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Sunday, September 2: Stage 9, Talavera de la Reina - La Covatilla, 198.2 km

Stage 9 map & profile | Stage 9 photos

Ben King wins stage nine.

Rated ascents:

• Km 52.3: Puerto del Pico, 15.3 km @ 5.5%, Cat. 1
• Km 68.6: Alto de Gredos, 10.1 km @ 3.7%, Cat. 3
• Km 98: Puerto de Peña Negra, 13 km @ 4.5%, Cat. 2
• Km 200.8: Alto de la Covatilla, 9.8 km @ 7.1%, Cat. H

Weather at La Covatilla at 4:00 PM local time: 30C (86F), Sunny, with the wind from the WSW at 12 km/hr (8mph). No rain is forecast during the race.

The race: The official stage nine start was at 12:13 PM.

Here's the organizer's stage nine report:

Second mountain summit finish at La Vuelta 18, and second stage win for Ben King (Dimension Data)! The American rider went again for the victorious breakaway on Sunday at La Covatilla, five days after winning at Alfacar. This time, he was able to celebrate on his own his solo victory ahead of Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) while favourites were battling it out in the final kilometres… Colombian climbers Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) showed the strongest legs but it’s Simon Yates (Mithcelton-Scott) who takes the red jersey, only one second ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)!

A strong group of 11 riders got away from the start with Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis) attacking first in order to defend his Polka-dot jersey on the most mountainous day since the start of La Vuelta. Dylan Teuns (BMC Racing Team), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto-Soudal), Ben King (Dimension Data), Reto Hollenstein (Katusha-Alpecin), Thomas Leezer (LottoNL-Jumbo), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Jesus Ezquerra (Burgos-BH), Lluis Mas (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Kenneth Vanbilsen (Cofidis) and Aritz Bagües (Euskadi-Murias) followed the Spaniard. Their lead steadily increased to 5’ in the first climb of the day, the cat-1 Puerto del Pico summited first by Mate (km 52.3).

Mate also took the most KOM points available at the cat-3 Alto de Gredos (km 68.6) as well as the cat-2 Puerto de Peña Negra (km 98). The gap was then up to 6’20’’… and it suddenly increased in the following downhill and the valley, up to 9’55’’ with 55km to go! Ben King was then a major threat for the red jersey as he started the day with a delay of 6’34’’ to Rudy Molard (Groupama-FDJ). Movistar waited for the last 50km to start pulling the pack, with a gap of 9’46’’.

The increased pace cut the gap under 7 minutes as the race entered the last 20km. Ben King enjoyed a narrow, steep, cobbled section at Candelario (km 182) to go solo at the front. He had opened a gap of 1’30’’ to his chasers and 6’15’’ to the peloton when he reached the bottom of the final climb, the Alto de La Covatilla (9.8km at 7.1%). Bauke Mollema accelerated 9km away from the summit and gradually moved closer to the leader, with a gap down to 20’’ with 2km to go, before fading in the final smoother section.

In the pack, Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) set a hard pace for Emanuel Buchmann and Rudy Molard was dropped with 6km to go. Michal Kwiatkowski (Team Sky) also struggled with 2km to go, before Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana), Nairo Quintana (Movistar) and Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) accelerated one after the other. The gaps were minimal on the line, but sufficient for Simon Yates (Mitchelton-Scott) to take the red jersey one second ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team).

Complete results:

Stage 9 photos

198.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 35.967 km/hr

1	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	5hr 30min 38sec
2	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	@ 48sec
3	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	02' 38''
4	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	02' 40''
5	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	s.t.
6	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	s.t.
7	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	02' 43''
8	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	02' 46''
9	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	02' 49''
10	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	03' 02''
11	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	03' 04''
12	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	03' 05''
13	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
14	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
15	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	03' 08''
16	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	03' 20''
17	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	03' 29''
18	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	03' 32''
19	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
20	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
21	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	s.t.
22	JAN HIRT	Astana	s.t.
23	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	03' 50''
24	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	03' 54''
25	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	04' 44''
26	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
27	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
28	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	04' 54''
29	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	04' 56''
31	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
32	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	05' 00''
34	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	05' 11''
35	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	s.t.
36	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	05' 40''
37	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	05' 46''
38	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	s.t.
39	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
40	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	06' 23''
41	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
42	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
43	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
44	OSCAR CABEDO	Burgos BH	06' 55''
45	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
46	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
47	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos BH	06' 59''
48	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	07' 36''
49	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	08' 27''
50	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
51	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
52	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	09' 12''
53	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	s.t.
54	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	09' 14''
55	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	09' 42''
56	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	s.t.
57	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	s.t.
58	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	10' 21''
59	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	10' 49''
60	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	11' 08''
61	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	11' 28''
62	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	11' 47''
63	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	12' 30''
64	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	s.t.
65	SIMONE PETILLI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
66	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	s.t.
67	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
68	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
69	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	12' 56''
70	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	12' 58''
71	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	14' 09''
72	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
73	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	14' 29''
74	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
75	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	14' 41''
76	BJORG LAMBRECHT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
77	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	s.t.
78	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	15' 04''
79	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	15' 29''
80	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	15' 40''
81	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	16' 09''
82	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	17' 43''
83	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
84	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
85	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	17' 48''
86	PAVEL SIVAKOV	Sky	s.t.
87	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
88	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
89	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	18' 13''
90	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	s.t.
91	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	18' 56''
92	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	20' 20''
93	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	s.t.
94	NICOLA CONCI	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
95	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	s.t.
96	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	s.t.
97	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	21' 56''
98	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	s.t.
99	JORDI SIMON	Burgos BH	s.t.
100	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
101	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
102	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
103	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
104	ALEX ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
105	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
106	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
107	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
108	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
109	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
110	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	s.t.
111	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
113	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	s.t.
114	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	Sky	s.t.
115	JORGE CUBERO	Burgos BH	s.t.
116	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	s.t.
117	GEORG PREIDLER	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
118	JETSE BOL	Burgos BH	s.t.
119	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	s.t.
120	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos BH	s.t.
121	PABLO TORRES	Burgos BH	s.t.
122	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
123	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
124	ROHAN DENNIS	BMC	s.t.
125	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	s.t.
126	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos BH	s.t.
127	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	s.t.
128	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
129	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
130	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
131	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	22' 24''
132	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	22' 52''
133	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	23' 01''
134	MARK PADUN	Bahrain-Merida	23' 08''
135	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	23' 11''
136	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	23' 48''
137	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
138	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	24' 41''
139	HECTOR SAEZ BENITO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
140	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
141	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
142	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
143	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	s.t.
144	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
145	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
146	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	25' 01''
147	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	25' 23''
148	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	25' 34''
149	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
150	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	25' 46''
151	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	26' 00''
152	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	26' 19''
153	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
154	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	26' 19''
155	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	28' 05''
156	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
157	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	28' 06''
158	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	28' 17''
159	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	29' 02''
160	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	29' 53''
161	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	s.t.
162	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
163	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
164	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
165	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
166	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
167	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
168	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
169	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
170	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
171	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
172	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	31' 33''
173	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
174	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	32' 18''
175	NACER BOUHANNI	Cofidis	s.t.

GC after stage 9:

• GC leader: Simon Philip Yates (Mitchelton-Scott)
• Mountains classification leader: Luis Angel Mate (Cofidis)
• Points classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Combination classification leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
• Team classification leader: LottoNL-Jumbo

1,434.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 38.852 km/hr

1	SIMON PHILIP YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	36hr 54min 52sec
2	ALEJANDRO VALVERDE	Movistar	@ 1sec
3	NAIRO QUINTANA	Movistar	00' 14''
4	EMANUEL BUCHMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	00' 16''
5	JON IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	00' 17''
6	TONY GALLOPIN	Ag2r La Mondiale	00' 24''
7	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	Astana	00' 27''
8	RIGOBERTO URAN	EF Education First-Drapac	00' 32''
9	STEVEN KRUIJSWIJK	LottoNL-Jumbo	00' 43''
10	GEORGE BENNETT	LottoNL-Jumbo	00' 48''
11	FABIO ARU	UAE-Team Emirates	01' 08''
12	ENRIC MAS NICOLAU	Quick-Step Floors	01' 15''
13	DAVID DE LA CRUZ	Sky	01' 26''
14	WILCO KELDERMAN	Team Sunweb	01' 50''
15	MICHAL KWIATKOWSKI	Sky	02' 10''
16	THIBAUT PINOT	Groupama-FDJ	02' 33''
17	RUDY MOLARD	Groupama-FDJ	02' 43''
18	BENJAMIN KING	Dimension Data	03' 01''
19	LAURENS DE PLUS	Quick-Step Floors	03' 17''
20	JACK HAIG	Mitchelton-Scott	04' 29''
21	JESUS HERRADA	Cofidis	05' 04''
22	LOUIS MEINTJES	Dimension Data	05' 27''
23	RAFAL MAJKA	Bora-hansgrohe	05' 44''
24	HERMANN PERNSTEINER	Bahrain-Merida	06' 01''
25	GIANLUCA BRAMBILLA	Trek-Segafredo	09' 08''
26	DAVIDE FORMOLO	Bora-hansgrohe	09' 28''
27	BAUKE MOLLEMA	Trek-Segafredo	09' 50''
28	CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	10' 45''
29	RICHARD CARAPAZ	Movistar	11' 35''
30	GORKA IZAGUIRRE	Bahrain-Merida	11' 50''
31	SERGIO LUIS HENAO	Sky	12' 03''
32	DANIEL MORENO	EF Education First-Drapac	12' 15''
33	HUBERT DUPONT	Ag2r La Mondiale	12' 49''
34	ILNUR ZAKARIN	Katusha-Alpecin	13' 26''
35	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	13' 57''
36	MERHAWI KUDUS	Dimension Data	14' 01''
37	LUIS GUILLERMO MAS BONET	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	15' 11''
38	SEPP KUSS	LottoNL-Jumbo	15' 12''
39	MIKEL BIZKARRA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	15' 51''
40	DAVIDE VILLELLA	Astana	15' 55''
41	PAVEL KOCHETKOV	Katusha-Alpecin	16' 53''
42	BEN GASTAUER	Ag2r La Mondiale	21' 38''
43	MICHAEL WOODS	EF Education First-Drapac	22' 08''
44	AMANUEL GHEBREIGZABHIER	Dimension Data	22' 14''
45	FLORIS DE TIER	LottoNL-Jumbo	22' 25''
46	JOSE HERRADA	Cofidis	22' 36''
47	JAI HINDLEY	Team Sunweb	24' 53''
48	IGOR ANTON	Dimension Data	26' 01''
49	ANDREY ZEITS	Astana	26' 42''
50	SIMON CLARKE	EF Education First-Drapac	28' 16''
51	DYLAN TEUNS	BMC	28' 38''
52	FRANCO PELLIZOTTI	Bahrain-Merida	28' 57''
53	SERGIO PARDILLA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	29' 24''
54	WINNER ANDREW ANACONA	Movistar	s.t.
55	DANIEL MARTIN	UAE-Team Emirates	30' 17''
56	VALERIO CONTI	UAE-Team Emirates	31' 00''
57	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	Katusha-Alpecin	31' 32''
58	EDUARD PRADES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	32' 37''
59	SANDER ARMEE	Lotto-Soudal	32' 45''
60	SIMON GESCHKE	Team Sunweb	32' 48''
61	MAXIME MONFORT	Lotto-Soudal	33' 10''
62	TAO GEOGHEGAN HART	Sky	34' 29''
63	EDWARD RAVASI	UAE-Team Emirates	34' 31''
64	SIMONE PETILLI	UAE-Team Emirates	35' 05''
65	RYAN GIBBONS	Dimension Data	35' 09''
66	LÉO VINCENT	Groupama-FDJ	36' 14''
67	BJORG LAMBRECHT	Lotto-Soudal	36' 57''
68	BRENT BOOKWALTER	BMC	37' 12''
69	VINCENZO NIBALI	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
70	PELLO BILBAO	Astana	39' 05''
71	JESUS EZQUERRA	Burgos BH	39' 54''
72	OSCAR RODRIGUEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	40' 16''
73	ARITZ BAGUES	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	41' 35''
74	JAY MC CARTHY	Bora-hansgrohe	41' 37''
75	DARIO CATALDO	Astana	41' 49''
76	DAMIEN HOWSON	Mitchelton-Scott	42' 24''
77	ANDREY AMADOR	Movistar	42' 50''
78	PIERRE ROLLAND	EF Education First-Drapac	43' 19''
79	MIKEL ITURRIA	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	43' 32''
80	TOM VAN ASBROECK	EF Education First-Drapac	43' 39''
81	NELSON OLIVEIRA	Movistar	44' 22''
82	FABIO FELLINE	Trek-Segafredo	44' 47''
83	JOSÉ MENDES	Burgos BH	45' 44''
84	JOSEPH ROSSKOPF	BMC	46' 06''
85	STÉPHANE ROSSETTO	Cofidis	46' 13''
86	THOMAS DE GENDT	Lotto-Soudal	46' 30''
87	TIAGO MACHADO	Katusha-Alpecin	46' 56''
88	ALESSANDRO DE MARCHI	BMC	47' 55''
89	SALVATORE PUCCIO	Sky	47' 58''
90	GEORG PREIDLER	Groupama-FDJ	48' 21''
91	MICKAEL DELAGE	Groupama-FDJ	50' 20''
92	OMAR FRAILE	Astana	52' 40''
93	NIKITA STALNOV	Astana	54' 14''
94	NANS PETERS	Ag2r La Mondiale	55' 06''
95	DRIES DEVENYNS	Quick-Step Floors	56' 15''
96	SVEN ERIK BYSTRØM	UAE-Team Emirates	57' 52''
97	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	58' 26''
98	MIKE TEUNISSEN	Team Sunweb	59' 55''
99	VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN	UAE-Team Emirates	1H 00' 01''
100	ALEXANDRE GENIEZ	Ag2r La Mondiale	1H 01' 44''
101	JORGE CUBERO	Burgos BH	1H 02' 20''
102	JAN HIRT	Astana	1H 02' 20''
103	MARKEL IRIZAR	Trek-Segafredo	1H 02' 37''
104	MARTIJN TUSVELD	Team Sunweb	1H 03' 10''
105	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	1H 03' 38''
106	OSCAR CABEDO	Burgos BH	1H 04' 02''
107	MICHAEL STORER	Team Sunweb	1H 04' 08''
108	TOSH VAN DER SANDE	Lotto-Soudal	1H 04' 57''
109	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	Team Sunweb	1H 05' 14''
110	JORDI SIMON CASULLERAS	Burgos BH	1H 06' 15''
111	ADAM YATES	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 06' 36''
112	JETSE BOL	Burgos BH	1H 07' 33''
113	PAVEL SIVAKOV	Sky	1H 07' 35''
114	JOSÉ GONÇALVES	Katusha-Alpecin	1H 08' 13''
115	IVAN GARCIA	Bahrain-Merida	1H 08' 35''
116	PETER SAGAN	Bora-hansgrohe	1H 08' 56''
117	ALEX ARANBURU	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 09' 05''
118	PIETER SERRY	Quick-Step Floors	1H 09' 53''
119	MICHAEL ALBASINI	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 09' 56''
120	LUIS ANGEL MATE	Cofidis	1H 10' 23''
121	IMANOL ERVITI	Movistar	1H 10' 51''
122	TIESJ BENOOT	Lotto-Soudal	1H 10' 54''
123	JONATHAN LASTRA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 11' 27''
124	RICHIE PORTE	BMC	1H 12' 04''
125	BENJAMIN THOMAS	Groupama-FDJ	1H 12' 31''
126	JHONATAN RESTREPO	Katusha-Alpecin	1H 12' 40''
127	MARK PADUN	Bahrain-Merida	1H 13' 00''
128	VICTOR CAMPENAERTS	Lotto-Soudal	1H 14' 30''
129	DANIELE BENNATI	Movistar	1H 15' 10''
130	JELLE WALLAYS	Lotto-Soudal	1H 15' 25''
131	MIKAEL CHEREL	Ag2r La Mondiale	1H 15' 44''
132	KIEL REIJNEN	Trek-Segafredo	1H 16' 26''
133	SIMONE CONSONNI	UAE-Team Emirates	1H 16' 54''
134	JOHANN VAN ZYL	Dimension Data	1H 17' 09''
135	NICOLA CONCI	Trek-Segafredo	1H 17' 26''
136	ALEXIS GOUGEARD	Ag2r La Mondiale	1H 18' 04''
137	MATTEO TRENTIN	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 18' 08''
138	KENNETH VANBILSEN	Cofidis	1H 18' 50''
139	ROHAN DENNIS	BMC	1H 19' 09''
140	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	Trek-Segafredo	1H 19' 19''
141	ELIA VIVIANI	Quick-Step Floors	1H 19' 26''
142	LUKA PIBERNIK	Bahrain-Merida	1H 19' 31''
143	MATHIAS LE TURNIER	Cofidis	1H 19' 42''
144	GARIKOITZ BRAVO	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	1H 19' 55''
145	LUKAS PÖSTLBERGER	Bora-hansgrohe	1H 20' 00''
146	BERT-JAN LINDEMAN	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 20' 42''
147	MICHAEL MØRKØV	Quick-Step Floors	1H 20' 56''
148	IAN BOSWELL	Katusha-Alpecin	1H 21' 00''
149	NACER BOUHANNI	Cofidis	1H 21' 09''
150	HECTOR SAEZ	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	1H 22' 53''
151	ANTONIO MOLINA	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 23' 07''
152	JONATHAN CASTROVIEJO	Sky	1H 23' 25''
153	DANNY VAN POPPEL	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 23' 25''
154	THOMAS LEEZER	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 23' 35''
155	JON ABERASTURI	Euskadi Basque Country-Murias	1H 24' 03''
156	DIEGO RUBIO	Burgos BH	1H 24' 04''
157	KASPER ASGREEN	Quick-Step Floors	1H 26' 17''
158	MITCHELL DOCKER	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 28' 12''
159	SEBASTIAN LANGEVELD	EF Education First-Drapac	1H 28' 30''
160	DYLAN VAN BAARLE	Sky	1H 30' 33''
161	LUKA MEZGEC	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 30' 46''
162	MARC SARREAU	Groupama-FDJ	1H 31' 03''
163	ALEXANDER EDMONDSON	Mitchelton-Scott	1H 31' 39''
164	LOIC CHETOUT	Cofidis	1H 32' 04''
165	FABIO SABATINI	Quick-Step Floors	1H 33' 39''
166	PABLO TORRES	Burgos BH	1H 35' 00''
167	STEPHEN CUMMINGS	Dimension Data	1H 37' 52''
168	MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN	Bora-hansgrohe	1H 38' 05''
169	ANTOINE DUCHESNE	Groupama-FDJ	1H 41' 01''
170	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	Team Sunweb	1H 42' 52''
171	NELSON ANDRES SOTO	Caja Rural-Seguros RGA	1H 44' 11''
172	LARS BOOM	LottoNL-Jumbo	1H 46' 01''
173	MARCUS BURGHARDT	Bora-hansgrohe	1H 54' 21''
174	MATTHIAS BRÄNDLE	Trek-Segafredo	1H 57' 11''
175	JULIEN DUVAL	Ag2r La Mondiale	2H 01' 58''

Stage 9 map & profile:

Vuelta stage 9 map

Vuelta stage 9 profile. Distance was recalculated to 198.2 km

Stage 9 photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Peter Sagan looks like a regular bikie just hanging out.

Fabio Felline on the final climb, Alto de la Covatilla

Italian champion Elia Viviani

Dylan Teuns racing for third place.

Bauke Mollema was second.

Ben King wins his second stage this Vuelta.

Stage winner Ben King

New GC leader Simon Yates

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