Tour de Suisse, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : June 22, 2014, Martigny - Saas-Fee, 157 km

1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 4.13.14
2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 0.14
3 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 0.24
4 Steve Morabito (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0.47
5 Olivier Zaugg (Swi) Tinkoff-Saxo
6 Fernando S Martins Cardoso (Por) Garmin Sharp 1.28
7 Jeremy Roy (Fra) FDJ.fr 1.41
8 Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 1.48
9 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 2.18
10 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+40 Sander Armee
+34 Jeremy Roy
+31 Philip Deignan
+30 Joseph Lloyd Dombrowski
+29 Roger Kluge
+29 Martin Velits
+29 Marco Haller
+29 Laurent Mangel
+29 Andrea Palini
+28 Bjorn Thurau

Biggest losers by position :
-23 Ion Izagirre Insausti
-21 Davide Rebellin
-21 Marek Rutkiewicz
-19 Tom Jelte Slagter
-18 Branislau Samoilau
-13 Lawson Craddock
-13 Nathan Brown
-12 Danilo Wyss
-12 Koen De Kort
-12 Martin Kohler
-12 Peter Sagan

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:05 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+0:51 Bauke Mollema
+0:41 Mathias Frank
+0:18 Steve Morabito
+0:18 Olivier Zaugg

Biggest losers by time :
-31:34 Alexander Kristoff
-31:34 Alexander Porsev
-31:34 Andrea Palini
-31:34 Anthony Roux
-31:34 Branislau Samoilau
-31:34 Bryan Coquard
-31:34 Cedric Pineau
-31:34 Christophe Kern
-31:34 Daniele Bennati
-31:34 Danilo Wyss
-31:34 Davide Rebellin

Favourites by position :
+2 Thibaut Pinot
+2 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+2 Mathias Frank
+2 Laurens ten Dam
+2 Bauke Mollema
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-1 Cadel Evans

Favourites by time :
+1:05 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa
+0:51 Bauke Mollema
+0:41 Mathias Frank
-1:13 Roman Kreuziger
-1:13 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle
-1:37 Laurens ten Dam
-1:37 Cadel Evans
-2:14 Thibaut Pinot
-15:57 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 33:08:35 (was 3rd at 1:05)
2 Mathias Frank 0:33 (was 4th at 1:14)
3 Bauke Mollema 0:50 (was 5th at 1:41)
4 Tony Martin 1:13 (was 1st at 0:00)
5 Tom Dumoulin 2:04 (was 2nd at 0:51)
6 Steve Morabito 2:47 (was 12th at 3:05)
7 Davide Formolo 3:00 (was 6th at 1:47)
8 Roman Kreuziger 3:03 (was 7th at 1:50)
9 Janier Alexis Acevedo Colle 3:20 (was 8th at 2:07)
10 Eros Capecchi 3:46 (was 9th at 2:29)
11 Cadel Evans 4:07 (was 10th at 2:30)
.....
13 Laurens ten Dam 4:55 (was 15th at 3:18)
.....
15 Thibaut Pinot 5:45 (was 17th at 3:31)
.....
40 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 25:19 (was 40th at 9:22)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 88 (unchanged)
2 Bauke Mollema 46 (was 5th with 34 points)
3 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 42 (was 6th with 27 points)
4 Tony Martin 38 (was 3rd with 38 points)
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 37 (was 4th with 37 points)
6 Tom Dumoulin 29 (was 9th with 25 points)
7 Mathias Frank 28 (was 17th with 18 points)
8 Matteo Trentin 25 (was 7th with 25 points)
9 Alexander Kristoff 24 (was 10th with 24 points)
10 Roman Kreuziger 21 (was 18th with 18 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Bjorn Thurau 74 (unchanged)
2 Reto Hollenstein 37 (unchanged)
3 Bauke Mollema 32 (was 7th with 15 points)
4 Lawrence Warbasse 28 (was 3rd with 28 points)
5 Philip Deignan 24 (was 4th with 24 points)
6 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 20 (was 0 points)
7 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
8 Stef Clement 20 (was 0 points)
9 Mathias Frank 18 (was 25th with 4 points)
10 Jacopo Guarnieri 16 (was 6th with 16 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 9
Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky 9
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 9
Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9
Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 9
Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 9
Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 9
Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 9
Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 9
Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Team Europcar 9
Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol 9
Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Julian Kern (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 9
Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano 9
Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 9
Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 9
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 9
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 9
Mateusz Taciak (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 9
Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 9
Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 9
Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 9
Maximilian Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 9
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 9
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 9
Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 9
Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 9
Tom Danielson (USA) Garmin Sharp 9
Vegard Breen (Nor) Lotto Belisol 9
Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) MTN - Qhubeka 8
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 8
Peter Kennaugh (GBr) Team Sky 8
John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 7
Matthew Busche (USA) Trek Factory Racing 7
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky 7
Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 7
Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) CCC Polsat Polkowice 6
Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 6
Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 6
Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 6
Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 6
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 5
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 5
Michel Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 5
Daniele Ratto (Ita) Cannondale 4
Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 4
Jerome Baugnies (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 4
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4
Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing 3
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 2
Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 2
Marc Goos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 2
Maxime Monfort (Bel) Lotto Belisol 2
Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 2
Total retirements : 55


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