Giro d'Italia, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 - Sunday, May 17: Milano Show 100, 165km

First 10 finishers :
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.16.13 (38.639 km/h)
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
4 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini
6 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram
7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
8 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto
9 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom
10 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram


Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :

Biggest losers by position :

Biggest gainers by time :

Biggest losers by time :

Favourites by position :

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Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Danilo Di Luca 37.29.48
2 Thomas Lovkvist 0.13
3 Michael Rogers 0.44
4 Levi Leipheimer 0.51
5 Denis Menchov 0.58
6 Ivan Basso 1.14
7 Carlos Sastre 1.24
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9 Franco Pellizotti 1.35
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11 Gilberto Simoni 2.09
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20 Marzio Bruseghin 3.24
21 Damiano Cunego 3.37
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25 Lance Armstrong 4.39
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36 Stefano Garzelli 6.49
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70 Jens Voigt 28.25
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156 Fabian Cancellara 1.14.30

Retirements to date : Stage
Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8
Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4
Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7
Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3
Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 8
Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 8
Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram 2
David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Total retirements : 8