This week (starting on Tuesday after the first rest day) will probably be the harder of all stages blocks.

First we come back to the Navarese Pyrenees, but then we travel westwards again, along the Atlantic coast, or more exactly for the climbs, along the Cantabrian range. Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia will be visited in order.

Standings after stage 9

General

1. T. Træen 🇳🇴 Bahrain
2. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 37″
3. J. Almeida 🇵🇹 UAE – 1′15″
4. T. Pidcock 🇬🇧 Q36.5 – 1′35″
5. F. Gall 🇨🇭 Décathlon – 2′14″
6. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 2′42″
7. L. Fortunato 🇮🇹 Astana – 2′47″
8. M. Jorgenson 🇺🇸 Visma – 2′49″
9. J. Hindley 🇦🇺 Bora – 2′53″
10. G. Pellizzari 🇮🇹 Bora – 2′53″
11. E. Bernal 🇨🇴 Ineos – 2′57″ and then 6 others riders before 4′30″

Points

1. M. Pedersen 🇩🇰 Lidl-trek – 120 pts
2. E. Vernon 🇬🇧 IPT – 111 pts
3. J. Philipsen 🇧🇪 Alpecin – 105 pts
4. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 100 pts
5. G. Ciccone 🇮🇹 Lidl-Trek – 88 pts
6. D. Gaudu 🇫🇷 FDJ – 62 pts

NB : only Ciccone and Vingegaard swapped places since we arrived in Spain, otherwise the members and order of top-6 is the same as it was.

Mountain

1. J. Vine 🇦🇺 UAE – 34 pts
2. L. Vervaeke 🇧🇪 Soudal-QS – 23 pts
3. J. Ayuso 🇪🇸 UAE – 20 pts
4. S. Quinn 🇺🇸 EF – 18 pts
5. J. Nicolau 🇪🇸 Caja Rural – 16 pts
6. J. Vingegaard 🇩🇰 Visma – 15 pts

Teams (rounded)

1. UAE 🇳🇱
2. Visma – 6′30″
3. Astana – 14′15″
4. Soudal-QS – 21′30″
5. Décathlon – 25′45″