Preview

The 2009 edition of the Thuringen Rundfahrt Women will be the 22nd edition of the race. Starting in Altenburg the race covers six stages and a total of approximately 600 kilometres. This year's race finishes on the 26 July in Greiz, which this summer has its 800th anniversary to celebrate the new region of Triebes.
 
The six challenging stages revolves, as in previous years around the various towns of the region and the small market towns come to life and support this annual event. 

The stages are on average longer than in previous years stage, with the individual time trial on stage 4, mid way through the race. This year the TT will climb the infamous Dörtendorfer mountain for the first time and this could be a deciding factor in the race. The 15 percent climb, which is known locally as the "Hankaberg" because it is close to the home of the local Thuringian Olympian, and former World Champion, Hanka Kupfernagel, will form a challenging aspect to the time trial. Kupfernagel will ride the 2009 event in the national team. The major change for 2009 will be the absence of Judith Arndt (Team Columbia HTC) who crashed in stage 8 of the 2009 Giro Donne and will miss the chance to defend her 2007 and 2008 titles and win the event for the third time. 

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Stages

Stage 1 - Altenburg, 70.7km, 21 July 2009

Stage 2 - Gera, 125.9km, 22 July 2009

Stage 3 - Schleiz, 125.2km 23 July 2009

Stage 4 - Treibes, 23.1km, Individual TT, 24 July 2009

Stage 5 - Schmoln, 104.5km, 25 July 2009

Stage 6 - Greiz 116km 26 July 2009

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Start List

Provisional list of teams for 2009:

Team Columbia

Cervélo Test Team

Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung

Team DSB Bank - Nederland Bloeit

Red Sun Cycling

Vision 1 Racing

Bigla Cycling Team

Safi-Pasta Zara Titanedi

Team Flexpoint

Selle Italia Ghezzi

Gauss RDZ Ormu - Colnago

German National Team

MTN Energrade Cycling Team

Netherlands National Team

Team CMAX Dila

Team Uniqa ELK

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