Vuelta a Espana, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : Aug 26, Andorra - Barcelona, 196.3 km

1 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4.45.28
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha Team
3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.07
4 Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0.09
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
8 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.12
9 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
10 Igor Anton (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+13 Matti Breschel
+11 Tiziano Dall'Antonia
+11 Nacer Bouhanni
+11 Gregory Rast
+11 Daniele Bennati
+10 Lloyd Mondory
+10 Lars Boom
+10 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
+10 Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel
+9 Maciej Paterski

Biggest losers by position :
-19 Daniele Ratto
-19 Jesus Rosendo Prado
-18 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez
-16 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
-14 Travis Meyer
-13 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas
-13 Mikel Landa Meana
-13 Morris Possoni
-12 CARRASCO GARCIA Sergio
-12 Rudy Molard
-12 Yannick Eijssen

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:04 Philippe Gilbert

Biggest losers by time :
-12:28 Daniele Ratto
-9:14 Martijn Maaskant
-8:52 Cheng Ji
-8:52 Danail Andonov
-8:52 Francisco Javier Aramendia Llorente
-8:52 Juan Lobato Del Valle
-8:52 Morris Possoni
-8:52 Travis Meyer
-8:46 Oleksandr Kvachuk
-8:46 Olivier Kaisen
-8:46 Pablo Lechuga Rodriguez

Favourites by position :
+4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
+3 Damiano Cunego
-1 Denis Menchov
-2 Tony Martin
-4 Thomas De Gendt
-4 John Gadret
-10 Rigoberto Uran
-11 Cameron Meyer

Favourites by time :
-0:20 Robert Gesink
-0:20 Maxime Monfort
-0:20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck
-0:20 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo
-0:20 Christopher Froome
-0:20 Bauke Mollema
-0:20 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:49 Damiano Cunego
-2:44 Thomas De Gendt
-3:02 Denis Menchov
-3:40 Tony Martin
-7:07 John Gadret
-7:07 Cameron Meyer
-8:07 Rigoberto Uran

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 34:44:55 (unchanged)
2 Christopher Froome 0:53 (was 2nd at 0:33)
3 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:00 (was 3rd at 0:40)
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:07 (was 4th at 0:50)
5 Robert Gesink 2:01 (was 5th at 1:41)
6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 2:08 (was 6th at 1:48)
7 Nicolas Roche 2:34 (was 7th at 2:14)
8 Igor Anton Hernandez 3:07 (was 8th at 2:47)
9 Laurens ten Dam 3:18 (was 9th at 2:58)
10 Bauke Mollema 3:27 (was 10th at 3:07)
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19 Maxime Monfort 4:32 (was 19th at 4:12)
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27 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 7:20 (was 27th at 7:00)
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41 Rigoberto Uran 16:27 (was 31st at 8:20)
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50 Damiano Cunego 24:59 (was 53rd at 24:10)
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53 John Gadret 27:33 (was 49th at 20:26)
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60 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 33:11 (was 64th at 32:51)
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64 Denis Menchov 34:44 (was 63rd at 31:42)
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70 Thomas De Gendt 35:57 (was 66th at 33:13)
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92 Tony Martin 45:37 (was 90th at 41:57)
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106 Cameron Meyer 50:56 (was 95th at 43:49)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 85 (was 3rd with 65 points)
2 John Degenkolb 76 (was 1st with 76 points)
3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 76 (was 2nd with 66 points)
4 Christopher Froome 51 (unchanged)
5 Daniele Bennati 50 (was 8th with 38 points)
6 Elia Viviani 47 (was 5th with 47 points)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 46 (was 6th with 46 points)
8 Allan Davis 45 (was 7th with 45 points)
9 Gianni Meersman 41 (was 9th with 34 points)
10 Nacer Bouhanni 37 (was 12th with 28 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 21 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 17 (was 3rd with 15 points)
3 Simon Clarke 16 (was 2nd with 16 points)
4 Pim Ligthart 11 (unchanged)
5 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 10 (unchanged)
6 Philippe Gilbert 9 (was 9th with 6 points)
7 Alberto Contador Velasco 8 (was 6th with 8 points)
8 Tony Martin 8 (was 7th with 8 points)
9 Christopher Froome 6 (was 8th with 6 points)
10 Javier Ramirez Abeja 5 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano 8
Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne 8
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 4
Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Pro Team Astana 1
Total retirements : 4


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