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Tour de France standings: Race outlook after Stage 9

The 2024 Tour de France nears its midway point after Sunday's Stage 9, and Slovenian cyclist Tadej Pogačar continues to establish his lead.

Pogačar will still wear the yellow jersey on Tuesday for Stage 10 following the riders' day off on Monday, though it was Frenchman Anthony Turgis who won the day on Sunday. Turgis crossed the line in Troyes at 04:19:43 at the head of a leading group to win the race's gravel stage.

Eritrean rider and Stage 8 winner Biniam Girmay also maintained his lead in the points classification for a fifth straight day.

Here's how the classification at the 2024 Tour de France looks as it nears the midway point and heads into its first off day.

STAGE 8 RESULTS: Tour de France standings, results: Race outlook after Biniam Girmay wins Stage 8

Tour de France Stage 9 results

Tour de france standings, tour de france jersey standings.

• Yellow (general classification) : Tadej Pogačar
• Green (points classification) : Biniam Girmay
• Polka dot (mountains classification) : Jonas Abrahamsen
• White (young rider classification) : Remco Evenepoel
• Yellow numbers (teams classification) : UAE Team Emirates
• Golden numbers (combativity award) : Jasper Stuyven

Tour de France Stage 10: How to watch, schedule, and distance

• Date: July 9, 2024
• Location: Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond
• Distance: 116.4 miles (187.3 kilometers)
• Type: Flat stage
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Tour de France 2024 Route stage 9: Troyes - Troyes

Half of the dust roads are situated in the first 145 kilometres, which is the hilly part of the route. All in all, the riders face 32 kilometres on gravel, while the elevation gain adds up to roughly 2,000 metres.

The first dust road appears after 47 kilometres and it’s followed by the first climb, Côte de Bergères (1.7 kilometres at 5.2%). The second gravel sector also coincides with a hill, Côte de Baroville, 2.8 kilometres long and averaging 4.8%.

The riders enter the hardest part of the route after 95 kilometres in the saddle. Within 36 kilometres they face four sectors of gravel and three hills. The section opens with a 1.5 kilometres climb at 5.2% with a dust road in its wake. The two succeeding gravel roads both run uphill, respectively 2.2 kilometres at 5% and 3 kilometres at 4.3%. Another white road, which is not entirely flat either, rounds out this part of the race.

There are still some 70 kilometres remaining at this point. Via two gravel roads in 20 kilometres the riders continue onto five flat gravel sections within 18 kilometres. The last unpaved road then appears 10 kilometres before the line.

Troyes hosted the Tour de France sixteen times before. The last time was in 2017, when stage 6 finished and stage 7 started in the town on the banks of the river Seine. Marcel Kittel is the last stage winner in Troyes.

The first three riders across the line gain time bonuses of 10, 6, and 4 seconds.

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Tour de France stage nine won by Frenchman Anthony Turgis as race leader Tadej Pogačar keeps the yellow jersey

Sport Tour de France stage nine won by Frenchman Anthony Turgis as race leader Tadej Pogačar keeps the yellow jersey

Frenchman Anthony Turgis emerged victorious from a long breakaway through the dust of gravel roads to claim the ninth stage of the Tour de France after a hectic day of racing, marked by relentless attacks.

Behind the breakaway, race leader Tadej Pogačar tried to set the race on fire as the fight between the main contenders raged but could not gain time on his main rivals for the yellow jersey.

Turgis, who rides for the Total Energies team, posted the biggest win of his career in a sprint, edging out Tom Pidcock and Derek Gee in the Champagne city of Troyes.

It was the third stage win by a French rider since the race started last week.

"It's incredible, it was a long time since I did not win," said Turgis.

"It was a long day, the team put its trust in me by giving me carte blanche today. I dedicate this win to all the people who trusted me."

There was no major change in the overall standings, with Pogačar keeping his 33-second lead over Remco Evenepoel.

Two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard remained in third place, 1:15 off the pace.

The tough stage took riders on a nearly 200-kilometre trek through 14 sections of so-called white roads — including six in the stage finale — that have become a trademark of Italy's Strade Bianche.

Pogačar loves riding on this difficult terrain, having won the Strade Bianche twice, and proved it with a series of sharp attacks that put his rivals on the back foot. Primož Roglič suffered but managed to bridge gaps every time he got dropped and kept his fourth place overall, 1:36 behind Pogacar.

Vingegaard adopted a conservative strategy and did not collaborate with Pogačar and Evenepoel when they had the possibility to break away from other top contenders.

"For sure I will remember," Pogačar said. "But everybody have their own race, I have nothing against it. I like to race with the heart and that was one of those days."

Asked whether he thought Vingegaard and his team were afraid of him, Pogačar replied: "I think they are scared of me and they just follow me."

Evenepoel was also critical of Vingegaard's strategy.

"It's a bit of a shame that Jonas did not take turns with us, because otherwise the race would have been over, we could have taken three or four minutes," Evenepoel said.

The peloton will enjoy its first rest day on Monday.

Tour pays tribute to André Drege

The Tour paid tribute to Norwegian rider André Drege, who died on Saturday after crashing in a downhill at the Tour of Austria.

To honour his memory, cyclists from the Norwegian team Uno-X Mobility arrived at the start line five minutes ahead of the start, with the rest of the peloton staying behind during a moment of applause.

There was a flurry of attacks from the start. A group of 10 riders including Turgis managed to escape before the first sector of gravel and were joined by a handful of counter attackers.

Behind, a traffic jam of riders formed at the foot of a very steep segment of white roads, with many competitors forced to dismount and to run up the climb. Vingegaard and Pogačar avoided the jam but Roglič  got dropped, lagging about 30 seconds behind at one point before he bridged the gap.

Vingegaard later suffered a mechanical problem and teammate Jan Tratnik gave his leader his bike. Pogačar then sped up the pace, followed by Evenepoel. The pair could not break away from the pack, though, and Vingegaard's Visma Lease A Bike teammates moved to the front to add to the frenetic pace.

The battle between the main contenders intensified when Evenepoel attacked with 78 kilometres left in the Côte de Chacenay. Pogačar and Vingegaard did not panic and managed to chase him down. Roglič, however, could not follow.

Still on his teammate's bike, Vingegaard did not take his turn in the lead as the trio joined the main break.

With Vingegaard refusing to collaborate, they finally slowed down and Evenepoel looked dejected by his rival's attitude.

"It's their tactics, there is nothing we can do," Evenepoel added.

Pogačar attacked again with about 20 kilometres left as Evenepoel and Roglič could not follow. Vingegaard, with the help of teammate Matteo Jorgenson, stayed in his wake. Again, Vingeaard did not take his turn and Pogačar stopped his effort.

Pogačar tried to go away one last time with eight kilometres left, but once again Vingegaard responded.

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Tour de France 2024 overall leader Tadej Pogacar voiced frustration with Jonas Vingegaard's defensive tactics on Sunday, claiming the defending champion was "scared," as little-known Frenchman Anthony Turgis won Stage 9.

The attack-minded Pogacar tried to break away several times through the champagne vineyards, including dusty gravel roads for a first time, but he finished alongside his title rivals Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel.

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"It's a shame me, Remco and Jonas didn't go for it together," said the Slovenian Pogacar. "I think it's because of (Vingegaard's team) Visma's tactics. Otherwise, we'd have been the three of us on the podium. They are scared of me and just followed."

Evenepoel, second overall through nine stages, agreed with Pogacar but was less disappointed.

"It's a shame, yes, we could have taken three or four minutes off the others," Evenepoel said. "I had a good time though, I enjoyed it. You have to accept other teams' tactics."

Pogacar leads Belgian Evenepoel by just 33 seconds, while Vingegaard is third at 1 minute, 15 seconds.

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Pogacar won the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021 but finished second to Vingegaard in 2022 and 2023.

The 27-year-old defending champion hugged Pogacar's wheel throughout the first two weeks last year, before crushing his rival on Stage 16 and Stage 17 to win by 7 minutes, 29seconds.

Vingegaard suffered serious injuries in March and was hospitalized for 12 days, and he is gingerly feeling his way back to full form.

Pogacar won the Giro d'Italia in May and will become the first rider since Marco Pantani in 1998 to do a Giro-Tour double, if he emerges on top after Stage 21 in Nice later in July.

Tom Pidcock Pipped

Briton Tom Pidcock was second on the day after tailing Turgis but looked to be slightly blocked as he made a last-gasp bid for the line ahead of third-place finisher Derek Gee of Canada.

Turgis, 30, claimed the first major victory of his career, having come fourth in the French road race championships last month and second at the 2022 Milan-San Remo.

"That was wonderful," Turgis said at the finish line in the city of Troyes. "I've been close to winning for ages, and to get one here is just great."

He became the third French winner of a stage during this year's Grande Boucle.

As France voted in the second round of a parliamentary election, hundreds of thousands of cycling fans turned out for the Tour on this first holiday weekend.

A shake-up in the overall standings had been expected as the peloton tackled 14 white gravel paths in the region's celebrated champagne vineyards that produce over 300 million bottles of sparkling wine a year.

One of them was cracked open at the finish line by Turgis, who had been part of the long-range breakaway from a group of one-day specialists.

Mountains' polka-dot jersey wearer Jonas Abrahamsen and his team paid homage Sunday to his Norwegian compatriot Andre Drege, who died in a fall on the Tour of Austria on Saturday.

Seven of the team's eight riders on this Tour de France are Norwegian.

Sprint ace Biniam Girmay holds the green jersey after his two wins on stages three and eight, with 224 points, while 2023 green jersey winner Jasper Philipsen has 128 points in second.

While Monday is a rest day in Orleans, most of the peloton will ride out for a few hours to stay fresh.

Stage 10 on Tuesday heads south from Orleans for a flat stage, where veteran Mark Cavendish will target a record-extending 36th stage win.

TDF Results For Stage 9

• Anthony TURGIS (TOTALENERGIES) - 04h 19' 43''
• Tom PIDCOCK (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 04h 19' 43''
• Derek GEE (ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH) - 04h 19' 43''
• Alex ARANBURU (MOVISTAR TEAM) - 04h 19' 43''
• Ben HEALY (EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST) - 04h 19' 45''
• Alexey LUTSENKO (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) - 04h 19' 45''
• Juan ROMO (MOVISTAR TEAM) - 04h 19' 55''
• Jasper STUYVEN (LIDL-TREK) - 04h 20' 01''
• Biniam GIRMAY (INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY) - 04h 21' 00''
• Michael MATTHEWS (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) - 04h 21' 00''
• Mathieu VAN DER POEL (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) - 04h 21' 00''
• Rasmus TILLER (UNO-X MOBILITY) - 04h 21' 00''
• Ruben COSTA (EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST) - 04h 21' 00''
• Jakob FUGLSANG (ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH) - 04h 21' 00''
• David GAUDU (GROUPAMA-FDJ) - 04h 21' 00''
• Pascal ACKERMANN (ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH) - 04h 21' 29''
• Hugo PAGE (INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY) - 04h 21' 29''
• Mike TEUNISSEN (INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY) - 04h 21' 29''
• Gianni VERMEERSCH (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) - 04h 21' 29''
• Luka MEZGEC (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) - 04h 21' 29''
• Jonas ABRAHAMSEN (UNO-X MOBILITY) - 04h 21' 29''
• Quentin PACHER (GROUPAMA-FDJ) - 04h 21' 29''
• Martijn VAN DEN BERG (EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST) - 04h 21' 29''
• Giulio CICCONE (LIDL-TREK) - 04h 21' 29''
• Aleksandr VLASOV (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 04h 21' 29''
• Clément CHAMPOUSSIN (ARKEA-B&B HOTELS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Nelson OLIVEIRA (MOVISTAR TEAM) - 04h 21' 29''
• Krists NEILANDS (ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH) - 04h 21' 29''
• Stefan BISSEGGER (EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST) - 04h 21' 29''
• João ALMEIDA (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 04h 21' 29''
• Carlos RODRIGUEZ (ARKEA-B&B HOTELS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Carlos RODRIGUEZ (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Pello BILBAO (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Sergio HIGUITA (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Juan AYUSO (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 04h 21' 29''
• Mattias JORGENSON (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 04h 21' 29''
• Primož ROGLIC (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 04h 21' 29''
• Jai HINDLEY (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 04h 21' 29''
• Guillaume MARTIN (COFIDIS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Jonas KULSET (UNO-X MOBILITY) - 04h 21' 29''
• Hugo HOULE (ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH) - 04h 21' 29''
• Kilian GENIETS (GROUPAMA-FDJ) - 04h 21' 29''
• Milan VAN GILS (LOTTO DSTNY) - 04h 21' 29''
• Tadej POGACAR (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 04h 21' 29''
• Remco EVENEPOEL (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 04h 21' 29''
• Adam YATES (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 04h 21' 29''
• Laurens VERVAEKE (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 04h 21' 29''
• Jack HAIG (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Jonas VINGEGAARD (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 04h 21' 29''
• Michał KWIATKOWSKI (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Egan BERNAL (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Enric MAS (MOVISTAR TEAM) - 04h 21' 29''
• Mikel LANDA (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 04h 21' 29''
• Wout VAN AERT (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 04h 21' 29''
• Oliver NAESEN (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) - 04h 21' 29''
• Fabio GALL (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) - 04h 21' 29''
• Warren BARGUIL (TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL) - 04h 21' 29''
• Christophe LAPORTE (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 04h 21' 29''
• Julien BERNARD (LIDL-TREK) - 04h 21' 29''
• Simon CRAS (TOTALENERGIES) - 04h 21' 29''
• Marc SOLER (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 04h 21' 29''
• Geraint THOMAS (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Laurens DE PLUS (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 04h 21' 29''
• Davide FORMOLO (MOVISTAR TEAM) - 04h 21' 29''
• Nico DENZ (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 04h 21' 29''
• Fabio VAN DEN BROECK (TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL) - 04h 21' 29''
• Toms SKUJINS (LIDL-TREK) - 04h 21' 29''
• Nils POLITT (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 04h 22' 01''
• Piet ALLEGAERT (COFIDIS) - 04h 22' 10''
• David GODON (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) - 04h 22' 21''
• Théo GACHIGNARD (TOTALENERGIES) - 04h 22' 47''
• Wilco KELDERMAN (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 04h 25' 53''
• Tim WELLENS (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 04h 27' 53''
• James STEWART (ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH) - 04h 29' 01''
• Bryan COQUARD (COFIDIS) - 04h 29' 01''
• Fred WRIGHT (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) - 04h 29' 01''
• Alberto BETTIOL (EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST) - 04h 29' 01''
• Bob JUNGELS (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 04h 29' 01''
• Pavel SIVAKOV (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 04h 29' 01''
• Kevin GOOSSENS (INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY) - 04h 31' 25''
• Louis MEINTJES (INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY) - 04h 31' 25''
• Jan TRATNIK (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 04h 31' 25''
• Silvan DILLIER (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) - 04h 31' 25''
• Clément RUSSO (GROUPAMA-FDJ) - 04h 31' 25''
• Valentin MADOUAS (GROUPAMA-FDJ) - 04h 31' 25''
• Tiesj BENOOT (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 04h 31' 25''
• Tim DECLERCQ (LIDL-TREK) - 04h 31' 25''
• Yves LAMPAERT (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 04h 31' 25''
• Rémy GREGOIRE (GROUPAMA-FDJ) - 04h 31' 25''
• Bas LEMMEN (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 04h 31' 25''
• Kévin VAUQUELIN (ARKEA-B&B HOTELS) - 04h 31' 25''
• Sindre WAERENSKJOLD (UNO-X MOBILITY) - 04h 31' 25''
• Jonathan CASTROVIEJO (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 04h 31' 25''
• Cédric BEULLENS (LOTTO DSTNY) - 04h 31' 25''
• Stefan KÜNG (GROUPAMA-FDJ) - 04h 31' 25''
• Ben TURNER (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 04h 31' 25''
• Ryan GIBBONS (LIDL-TREK) - 04h 31' 25''
• Odd Christian EIKING (UNO-X MOBILITY) - 04h 31' 25''
• Ludovic MOZZATO (ARKEA-B&B HOTELS) - 04h 31' 25''
• Mattia SOBRERO (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 04h 31' 25''
• IAN VAN WILDER (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 04h 31' 25''
• JOHN DEGENKOLB (TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL) - 04h 31' 25''
• NICOLAS PETERS (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• ROMAIN BARDET (TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL) - 04h 31' 25''
• CARLOS VERONA (LIDL-TREK) - 04h 31' 25''
• VICTOR CAMPENAERTS (LOTTO DSTNY) - 04h 31' 25''
• BRENT VAN MOER (LOTTO DSTNY) - 04h 31' 25''
• JASPER PHILIPSEN (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) - 04h 31' 25''
• GEORGE ZIMMERMANN (INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY) - 04h 31' 25''
• LIONEL REX (INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY) - 04h 31' 25''
• ALEXIS ZINGLE (COFIDIS) - 04h 31' 25''
• NICOLAS PRODHOMME (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• BENJAMIN ARMIRAIL (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• RICHARD CARAPAZ (EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST) - 04h 31' 25''
• MAXIME BURGAUDEAU (TOTALENERGIES) - 04h 31' 25''
• JULIEN JEGAT (TOTALENERGIES) - 04h 31' 25''
• FABIEN GRELLIER (TOTALENERGIES) - 04h 31' 25''
• PIERRE LAPEIRA (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• STANISLAS GRIGNARD (LOTTO DSTNY) - 04h 31' 25''
• ARNAUD DEMARE (ARKEA-B&B HOTELS) - 04h 31' 25''
• DANIEL MCLAY (ARKEA-B&B HOTELS) - 04h 31' 25''
• MICHAEL HALLER (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 04h 31' 25''
• GUILLAUME BOIVIN (ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH) - 04h 31' 25''
• MARK CAVENDISH (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• MICHAEL MORKOV (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• YEVGENIY FEDOROV (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• JESUS HERRADA (COFIDIS) - 04h 31' 25''
• CHRISTOPHER JUUL-JENSEN (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) - 04h 31' 25''
• SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) - 04h 31' 25''
• ANTHONY LAURANCE (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) - 04h 31' 25''
• WOUTER POELS (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) - 04h 31' 25''
• OLIVER ONLEY (TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL) - 04h 31' 25''
• CHRISTOPHER HARPER (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) - 04h 31' 25''
• STEFAN WILLIAMS (ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH) - 04h 31' 25''
• MAGNUS CORT (UNO-X MOBILITY) - 04h 31' 25''
• CEES BOL (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• SIMON GESCHKE (COFIDIS) - 04h 31' 25''
• SIMON YATES (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) - 04h 31' 25''
• HERNANDO TEJADA (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• JAN HIRT (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 04h 31' 25''
• FERNANDO GAVIRIA (MOVISTAR TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• OSKAR LAZKANO (MOVISTAR TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• NEILSON POWLESS (EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST) - 04h 31' 25''
• AARON DE LIE (LOTTO DSTNY) - 04h 31' 25''
• GREGOR MÜHLBERGER (MOVISTAR TEAM) - 04h 31' 25''
• MATHIEU VERCHER (TOTALENERGIES) - 04h 31' 44''
• GIANNI MOSCON (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 04h 31' 44''
• LUCAS MARTINEZ (GROUPAMA-FDJ) - 04h 31' 44''
• STIJN DUJARDIN (TOTALENERGIES) - 04h 34' 02''
• SAMUEL QUINN (EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST) - 04h 34' 46''
• LUKE DURBRIDGE (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) - 04h 35' 18''
• ANTHONY RENARD (COFIDIS) - 04h 37' 48''
• AIME DE CAPIOT (ARKEA-B&B HOTELS) - 04h 37' 48''
• NIKIAS ARNDT (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) - 04h 37' 48''
• DANNY VAN POPPEL (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 04h 37' 48''
• MATHEW MOHORIC (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) - 04h 37' 48''
• PHILIPPE BAUHAUS (BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS) - 04h 37' 48''
• HARM VANHOUCKE (LOTTO DSTNY) - 04h 37' 48''
• ETIENNE REINDERS (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) - 04h 37' 48''
• DYLAN GROENEWEGEN (TEAM JAYCO ALULA) - 04h 37' 48''
• ROBBE GHYS (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) - 04h 37' 48''
• ALEXANDER KRISTOFF (UNO-X MOBILITY) - 04h 37' 48''
• ION IZAGIRRE (COFIDIS) - 04h 37' 48''
• JULEN RICKAERT (ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK) - 04h 37' 48''
• SAM BENNETT (DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM) - 04h 37' 48''
• RICARDO GARCIA PIERNA (ARKEA-B&B HOTELS) - 04h 37' 48''
• TOBIAS JOHANNESSEN (UNO-X MOBILITY) - 04h 37' 48''
• DAVIDE BALLERINI (ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM) - 04h 37' 48''
• JANIS DRIZNERS (LOTTO DSTNY) - 04h 37' 48''
• NISSE EKHOFF (TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL) - 04h 47' 07''
• BRAM WELTEN (TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL) - 04h 47' 07''
• FABIO JAKOBSEN (TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL) - 04h 47' 07''
• GERT THIJSSEN (INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY) - 04h 47' 07''

Top 20 Overall Through Tour de France 2024 Stage 9

• Tadej POGAČAR (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 35h 42' 42''
• Remco EVENEPOEL (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 35h 43' 15''
• Jonas VINGEGAARD (TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE) - 35h 43' 57''
• Primož ROGLIC (RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE) - 35h 44' 18''
• Juan AYUSO (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 35h 44' 58''
• João ALMEIDA (UAE TEAM EMIRATES) - 35h 44' 59''
• Carlos RODRIGUEZ (INEOS GRENADIERS) - 35h 45' 13''
• Mikel LANDA (SOUDAL QUICK-STEP) - 35h 46' 17''
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Bonjour and welcome to Cyclingnews' live coverage of stage 9 of the 2024 Tour de France!

A one-day Classic sandwiched into the middle of a Grand Tour, today's stage to Troyes has been hotly anticipated. It is also a relative unknown for the GC competition, where Pogačar spoke with trepidation yesterday:

"There's going to be a lot of things that can cause you crash or get stuck behind. So, it's not going to be decisive, but you can lose the Tour tomorrow."

Read the full story here.

Today's stage will start and finish in Troyes, taking in 14 gravel sections in the loo course.

In a welcome change to yesterday's proceedings, sun is currently shining down on the start and finish town.

Elsewhere in pro cycling, the tragic news of André Drege continues to make its impact on the sport.

Alongside tributes across the peloton, today's Tour of Austria final stage will instead be a condolence ride for Drege.

The Tour de France is also arranging its own tribute to the Norwegian rider, as Norwegian team Uno-X Mobility is set to arrive at the start line five minutes ahead of the stage start in order to pay tribute to Drege.

Our Head of News Stephen Farrand spoke to numerous riders ahead of today's stage. “There will be a race within the race, which makes it even harder and more stressful," were the cautionary words from Alberto Bettiol.

Read his complete preview for stage 9 – The Tour becomes a Classic for a day on gravel roads.

We've made our first tyre visuals 👀 

Wout van Aert is riding 30mm Vittoria Corsa Pros. While not a dramatic tyre choice, the wide setup reveals that Van Aert is taking the rumble of the gravel sectors seriously.

Today will be interesting in a few ways. Will the break be allowed to get a good enough gap to win? Will there be any disaster moments in the GC fight? And will the likes of Wout Van Aert (TVL) and Tom Pidcock (IGD) be allowed off the leash and go for the stage win?

One big name that will surely give his all today is world champion, Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Deceuninck. Whether that's from a break or a controlled peloton, we shall see. Jasper Philipsen (ADC) and Axel Laurance (ADC) could also be involved for the Belgian squad.

Remco Evenepoel (SOQ), who hasn't had the greatest gravel record, spoke to the media about his feelings going into today's stage: 

"I can't wait to discover those gravel roads, and at the same time, I know that anything can happen. All of the GC riders have to be careful not to lose time.

"I have the impression that tomorrow's stage will be one of the most watched sporting events of the year."

Read more: Remco Evenepoel: 'I can't wait to discover the gravel roads' of Tour de France stage 9

Today at sign on for both the Tour de France and Giro d'Italia women, the Movistar riders and staff wear red neckerchiefs as a nod to the controversial bull run in Pamplona, where bulls run through the streets of the city along with thousands of people. 

Could today be a day for this man? Alberto Bettiol of EF Education-EasyPost has been showing that he has great legs at this year's Tour de France. Maybe today he can get the stage he's been searching for. 

Just around 15 minutes until the neutral start. 

Today, the riders will tackle 14 sections of gravel. Plenty of wind out there as well. Gusts said to be around 30kph which, if they last for a while, could cause carnage. 

The riders have started the neutral zone. 

Several riders from Movistar and Arkea-B&B Hotels near the front of the peloton behind the lead car as they build towards the official start. 

Primož Roglič (RBH) is ready to give his all today...

199km to go

The racing begins and we immediately see a huge flurry of attacks led by Alexander Kristoff (UXM). 

Jonas Abrahamsen (UXM), Alexander Kristoff (UXM), Victor Campenaerts (LTD), Krists Neilands (IPT), Rui Costa (EFE) and two others have a small gap. 

Uno-Xx Mobility are extremely keen to get riders in the break with Kristoff and Abrahamsen being the main riders involved.

Stefan Bissegger (EFE) has a small gap on the bunch, now. 

There was a special and emotional moment before the start as Uno-x Mobility led the moment of applause for the Norwegian Coop-Repsol rider, Andre Drege, who died yesterday at the Tour of Austria. 

Ben Healy (EFE)

Stefan Küng (GFC)

But, no gaps are sticking. 

Paul Lapeira (DAT) 

The French champion tries to form a new group as EF Education-EasyPost make it into another move as well. 

Movistar lead the peloton at the moment as they seem keen to get a rider up the road. 

Very strong group has got up the road including Derek Gee (IPT) who is 14th in GC at just over five minutes from the race lead. 

Still so many moves trying to form the breakaway. This leading five still are working well together, but they only have nine seconds and Lapeira (DAT) has started sitting on. 

Interestingly, Arnaud De Lie (LTD) is following moves as the Belgian champion tries to get into the breakaway. A very dangerous rider on this sort of stage. 

Guillaume Boivin (IPT)

As he swung to the right to wait for his team car he was very nearly hit by the UAE Team Emirates' team car. 

Lotto-DSTNY have Drizners in the break but they don't seem to be happy with that as they are constantly launching riders off the front. Alpecin-Deceuninck are also getting involved for the first time. 

Maxim Van Gils (LTD) was the lastest Lotto-DSTNY rider to try but he doesn't get away. 

Mark Cavendish (AST)

The Man Missile trying to get involved with the moves early on. A few sprinters seem to be keen as Cavendish (AST), Ackermann (IPT) and De Lie (LTD) have been trying. 

180km to go

Movistar now back on the front as they work for Lazkano and Aranburu. Gaviria is the latest rider come to the front for them. +20" up to the break. 

More moves continue to fly out of the peloton including Cort (UXM), Costa (EFE), Pidcock (IGD) and Lazkano (MOV). 

The leading group still look good but Movistar return to chasing. Abrahamsen (UXM) also returns to the front after taking a bit of time at the back of the bunch to regather himself. 

Ion Izagirre (COF) now tries a move, but, he doesn't go all in and it was easily followed. 

Arnaud De Lie (LTD) tries yet again despite having a teammate up the road. 

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Tour de France Stage 9 Preview: The Tour Goes Gravel

Modeled after Italy’s Strade Bianche, riders will encounter 14 gravel sectors that will be sure to make things interesting on Sunday.

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Stage 9 - Troyes to Troyes (199km) - Sunday, July 7

After hosting the start of the women’s stage back in 2022, this is the tenth time that the men’s Tour de France visits Troyes, the capital of the department of the Aube and home to andouillette , a French sausage made from pig intestines. We’ve tried it—it’s an acquired taste.

Upon leaving the city, the stage heads east through the Orient Forest–a regional park that’s home to the three man-made lakes–and then begins winding through the champagne vineyards that produce the region’s more famous—and more palatable—culinary speciality. It’s in these vineyards that the riders will encounter the 14 sectors of white gravel roads that make this one of the most anticipated stages of the 2024 Tour de France—and they arrive early, just a little more than an hour into the stage.

The organizers have given each sector a rating—from 1- to 3-stars—and luckily (for the riders) the race passes over most of the hardest 3-star sectors early in the stage. That means most teams will focus on setting a steady tempo and keeping their leaders safe near the front of the bunch–while a breakaway heads up the road and scoops up the points on the first two of the day’s three categorized climbs—the Category 4 Côte des Bergères and the Category 4 Côte de Baroville—and at the Intermediate Sprint in Fontette, 83.5km into the stage.

After their efforts on Stage 8 neither Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility)—who wears the polka dot jersey as the leader of the Tour’s King of the Mountains competition—nor Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty)—who wears the green jersey as the leader of the Tour’s Points competition—won’t have to worry about defending their leads in their respective competitions until after the Rest Day. (Although Girmay could continue to extend his advantage with a high finish at the end of Stage 9–which is a distinct possibility.)

After passing through Fontette, things should start to intensify in the peloton as the riders hoping to win the stage–and the Tour’s GC contenders–start thinking about positioning themselves for the second half of the stage–and the ten remaining sectors of gravel.

At this point the race will look more like a Spring Classic than a stage of the Tour de France, with accelerations leading into each sector as teams try and position their captains at the front of the bunch so that they can have a better view of the road ahead, respond quickly to attacks, and hopefully lose less time in the event of the flat tire or mechanical. This will turn the stage into a race of attrition as riders struggle to cope with the constant surges at the front–and back–of the bunch.

The final hour of the stage should be the most intense, as a final cluster of six gravel sectors begins just as the riders exit the Orient Forest after passing through it on their way back to Troyes. These sectors are all crammed into the final 33km and there’s not much asphalt in between them. There will be little time for riders to recover as they pass from one sector to the next, making the racing here some of the most exciting of the entire Tour.

The final two sectors are the longest in this final set of sectors. Both given 2-star ratings, Sectors 2 and 1 are 2.2km and 3km long respectively, with the final sector coming just 6.5km from the finish lines in Troyes. That makes them the perfect place for attacks from riders hoping to win the stage–or create gaps among the Tour’s GC contenders.

Luckily, the weather on Sunday is forecast to be much nicer than it was during Stage 8, with temperatures in the high-60s and partly cloudy skies. Rain would have made Stage 9 even more dangerous than it already is, and luckily the roads will be dry.

Riders to Watch

This is a stage that’s been modeled after Italy’s Strade Bianche , a one-day Classic in early March that gets its name from the long stretches of Tuscan strade bianche (“white gravel roads”) that make it one of the hardest races of the spring.

And it just so happens that the 2024 Tour de France peloton features several riders who have won recent editions of a race that many are starting to consider an event that’s on par with cycling’s five legendary Monuments.

The Netherlands’ Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)—arguably the best Classics rider in the sport—won Strade Bianche in 2021 with a crushing attack on the final climb. The Dutchman was conspicuously absent at the end of Saturday’s Stage 8, a stage on which he could’ve provided a valuable lead-out to Belgium’s Jasper Philipsen—or perhaps win the race himself. Our guess is that the Dutchman was saving himself for Stage 9, where he’s the favorite to take a Tour de France stage win while wearing the rainbow jersey as the sport’s reigning world champion .

Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) won last year’s Strade Bianche with a stunning solo move that was helped by the fact that he is–like van der Poel–one of the world’s best cyclocross riders and mountain bikers. Despite coming to the Tour hoping for a high GC finish, the 24-year-old has already lost 18 minutes to Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and could be given the freedom to race for the win on Stage 9.

And last but not least there’s Pogačar himself, who won Strade Bianche in 2022 and then again this year . His victory a few months ago was perhaps one of the most dominant of his career: attacking a little more than 50km from the finish line in Siena, the Slovenian simply rode away from the rest of the field after some impressive work from his team laid the foundation for his leg-breaking acceleration. If Pogačar delivers a similar performance on the white gravel roads of Stage 9, the 2024 Tour de France could be over before the first Rest Day.

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With 32km of gravel roads, this is going to be one of the most exciting stages of the 2024 Tour de France. The stage begins at 7:15 a.m. EDT, and the riders should hit the first gravel sector at about 8:30 a.m. EDT. We’ll probably tune in to watch the first sector of the first official “gravel stage” in the history of the men’s Tour.

But if that’s too early for your Sunday, you can wait until that final “cluster” of six sectors that we mentioned earlier. The leaders–the peloton will likely have been blown apart by then–should hit the first of these final six sectors at about 11:15 a.m. EDT, with the stage expected to finish around 45 minutes later.

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Tour de france stage 9: michael woods wins as tadej pogačar gains time on jonas vingegaard on puy de dome, woods caught jorgenson in the final 500 meters after the american went on the attack with just under 50km to go..

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Canadian rider Michael Woods triumphed from a day-long breakaway, coming from a long way back to win stage 9 of the Tour de France atop the legendary Puy de Dôme.

The Israel Premier Tech rider overhauled American Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar Team) with just 450 meters to go, immediately accelerating clear and ending a superb 48km solo effort by the Movistar rider.

To compound Jorgenson’s agony, two other riders from the stage’s 14-man break—Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) and Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious)—nipped past just before the line.

Behind, the race favorites duked it out on the climb, with race leader Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Tom Pidcock and Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) plus Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla) going head to head.

Pogačar was again best, launching a huge attack with 1.5km remaining and immediately distancing all bar Vingegaard. The Dane clung onto his wheel for a few seconds, then a gap began to open and grew inch by inch all the way to the finish line.

Pogačar finished 8’19 behind Woods and 8” ahead of Vingegaard. He also gained 51” on Yates and Pidcock, 1’ on Rodríguez, and 1’07 on his teammate Adam Yates.

That saw him close to within 17” of Vingegaard, with Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) remaining third but losing time to the others and slipping to 2’40 back.

Pogačar was happy; Woods was elated.

“I am still having a pinch-myself moment,” he said. “I can’t believe I did it. I am really proud of myself and proud of my team.

“I am 36 years old, turning 37 this year. I’m not getting any younger. I’ve always talked about winning a stage at the Tour de France and I finally achieved it. I just feel so fortunate to have so many great people behind me.”

Vingegaard lost more ground but insisted that things were not slipping away on his bid to win a second Tour de France.

“It would have been nice to have stayed with him and not lose time,” he said. “I think the first week really didn’t suit me in my opinion, and there are stages that suit me better later on. To be in yellow after the first week is something I am quite happy with.

“Tadej pulled away and took some seconds, but there are stages that suit me better than this. I am looking forward to the Alps.

“It was a nice climb coming up the Puy du Dome. It was very long, and very hard today. I felt quite OK. I just tried to follow him and he was just a bit better than me today.”

Pogačar didn’t gain much time, but has taken another important psychological boost. “It’s not a victory, but it’s a small victory. I am super happy today with the nice day. It was quite relaxed until the last climb. I could feel immediately my legs were good, and I was waiting until the last 1.5km. I had good legs.”

How it played out

Stage 9 of the Tour de France ran from Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dôme and covered 182.4km. The undulating stage featured high temperatures, an early intermediate sprint at Lac de Vassivière, then a total of four categorized climbs plus a number of other uncategorized rolling hills.

The fourth cat pairing of the Côte de Felletin (km 74.8) and the Côte de Pontcharraud (km. 85.7) was followed by the category 3 Côte de Pontaumur, and then the big one: the hors categorie Puy de Dôme, a 13.3km ascent averaging 7.7 percent but including sections much steeper than that.

The stage began with a tribute to Raymond Poulidor, who lived in the start town and was involved in a legendary head-to-head with Jacques Anquetil on the finishing climb in 1964, dropping his compatriot close to the top.

His grandson Matthieu van der Poel was visibly moved by the tributes to his grandfather at the sign-on. His Alpecin-Deceuninck team lined out with a modified kit paying homage to Poulidor.

#MerciPoupou 💜💛 In honor of #RaymondPoulidor , our riders will be wearing a dedicated version of the #AlpecinDeceuninck ’s team kit today, with a specific reference to this stage and the iconic Mercier/ #MerciPoupou colours! #AlpecinDeceuninck #TDF2023 #MVDP 📷 @facepeeters pic.twitter.com/JHvFa4bFF6 — Alpecin-Deceuninck Cycling Team (@AlpecinDCK) July 9, 2023

The day had breakaway written all over it and Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-Dstny) lit the fuse after the drop of the flag, provoking a move of 14. Campenaerts aside, the group also included Americans Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) and Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), the King of the Mountains, as well as the Canadians Michael Woods and Guillaume Boivin (both Israel-Premier Tech).

Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious), Clément Berthet (AG2R-Citroën), Gorka Izagirre (Movistar), David de a Cruz and Alexey Lutsenko (both Astana Qazaqstan), Uno-X Pro Cycling duo Jonas Abrahamsen and Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X), plus Mathieu Burgaudeau and Pierre Latour of TotalEnergies also joined.

Despite chasing efforts by teams such as Lidl-Trek and Soudal-QuickStep, the break got a minute’s lead. The latter squad made a big effort to bring that gap down to 45 seconds and various riders tried to spring across the gap, including Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep), past world champion Rui Costa (Intermarché-Circuis-Wanty) and former Tour winner Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers), but they didn’t get close.

Powless’ EF Education-EasyPost squad was stamping out surges from the peloton, trying to protect their rider out front. This stifled attacks and allowed the break’s gap to crest more than ten minutes before the Côte de Felletin, where Powless took the single KOM point up for grabs. He did the same on the Côte de Pontcharraud, increasing his lead over second-placed Felix Gall (Ag2r Citroën Team) to 10 points.

Skirmishes splinter breakaway, Jorgenson takes advantage

There were two unwelcome distractions for riders. Gregaard punctured and had to chase back on and then, minutes later, Jorgenson had an unwelcome distraction when a bee or wasp flew into his helmet and stung him. The incident, after approximately 110km of racing, saw him seek medical assistance but he seemed otherwise okay.

With 62.4km remaining Boivan attacked, possibly to give Woods a platform to bridge across to later. However, he didn’t get far, with Campenaerts and Mohorič then trying on the category three climb of the Côte de Pontaumur. They didn’t get far and Powless got the points at the summit.

A succession of attacks were fired off after that point, with Jorgenson eventually getting clear alone with 48km remaining. He had a 12 second gap which continued to grow. Mohorič was particularly aggressive in trying to get across and all the attacking caused a split in the break, with Powless, De la Cruz and Burgaudeau joining him in pursuit and the rest of the break sliding backwards.

Mohorič continued to attack the riders with him, disrupting their progress in trying to chase Jorgenson down. With 25km to go those four were 28” back, while their former breakaway companions were at 1’07”. The peloton was a very distant 15’39 back there.

De la Cruz had bad luck with just under 23km remaining, with chain problems taking him out of the back and forcing him to stop and change bikes. That left three chasing, and they had slipped to one minute behind starting the Puy de Dome climb.

Jorgenson is brave, but Woods is better

Jorgenson tapped out a strong pace on the mountain and with 10.5km he was 1’06 ahead of the three chasers. Powless tried to go clear but, riding into a headwind, he was unable to shake them off. The wind would change direction as the route circled around the mountain, meaning he’d have a better chance to try later on.

Further back, the Jumbo Visma, Ineos Grenadiers and Bora Hansgrohe teams had been driving the pace prior to reaching the climb, with DSM-Firmenich taking them onto the lower slopes to try to set things up for local rider Roman Bardet. Jumbo-Visma then swept through and continued turning the screw.

Jorgenson went into the final three kilometers over 1’20 clear of the trio behind. Mohorič grinded clear of the other two, with Powless then slipping back behind Burgaudeau. Further back, Woods had left the second chase group and was bridging. He caught Mohorič shortly before Jorgenson reached the kite and, at that 1km to go point, was just 23” back.

He made the junction with 450m to go and immediately went past, gapping a shattered Jorgenson and winning the stage. To compound Jorgenson’s agony, Latour and Mohorič got past him before the line for second and third place.

Pogačar gains more time over Vingegaard and everyone else

Behind, the group of GC contenders had been whittled right down to Sepp Kuss, Jonas Vingegaard (both Jumbo-Visma), Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Tom Pidcock and Carlos Rodríguez (Ineos Grenadiers) and Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla). Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) was amongst those who had been dropped but just before he joined back on, Yates hammered the pace and dragged the group clear.

Pogačar launched a huge attack with 1.5km remaining and only Vingegaard could go with him. Pogačar gapped him by two bike lengths and while the yellow jersey fought to stay in contention, he gradually lost further ground.

Pogačar kept pushing all the way to the line and reached it 8” ahead of the Dane, taking back more time but not enough to grab the yellow jersey. Yates was next home, finishing just ahead of Pidcock and several seconds ahead of Rodríguez.

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Tour de France: Stage 9

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Philipsen finally triumphs in sprint finish on Stage 10 of Tour de France

Jasper Philipsen has edged a thrilling sprint to win his first stage of this Tour de France after finishing runner-up twice last week

SAINT-AMAND-MONTROND, France — Jasper Philipsen edged a thrilling sprint to win his first stage of this Tour de France on Tuesday after finishing runner-up twice last week.

Biniam Girmay, winner of two stages already, was runner-up a second time, and Pascal Ackermann was third.

The overall leaders stayed the same. Tadej Pogacar retained the yellow jersey with the same 33 second gap on Remco Evenepoel and more than a minute on two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard.

The 10th stage from Orléans to Saint-Amand-Montrond in central France was a flat 187 kilometers (116 miles) without classified climbs, and set the stage for a mass sprint.

Philipsen, the Belgian rider known for his powerful finishes, finally capitalized. This was his seventh career stage in the last three Tours.

“Today everything worked according to plan,” Philipsen said. “We came to the Tour de France with the goal of winning at least one stage. I’m really happy that we can now tick that box and go further in the Tour with more confidence in the team.”

Following the first rest day, the race unfolded without major disruptions despite intermittent showers. The peloton enjoyed a picturesque route, passing the 500-year-old Château de Chambord.

Stage 11 on Wednesday will get the riders back climbing again in the Massif Central mountains.

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