Tour de France, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : Jul 7, Saint-Girons - Bagneres-de-Bigorre, 168.5 km

1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin-Sharp 4.43.03
2 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team
3 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quick Step 0.20
4 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Katusha
5 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Katusha
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
7 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
8 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
9 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack Leopard


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+35 Alexey Lutsenko
+29 Jon Izaguirre Insausti
+27 Marcus Burghardt
+27 Imanol Erviti
+27 Hubert Dupont
+21 Simon Clarke
+21 Bart De Clercq
+20 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde
+19 Jens Voigt
+18 Wouter Poels

Biggest losers by position :
-31 Richie Porte
-22 Nicholas Roche
-21 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-18 Andreas Kloden
-18 Edvald Boasson Hagen
-18 Thibaut Pinot
-16 Rein Taaramae
-12 Alexandre Geniez
-12 Amael Moinard
-12 Daryl Impey
-11 Julien El Fares

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Jakob Fuglsang
+0:20 Daniel Martin

Biggest losers by time :
-26:20 Anthony Delaplace
-26:20 Brian Vandborg
-26:20 Jack Bauer
-26:00 Alexander Kristoff
-26:00 Amael Moinard
-26:00 Andre Greipel
-26:00 Assan Bazayev
-26:00 Boy Van Poppel
-26:00 Christophe Riblon
-26:00 Cyril Lemoine
-26:00 Danny Van Poppel

Favourites by position :
+17 Robert Gesink
+8 Damiano Cunego
+7 Cadel Evans
+6 Andy Schleck
+1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+1 Bauke Mollema
+1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1 Alberto Contador Velasco
-6 Ryder Hesjedal
-7 Tejay Van Garderen
-8 Michael Rogers
-31 Richie Porte

Favourites by time :
-0:05 Robert Gesink
-3:34 Michael Rogers
-6:47 Damiano Cunego
-17:39 Ryder Hesjedal
-17:39 Richie Porte
-22:23 Tejay Van Garderen

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Christopher Froome 36:59:18 (unchanged)
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:25 (was 3rd at 1:25)
3 Bauke Mollema 1:44 (was 4th at 1:44)
4 Laurens Ten Dam 1:50 (was 5th at 1:50)
5 Roman Kreuziger 1:51 (was 6th at 1:51)
6 Alberto Contador Velasco 1:51 (was 7th at 1:51)
7 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 2:02 (was 8th at 2:02)
8 Daniel Martin 2:28 (was 13th at 2:48)
9 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 2:31 (unchanged)
10 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 2:45 (was 11th at 2:45)
.....
15 Andy Schleck 4:00 (was 21st at 4:00)
16 Cadel Evans 4:36 (was 23rd at 4:36)
.....
18 Michael Rogers 6:14 (was 10th at 2:40)
.....
32 Robert Gesink 16:55 (was 49th at 16:50)
33 Richie Porte 18:30 (was 2nd at 0:51)
.....
38 Damiano Cunego 22:30 (was 46th at 15:43)
.....
41 Ryder Hesjedal 26:08 (was 35th at 8:29)
.....
51 Tejay Van Garderen 35:01 (was 44th at 12:38)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 234 (unchanged)
2 Andre Greipel 141 (unchanged)
3 Mark Cavendish 128 (unchanged)
4 Alexander Kristoff 111 (unchanged)
5 Michal Kwiatkowski 90 (was 8th with 75 points)
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 88 (was 5th with 88 points)
7 Marcel Kittel 87 (was 6th with 87 points)
8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 76 (was 7th with 76 points)
9 Danny van Poppel 73 (unchanged)
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 66 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Pierre Rolland 49 (was 2nd with 31 points)
2 Christopher Froome 33 (was 1st with 31 points)
3 Richie Porte 28 (unchanged)
4 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 26 (was 4th with 25 points)
5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 21 (unchanged)
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 20 (unchanged)
7 Simon Clarke 15 (was 12th with 5 points)
8 Thomas De Gendt 14 (was 13th with 4 points)
9 Peter Kennaugh 14 (was 7th with 14 points)
10 Daniel Martin 13 (was 0 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 9
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Michael Schar (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9
Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin-Sharp 9
Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Sky Procycling 9
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 8
Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Christian Vandevelde (USA) Garmin-Sharp 7
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 7
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Astana Pro Team 6
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Maxime Bouet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ 6
Edward King (USA) Cannondale 4
Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 3
Yohan Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 3
Total retirements : 16


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