Giro d'Italia stage 9 summary

[Bob Martin]

Stage 9 - Isernia-Blockhaus 191 km

1 Jai Hindley (Aus) BORA - hansgrohe 5:34:44
2 Romain Bardet (Fra) Team DSM 0:00
3 Richard Carapaz (Ecu) INEOS Grenadiers 0:00
4 Mikel Landa (Spa) Bahrain - Victorious 0:00
5 Joao Almeida (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00
6 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 0:03
7 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) BORA - hansgrohe 0:16
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:34
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:46
10 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM 0:58


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+31 Alessandro De Marchi
+26 Wout Poels
+23 Lorenzo Rota
+18 Romain Combaud
+17 Filippo Zana
+17 Eduardo Sepulveda
+16 Vincenzo Nibali
+16 Luca Covili
+15 Lorenzo Fortunato
+14 Emanuel Buchmann

Biggest losers by position :
-25 Rein Taaramae
-24 Remy Rochas
-21 Mauri Vansevenant
-20 Simon Yates
-20 Sylvain Moniquet
-19 Alexander Cataford
-18 Andrea Vendrame
-17 Wilco Kelderman
-16 Davide Villella
-15 Santiago Buitrago
-15 Simone Ravanelli

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:56 Jai Hindley
+1:52 Romain Bardet
+1:51 Richard Carapaz
+1:46 Mikel Landa
+1:46 Joao Almeida
+1:43 Domenico Pozzovivo
+1:30 Emanuel Buchmann
+1:12 Vincenzo Nibali
+1:00 Alejandro Valverde
+0:48 Thymen Arensman

Biggest losers by time :
-44:06 Julius Van Den Berg
-44:00 Cees Bol
-43:58 Caleb Ewan
-43:16 Simone Consonni
-43:12 Alberto Dainese
-43:12 Alex Dowsett
-43:12 Arnaud Demare
-43:12 Bert Van Lerberghe
-43:12 Davide Cimolai
-43:12 Edoardo Zardini
-43:12 Giacomo Nizzolo

Favourites by position :
+26 Wout Poels
+16 Vincenzo Nibali
+10 Jai Hindley
+8 Richard Carapaz
+8 Alejandro Valverde
+6 Mikel Landa
+6 Joao Almeida
+1 Hugh Carthy
-1 Pello Bilbao
-2 Guillaume Martin
-6 Richie Porte
-17 Wilco Kelderman
-20 Simon Yates

Favourites by time :
+1:56 Jai Hindley
+1:51 Richard Carapaz
+1:46 Mikel Landa
+1:46 Joao Almeida
+1:12 Vincenzo Nibali
+1:00 Alejandro Valverde
+0:38 Pello Bilbao
+0:38 Guillaume Martin
-2:02 Hugh Carthy
-2:15 Richie Porte
-5:14 Wout Poels
-9:07 Wilco Kelderman
-9:29 Simon Yates
-31:29 David De La Cruz

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Juan Pedro Lopez 37:52:01 (unchanged)
2 Joao Almeida 0:12 (was 8th at 1:58)
3 Romain Bardet 0:14 (was 11th at 2:06)
4 Richard Carapaz 0:15 (was 12th at 2:06)
5 Jai Hindley 0:20 (was 15th at 2:16)
6 Guillaume Martin 0:28 (was 4th at 1:06)
7 Mikel Landa 0:29 (was 13th at 2:15)
8 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:54 (was 22nd at 2:37)
9 Emanuel Buchmann 1:09 (was 23rd at 2:39)
10 Pello Bilbao 1:22 (was 9th at 2:00)
11 Alejandro Valverde 1:23 (was 19th at 2:23)
.....
13 Vincenzo Nibali 3:04 (was 29th at 4:16)
.....
16 Richie Porte 4:19 (was 10th at 2:04)
17 Hugh Carthy 4:22 (was 18th at 2:20)
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24 Wilco Kelderman 11:02 (was 7th at 1:55)
25 Simon Yates 11:11 (was 5th at 1:42)
.....
55 Wout Poels 46:37 (was 81st at 41:23)
.....
95 David De La Cruz 1:24:18 (was 95th at 52:49)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Arnaud Demare 147 (unchanged)
2 Biniam Girmay 120 (unchanged)
3 Mark Cavendish 78 (unchanged)
4 Mathieu Van Der Poel 72 (unchanged)
5 Fernando Gaviria 54 (unchanged)
6 Giacomo Nizzolo 54 (unchanged)
7 Thomas De Gendt 51 (unchanged)
8 Filippo Tagliani 45 (unchanged)
9 Caleb Ewan 43 (unchanged)
10 Davide Gabburo 38 (unchanged)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Diego Rosa 83 (was 22nd with 3 points)
2 Koen Bouwman 69 (was 1st with 68 points)
3 Lennard Kamna 43 (was 2nd with 43 points)
4 Jai Hindley 40 (was 0 points)
5 Wout Poels 27 (was 3rd with 27 points)
6 Natnael Tesfatsion 26 (was 0 points)
7 Davide Formolo 25 (was 4th with 25 points)
8 Bauke Mollema 20 (was 5th with 20 points)
9 Romain Bardet 19 (was 30th with 1 points)
10 Eduardo Sepulveda 19 (was 0 points)

Teams table with previous in parens:
1 BORA - hansgrohe 13:39:08 (was 3rd at 1:01)
2 Bahrain - Victorious 3:21 (was 4th at 1:04)
3 Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux 5:24 (was 1st at 96:49:05)
4 INEOS Grenadiers 11:58 (was 6th at 4:22)
5 Trek - Segafredo 15:38 (was 2nd at 0:51)
6 Team DSM 16:44 (was 12th at 12:11)
7 Movistar Team 18:47 (was 8th at 7:05)
8 Jumbo-Visma 24:01 (was 5th at 2:01)
9 Astana Qazaqstan Team 29:45 (was 10th at 10:07)
10 UAE Team Emirates 32:49 (was 11th at 12:03)
11 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 44:10 (was 7th at 4:27)
12 EF Education-EasyPost 1:03:01 (was 13th at 17:54)
13 Cofidis 1:12:27 (was 9th at 9:27)
14 AG2R Citroen Team 1:27:38 (was 15th at 41:42)
15 EOLO-Kometa 1:29:33 (was 14th at 41:22)
16 Bardiani-CSF-Faizane 2:00:44 (was 16th at 1:03:39)
17 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 2:25:19 (was 17th at 1:20:59)
18 Drone Hopper - Androni Giocattoli 2:58:05 (was 19th at 1:43:31)
19 Alpecin-Fenix 3:06:30 (was 18th at 1:32:36)
20 Lotto Soudal 3:43:29 (was 20th at 1:56:17)
21 Groupama - FDJ 3:59:48 (was 21th at 2:28:36)
22 Israel - Premier Tech 4:20:45 (was 22th at 2:49:05)

Retirements to date : Stage
Rudiger Selig (Lotto Soudal) 9 <<<
Simon Carr (EF Education-EasyPost) 8
Michael Morkov (Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team) 7
Owain Doull (EF Education-EasyPost) 7
Samuele Zoccarato (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 7
Sergio Samitier (Movistar Team) 7
Filippo Fiorelli (Bardiani-CSF-Faizane) 5
Jakub Mareczko (Alpecin-Fenix) 4
Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Qazaqstan Team) 4
Jan Tratnik (Bahrain - Victorious) 3
Total retirements : 10


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