By The Associated Press

Tuesday

At Briancon, France

Ninth Stage

A 99.1-mile high mountain climb from Val d'Isere to Briancon

1. Juan Mauricio Soler, Colombia, Barloworld, 4 hours, 14 minutes, 24 seconds.

2. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 38 seconds behind.

3. Cadel Evans, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, same time.

4. Alberto Contador, Spain, Discovery Channel, :40.

5. Iban Mayo, Spain, Saunier Duval-Prodir, :42.

6. Michael Rasmussen, Denmark, Rabobank, same time.

7. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Discovery Channel, same time.

8. Kim Kirchen, Luxembourg, T-Mobile, same time.

9. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Astana, :46.

10. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC, same time.

11. Christophe Moreau, France, AG2R Prevoyance, :54.

12. Mikel Astarloza, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time.

13. Yaroslav Popovych, Ukraine, Discovery Channel, 1:32.

14. Juan Jose Cobo, Spain, Saunier Duval-Prodir, 1:36.

15. Jose Ivan Gutierrez, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 1:49.

16. Oscar Pereiro, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 3:24.

17. Christopher Horner, United States, Predictor-Lotto, same time.

18. Andrey Kashechkin, Kazakhstan, Astana, same time.

19. Patrice Halgand, France, Credit Agricole, same time.

20. Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan, Astana, same time.

Also

25. Christian Vandevelde, United States, Team CSC, same time.

29. Vladimir Gusev, Russia, Discovery Channel, 3:43.

31. Sergio Paulinho. Portugal, Discovery Channel, 3:58.

44. George Hincapie, United States, Discovery Channel, 6:44.

83. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Discovery Channel, 22:50.

95. Fred Rodriguez, United States, Predictor-Lotto, same time.

137. Benjamin Noval Gonzalez, Spain, Discovery Channel, 28:51.

171. David Zabriskie, United States, Team CSC, same time.

Overall Standings

(After nine stages)

1. Michael Rasmussen, Denmark, Rabobank, 43:52:48.

2. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 2:35.

3. Iban Mayo, Spain, Saunier Duval-Prodir, 2:39.

4. Cadel Evans, Australia, Predictor-Lotto, 2:41.

5. Alberto Contador, Spain, Discovery Channel, 3:08.

6. Christophe Moreau, France, AG2R Prevoyance, 3:18.

7. Carlos Sastre, Spain, Team CSC, 3:39.

8. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, Astana, 3:50.

9. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Discovery Channel, 3:53.

10. Kim Kirchen, Luxembourg, T-Mobile, 5:06.

11. Mikel Astarloza, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 5:20.

12. Andrey Kashechkin, Kazakhstan, Astana, 5:34.

13. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Team CSC, 5:56.

14. Juan Mauricio Soler, Colombia, Barloworld, 6:29.

15. Oscar Pereiro, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 6:36.

16. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 6:42.

17. Linus Gerdemann, Germany, T-Mobile, 6:45.

18. Denis Menchov, Russia, Rabobank, 7:10.

19. David Arroyo, Spain, Caisse d'Epargne, 7:33.

20. Tadej Valjavec, Slovenia, Lampre-Fondital, 7:45.