Le Tour 2016 – Stage 9

Vielha Val D’Aran to Arcalís

Distance: 184.5 kilometers.

A mountain stage that crosses the border into Andorra for the last three climbs and the summit finish: Cat 1 Port de la Bonalgua, Cat 1 Port del Cantó, Cat 2 Côte de la Comella, Cat 1 Col de Belxalis, and the Hors Catégorie finish in Arcalis.

The four withdrawals are the result of earlier injuries catching up with people on a stage with some long climbs, high temperatures that finished in a deluge. Alberto Contador took a spill on the first stage and has been coming back very slowly.

This was Tom Dumoulin’s first stage win on the Tour.

Christopher Froome ( GBR – SKY – 001 ) [Yellow] 44h 36′ 03″
Mark Cavendish ( GBR – DDD – 101 ) [Green] 204 points
Thibaut Pinot ( FRA – FDL – 121 ) [Polka Dot] 80 points
Adam Yates ( GBR – OBE – 209 ) 2 [White]

Team: Movistar Team ( MOV – 011-019 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Tom Dumoulin ( NED – TGA – 114 )
Combative: Tom Dumoulin ( NED – TGA – 114 ) [Red numbers]

Top Ten:

1 Christopher Froome ( GBR – SKY – 001 )
2 Adam Yates ( GBR – OBE – 209 ) + 00′ 16″
3 Daniel Martin ( IRL – EQS – 184 ) + 00′ 19″
4 Nairo Quintana ( COL – MOV – 011 ) + 00′ 23″
5 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver ( ESP – KAT – 141 ) + 00′ 37″
6 Romain Bardet ( FRA – ALM – 041 ) + 00′ 44″
7 Bauke Mollema ( NED – TFS – 061 ) + 00′ 44″
8 Sergio Luis Henao ( COL – SKY – 002 ) + 00′ 44″
9 Louis Meintjes ( RSA – LAM – 157 ) + 00′ 55″
10 Alejandro Valverde ( ESP – MOV – 012 ) + 01′ 01″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Tejay Van Garderen ( USA – BMC – 099 ) + 01′ 01″
12 Roman Kreuziger ( CZE – TNK – 036 ) + 01′ 16″
13 Fabio Aru ( ITA – AST – 021 ) + 01′ 23″
14 Richie Porte ( AUS – BMC – 091 ) + 02′ 10″
15 Warren Barguil ( FRA – TGA – 111 ) + 02′ 51″
16 Geraint Thomas ( GBR – SKY – 009 ) + 03′ 20″
17 Pierre Rolland ( FRA – CDT – 081 ) + 04′ 01″
18 Sébastien Reichenbach ( SUI – FDL – 126 ) + 05′ 22″
19 Wilco Kelderman ( NED – TLJ – 051 ) + 05′ 28″
20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( BEL – KAT – 147 ) + 05′ 33″
21 Mikel Nieve ( ESP – SKY – 005 ) + 07′ 30″
22 Emanuel Buchmann ( GER – BOA – 131 ) + 08′ 48″
23 Frank Schleck ( LUX – TFS – 065 ) + 11′ 20″
24 Mathias Frank ( SUI – IAM – 071 ) + 12′ 00″
25 Damiano Caruso ( ITA – BMC – 094 ) + 12′ 13″
26 Tanel Kangert ( EST – AST – 025 ) + 15′ 30″
27 Thibaut Pinot ( FRA – FDL – 121 ) + 15′ 39″
28 Eduardo Sepulveda ( ARG – FVC – 211 ) + 16′ 57″
29 Alexis Vuillermoz ( FRA – ALM – 049 ) + 19′ 44″
30 Domenico Pozzovivo ( ITA – ALM – 048 ) + 20′ 50″

Did not finish:

20 Alberto Contador ( ESP – TNK – 031 )
186 Mark Renshaw ( AUS – DDD – 108 )
132 Matthieu Ladagnous ( FRA – FDL – 123 )
190 Cedric Pineau ( FRA – FDL – 125 )

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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