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Tour de France - Stage 9
CrueTrue
Posted on 18-12-2009 21:54
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222 km long, this is a fairly long stage considering the fact that we're going up and down two mountains. Both of them aren't very steep, though, so the major differences won't be made on this stage. Hopefully, we will get to see some action, though.
Without much 'discussion' and drama, five riders were allowed to go: Possoni, Dessel, Geslin, Gerrans and Coyot - not really the best bunch of climbers, although Dessel is average.
Until this stage, all breakaways had been kept within a distance of 8 minutes. This one was the first to break that barrier. But with a team such as British Airways leading the peloton, that was no surprise. With 125 km to go, the gap was 12'30, and Philips had had enough and took control with SIC Radical.
Up the hill before the two mountains, Geslin and Coyot were dropped from the front group, leaving Gerrans, Possoni and Dessel. At the foot of the first climb, they had a gap of 4'30 to the peloton - not very remarkable, really.
The high pace from Philips and SIC meant that the peloton was reduced greatly on the climb - and once again, Chavanel proved to be Devolder's only support. That didn't mean much on this first climb, though, as the only attacks that appeared were the ones who fought for the mountain points. On short-term basis, Gerrans was succesful in the breakaway, though, as he took over the virtual mountains jersey after winning the hill and the climb's competitions.
He wouldn't be able to score on the next one, though, as his breakaway group was caught on the downhill section
Shortly after, the peloton hit the 2nd and final climb of the day - and Pluchkin was determined not to waste any time today! He attacked immediately, and Devolder, who was mentioned only had Chavanel left, was quick to counter.
Contador and Barredo went with them too while the rest of the peloton decided to wait and see. Barredo wasn't fast enough to keep up with the rest who joined up in a trio. They now had 7 km of climbing to do with a 39-man-peloton behind them.
Several riders weren't pleased with the situation, though. So shortly after, Karpets, followed by Kashechkin, Kohl, Plaza and Calzati tried to bridge the gap - and this created yet another storm of attacks, first by Dekker, then Fothen, Spilak, Klöden - and a struggling Intxausti.
Popovych attacked shortly after, but as with Klöden, Barredo, Stetina, Gadret and more, he didn't have the energy to keep up with the favourites group which had established ahead of them. 10 riders were now chasing the trio in front which had 50 seconds with c. 2.8 km to to the top:
With 1 km to go, the favourites group had reeled the three riders in. Contador and Plaza attacked for the usual mountains points, though - and apparently, Contador weren't going to drop back. After some effort, he was back in the group, though.
And on the downhill section, the peloton caught the favourites (or the favourites dropped back?).
Once again, everything was settled for a sprint. In front: Chavanel, Fothen, Spilak, Wielinga, Eltink and Dekker.
And again, it's a very close sprint. Although we're past the line here, it's difficult to see who actually won.
It's a win for SIC Radical's Markus Fothen! They did work hard on this stage, so it's fully deserved.
Stage Result
1 Markus Fothen SIC Radical - Timberland 5h45'38 2 Simon Spilak Wikipedia s.t. 3 Sylvain Chavanel British Airways - Martini s.t. 4 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel s.t. 5 Remmert Wielinga Accumalux-Huez s.t. 6 Patrik Sinkewitz SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 7 Andrei Grivko Team B&O s.t. 8 Vladimir Karpets American Suzuki s.t. 9 Stijn Devolder British Airways - Martini s.t. 10 Beñat Intxausti Accumalux-Huez s.t. 11 Theo Eltink Philips - Hummel s.t. 12 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O s.t. 13 Matea Kvasina Accumalux-Huez s.t. 14 Francisco Mancebo Eurosport s.t. 15 Sylvain Calzati BMC Racing Team s.t. 16 Yannick Talabardon Warner Brothers s.t. 17 Bernhard Kohl Domina Vacanze s.t. 18 Carl Naibo Domina Vacanze s.t. 19 Vitor Rodrigues Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 20 Roman Kilun Wikipedia s.t. 21 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 22 Carlos Sastre Warner Brothers s.t. 23 Alberto Contador Festina - Seiko s.t. 24 Rubén Plaza Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 25 Santiago Perez Fernandez Accumalux-Huez s.t. 26 Andrei Kashechkin Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 27 Matthieu Sprick Wikipedia s.t. 28 Óscar Solis Unicef RT s.t. 29 David Zabriskie Wikipedia s.t. 30 Iker Camaño Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 31 John Gadret Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 32 Peter Stetina BMC Racing Team s.t. 33 Thomas Peterson BMC Racing Team s.t. 34 Carlos Barredo Warner Brothers s.t. 35 Jaroslav Popovych Unicef RT s.t. 36 Yeison Delgado American Suzuki s.t. 37 José Antonio Pecharroman Philips - Hummel s.t. 38 Andreas Klöden Eurosport s.t. 39 Igor Antón Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 40 Jaime Suaza Unicef RT s.t. 41 Sergio Ortega Festina - Seiko + 1'51 42 João Cabreira Accumalux-Huez s.t. 43 Patxi Vila Unicef RT + 2'25 44 Marcus Burghardt Wikipedia s.t. 45 Alexandre Vinokourov La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 46 Peter Velits Eurosport s.t. 47 Domenik Klemme Team B&O s.t. 48 Sandy Casar Rabobank s.t. 49 Constantino Zaballa SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 50 Philip Deignan Eurosport s.t. 51 José Antonio Redondo Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 52 Sébastien Ivars Wikipedia s.t. 53 Mwangi Samwel Accumalux-Huez s.t. 54 Ricardo Mestre Team B&O s.t. 55 Rémy Di Gregorio Rabobank s.t. 56 Christophe Brandt Unicef RT + 3'31 57 Fabian Cancellara Unicef RT s.t. 58 Jan Bakelants Rabobank + 3'47 59 Simon Gerrans Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 60 Moris Possoni La Gazzetta dello Sport + 4'43 61 Roman Kreuziger Team B&O + 5'47 62 Andrei Amador White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 63 Pavel Brutt White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 64 Fabian Wegmann BMC Racing Team s.t. 65 William Walker SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 66 Jérôme Pineau Wikipedia s.t. 67 Matteo Bono La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 68 Cyril Gautier Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 69 Ignas Konovalovas Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 70 Filippo Pozzato Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 71 Paolo Tiralongo La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 72 Cyril Dessel Eurosport s.t. 73 David Millar British Airways - Martini s.t. 74 Fabio Duarte Philips - Hummel s.t. 75 Jay Thomson Unicef RT s.t. 76 Francesco Bellotti Philips - Hummel s.t. 77 Michael Rasmussen Philips - Hummel s.t. 78 Franklin Chacon Accumalux-Huez s.t. 79 Blaise Sonnery Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 80 Brad Armstrong American Suzuki s.t. 81 Marco Fertonani Warner Brothers s.t. 82 Sid Taberlay Domina Vacanze s.t. 83 Vadim Ratiy Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 84 Amaël Moinard Rabobank + 7'23 85 John-Lee Augustyn White Bear - Wild Horse + 7'55 86 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank + 8'51 87 David Moncoutié Rabobank s.t. 88 Mikayil Krasnoperov Rabobank + 10'03 89 William Ford Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 10'19 90 David Deroo Wikipedia s.t. 91 Dimitri Claeys Domina Vacanze s.t. 92 Jerome Coppel Wikipedia s.t. 93 Mauro Santambrogio La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 94 Tony Martin Domina Vacanze s.t. 95 Thomas De Gendt Team B&O s.t. 96 Sébastien Joly Eurosport s.t. 97 Jukka Vastaranta SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 98 Danny Summerhill White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 99 Ryan Eastman BMC Racing Team s.t. 100 Tyler Brandt BMC Racing Team s.t. 101 Sergio Marinangeli La Gazzetta dello Sport + 12'35 102 Andrea Moletta American Suzuki s.t. 103 Eric Berthou SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 104 Anthony Geslin Festina - Seiko + 20'51 105 Arnaud Coyot Lipton Ice Tea + 21'07 106 Allan Davis American Suzuki + 29'47 107 Samuel Dumoulin Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 108 Nick Nuyens Domina Vacanze s.t. 109 Tom Boonen Warner Brothers s.t. 110 Thor Hushovd Festina - Seiko s.t. 111 Evgeni Sokolov American Suzuki s.t. 112 Jacob Fiedler White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 113 Clément Lhotellerie Unicef RT s.t. 114 Gert Steegmans Rabobank s.t. 115 Christian Knees Eurosport s.t. 116 Steven Caethoven White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 117 Ananias Ananias THE CONTROL TEAM s.t. 118 Peter Williams THE CONTROL TEAM s.t. 119 Kristian House THE CONTROL TEAM s.t. 120 Bauke Mollema Rabobank s.t. 121 Alexandre Aulas Domina Vacanze s.t. 122 Michiel Elijzen SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 123 Maxime Bouet Team B&O s.t. 124 Lars Croket White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 125 Romain Vanderbiest SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 126 Brian Vandborg Festina - Seiko s.t. 127 Baden Cooke Unicef RT s.t. 128 Matti Breschel Philips - Hummel s.t. 129 Nico Sijmens Accumalux-Huez s.t. 130 Tom Veelers Team B&O s.t. 131 Jonathan Tiernan-Locke THE CONTROL TEAM s.t. 132 Mark Cavendish Eurosport s.t. 133 Danilo Wyss Domina Vacanze s.t. 134 Aleksandr Khatuntsev Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 135 Aleksandr Serebriakov Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 136 Matthieu Ladagnous American Suzuki s.t. 137 Juan José Haedo BMC Racing Team s.t. 138 Alberto Loddo Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 139 Juri Krivtsov Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 140 Benoît Sinner BMC Racing Team s.t. 141 Andreas Klier American Suzuki s.t. 142 Dennis Van Winden La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 143 Jason Donald BMC Racing Team s.t. 144 Dietmar Mehr-Wenige Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 145 Anthony José Brea Festina - Seiko s.t. 146 Kasper Klostergaard Philips - Hummel s.t. 147 Sébastien Chavanel SIC Radical - Timberland s.t. 148 Anthony Lavoine Festina - Seiko s.t. 149 Marco Pinotti Eurosport s.t. 150 Fabio Borghesi American Suzuki s.t. 151 Gatis Smukulis Accumalux-Huez s.t. 152 Koldo Fernandez Domina Vacanze s.t. 153 Dimitri Champion Crédit Lyonnais s.t. 154 Alex Dowsett Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 155 László Bodrogi Philips - Hummel s.t. 156 Mathieu Bernaudeau Festina - Seiko s.t. 157 Rick Flens La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 158 Marco Guillén White Bear - Wild Horse s.t. 159 Laurent Lefèvre British Airways - Martini s.t. 160 Khayabkhyrvaa Uugunbayar British Airways - Martini s.t. 161 Ivan Kovalev Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne s.t. 162 Óscar Avelino Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 163 Janek Tombak British Airways - Martini s.t. 164 Ismaël Kip British Airways - Martini s.t. 165 Johan Coenen Warner Brothers s.t. 166 Remy Bourdouxhe Lipton Ice Tea s.t. 167 Ahmed Ahmed Warner Brothers s.t. 168 Alberto Ongarato Warner Brothers + 33'15 169 Lars Tommersen British Airways - Martini s.t. 170 Graeme Brown White Bear - Wild Horse + 39'15 171 Mads Kaggestad Warner Brothers s.t. 172 Michael Ford La Gazzetta dello Sport s.t. 173 Ramunas Navardauskas Festina - Seiko s.t. 174 Farkad Mohammad British Airways - Martini + 49'39
Overall Classification
1 Stijn Devolder British Airways - Martini 37h44'19 2 Rubén Plaza Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne + 35 3 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel + 37 4 Simon Spilak Wikipedia + 1'21 5 Carlos Barredo Warner Brothers + 1'25 6 Beñat Intxausti Accumalux-Huez + 1'39 7 Markus Fothen SIC Radical - Timberland + 2'12 8 Alberto Contador Festina - Seiko + 2'16 9 Sylvain Chavanel British Airways - Martini + 2'25 10 Sylvain Calzati BMC Racing Team + 2'57
Points Classification
1 Thor Hushovd Festina - Seiko 125 2 Allan Davis American Suzuki 122 3 Filippo Pozzato Crédit Lyonnais 120 4 Gert Steegmans Rabobank 119 5 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel 100
Mountain Classification
1 Simon Gerrans Crédit Lyonnais 51 2 Moris Possoni La Gazzetta dello Sport 49 3 Cyril Dessel Eurosport 48 4 Pavel Brutt White Bear - Wild Horse 47 5 Alberto Contador Festina - Seiko 46 6 Rubén Plaza Virgin Media - Caisse d'Epargne 34 7 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel 30 8 Laurens Ten Dam Rabobank 30 9 Thomas De Gendt Team B&O 30 10 Aleksandr Pluchkin Team B&O 28
Young Rider Classification
1 Thomas Dekker Philips - Hummel 37h44'56 (1) 2 Simon Spilak Wikipedia + 44 (2) 3 Beñat Intxausti Accumalux-Huez + 1'02 (3)
Edited by Roman on 17-10-2016 03:18
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