Stage 9 : September 02, 2018 Talavera de la Reina - La Covatilla 200.8 km 1 Ben King (USA) Dimension Data 5.30.38 2 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 0.48 3 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 2.38 4 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 2.40 5 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 6 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 7 Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 2.43 8 Jon Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 2.46 9 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 2.49 10 George Bennett (Nzl) LottoNL-Jumbo 3.02 Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 : Biggest gainers by position : +51 Jan Hirt +41 Oscar Cabedo Carda +31 Richie Porte +25 Dylan Teuns +24 Reto Hollenstein +24 Luis Angel Mate Mardones +23 Oscar Rodriguez Garaicoechea +21 Adam Yates +17 Leo Vincent +17 Jesus Ezquerra Muela Biggest losers by position : -28 Nacer Bouhanni -25 Mathias Le Turnier -19 Michael Morkov -19 Pierre Rolland -18 Jay McCarthy -18 Valerio Conti -17 Danny van Poppel -17 Elia Viviani -17 Fabio Felline -17 Giacomo Nizzolo -17 Ryan Gibbons Biggest gainers by time : +3:33 Ben King +2:58 Bauke Mollema +1:07 Dylan Teuns +1:00 Wilco Kelderman +1:00 Nairo Quintana +1:00 Miguel Angel Lopez +0:57 Rigoberto Uran +0:54 Jon Izagirre Insausti +0:51 Simon Yates +0:46 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte Biggest losers by time : -28:38 Mathias Le Turnier -28:38 Nacer Bouhanni -27:53 Matthias Brandle -27:53 Nelson Andres Soto Martinez -26:27 Peter Sagan -26:13 Alex Edmondson -26:13 Elia Viviani -26:13 Fabio Sabatini -26:13 Giacomo Nizzolo -26:13 Luka Mezgec -26:13 Marcus Burghardt Favourites by position : +31 Richie Porte +21 Adam Yates +7 Daniel Martin +6 Rigoberto Uran +5 Nairo Quintana +5 Miguel Angel Lopez +3 Wilco Kelderman +3 Simon Yates +3 Ilnur Zakarin +2 Thibaut Pinot +2 Jon Izagirre Insausti +1 George Bennett -17 Vincenzo Nibali Favourites by time : +1:00 Wilco Kelderman +1:00 Nairo Quintana +1:00 Miguel Angel Lopez +0:57 Rigoberto Uran +0:54 Jon Izagirre Insausti +0:51 Simon Yates +0:46 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte +0:38 George Bennett +0:35 Thibaut Pinot +0:35 Steven Kruijswijk -1:16 Ilnur Zakarin -4:47 Daniel Martin -7:28 Richie Porte -10:49 Adam Yates -18:16 Vincenzo Nibali Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) : 1 Simon Yates 36:54:52 (was 4th at 0:51) 2 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 0:01 (was 2nd at 0:47) 3 Nairo Quintana 0:14 (was 8th at 1:14) 4 Emanuel Buchmann 0:16 (was 3rd at 0:48) 5 Jon Izagirre Insausti 0:17 (was 7th at 1:11) 6 Tony Gallopin 0:24 (was 5th at 0:59) 7 Miguel Angel Lopez 0:27 (was 12th at 1:27) 8 Rigoberto Uran 0:32 (was 14th at 1:29) 9 Steven Kruijswijk 0:43 (was 9th at 1:18) 10 George Bennett 0:48 (was 11th at 1:26) ..... 14 Wilco Kelderman 1:50 (was 17th at 2:50) ..... 16 Thibaut Pinot 2:33 (was 18th at 3:08) ..... 34 Ilnur Zakarin 13:26 (was 37th at 12:10) ..... 55 Daniel Martin 30:17 (was 62nd at 25:30) ..... 69 Vincenzo Nibali 37:12 (was 52nd at 18:56) ..... 111 Adam Yates 1:06:36 (was 132nd at 55:47) ..... 124 Richie Porte 1:12:04 (was 155th at 1:04:36) Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens: 1 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte 81 (was 1st with 76 points) 2 Peter Sagan 63 (unchanged) 3 Ben King 58 (was 10th with 29 points) 4 Michal Kwiatkowski 50 (was 3rd with 50 points) 5 Danny van Poppel 46 (was 4th with 46 points) 6 Elia Viviani 41 (was 5th with 41 points) 7 Bauke Mollema 40 (was 18th with 20 points) 8 Jon Izagirre Insausti 39 (was 8th with 31 points) 9 Tony Gallopin 37 (was 7th with 35 points) 10 Wilco Kelderman 37 (was 12th with 27 points) Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens: 1 Luis Angel Mate Mardones 60 (was 1st with 42 points) 2 Ben King 33 (was 3rd with 12 points) 3 Bauke Mollema 24 (was 5th with 6 points) 4 Pierre Rolland 20 (was 2nd with 20 points) 5 Thomas De Gendt 10 (was 7th with 5 points) 6 Ben Gastauer 7 (was 4th with 7 points) 7 Dylan Teuns 6 (was 0 points) 8 Nikita Stalnov 6 (was 6th with 6 points) 9 Hector Saez Benito 4 (was 8th with 4 points) 10 Miguel Angel Lopez 4 (was 0 points) Retirements to date : Stage Maurits Lammertink (Ned) Katusha-Alpecin 9 <<< Total retirements : 1