Giro d'Italia, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : May 18, Lugo - Sestola, 172 km

1 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica Greenedge 4.25.51
2 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Team Europcar
3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.42
4 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 1.08
5 Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team
6 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky
9 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo
10 Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Colombia


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Enrico Barbin
+26 Yonathan Monsalve
+25 Tosh Van der Sande
+25 Matteo Bono
+24 Emanuele Sella
+22 Salvatore Puccio
+22 Leonardo Duque
+21 Fumiyuki Beppu
+19 Eduard Vorganov
+18 Martijn Keizer

Biggest losers by position :
-24 Diego Rosa
-23 Julian Arredondo
-21 Igor Anton Hernandez
-21 Yonder Godoy
-19 Michael Matthews
-19 Tim Wellens
-18 Perrig Quemeneur
-18 Rodolfo Andres Torres Agudelo
-18 Winner Anacona Gomez
-17 Carlos Quintero
-17 Johnny Hoogerland

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:15 Davide Malacarne
+0:58 Pieter Weening
+0:30 Domenico Pozzovivo

Biggest losers by time :
-22:02 Luke Durbridge
-22:02 Michael Hepburn
-22:02 Michael Matthews
-21:21 Andrea Fedi
-21:21 Arnaud Courteille
-21:21 Ben Swift
-21:21 Borut Bozic
-21:21 Boy van Poppel
-21:21 Carlos Quintero
-21:21 Christopher Sutton
-21:21 Daniele Colli

Favourites by position :
+8 Pieter Weening
+6 Domenico Pozzovivo
+1 Przemyslaw Niemiec
+1 Michael Rogers
+1 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-1 Wilco Kelderman
-1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas
-1 Michele Scarponi
-8 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez

Favourites by time :
+0:58 Pieter Weening
+0:30 Domenico Pozzovivo
-0:33 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-2:45 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-2:45 Nicolas Roche
-3:57 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-6:59 Michele Scarponi

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Cadel Evans 38:49:34 (unchanged)
2 Rigoberto Uran 0:57 (unchanged)
3 Rafal Majka 1:10 (unchanged)
4 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:20 (was 10th at 1:50)
5 Steve Morabito 1:31 (was 4th at 1:31)
6 Fabio Aru 1:39 (was 5th at 1:39)
7 Diego Ulissi 1:43 (was 6th at 1:43)
8 Wilco Kelderman 1:44 (was 7th at 1:44)
9 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 1:45 (was 8th at 1:45)
10 Robert Kiserlovski 1:49 (was 9th at 1:49)
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24 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 6:37 (was 16th at 3:52)
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28 Michael Rogers 8:27 (was 29th at 8:27)
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30 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 9:48 (was 31st at 9:15)
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37 Przemyslaw Niemiec 14:39 (was 38th at 10:42)
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42 Michele Scarponi 18:37 (was 41st at 11:38)
.....
49 Nicolas Roche 24:17 (was 49th at 21:32)
50 Pieter Weening 25:20 (was 58th at 26:18)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Nacer Bouhanni 166 (unchanged)
2 Giacomo Nizzolo 150 (unchanged)
3 Elia Viviani 139 (unchanged)
4 Roberto Ferrari 121 (unchanged)
5 Ben Swift 92 (unchanged)
6 Michael Matthews 90 (unchanged)
7 Diego Ulissi 66 (was 10th with 48 points)
8 Cadel Evans 60 (was 11th with 48 points)
9 Tyler Farrar 53 (was 7th with 53 points)
10 Davide Appollonio 5 (was 8th with 52 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Julian David Arredondo Moreno 47 (unchanged)
2 Diego Ulissi 39 (was 2nd with 35 points)
3 Stefano Pirazzi 26 (unchanged)
4 Robert Kiserlovski 20 (unchanged)
5 Cadel Evans 15 (unchanged)
6 Wilco Kelderman 15 (was 7th with 14 points)
7 Pieter Weening 14 (was 0 points)
8 Michael Matthews 14 (was 6th with 14 points)
9 Perrig Quemeneur 14 (was 8th with 14 points)
10 Maarten Tjallingii 12 (was 9th with 12 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Edwin Alcibiades A�vila Vanegas (Col) Colombia 9
Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 9
Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 9
Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Belkin Pro Cycling Team 9
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 8
Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 7
Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 7
Maxime Mederel (Fra) Team Europcar 7
Ramon Carretero (Pan) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 7
Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Team Katusha 6
Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 6
Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 6
Giorgio Cecchinel (Ita) Neri Sottoli - Yellow Fluo 6
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 6
Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 4
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Garmin Sharp 2
Daniel Martin (Irl) Garmin Sharp 1
Total retirements : 17


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