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| Dates | 1–6 February | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 12h 55' 25" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2009 Tour of Qatar was held from 1 February to 6 February 2009 in Qatar. It was a multiple stage road cycling race that took part over six stages with a total of 685 kilometres (426 mi) and was part of the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour. The Race was won by Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team.
During the night after stage 4 Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf of the Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator team died in his sleep [1] of a suspected heart attack.[2] The organisers cancelled stage 5 and held a 'cycling procession' instead.
- ^ "Belgian cyclist Nolf found dead". BBC News. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
- ^ "www.cyclingnews.com – the world centre of cycling". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2012-07-10.