Video: Giro d'Italia stage 9 race highlights

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Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) took the stage 9 victory (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) signs in to stage 9 at the Giro d'Italia

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Richie Porte (Team Sky) wins Volta Ciclista a Catalunya (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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Mikel Landa (Astana) gets a gap and finishes second on the day (Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

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The white jersey leader Fabio Aru and maglia rosa Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) (Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Paolo Tiralongo (Astana) soloed in to take the win on stage 9 of the Giro d’Italia from the day's breakaway, with Stephen Kruijswijk (LottoNL-Jumbo) second and Simon Geschke (Giant-Alpecin) third.

Giro d'Italia: Tiralongo wins stage 9 in San Giorgio Del Sannio

Giro d'Italia: Quotes from the finish line of stage 9

Giro d'Italia: Contador puts time into Uran ahead of rest day

Tiralongo enjoys cameo in the Contador and Aru Giro d'Italia show

Alberto Contador defended his race lead ahead of the first rest day, although the gap during the stage was large enough for the lead to change hands. The Tinkoff-Saxo rider attacked out of the chasing field along with co-favourites Fabio Aru (Astana) and Richie Porte (Sky) with about 12 km remaining. The loser of the day was Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-QuickStep), who missed the cut and fell even further back.

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