Stage 9 : July 13, 2014, Gerardmer - Mulhouse, 170 km

1 Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 4.09.34
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 2.45
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano
5 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling
8 Mikael Cherel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
9 Brice Feillu (Fra) Bretagne - Seche Environnement
10 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Netapp-Endura


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Nicolas Edet
+27 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+26 Matteo Montaguti
+24 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+24 Mickael Cherel
+24 Jose Joao Pimenta Costa Mendes
+23 Simon Spilak
+22 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+21 Cedric Pineau
+21 Alessandro De Marchi

Biggest losers by position :
-38 Kevin Reza
-37 Alexander Porsev
-35 Lars Boom
-35 Samuel Dumoulin
-32 Alexander Kristoff
-32 Blel Kadri
-31 Rudy Molard
-30 Bryan Coquard
-29 Mathew Hayman
-29 Simon Clarke
-29 Simon Yates

Biggest gainers by time :
+6:12 Tony Martin
+3:28 Tiago Machado
+3:27 Tony Gallopin
+3:27 Tom Dumoulin
+3:27 Steven Kruijswijk
+3:27 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+3:27 Rafael Valls Ferri
+3:27 Pierre Rolland
+3:27 Nicolas Edet
+3:27 Mickael Cherel

Biggest losers by time :
-15:26 Adrien Petit
-15:26 Alessandro Petacchi
-15:26 Alexander Kristoff
-15:26 Alexander Porsev
-15:26 Andre Greipel
-15:26 Andreas Schillinger
-15:26 Arnaud Demare
-15:26 Benoit Jarrier
-15:26 Bernhard Eisel
-15:26 Blel Kadri
-15:26 Christophe Riblon

Favourites by position :
+27 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+23 Simon Spilak
+19 Rafal Majka
-1 Vincenzo Nibali
-2 Richie Porte
-2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-3 Tejay van Garderen
-3 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-3 Christopher Horner
-3 Bauke Mollema
-3 Andrew Talansky
-3 Alberto Contador Velasco

Favourites by time :
+3:21 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver
+3:18 Simon Spilak
-1:34 Vincenzo Nibali
-1:34 Tejay van Garderen
-1:34 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-1:34 Richie Porte
-1:34 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-1:34 Christopher Horner
-1:34 Bauke Mollema
-1:34 Andrew Talansky
-1:34 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-1:34 Alberto Contador Velasco
-3:01 Rafal Majka

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Tony Gallopin 38:04:38 (was 11th at 3:27)
2 Vincenzo Nibali 1:34 (was 1st at 0:00)
3 Tiago Machado 2:40 (was 20th at 6:08)
4 Jakob Fuglsang 3:18 (was 2nd at 1:44)
5 Richie Porte 3:32 (was 3rd at 1:58)
6 Michal Kwiatkowski 4:00 (was 4th at 2:26)
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 4:01 (was 5th at 2:27)
8 Pierre Rolland 4:07 (was 23rd at 7:34)
9 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:08 (was 6th at 2:34)
10 Romain Bardet 4:13 (was 7th at 2:39)
11 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 4:26 (was 8th at 2:52)
12 Bauke Mollema 4:36 (was 9th at 3:02)
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 4:36 (was 10th at 3:02)
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16 Tejay van Garderen 5:08 (was 13th at 3:34)
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19 Andrew Talansky 5:56 (was 16th at 4:22)
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24 Christopher Horner 7:46 (was 21st at 6:12)
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112 Simon Spilak 55:30 (was 135th at 58:48)
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120 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 58:16 (was 147th at 1:01:37)
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156 Rafal Majka 1:16:14 (was 175th at 1:13:13)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Tony Martin 18 (was 20th with 1 points)
2 Blel Kadri 17 (was 1st with 17 points)
3 Alessandro De Marchi 17 (was 0 points)
4 Nicolas Edet 12 (was 6th with 4 points)
5 Joaquim Rodriguez 11 (was 0 points)
6 Thomas Voeckler 8 (was 8th with 3 points)
7 Cyril Lemoine 6 (was 2nd with 6 points)
8 Sylvain Chavanel 6 (was 3rd with 6 points)
9 Simon Yates 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
10 Jens Voigt 4 (was 5th with 4 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 9
Bart De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Belisol 8
Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 8
Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 7
Darwin Atapuma (Col) BMC Racing Team 7
Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 7
Egor Silin (Rus) Team Katusha 6
Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa) Tinkoff-Saxo 6
Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 6
Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Team Sky 6
Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 5
Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 4
Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol 4
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 2
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 2
Total retirements : 15


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