2009 Paris–Roubaix
2009 UCI World Ranking | |||||||||||||
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Dates | April 12 | ||||||||||||
Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
Distance | 259 km (160.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 6h 15' 54" | ||||||||||||
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The 2009 edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycling classic took place on April 12, 2009. The race was won by Tom Boonen, who won his third Paris–Roubaix (2005, 2008, 2009).[1]. Boonen finished the race alone, seconds ahead of Filippo Pozzato. Thor Hushovd arrived third, to round out the podium. The race was the eighth event in the inaugural UCI World Ranking series.
Key Moments
Nearly all of the riders featured in the top ten endured at least a minor crash.
A group of eleven riders formed the early breakaway, but was caught again with still about 60 kilometres to go. Six riders then eventually broke away from the rest of the peloton: Tom Boonen, Juan Antonio Flecha, Leif Hoste, Thor Hushovd, Filippo Pozzato and Johan Van Summeren.
At Carrefour de l'arbre, about 15 kilometres from the finish, Flecha crashed and took Hoste with him in his fall. Van Summeren and Pozzato were held back which allowed Boonen and Hushovd to break away. However, just a few hundred metres further, Hushovd also crashed and Boonen continued on his own. Pozzato came to within 10 seconds but never managed to close the gap, allowing Boonen to win.[2]
CyclingNews.com wrote,
The Quick Step star was in a lead group of six favourites which included a surprise appearance by Thor Hushovd (Cervelo TestTeam), along with Leif Hoste, Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto), Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank), and Filippo Pozzato (Katusha). The six worked together until an unbelievable string of events unfolded with 20km to go which clearly demonstrated that Boonen was riding under a lucky star. Boonen's first Easter miracle came when he followed an attack by Hushovd. The pair were fortunate to hold a few metres advantage coming into sector four of the pavé, Le Carrefour de l'Arbre, as the gods of Paris–Roubaix were about to smite the chasing quartet. Flecha, chasing after the two leaders, came into the dusty turn at the entrance to the sector too hot, and took a devastating tumble. Hoste, blind to the fallen Spaniard a few metres behind, came into the turn straight into Flecha, and flew head over heels onto the ground. Van Summeren, with lightning reflexes, made a dramatic power-slide stop to assist his captain while Pozzato was forced to brake to avoid the fallen riders before setting off in pursuit of the leaders. Seconds later Boonen's next bit of luck came as he led the Norwegian through the sector. The god of thunder was no match for the demons of the pavé, and Hushovd crashed on the ground, leaving 'Tommeke' to solo to victory.[3]
During the race an official motorcycle crashed into the supporting crowd injuring sixteen people, four seriously. Three of the injured were flown by helicopter to hospitals in northern France.[4]
Results
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1 | Tom Boonen (BEL) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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6h 15'54" |
2 | Filippo Pozzato (ITA) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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3 | Thor Hushovd (NOR) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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4 | Leif Hoste (BEL) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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5 | Johan Van Summeren (BEL) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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6 | Juan Antonio Flecha (ESP) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 2'14" |
7 | Heinrich Haussler (GER) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 3'13" |
8 | Sylvain Chavanel (FRA) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 3'15" |
9 | Manuel Quinziato (ITA) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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10 | Matti Breschel (DEN) | You have called {{Contentious topics}} . You probably meant to call one of these templates instead:
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+ 5'29" |
Source: CyclingNews.com[3] |
The cobblestones
Section | Kilometers | Place | Length (km) |
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28 | 98 | Troisvilles > Inchy | 2.2 |
27 | 104.5 | Viesly > Quiévy | 1.8 |
26 | 107 | Quiévy > Saint-Python | 3.7 |
25 | 112 | Saint-Python | 1.5 |
24 | 119.5 | Vertain > Saint-Martin-sur-Écaillon | 1.9 |
23 | 126.5 | Capelle-sur-Écaillon> Le-Bruat | 1.7 |
22 | 138.5 | Verchain-Maugré > Quérénaing | 1.6 |
21 | 141.5 | Quérénaing > Maing | 2.5 |
20 | 144.5 | Maing > Monchaux-sur-Écaillon | 1.6 |
19 | 156 | Haveluy > Wallers | 2.5 |
18 | 164 | Trouée d'Arenberg | 2.5 |
17 | 170.5 | Wallers > Hélesmes | 1.6 |
16 | 177 | Hornaing > Wandignies-Hamage | 3.7 |
15 | 184.5 | Warlaing > Brillon | 2.4 |
14 | 188 | Tilloy > Sars-et-Rosières | 2.4 |
13 | 194.5 | Beuvry-la-forêt > Orchies | 1.4 |
12 | 199.5 | Orchies | 1.7 |
11 | 205.5 | Auchy-lez-Orchies > Bersée | 1.2 |
10 | 211 | Mons-en-Pévèle | 3 |
9 | 217 | Mérignes > Pont-à-Marcq | 0.7 |
8 | 220 | Pont-Thibaut > Ennevelin | 1.4 |
7 | 225.5 | Templeuve > L'Épinette | 0.2 |
7 | 226 | Templeuve > Moulin-de-Vertain | 0.5 |
6 | 232.5 | Cysoing > Bourghelles | 1.3 |
6 | 235 | Bourghelles > Wannehain | 1.1 |
5 | 239.5 | Camphin-en-Pévèle | 1.8 |
4 | 242.5 | Carrefour de l'Arbre | 2.1 |
3 | 244.5 | Gruson | 1.1 |
2 | 251.5 | Hem | 1.4 |
1 | 258 | Roubaix | 0.3 |
Pre-Race favorites
Favorites included 2008 winner Tom Boonen, teammate and Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Stijn Devolder, Garmin-Slipstream's Martijn Maaskant, and 2006 winner, Fabian Cancellara.[5]
References
- ^ Other three time winners include Octave Lapize (1909, 1910, 1911), Gaston Rebry (1931, 1934, 1935), Rik Van Looy (1961, 1962, 1965), Eddy Merckx (1968, 1970, 1973), Francesco Moser (1978, 1979, 1980), Johan Museeuw (1996, 2000, 2002). The all-time winningest is four time winner Roger De Vlaeminck (1972, 1974, 1975, 1977)
- ^ "Boonen claims third Paris-Roubaix". BBC Sport. 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ a b Boonen's magical third! , cyclingnews.com, 12 Apr 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ^ "16 injured in motorcycle crash on Paris-Roubaix" (in eng). Reuters. Retrieved Apr 13, 2009.
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: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ "Racing to Hell: Roubaix's hit list". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved Apr 10, 2009.