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