Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8
Biggest gainers by position :
+29 Charles Wegelius
+27 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+26 Johan Van Summeren
+25 Nicolas Portal
+22 Marzio Bruseghin
+21 Fred Rodriguez
+20 Stef Clement
+20 Michael Albasini
+20 José Vicente Garcia Acosta
+20 Daniele Righi
Biggest losers by position :
-20 Grischa Niermann
-20 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga
-20 Martin Elmiger
-20 Simon Gerrans
-19 Bernhard Kohl
-18 Erik Zabel
-18 Ruben Perez Moreno
-17 Stefan Schumacher
-16 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
-15 Alexandre Botcharov
-15 Fabian Wegmann
Biggest gainers by time :
+0:42 Mauricio Soler
+0:16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:12 Cadel Evans
+0:02 Alberto Contador Velasco
Biggest losers by time :
-28:19 Igor Anton Hernandez
-28:19 Stéphane Augé
-28:09 Alberto Ongarato
-28:09 Aleksandr Kuchynski
-28:09 Alessandro Ballan
-28:09 Alessandro Cortinovis
-28:09 Alexander Efimkin
-28:09 Anthony Charteau
-28:09 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez
-28:09 Benoît Salmon
-28:09 Bernhard Eisel
Favourites by position :
+22 Marzio Bruseghin
+11 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
+9 Kim Kirchen
+9 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
+6 Yaroslav Popovych
+6 George Hincapie
+4 Levi Leipheimer
+4 Carlos Sastre Candil
+4 Andreas Klöden
+3 Dario David Cioni
+3 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Cadel Evans
+2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+1 Sylvain Chavanel
+1 Christophe Moreau
+1 Alexandre Vinokourov
-4 Frank Schleck
-4 Fabian Cancellara
-5 Michael Boogerd
-6 Filippo Pozzato
-7 Andrey Kashechkin
-8 Denis Menchov
-9 Paolo Savoldelli
-11 Manuel Beltran Martinez
Favourites by time :
+0:16 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte
+0:12 Cadel Evans
+0:02 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:04 Kim Kirchen
-0:04 Carlos Sastre Candil
-0:04 Andreas Klöden
-0:12 Christophe Moreau
-0:44 Yaroslav Popovych
-2:42 Vladimir Karpets
-2:42 Tadej Valjavec
-2:42 Oscar Pereiro Sio
-2:42 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre
-2:42 Frank Schleck
-2:42 Andrey Kashechkin
-2:42 Alexandre Vinokourov
-3:16 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin
-3:51 Denis Menchov
-5:50 Manuel Beltran Martinez
-6:02 George Hincapie
-6:22 Sylvain Chavanel
-6:43 Dario David Cioni
-9:31 Michael Boogerd
-9:31 Marzio Bruseghin
-9:31 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro
-22:08 Paolo Savoldelli
-28:09 Filippo Pozzato
-28:09 Fabian Cancellara
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Michael Rasmussen 43.52.48
2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 2.35
3 Iban Mayo Diez 2.39
4 Cadel Evans 2.41
5 Alberto Contador Velasco 3.08
6 Christophe Moreau 3.18
7 Carlos Sastre Candil 3.39
8 Andreas Klöden 3.50
9 Levi Leipheimer 3.53
10 Kim Kirchen 5.06
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12 Andrey Kashechkin 5.34
13 Frank Schleck 5.56
14 Oscar Pereiro Sio 6.36
15 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 6.42
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18 Denis Menchov 7.10
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20 Tadej Valjavec 7.45
21 Alexandre Vinokourov 8.05
22 Yaroslav Popovych 8.16
23 Vladimir Karpets 8.51
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27 Manuel Beltran Martinez 10.09
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31 Michael Boogerd 16.09
32 Sylvain Chavanel 17.12
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39 George Hincapie 26.21
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48 Juan Miguel Mercado Martin 32.47
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50 Dario David Cioni 33.09
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63 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro 45.58
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68 Marzio Bruseghin 51.59
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72 Paolo Savoldelli 52.56
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106 Filippo Pozzato 1.16.19
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111 Fabian Cancellara 1.19.47
Retirements to date :
Agritubel Cédric Hervé
" Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez
" Romain Feillu
Barloworld Enrico Degano
Caisse d'Epargne Xabier Zandio Echaide
Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone Geoffroy Lequatre
" Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto
Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Tomas Vaitkus
Française des Jeux Rémy Di Grégorio
Lampre - Fondital Danilo Napolitano
Predictor - Lotto Robbie McEwen
Rabobank Oscar Freire Gomez
Saunier Duval - Prodir Ruben Lobato Elvira
T-Mobile Team Mark Cavendish
" Michael Rogers
" Patrik Sinkewitz
Team CSC Stuart O'Grady
Team Milram Brett Lancaster
Total retirements : 18