2014 Vuelta a España

69th Edition: August 23 - September 14, 2014

Stage 9 results

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Stage 9, Sunday, Aug 31: Carboneras de Guadazaón - Aramón Valdelinares, 185 km

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Winner Anacona wins stage nine. Photo ©Sirotti

The Race: A big group of riders went clear early in the stage. Of the 31 who had escaped, the best-placed was Lampre-Merida rider Winner Anacona, who was down 2min 50sec. The big break rode with good cohesion and didn't start to fracture until the climbs late in the stage. At one point they had a gap of more than eight minutes.

Anacona went clear from the break with Bob Jungels and Javier Moreno for company with about 22 kilometers to go. Meanwhile, the peloton was still more than six minutes back, making Anacona the virtual red jersey. Then it began to rain hard.

This stage had a hilltop finish at Aramón Valdelinares, and 6 kilometers from the summit Anacona left the other two behind and headed for the barn. He rode well on the hill and looked to be riding into the GC lead at the end of the stage.

But, the contenders in the peloton finally started getting itchy and started attacking each other. The attack that mattered was from Alberto Contador which came about 2 kilometers from the top. He took off in a huge gear and started eating up the distance between himself and Anacona. Katusha reacted and as Contador crossed the line, Joaquin Rodriguez and Nairo Quintana closed the gap.

The result, Quintana is the new GC leader, three seconds ahead of Contador. Anacona is in fourth place, nine seconds shy of the lead. This was another terrific day of racing at the Vuelta.

Complete Stage 9 results:

Winner's average speed: 40.5 km/hr

1	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	4hr 34min 14sec
2	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	@ 45 seconds
3	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	+ 50''
4	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 1' 04''
5	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1' 12''
6	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1' 21''
7	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	+ 1' 33''
8	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1' 45''
9	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1' 49''
10	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	+ 2' 08''
11	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 2' 13''
12	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 2' 16''
13	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha
14	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team
15	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 2' 22''
16	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 2' 39''
17	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team
18	Christopher Froome	Team SKY
19	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
20	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp
21	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2' 49''
22	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha
23	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2' 51''
24	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 2' 55''
25	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY
26	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling
27	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team
28	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team
29	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
30	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano
31	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 2' 58''
32	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 3' 14''
33	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	+ 3' 16''
34	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 3' 24''
35	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 3' 31''
36	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 3' 36''
37	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 3' 44''
38	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 4' 01''
39	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 4' 37''
40	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 4' 47''
41	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
42	Luis Angel Mate	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
43	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 4' 52''
44	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	+ 5' 50''
45	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
46	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
47	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo
48	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo
49	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team	+ 5' 57''
50	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 6' 03''
51	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 6' 12''
52	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
53	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 6' 18''
54	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	+ 6' 23''
55	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 6' 55''
56	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale
57	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo
58	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
59	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	+ 7' 18''
60	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 7' 26''
61	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 7' 43''
62	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 7' 44''
63	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 7' 53''
64	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 7' 55''
65	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 8' 22''
66	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 9' 31''
67	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 9' 48''
68	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 9' 48''
69	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY	+ 10' 46''
70	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge
71	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 11' 03''
72	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge
73	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	+ 11' 07''
74	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha
75	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team
76	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge
77	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano
78	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr
79	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team
80	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar
81	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 11' 20''
82	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 11' 30''
83	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 11' 35''
84	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 11' 35''
85	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	+ 12' 02''
86	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	+ 12' 35''
87	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+ 14' 01''
88	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
89	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr
90	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	+ 15' 05''
91	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
92	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing
93	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team
94	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol
95	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY
96	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
97	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol
98	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano
99	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 15' 26''
100	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 15' 40''
101	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling
102	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 16' 21''
103	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar
104	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 16' 30''
105	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 16' 35''
106	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 18' 47''
107	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing
108	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
109	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing
110	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 19' 01''
111	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team
112	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling
113	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling
114	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling
115	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale
116	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo
117	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
118	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale
119	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol
120	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida
121	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge
122	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol
123	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team
124	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step
125	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing
126	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha
127	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo
128	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant - Shimano
129	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha
130	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing
131	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano
132	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling
133	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo
134	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka
135	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling
136	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp
137	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo
138	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo
139	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team
140	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka
141	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka
142	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp
143	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha
144	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling
145	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 22' 42''
146	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 23' 28''
147	Christian Knees	Team SKY	+ 26' 42''
148	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar
149	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano
150	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka
151	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team
152	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
153	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale
154	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team
155	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team
156	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling
157	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale
158	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano
159	David Millar	Garmin Sharp
160	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale
161	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling
162	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida
163	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr
164	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
165	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr
166	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
167	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol
168	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge
169	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling
170	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling
171	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling
172	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr
173	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling
174	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
175	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team
176	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida
177	Dan Craven	Team Europcar
178	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
179	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA
180	Luke Rowe	Team SKY
181	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge
182	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr
183	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale
184	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits
185	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida
186	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team
187	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr
188	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge
189	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida
190	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida
191	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol
192	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr
193	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	+ 29' 37''
194	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 32' 28''.

GC after Stage 9:

1	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team	35hr 58min 5sec
2	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	@ 3 seconds
3	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	+ 8''
4	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	+ 9''
5	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	+ 28''
6	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	+ 30''
7	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	+ 1' 06''
8	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 19''
9	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1' 26''
10	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1' 26''
11	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	+ 1' 33''
12	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1' 34''
13	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	+ 1' 35''
14	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1' 36''
15	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	+ 1' 42''
16	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 49''
17	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 2' 37''
18	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	+ 3' 17''
19	Maxime Monfort	Lotto Belisol	+ 4' 16''
20	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 4' 33''
21	Andre Fernando Cardoso	Garmin Sharp	+ 5' 49''
22	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 5' 53''
23	Giampaolo Caruso	Team Katusha	+ 6' 00''
24	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 6' 06''
25	Steve Morabito	BMC Racing Team	+ 6' 42''
26	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 6' 53''
27	Oliver Zaugg	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 7' 04''
28	Przemyslaw Niemiec	Lampre Merida	+ 7' 08''
29	Wouter Poels	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 7' 26''
30	Mikel Landa	Astana Pro Team	+ 7' 36''
31	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	+ 8' 03''
32	Dominik Nerz	BMC Racing Team	+ 8' 43''
33	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	+ 9' 15''
34	Luis Angel Mate	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 10' 38''
35	Maxime Bouet	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 11' 11''
36	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 11' 20''
37	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	+ 12' 31''
38	Chris Anker Sörensen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 14' 34''
39	Haimar Zubeldia	Trek Factory Racing	+ 16' 02''
40	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 16' 08''
41	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	+ 17' 21''
42	Andrey Amador	Movistar Team	+ 17' 37''
43	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	+ 18' 55''
44	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Lotto Belisol	+ 20' 58''
45	Jesús Hernández	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 21' 48''
46	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 21' 55''
47	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	+ 22' 37''
48	Alberto Losada	Team Katusha	+ 23' 04''
49	Tanel Kangert	Astana Pro Team	+ 24' 31''
50	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 25' 32''
51	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	+ 25' 48''
52	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 26' 15''
53	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 26' 35''
54	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	+ 27' 17''
55	Philip Deignan	Team SKY	+ 28' 56''
56	Paolo Tiralongo	Astana Pro Team	+ 29' 26''
57	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 29' 58''
58	Luis León Sánchez	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 31' 22''
59	José Herrada	Movistar Team	+ 32' 04''
60	Gorka Izagirre	Movistar Team	+ 32' 07''
61	Chad Haga	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 32' 10''
62	Daniel Teklehaimanot	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 32' 23''
63	Kenny Elissonde	FDJ.fr	+ 33' 10''
64	Manuel Quinziato	BMC Racing Team	+ 33' 21''
65	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 33' 36''
66	Andrew Talansky	Garmin Sharp	+ 33' 56''
67	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	+ 34' 48''
68	Tobias Ludvigsson	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 35' 21''
69	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	+ 35' 51''
70	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 36' 35''
71	Kanstantsin Siutsou	Team SKY	+ 36' 44''
72	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 36' 58''
73	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	+ 37' 03''
74	Peter Kennaugh	Team SKY	+ 38' 17''
75	George Bennett	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 38' 53''
76	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 39' 14''
77	Tony Martin	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 40' 28''
78	Koen De Kort	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 40' 29''
79	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	+ 41' 01''
80	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 41' 16''
81	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	+ 42' 45''
82	Ivan Rovny	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 43' 04''
83	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 43' 07''
84	Lawrence Warbasse	BMC Racing Team	+ 43' 08''
85	Simon Clarke	Orica GreenEdge	+ 43' 21''
86	Guillaume Levarlet	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 43' 33''
87	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	+ 43' 41''
88	Carlos Verona	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 44' 27''
89	Jonathan Castroviejo	Movistar Team	+ 45' 15''
90	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 46' 02''
91	Maxime Mederel	Team Europcar	+ 46' 03''
92	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	+ 47' 06''
93	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	+ 47' 23''
94	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 47' 24''
95	Johan Le Bon	FDJ.fr	+ 47' 47''
96	Bart De Clercq	Lotto Belisol	+ 47' 54''
97	Martijn Keizer	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 48' 33''
98	Filippo Pozzato	Lampre Merida	+ 49' 02''
99	Koldo Fernández	Garmin Sharp	+ 49' 08''
100	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	+ 49' 45''
101	Cédric Pineau	FDJ.fr	+ 50' 15''
102	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	+ 50' 40''
103	Imanol Erviti	Movistar Team	+ 51' 50''
104	Daniele Bennati	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 51' 50''
105	Yury Trofimov	Team Katusha	+ 52' 09''
106	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.fr	+ 52' 36''
107	Nikolas Maes	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 54' 09''
108	Andrey Zeits	Astana Pro Team	+ 55' 00''
109	Rohan Dennis	BMC Racing Team	+ 55' 42''
110	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 55' 48''
111	Johannes Fröhlinger	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 56' 45''
112	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	+ 58' 46''
113	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	+ 58' 49''
114	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	+ 58' 52''
115	Vasil Kiryienka	Team SKY	+ 59' 14''
116	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 59' 33''
117	Louis Meintjes	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 00' 28''
118	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 00' 47''
119	Stef Clement	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 01' 59''
120	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 02' 24''
121	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 02' 48''
122	Fabian Cancellara	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 03' 07''
123	Dmitry Kozontchuk	Team Katusha	+ 1h 03' 08''
124	Lawson Craddock	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 04' 02''
125	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 04' 23''
126	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 04' 54''
127	Marcel Aregger	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 05' 11''
128	Paolo Longo Borghini	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 06' 07''
129	Jose Rodolfo Serpa	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 07' 25''
130	Karol Domagalski	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 08' 38''
131	Antonio Piedra	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 08' 42''
132	Maciej Bodnar	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 08' 51''
133	Matteo Tosatto	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 09' 22''
134	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 1h 10' 29''
135	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	+ 1h 11' 45''
136	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 12' 01''
137	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 12' 11''
138	Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 12' 12''
139	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 12' 45''
140	Nathan Brown	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 12' 46''
141	Julian David Arredondo	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 13' 12''
142	Rinaldo Nocentini	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 13' 14''
143	Sergei Chernetski	Team Katusha	+ 1h 14' 13''
144	Christian Knees	Team SKY	+ 1h 14' 15''
145	Sander Armee	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 14' 17''
146	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 14' 48''
147	Kristof Vandewalle	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 17' 05''
148	Vincent Jerome	Team Europcar	+ 1h 17' 10''
149	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 17' 20''
150	Matthias Krizek	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 17' 26''
151	Martin Velits	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 1h 17' 32''
152	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 18' 25''
153	Vegard Breen	Lotto Belisol	+ 1h 18' 56''
154	Patrick Gretsch	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 20' 23''
155	Ramon Sinkeldam	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 1h 20' 44''
156	Jaco Venter	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 20' 53''
157	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 20' 54''
158	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 21' 34''
159	Maximiliano Ariel Richeze	Lampre Merida	+ 1h 21' 37''
160	David Millar	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 21' 47''
161	Cameron Meyer	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 22' 00''
162	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 22' 22''
163	Sam Bewley	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 23' 15''
164	Adriano Malori	Movistar Team	+ 1h 23' 24''
165	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 23' 34''
166	Damien Gaudin	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 23' 55''
167	Guillaume Boivin	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 1h 24' 18''
168	Pirmin Lang	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 25' 35''
169	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 26' 37''
170	Yohan Bagot	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 27' 09''
171	Johan Van Summeren	Garmin Sharp	+ 1h 27' 47''
172	Brett Lancaster	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 28' 00''
173	Jesse Sergent	Trek Factory Racing	+ 1h 30' 25''
174	Dan Craven	Team Europcar	+ 1h 30' 30''
175	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 1h 30' 31''
176	Murilo Fischer	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 30' 49''
177	Natnael Berhane	Team Europcar	+ 1h 31' 42''
178	Maarten Tjallingii	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 32' 15''
179	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	+ 1h 33' 03''
180	Mitchell Docker	Orica GreenEdge	+ 1h 33' 10''
181	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	+ 1h 37' 38''
182	Daniil Fominykh	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 40' 02''
183	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 1h 41' 58''
184	Jacopo Guarnieri	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 42' 44''
185	Laurent Mangel	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 43' 14''
186	Jonathan Fumeaux	IAM Cycling	+ 1h 44' 56''
187	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 1h 45' 17''
188	Anthony Roux	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 45' 30''
189	Andrea Guardini	Astana Pro Team	+ 1h 45' 43''
190	Luke Rowe	Team SKY	+ 1h 49' 45''
191	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	+ 1h 50' 43''
192	Carlos Alberto Betancur	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 2h 01' 42''
193	Dominic Klemme	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 04' 17''
194	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 09' 30''

Points Classification:

1	John Degenkolb	Team Giant - Shimano	87 points
2	Nacer Bouhanni	FDJ.fr	74
3	Michael Matthews	Orica GreenEdge	71
4	Daniel Martin	Garmin Sharp	42
5	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	38
6	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	35
7	Jasper Stuyven	Trek Factory Racing	34
8	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	32
9	Lloyd Mondory	AG2R La Mondiale	31
10	Roberto Ferrari	Lampre Merida	30
11	Vicente Reynes	IAM Cycling	28
12	Alessandro De Marchi	Cannondale Pro Cycling	27
13	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	26
14	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	25
15	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	24
16	Paul Martens	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	24
17	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team	21
18	Philippe Gilbert	BMC Racing Team	21
19	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	21
20	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	20
21	Damiano Caruso	Cannondale Pro Cycling	20
22	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	17
23	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	16
24	Fabio Aru	Astana Pro Team	16
25	Wilco Kelderman	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	16
26	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	16
27	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	16
28	Peter Sagan	Cannondale Pro Cycling	16
29	Tom Boonen	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	15
30	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	14
31	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	14
32	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	14
33	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	13
34	Robert Gesink	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	13
35	Elia Favilli	Lampre Merida	12
36	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
37	Gregory Henderson	Lotto Belisol	12
38	Yauheni Hutarovich	AG2R La Mondiale	12
39	Francesco Lasca	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	12
40	Jerome Coppel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	10
41	Alexandr Kolobnev	Team Katusha	10
42	Cadel Evans	BMC Racing Team	10
43	Oscar Gatto	Cannondale Pro Cycling	10
44	Robert Wagner	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	10
45	Jacques Van Rensburg	MTN - Qhubeka	9
46	Esteban Chaves	Orica GreenEdge	9
47	Daniel Navarro	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	8
48	Adam Hansen	Lotto Belisol	8
49	Gianluca Brambilla	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	8
50	Yannick Martinez	Team Europcar	7
51	Mikel Nieve	Team SKY	7
52	Daniel Moreno	Team Katusha	7
53	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	7
54	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	6
55	Fabio Felline	Trek Factory Racing	6
56	Matteo Pelucchi	IAM Cycling	6
57	Rigoberto Uran	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	5
58	Warren Barguil	Team Giant - Shimano	5
59	Samuel Sánchez	BMC Racing Team	5
60	Pieter Serry	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	5
61	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	5
62	Gerald Ciolek	MTN - Qhubeka	5
63	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	5
64	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	4
65	Nikias Arndt	Team Giant - Shimano	4
66	Sébastien Turgot	AG2R La Mondiale	4
67	Romain Hardy	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	4
68	Jens Debusschere	Lotto Belisol	4
69	Sébastien Hinault	IAM Cycling	4
70	Laurens Ten Dam	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	3
71	Christophe Le Mevel	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	3
72	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	3
73	Romain Zingle	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
74	Michael Valgren Andersen	Tinkoff - Saxo	2
75	Geoffrey Soupe	FDJ.fr	2
76	Gert Joeaar	Cofidis Solutions Crédits	2
77	Jay Robert Thomson	MTN - Qhubeka	2
78	David Arroyo	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1
79	Eduard Vorganov	Team Katusha	1
80	José Herrada	Movistar Team	1
81	Sergio Miguel Paulinho	Tinkoff - Saxo	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Luis Mas Bonet	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	20 points
2	Winner Anacona	Lampre Merida	18
3	Jerome Cousin	Team Europcar	13
4	Alejandro Valverde	Movistar Team	10
5	Johann Tschopp	IAM Cycling	8
6	Javier Moreno	Movistar Team	7
7	Amets Txurruka	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	7
8	Christopher Froome	Team SKY	6
9	Danilo Wyss	BMC Racing Team	6
10	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Pro Team	6
11	Ryder Hesjedal	Garmin Sharp	5
12	Pim Ligthart	Lotto Belisol	5
13	Alberto Contador	Tinkoff - Saxo	4
14	Damiano Cunego	Lampre Merida	4
15	Nathan Haas	Garmin Sharp	3
16	Adam Yates	Orica GreenEdge	3
17	Joaquin Rodriguez	Team Katusha	2
18	Sergio Pardilla	MTN - Qhubeka	2
19	Hubert Dupont	AG2R La Mondiale	2
20	Kristian Sbaragli	MTN - Qhubeka	2
21	Jimmy Engoulvent	Team Europcar	2
22	Nairo Alexander Quintana	Movistar Team	1
23	Romain Sicard	Team Europcar	1
24	Bob Jungels	Trek Factory Racing	1
25	Peio Bilbao	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1
26	Valerio Conti	Lampre Merida	1
27	Dario Cataldo	Team SKY	1
28	Francisco Javier Aramendia	Caja Rural Seguros RGA	1

Team Classification:

1	Movistar Team	107hr 27min 19sec
2	Team Katusha	@ 3min 11sec
3	Belkin Pro Cycling Team	+ 5' 37''
4	Cofidis, Solutions Crédits	+ 7' 36''
5	BMC Racing Team	+ 7' 45''
6	Omega Pharma - Quick-Step	+ 7' 48''
7	Astana Pro Team	+ 10' 23''
8	Lampre - Merida	+ 10' 50''
9	Garmin Sharp	+ 11' 43''
10	Tinkoff - Saxo	+ 14' 38''
11	Team SKY	+ 20' 43''
12	Lotto Belisol	+ 29' 33''
13	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	+ 30' 18''
14	Team Giant - Shimano	+ 30' 48''
15	AG2R La Mondiale	+ 31' 08''
16	Orica GreenEdge	+ 48' 06''
17	MTN - Qhubeka	+ 48' 23''
18	Cannondale Pro Cycling	+ 53' 12''
19	Trek Factory Racing	+ 56' 56''
20	FDJ.fr	+ 1h 05' 45''
21	Team Europcar	+ 1h 06' 02''
22	IAM Cycling	+ 2h 22' 48''

Stage 9 photos:

Winner Anacona heading up the final climb to a stage win. Photo ©Sirotti

Alberto Contador attacks with two kilometers to go. Photo ©Sirotti

While a little further back Nairo Quintana is riding into the red jersey. Photo ©Sirotti

Here Joaquin Rodriguez leads Nairo Quintana. Photo ©Sirotti

Chris Froome leads Alejandro Valverde. Photo ©Sirotti

Alejandro Valverde in his final moments in red. Photo ©Sirotti

Astana rider Fabio Aru had a mechanical problem with just 20 kilometers to go, but rejoined the leaders and finished 17th, with Valverde and Froome. Photo ©Sirotti

Ag2r rider Rinaldo Nocentini finished 23rd, about 3 minutes behind Anacona. Photo ©Sirotti

Winner Anacona wins stage nine. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage victor Winner Anacona. Photo ©Sirotti

New GC leader Nairo Quintana. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 9 live updates:

Weather at Teruel (about mid-way through the stage) at 11AM local time. Instead of baking heat, we're probably going to have rain. It's 24C (75F), partly cloudy and forecast to climb to 28C (82F) with a 90% chance of rain. Wind is from the south-southeast at 8 km/hr (5 mph).

Km 25, 160 km to go: All 195 finishers of yesterday's stage signed in and started today. Today is a hilltop finish, so we'll see more changes to the GC.

There have been continual attacks and right now 27 riders are in front of a chase group of four with the peloton 1min 10sec behind the lead group.

Km 44, 141 km to go: The four chasers linked up with the big lead group, so we have 31 riders 4min 8sec ahead of the peloton.

Belkin rider Moreno Hofland has abandoned.

Km 59, 126 km to go: The 31 riders are now 5min 22sec ahead of the field. Cannondale, Tinkoff-Saxo and FDJ do not have riders in the break.

Km 74, 111 km to go: The 31 riders are 6min 22sec ahead of the pack. Best placed rider in the break is Winner Anacona (Lampre-Merida) in 21st place, down 2min 50sec. That would make Anacona the virtual leader.

Km 85, 100 km to go: Gap is up to 7min 18sec. Movistar is leading the peloton without panic. The race has been moving smartly down the road with an average speed after about two hours of 44 km/hr. Trek hit the jackpot with this break, they have three riders in the 31-man break: Fabio Felline, Bob Jungels and Julian Arredondo.

Km 98, 87 km to go: The results of the intermediate sprint at Teruel: 1st Yannick Martinez, 2nd Romain Zingle, 3rd Alexey Lutsenko. The 31 riders have an 8-minute lead. The break is approaching the first categorized ascent of the day, the third-category Puerto Cabigordo.

Here is a list of the 31 riders off the front: Carlos Verona, Rinaldo Nocentini, Tom Boonen, Adam Hansen, Romain Zingle, Sam Bewley, Fabio Felline, Johan Van Summeren, Winner Anacona, Bob Jungels, Ryder Hesjedal, Dominik Nerz, Yannick Martinez, Paul Martens, Peio Bilbao, Julian David Arredondo, Jay Robert Thomson, Javier Moreno, Danilo Wyss, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Damiano Cunego, Natnael Berhane, Pirmin Lang, Jerome Coppel, Alexey Lutsenko, Eduard Vorganov, Dario Cataldo, Nikias Arndt, Jérôme Cousin, Luis Mas Bonet and Maxime Bouet

Km 112, 73 km to go: Order of the KOM competition as the break went over the Puerto Cabigordo: 1st Jerome Cousin, 2nd Luis Mas Bonet 3rd Dario Cataldo. The break still has 7min 54sec. After three hours the average speed has been 43.2 km/hr.

Km 129, 56 km to go: And at the Cedrillas intermediate sprint: 1st Nikias Arndt, 2nd Jay Robert Thomson, 3rd Yannick Martinez.

37 km to go: Movistar is leading the peloton and has cut the lead down to seven minutes. Angry looking clouds hover over the riders. Johan van Summeren leads the break.

32 km to go: The road is rising and falling here. The two Garmin-Sharp riders, Van Summeren and Hesjedal,lead the break. Tom Boonen has been throwing in a few watts as well. Two Paris-Roubaix winners in the break, Boonen and Van Summeren. The gap is 6min 50sec. Movistar continues to lead the peloton.

25 km to go: Bam! Sam Bewley (Orica-GreenEdge) has attacked the break. He's got a nice gap. The pack is 6min 41sec back. Average speed so far is 43.2 km/hr. The stage may finish almost a half-hour ahead of projections. Bewley is on the second-category Alto de San Rafael.

23 km to go: It's raining hard now. Adam Hansen and Danilo Wyss have joined Bewley. Gap back to the peloton is 6min 30sec.

21 km to go: The Bewley group has been caught and virtual red jersey Winner Anacona is pounding away at the front of the break, aided by Bob Jungels. Sky is leading the peloton now. Fabio Aru had a problem and is chasing to get back to the peloton.

The break is fracturing on the climb.

20 km to go: Winner Anacona and Bob Jungels are off the front of the break with Movistar rider Javier Moreno as a passenger. As race leader Valverde's teammate, Moreno won't help Anacona. Pack is 6 minutes back.

14 km to go: Well, I was wrong. Moreno is helping the break, probably thinking stage win. The lead trio is 40 seconds ahead of the 27 members of the big break. The peloton is 5min 36sec back.

10 km to go: It's pouring rain, especially at the finish. The break is descending the Alto de San Rafael and will be starting the final climb soon.

9 km to go: Tony Martin is at the front of the pack and the gap has fallen below five minutes. Winner Anacona will have to finish 2min 50sec ahead of Valverde to take the red jersey.

7 km to go: The riders behind Martin are having real trouble staying with him as he sets a fierce pace. Teammate and GC contender Rigoberto Uran is on Martin's wheel. Martin has reduced the gap to 4min 25sec.

6 km to go: We're on the final climb to Aramón Valdelinares. Bam! Anacona tries to it alone. He's gone.

4 km to go: Sky leads the peloton. There was some hail, but it has stopped. Anacona has a lead of 3min 53sec. He can give up only one more minute and still take the lead. Looks like about 25 riders in the lead group of the peloton. The big GC riders are there.

Order over the San Rafael was: 1st Javier Moreno, 2nd Winner Anacona, 3rd Bob Jungels.

2 km to go: I see only one Tinkoff-Saxo rider in the peloton, Contador. Sky continues to pound at the front. The gap to Anacona is 3min 33sec. I forgot about the 10-second time bonus for winning the stage, so he can lose a little more time.

Bam! Dan Martin attacks the peloton. Joaquin Rodriguez goes after him with the pack in tow. Katusha gathers at the front of the peloton and puts a lot of pressure on the group.

1 km to go: Anacona has 3min 2sec. Bam! Contador attacks hard and has a real gap almost immediately.

Quintana responds. Valverde is cracking.

The finish: Winner Anacona wins the stage. Contador is pounding a big gear to the finish as he passes riders from the original break. Rodriguez and Quintana look to have caught Contador at the line.

Quintana is the new GC leader by 3 seconds over Contador.

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