Stage 9 : August 30, 2015 Torrevieja - Cumbre del Sol 168.3 km 1 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 4.09.55 2 Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky 0.02 3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha 0.05 4 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0.16 5 Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 0.18 6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 0.20 7 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 8 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 0.31 9 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.33 10 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 0.34 Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 : Biggest gainers by position : +27 Lawrence Warbasse +26 Cyril Lemoine +25 Romain Hardy +24 Ian Boswell +23 Pawel Poljanski +23 Pavel Brutt +22 Lluis Guillermo Mas Bonet +20 Markel Irizar Aranburu +18 Songezo Jim +18 Sebastien Minard Biggest losers by position : -20 Davide Villella -19 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho -18 Dario Cataldo -16 Angel Madrazo Ruiz -16 Mikel Landa Meana -15 Kristian Sbaragli -14 Joey Rosskopf -14 Kevin Reza -14 Vasil Kiryienka -14 Yukiya Arashiro -13 Alex Cano Ardila Biggest gainers by time : +0:10 Tom Dumoulin +0:04 Christopher Froome Biggest losers by time : -26:46 Vladimir Isaychev -22:59 Gatis Smukulis -21:23 Caleb Ewan -21:21 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze -21:20 Daniele Bennati -21:20 Maciej Bodnar -21:20 Valerio Conti -20:17 Jimmy Engoulvent -20:08 Davide Villella -20:02 Blel Kadri -20:02 Carlos Barbero Cuesta Favourites by position : +8 Geraint Thomas +3 Rafal Majka +3 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver +3 Christopher Froome +1 Tom Dumoulin +1 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez +1 Fabio Aru -1 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas -1 Domenico Pozzovivo -1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -9 Pierre Rolland -13 Andrew Talansky -16 Mikel Landa Meana Favourites by time : +0:10 Tom Dumoulin +0:04 Christopher Froome -0:01 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver -0:16 Fabio Aru -0:18 Rafal Majka -0:20 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas -0:20 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte -0:33 Domenico Pozzovivo -1:14 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez -7:04 Geraint Thomas -13:53 Pierre Rolland -13:57 Mikel Landa Meana -16:53 Andrew Talansky Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Tom Dumoulin 35:22:13 (was 2nd at 0:10) 2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:57 (was 5th at 0:56) 3 Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio 0:59 (was 1st at 0:00) 4 Nicolas Roche 1:07 (was 3rd at 0:36) 5 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 1:09 (was 4th at 0:49) 6 Fabio Aru 1:13 (was 7th at 0:57) 7 Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas 1:17 (was 6th at 0:57) 8 Christopher Froome 1:18 (was 11th at 1:22) 9 Rafal Majka 1:47 (was 12th at 1:29) 10 Domenico Pozzovivo 1:52 (was 9th at 1:19) ..... 16 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez 4:04 (was 17th at 2:50) ..... 29 Mikel Landa Meana 15:36 (was 13th at 1:39) ..... 63 Geraint Thomas 45:50 (was 71st at 38:46) ..... 65 Pierre Rolland 46:15 (was 56th at 32:22) ..... 77 Andrew Talansky 53:01 (was 64th at 36:08) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Esteban Chaves 71 (was 1st with 70 points) 2 Alejandro Valverde 70 (was 2nd with 61 points) 3 Tom Dumoulin 67 (was 5th with 42 points) 4 Nicolas Roche 56 (was 4th with 48 points) 5 Joaquim Rodriguez 53 (was 6th with 37 points) 6 Christopher Froome 43 (was 17th with 23 points) 7 Nairo Quintana 42 (was 9th with 32 points) 8 Fabio Aru 41 (was 15th with 27 points) 9 Rafal Majka 40 (was 13th with 28 points) 10 John Degenkolb 36 (was 7th with 36 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Omar Fraile 18 (was 1st with 13 points) 2 Tom Dumoulin 13 (was 13th with 3 points) 3 Bertjan Lindeman 13 (was 2nd with 13 points) 4 Walter Pedraza 7 (was 3rd with 7 points) 5 Natnael Berhane 7 (was 4th with 7 points) 6 Ilia Koshevoy 7 (was 5th with 7 points) 7 Esteban Chaves 6 (was 6th with 6 points) 8 Fabio Aru 6 (was 7th with 4 points) 9 Christopher Froome 6 (was 0 points) 10 Joaquim Rodriguez 4 (was 0 points) Retirements to date : Stage Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 9 <<< Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 9 <<< Thomas Degand (Bel) IAM Cycling 9 <<< Daniel Martin (Irl) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 8 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Soudal 8 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 8 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) Lampre-Merida 7 David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Etixx - Quick-Step 6 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling Team 6 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 3 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 3 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling 2 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 2 Total retirements : 16