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