2009 Global Champions Tour

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The 2009 Global Champions Tour was the 4th edition of the Global Champions Tour (GCT), an important international show jumping competition series. The series is held mainly in Europe, one competition and also the final are held outside of Europe. All competitions are endowed at least 285000 euros. All GCT events were held as CSI 5*.

Competitions
1st Competition: Global Champions Tour of Italy
2nd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Spain
3rd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Germany
4th Competition: Global Champions Tour of France
5th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Monaco
6th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Portugal
7th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Brasil
8th Competition: Global Champions Tour of the Netherlands
Global Champions Tour Final
overall standings (after 8 competitions)
Final
References

The competitions was held between May 2, 2009 and August 23, 2009. The final was held in Doha, Qatar from November 11, 2009 to November 15, 2009.

The champion of the Global Champions Tour Final of this year is Michel Robert of France on Kellemoi de Pepita.

Competitions

All competitions are held as competition over two rounds against the clock with one jump-off against the clock.

The placement of the riders, who are not qualified for the jump-off, results of the number of penalties of both rounds and the time of the second round. The placement of the riders, who are not qualified for the second round, results of the number of penalties and the time of the first round. Competitors who are not qualified for the second round, placed behind the riders who compete in the second round.

1st Competition: Global Champions Tour of Italy

April 2, 2009 to April 5, 2009 - Arezzo, Italy
Competition: Saturday, April 4, 2009 - Start: 5:30 pm, prize money: 285000 € ^[1]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	scoring points
1	Marco Kutscher	Cash	0	-	0	-	0	34.55	20
2	Michel Robert	Kellemoi de Pepita	0	-	0	-	0	35.04	18
3	Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	0	-	0	-	0	35.60	16

(Top 3 of 49 Competitors)

2nd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Spain

May 8, 2009 to May 10, 2009 - Museo de las Ciencias Príncipe Felipe, Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, Valencia, Spain
Competition: Saturday, May 9, 2009 - Start: 4:00 pm, prize money: 285000 €^[2]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	scoring points
1	John Whitaker	Peppermill	0	-	0	72.55			20
2	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	0	-	1	74.46			18
3	Edwina Alexander	Itot du Chateau	0	-	4	65.36			16

(Top 3 of 50 Competitors)

3rd Competition: Global Champions Tour of Germany

May 21, 2009 to May 24, 2009 - Hamburg (German show jumping and dressage derby), Germany
Competition: Saturday, May 23, 2009 - Start: 1:30 pm, prize money: 285000 €^[3]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	scoring points
1	Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	0	-	0	-	0	51.05	20
2	Carsten-Otto Nagel	Corradina	0	-	0	-	0	51.25	18
3	Roger-Yves Bost	Ideal de la Loge	0	-	0	-	0	52.08	16

(Top 3 of 48 Competitors)

4th Competition: Global Champions Tour of France

June 11, 2009 to June 13, 2009 - Cannes, France
Competition: Saturday, June 13, 2009 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 285000 €^[4]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	scoring points
1	Roger-Yves Bost	Ideal de la Loge	0	-	0	52.51			20
2	Daniel Deußer	Aboyeur W	0	-	1	54.87			18
3	Ben Maher	Robin Hood W	0	-	1	56.37			16

(Top 3 of 44 Competitors)

5th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Monaco

June 25, 2009 to June 27, 2009 - shore at the marina „Port Hercule“, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Competition: Saturday, June 27, 2009 - Start: 6:00 pm, prize money: 285000 €^[5]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	scoring points
1	Richard Spooner	Cristallo	0	-	0	-	0	35.46	20
2	Alvaro de Miranda Neto	Picolien Zeldenrust	0	-	0	-	0	36.85	18
3	Rodrigo Pessoa	Let's Fly	0	-	0	-	0	37.20	16

(Top 3 of 45 Competitors)

6th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Portugal

July 9, 2009 to July 11, 2009 - Hipódromo Manuel Possolo, Cascais near Estoril, Portugal
Competition: Saturday, July 11, 2009 - Start: 7:00 pm, prize money: 400000 € (show jumping grand prix with the highest prize money in Europe)^[6]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	scoring points
1	Leopold van Asten	Santana B	0	-	0	-	0	44.06	20
2	Clarissa Crotta	West Side van Meerputhoeve	0	-	0	-	4	40.95	18
3	Luciana Diniz	As-Taro	0	-	0	-	8	44.97	16

(Top 3 of 45 Competitors)

7th Competition: Global Champions Tour of Brasil

July 31, 2009 - August 2, 2009 - equestrian facility of the Sociedade Hípica Brasileira, Rio de Janeiro (Athina Onassis International Horse Show), Brazil
Competition: Saturday, August 1, 2009 - Start: 1:45 pm, prize money: 285000 €^[7]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	scoring points
1	Gianni Govoni	Joyau d'Opal	0	-	0	-	0	36.15	20
2	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	0	-	0	-	0	36.51	18
3	Marco Kutscher	Cornet Obolensky	0	-	0	-	0	37.40	16

(Top 3 of 42 Competitors)

8th Competition: Global Champions Tour of the Netherlands

August 20, 2009 - August 23, 2009 - Valkenswaard, Netherlands
Competition: Saturday, August 22, 2009 - Start: 1:45 pm, prize money: 285000 €^[8]

	Rider	Horse	Round 1		Round 2		Jump-off		scoring points
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)	scoring points
1	Edwina Alexander	Itot du Chateau	0	-	0	-	0	35.49	20
2	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	Shutterfly	0	-	0	-	0	35.81	18
3	Michel Robert	Kellemoi de Pepita	0	-	0	-	0	35.95	16

(Top 3 of 50 Competitors)

Global Champions Tour Final

overall standings (after 8 competitions)

	Rider	1st Competition	2nd Competition	3rd Competition	4th Competition	5th Competition	6th Competition	7th Competition	8th Competition	scoring points (Total)
1	Edwina Alexander	10	16	(0)	(0)	9	0	10	20	65
2	Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum	0	9	14	11	-	10	-	18	62
3	Patrick Mc Entee	4	10	11	12	12	12	-	(0)	61
4	Marco Kutscher	20	0	-	-	0	3	16	13	52
5	Michel Robert	18	15	-	-	-	-	-	16	49

(Top 5), 6 results count for the final standing^[9]

Final

November 11, 2009 to November 14, 2009 - Doha, Qatar

First round

Competition: Thursday, November 12, 2009 - Start: 9:00 pm, prize money: 50000 €^[10]

	Rider	Horse	Time (s)
1	Eric Lamaze	Hickstead	72.25
2	Bernardo Alves	Chupa Chup	73.13
3	Albert Zoer	Okidoki	75.63

(Top 3 of 25 Competitors)

Final result after second round and jump-off

Competition: Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Start: 8:00 pm, prize money: 900000 €^[11]

	Rider	Horse			Jump-off
	Rider	Horse	Penalties	Time (s)	Penalties	Time (s)
1	Michel Robert	Kellemoi de Pepita	0	-	0	49.76
2	Jos Lansink	Valentina van't Heike	0	-	0	49.89
3	Alvaro de Miranda Neto	Picolien Zeldenrust	0	-	4	46.52
4	Ulrich Kirchhoff	Carino	0	-	4	46.91
5	Denis Lynch	All Inclusive NRW	1	88.92

(Top 5 of 18 Competitors)

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References

↑ Result GCT Arezzo 2009
↑ Result GCT Valencia 2009
↑ Result GCT Hamburg 2009
↑ "Result GCT Cannes 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
↑ "Result GCT Monte Carlo 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
↑ Result GCT Estoril 2009
↑ "Result GCT Rio de Janeiro 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
↑ "Result GCT Valkenswaard 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.
↑ Final standing CN Global Champions Tour 2009
↑ "Result GCT Final 2009, first round". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-04-24.
↑ "Final result GCT Final 2009". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

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[1] Result GCT Arezzo 2009

[2] Result GCT Valencia 2009

[3] Result GCT Hamburg 2009

[4] "Result GCT Cannes 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

[5] "Result GCT Monte Carlo 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

[6] Result GCT Estoril 2009

[7] "Result GCT Rio de Janeiro 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

[8] "Result GCT Valkenswaard 2009". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2010-04-23.

[9] Final standing CN Global Champions Tour 2009

[10] "Result GCT Final 2009, first round". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-04-24.

[11] "Final result GCT Final 2009". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2010-04-23.