2009 Tour de France Trivia Quiz

Answer: Monaco

Stage 1 was an Individual Time Trial, which was 15km in length. The course wouldn't stay in Monaco for the whole stage. It would travel into France for a few kilometers and go back into Monaco for the finish. Fabian Cancellara beat out Alberto Contador for the stage win. Fabian rode for Team Saxo Bank.

Answer: Team Time Trial

After a three-year absence from the Tour, the Team Time Trial reappeared at the 2009 Tour de France. Stage 4 was 38km in length. Throughout the stage many riders crashed due to the sharp turns on the course. Astana would win the stage by 18 seconds over Garmin-Slipstream.

Answer: Mark Cavendish

Mark Cavendish won stages 2, 3, 10, 11, 19, and 21 of the 2009 Tour de France. By winning Stage 19, Mark broke the record for most stage wins by a British rider. Barry Hoban, who won a total of eight stages, previously held the record. Mark rode for Team Columbia-HTC.

Answer: Juan Manuel Garate

This was Juan's first ever Tour de France stage victory. Juan Manuel Gárate rode for Rabobank.

Answer: 2

Fumiyuki Beppu and Yukiya Arashiro were the two Japanese riders that competed in the 2009 Tour de France. The two riders both completed the Tour, and became the first Japanese riders to complete a Tour de France. Fumiyuki rode for Skil-Shimano. Yukiya rode for Bbox Bouygues Telecom.

Answer: Alberto Contador

Going into the 2009 Tour de France, Alberto was heavily favored to win the Tour de France. Alberto won two stages, Stages 15 and 18. This was Alberto's second-ever Tour de France victory. Contador rode for Astana.

Answer: Thor Hushovd

Throughout the 2009 Tour, Mark Cavendish and Thor Hushovd battled for the lead in the points classification. Thor eventually came out on top, after going out in a breakaway and winning all of the intermediate sprints that were available. Thor won only one stage in the 2009 Tour, Stage 6. This was Thor's second Tour points classification victory. Thor rode for Cervelo Test Team.

Answer: Franco Pellizotti

Franco went out on many breakaways to gain and secure the lead. In addition to winning that, Franco also won the 2009 Tour de France Combativity award. Franco rode for Liquigas.
Pellizotti was later disqualified for blood doping.

Answer: Andy Schleck

Andy finished second overall in the 2009 Tour de France, just over four minutes behind the leader. Andy also won the young riders classification in the 2008 Tour de France. Andy rode for Team Saxo Bank.

Answer: 3

Fabian Cancellara was the first leader of the 2009 Tour de France. Fabian led from Stage 1 to Stage 6, until Rinaldo Nocentini took the lead away from him during Stage 7. Rinaldo led from Stage 7 to Stage 14, and Alberto Contador took the lead after Stage 15 was completed. Alberto then held for the rest of the Tour.