2009 Tour Down Under
The 2009 Tour Down Under was the 11th edition of the Tour Down Under cycling stage race, taking place over 20–25 January in and around Adelaide, South Australia. The Tour Down Under was the first race outside Europe to be given ProTour status by the UCI, and this edition was the first race in the inaugural [2009 Union Cycliste Internationale|UCI World Ranking|UCI World Ranking] calendar.
This was the first race in Lance Armstrong's comeback. The race was preceded by an opening race called Down Under Classic, not part of the UCI ProTour competition.
The race was won by Australian Allan Davis of.
Individual 2009 UCI World Rankings standings after race
Per the first published individual classification.| Rank | Name | Team | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Allan Davis|AUSUCI team code|QST|2009Teams
The Australian national team called Team UniSA–Australia was the only non-UCI ProTour team invited to the race. |