2009 Tour of Qatar Trivia Quiz

Answer: Garmin-Slipstream

The time trial was 6km in length. It took the Garmin-Slipstream team 6:34 to complete. The Belgian cycling team, Quick Step, finished just one second behind Garmin-Slipstream. Bradley Wiggins took the overall lead in the 2009 Tour of Qatar.

Answer: 14

The break contained six riders from Cervélo TestTeam and four riders from Quick Step. There were also four others, Vicente Reynes, Angelo Furlan, Murilo Fischer, and Johan Van Summeren. The break would survive. Roger Hammond would sprint to victory, with Danilo Napolitano coming in second. Roger Hammond rode for Cervélo TestTeam.

Answer: Mark Cavendish

With about 1200m Mark Cavendish made a courageous move, but it ended up giving him a flat tire. The peloton would fly by him setting up for the sprint finish. Tom Boonen beat out Jürgen Roelandts and Danilo Napolitano for the stage win. Tom rode for Quick Step.

Answer: Abdelbaset Hannachi

In an intermediate sprint the first three to cross the sprint line earn a couple sprint points. The first intermediate sprint was just 43km into the stage. Abdelbaset Hannachi was the first to cross the sprint line, earning himself three sprint points. Gatis placed second, getting two sprint points. Maarten was third to cross the sprint line, receiving only one sprint point.

The second intermediate sprint was won was first crossed by Gatis Smukulis. Stage 4 would come down to a sprint finish, which Mark Cavendish won. Mark rode for Team Columbia-High Road.

Answer: Natural Causes

On February 5, 2009, Frederiek Nolf was asleep as he passed away. His teammate Kristof Goddaert found him dead in the morning. Frederiek was born on February 10, 1987. At the time of his death he was 21 years old. Frederiek's father didn't want an autopsy to be done, so the COD (Cause Of Death) was left at natural causes.

The race organizers shortened the stage to 30km. Team Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, Frederiek's cycling team, didn't start the stage. The results of the stage were discarded; meaning the classifications all stayed the same from the previous day.

Answer: Mark Cavendish

Just 2km into the stage six riders broke free of the peloton. They would be caught in time to have a sprint finish. Mark Cavendish won with Robert Förster placing in second and Heinrich Haussler third. This was Mark's second stage win of the 2009 Tour of Qatar. Mark rode for Team Columbia-High Road.

Answer: Tom Boonen

This was Tom Boonen's third time winning the Tour of Qatar. Also by winning this he became the first rider to win the Tour of Qatar two consecutive times. Tom won the Tour of Qatar in 2009, 2008, and 2006. Tom gained the lead after he won Stage 3 and never let go of it. Tom rode for Team Quick Step.

Answer: Heinrich Haussler

The first leader in this classification was Roger Hammond. He held the lead for only one stage, before losing it to Tom Boonen. Tom would lose the lead of the Points Classification Heinrich Haussler on the last stage of the 2009 Tour of Qatar. Heinrich rode for Cervélo TestTeam.

Answer: Heinrich Haussler

After the first stage of the 2009 Tour of Qatar was over Huub Duyn was the leader of the Young Riders Classification. He would lose the lead to Heinrich Haussler after Stage 2 was completed. He would hold on to the lead for the rest of the tour. Heinrich rode for Cervéelo TestTeam.

Answer: Cervelo TestTeam

The classification was first lead by Garmin-Slipstream. After Stage 2 ended Cervelo TestTeam claimed the lead in the Team Classification. Cervelo TestTeam would hold on to the lead for the rest of the 2009 Tour of Qatar.