XORRET DE CATI, Spain, Sept 7, 2009 (AFP) – Results from Tour of Spain cycling race following Monday’s ninth stage, a 188.8km ride from Alcoy to Xorret de Cati:

Stage
1. Gustavo Cesar (ESP/KGZ) 5hr 21min 04sec, 2. Marco Marzano (ITA/LAM) at 21sec, 3. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 0:40, 4. David De la Fuente (ESP/FUJ) 0:41, 5. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0:41, 6. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) 0:41, 7. Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:41, 8. Javier Ramirez (ESP/ACA) 0:53, 9. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/GCE) 1min 12sec, 10. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 1:12, 11. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 1:12, 12. Tadej Valjavec (SLO/ALM) 1:12, 13. Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (ESP/KGZ) 1:12, 14. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/LAM) 1:29, 15. Frank Schleck (LUX/SAX) 1:29, 16. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 1:29, 17. Igor Anton (ESP/EUS) 1:37, 18. Daniel Navarro (ESP/AST) 1:37, 19. Matteo Carrara (ITA/VAC) 1:39, 20. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/FUJ) 1:39.

Selected
26. Matthew Lloyd (AUS/SIL) 2:05, 33. Philip Deignan (NIR/CTT) 2:17, 46.
Adam Hansen (AUS/THR) 3:14, 51. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 3:34, 57. David Millar
(GBR/GRM) 4:11, 79. Simon Gerrans (AUS/CTT) 6:09, 88. Roger Hammond (GBR/CTT) 6:42, 102. Greg Henderson (NZL/THR) 8:36, 103. Stuart O’Grady (AUS/SAX) 8:36, 166. Wesley Sulzberger (AUS/FDJ) 10:45, 175. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 11:24.

Did not finish
Allan Davis (AUS/QST)

Overall
1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP/GCE) 36hr 26min 40sec, 2. Cadel Evans (AUS/SIL) at 7sec, 3. Robert Gesink (NED/RAB) 0.36, 4. Tom Danielson (USA/GRM) 0:51, 5.
Ivan Basso (ITA/LIQ) 0:53, 6. Samuel Sanchez (ESP/EUS) 1min 03sec, 7. Damiano Cunego (ITA/LAM) 2:04, 8. Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (ESP/KGZ) 2:24, 9. Haimar Zubeldia (ESP/AST) 3:01, 10. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (ESP/FUJ) 3:08, 11. Tadej Valjavec (SLO/ALM) 3:13, 12. Daniel Navarro (ESP/AST) 3:16, 13. Joaquin Rodriguez (ESP/GCE) 3:49, 14. Paolo Tiralongo (ITA/LAM) 3:52, 15. Daniel Moreno (ESP/GCE) 4:23, 16. Johnny Hoogerland (NED/VAC) 4:41, 17. Arkaitz Duran (ESP/FUJ) 4:42, 18. Xavier Tondo (ESP/ACA) 4:49, 19. Sandy Casar (FRA/FDJ) 5:02, 20. Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (ESP/CTT) 5:31.

Selected
22. Philip Deignan (NIR/CTT) 6:12, 33. Daniel Martin (IRL/GRM) 10:04, 48.
Matthew Lloyd (AUS/SIL) 17:25, 53. David Millar (GBR/GRM) 19:58, 74. Simon Gerrans (AUS/CTT) 25:35, 93. Tyler Farrar (USA/GRM) 29:51, 104. Roger Hammond
(GBR/CTT) 33:35, 111. Adam Hansen (AUS/THR) 34:33, 114. Stuart O’Grady
(AUS/SAX) 35:25, 160. Julian Dean (NZL/GRM) 50:03, 162. Wesley Sulzberger
(AUS/FDJ) 50:42, 177. Timothy Gudsell (NZL/FDJ) 59:40.