Tour de France 2008/9. stage

00000 Result of the 9th stage 00000
		Vladimir Jefimkin (ALM)	5:40:32 h
2.		Cyril Dessel (ALM)	+0: ​​13 min
3.		Dmitri Fofonov (CA)	equal time
4th		Christian Knees (MRM)	equal time
5.		Maxime Monfort (COF)	equal time
6th		Alejandro Valverde (MOV)	equal time
7th		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	equal time
8th.		Damiano Cunego (LAM)	equal time
9.		Yaroslav Popovych (OLO)	equal time
10.		Sebastian Lang (GST)	equal time
		Sebastian Lang (GST)
Intermediate results after the 9th stage
		Kim Kirchen (THR)	38:07:19 h
2.		Cadel Evans (OLO)	+0: ​​06 min
3.		Christian Vande Velde (CPT)	+0: ​​44 min
		Kim Kirchen (THR)	123 pts.
2.		Óscar Freire Gomez (TLJ)	119 pts.
3.		Thor Hushovd (CA)	105 pts.
		David de la Fuente (GEO)	61 pts.
2.		Sebastian Lang (GST)	57 pts.
3.		Riccardo Riccò (GEO)	50 pts.
		Andy Schleck (TNK)	38:09:17 h
2.		Maxime Monfort (COF)	+0: ​​09 min
3.		Roman Kreuziger (CAN)	+0: ​​22 min
		Team CSC-Saxo Bank	114: 24: 23 h
2.		Caisse d'Epargne	+3: 29 min
3.		Saunier Duval-Scott	+4: 47 min

The 9th stage of the Tour de France 2008 on July 13th was 224 kilometers long and ran from Toulouse to Bagnères-de-Bigorre . There were two sprint evaluations as well as four mountain evaluations of the 4th category, one mountain evaluation of the 3rd category and two mountain evaluations of the 1st category on the program.

Shortly after the start, David de la Fuente , Freddy Bichot , Stef Clement , Giampaolo Cheula , David Moncoutié and Björn Schröder tried to break away, but they did not succeed. Aljaksandr Kuschynski , Nicolas Jalabert and Sebastian Lang tried to escape successfully at kilometer 22 . They quickly gained a maximum advantage of 14:20 minutes. The field led by Euskaltel-Euskadi let the gap then slowly melt away again. Lang secured the first five, smaller climbs. Kuschynski and Jalabert each have a sprint rating. In the field, Cadel Evans fell on a motorcycle, but was able to continue with a few wounds and a torn jersey. Samuel Dumoulin and Romain Feillu tried to break away from the field, but also had to give up this company. On the climb to Col de Peyresourde , the field increased and it tore apart. De la Fuente, who was fighting for the dotted jersey , and Maxime Monfort attacked. At the top, Lang was able to break away from his two companions. There were several attacks by the favorites on the climb around Col d'Aspin . Luis León Sánchez was able to catch up with de la Fuente and Monfort. Then began a big attack by Riccardo Riccò , who overtook Lang before the summit and thus took the lead. All other drivers were swallowed up again by the field. Bernhard Kohl tried to secure the dotted jersey with a sprint on the last mountain Lang, but this failed because De la Fuente got the necessary points with fourth place. The finish in Bagnères-de-Bigorre was reached after a difficult descent through Campan on a 180 meter long and 6.5 meter wide home straight. There Riccò achieved the second stage victory. Wladimir Jefimkin crossed the finish line in second place before the field. Kim Kirchen was able to defend the yellow jersey and also stand out in the green jersey. Stefan Schumacher lost some time and so the third place in the overall ranking to Christian Vande Velde . Andy Schleck took over the white jersey from Thomas Lövkvist , who lost a lot of time. After the end of the Tour de France, Riccò was deprived of the stage win because of doping.

Sprint ratings

• 1st intermediate sprint in Saint-Sulpice-sur-Lèze (kilometer 29.5) (208 m above sea level)

First	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	6 pts.
Second	Nicolas Jalabert	4 pts.
Third	Sebastian Lang	2 pts.

• 2nd intermediate sprint in Sengouagnet (kilometer 111) (508 m above sea level)

First	Nicolas Jalabert	6 pts.
Second	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	4 pts.
Third	Sebastian Lang	2 pts.

• Finish sprint in Bagnères-de-Bigorre (kilometer 224) (544 m above sea level)

First	Riccardo Riccò	20 pts.
Second	Vladimir Yefimkin	17 pts.
Third	Cyril Dessel	15 pts.
Fourth	Dmitri Fofonov	13 pts.
fifth	Christian Knees	12 pts.
Sixth	Maxime Monfort	10 pts.
seventh	Alejandro Valverde	9 pts.
Eighth	Roman Kreuziger	8 pts.
Ninth	Damiano Cunego	7 pts.
Tenth	Yaroslav Popovych	6 pts.
Eleventh	Sebastian Lang	5 pts.
Twelfth	Kim churches	4 pts.
Thirteenth	Vincenzo Nibali	3 pts.
Fourteenth	Pierrick Fédrigo	2 pts.
Fifteenth	Matteo Carrara	1 point

Mountain ratings

• Côte de Saint-Pey, category 4 (kilometer 42) (324 m above sea level; 1.7 km at 4.7%)

First	Sebastian Lang	3 pts.
Second	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	2 pts.
Third	Nicolas Jalabert	1 point

• Côte de Sainte-Quitterie, category 4 (kilometer 46) (325 m above sea level; 1.5 km at 5.7%)

First	Sebastian Lang	3 pts.
Second	Nicolas Jalabert	2 pts.
Third	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	1 point

• Côte de Mane, category 4 (kilometer 91) (418 m above sea level; 2.0 km at 5.6%)

First	Sebastian Lang	3 pts.
Second	Nicolas Jalabert	2 pts.
Third	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	1 point

• Col de Buret, Category 4 (km 113.5) (599 m above sea level; 4.6 km at 3.2%)

First	Sebastian Lang	3 pts.
Second	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	2 pts.
Third	Nicolas Jalabert	1 point

• Col des Ares, Category 3 (km 123.5) (792 m above sea level; 6.0 km at 4.9%)

First	Sebastian Lang	4 pts.
Second	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	3 pts.
Third	Nicolas Jalabert	2 pts.
Fourth	Samuel Dumoulin	1 point

• Col de Peyresourde , category 1 (kilometer 166.5) (1569 m above sea level; 13.2 km at 7.1%)

First	Sebastian Lang	15 pts.
Second	Alyaksandr Kuschynski	13 pts.
Third	Nicolas Jalabert	11 pts.
Fourth	David de la Fuente	9 pts.
fifth	Maxime Monfort	8 pts.
Sixth	Luis León Sánchez	7 pts.
seventh	Mikel Astarloza	6 pts.
Eighth	Matteo Carrara	5 pts.

• Col d'Aspin , category 1 (kilometer 198) (1489 m above sea level; 12.3 km at 6.5%)

First	Riccardo Riccò	30 pts.
Second	Sebastian Lang	26 pts.
Third	Bernhard Kohl	22 pts.
Fourth	David de la Fuente	18 pts.
fifth	Vincenzo Nibali	16 pts.
Sixth	Óscar Pereiro	14 pts.
seventh	Denis Menshov	12 pts.
Eighth	Samuel Sánchez	10 pts.

Web links

• Tour de France 2008/9. Stage in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• All day long from the beginning. In: radsport-news.com. July 13, 2008, accessed February 25, 2018 .