Stage 9 : Sep 5, Calpe - Alcoi, 187.7 km 1 David Lopez (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne 5.20.51 2 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas-Doimo 0.06 3 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Team Katusha 0.13 4 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 0.21 5 Blel Kadri (Fra) Ag2R-La Mondiale 0.27 6 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.30 7 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 0.55 8 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.36 9 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 3.52 10 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 4.17 Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 : Biggest gainers by position : +32 Jean-Christophe Peraud +26 Martin Pedersen +25 Kevin De Weert +22 David Lopez +20 Leif Hoste +20 Davide Malacarne +20 Christophe Riblon +19 David Moncoutie +19 Blel Kadri +18 Roman Kreuziger Biggest losers by position : -27 Markus Fothen -25 Carlos Barredo -19 Andrey Zeits -19 Kanstantin Sivtsov -19 Niki Terpstra -18 Assan Bazayev -18 Daniele Bennati -18 Gorka Verdugo -18 Xavier Florencio -17 Arthur Vichot -16 Greg Van Avermaet Biggest gainers by time : +7:22 David Lopez +7:08 Roman Kreuziger +6:57 Giampaolo Caruso +6:47 David Moncoutie +6:35 Blel Kadri +6:32 Egoi Martinez +6:07 Jean-Christophe Peraud +4:26 Gonzalo Rabunal +3:10 Oscar Pujol +2:45 Jelle Vanendert Biggest losers by time : -19:06 Alexandre Pichot -19:06 Andreas Stauff -19:06 Andrey Zeits -19:06 Arnaud Labbe -19:06 Arthur Vichot -19:06 Assan Bazayev -19:06 Daniele Bennati -19:06 Daniele Righi -19:06 David Vitoria -19:06 David Zabriskie -19:06 Denis Galimzyanov Favourites by position : +18 Roman Kreuziger +17 Christian Vande Velde +10 Andy Schleck +10 Allan Davis -1 Luis-Leon Sanchez -1 David Zabriskie -2 David Arroyo Favourites by time : +7:08 Roman Kreuziger -0:13 Denis Menchov -0:17 David Arroyo -0:43 Andy Schleck -0:51 Christian Vande Velde -6:52 Allan Davis -19:06 David Zabriskie Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Igor Anton 37:56:42 (unchanged) 2 Joaquin Rodriguez 0:00 (unchanged) 3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:02 (unchanged) 4 Xavier Tondo 0:42 (unchanged) 5 Jean-Christophe Peraud 0:52 (was 37th at 6:59) 6 Ruben Plaza 1:15 (unchanged) 7 Ezequiel Mosquera 1:18 (unchanged) 8 Nicholas Roche 1:19 (unchanged) 9 Marzio Bruseghin 1:22 (was 5th at 1:10) 10 Peter Velits 1:26 (was 9th at 1:26) ..... 13 Frank Schleck 1:47 (unchanged) ..... 17 Carlos Sastre 2:11 (unchanged) 18 David Arroyo 2:15 (was 16th at 1:58) 19 Luis-Leon Sanchez 2:21 (was 18th at 2:21) 20 Denis Menchov 3:29 (was 20th at 3:16) ..... 31 Roman Kreuziger 6:02 (was 49th at 13:10) ..... 77 Andy Schleck 37:16 (was 87th at 36:33) ..... 104 Christian Vande Velde 56:06 (was 121st at 55:15) ..... 110 Allan Davis 1:01:37 (was 120th at 54:45) ..... 164 David Zabriskie 1:31:30 (was 163rd at 1:12:24) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Mark Cavendish 56 (unchanged) 2 Tyler Farrar 53 (unchanged) 3 Igor Anton 50 (was 4th with 50 points) 4 Philippe Gilbert 50 (was 5th with 50 points) 5 Joaquin Rodriguez 47 (was 6th with 46 points) 6 David Moncoutie 45 (was 12th with 27 points) 7 Vincenzo Nibali 44 (unchanged) 8 Yauheni Hutarovich 33 (unchanged) 9 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea 30 (unchanged) 10 Daniele Bennati 28 (unchanged) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 David Moncoutie 41 (was 2nd with 26 points) 2 Serafin Martinez 36 (was 1st with 36 points) 3 Gonzalo Rabunal 25 (was 0 points) 4 Oscar Pujol 10 (was 10th with 3 points) 5 Dario Cataldo 8 (was 3rd with 8 points) 6 Johann Tschopp 7 (was 4th with 7 points) 7 Xavier Tondo 5 (was 5th with 5 points) 8 Vladimir Karpets 5 (was 6th with 5 points) 9 Niki Terpstra 5 (was 7th with 5 points) 10 Egoi Martinez 5 (was 8th with 5 points) Retirements to date : Stage Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 9 <<< Freddy Bichot (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9 <<< Mickael Delage (Fra) Omega Pharma-Lotto 9 <<< Pierre Rolland (Fra) BBOX Bouygues Telecom 9 <<< Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step 8 Ian Stannard (GBR) Team Sky 8 Kjell Carlstrom (Fin) Team Sky 8 Lars-Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky 8 Peter Kennaugh (GBR) Team Sky 8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Team Sky 8 Thomas Lofkvist (Swi) Team Sky 8 Juan-Antonio Flecha (Spa) Team Sky 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team HTC-Columbia 4 Benjamin Swift (GBR) Team Sky 3 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Team Sky 3 Arkaitz Duran (Spa) Footon-Servetto 2 Mickael Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis, le credit en ligne 2 Total retirements : 17