Overview
- Roma now tops the overall classification by 57 seconds over Carlos Sainz, with Nasser Al-Attiyah third at 1:10 back after Stage 9.
- Polish rookie Eryk Goczal claimed the Stage 9 win, as Sainz finished seventh following a 1:10 speeding penalty.
- Al-Attiyah and Mattias Ekström lost significant time after a navigational mistake around kilometer 280, dropping Ekström to fifth overall at 11:19.
- Henk Lategan and Sébastien Loeb battled power-steering issues; Lategan remains fourth overall at 6:13 as Cristina Gutierrez logged the sixth-best stage time.
- On bikes, Tosha Schareina won the stage as Daniel Sanders retook the overall lead by 6:24 from Ricky Brabec, with Luciano Benavides third at 7:05 ahead of the second marathon segment to Bischa.