the art of cycling by HORST BROZY Calendar 2009 idea, work of art & design: Horst Brozy, Germany (www.brozy.eu), distribution: Van Bracht Services, the Netherlands (www.paintingsfromeurope.com), printed by enßen print, Germany (www.enssenprint.de), all rights are reserved © 2009 the art of cycling 01 2009 3 4 1 1 Lars Boom, World Champion Cycle Cross 2008 (Treviso, ITA) 2 Niels Albert, World Champion U-23 Cycle Cross 2008 (Treviso, ITA) 3 Bart Wellems, Team Fideas 4 Hanka Kupfernagel, National (Herford, GER) + World Champion Cycle Cross 2008 (Treviso) 2 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 11 18 25 the art of cycling 02 2009 1 4 5 2 1 Cadel Evans, Team Silence-Lotto, stage-winner, Ansalusia Tour 2008 (SPA) 2 Robert Gesink, Team Rabobank, winner stage 3, Tour of California 2008 (USA) 3 Mark Cavendish, Team HighRoad, winner stage 6, Tour of California 2008 (USA) 4 “Mario is back”, Mario Cipollini, Team Rock Racing, Tour of California 2008 (USA) 5 Levi Leipheimer, Team Astana, winner: Tour of California 2008 (USA) 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 1 815 22 the art of cycling 03 2009 3 4 1 1 Davide Rebellin, Team Gerolsteiner, winner: Paris-Nice 2008 (FRA) 2 Clement Lhotellierie, Team Skil Shimano + stage 3 winner Kjell Carlström, Team Liquigas, Paris-Nice 2008 (FRA) 3 Philippe Gilbert, Team Française de Jeux, winner Omloop Het Volk 2008 (BEL) 4 Fabian Cancellara, Team CSC, winner: Milano-San Remo 2008 (ITA) 2 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31 1 815 22 29 the art of cycling 04 2009 1 2 1 winner Alejandro Valverde, Davide Rebellin + Fränk Schleck, Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2008 (BEL) 2 Damiano Cunego, Team Lampre, winner Amstel Gold Race 2008 (NED) 3 Tom Boonen + Stijn Devolder, Team Quick Step, Paris Roubaix 2008 (FRA) 4 Tom Boonen, Team Quick Step, winner: Paris Roubaix 2008 (FRA) 3 4 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 5 12 19 26 the art of cycling 05 2009 5 1 6 2 Giro d’Italia 2008 (ITA) 1 Pavel Brutt, Team Tinkoff Credit Systems, winner of stage 5 2 Alberto Contador, Team Astana, winner of the Giro d’Italia 2008 3 Daniele Bennati, Team Liquigas, winner of stage 3 4 André Greipel, Team HighRoad, winner of stage 17 5 Team Slipstream Chipotle, winner of stage 1 (team time trail) 6 Giovanni Visconti, Team Quick Step, leads the race during the Giro 3 4 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 3 10 17 24 31 the art of cycling 06 2009 5 6 1 7 2 1 Albert Timmer, Team Skil-Shimano 2008 (NED) 2 Greg van Avermaert, Team Silence-Lotto, time trail, Tour of Belgium 2008 3 Fabian Wegmann, Team Gerolsteiner, champion of Germany 2007+2008 4 Lars Boom, Team Rabobank, champion of the Netherlands 2008 5 Dauphiné Libéré 2008 (FRA) leading group (Evans, Valverde, Leipheimer) 6 Matthew Lloyd, Team Silence-Lotto, champion of Australia 2008 7 Kim Kirchen, Team HighRoad, in the gold jersey of the Tour de Suisse 2008 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 7 14 21 28 the art of cycling 07 2009 5 6 1 7 2 Tour de France 2008 (FRA) 1 Cadel Evans, Team Silence-Lotto, 2nd place 2 Carlos Sastre, Team CSC, winner: Tour de France 2008 3 Oscar Pereiro, Team Caisse d’Epargne, bad crash on stage 15 4 Oscar Freire, Team Rabobank, winner of the green jersey 5 Mark Cavendish, Team Columbia, winner of 4 etaps 6 Denis Menchov, Team Rabobank, 3rd place 7 Gert Steegmans, Team Quick Step, winner of stage 21 3 4 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 20 21 22 23 24 25 27 28 29 30 31 5 12 19 26 the art of cycling 08 2009 5 1 6 2 Olympia 2008, Beijing (CHN), olympic champions 1 Marianne Vos (NED) 2 Samuel Sanchez (SPA) 3 Great Britain 4 Walter Perez + Juan Curuchet (ARG) 5 Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 6 Sabine Spitz (GER) 3 4 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 25 26 27 28 29 31 2 91623 30 the art of cycling 09 2009 1 2 3 4 5 1 Snapshot, Deutschland Tour 2008 (GER) 2 Gerald Ciolek, Team Columbia, winner of stage 5, Deutschland Tour 2008 (GER) 3 “Dinner time”, Deutschland Tour 2008 (GER) 6 4 Robbie McEwen, Team Silence-Lotto, winner of Vattenfall Cyclassics 2008 (GER) 5 Alberto Contador, Team Astana, winner of stage 13+14, Vuelta a España 2008 (SPA) 6 Daniele Bennati, Team Liquigas, winner of stage 4, Vuelta a España 2008 (SPA) 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 6 13 20 27 1 2 the art of cycling 10 2009 3 4 World Championships 2008, Varese (ITA) 1 Adriano Malori, World Champion U-23 time trail 2 Amber Neben, World Champion Elite Women time trail 3 “Time to say goodbye”, Paolo Bettini & Erik Zabel 4 Bert Grabsch, World Champion time trail 5 Nicole Cooke, World Champion Elite Women 6 Fabio Andres Durate Arevalo, World Champion U-23 7 Alessandro Ballan, World Champion 5 6 7 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 11 18 25 the art of cycling 11 2009 4 5 1 2 1 Netherlands happiness, Joop Zijlaard, 6-daagse van Rotterdam 2008 (NED) 2 Robert Bartko + Iljo Keisse 6-daagse van Rotterdam 2008 (NED) 3 Sprintfinal between Robert Slippens + Franco Marvulli, 6-daagse van Gent (BEL) 4 Derny race, Dortmunder 6-Tage Rennen 2007 (GER) 5 Robert Bartko + Andreas Beikirch, Dortmunder 6-Tage Rennen 2007 (GER) 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 1 815 22 29 the art of cycling 12 2009 5 6 1 2 1 Christian Dippel & Jan Eric Schwarzer, Steherrennen (GER) 2 Erik Zabel, Team Milram, finished his career 2008 (GER) 3 preparation for heavy machines, Dortmunder 6-Tage Rennen (GER) 4 Joop Zijlaard & Matthe Pronk, race behind dernies, Alkmaar (NED) 5 Erwin Vervecken, Steenbergcross, Cycle Cross 2008 (BEL) 6 Aart Vierhouten & Andreas Beikirch, 6-daagse van Zuidlaren (NED) 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 6 13 20 27.