Giro d'Italia, stage 9 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 9 : May 15, Messina - Etna, 169 km

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Saxo Bank Sungard 4.54.09
2 Jose Rujano Guillen (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 0.03
3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0.50
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Pro Team Astana
6 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Movistar Team
7 Kanstantsin Sivtsov (Blr) HTC-Highroad
8 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.59
9 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.07
10 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+52 Philip Deignan
+50 Filippo Savini
+44 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano
+38 Mickael Cherel
+35 Julien Berard
+35 Giovanni Visconti
+30 Richie Porte
+28 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez
+25 Daniel Navarro Garcia
+22 Francis De Greef

Biggest losers by position :
-31 Pieter Weening
-26 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-25 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-25 Rafael Valls Ferri
-23 Evgeni Petrov
-23 Matteo Montaguti
-22 Marco Pinotti
-21 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez
-20 Danilo Di Luca
-20 Peter Kennaugh
-19 Angel Vicioso Arcos

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:13 Alberto Contador Velasco
+0:02 Jose Rujano Guillen

Biggest losers by time :
-27:02 Adam Blyth
-27:02 Danilo Napolitano
-26:42 Alex Rasmussen
-26:42 Frantisek Rabon
-26:42 Mark Cavendish
-26:42 Mark Renshaw
-26:42 Russell Downing
-26:42 Sacha Modolo
-26:40 Chad Beyer
-26:40 Davide Ricci Bitti
-26:37 Alexander Kristoff

Favourites by position :
+30 Richie Porte
+16 Stefano Garzelli
+16 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
+7 Roman Kreuziger
+6 David Arroyo Duran
+6 Carlos Sastre Candil
+4 Vincenzo Nibali
+4 Alberto Contador Velasco
+1 Michele Scarponi
-4 Lars Ytting Bak
-4 Denis Menchov
-5 Frantisek Rabon
-10 Thomas Lovkvist
-20 Danilo Di Luca

Favourites by time :
+0:13 Alberto Contador Velasco
-0:49 Stefano Garzelli
-0:57 Vincenzo Nibali
-0:57 Roman Kreuziger
-0:57 David Arroyo Duran
-1:14 Michele Scarponi
-2:23 Denis Menchov
-2:28 Daniel Moreno Fernandez
-2:28 Carlos Sastre Candil
-2:48 Thomas Lovkvist
-11:59 Richie Porte
-23:53 Lars Ytting Bak
-23:53 Danilo Di Luca
-26:42 Frantisek Rabon

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Alberto Contador Velasco 33:03:51 (was 5th at 0:13)
2 Kanstantsin Siutsou 0:59 (was 2nd at 0:02)
3 Christophe Le Mevel 1:19 (was 4th at 0:05)
4 Vincenzo Nibali 1:21 (was 8th at 0:24)
5 Michele Scarponi 1:28 (was 6th at 0:14)
6 David Arroyo Duran 1:37 (was 12th at 0:40)
7 Roman Kreuziger 1:41 (was 14th at 0:44)
8 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez 1:47 (was 10th at 0:33)
9 Dario Cataldo 2:21 (was 13th at 0:44)
10 Matteo Carrara 2:21 (was 19th at 1:07)
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13 Stefano Garzelli 2:39 (was 29th at 1:50)
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20 Denis Menchov 3:18 (was 16th at 0:55)
21 Thomas Lovkvist 3:27 (was 11th at 0:39)
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26 Carlos Sastre Candil 4:57 (was 32nd at 2:29)
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39 Daniel Moreno Fernandez 14:16 (was 55th at 11:48)
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71 Danilo Di Luca 35:05 (was 51st at 11:12)
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103 Richie Porte 48:33 (was 133rd at 36:34)
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122 Lars Ytting Bak 56:23 (was 118th at 32:30)
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161 Frantisek Rabon 1:11:45 (was 156th at 45:03)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Jan Bakelants 10 (was 1st with 7 points)
2 Pablo Lastras Garcia 5 (was 0 points)
3 Matteo Montaguti 5 (was 2nd with 5 points)
4 Martin Kohler 5 (was 3rd with 5 points)
5 Kristof Vandewalle 5 (was 4th with 5 points)
6 Sebastian Lang 5 (was 5th with 5 points)
7 Mirko Selvaggi 5 (was 6th with 5 points)
8 Matteo Tosatto 5 (was 7th with 5 points)
9 Giovanni Visconti 4 (unchanged)
10 Marco Marzano 4 (was 8th with 4 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Filippo Savini 16 (was 23rd with 1 points)
2 Alberto Contador Velasco 15 (was 0 points)
3 Bart De Clercq 11 (was 1st with 11 points)
4 Martin Kohler 10 (was 2nd with 10 points)
5 Federico Canuti 9 (was 3rd with 9 points)
6 Jose Rujano Guillen 9 (was 0 points)
7 Mathias Frank 9 (was 0 points)
8 Gianluca Brambilla 8 (was 4th with 8 points)
9 Roman Kreuziger 8 (was 6th with 6 points)
10 Stefano Garzelli 8 (was 9th with 3 points)

Retirements to date : Stage
Chris Butler (USA) BMC Racing Team 9 <<<
Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 9 <<<
Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Androni Giocattoli 9 <<<
Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team RadioShack 9 <<<
Fabio Andres Duarte Arevalo (Col) Geox-TMC 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Leopard Trek 5
Bruno Pires (Por) Leopard Trek 5
Chris Barton (USA) BMC Racing Team 5
Davide ViganA² (Ita) Leopard Trek 5
Dominic Klemme (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Leopard Trek 5
Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli 5
Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Leopard Trek 5
Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Leopard Trek 5
Tom Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 5
Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Leopard Trek 5
Tyler Farrar (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo 5
Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek 3
Total retirements : 18


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