2009 Tour of Qatar
The 2009 Tour of Qatar was held from 1 February to 6 February 2009 in Qatar. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of 685 kilometres (426 mi) and was part of the 2008-2009 UCI Asia Tour. The Race was won by Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team.
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| Dates | 1–6 February | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12h 55' 25" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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During the night after stage 4 Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf of the Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator team died in his sleep [1] of a suspected heart attack.[2] The organisers cancelled stage 5 and held a 'cycling procession' instead.
Stage summary
| Stage | Date | Start | Finish | Distance | Stage Top 3 | Leading Top 3 | Time |
| 1 | 1 February | Doha Corniche | Doha Corniche | 6 km |  Garmin-Slipstream .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Quick Step Team Katusha |  Bradley Wiggins Hans Dekkers Kilian Patour | 6'34" s.t. s.t. |
| 2 | 2 February | Khalifa International Stadium | Al Khor Corniche | 134 km | Roger Hammond  Danilo Napolitano Heinrich Haussler | Roger Hammond Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler | 3h 39'30" + 6" + 7" |
| 3 | 3 February | Zubarah | Doha Golf Club | 137.5 km | Tom Boonen Danilo Napolitano Jurgen Roelandts | Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler | 6h 14'16" + 6" + 14" |
| 4 | 4 February | Doha Old Souq | Madinat Al Shamal | 141 km | Mark Cavendish Heinrich Haussler Tom Boonen | Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler | 10h 19'07" + 10" + 12" |
| 5 | 5 February | Camel Race Track | Qatar Foundation | 147.5 km | Cancelled | Tom Boonen Roger Hammond Heinrich Haussler | 10h 19'07" + 10" + 12" |
| 6 | 6 February | Sealine Beach Resort | Doha Corniche | 121 km | Mark Cavendish Robert Förster Heinrich Haussler | Tom Boonen Heinrich Haussler Roger Hammond | 12h 55'25" + 8" + 10" |
Other leading top threes
Men's top 10 overall
| Pos | Rider | Time |
| 1 | Tom Boonen | 12h 55'25" |
| 2 | Heinrich Haussler | + 0'08" |
| 3 | Roger Hammond | + 0'10" |
| 4 | Daniel Lloyd | + 0'25" |
| 5 | Andreas Klier | + 0'27" |
| 6 |  Xavier Florencio | + 0'28" |
| 7 | Angelo Furlan | + 1'07" |
| 8 |  Gabriel Rasch | + 1'43" |
| 9 | Mark Cavendish | + 2'11" |
| 10 | Tom Veelers | + 2'35" |
References
- "BBC SPORT | Other sport... | Cycling | Belgian cyclist Nolf found dead". BBC News. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- "www.cyclingnews.com - the world centre of cycling". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
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