Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Alexandre Usov
+9 Filippo Pozzato
+9 Alessandro Vanotti
+8 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
+7 Vicente Reynes Mimo
+7 Lloyd Mondory
+7 Gerald Ciolek
+7 Claudio Corioni
+6 Mickael Delage
+6 Matteo Tosatto

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Martin Muller
-6 Francisco Perez Sanchez
-6 Marco Marzano
-5 Darren Lill
-5 Hector Gonzalez Baeza
-5 Hubert Schwab
-5 Jose Rujano Guillen
-5 Maarten Tjallingii
-5 Marcus Burghardt
-4 Herve Duclos-Lassalle
-4 Stephan Schreck

Biggest gainers by time :
+40:41 Andoni Lafuente
+27:55 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez
+4:26 Vicente Reynes Mimo
+3:38 Frank Hoj
+2:11 Sebastien Rosseler
+0:18 Fabian Cancellara
+0:14 Philippe Gilbert
+0:08 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+0:03 Matteo Tosatto

Biggest losers by time :
-5:47 Marco Marzano
-5:47 Martin Muller
-4:32 Darren Lill
-4:32 Hector Gonzalez Baeza
-4:32 Hubert Schwab
-4:32 Laszlo Bodrogi
-4:32 Marcus Burghardt
-4:32 Morris Possoni
-4:32 Stephan Schreck
-4:31 Francisco Perez Sanchez
-4:29 Rene Weissinger

Favourites by position :
+5 Alessandro Ballan
+4 Stuart O'Grady
+4 Fabian Cancellara
+2 Erik Zabel
+2 Bobby Julich
+1 Jens Voigt
-3 Stijn Devolder

Favourites by time :
+0:18 Fabian Cancellara
-0:48 Stijn Devolder

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Roman Kreuziger 35.43.46
2 Andreas Kloden 0.49
3 Igor Anton Hernandez 1.55
4 Damiano Cunego 2.11
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6 Andy Schleck 2.57
7 Kim Kirchen 2.58
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18 Stijn Devolder 7.37
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30 Jens Voigt 18.18
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50 Bobby Julich 34.08
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57 Erik Zabel 35.34
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79 Fabian Cancellara 48.35
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87 Stuart O'Grady 52.30
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94 Alessandro Ballan 57.01

Retirements to date : Stage
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8
Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1
Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 8
Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 5
Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 6
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 8
Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 7
Andrey Mizurov (Kaz) Astana 4
Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 9
Sergey Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 3
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 9
Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8
Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 4
Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 5
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 5
Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9
Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 8
David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1
Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4
Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5
Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 9
Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 5
Jonathan Garcia (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 5
Total retirements : 30