Tour de France
Michael Woods won the mountain finish on the legendary Puy de Dome in the Pyrenees in the 110th Tour de France. After the 13.3-kilometer climb with an average incline of 7.7 percent, the Canadian clinched victory on the ninth stage on Sunday ahead of Frenchman Pierre Latour and Slovenian Matej Mohoric.
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The American Matteo Jorgenson, who was in the lead with around 500 meters to go, had to settle for fourth place. Felix Gall finished the stage in 21st place after a strong performance.
In the overall standings, second-placed Slovenian Tadej Pogacar finished 13th on the day. (+8:19 minutes) eight seconds ahead of the leader Jonas Vingegaard, who finishes immediately behind him, the Dane now has 17 seconds left.
APA/AFP/Marco Bertorello Pogacar made up eight seconds on Vingegaard
Spectators cause trouble
Belgian Steff Cras, meanwhile, has blamed a fan for his Tour de France exit. “If a spectator walks more than a meter on the street and doesn’t move when the field comes, he better stays at home,” wrote the 27-year-old on Twitter over the weekend. “You have no respect for the drivers. I hope you feel real guilty. I had to leave the tour because of you.”
Cras fell a few kilometers from the finish of stage eight in Limoges on Saturday. The reason was not clear from the TV pictures. Cras sustained bruises to his hip and elbow in the fall.
A day later Lilian Calmajane fell. The Frenchman got tangled in a clothesline hanging in front of a camper van on the side of the road. He was unharmed. Before continuing the ride, Calmajane cursed towards the spectators.
Rest is the order of the day on Monday
After the first rest day on Monday, the tour will continue on Tuesday with the tenth stage over 167.2 kilometers from Vulcania to Issoire. With five medium-difficult mountain classifications, there is constant ups and downs in the Massif Central, which should accommodate a breakaway group.
Saint Leonard de Noblat – Puy de Dome (182.5 km/BAK) 1. Michael Woods CAN 4:19:41 2. Pierre Latour FRA + 0:28 3. Matej Mohoric SLO 0:35 4. Matteo Jorgenson USA -” – 5. Clement Berthet FRA 0:55 6. Neilson Powless USA 1:23 7. Alexei Luzenko KAZ 1:39 8. Gregaard Jonas Wilsly DEN 1:58 9. Mathieu Burgaudeau FRA 2:16 10. David de la Cruz ESP 2 :34 13. Tadej Pogacar SLO 8:19 14. Jonas Vingegaard DEN 8:27 19. Jai Hindley AUS 9:33 21.
Felix Gall
AUT
9:54
35.
Felix Großschartner
AUT
16:07
64.
Patrick Konrad
AUT
22:20
82.
Marco Haller
AUT
25:42
134.
Gregor Muehlberger
AUT
28:56
156.
Michael Gogl
AUT
29:56
rating
Standing behind nine of 21 stages: 1. Jonas Vingegaard DEN 38:38:03 2. Tadej Pogacar SLO + 0:17 3. Jai Hindley AUS 2:40 4. Carlos Rodriguez ESP 4:22 5. Adam Yates GBR 4:3 6. Simon Yates GBR 4:44 7. Tom Pidcock GBR 5:26 8. David Gaudu FROM 6:01 9. Sepp Kuss USA 6:45 10. Romain Bardet FROM 6:5
Felix Gall
AUT
9:46
42.
Felix Großschartner
AUT
48:21
63.
Gregor Muehlberger
AUT
1:08:40
89.
Patrick Konrad
AUT
1:25:31
97.
Marco Haller
AUT
1:33:36
141.
Michael Gogl
AUT
1:56:47