Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8
            
           Biggest gainers by position :
                  +3   Yohann Gène 
                  +3   Mathieu Heijboer 
                  +3   Lloyd Mondory 
                  +3   Laurent Mangel 
                  +3   Dario Andriotto 
                  +3   Danilo Napolitano 
                  +3   Arnaud Labbe 
                  +2   Thor Hushovd 
                  +2   Rubens Bertogliati 
                  +2   Raivis Belohvosciks 
            
           Biggest losers by position :
                 -19   Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio 
                 -12   Ivan Rovny 
                  -9   Christophe Kern 
                  -9   Mathieu Perget 
                  -9   Sergio Ghisalberti 
                  -8   Andrei Kunitski 
                  -8   Frantisek Rabon 
                  -8   Michael Rasmussen 
                  -5   Martin Müller 
                  -4   Arnaud Gérard 
                  -4   Carl Naibo 
            
           Biggest gainers by time :
               +0:20   Danilo Napolitano 
               +0:12   Robbie McEwen 
               +0:08   Alessandro Petacchi 
               +0:06   Nicolas Crosbie 
               +0:04   Frédéric Bessy 
            
           Biggest losers by time :
               -4:26   Sergio Ghisalberti 
               -4:14   Martin Müller 
               -3:29   Aaron Olson 
               -3:29   Arnaud Gérard 
               -3:29   Christophe Kern 
               -3:29   Fabien Patanchon 
               -3:29   Frantisek Rabon 
               -3:29   Ivan Rovny 
               -3:29   Mathieu Perget 
               -3:29   Michael Rasmussen 
               -3:29   Mikhail Ignatiev 
            
           Favourites by position :
                  +1   Fabian Cancellara 
            
           Favourites by time :
            
           Top 3 and favourites standings :
                   1  Marco Pinotti                              39.45.42
                   2  Andrea Noe'                                    0.28
                   3  Serguei Yakovlev                               0.54
                   .....
                   9  Dario David Cioni                              2.13
                   .....
                  17  Danilo Di Luca                                 4.12
                  18  Franco Pellizotti                              4.38
                   .....
                  22  Damiano Cunego                                 5.06
                   .....
                  25  Paolo Savoldelli                               5.19
                   .....
                  32  Stefano Garzelli                               5.37
                  33  Riccardo Ricco                                 5.45
                  34  Yaroslav Popovych                              5.55
                  35  Paolo Bettini                                  6.08
                  36  Gilberto Simoni                                6.12
                  37  Leonardo Piepoli                               6.12
                   .....
                  40  Iban Mayo Diez                                 6.31
                   .....
                  65  Pietro Caucchioli                              8.17
                   .....
                  69  Davide Rebellin                                8.44
                   .....
                 133  Fabian Cancellara                             29.40
            
           Retirements to date :
               AG2r Prévoyance                         Julien Loubet 
               Bouygues Telecom                        Thomas Voeckler 
               Caisse d'Epargne                        Joan Horrach Rippoll 
               Crédit Agricole                         Patrice Halgand 
               Euskaltel - Euskadi                     Benat Albizuri Aransolo 
               Française des Jeux                      Cyrille Monnerais 
                  "                                    Ian McLeod 
                  "                                    Timothy Gudsell 
               Gerolsteiner                            Volker Ordowski 
               Quickstep - Innergetic                  Andrea Tonti 
               Rabobank                                Graeme Brown 
                  "                                    Leon Van Bon 
               T-Mobile Team                           Adam Hansen 
                  "                                    Michael Barry 
                  "                                    Thomas Ziegler 
               Team CSC                                Michael Blaudzun 
            Total retirements : 16