Vuelta a Espana, stage 9 summary
 

Stage 9 : Sep 1, Antequera - Valdepenas de Jaen, 174.3 km

1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha 4.18.57
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 0.04
3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
4 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 0.08
5 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.09
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0.13
9 Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Argos-Shimano
10 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.15


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Christian Meier
+30 Simon Gerrans
+30 Mikael Cherel
+27 Simon Clarke
+27 Paolo Longo Borghini
+26 Tony Martin
+22 Marcos Garcia
+21 Jorge Azanza Soto
+19 Vasil Kiryienka
+17 Luca Dodi

Biggest losers by position :
-26 Michael Matthews
-22 Mikel Landa Meana
-21 Rafael Valls Ferri
-21 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
-20 Ben Hermans
-20 Roman Kreuziger
-19 Maxim Iglinskiy
-18 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga
-18 Ivan Velasco Murillo
-17 Geoffrey Soupe
-17 Salvatore Puccio

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:09 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:07 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver

Biggest losers by time :
-17:06 Matteo Bono
-17:06 Roman Kreuziger
-17:03 Andrew Fenn
-17:03 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze
-17:03 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
-17:01 Luke Rowe
-16:56 Alessandro Vanotti
-16:50 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-16:46 Massimo Graziato
-16:22 Adrien Petit
-16:22 Cyril Bessy

Favourites by position :
+4 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+4 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+2 Michele Scarponi
+2 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+1 Vincenzo Nibali
+1 Lieuwe Westra
+1 Ivan Basso
-1 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-1 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-3 Christopher Horner
-4 Thomas De Gendt
-20 Roman Kreuziger

Favourites by time :
+0:17 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:09 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:07 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
-0:02 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:02 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:08 Ivan Basso
-0:11 Christopher Horner
-0:20 Michele Scarponi
-0:36 Bauke Mollema
-0:42 Rigoberto Uran Uran
-11:06 Thomas De Gendt
-16:12 Lieuwe Westra
-16:50 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez
-17:06 Roman Kreuziger

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 35:58:34 (was 3rd at 0:17)
2 Nicolas Roche 0:01 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:20 (was 4th at 0:18)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:22 (was 7th at 0:31)
5 Christopher Horner 0:28 (was 2nd at 0:17)
6 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:56 (was 10th at 1:03)
7 Leopold Konig 1:09 (was 5th at 0:29)
8 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 1:10 (was 6th at 0:30)
9 Rigoberto Uran Uran 1:24 (was 8th at 0:42)
10 Ivan Santaromita 1:25 (was 11th at 1:17)
11 Ivan Basso 1:36 (was 12th at 1:28)
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16 Michele Scarponi 2:23 (was 18th at 2:03)
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25 Bauke Mollema 3:48 (was 25th at 3:12)
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29 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:30 (was 33rd at 4:28)
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56 Roman Kreuziger 23:06 (was 36th at 6:00)
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122 Thomas De Gendt 59:10 (was 118th at 48:04)
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187 Lieuwe Westra 1:27:25 (was 188th at 1:11:13)
188 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez 1:27:37 (was 187th at 1:10:47)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 93 (was 1st with 68 points)
2 Nicolas Roche 68 (was 2nd with 54 points)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 65 (was 4th with 45 points)
4 Michael Matthews 53 (was 3rd with 53 points)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 49 (was 11th with 33 points)
6 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze 40 (was 5th with 40 points)
7 Leopold Konig 39 (was 6th with 39 points)
8 Gianni Meersman 38 (was 7th with 38 points)
9 Fabian Cancellara 36 (was 8th with 36 points)
10 Philippe Gilbert 35 (was 14th with 27 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Nicolas Roche 15 (unchanged)
2 Leopold Konig 12 (unchanged)
3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 12 (unchanged)
4 Nicolas Edet 11 (was 4th with 8 points)
5 Edvald Boasson Hagen 5 (was 0 points)
6 Winner Anacona Gomez 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Domenico Pozzovivo 4 (was 6th with 4 points)
8 Christopher Horner 3 (was 7th with 3 points)
9 Javier Francisco Aramendia Lorente 3 (was 8th with 3 points)
10 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 3 (was 9th with 3 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 8
Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 5
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Garmin-Sharp 2
Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 1
Total retirements : 4


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