Giro d'Italia, stage 9 summary

Bob Martin

Changes in stage 9 compared to stage 8

Biggest gainers by position :
+10 Tony Martin
+10 Mauro Facci
+10 Alexander Serov
+10 Alberto Ongarato
+9 Raffaele Illiano
+9 Andre Greipel
+8 Steven Cummings
+8 Riccardo Chiarini
+8 Koldo Fernandez De Larrea
+7 Robbie McEwen

Biggest losers by position :
-16 Eros Capecchi
-12 Geraint Thomas
-12 Hubert Schwab
-11 Mauro Santambrogio
-10 Magnus Backstedt
-10 Steve Zampieri
-9 Kevin Seeldraeyers
-8 Christian Pfannberger
-8 Dario Cataldo
-7 Pavel Brutt
-7 Sven Krauss

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:26 Daniele Bennati
+0:16 Paolo Bettini
+0:12 Robbie McEwen
+0:04 Yuriy Krivtsov
+0:04 Vincenzo Nibali
+0:04 Tiziano dall'Antonia
+0:04 Thomas Fothen
+0:04 Robert Forster
+0:04 Pablo Lastras Garcia
+0:04 Oscar Gatto

Biggest losers by time :
-12:45 Kjell Carlstrom
-12:45 Markus Eichler
-12:45 Pavel Brutt
-12:45 Timothy Gudsell
-10:16 Ermanno Capelli
-10:16 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza
-9:56 Christian Pfannberger
-9:56 Eros Capecchi
-9:56 Magnus Backstedt
-9:56 Rik Verbrugghe
-7:52 Lander Aperribay

Favourites by position :
+3 Daniele Bennati
+1 Andrea Noe
-1 Riccardo Ricco
-1 Levi Leipheimer
-1 Gilberto Simoni
-1 Denis Menchov
-1 Andreas Kloden

Favourites by time :
+0:26 Daniele Bennati

Top 3 and favourites standings :
1 Giovanni Visconti 42.14.16
2 Matthias Russ 0.34
3 Gabriele Bosisio 5.53
4 Danilo Di Luca 7.27
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6 Riccardo Ricco 7.33
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8 Alberto Contador Velasco 7.56
9 Franco Pellizotti 8.11
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12 Paolo Savoldelli 8.30
13 Leonardo Piepoli 8.38
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15 Andreas Kloden 8.39
16 Davide Rebellin 8.40
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19 Marzio Bruseghin 8.57
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21 Gilberto Simoni 9.13
22 Levi Leipheimer 9.14
23 Denis Menchov 9.16
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28 Tadej Valjavec 9.41
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42 Vladimir Karpets 11.15
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60 Andrea Noe 22.52
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82 Daniele Bennati 34.44
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98 Jens Voigt 43.56

Retirements to date : Stage
Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 6
Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 8
Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 7
Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 6
Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 9 <<<
Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Credit par Telephone 5
Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 9 <<<
Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise des Jeux 7
Tom Stubbe (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 4
Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattol 1
Dominique Cornu (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4
David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2
Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3
Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 4
Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 2
Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 8
Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 6
Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7
Total retirements : 19