Stage 9 : Jun 20, Liestal (ITT), 26.9 km

1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC - Columbia 0.32.21
2 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 0.17
3 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Transitions 0.29
4 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team Saxo Bank 0.48
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Team Radioshack
6 Andreas Kloden (Ger) Team Radioshack 0.52
7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Team Saxo Bank
8 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team HTC - Columbia 0.57
9 Wouter Poels (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 1.02
10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 1.07


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Tony Martin
+8 Aitor Hernandez
+7 Wouter Poels
+7 Mark Renshaw
+7 Bernhard Eisel
+6 Noe Gianetti
+6 Lieuwe Westra
+6 Jacob Fuglsang
+6 Brett Lancaster
+5 Tom Leezer

Biggest losers by position :
-9 Matteo Carrara
-5 Greg Van Avermaet
-5 Olivier Zaugg
-5 Pablo Lastras Garcia
-5 Rigoberto Uran
-4 Joaqui Rodriguez Oliver
-4 Robert Gesink
-3 Alexandr Kolobnev
-3 Andy Schleck
-3 Kjell Carlstrom
-3 Lars Petter Nordhaug

Biggest gainers by time :
+1:52 Tony Martin
+1:35 Fabian Cancellara
+1:23 David Zabriskie
+1:04 Levi Leipheimer
+1:04 Gustav Erik Larsson
+1:00 Jacob Fuglsang
+1:00 Andreas Kloden
+0:55 Maxime Monfort
+0:50 Wouter Poels
+0:45 Stijn Devolder

Biggest losers by time :
-5:20 Noe Gianetti
-3:48 Alessandro Vanotti
-3:35 Mirco Lorenzetto
-3:33 Matthew Wilson
-3:27 Wesley Sulzberger
-3:19 Morris Possoni
-3:18 Bernhard Eisel
-3:13 Mark Renshaw
-3:00 Marco Corti
-2:49 Allan Davis
-2:35 Ermanno Capelli

Favourites by position :
+8 Tony Martin
+5 Marzio Bruseghin
+5 Lance Armstrong
+5 Fabian Cancellara
+4 Andreas Kloden
+3 Levi Leipheimer
+3 Frank Schleck
+2 Christian Vandevelde
+1 Allan Davis
-1 Roman Kreuziger
-1 Jens Voigt
-3 Andy Schleck
-4 Robert Gesink

Favourites by time :
+1:52 Tony Martin
+1:35 Fabian Cancellara
+1:04 Levi Leipheimer
+1:00 Andreas Kloden
+0:43 Lance Armstrong
+0:38 Frank Schleck
+0:19 Roman Kreuziger
-0:17 Andy Schleck
-0:27 Robert Gesink
-0:59 Christian Vandevelde
-1:15 Marzio Bruseghin
-1:33 Jens Voigt
-2:49 Allan Davis

Top 3 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Frank Schleck 35:02:00 (was 4th at 0:38)
2 Lance Armstrong 0:12 (was 7th at 0:55)
3 Jacob Fuglsang 0:17 (was 9th at 1:17)
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5 Robert Gesink 0:27 (was 1st at 0:00)
6 Tony Martin 0:27 (was 14th at 2:19)
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8 Andreas Kloden 0:48 (was 12th at 1:48)
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10 Levi Leipheimer 1:14 (was 13th at 2:18)
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14 Andy Schleck 1:57 (was 11th at 1:40)
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16 Roman Kreuziger 2:05 (was 15th at 2:24)
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53 Jens Voigt 28:55 (was 52nd at 27:22)
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56 Fabian Cancellara 32:54 (was 61st at 34:29)
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70 Christian Vandevelde 48:51 (was 72nd at 47:52)
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94 Allan Davis 1:06:27 (was 95th at 1:03:38)
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108 Marzio Bruseghin 1:17:39 (was 113rd at 1:16:24)

Top 10 on Points table with previous in parens:
1 Marcus Burghardt 50 (unchanged)
2 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil 50 (unchanged)
3 Marco Marcato 43 (unchanged)
4 Fabian Cancellara 36 (was 8th with 24 points)
5 Tony Martin 33 (was 17th with 18 points)
6 Oscar Freire Gomez 33 (was 4th with 33 points)
7 Robert Gesink 27 (was 6th with 27 points)
8 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa 25 (was 7th with 25 points)
9 Maxime Monfort 25 (was 13th with 20 points)
10 Rigoberto Uran 24 (was 9th with 24 points)

Top 10 on Mountains table with previous in parens:
1 Mathias Frank 49 (unchanged)
2 Wouter Poels 40 (unchanged)
3 Robert Gesink 21 (unchanged)
4 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez 19 (unchanged)
5 Marcus Burghardt 18 (unchanged)
6 Matteo Carrara 15 (unchanged)
7 Daniel Oss 13 (unchanged)
8 Maxime Monfort 11 (unchanged)
9 Roman Kreuziger 10 (unchanged)
10 Amets Txurruka 10 (unchanged)

Retirements to date : Stage
Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 9
Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 9
Jeremie Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 9
Matti Breschel (Den) Team Saxo Bank 9
Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Team Katusha 9
Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Transitions 9
Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 9
Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 9
Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8
Alexandre Pliuschin (MOL) Team Katusha 8
Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 8
Brice Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 8
Daniel Sesma (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8
Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram 8
Hayden Roulston (NZl) Team HTC - Columbia 8
Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Katusha 8
Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team 8
Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 8
Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team Katusha 8
Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 8
Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 8
Simon Gerrans (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team 8
Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre-Farnese Vini 8
Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Francaise Des Jeux 8
Leif Hoste (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Farnese Vini 7
Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 7
Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 7
Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana 7
Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise Des Jeux 6
Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6
Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team HTC - Columbia 6
Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux 6
Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto 6
Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5
Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Transitions 5
Gerben Lowik (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto 5
Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervelo Test Team 5
Jose-Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Sebastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5
Michael Rogers (Aus) Team HTC - Columbia 4
David Vitoria (Swi) Footon-Servetto 3
Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Milram 3
Fabio Felline (Ita) Footon-Servetto 3
Joao Correia (Por) Cervelo Test Team 3
Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3
Pedro Merino Criado (Spa) Footon-Servetto 3
Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Doimo 3
Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 3
Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 2
Total retirements : 52


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