Vuelta a Espana, stage 9 summary
 

Stage 9 : August 28, 2016 Cistierna - Alto de Naranco 164.5 km

1 David De La Cruz (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 3.47.56
2 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 0.27
3 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale-Drapac 0.33
4 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Astana Pro Team 0.51
5 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling
6 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) FDJ 0.53
7 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 0.58
8 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 1.04
9 Pello Bilbao (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA
10 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 1.10


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Dries Devenyns
+26 Moreno Moser
+26 Alessandro Vanotti
+23 Dylan Teuns
+21 Sander Armee
+21 Omar Fraile Matarranza
+20 Hugh Carthy
+19 Pavel Kochetkov
+18 Koen Bouwman
+17 Bram Tankink

Biggest losers by position :
-22 Jhonatan Restrepo
-21 Eduard Prades Reverte
-21 Zico Waeytens
-17 Jonas Van Genechten
-17 Jose Goncalves
-17 Valerio Conti
-16 Scott Thwaites
-15 Mattia Cattaneo
-15 Nathan Haas
-14 Gediminas Bagdonas
-13 Bart De Clercq

Biggest gainers by time :
+2:46 David de la Cruz Melgarejo
+2:13 Dries Devenyns
+2:05 Moreno Moser
+1:43 Mathias Frank
+1:43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1:41 Alexandre Geniez
+1:37 Bartosz Huzarski
+1:33 Thomas De Gendt
+1:30 Pello Bilbao
+1:24 Dylan Teuns

Biggest losers by time :
-21:35 Nikias Arndt
-16:39 Bart De Clercq
-16:39 Christophe Riblon
-16:39 Eduard Prades Reverte
-16:39 Florian Senechal
-16:39 Ilia Koshevoy
-16:39 Jacobus Venter
-16:39 Jhonatan Restrepo
-16:39 Jonas Van Genechten
-16:39 Jose Goncalves
-16:39 Julien Morice

Favourites by position :
+9 Mathias Frank
+7 Pierre Rolland
+5 Robert Gesink
+3 Tejay van Garderen
+1 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-1 Leopold Konig
-1 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-1 Christopher Froome
-1 Andrew Talansky
-1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte

Favourites by time :
+1:43 Mathias Frank
-0:22 Simon Yates
-0:22 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-0:22 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-0:22 Leopold Konig
-0:22 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio
-0:22 Christopher Froome
-0:22 Andrew Talansky
-0:22 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-0:22 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:30 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-0:51 Robert Gesink
-2:10 Pierre Rolland
-9:46 Tejay van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 David de la Cruz Melgarejo 33:46:24 (was 15th at 2:46)
2 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 0:22 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:41 (was 2nd at 0:19)
4 Christopher Froome 0:49 (was 3rd at 0:27)
5 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 1:19 (was 4th at 0:57)
6 Leopold Konig 1:38 (was 5th at 1:16)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 2:01 (was 7th at 1:39)
8 Darwin Atapuma 2:06 (was 6th at 1:36)
9 Gianluca Brambilla 2:07 (was 9th at 1:46)
10 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 2:08 (was 10th at 1:46)
11 Simon Yates 2:09 (was 11th at 1:47)
.....
13 Andrew Talansky 2:46 (was 12th at 2:24)
.....
24 Jean-Christophe Peraud 4:47 (was 25th at 4:17)
.....
26 Mathias Frank 4:49 (was 35th at 6:32)
.....
59 Robert Gesink 35:14 (was 64th at 34:23)
.....
75 Pierre Rolland 46:58 (was 82nd at 44:48)
.....
140 Tejay van Garderen 1:16:59 (was 143rd at 1:07:13)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Gianni Meersman 60 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde 53 (was 2nd with 50 points)
3 Luis Leon Sanchez 53 (was 3rd with 39 points)
4 Jonas Vangenechten 37 (unchanged)
5 Alexandre Geniez 36 (was 7th with 26 points)
6 Fabio Felline 36 (was 5th with 36 points)
7 Kevin Reza 28 (was 6th with 28 points)
8 David De La Cruz 27 (was 0 points)
9 Simon Yates 25 (was 8th with 25 points)
10 Lilian Calmejane 25 (was 9th with 25 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Thomas De Gendt 19 (was 4th with 8 points)
2 Alexandre Geniez 19 (was 2nd with 10 points)
3 Sergey Lagutin 10 (was 1st with 10 points)
4 Luis Angel Mate 9 (was 3rd with 9 points)
5 David De La Cruz 8 (was 0 points)
6 Axel Domont 8 (was 5th with 8 points)
7 Omar Fraile 6 (was 6th with 6 points)
8 Lilian Calmejane 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Simon Clarke 5 (was 18th with 2 points)
10 Pieter Serry 5 (was 8th with 5 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 9
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Dimension Data 9
Tony Hurel (Fra) Direct Energie 9
Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 9
Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 7
Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 7
Rein Taaramae (Est) Team Katusha 7
Miguel A�ngel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 6
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Tinkoff Team 6
Sebastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 5
Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ 5
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 5
Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 4
Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) IAM Cycling 4
Warren Barguil (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 3
Total retirements : 16


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