Fellow Canuck Hugo Houle (AG2R La Mondiale) also had a strong ride placing 38th on the day. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step remains in pink with a strong ride as well followed by his teammate Bob Jungels (Lux) at 1s behind as the Giro enjoys it’s second rest day tomorrow.
Results (brief)
1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:51:45
2. Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 0:10
3. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) IAM Cycling 0:17
4. Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Trek-Segafredo 0:28
5. Anton Vorobyev (Rus) Team Katusha 0:30
6. Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:45
7. Stefan Kueng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:58
8. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:08
9. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 1:16
10. Andrey Amador (Crc) Movistar Team 1:19
33. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 2:58
38. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 3:11
111. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 5:38
GC after Stage 9
1. Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx – Quick-Step 34:33:04
2. Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx – Quick-Step 0:01
3. Andrey Amador (Crc) Movistar Team 0:32
4. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 0:51
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:53
6. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 0:55
7. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 0:58
8. Mikel Landa Meana (Esp) Team Sky 1:18
9. Rafal Majka (Pol) Tinkoff Team 1:45
10. Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 1:51
16. Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Trek-Segafredo 3:29
89. Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 39:00
170. Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 1:04:13