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The 2009 Vuelta a Castilla y León

Vuelta a Castilla y León

The Vuelta Ciclista a Castilla y León is a professional road bicycle stage race held in Castile and León, Spain. Since 2005, Vuelta a Castilla y León has been a part of the UCI Europe Tour.-Past winners:-External links:*...

, the 24th running of the race, started on March 23 in Paredes de Nava

Paredes de Nava

Paredes de Nava is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain.It is the birthplace of Renaissance painter Pedro Berruguete. Some paintings by him can be seen in the predella of the local church of Santa Eulalia. Other sights include the church of St. Martin ....

, and concluded on March 27 in Valladolid

Valladolid

Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

. It was won by Levi Leipheimer

Levi Leipheimer

Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...

Stage 1 - March 23, 2009: Paredes de Nava
Paredes de Nava
Paredes de Nava is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain.It is the birthplace of Renaissance painter Pedro Berruguete. Some paintings by him can be seen in the predella of the local church of Santa Eulalia. Other sights include the church of St. Martin ....

- Baltanás
Baltanás
Baltanás is a municipality located in the province of Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality had a population of 1,452 inhabitants....

, 168.3km

Stage 1 results

	Team	Time
1	Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon	4h 31' 53"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Liberty Seguros Liberty Seguros Liberty Seguros is an international subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, a Boston-based insurance company.-Cycling teams:Liberty Seguros sponsored the UCI ProTour cycling team, Liberty Seguros – Würth, but dropped the sponsorship on 25 May 2006 due to the Operación Puerto doping case, involving the...	s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 1

	Team	Time
1	Burgos Monumental - Castilla y Leon	4h 31' 53"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		s.t.
5	Liberty Seguros Liberty Seguros Liberty Seguros is an international subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, a Boston-based insurance company.-Cycling teams:Liberty Seguros sponsored the UCI ProTour cycling team, Liberty Seguros – Würth, but dropped the sponsorship on 25 May 2006 due to the Operación Puerto doping case, involving the...	s.t.

Stage 2 - March 24, 2009: Palencia
Palencia
Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon...

(ITT), 28.2km

Stage 2 results

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			33' 17"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 55"

b>General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			5h 5' 10"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 55"

Stage 3 - March 25, 2009: Sahagún
Sahagún
Sahagún can refer to:Sahagún, Spain, a town and monastery in Léon, Spain. Cradle of the Mudéjar architectureSahagún, Córdoba, the second town in population in Córdoba Department, Colombia, also called "The Cultural City of Cordoba"People...

- Estación Inv. De San Isiro, 156.9km

Stage 3 results

	Team	Time
1		3h 28' 16"
2	Liberty Seguros Liberty Seguros Liberty Seguros is an international subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, a Boston-based insurance company.-Cycling teams:Liberty Seguros sponsored the UCI ProTour cycling team, Liberty Seguros – Würth, but dropped the sponsorship on 25 May 2006 due to the Operación Puerto doping case, involving the...	s.t.
3	Andalucía-Cajasur	s.t.
4		s.t.
5		s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			8h 33' 26"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 55"

Stage 4 - March 26, 2009: Santa María Del Páramo - Galende-Laguna De Los Peces, 145.4km

b>Stage 4 results

	Team	Time
1		3h 42' 3"
2		+ 8"
3	Andalucía-Cajasur	+ 9"
4		s.t.
5		s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			12h 15' 38"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 54"

Stage 5 - March 27, 2009: Benavente
Benavente
Benavente may refer to: Benavente, Portugal— a municipality in Portugal Benavente, Zamora— a municipality in Zamora province, Spain Benavente, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico one of the five Barrios that make up Hormigueros.As a surname...

- Valladolid
Valladolid
Valladolid is a historic city and municipality in north-central Spain, situated at the confluence of the Pisuerga and Esgueva rivers, and located within three wine-making regions: Ribera del Duero, Rueda and Cigales...

, 152.5km

b>Stage 5 results

	Team	Time
1		3h 17' 46"
2		s.t.
3		s.t.
4		+ 2"
5	ISD ISD -Schools:* Indiana School for the Deaf, Indianapolis, Indiana* International School of Dakar, Senegal* International School Dhaka, Bangladesh* International School of Düsseldorf, Germany-Other:* Independent school district...	s.t.

b>General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			15h 33' 26"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 1' 07"

General classification
General Classification
The general classification in bicycle racing is the category that tracks overall times for bicycle riders in multi-stage bicycle races...

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1			15h 33' 26"
2			+ 16"
3			+ 22"
4			+ 49"
5			+ 1' 07"

Points classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			64
2			43
3			38
4			36
5			33

Mountains classification

	Team	Points
1		20
2		10
3	Andalucía-Cajasur	9
4		8
5	Andalucía-Cajasur	8

Combination classification

	Cyclist	Team	Points
1			5
2			5
3			5
4			5
5			5

Team Classification

	Team	Time
1		46h 44' 45"
2		+ 4' 02"
3		+ 4' 03"
4		+ 4' 56"
5	Andalucia-Cajasur	+ 5' 02"

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Points Classification	Mountains Classification	Combination classification	Team Classification
Stage 1 (Joaquin Sobrino)	Joaquin Sobrino	Joaquin Sobrino	José Antonio López	Joaquin Sobrino
Stage 2 (ITT) (Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a... )	Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...	Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...	José Antonio López	Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...	Astana Astana Team Astana is a professional road bicycle racing team sponsored by the Astana group, a coalition of state-owned companies from Kazakhstan and named after its capital city Astana. Astana attained UCI ProTeam status in its inaugural year, 2007...
Stage 3 (Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship... )		Rubén Pérez Rubén Pérez Rubén Pérez Moreno is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Euskaltel-Euskadi....	Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...	Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...
Stage 4 (Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Juan José Cobo Acebo is a Spanish professional road racing cyclist who currently races for . He won the 2011 Vuelta a España, his first major title.He is considered a climber who also is able to time trial.... )		Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...		Denis Menchov Denis Menchov Denis Nikolayevich Menchov , born 25 January 1978 in Oryol, is a professional Russian road bicycle racer for . He is a general classification rider and a climber. In 2005 he won the Vuelta a España, which he won for a second time in 2007...
Stage 5 (Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship... )				Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...
Final	Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer Levi Leipheimer is an American professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . His major results are winning the 2007–2009 editions of the Tour of California, the 2006 Dauphiné Libéré and the 2005 Deutschland Tour, coming in second in the 2008 Vuelta a España, third in the 2001 Vuelta a...	Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...	Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...	Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Alejandro Valverde Belmonte is a Spanish road racing cyclist currently under suspension. He last rode for UCI ProTour team . Valverde's biggest wins have been the 2009 Vuelta a España, the Liège–Bastogne–Liège in 2006, 2008 and 2006 UCI ProTour series championship...

Withdrawals

Type	Stage	Cyclist	Team	Reason
DNF	1			Fractured collarbone sustained in crash

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