Stage 9: July 13, 2008: Tour de France: Toulouse - Bagneres de Bigorre (224 km):
1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott      05:39:28
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                         1.04
3 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                             1.17
4 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                              
5 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                  
6 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
7 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 
8 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                     
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                        
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                           
11 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
12 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia                                   
13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                    
14 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
15 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                   
16 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                          
17 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                           
18 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
19 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                             
20 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30          
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                             
22 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
23 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                 
24 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               
25 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                  
26 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                         
27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
28 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                     
29 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                      
30 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  
31 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                           
32 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             
33 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                           
34 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                   
35 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 
36 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   
37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                      
38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                    
39 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
40 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
41 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           1.57
42 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                     
43 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
44 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                           
45 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                    
46 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
48 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
49 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                         
50 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                     
51 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                               
52 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
53 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott         2.14
54 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           4.34
55 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
56 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
57 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                    
58 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                            
59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                            6.27
60 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                               
61 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                     
62 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       
63 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             9.04
64 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
65 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      
66 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                             
67 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                      
68 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                      
69 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
70 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                       
71 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                                   
72 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
73 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
74 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     
75 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       
76 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                      
77 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                        
78 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 
79 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         
80 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
81 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                        
82 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                
83 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        
84 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             
85 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                   16.57
86 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                   
87 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
88 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                
89 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                      
90 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                     18.55
91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                    
92 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                               
93 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                    
94 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
95 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                              
96 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         
97 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 
98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale                 
99 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                               
100 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                    
101 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                                
102 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
103 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         
104 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  
105 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                 
106 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         
107 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
108 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                            
109 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
110 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                       
111 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                                 
112 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                     
113 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                  
114 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                  
116 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                                
117 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
118 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                    
119 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                              24.02
120 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
121 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             
122 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        
123 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
124 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            24.20
125 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                        28.11
126 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                         
128 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                   
129 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
130 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
131 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
132 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                               
133 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                              
134 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                    
135 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                 
136 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                      
137 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
138 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 
139 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                     
140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   
141 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
142 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30            
143 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
144 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
145 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
146 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              
147 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                   
148 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                             
149 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                   
150 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                               
151 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                
152 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              
153 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                            
154 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
155 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         
156 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
157 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            
158 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
159 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
160 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  
161 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30              
162 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                  
163 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                
164 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                               
165 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
167 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               
168 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                    
169 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                           31.23
170 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                                     

Overall rankings after stage 9:
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team Columbia      38:07:19
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               0.06
3 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        0.44
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.56
5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                    1.03
6 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne              1.12
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                 1.21
8 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
9 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               1.27
10 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                1.34
11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                       1.56
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                        1.58
13 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner                               2.03
14 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         2.07
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre                                    2.09
16 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            2.16
17 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                          2.19
18 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                 2.20
19 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                              2.31
20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                  2.33
21 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                     2.35
22 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                        2.50
23 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step                                2.55
24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                 3.01
25 David Millar (GBr) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                4.31
26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott               4.33
27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto                        4.34
28 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                 5.17
29 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                            6.00
30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia                            6.31
31 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                          6.36
32 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                      6.39
33 Moises Dueñas Nevado (Spa) Barloworld                             
34 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel                        7.24
35 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               7.43
36 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           7.49
37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                           8.42
38 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                     9.53
39 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia                       10.51
40 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              11.47
41 José Iván Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    12.44
42 Félix Rafael Cárdenas (Col) Barloworld                        13.16
43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   13.36
44 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                  13.50
45 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre                                  14.13
46 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                14.22
47 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
48 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  14.33
49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                   15.05
50 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         15.18
51 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
52 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto                       15.29
53 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                  16.05
54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             17.03
55 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia                           17.46
56 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                   18.04
57 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                  18.14
58 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                       19.44
59 Christophe Le Mével (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     20.07
60 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     21.18
61 David López García (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     21.49
62 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             22.21
63 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre                                  25.26
64 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                26.30
65 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi            27.27
66 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                   28.01
67 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott        30.19
68 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom                         30.35
69 Trent Lowe (Aus) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                 30.53
70 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                         31.09
71 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 31.23
72 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                 31.31
73 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                32.18
74 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux                     32.29
75 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                         33.06
76 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi             35.04
77 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                             35.27
78 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                           35.47
79 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        35.58
80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                               36.37
81 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux                   36.51
82 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30             37.30
83 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Agritubel                             38.05
84 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                           38.07
85 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             39.45
86 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                               39.48
87 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  40.02
88 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               40.31
89 David Moncoutié (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       41.57
90 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                            42.21
91 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                          43.23
92 David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel                                  44.38
93 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          44.47
94 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre                                    44.52
95 Iñaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  45.39
96 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      46.07
97 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step                    46.34
98 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale             47.27
99 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      47.28
100 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank                                47.37
101 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                 48.25
102 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                           48.27
103 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     49.17
104 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                50.17
105 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                 50.33
106 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                        50.50
107 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux                   51.23
108 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Columbia                            51.31
109 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                         51.35
110 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                          51.48
111 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                          53.06
112 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Agritubel                              54.16
113 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 54.17
114 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                               54.29
115 Danny Pate (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30                54.35
116 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            55.24
117 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                    55.57
118 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                               55.59
119 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       56.14
120 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale                        56.49
121 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott               57.02
122 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                             57.22
123 Juan José Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              57.39
124 Julian Dean (NZl) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30               59.34
125 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                           59.58
126 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                        1.00.55
127 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                  1.01.05
128 Adam Hansen (Aus) Team Columbia                            1.01.35
129 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                            1.02.05
130 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel                           1.02.18
131 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Crédit Agricole                         1.02.28
132 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                             1.03.06
133 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                        1.03.08
134 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                   1.03.14
135 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                            1.03.36
136 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                  1.04.06
137 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                             1.04.07
138 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                 1.04.31
139 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                            1.04.41
140 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto                    1.04.55
141 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.05.01
142 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                            1.05.54
143 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.06.39
144 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           1.06.56
145 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       1.08.27
146 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                              1.09.18
147 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30      1.10.02
148 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                           1.10.47
149 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Team Garmin-Chipotle p/b H30        1.10.59
150 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia                       1.11.01
151 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia                         1.12.09
152 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                         1.12.11
153 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                         1.12.27
154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                1.12.40
155 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.13.07
156 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone    1.13.15
157 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                              1.14.20
158 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          1.14.37
159 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                          1.14.44
160 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne          1.15.07
161 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                     1.15.32
162 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia                         1.16.01
163 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Agritubel                               1.16.13
164 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                     1.16.55
165 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                           1.17.11
166 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                   1.18.56
167 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                        1.21.58
168 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      1.22.19
169 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                     1.24.06
170 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                      1.25.48

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