Stage 11 : Wednesday, September 9 2009, Murcia - Caravaca de la Cruz, 191 km 1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5.11.10 2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil 4 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 Andre Greipel (Ger) Columbia-HTC 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 8 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 9 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 10 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step Changes in stage 11 compared to stage 10 : Biggest gainers by position : +28 Ignas Konovalovas +28 Aitor Hernandez +27 Marco Marcato +26 Kurt-Asle Arvesen +25 Vicente Reynes +24 Rein Taaramae +24 Imanol Erviti +23 Maxim Iglinsky +23 Martin Velits +23 Kjell Carlstrom Biggest losers by position : -27 Gustavo Dominguez -26 Bert Grabsch -25 Christophe Riblon -24 Fredrik Kessiakoff -24 Paul Martens -21 Arnaud Gerard -21 Marco Velo -17 Bjorn Leukemans -17 Ruben Perez -15 Mickael Buffaz -14 Olivier Kaisen Biggest gainers by time : +0:20 Tyler Farrar +0:14 Philippe Gilbert +0:08 Marco Marcato +0:06 Andre Greipel Biggest losers by time : -14:34 Francesco Tomei -14:34 Paul Voss -14:29 Fredrik Kessiakoff -14:24 Aitor Perez Arrieta -14:24 Anthony Roux -14:24 Arnaud Gerard -14:24 Assan Bazayev -14:24 Bjorn Schroder -14:24 Borut Bozic -14:24 Christian Meier -14:24 Christophe Brandt Favourites by position : +16 Fabian Cancellara +11 Linus Gerdemann +10 Roman Kreuziger +1 Alexander Vinokourov Favourites by time : -0:09 Haimar Zubeldia -0:09 Damiano Cunego -0:12 Xavier Tondo -0:53 Fabian Cancellara -0:56 Roman Kreuziger -0:56 Alexander Vinokourov -1:03 Linus Gerdemann Top 3 and favourites standings : 1 Alejandro Valverde 45.37.51 2 Cadel Evans 0.07 3 Robert Gesink 0.36 4 Tom Danielson 0.51 5 Ivan Basso 0.53 6 Samuel Sanchez 1.03 7 Damiano Cunego 2.13 8 Ezequiel Mosquera 2.24 9 Haimar Zubeldia 3.10 ..... 17 Xavier Tondo 5.01 ..... 36 Alexander Vinokourov 15.27 ..... 86 Roman Kreuziger 37.40 ..... 91 Linus Gerdemann 40.12 ..... 100 Fabian Cancellara 43.44 Retirements to date : Stage Frank Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 11 <<< John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 <<< Michael Albasini (Swi) Columbia-HTC 11 <<< 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 : 18