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The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 4 July in the principality of Monaco with a 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) individual time trial which included a section of the Circuit de Monaco .
The Tour de France is an annual road bicycle race held over 23 days in July. Established in 1903 by newspaper L'Auto, the Tour is the best-known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours"; the others are the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España. [1]
The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. This Tour featured 180 riders from 30 countries on 20 cycling teams, starting in the principality of Monaco on 4 July and finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 26 July. [1]
At the 2011 Tour de France he became the first British rider to win the Tour de France points classification. [11] Became the second British rider—after Tom Simpson—to win the UCI Road Race World Championship. 2012. Became the first rider to win the final Champs-Élysées stage in the Tour de France four years in a row (2009–2012).
The Tour de France (French pronunciation: [tuʁ də fʁɑ̃s]) is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race held primarily in France. [1] It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España.
Overall Speed of the Tour de France. The 2022 edition was the fastest Tour de France in history. Jonas Vingegaard rode 3,349,8 km in 79h 33' 20", thus realising an overall speed of 42.102 km/h (26.161 mph). [17] The slowest Tour de France was the edition of 1919, when Firmin Lambot's average speed was 24.1 km/h. [18]
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Nibali finished sixth overall in the 2009 Tour de France 2009 saw Nibali record a win in the Giro dell'Appennino where he attacked almost 50 km (31.1 mi) from the finish to win solo. [ 15 ] Another victory in 2009 was the Gran Premio Città di Camaiore .