Stage 9 : Saturday, August 15 2009, Oliveira do Bairro - Seia, 154.6 km
1 Nuno Ribeiro (Por) Liberty Seguros 4.20.51
2 David Blanco (Spa) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 0.26
3 Ruben Plaza (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.35
4 Eladio Jimenez (Spa) Centro Cilismo De Loule - Louletano 0.44
5 David Bernabeu (Spa) Barbot - Siper 0.48
6 Nelson Vitorino (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira 1.17
7 Andre Cardoso (Por) Palmeiras Resort / Tavira
8 Tiago Machado (Por) Madeinox Boavista 1.23
9 Joao Cabreira (Por) Centro Cilismo De Loule - Louletano 1.52
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.13
Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8 :
Biggest gainers by position :
+20 Joao Benta
+18 Rui Sousa
+18 Ricardo Mestre
+18 Bruno Pinto
+17 Davide Rici Bitti
+15 Sebastien Delfosse
+14 Manuel Calvente
+14 David Livramento
+12 Miguel Candil
+11 Isidro Nozal
Biggest losers by position :
-17 Pedro Lopes
-16 Helder Oliveira
-15 Danail Petrov
-15 Hector Guerra
-14 Oleg Chuzhda
-13 Celestino Pinho
-13 Geert Verheyen
-13 Marco Marzano
-13 Sergio Ribeiro
-12 Bruno Barbosa
-10 Filipe Cardoso
Biggest gainers by time :
Biggest losers by time :
-31:35 Giairo Ermetti
-31:20 Eloy Teruel
-31:00 Alejandro Marque
-31:00 Alejandro Paleo
-31:00 Alessandro Petacchi
-31:00 Andrea Grendene
-31:00 Benjamin Gourgue
-31:00 Bruno Castanheira
-31:00 Bruno Sancho
-31:00 Bruno Saraiva
-31:00 Carlos Castano
Favourites by position :
+8 Damiano Cunego
+6 Ruben Plaza
+4 Tiago Machado
+4 Eladio Jimenez
+4 David Blanco
+1 David Bernabeu
-8 Candido Barbosa
-15 Hector Guerra
Favourites by time :
-0:30 David Blanco
-0:41 Ruben Plaza
-0:54 Eladio Jimenez
-0:58 David Bernabeu
-1:33 Tiago Machado
-2:23 Damiano Cunego
-21:01 Candido Barbosa
-27:06 Hector Guerra
-31:00 Carlos Castano
Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Nuno Ribeiro 40.30.28
2 David Bernabeu 1.55
3 Joao Cabreira 2.09
4 David Blanco 2.17
5 Ruben Plaza 2.35
6 Eladio Jimenez 2.47
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9 Tiago Machado 3.42
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15 Damiano Cunego 8.37
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26 Candido Barbosa 24.31
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32 Hector Guerra 30.31
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72 Carlos Castano 1.10.39
Retirements to date : Stage
Antonio Piedra (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 9 <<<
Esteban Plaza (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 9 <<<
Jose A. Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cajasur 9 <<<
Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 <<<
Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9 <<<
Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 9 <<<
Dario Cioni (Ita) ISD 8
Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 7
Jorge Montenegro (Arg) Andalucia - Cajasur 7
Antonio Amorin (Por) Barbot - Siper 5
Claudio J. Casas (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 5
Francisco Jose Pacheco (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 5
Hector Espasandin (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Mario Costa (Por) Barbot - Siper 5
Santiago Perez (Spa) Madeinox Boavista 5
Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) ISD 5
Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 5
Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 4
David Calatayud (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 3
David Herrero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2
Dioni Galparsoro (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 2
Total retirements : 21