de l'Oise | France |
2.2 | Steven Van Vooren (BEL) |
An Post–Sean Kelly
|
| 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) |
Centri della Calzatura
|
| 17–21 June | Ster Elektrotoer | Netherlands |
2.1 | Philippe Gilbert (BEL) |
Silence–Lotto |
| 18–20 June | Tour of Małopolska | Poland |
2.2 | Artur 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) |
Cycling Club Bourgas |
| 19–21 June | Tour des Pays de Savoie |
France |
2.2U | Ben Gastauer (LUX) |
Chambéry Cyclisme Formation
|
| 19–21 June | Mainfranken-Tour | Germany |
2.2U | Sebastian May (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 | Artur Król (POL) |
Centri della Calzatura
|
| 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 | Cronoscalata Gardone Valtrompia | Italy |
1.2 | Stefano Di Carlo (ITA) |
Scap Foresi |
| 5 July | Tour du Doubs | France |
1.1 | Yann Huguet (FRA) |
Agritubel |
| 5 July | Giro Ciclistico Valli Aretine | Italy |
1.2 | Enrico Battaglin (ITA) |
Zalf Désirée Fior
|
| 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) |
Gavardo
|
| 8–12 July | GP Torres Vedras |
Portugal |
2.2 | Héctor Guerra (ESP) |
Liberty Seguros
|
| 10–11 July | GP de Gemenc |
 Hungary |
2.2 | Žolt Dér (SRB) |
Centri della Calzatura
|
| 12 July | Giro del Medio Brenta | Italy |
1.2 | Christian Delle Stelle (ITA) |
Bottoli Nordelettrica
|
| 17–19 July | Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid | Spain |
2.1 | Héctor Guerra (ESP) |
Liberty Seguros
|
| 18 July | Grand Prix Cristal Energie | France |
1.2 | Martin Pedersen (DEN) |
Capinordic
|
| 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) |
Vendée U
|
| 19 July | Giro del Casentino | Italy |
1.2 | Roberto Cesaro (ITA) |
Ginestra Ceramiche |
| 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 | Nebojša Jovanović (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 | Gran Premio Inda | Italy |
1.2 | Pavel Kochetkov (RUS) |
Russia (national team) |
| 28 July – 1 August | Dookoła Mazowsza | Poland |
2.2 | Łukasz Bodnar (POL) |
CCC Polsat Polkowice
|
| 29 July – 2 August | Tour Alsace | France |
2.2 | Simon Zahner (SUI) |
Burgis Cycling Team |
| 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 | Scandinavian Open Road Race | Sweden |
1.2 | Patrik Stenberg (SWE) |
Cykelcity.se |
| 1 August | GP P-Nivo | Hungary |
1.2 | Uros Silar (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 | Giro del Cigno | Italy |
1.2 | Paolo Ciavatta (ITA) |
Monturano–Civitanova Marche |
| 2 August | GP Betonexpressz 2000 | Hungary |
1.2 | Gergely Ivanics (HUN) |
Betonexpressz 2000–Limonta |
| 4–8 August | Tour des Pyrénées | France |
2.2 | Fabio Duarte (COL) |
Colombia es Pasión Coldeportes
|
| 4–8 August | Vuelta a León |
Spain |
2.2 | David Belda (ESP) |
Boyacá es Para Vivirla |
| 5 August | GP Folignano | Italy |
1.2 | Henry Frusto (ITA) |
Team SCAP Prefabbricati Foresi |
| 5–6 August | Paris–Corrèze | France |
2.1 | Francisco Ventoso (ESP) |
CarmioOro–A Style
|
| 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 Città di Camaiore | Italy |
1.1 | Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) |
Liquigas |
| 8–12 August | Tour de l'Ain | France |
2.1 | Rein Taaramäe (EST) |
Cofidis |
| 9 August | Trofeo Internazionale Bastianelli | Italy |
1.2 | Radoslav Rogina (CRO) |
Loborika |
| 11 August | GP Città di Felino | 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 Kiendyś (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 | Salvatore Mancuso (ITA) |
Lucchini Arvedi Unidelta |
| 16 August | Antwerpse Havenpijl | Belgium |
1.2 | Jens-Erik Madsen (DEN) |
Capinordic
|
| 16 August | Puchar Uzdrowisk Karpackich |
Poland |
1.2 | Matthias Belka (GER) |
LKT Team Brandenburg |
| 17 August | Gara Ciclistica Montappone | Italy |
1.2 | Stefano Pirazzi (ITA) |
Palazzago Elledent Rad |
| 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 Ugo 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) |
Candi TV–Marshalls Pasta RT |
| 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) |
Zalf Désirée Fior
|
| 6–13 September | Tour of Bulgaria |  Bulgaria |
2.2 | Ivaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) |
Heraklion–Nessebar
|
| 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) |
Bottoli Nordelettrica
|
| 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 | Kroz Vojvodina I | 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 | Kroz Vojvodina II | Serbia |
1.2 | Ivaïlo Gabrovski (BUL) |
Heraklion–Nessebar
|
| 19 September | Prague–Karlovy Vary–Prague |  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 |  José Bone (ECU) |
VC Mantovani |
| 23 September | Omloop van het Houtland | Belgium |
1.1 | Graeme Brown (AUS) |
Rabobank |
| 25–27 September | Tour du Gévaudan |
France |
2.2 | David Rösch (GER) |
Atlas–Romer's Hausbäckerei
|
| 29 September | Ruota d'Oro | Italy |
1.2 | Emanuele Moschen (ITA) |
Lucchini Arvedi Unidelta |
| 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) |
CarmioOro–A Style
|
| 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) |
CarmioOro–A Style
|
| 11 October | Paris–Tours Espoirs | France |
1.2U | Mathieu Halleguen (FRA) |
Côtes d'Armor–Maître Jacques |
| 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 |