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[edit]

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

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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 |  André 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[edit]

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. ^ "Arlington Sports Inc /// Us Air Force". Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-12-23.
4. ^ "Sparta Cycling". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-12-23.

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