2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour

The 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour is the third year of this elite men's professional road bicycle racing series organized by USA Cycling.

Christian Vande Velde (272 points) and the Garmin/Chipotle Pro Cycling Team (711 points) are the defending champion of the overall individual and team titles, respectively.^[1]

Events

The 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour consists of the following 13 one-day races and stage races:^[2]

Dates Race Name Location UCI Rating Winner Team Series Leader February 14–22 AMGEN Tour of California California 2.HC  Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana  Levi Leipheimer (USA) May 31 U.S. Air Force Cycling Classic[3] (formerly the Crystal City Classic) Arlington, Va. 1.2  Shawn Milne (USA) Team Type 1  Levi Leipheimer (USA) June 7 TD Bank International Championship Philadelphia, Pa. 1.HC  Andre Greipel (GER) Team Columbia  Levi Leipheimer (USA) August 16 USA Cycling Professional Criterium Championships Downers Grove, Ill. N/A  Ben Kersten (AUS) Fly-V Australia  Levi Leipheimer (USA) August 29 USA Cycling Professional Time Trial Championships Greenville, S.C. CN  David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Slipstream  Levi Leipheimer (USA) August 30 USA Cycling Professional Road Championships Greenville, S.C. CN  George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia  Levi Leipheimer (USA) September 7–13 Tour of Missouri Missouri 2.HC  David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Slipstream  David Zabriskie (USA) September 12 Univest Grand Prix[4] Souderton, Pa. 1.2  Volodymyr Starchyk (UKR) Amore & Vita-McDonald's  David Zabriskie (USA)

References

1. http://www.usacycling.org/news/user/story.php?id=3855|"Vande Velde, Garmin-Chipotle crowned Pro Tour champions"
2. http://www.usacycling.org/forms/protour/ProTourCalendar.pdf USA Cycling: 2009 USA Cycling Professional Tour announced
3. http://www.arlingtonsports.org/airforce/
4. http://www.spartacycling.com/