Tour de France, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : Sunday, July 12 2009, Saint-Gaudens - Tarbes, 160.5 km

1 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 4.05.31
2 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.34
4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha
5 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto
8 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - NGC
10 Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+45 Michael Rogers
+26 Oscar Freire Gomez
+26 Hayden Roulston
+25 Pierrick Fedrigo
+25 Greg Van Avermaet
+25 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza
+24 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+24 Amael Moinard
+22 Maxime Bouet
+22 Mauro Santambrogio

Biggest losers by position :
-36 Christophe Riblon
-25 David Zabriskie
-25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
-24 Simon Spilak
-23 Christophe Moreau
-23 Jose Luis Arrieta Lujambio
-23 Remi Pauriol
-22 Jerome Pineau
-22 Johannes Frohlinger
-21 Heinrich Haussler
-21 Stijn Devolder

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:34 Pierrick Fedrigo
+0:34 Franco Pellizotti

Biggest losers by time :
-37:29 Kenny Robert van Hummel
-24:23 Alan Perez Lezaun
-24:23 Albert Timmer
-24:23 Alexandre Pichot
-24:23 Andreas Klier
-24:23 Angelo Furlan
-24:23 Anthony Geslin
-24:23 Benoit Vaugrenard
-24:23 Bernhard Eisel
-24:23 Bert Grabsch
-24:23 Brett Lancaster

Favourites by position :
+13 Jens Voigt
+9 Franco Pellizotti
+1 Vladimir Karpets
+1 Denis Menchov
-17 Marzio Bruseghin

Favourites by time :
+0:34 Franco Pellizotti
-24:23 Marzio Bruseghin

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Rinaldo Nocentini 34.24.21
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.06
3 Lance Armstrong 0.08
4 Levi Leipheimer 0.39
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9 Andy Schleck 1.49
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13 Frank Schleck 2.25
14 Roman Kreuziger 2.40
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16 Carlos Sastre Candil 2.52
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18 Cadel Evans 3.07
19 Kim Kirchen 3.16
20 Vladimir Karpets 3.49
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27 Denis Menchov 5.02
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46 Franco Pellizotti 14.49
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57 Jens Voigt 23.02
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112 Marzio Bruseghin 57.57

Retirements to date : Stage
Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 9
David Lelay (Fra) Agritubel 8
Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 8
Koldo Fernandez De Larrea (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8
Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8
Sebastien Joly (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 6
Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3
Total retirements : 9