Vuelta a Espana, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : Monday, September 7 2009, Alcoy - Xorret de Cati, 186 km

1 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5.21.04
2 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0.21
3 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.40
4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 0.41
5 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence-Lotto
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas
8 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 0.53
9 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.12
10 Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin-Slipstream


Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+38 Marco Marzano
+30 Javier Ramirez
+27 Adam Hansen
+26 Igor Anton
+20 Ludovic Turpin
+18 Pierrick Fedrigo
+18 Dominique Rollin
+17 Mickael Buffaz
+17 Matthew Lloyd
+16 Gustavo Cesar Veloso

Biggest losers by position :
-22 Christophe Brandt
-20 Benat Intxausti
-18 Antonio Piedra
-15 Alexander Vinokourov
-15 Jesus Del Nero
-14 Eros Capecchi
-13 Adrian Palomares
-12 Juan Manuel Garate
-12 Tom Boonen
-12 Tyler Farrar
-11 Leonardo Duque

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:04 Gustavo Cesar Veloso
+0:27 Marco Marzano
+0:02 Alejandro Valverde

Biggest losers by time :
-14:01 Christophe Brandt
-13:05 Maciej Bodnar
-13:05 Rinaldo Nocentini
-11:48 Jose Vicente Garcia
-11:44 Damien Gaudin
-11:22 Wouter Weylandt
-11:13 Jens Mouris
-11:09 Anthony Roux
-10:58 Jose Ruiz
-10:54 Gerald Ciolek
-10:48 Jurgen Roelandts

Favourites by position :
+10 Frank Schleck
+2 Robert Gesink
+1 Xavier Tondo
+1 Ivan Basso
+1 Ezequiel Mosquera
+1 Alejandro Valverde
-1 Haimar Zubeldia
-1 Cadel Evans
-3 Samuel Sanchez
-5 Fabian Cancellara
-9 Linus Gerdemann
-10 Roman Kreuziger
-15 Alexander Vinokourov

Favourites by time :
+0:02 Alejandro Valverde
-0:07 Robert Gesink
-0:07 Ivan Basso
-0:07 Cadel Evans
-0:38 Ezequiel Mosquera
-0:38 Damiano Cunego
-0:55 Samuel Sanchez
-0:55 Frank Schleck
-1:23 Xavier Tondo
-1:24 Haimar Zubeldia
-8:02 Fabian Cancellara
-8:37 Linus Gerdemann
-9:20 Alexander Vinokourov
-9:30 Roman Kreuziger

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Alejandro Valverde 36.26.40
2 Cadel Evans 0.07
3 Robert Gesink 0.36
.....
5 Ivan Basso 0.53
6 Samuel Sanchez 1.03
7 Damiano Cunego 2.04
8 Ezequiel Mosquera 2.24
9 Haimar Zubeldia 3.01
.....
18 Xavier Tondo 4.49
.....
36 Frank Schleck 12.56
.....
50 Alexander Vinokourov 18.13
.....
100 Fabian Cancellara 32.00
.....
109 Linus Gerdemann 34.18
.....
120 Roman Kreuziger 36.44

Retirements to date : Stage
Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 9
Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9
Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9
Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9
Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 8
Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Columbia-HTC 6
Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6
Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 6
Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5
Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 5
Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 13