Stage 9 : Aug 28, Villacastin - Sierra de Bejar. La Covatilla, 179.5 km 1 Daniel Martin (Irl) Team Garmin-Cervelo 4.52.14 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Geox-TMC 0.03 4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.04 5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling 0.07 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0.11 7 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 0.12 8 Denis Menchov (Rus) Geox-TMC 9 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Team RadioShack 10 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Pro Team Astana Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 : Biggest gainers by position : +32 Andrey Mizourov +28 Rein Taaramae +21 Josep Jufre Pou +18 Tom Jelte Slagter +18 Sebastian Lang +18 Angel Madrazo Ruiz +17 Olivier Kaisen +15 Geoffroy Lequatre +14 Carlos Barredo Llamazales +12 Francesco Bellotti Biggest losers by position : -28 Sylvain Chavanel -20 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -18 Kanstantsin Sivtsov -15 David Lopez Garcia -13 Alexsandr Dyachenko -13 Michele Scarponi -13 Yoann Bagot -12 Daniele Bennati -12 Juan Horrach Rippoll -11 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga -11 Lloyd Mondory Biggest gainers by time : +6:02 Andrey Mizourov +1:07 Daniel Martin +0:59 Bauke Mollema +0:52 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo +0:43 Bradley Wiggins +0:40 Christopher Froome +0:36 Vincenzo Nibali +0:35 Rein Taaramae +0:35 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre +0:35 Fredrik Kessiakoff Biggest losers by time : -21:29 Adrian Palomares Villaplana -21:29 Alan Marangoni -21:29 Aleksejs Saramotins -21:29 Aliaksandr Kuchynski -21:29 David Lopez Garcia -21:29 Fabian Cancellara -21:29 John Degenkolb -21:29 Juan Horrach Rippoll -21:29 Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle -21:29 Luca Paolini -21:29 Mads Christensen Favourites by position : +28 Rein Taaramae +9 David Blanco Rodriguez +7 Bradley Wiggins +7 Bauke Mollema +6 Steven Kruijswijk +6 Denis Menchov +3 Andreas Kloden +2 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +1 Vincenzo Nibali +1 Carlos Sastre Candil -4 Janez Brajkovic -7 Tony Martin -11 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga -13 Michele Scarponi -20 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Favourites by time : +0:59 Bauke Mollema +0:43 Bradley Wiggins +0:36 Vincenzo Nibali +0:35 Rein Taaramae +0:35 Denis Menchov +0:28 Jurgen Van Den Broeck +0:06 Steven Kruijswijk -0:40 Janez Brajkovic -1:03 Michele Scarponi -1:15 Carlos Sastre Candil -2:21 David Blanco Rodriguez -8:34 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil -13:14 Andreas Kloden -16:26 Tony Martin -17:59 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Bauke Mollema 37:11:17 (was 8th at 0:59) 2 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 0:01 (was 1st at 0:00) 3 Vincenzo Nibali 0:09 (was 4th at 0:45) 4 Fredrik Kessiakoff 0:18 (was 6th at 0:53) 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 0:27 (was 7th at 0:55) 6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 0:35 (was 2nd at 0:32) 7 Jakob Fuglsang 0:37 (was 3rd at 0:34) 8 Kevin Seeldraeyers 0:42 (was 12th at 1:10) 9 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre 0:42 (was 14th at 1:17) 10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo 0:46 (was 17th at 1:38) ..... 13 Bradley Wiggins 1:00 (was 20th at 1:43) ..... 18 Michele Scarponi 1:54 (was 5th at 0:51) ..... 20 Janez Brajkovic 2:10 (was 16th at 1:30) 21 Denis Menchov 2:18 (was 27th at 2:53) ..... 24 Steven Kruijswijk 2:57 (was 30th at 3:03) ..... 31 Carlos Sastre Candil 4:43 (was 32nd at 3:28) ..... 38 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil 10:17 (was 18th at 1:43) ..... 75 David Blanco Rodriguez 48:28 (was 84th at 46:07) ..... 94 Rein Taaramae 1:03:41 (was 122nd at 1:04:16) ..... 96 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 1:04:31 (was 85th at 46:32) ..... 114 Tony Martin 1:15:54 (was 107th at 59:28) ..... 123 Andreas Kloden 1:20:29 (was 126th at 1:07:15) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 74 (was 1st with 73 points) 2 Bauke Mollema 62 (was 5th with 42 points) 3 Peter Sagan 50 (was 2nd with 50 points) 4 Daniel Martin 48 (was 17th with 23 points) 5 Pablo Lastras Garcia 48 (was 3rd with 48 points) 6 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 42 (was 4th with 42 points) 7 Marcel Kittel 41 (was 6th with 41 points) 8 Michele Scarponi 40 (was 7th with 40 points) 9 Jurgen Van Den Broeck 38 (was 8th with 35 points) 10 Vincenzo Nibali 33 (was 16th with 23 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Daniel Martin 25 (was 6th with 10 points) 2 Matteo Montaguti 23 (was 2nd with 20 points) 3 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 20 (was 1st with 20 points) 4 Chris Anker Sorensen 15 (was 3rd with 15 points) 5 Koen De Kort 14 (was 4th with 14 points) 6 David Moncoutie 11 (was 5th with 10 points) 7 Bauke Mollema 10 (was 0 points) 8 Heinrich Haussler 7 (was 7th with 7 points) 9 Julien Fouchard 7 (was 8th with 7 points) 10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver 6 (was 9th with 6 points) Retirements to date : Stage Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Team Garmin-Cervelo 9 <<< Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 8 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team 8 Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 8 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling 6 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team 6 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 6 Jose Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Movistar Team 5 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Geox-TMC 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad 4 Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad 2 Total retirements : 13