2009 Tour de Romandie Trivia Quiz

Answer: Lausanne, Switzerland

The Prologue was 3.1km in length. Frantisek Rabon won the stage. Sandy Casar missed the stage win by two seconds. Alejandro Valverde placed third overall, losing by three seconds. Frantisek rode for Team Columbia-High Road.

Answer: Snow

The stage was supposed to be 176.2km, but due to the amount snow on the road it was shortened to 87.6km. Just 22km into the stage a three-man breakaway began. Gregory Rast, Ricardo Serano, and Lars Bak made of the break. The breakaway would survive by just 28 seconds. Ricardo Serrano edged out Lars Bak for the stage victory. Ricardo rode for Fuji-Servetto.

Answer: Both were in the breakaway

Stage 2's breakaway was just composed of Florent Brard and Mathieu Sprick. The two jumped off the front of the peloton at the beginning of the stage. The breakaway would eventually be caught with about 20km left in the stage. Oscar Freire sprinted to the stage victory. Oscar rode for Rabobank.

Answer: Team Time Trial

The Team Time Trial was 14.8km in length. The Team Time Trial took place in the city of Yverdon-les-Bains. Team Columbia-High Road won the stage. Team Columbia-High Road beat out Caisse d'Epargne for the stage win by 10 seconds.

Answer: False

Stage 4 was only 157.5km long. Stage 2 was the longest stage, at 161.5km in length. Stage 4 was a very mountainous stage; it had a total of four categorized climbs. Three of the climbs were first category climbs. Roman Kreuziger won the stage. Roman rode for Liquigas.

Answer: Michael Schar

There were a total of two intermediate sprints during Stage 5. Philippe Gilbert won the second intermediate sprint. Oscar Freire won the stage. This was Oscar's second stage win of the 2009 Tour de Romandie. Oscar rode for Rabobank.

Answer: Roman Kreuziger

A total of three riders lead the 2009 Tour de Romandie. Each of the leaders lead for two stages of the 2009 Tour de Romandie. Roman gained the lead after Stage 4 ended. He would hold on to the lead for the rest of the tour. Roman Kreuziger road for Liquigas.

Answer: Laurens ten Dam

Three cyclists lead the King of the Mountains Classification over the course of the 2009 Tour de Romandie. Ricardo Serrano gained the lead after Stage 1 ended; he lost it to Matthieu Sprick after Stage 2 came to a close. Laurens took the lead from Matthieu after Stage 4 ended and held it for the rest of the tour. Laurens rode for Rabobank.

Answer: Roman Kreuziger

Tyler Farrar was the first leader of the classification, he only lead for one stage. After Stage 1 ended, Tony Martin gained the lead in the Young Riders Classification. Tony was the leader until Stage 4, where Roman took the lead away from him. In addition to winning the General Classification, Roman Kreuziger also won the Young Riders Classification. Roman rode for Liquigas.

Answer: Caisse d'Epargne

The first leader of the Team Classification was Francaise des Jeux. They held the lead for only one stage, before relinquishing the lead to Astana. Astana held the lead for two stages. After the critical Stage 3 Team Time Trial Team Columbia-High Road claimed the lead.

They lost the lead to Caisse d'Epargne after Stage 4 ended. Caisse d'Epargne held on to the lead for the rest of the tour.