Le Tour 2023 – Stage 9

Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat > Puy de Dôme

Distance: 182.4 kilometers.

This is a Mountain stage with 4 Category climbs. It ends with a summit finish.

• Côte de Felletin 74.8 km (Cat 4: 2.1km @ 5.2%)
• Côte de Pontcharraud 85.7 km (Cat 4: 1.8km @ 4.6%)
• Côte de Pontaumur 126.2 km (Cat 3: 3.3km @ 5.3%)
• Puy de Dôme 182.4 km (Hors Catégorie: 13.3km @ 7.7%)

The intermediate sprint is 30.4 km from the start at Lac de Vassivière.

—- Rest day tomorrow —-

Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001) [Yellow] 38h 37′ 46″
Jasper Philipsen (AFC – 106) [Green] 259 Points
Neilson Powless (EFE – 046) [Polka Dot] 46 points
Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011) [White] 2 +00h 00′ 17″

Stage winner: Michael Woods (ISN – 151)
Combative: Matteo Jorgenson (MOV – 135) [Tan numbers]
Team: Bahrain Victorious (TBV – 062-069) [Yellow numbers]

Top 10 below the fold

1 Jonas Vingegaard (TJV – 001)
2 Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 011)
3 Jai Hindley (BOH – 071)
4 Carlos Rodríguez (IGD – 027)
5 Adam Yates (UAD – 019)
6 Simon Yates (JAY – 161)
7 Tom Pidcock (IGD – 026)
8 David Gaudu (GFC – 031)
9 Sepp Kuss (TJV – 004)
10 Romain Bardet (DSF – 141)

Did not start:
Quinn Simmons (LIT – 087)

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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