Tour de France, stage 9 summary

[Bob Martin]

Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8

Biggest gainers by position :
+54 Pieter Weening
+41 Aleksandr Kuschynski
+40 Nicolas Vogondy
+38 Xavier Florencio
+38 Chris Froome
+29 Johann Tschopp
+29 Carlos Barredo
+28 Trent Lowe
+28 Remy Di Gregorio
+28 Peter Velits

Biggest losers by position :
-42 Iouri Trofimov
-32 Simon Gerrans
-29 Inaki Isasi
-28 Thomas Voeckler
-27 Thor Hushovd
-26 Robert Hunter
-25 Juan Jose Oroz
-25 Rubens Bertogliati
-23 Gorka Verdugo
-22 Baden Cooke
-22 Paolo Longo Borghini

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:17 Riccardo Ricco
+0:13 Vladimir Efimkin

Biggest losers by time :
-30:06 Bernhard Eisel
-30:06 Jimmy Casper
-26:54 Arnaud Coyot
-26:54 Arnaud Gerard
-26:54 Baden Cooke
-26:54 Benoit Vaugrenard
-26:54 Brett Lancaster
-26:54 Christophe Riblon
-26:54 Florent Brard
-26:54 Francesco Chicchi
-26:54 Freddy Bichot

Favourites by position :
+6 Riccardo Ricco
+3 Vladimir Efimkin
+2 Samuel Sanchez
+2 Frank Schleck
+2 Damiano Cunego
+2 Carlos Sastre
+2 Andy Schleck
+1 Stijn Devolder
+1 Oscar Pereiro
-9 Jens Voigt

Favourites by time :
+1:17 Riccardo Ricco
+0:13 Vladimir Efimkin
-5:10 George Hincapie
-7:47 Jens Voigt

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Kim Kirchen 38.07.19
2 Cadel Evans 0.06
3 Christian Vande Velde 0.44
.....
5 Denis Menchov 1.03
6 Alejandro Valverde 1.12
7 Stijn Devolder 1.21
8 Oscar Pereiro 1.21
9 Samuel Sanchez 1.27
10 Carlos Sastre 1.34
11 Frank Schleck 1.56
12 Andy Schleck 1.58
.....
15 Damiano Cunego 2.09
.....
21 Riccardo Ricco 2.35
22 Vladimir Efimkin 2.50
.....
50 Jens Voigt 15.18
.....
55 George Hincapie 17.46

Retirements to date : Stage
Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8
Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 5
Manuel Beltran (Spa) Liquigas 8
Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7
John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7
Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 7
Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 7
Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Scott 3
Aurelien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval-Scott 6
Herve Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1
Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Garmin Chipotle - H30 7
Total retirements : 11

[Ted van de Weteringe]

Bob Martin schreef:

> Retirements to date : Stage
> Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8

Still in. See
http://www.letour.fr/2008/TDF/LIVE/fr/800/abandons.html

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On Jul 13, 1:33 pm, Ted van de Weteringe

Damn, almost gave me a heart attack. Wim's on track to take a
historic third Lanterne Rouge!