Stage 9 : Jul 9, Arc-et-Senans - Besancon (ITT), 41.5 km

1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.51.24
2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.35
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 0.57
4 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.06
5 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1.24
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 1.43
7 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-QuickStep 1.59
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 2.07
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 2.08
10 Andreas Kloden (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan 2.09


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+21 Jeremy Roy
+20 Tony Martin
+13 Sylvain Chavanel
+13 Lieuwe Westra
+13 Lars Ytting Bak
+12 Gustav Erik Larsson
+11 Jens Voigt
+10 Vasili Kiryienka
+10 Patrick Gretsch
+9 Tejay Van Garderen

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Giovanni Bernaudeau
-14 Christophe Kern
-11 Nick Nuyens
-10 Baden Cooke
-10 Mickael Cherel
-9 Christopher Horner
-9 Giampaolo Caruso
-9 Koen de Kort
-8 Alessandro Vanotti
-8 Juan Jose Haedo
-8 Marco Marzano

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :
-11:10 Jimmy Engoulvent
-9:57 Yauheni Hutarovich
-9:32 Anders Lund
-9:25 Karsten Kroon
-9:22 Christophe Kern
-9:15 Juan Jose Haedo
-9:08 Daniel Oss
-9:08 Giovanni Bernaudeau
-9:07 Jean-Marc Marino
-9:07 Mark Renshaw
-9:01 Maxim Iglinskiy

Favourites by position :
+3 Christopher Froome
+2 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Vincenzo Nibali
-1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-1 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-1 Denis Menchov
-2 Robert Gesink
-2 Frank Schleck
-2 Bauke Mollema
-4 Ivan Basso
-5 Michele Scarponi

Favourites by time :
-0:35 Christopher Froome
-1:43 Cadel Evans
-2:07 Vincenzo Nibali
-2:08 Denis Menchov
-3:09 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-3:48 Levi Leipheimer
-4:32 Frank Schleck
-4:50 Michele Scarponi
-4:54 Ivan Basso
-5:15 Robert Gesink
-5:31 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-7:07 Bauke Mollema

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Bradley Wiggins 39:09:20 (unchanged)
2 Cadel Evans 1:53 (was 2nd at 0:10)
3 Christopher Froome 2:07 (was 6th at 1:32)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 2:23 (was 3rd at 0:16)
5 Denis Menchov 3:02 (was 4th at 0:54)
6 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre 3:19 (was 5th at 0:59)
7 Maxime Monfort 4:23 (was 7th at 2:08)
8 Tejay Van Garderen 5:14 (was 17th at 4:08)
9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 5:20 (was 8th at 2:11)
10 Nicolas Roche 5:29 (was 9th at 2:21)
.....
17 Frank Schleck 8:19 (was 15th at 3:47)
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19 Levi Leipheimer 8:34 (was 21st at 4:46)
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22 Ivan Basso 9:06 (was 18th at 4:12)
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27 Michele Scarponi 10:27 (was 22nd at 5:37)
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39 Bauke Mollema 21:34 (was 37th at 14:27)
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58 Robert Gesink 28:27 (was 56th at 23:12)
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60 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 29:15 (was 59th at 23:44)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 217 (unchanged)
2 Matthew Harley Goss 185 (unchanged)
3 Andre Greipel 172 (unchanged)
4 Mark Cavendish 129 (unchanged)
5 Alessandro Petacchi 109 (unchanged)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 95 (unchanged)
7 Fabian Cancellara 89 (was 8th with 74 points)
8 Cadel Evans 82 (was 9th with 72 points)
9 Bradley Wiggins 78 (was 12th with 58 points)
10 Tom Veelers 76 (was 7th with 76 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Fredrik Kessiakoff 21 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 20 (unchanged)
3 Cadel Evans 18 (unchanged)
4 Thibaut Pinot 16 (unchanged)
5 Bradley Wiggins 12 (unchanged)
6 Michael Morkov 9 (unchanged)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 9 (unchanged)
8 Tony Gallopin 9 (unchanged)
9 Chris Anker Sorensen 8 (unchanged)
10 Jeremy Roy 5 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Argos-Shimano 8
Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Anthony Delaplace (Fra) Saur - Sojasun 7
Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 7
Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 7
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 7
Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Sharp 7
Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 6
Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin-Sharp 6
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano 5
Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 4
Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 3
Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Sky Procycling 3
Total retirements : 20


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