Giro d'Italia, stage 9 summary

Stage 9 : May 14, San Giorgio nel Sannio - Frosinone, 171 km

1 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 3.39.15
2 Fabio Felline (Ita) Androni Giocattoli
3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan
4 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
5 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp
6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin - Barracuda
8 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Team NetApp
9 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
10 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team


Changes in GC, stage 9 compared to stage 8 :

Biggest gainers by position :
+8 Juan Jose Haedo
+8 Francesco Chicchi
+7 Jonas Aaen Jorgensen
+7 Jens Keukeleire
+7 Ian Stannard
+6 Peter Kennaugh
+6 Matthew Harley Goss
+6 Mark Renshaw
+6 Mark Cavendish
+6 Lucas Sebastian Haedo

Biggest losers by position :
-13 Martijn Keizer
-13 Michal Kwiatkowski
-11 Christian Meier
-11 Maciej Bodnar
-10 Przemyslaw Niemiec
-8 Alexsandr Dyachenko
-7 Alessandro De Marchi
-7 Matteo Bono
-7 Ramunas Navardauskas
-7 Victor Cabedo
-6 Dominique Rollin

Biggest gainers by time :
+0:20 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi
+0:12 Fabio Felline
+0:08 Giacomo Nizzolo
+0:04 Mark Cavendish
+0:02 Thomas De Gendt

Biggest losers by time :
-8:00 BULGAC Brian
-7:54 Martijn Keizer
-6:20 Alessandro De Marchi
-6:20 Christian Meier
-6:20 Graeme Brown
-6:20 Jack Bobridge
-6:20 Jeremy Hunt
-6:20 Pierre Cazaux
-6:20 Ramunas Navardauskas
-6:20 Taylor Phinney
-5:27 Andreas Schillinger

Favourites by position :
+2 Mathias Frank

Favourites by time :

Top 10 and favourites GC standings (previous stage in parens) :
1 Ryder Hesjedal 36:02:40 (unchanged)
2 Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver 0:09 (unchanged)
3 Paolo Tiralongo 0:15 (unchanged)
4 Roman Kreuziger 0:35 (unchanged)
5 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga 0:35 (unchanged)
6 Ivan Basso 0:40 (unchanged)
7 Damiano Caruso 0:45 (unchanged)
8 Dario Cataldo 0:46 (unchanged)
9 Frank Schleck 0:48 (unchanged)
10 Eros Capecchi 0:52 (unchanged)
11 Rigoberto Uran 0:53 (unchanged)
12 Michele Scarponi 0:54 (unchanged)
13 Domenico Pozzovivo 0:55 (unchanged)
.....
15 Damiano Cunego 1:14 (unchanged)
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17 Christian Vande Velde 1:18 (unchanged)
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23 Marco Pinotti 1:43 (unchanged)
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33 John Gadret 2:38 (unchanged)
34 Jose Rujano Guillen 2:39 (unchanged)
.....
89 Mathias Frank 29:02 (was 91st at 29:02)

Retirements to date : Stage
Daniele Bennati (Ita) RadioShack-Nissan 8
Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 8
Gianni Meersman (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 7
Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 6
Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 6
Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team 6
Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Barracuda 6
Total retirements : 7


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