Stage 9 : Jul 10, Issoire - Saint-Flour, 208 km
1 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 5.27.09
2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar 0.05
3 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ 0.13
4 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 3.59
5 Peter Velits (Svk) HTC-Highroad
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
8 Tony Martin (Ger) HTC-Highroad
9 Frank Schleck (Lux) Leopard Trek
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - ISD
Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+42 Xabier Zandio Echaide
+41 Paolo Tiralongo
+34 Tristan Valentin
+34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+34 Gerald Ciolek
+32 Laurent Mangel
+32 Alessandro Vanotti
+31 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho
+29 Gorka Izagirre Insausti
+26 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
Biggest losers by position :
-48 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil
-25 Brian Vandborg
-25 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni
-23 Thor Hushovd
-22 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-21 Johnny Hoogerland
-21 Sebastian Lang
-19 David Millar
-19 Gianni Meersman
-19 Leonardo Duque
-19 Mickael Delage
Biggest gainers by time :
+1:34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+1:29 Thomas Voeckler
+1:21 Sandy Casar
Biggest losers by time :
-20:14 Fabrice Jeandesboz
-19:57 Andrei Amador Bipkazacova
-19:54 Niki Terpstra
-19:52 Bernhard Eisel
-19:52 Mark Cavendish
-19:37 Addy Engels
-19:37 Andre Greipel
-19:37 Andriy Grivko
-19:37 Anthony Delaplace
-19:37 Arnaud Coyot
-19:37 Borut Bozic
Favourites by position :
+34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
+14 David Arroyo Duran
+9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
+8 Jens Voigt
+6 Levi Leipheimer
+4 Alberto Contador Velasco
+2 Robert Gesink
+2 Ivan Basso
+1 Andy Schleck
-1 Frank Schleck
-1 Cadel Evans
-4 Roman Kreuziger
-4 Andreas Kloden
Favourites by time :
+1:34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil
-2:25 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez
-2:25 Frank Schleck
-2:25 Cadel Evans
-2:25 Andy Schleck
-2:25 Alberto Contador Velasco
-2:33 Robert Gesink
-2:33 Levi Leipheimer
-2:33 Ivan Basso
-2:33 Andreas Kloden
-4:16 David Arroyo Duran
-5:13 Jens Voigt
-15:04 Roman Kreuziger
Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Thomas Voeckler 38:35:11 (was 19th at 1:29)
2 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 1:49 (was 36th at 3:23)
3 Cadel Evans 2:26 (was 2nd at 0:01)
4 Frank Schleck 2:29 (was 3rd at 0:04)
5 Andy Schleck 2:37 (was 6th at 0:12)
6 Tony Martin 2:38 (was 7th at 0:13)
7 Peter Velits 2:38 (was 8th at 0:13)
8 Andreas Kloden 2:43 (was 4th at 0:10)
9 Philippe Gilbert 2:55 (was 10th at 0:30)
10 Jakob Fuglsang 3:08 (was 5th at 0:12)
11 Ivan Basso 3:36 (was 13th at 1:03)
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15 Robert Gesink 4:01 (was 17th at 1:28)
16 Alberto Contador Velasco 4:07 (was 20th at 1:42)
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20 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 5:01 (was 29th at 2:36)
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36 Levi Leipheimer 7:16 (was 42nd at 4:43)
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73 David Arroyo Duran 24:06 (was 87th at 19:50)
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94 Jens Voigt 28:59 (was 102nd at 23:46)
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115 Roman Kreuziger 40:31 (was 111st at 25:27)
Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Philippe Gilbert 217 (was 1st with 187 points)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 172 (unchanged)
3 Mark Cavendish 153 (unchanged)
4 Thor Hushovd 137 (was 4th with 130 points)
5 Cadel Evans 135 (was 5th with 120 points)
6 Romain Feillu 99 (unchanged)
7 Andre Greipel 78 (unchanged)
8 Tyler Farrar 76 (unchanged)
9 Sebastien Hinault 60 (unchanged)
10 Denis Galimzyanov 55 (unchanged)
Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Johnny Hoogerland 22 (was 3rd with 4 points)
2 Thomas Voeckler 16 (was 0 points)
3 Tejay Van Garderen 5 (was 1st with 5 points)
4 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 5 (was 2nd with 5 points)
5 Sandy Casar 5 (was 0 points)
6 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni 4 (was 0 points)
7 Anthony Roux 3 (was 4th with 3 points)
8 Cadel Evans 2 (was 5th with 2 points)
9 Philippe Gilbert 2 (was 6th with 2 points)
10 Christophe Riblon 2 (was 7th with 2 points)
Retirements to date : Stage
Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana 9 <<<
Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9 <<<
David Zabriskie (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9 <<<
Frederik Willems (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9 <<<
Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 9 <<<
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9 <<<
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team 9 <<<
Wout Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9 <<<
Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Movistar Team 8
Christopher Horner (USA) Team RadioShack 8
Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 7
Remi Pauriol (Fra) FDJ 7
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep Cycling Team 7
Ivan Murillo Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6
Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Movistar Team 6
Christophe Kern (Fra) Team Europcar 5
Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Team RadioShack 5
Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4
Total retirements : 18