Tonight is Stage 9 (Toulouse to Bagnères de Bigorre) 224km
Climbs:
Cat 4 – at:42.0 km – Côte de Saint-Pey – h:324m
Cat 4 – at:46.0 km – Côte de Sainte-Quitterie – h:325m
Cat 4 – at:91.0 km – Côte de Mane – h:418m
Cat 4 – at:113.5 km – Col de Buret – h:599m
Cat 3- at:123.5 km – Col des Ares – h:792m
Cat 3- at:166.5 km – Col de Peyresourde – h:1589m
Cat 1- at:198.0 km – Col d’Aspin – h:1489m
Stage Details:
- stage 9 – Toulouse > Bagnères-de-Bigorre 224 km [www.letour.fr]
- Stage 9: Toulouse &get; Bagnères-de-Bigorre [SBS]
- Stage 9 – Toulouse – Bagnères de Bigorre, 224km [CyclingNews]
- Stage 9 [EuroSport]
- Stage 9 preview: Toulouse → Bagnères-de-Bigorre, 224k (mountaineous) [SteepHill]
- Route Tour de France 08, Étape 09: Figeac – Toulouse [bikemap.net]
Live:
Live Race Data [Polar]
Live Telemetry [SRM]
Current local time in Paris (World Clock)
Live Audio|AudioPlayer [EuroSport]
Tour de France – Live Tracker [UBI Labs]
stage 9 – Toulouse > Bagnères-de-Bigorre 224 km live [www.letour.fr]
Stage 9 – Sunday, July 13: Toulouse – Bagnères de Bigorre, 224km Complete live report [CyclingNews]
Toulouse – Bagnères-de-Bigorre “live match” [Eurosport Yahoo!]
TdFblog (Frank Steele’s) [Twitter]
Boulder Report Live Blog [bicycling.com]
SBS: Tour de France 2008 Forum [SBS]
Results:
17:01 – Victory For Ricco!
Riccardo Ricco has won his second Tour stage in four days. The winner of stage six has beaten Vladimir Efimkin by 1’03″.
16:59 – One Kilometer To Go
Riccardo Ricco has raced under the ’flamme rouge’ and is about to begin his victory celebrations. He has a lead of 1’00″ on Vladimir Efimkin and is moving up the rankings in the mountains classification but for now, he’s going to enjoy his second victory in four days.
– www.letour.fr
Stage 9 results:
1. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval – Scott)
2. Vladimir Efimkin (AG2R La Mondiale)
3. Cyril Dessel (AG2R La Mondiale)
4. Dmitriy Fofonov (Crédit Agricole)
5. Christian Knees (Team Milram)
6. Maxime Montfort (Cofidis – Le Crédit par Téléphone)
7. Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne)
8. Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas)
9. Damiano Cunego (Lampre)
10. Yarsoslav Popovych (Silence – Lotto)
116km – ANOTHER CRASH IN THE PELOTON: Cadel Evans of Silence Lotto takes a tumble too. The Australian Tour favourite is back on his bike, but his knee is bleeding and he has rips on the back of his shirt. Not good for the current 2nd place rider.
– Eurosport
Leading Tour de France contender Cadel Evans avoided serious injury in a heavy crash during Sunday’s ninth stage.
The Australian, who rides for Lotto, suffered cuts and bruises down his left side but allayed fears that he had broken his left shoulder in the fall.
– BBC
Tour de Web:
(What others have to say about this stage)
[1] Stage 9 – Sunday, July 13: Toulouse – Bagnères de Bigorre, 224km [Cycling News]
[2] RESULTS:Stage 9 – Sunday, July 13: Toulouse – Bagnères de Bigorre, 224km [Cycling News]
[3] SBS Tour de France 2008: Stage 9 – Toulouse > Bagnères de Bigorre [SBS]
[4] Stage 9 Photos [Graham Watson]
[5] Ricco shows his strength [TDF Blog]
[6] Stage 9 results: Riccardo Ricco solos the descent of Col d’Aspin for his second Tour win this year [Steephill.tv]
[7] — [The Tour de France for the Rest of Us]
[8] Stage nine as it happened [BBC]
[9] Ricco claims second stage victory [BBC]
[10] Stage 9: Ricco the Cobra strikes again [Spare Cycles]
[11] Tour de France ‘08 Stage 9 Link Roundup [Spare Cycles]
[12] — [Tour de France Lanterne Rouge]
[13] The Cobra strikes on the first real mountain stage of the 2008 Tour de France [VeloNews]
[14] Stage 9 • TOULOUSE > BAGNÈRES-DE-BIGORRE • 224 km [EuroSport]
[15] Daily Video – Stage 9 [Versus]
