Tour de Suisse, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : Jun 17, Nafels-Lintharena - Sorenberg, 215.8 km

1 Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana 5.54.22
2 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0.02
3 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.31
4 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Pro Team Astana 1.46
5 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
6 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team
7 Chris Anker Sorensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
8 Frank Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan 1.48
9 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Movistar Team


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+53 Raymond Kunzli
+52 Ryan Anderson
+51 Pablo Urtasun Perez
+50 Guillaume Boivin
+49 Luca Paolini
+49 Caleb Fairly
+46 Michael Morkov
+44 Matteo Trentin
+42 Troels Ronning Vinther
+41 Kris Boeckmans

Biggest losers by position :
-13 Jakob Fuglsang
-6 Thomas Lovkvist
-5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-5 Marcus Burghardt
-5 Moreno Moser
-5 Rubens Bertogliati
-5 Tom Slagter
-4 Linus Gerdemann
-3 Dario Cataldo
-1 Giampaolo Caruso
-1 Gorka Izagirre Insausti

Biggest gainers by time :
+19:15 Vladimir Gusev
+2:03 Tanel Kangert
+1:56 Jeremy Roy
+1:24 Matteo Montaguti
+0:02 Steven Kruijswijk
+0:02 Robert Kiserlovski
+0:02 Mathias Frank
+0:02 Chris Anker Sorensen

Biggest losers by time :
-27:29 Alex Howes
-27:29 Brian Vandborg
-27:29 Caleb Fairly
-27:29 Guillaume Boivin
-27:29 Lloyd Mondory
-27:29 Luca Paolini
-27:29 Nikita Novikov
-27:29 Pablo Urtasun Perez
-27:29 Ruben Perez Moreno
-27:29 Ryan Anderson
-27:29 Sebastien Minard

Favourites by position :
+23 Bauke Mollema
+16 Peter Velits
+5 Maxime Monfort
+5 Damiano Cunego
+1 Andreas Kloden
-13 Jakob Fuglsang

Favourites by time :
+0:02 Steven Kruijswijk
-0:05 Thomas Danielson
-0:05 Roman Kreuziger
-0:24 Bauke Mollema
-0:38 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
-5:02 Maxime Monfort
-6:10 Peter Velits
-15:20 Jakob Fuglsang
-15:20 Andreas Kloden
-18:22 Damiano Cunego

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 35:54:49 (unchanged)
2 Frank Schleck 0:14 (unchanged)
3 Levi Leipheimer 0:21 (unchanged)
4 Robert Gesink 0:25 (unchanged)
5 Mikel Nieve Ituralde 0:40 (unchanged)
6 Roman Kreuziger 0:47 (was 6th at 0:42)
7 Thomas Danielson 0:48 (was 7th at 0:43)
8 Steven Kruijswijk 0:59 (was 8th at 1:01)
9 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:42 (was 9th at 1:04)
10 Nicolas Roche 1:52 (was 13th at 1:52)
.....
25 Jakob Fuglsang 16:46 (was 12th at 1:26)
26 Maxime Monfort 16:50 (was 31st at 11:48)
.....
33 Bauke Mollema 26:17 (was 56th at 25:53)
.....
35 Peter Velits 29:27 (was 51st at 23:17)
.....
39 Andreas Kloden 31:06 (was 40th at 15:46)
.....
52 Damiano Cunego 44:44 (was 57th at 26:22)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Matteo Montaguti 73 (was 4th with 21 points)
2 Tanel Kangert 39 (was 0 points)
3 Jeremy Roy 35 (was 0 points)
4 Frank Schleck 30 (was 2nd with 26 points)
5 Vladimir Isaichev 21 (was 3rd with 21 points)
6 Ryan Anderson 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
7 Brian Vandborg 17 (was 6th with 17 points)
8 Michael Morkov 17 (was 7th with 17 points)
9 Levi Leipheimer 16 (was 8th with 16 points)
10 Ruben Perez Moreno 16 (was 9th with 16 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD 9
Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 9
Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 9
Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 9
Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling 9
Cedric Pineau (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 9
Daniele Colli (Ita) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 9
Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 9
David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 9
Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre - ISD 9
Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 9
Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale 9
Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 9
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan 9
Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Pro Team Astana 9
Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 9
Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana 9
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 9
Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 9
Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD 9
Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team 9
Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Pro Team Astana 9
Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin-Barracuda 9
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Julien El Fares (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 9
Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank 9
Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 9
Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD 9
Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling 9
Martin Mortensen (Den) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9
Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 9
Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 9
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 9
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 9
Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 9
Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team 9
Remi Cusin (Fra) Team Type 1 - Sanofi 9
Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 9
Stefano Agostini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 9
Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 9
Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 9
Thomas Dekker (Ned) Garmin-Barracuda 9
Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 9
Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 9
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 9
Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Lotto Belisol Team 9
William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 9
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) FDJ-Big Mat 9
Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - QuickStep 9
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 8
David Boily (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 8
Mehdi Sohrabi (Ira) Lotto Belisol Team 8
Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin-Barracuda 5
Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5
Matthew Wilson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 5
Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team 4
Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team 4
Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 4
Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 4
Will Routley (Can) Spidertech powered by C10 4
Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 3
Total retirements : 67


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