Stage 9 Results
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto
2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
3 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre
6 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
8 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step
9 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole
General classification after stage 9
1 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.11
3 Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana
4 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) CSC-Saxo Bank
6 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia
7 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Caisse d’Epargne
Links to news sites…
“Van Avermaet wins Tour of Spain ninth stage
SABINANIGO, Spain (AFP) — Spaniard Egoi Martinez of Euskaltel took the overall lead after Belgian rider Greg van Avermaet of the Silence team won the ninth stage of the Tour of Spain on Monday, a 200.8km ride between Viella and Sabinanigo.
Van Avermaet won out after joining a dozen-strong breakaway and edged out Davide Rebellin of Italy and Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha in a sprint finish.” Read more from the AFP…
“Van Avermaet captures win after successful break
Martínez takes over yellow
By Susan Westemeyer
Greg Van Avermaet of Silence-Lotto took the sprint of an 11-rider escape group which spent most of the day in the lead, as Astana miscalculated and let the leader’s jersey slip off of Levi Leipheimer’s shoulders. Egoi Martinez of Euskaltel was content with a 10th place finish on the day, as he finished with an 11 second lead over Leipheimer. Davide Rebellin of Gerolsteiner finished second behind Van Avermaet, with Juan Antontio Flecha (Rabobank) third.” Read more from CyclingNews.com…
