Following the end of Stage 9, la Vuelta a España goes into its first rest day with no Point d’Appui. The number of riders who came home Sunday was 194, leaving Adrian Palomares of Andalucia and Bruno Pires of Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank on the cusp. Palomares finished 46 minutes and 39 seconds behind the race leader, Joaquim Rodriguez of Katusha, and nearly 52 minutes ahead of the rider in last place, Joost Van Leijen of Lotto-Bellisol.

On the stage, William Bonnet of FDJ-Big Mat and John Degenkolb of Argos-Shimano split the cusp with the same time of 2 minutes and 20 seconds behind the Stage 9 winner, Philippe Gilbert. Gilbert held the Point d’Appui after Stage 3 but has moved up in the rankings with strong showings such as his Stage 9 sprint win.