| 2009 UCI World Ranking, race 19 of 24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 2 – 8 August | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,158.1 km (719.6 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 28:46:13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Tour de Pologne was the 66th running of the Tour de Pologne, in the 81st year since the first edition. The event was part of both the 2009 UCI ProTour and the inaugural World Calendar, and ran from 2–8 August, starting in Warsaw and finishing in Kraków. After four stages that were dominated by sprint finishes, World champion Alessandro Ballan's participation in successful breaks in stages five and six, and bonus time for being first and second respectively in those stages, brought him overall victory.