Stage 9 : May 12, Sansepolcro - Firenze, 170 km 1 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha 4.31.31 2 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Ag2R La Mondiale 0.44 3 Jarlinson Pantano (Col) Colombia 0.46 4 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Argos-Shimano 0.54 5 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 1.03 6 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 8 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Cannondale Pro Cycling 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 : Biggest gainers by position : +50 Gianluca Brambilla +45 Tobias Ludvigsson +31 Dmitry Kozontchuk +29 Oscar Gatto +26 Alan Marangoni +25 Maxim Belkov +24 Patrick Gretsch +21 Vladimir Gusev +21 Stefano Garzelli +20 Sylvain Georges Biggest losers by position : -28 Fabio Aru -27 Pieter Weening -20 Marco Canola -15 Diego Rosa -15 Edoardo Zardini -15 Giairo Ermeti -15 Petr Ignatenko -15 Rory Sutherland -15 Sacha Modolo -12 Angel Vicioso Arcos -12 Brett Lancaster Biggest gainers by time : +1:35 Maxim Belkov +0:31 Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez +0:27 Jarlinson Pantano +0:09 Tobias Ludvigsson Biggest losers by time : -22:03 Edoardo Zardini -22:03 Giairo Ermeti -22:03 Marco Canola -22:03 Mattia Gavazzi -18:31 Adam Blythe -18:31 Dalivier Ospina Navarro -18:31 Davide Appollonio -18:31 Elia Viviani -18:31 Jack Bobridge -18:31 Manuel Belletti -18:31 Maurits Lammertink Favourites by position : +17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +3 Steven Kruijswijk +1 Wilco Kelderman +1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez +1 Rigoberto Uran Uran +1 Domenico Pozzovivo -5 Ryder Hesjedal -7 Thomas Danielson -10 Christian Vande Velde Favourites by time : -1:06 Thomas Danielson -1:06 Ryder Hesjedal -4:33 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo -16:20 Christian Vande Velde Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Vincenzo Nibali 34:19:31 (unchanged) 2 Cadel Evans 0:29 (unchanged) 3 Robert Gesink 1:15 (unchanged) 4 Bradley Wiggins 1:16 (unchanged) 5 Michele Scarponi 1:24 (unchanged) 6 Sergio Luis Henao Montoya 2:11 (was 7th at 2:11) 7 Mauro Santambrogio 2:43 (was 8th at 2:43) 8 Przemyslaw Niemiec 2:44 (was 9th at 2:44) 9 Rigoberto Uran Uran 2:49 (was 10th at 2:49) 10 Tanel Kangert 3:02 (was 12th at 3:02) 11 Ryder Hesjedal 3:11 (was 6th at 2:05) 12 Wilco Kelderman 3:26 (was 13th at 3:26) ..... 14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 3:43 (was 15th at 3:43) 15 Domenico Pozzovivo 4:05 (was 16th at 4:05) ..... 20 Steven Kruijswijk 5:09 (was 23rd at 5:09) ..... 26 Thomas Danielson 5:43 (was 19th at 4:37) ..... 93 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 53:37 (was 110th at 49:04) ..... 117 Christian Vande Velde 1:05:00 (was 107th at 48:40) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Cadel Evans 61 (was 3rd with 49 points) 2 Mark Cavendish 58 (was 1st with 58 points) 3 Elia Viviani 52 (was 2nd with 52 points) 4 Enrico Battaglin 45 (unchanged) 5 Maxim Belkov 41 (was 0 points) 6 Adam Hansen 39 (was 5th with 39 points) 7 Mauro Santambrogio 37 (was 10th with 29 points) 8 Luca Paolini 35 (was 6th with 35 points) 9 Jarlinson Pantano 32 (was 39th with 12 points) 10 Nacer Bouhanni 31 (was 7th with 31 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Stefano Pirazzi 38 (was 3rd with 12 points) 2 Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez 23 (was 5th with 9 points) 3 Giovanni Visconti 16 (was 1st with 14 points) 4 Emanuele Sella 13 (was 2nd with 13 points) 5 Maxim Belkov 13 (was 0 points) 6 Adam Hansen 12 (was 4th with 12 points) 7 Jarlinson Pantano 12 (was 26th with 1 points) 8 Willem Wauters 9 (was 6th with 9 points) 9 Danilo Di Luca 5 (was 7th with 5 points) 10 Manuele Boaro 5 (was 8th with 5 points) Retirements to date : Stage Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 9 <<< Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Vini Fantini-Selle Italia 9 <<< Tomas Aurelio Gil Martinez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9 <<< Julien Berard (Fra) Ag2R La Mondiale 8 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica-GreenEdge 7 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7 Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Argos-Shimano 6 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 4 Total retirements : 10