Tour de France 2012/9. stage

◄ 8.00000 Result of the 9th stage 10. ►00000
		Bradley Wiggins (SKY)	51:24 min (48.4 km / h)
2.		Chris Froome (SKY)	+ 0:35 min
3.		Fabian Cancellara (RNT)	+ 0:57 min
4th		Tejay van Garderen (BMC)	+ 1:06 min
5.		Sylvain Chavanel (OPQ)	+ 1:24 min
6th		Cadel Evans (BMC)	+ 1:43 min
7th		Peter Velits (OPQ)	+ 1:59 min
8th.		Vincenzo Nibali (LIQ)	+ 2:07 min
9.		Denis Menschow (KAT)	+ 2:08 min
10.		Andreas Klöden (RNT)	+ 2:09 min
Intermediate results after the 9th stage
		Bradley Wiggins (SKY)	39:09:20 h
2.		Cadel Evans (BMC)	+ 1:53 min
3.		Chris Froome (SKY)	+ 2:07 min
		Peter Sagan (LIQ)	217 pts.
2.		Matthew Goss (OGE)	185 pts.
3.		André Greipel (LTB)	172 pts.
		Fredrik Kessiakoff (AST)	21 pts.
2.		Chris Froome (SKY)	20 pts.
3.		Cadel Evans (BMC)	18 pts.
		Tejay van Garderen (BMC)	39:14:34 min
2.		Pure Taaramäe (COF)	+ 0:42 min
3.		Tony Gallopin (RNT)	+ 0:45 min
		RadioShack Nissan	117: 36: 25 h
2.		Sky ProCycling	+ 01:25 min
3.		Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 13:25 min

The 9th stage of the Tour de France 2012 took place on July 9, 2012. It was held as an individual time trial and was 41.5 km long. The start was in Arc-et-Senans , the finish in Besançon . 178 of 198 drivers still competed.

Participating teams

• BMC Racing Team (BMC)
• RadioShack Nissan (RNT)
• Team Europcar (EUC)
• Euskaltel-Euskadi (EUS)
• Lampre ISD (LAM)
• Liquigas-Cannondale (LIQ)
• Garmin-Sharp (GRS)
• Ag2r (ALM)
• Cofidis, le Credit en Ligne (COF)
• Saur Soy Sun (SAU)
• Sky ProCycling (SKY)
• Lotto Belisol Team (LTS)
• Vacansoleil-DCM (VCD)
• Katusha Team (KAT)
• FDJ-Big Mat (FDJ)
• Rabobank Cycling Team (TLJ)
• Movistar (MOV)
• Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank (STB)
• Astana Pro Team (AST)
• Omega Pharma-Quick Step (OPQ)
• Orica GreenEdge (OGE)
• Team Argos-Shimano (TGA)

route

The route ran in a north-easterly direction through the Jura and Doubs departments . The profile was wavy on the first half of the route, then mostly flat. The intermediate times were measured in Abbans-Dessus and Avanne-Aveney .

Race course

The start was initially every two minutes, after the first 120 riders every three minutes. The first driver to tackle the race at 9.45 a.m. was the Frenchman Brice Feillu, who was last in the overall standings and set the first target time with 57:33 minutes. The Swede Gustav Larsson undercut this time by no less than 3:14 minutes. The Dutchman Lieuwe Westra was ten seconds faster . With 53:40 minutes, 29 seconds less than Westra, the German Tony Martin, who was handicapped by a broken scaphoid in his hand , set a best time shortly before 1 p.m. despite a flat tire at the beginning of the stage, which should last for almost three hours.

Bradley Wiggins on the way to a stage win

The Swiss Fabian Cancellara , who was one of the favorites to win the day despite suffering a broken collarbone in April, crossed the finish line shortly before 4 p.m. with 52:21 minutes, undermining Martin's time by 1:19 minutes. A little later the Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel pushed himself between the two. The American Tejay van Garderen subjected Cancellara's best time to a first serious test: In the intermediate times he was three or two seconds ahead, but finally lost nine seconds at the finish.

On the other hand, Briton Chris Froome was faster than Cancellara , who set a record time 22 seconds lower with 51:59. Most recently, Briton Bradley Wiggins and Australian Cadel Evans , last year's winner of the tour, started. It soon became apparent that Wiggins was much faster and would also make it the day's victory. He undercut Froome's record by another 35 seconds. Evans, however, continuously lost time and was 1:43 minutes behind the overall leader in the end.

Split times

Abbans-Dessus intermediate time 1 after 16.5 km at 379  m 1. Bradley Wiggins (SKY) 21:05 min 2. Chris Froome (SKY) + 0:05 min 3. Tejay van Garderen (BMC) + 0:29 min 4th Fabian Cancellara (RNT) + 0:32 min 5. Sylvain Chavanel (OPQ) + 0:39 min 6th Peter Velits (OPQ) + 0:45 min 7th Maxime Monfort (RNT) + 0:49 min 8th. Denis Menschow (KAT) + 0:54 min 9. Janez Brajkovič (AST) + 0:54 min 10. Haimar Zubeldia (RNT) + 0:56 min

Avanne-Aveney intermediate time 2 after 31.5 km at 231  m 1. Bradley Wiggins (SKY) 39:02 min 2. Chris Froome (SKY) + 0:16 min 3. Tejay van Garderen (BMC) + 0:36 min 4th Fabian Cancellara (RNT) + 0:38 min 5. Sylvain Chavanel (OPQ) + 1:04 min 6th Cadel Evans (BMC) + 1:19 min 7th Peter Velits (OPQ) + 1:23 min 8th. Maxime Monfort (RNT) + 1:23 min 9. Andreas Klöden (RNT) + 1:26 min 10. Vincenzo Nibali (LIQ) + 1:28 min

Scoring

Intermediate sprint in Besançon after 41.5 km at 262  m
1.		Bradley Wiggins (SKY)	20 pts.
2.		Chris Froome (SKY)	17 pts.
3.		Fabian Cancellara (RNT)	15 pts.
4th		Tejay van Garderen (BMC)	13 pts.
5.		Sylvain Chavanel (OPQ)	11 pts.
6th		Cadel Evans (BMC)	10 pts.
7th		Peter Velits (OPQ)	9 pts.
8th.		Vincenzo Nibali (LIQ)	8 pts.
9.		Denis Menschow (KAT)	7 pts.
10.		Andreas Klöden (RNT)	6 pts.
11.		Maxime Monfort (RNT)	5 pts.
12.		Tony Martin (OPQ)	4 pts.
13.		Haimar Zubeldia (RNT)	3 pts.
14th		Rui Costa (MOV)	2 pts.
15th		Janez Brajkovič (AST)	1 point

Web links

Commons : 9th stage of the 2012 Tour de France  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Results and ratings of the 9th stage (Tour de France website)
• Race course (see dispatches)