Overview

• Philipsen’s victory is his second of this Vuelta and the 15th Grand Tour stage win of his career.
• The stage time was 3h43'48" at an average speed of 43.8 km/h, with Elia Viviani second and Ethan Vernon third.
• Joan Bou, Sergio Samitier and José Luis Faura formed the day’s breakaway, with Faura distanced at the first Zaragoza passage and the remaining duo caught inside the final 17 km.
• Alpecin-Deceuninck and Israel-Premier Tech controlled the chase early before Lidl-Trek accelerated to set up the bunch sprint.
• Stage 9 spans 195.5 km from Alfaro to a summit finish at Valdezcaray to close the first week.