Vuelta a Espana, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : Sep 5, Calpe - Alcoi, 187.7 km

1 David Lopez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 5.20.51
2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo 0.06
3 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 0.13
4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 0.21
5 Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.27
6 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.30
7 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.55
8 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.36
9 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 3.52
10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4.17


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+32 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+26 Martin Pedersen
+25 Kevin De Weert
+22 David Lopez
+20 Leif Hoste
+20 Davide Malacarne
+20 Christophe Riblon
+19 David Moncoutie
+19 Blel Kadri
+18 Roman Kreuziger

Biggest losers by position :
-27 Markus Fothen
-25 Carlos Barredo
-19 Andrey Zeits
-19 Kanstantin Sivtsov
-19 Niki Terpstra
-18 Assan Bazayev
-18 Daniele Bennati
-18 Gorka Verdugo
-18 Xavier Florencio
-17 Arthur Vichot
-16 Greg Van Avermaet

Biggest gainers by time :
+7:22 David Lopez
+7:08 Roman Kreuziger
+6:57 Giampaolo Caruso
+6:47 David Moncoutie
+6:35 Blel Kadri
+6:32 Egoi Martinez
+6:07 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+4:26 Gonzalo Rabunal
+3:10 Oscar Pujol
+2:45 Jelle Vanendert

Biggest losers by time :
-19:06 Alexandre Pichot
-19:06 Andreas Stauff
-19:06 Andrey Zeits
-19:06 Arnaud Labbe
-19:06 Arthur Vichot
-19:06 Assan Bazayev
-19:06 Daniele Bennati
-19:06 Daniele Righi
-19:06 David Vitoria
-19:06 David Zabriskie
-19:06 Denis Galimzyanov

Favourites by position :
+18 Roman Kreuziger
+17 Christian Vande Velde
+10 Andy Schleck
+10 Allan Davis
-1 Luis-Leon Sanchez
-1 David Zabriskie
-2 David Arroyo

Favourites by time :
+7:08 Roman Kreuziger
-0:13 Denis Menchov
-0:17 David Arroyo
-0:43 Andy Schleck
-0:51 Christian Vande Velde
-6:52 Allan Davis
-19:06 David Zabriskie

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Igor Anton 37:56:42 (unchanged)
2 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:00 (unchanged)
3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:02 (unchanged)
4 Xavier Tondo 0:42 (unchanged)
5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:52 (was 37th at 6:59)
6 Ruben Plaza 1:15 (unchanged)
7 Ezequiel Mosquera 1:18 (unchanged)
8 Nicholas Roche 1:19 (unchanged)
9 Marzio Bruseghin 1:22 (was 5th at 1:10)
10 Peter Velits 1:26 (was 9th at 1:26)
.....
13 Frank Schleck 1:47 (unchanged)
.....
17 Carlos Sastre 2:11 (unchanged)
18 David Arroyo 2:15 (was 16th at 1:58)
19 Luis-Leon Sanchez 2:21 (was 18th at 2:21)
20 Denis Menchov 3:29 (was 20th at 3:16)
.....
31 Roman Kreuziger 6:02 (was 49th at 13:10)
.....
77 Andy Schleck 37:16 (was 87th at 36:33)
.....
104 Christian Vande Velde 56:06 (was 121st at 55:15)
.....
110 Allan Davis 1:01:37 (was 120th at 54:45)
.....
164 David Zabriskie 1:31:30 (was 163rd at 1:12:24)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Mark Cavendish 56 (unchanged)
2 Tyler Farrar 53 (unchanged)
3 Igor Anton 50 (was 4th with 50 points)
4 Philippe Gilbert 50 (was 5th with 50 points)
5 Joaquin Rodriguez 47 (was 6th with 46 points)
6 David Moncoutie 45 (was 12th with 27 points)
7 Vincenzo Nibali 44 (unchanged)
8 Yauheni Hutarovich 33 (unchanged)
9 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea 30 (unchanged)
10 Daniele Bennati 28 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 David Moncoutie 41 (was 2nd with 26 points)
2 Serafin Martinez 36 (was 1st with 36 points)
3 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (was 0 points)
4 Oscar Pujol 10 (was 10th with 3 points)
5 Dario Cataldo 8 (was 3rd with 8 points)
6 Johann Tschopp 7 (was 4th with 7 points)
7 Xavier Tondo 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
8 Vladimir Karpets 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
9 Niki Terpstra 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
10 Egoi Martinez 5 (was 8th with 5 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9
Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9
Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9
Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8
Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8
Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8
Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8
Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8
Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8
Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7
Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4
Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3
John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3
Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2
Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2
Total retirements : 17


(This report can also be seen at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rvmartin2)