Tour de Suisse, stage 9 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 9 : Jun 16, Bad Ragaz - Flumserberg, 26.8 km

1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Movistar Team 0.51.56
2 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 0.21
3 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Blanco Pro Cycling Team 0.29
4 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.42
5 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team 0.43
6 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 0.55
7 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Team Saxo-Tinkoff 1.00
8 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha 1.05
9 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 1.06
10 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 1.19


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+12 Michael Morkov
+12 Alexander Kristoff
+11 Stuart O'Grady
+11 David Millar
+11 Cyril Lemoine
+10 Serge Pauwels
+9 Sam Bewley
+9 Robert Vrecer
+9 Reto Hollenstein
+9 Michel Koch

Biggest losers by position :
-8 Tom Boonen
-7 Matti Breschel
-7 Philippe Gilbert
-6 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
-5 Gregory Rast
-5 Lars Petter Nordhaug
-5 Mickael Cherel
-5 Simone Stortoni
-4 Bert Grabsch
-4 Johannes Frohlinger
-4 Mathias Frank

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:13 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa

Biggest losers by time :
-12:42 Jonas Ahlstrand
-12:30 Ben Swift
-12:16 Bert Grabsch
-12:08 Tom Boonen
-12:04 Olivier Kaisen
-11:52 Arnaud Demare
-11:27 Aidis Kruopis
-11:14 Jacopo Guarnieri
-11:14 Luca Wackermann
-11:08 Tom Leezer
-11:01 Tyler Farrar

Favourites by position :
+3 Michael Albasini
+3 Jean-Christophe Peraud
+3 Bauke Mollema
+2 Steven Kruijswijk
+2 Michele Scarponi
+1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
+1 Maxime Monfort
+1 Janez Brajkovic
-1 Wilco Kelderman
-1 Tejay van Garderen
-1 Daniel Martin

Favourites by time :
+0:13 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa
-0:16 Bauke Mollema
-0:29 Jean-Christophe Peraud
-0:47 Roman Kreuziger
-0:52 Simon Spilak
-0:53 Janez Brajkovic
-1:06 Tejay van Garderen
-1:19 Daniel Martin
-1:23 Michele Scarponi
-2:11 Maxime Monfort
-2:46 Michael Albasini
-2:51 Andy Schleck
-3:38 Steven Kruijswijk
-5:32 Wilco Kelderman

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 31:08:11 (was 2nd at 0:13)
2 Bauke Mollema 1:02 (was 5th at 0:46)
3 Roman Kreuziger 1:10 (was 3rd at 0:23)
4 Thibaut Pinot 1:26 (was 4th at 0:44)
5 Mathias Frank 1:43 (was 1st at 0:00)
6 Tanel Kangert 1:51 (was 8th at 1:43)
7 Tejay van Garderen 2:23 (was 6th at 1:17)
8 Daniel Martin 2:42 (was 7th at 1:23)
9 Simon Spilak 2:42 (was 9th at 1:50)
10 Cameron Meyer 3:44 (was 10th at 2:09)
.....
13 Jean-Christophe Peraud 5:16 (was 16th at 4:47)
14 Janez Brajkovic 5:36 (was 15th at 4:43)
.....
20 Maxime Monfort 10:16 (was 21st at 8:05)
21 Michele Scarponi 11:53 (was 23rd at 10:30)
.....
31 Wilco Kelderman 20:03 (was 30th at 14:31)
.....
40 Andy Schleck 25:28 (was 40th at 22:37)
41 Michael Albasini 27:13 (was 44th at 24:27)
.....
44 Steven Kruijswijk 28:49 (was 46th at 25:11)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Peter Sagan 80 (unchanged)
2 Arnaud Demare 50 (unchanged)
3 Bauke Mollema 47 (was 4th with 37 points)
4 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 42 (was 6th with 27 points)
5 Alexander Kristoff 41 (was 3rd with 41 points)
6 Thibaut Pinot 32 (was 9th with 25 points)
7 Roman Kreuziger 28 (was 13th with 22 points)
8 Gregory Rast 27 (was 7th with 27 points)
9 Mathias Frank 26 (was 8th with 26 points)
10 Cameron Meyer 23 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Robert Vrecer 31 (unchanged)
2 Thibaut Pinot 28 (unchanged)
3 Manuele Mori 23 (unchanged)
4 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa 17 (unchanged)
5 Alexandr Kolobnev 15 (unchanged)
6 Roman Kreuziger 12 (unchanged)
7 Serge Pauwels 12 (unchanged)
8 Jens Voigt 12 (unchanged)
9 Tejay van Garderen 10 (unchanged)
10 Georg Preidler 10 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Baden Cooke (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 9 <<<
Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 9 <<<
Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 9 <<<
Jose Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 9 <<<
Marcel Wyss (Swi) IAM Cycling 9 <<<
Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 9 <<<
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 9 <<<
Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Team Blanco 9 <<<
Tomasz Marczynski (Pol) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 8
Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 7
Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ 7
Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre-Merida 7
Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Blanco 7
Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 7
Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 6
Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 6
Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Brian Bulgac (Ned) Lotto Belisol 5
Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team 5
Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Garmin Sharp 4
Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 3
Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 3
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin Sharp 3
Total retirements : 24


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