Stage 10 : Tuesday, September 8 2009, Alicante - Murcia, 162 km 1 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo TestTeam 3.56.19 2 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 3 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Saxo Bank 4 Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 5 Adam Hansen (Aus) Columbia-HTC 0.29 6 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.31 7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.37 8 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Saxo Bank 0.39 9 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 10 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step Changes in stage 10 compared to stage 9 : Biggest gainers by position : +36 Arnaud Gerard +35 Karsten Kroon +33 Adam Hansen +29 Aitor Perez Arrieta +26 Oliver Zaugg +25 Francisco Perez +25 Christophe Riblon +24 Xavier Florencio +24 Ruben Perez +24 Roman Kreuziger Biggest losers by position : -25 Frank Schleck -23 David Lopez Garcia -22 John Gadret -22 Lieuwe Westra -21 Alessandro Ballan -19 Eros Capecchi -18 Bjorn Leukemans -18 Daniele Bennati -18 Jose Luis Arrieta -18 Olivier Kaisen -17 Borut Bozic Biggest gainers by time : +4:02 Simon Gerrans +3:54 Ryder Hesjedal +3:54 Jakob Fuglsang +3:42 Alexander Vinokourov +3:13 Adam Hansen +3:11 Francisco Perez +3:09 Arnaud Gerard +3:05 Christophe Riblon +3:03 Matteo Tosatto +3:03 Karsten Kroon Biggest losers by time : -13:34 Jose Vicente Garcia -13:34 Xabier Zandio -10:51 Aitor Hernandez -10:51 Alan Perez -10:51 Alessandro Ballan -10:51 Andre Greipel -10:51 Anthony Roux -10:51 Assan Bazayev -10:51 Bjorn Leukemans -10:51 Bjorn Schroder -10:51 Borut Bozic Favourites by position : +24 Roman Kreuziger +13 Alexander Vinokourov +7 Linus Gerdemann +1 Xavier Tondo -16 Fabian Cancellara -25 Frank Schleck Favourites by time : +3:42 Alexander Vinokourov -4:51 Linus Gerdemann -10:51 Frank Schleck -10:51 Fabian Cancellara Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Alejandro Valverde 40.26.41 2 Cadel Evans 0.07 3 Robert Gesink 0.36 ..... 5 Ivan Basso 0.53 6 Samuel Sanchez 1.03 7 Damiano Cunego 2.04 8 Ezequiel Mosquera 2.24 9 Haimar Zubeldia 3.01 ..... 17 Xavier Tondo 4.49 ..... 37 Alexander Vinokourov 14.31 ..... 61 Frank Schleck 23.47 ..... 96 Roman Kreuziger 36.44 ..... 102 Linus Gerdemann 39.09 ..... 116 Fabian Cancellara 42.51 Retirements to date : Stage Jose Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 10 <<< Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Milram 10 <<< Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 9 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quick Step 9 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 9 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 8 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 8 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Columbia-HTC 6 Manuel Ortega (Spa) Andalucia-Cajasur 6 Oscar Garcia-Casarrubios (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 6 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 5 Robert Kiserlovski (Cro) Fuji-Servetto 5 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 4 Total retirements : 15