Giro d'Italia, stage 9 summary

Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8

Biggest gainers by position :
+3 Yohann Gène
+3 Mathieu Heijboer
+3 Lloyd Mondory
+3 Laurent Mangel
+3 Dario Andriotto
+3 Danilo Napolitano
+3 Arnaud Labbe
+2 Thor Hushovd
+2 Rubens Bertogliati
+2 Raivis Belohvosciks

Biggest losers by position :
-19 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio
-12 Ivan Rovny
-9 Christophe Kern
-9 Mathieu Perget
-9 Sergio Ghisalberti
-8 Andrei Kunitski
-8 Frantisek Rabon
-8 Michael Rasmussen
-5 Martin Müller
-4 Arnaud Gérard
-4 Carl Naibo

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Danilo Napolitano
+0:12 Robbie McEwen
+0:08 Alessandro Petacchi
+0:06 Nicolas Crosbie
+0:04 Frédéric Bessy

Biggest losers by time :
-4:26 Sergio Ghisalberti
-4:14 Martin Müller
-3:29 Aaron Olson
-3:29 Arnaud Gérard
-3:29 Christophe Kern
-3:29 Fabien Patanchon
-3:29 Frantisek Rabon
-3:29 Ivan Rovny
-3:29 Mathieu Perget
-3:29 Michael Rasmussen
-3:29 Mikhail Ignatiev

Favourites by position :
+1 Fabian Cancellara

Favourites by time :

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Marco Pinotti 39.45.42
2 Andrea Noe' 0.28
3 Serguei Yakovlev 0.54
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9 Dario David Cioni 2.13
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17 Danilo Di Luca 4.12
18 Franco Pellizotti 4.38
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22 Damiano Cunego 5.06
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25 Paolo Savoldelli 5.19
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32 Stefano Garzelli 5.37
33 Riccardo Ricco 5.45
34 Yaroslav Popovych 5.55
35 Paolo Bettini 6.08
36 Gilberto Simoni 6.12
37 Leonardo Piepoli 6.12
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40 Iban Mayo Diez 6.31
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65 Pietro Caucchioli 8.17
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69 Davide Rebellin 8.44
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133 Fabian Cancellara 29.40

Retirements to date :
AG2r Prévoyance Julien Loubet
Bouygues Telecom Thomas Voeckler
Caisse d'Epargne Joan Horrach Rippoll
Crédit Agricole Patrice Halgand
Euskaltel - Euskadi Benat Albizuri Aransolo
Française des Jeux Cyrille Monnerais
" Ian McLeod
" Timothy Gudsell
Gerolsteiner Volker Ordowski
Quickstep - Innergetic Andrea Tonti
Rabobank Graeme Brown
" Leon Van Bon
T-Mobile Team Adam Hansen
" Michael Barry
" Thomas Ziegler
Team CSC Michael Blaudzun
Total retirements : 16