Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8 Biggest gainers by position : +19 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni +19 Greg Van Avermaet +15 Xabier Zandio Echaide +15 Egoi Martinez De Esteban +15 Christophe Kern +14 Alan Perez Lezaun +13 Patrice Halgand +13 Damiano Cunego +11 Davide Rebellin +11 Andrea Tonti Biggest losers by position : -15 Jose Ruiz Sanchez -14 Danilo Napolitano -10 Daniele Bennati -9 Cycril Lemoine -9 Jeremy Hunt -9 Valerio Agnoli -8 Assan Bazayev -8 Juan Jose Haedo -8 Pedro Horrillo Munoz -3 Andreas Kloden -3 David Arroyo Duran Biggest gainers by time : +7:01 Greg Van Avermaet +6:43 Davide Rebellin +6:41 Egoi Martinez De Esteban +6:39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni +6:33 David Moncoutie +6:31 Xabier Zandio Echaide +6:31 Rinaldo Nocentini +6:31 Patrice Halgand +6:31 Damiano Cunego +6:31 Christophe Kern Biggest losers by time : -12:37 Danilo Napolitano -12:37 Juan Jose Haedo -12:37 Oscar Gatto -11:55 Assan Bazayev -11:55 Dmitriy Muravyev -9:31 Jose Ruiz Sanchez -5:43 Cycril Lemoine -5:43 Daniele Bennati -5:43 Jeremy Hunt -5:43 Pedro Horrillo Munoz -5:43 Valerio Agnoli Favourites by position : +13 Damiano Cunego +11 Davide Rebellin +1 Yaroslav Popovych +1 Stefan Schumacher +1 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau -1 Robert Gesink -1 Levi Leipheimer -1 Igor Anton Hernandez -1 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez -1 Carlos Sastre Candil -1 Alessandro Ballan -1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -1 Alberto Contador Velasco -2 Marzio Bruseghin -3 Andreas Kloden Favourites by time : +6:43 Davide Rebellin +6:31 Damiano Cunego -0:11 Yaroslav Popovych -0:11 Stefan Schumacher -0:11 Robert Gesink -0:11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau -0:11 Marzio Bruseghin -0:11 Levi Leipheimer -0:11 Igor Anton Hernandez -0:11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez -0:11 Carlos Sastre Candil -0:11 Andreas Kloden -0:11 Alessandro Ballan -0:11 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -0:11 Alberto Contador Velasco Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban 33.23.56 2 Levi Leipheimer 0.11 3 Alberto Contador Velasco 0.32 4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1.00 5 Carlos Sastre Candil 1.38 6 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez 2.10 7 Igor Anton Hernandez 2.23 ..... 10 Robert Gesink 3.22 11 Davide Rebellin 3.41 12 Marzio Bruseghin 3.46 ..... 22 Andreas Kloden 9.36 ..... 34 Alessandro Ballan 17.32 ..... 37 Damiano Cunego 19.14 ..... 53 Yaroslav Popovych 27.26 54 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau 28.21 ..... 108 Stefan Schumacher 55.42 Retirements to date : Stage Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom 7 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 1 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Credit Agricole 8 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 7 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 9 <<< Volodymyr Diudia (Ukr) Team Milram 7 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7 Total retirements : 10