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2015 Tour de France

102nd edition: July 4 - July 26, 2015

Sunday, July 12: Stage 9, Vannes - Plumelec team time trial

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Stage 9, Sunday, July 12: 28 km, Vannes - Plumelec Team time trial

Stage 9 map and profile | Stage 9 photos | Stage 9 video | David L. Stanley describes and reviews stage 9

BMC

BMC turning in their stage-winning ride

Rated ascent:

Km 28.0 - PLUMELEC - Côte de Cadoudal, 1.7 kilometers @ 6.2%

The Race: Before the team time trial began, LeTour summed up stage 9 thus: “This stage is unique in the history of cycling. Usually a team time trial is contested in the first third of a Grand Tour but eight stages have already taken their toll. Orica-GreenEdge, the last squad to have won the TTT at the Tour de France two years ago, is three riders down due to the abandons of Simon Gerrans, Daryl Impey and Michael Albasini after crashing. Vannes to Plumelec is also an atypical course as it's lumpy with an uphill finish in a famous cycling heartland.

“Mûr de Bretagne stage winner Alexis Vuillermoz claimed the GP Plumelec one and half months ago. Plumelec is also the place where Alejandro Valverde took stage 1 in the 2008 Tour de France in which Chris Froome and Vincenzo Nibali were making their debut at the Grande Boucle. The three of them are under stress ahead of this 28-km long stage set to be decisive for the overall classification, as Chris Froome stated after stage 8. Their respective teams, Movistar, Sky and Astana, are potential winners, so are Tinkoff-Saxo and BMC. It won't be just physical but a tactical affair as well in terms of using the different riders' power smartly in the first part of the race and saving some energy for the conclusive hill where the fifth rider's time will count for the rankings.

“Sky team director had this to say before the start, ‘It's true that it's a different ball game with two contenders in this TTT weakened. Etixx-Quick Step without Tony Martin is not the same thing and Orica-GreenEdge have only six riders left, one of them injured. Moreover a week of the Tour levels the chances. I think that with Richie Porte, Geraint Thomas, Ian Stannard and Chris [Porte], we have the riders for this kind of effort for which we have worked hard. It didn't show in the Dauphiné but I'm confident we can do very well in this time trial and even win it.’”

The stage started at 3PM, with the twenty-one teams departing every five minutes. Sky, the team of race leader Christopher Froome was scheduled to start last, as is cycling’s tradition. Orica-GreenEdge was the first team to ride.
Each team’s time was taken as the fifth rider crossed the finish line.

Orica-GreenEdge turned in a slow ride, averaging 49.4 km/hr. I know that’s fast, but for a professional team time trial, it’s well below what is possible. Since the team doesn’t have overall GC ambitions, Michael Matthews said the squad treated the stage as another rest day.

Astana hit the road hard. Nibali, probably thinking of his time loss the day before, took pulls so hard that some of his teammates would lose contact. Despite Nibali’s over-enthusiastic riding, Astana did turn in a good ride, the best so far when they crossed the line. That effort was soon eclipsed by Movistar’s 51.98 km/hr ride that put them a half-minute ahead of Astana.

The crowds along the road were huge. Thomas Voeckler said that at times the available road was only two meters wide.

Then BMC crossed the line. The red-and-black-clad team had scorched the course, steaming along at 52.09 km/hr, the first team to break 52 km/hr. They beat Movistar by 4 seconds. Could Sky do still better? They couldn’t. BMC beat Sky by a single second. A great ride, but not fast enough to yank the yellow jersey from Chris Froome’s shoulders.

Froome remained the overall leader with Tejay van Garderen second at twelve seconds and Greg van Avermaet third, 27 seconds back.

Complete Results:

Stage 9 photos | Stage 9 video

28 km raced at an average speed of 52.09 km/hr

1	BMC RACING TEAM	32min 15sec
2	TEAM SKY	@ 1sec
3	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 00' 04''
4	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 00' 28''
5	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 00' 35''
6	IAM CYCLING	+ 00' 38''
7	ETIXX-QUICK STEP	+ 00' 45''
8	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 00' 48''
9	TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO	@ 1min 14sec
10	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01' 24''
11	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01' 25''
12	TEAM CANNONDALE-GARMIN	+ 01' 29''
13	BORA-ARGON 18	+ 01' 31''
14	FDJ	+ 01' 33''
15	LOTTO-SOUDAL	+ 01' 36''
16	TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN	+ 01' 37''
17	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01' 42''
18	BRETAGNE - SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01' 46''
19	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01' 53''
20	MTN-QHUBEKA	+ 01' 56''
21	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 02' 32''
22	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 04' 58''

GC after stage 9:

1343.8 km raced so far at an average speed of 43.3 km/hr

GC leader: Christopher Froome
Points classification leader: Peter Sagan
Mountains classification leader: Daniel Teklehaimanot
Young rider classification leader: Peter Sagan
Team classification leader: BMC

1	FROOME Chris	Sky	31hr 34min 12sec
2	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	BMC	@ 12sec
3	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	0:27
4	SAGAN Peter	Tinkoff-Saxo	0:38
5	CONTADOR Alberto	Tinkoff-Saxo	1:03
6	URÁN Rigoberto	Etixx-Quick Step	1:18
7	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	1:50
8	THOMAS Geraint	Sky	1:52
9	QUINTANA Nairo	Movistar	1:59
10	ŠTYBAR Zdeněk	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
11	GALLOPIN Tony	Lotto-Soudal	2:01
12	KREUZIGER Roman	Tinkoff-Saxo	2:18
13	NIBALI Vincenzo	Astana	2:22
14	BARGUIL Warren	Team Giant-Alpecin	2:43
15	GESINK Robert	LottoNL-Jumbo	2:52
16	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek Factory Racing	2:56
17	PERAUD Jean-Christophe	Ag2r La Mondiale	3:30
18	RODRÍGUEZ Joaquim	Team Katusha	3:52
19	TALANSKY Andrew	Cannondale-Garmin	4:17
20	FRANK Mathias	IAM Cycling	4:32
21	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	4:38
22	BAKELANTS Jan	Ag2r La Mondiale	5:08
23	COSTA Rui	Lampre-Merida	5:20
24	FUGLSANG Jakob	Astana	5:22
25	SÁNCHEZ Samuel	BMC	6:17
26	NERZ Dominik	Bora-Argon 18	6:28
27	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Movistar	6:40
28	VUILLERMOZ Alexis	Ag2r La Mondiale	6:49
29	PINOT Thibaut	FDJ	8:05
30	KOREN Kristijan	Cannondale-Garmin	8:35
31	MARTIN Dan	Cannondale-Garmin	9:21
32	CHAVANEL Sylvain	IAM Cycling	s.t.
33	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	MTN-Qhubeka	10:14
34	LOSADA Alberto	Team Katusha	10:37
35	PANTANO Jarlinson	IAM Cycling	11:20
36	ROLLAND Pierre	Team Europcar	11:43
37	VOSS Paul	Bora-Argon 18	11:47
38	SEPÚLVEDA Eduardo	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	12:25
39	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Etixx-Quick Step	15:18
40	ROGERS Michael	Tinkoff-Saxo	15:57
41	MORABITO Steve	FDJ	16:24
42	GESCHKE Simon	Team Giant-Alpecin	16:47
43	GAUTIER Cyril	Team Europcar	17:14
44	BAK Lars Ytting	Lotto-Soudal	17:18
45	DE KORT Koen	Team Giant-Alpecin	17:44
46	YATES Adam	Orica GreenEDGE	17:45
47	GRIVKO Andrey	Astana	17:49
48	TANKINK Bram	LottoNL-Jumbo	18:03
49	YATES Simon	Orica GreenEDGE	18:29
50	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis	19:41
51	GOŁAŚ Michał	Etixx-Quick Step	20:23
52	CASTROVIEJO Jonathan	Movistar	20:33
53	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	MTN-Qhubeka	20:54
54	CHEREL Mickaël	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	OSS Daniel	BMC	20:59
56	GREIPEL André	Lotto-Soudal	21:52
57	DEGENKOLB John	Team Giant-Alpecin	22:15
58	SOUPE Geoffrey	Cofidis	22:25
59	VAN EMDEN Jos	LottoNL-Jumbo	23:00
60	LADAGNOUS Matthieu	FDJ	23:01
61	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	23:02
62	VANMARCKE Sep	LottoNL-Jumbo	23:06
63	CAVENDISH Mark	Etixx-Quick Step	23:31
64	SCHÄR Michael	BMC	23:49
65	SINKELDAM Ramon	Team Giant-Alpecin	24:12
66	SICARD Romain	Team Europcar	24:31
67	VERMOTE Julien	Etixx-Quick Step	24:32
68	CURVERS Roy	Team Giant-Alpecin	24:47
69	VAUGRENARD Benoît	FDJ	24:50
70	SIMON Julien	Cofidis	25:05
71	TAARAMÄE Rein	Astana	25:11
72	ROCHE Nicolas	Sky	25:25
73	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques	MTN-Qhubeka	25:36
74	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Cofidis	25:42
75	COQUARD Bryan	Team Europcar	25:57
76	RAST Grégory	Trek Factory Racing	26:24
77	DENNIS Rohan	BMC	26:29
78	WYSS Danilo	BMC	26:34
79	DÉMARE Arnaud	FDJ	26:51
80	KRISTOFF Alexander	Team Katusha	27:14
81	BÁRTA Jan	Bora-Argon 18	27:17
82	KANGERT Tanel	Astana	27:21
83	PREIDLER Georg	Team Giant-Alpecin	27:22
84	MACHADO Tiago	Team Katusha	27:34
85	ZUBELDIA Haimar	Trek Factory Racing	27:59
86	NAVARDAUSKAS Ramūnas	Cannondale-Garmin	28:02
87	LEEZER Tom	LottoNL-Jumbo	28:04
88	MARTENS Paul	LottoNL-Jumbo	28:19
89	FONSECA Armindo	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	28:39
90	DEMPSTER Zak	Bora-Argon 18	28:47
91	BENNATI Daniele	Tinkoff-Saxo	29:00
92	STANNARD Ian	Sky	29:04
93	PAUWELS Serge	MTN-Qhubeka	29:28
94	DELAPLACE Anthony	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	29:39
95	VACHON Florian	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	30:01
96	KRUIJSWIJK Steven	LottoNL-Jumbo	30:17
97	IRIZAR Markel	Trek Factory Racing	30:19
98	QUINZIATO Manuel	BMC	30:34
99	VALGREN Michael	Tinkoff-Saxo	31:02
100	RENSHAW Mark	Etixx-Quick Step	31:15
101	TRENTIN Matteo	Etixx-Quick Step	31:36
102	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	IAM Cycling	31:43
103	MALORI Adriano	Movistar	31:57
104	WYSS Marcel	IAM Cycling	32:06
105	GASTAUER Ben	Ag2r La Mondiale	32:09
106	KELDERMAN Wilco	LottoNL-Jumbo	32:34
107	FARRAR Tyler	MTN-Qhubeka	32:38
108	POZZATO Filippo	Lampre-Merida	32:46
109	TEKLEHAIMANOT Daniel	MTN-Qhubeka	33:39
110	SERPA José Rodolfo	Lampre-Merida	34:09
111	TULIK Angelo	Team Europcar	34:10
112	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	34:22
113	FÉDRIGO Pierrick	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	34:31
114	WESTRA Lieuwe	Astana	34:47
115	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Lampre-Merida	35:06
116	MATÉ Luis Ángel	Cofidis	35:08
117	HUZARSKI Bartosz	Bora-Argon 18	35:11
118	CLEMENT Stef	IAM Cycling	35:27
119	ROY Jérémy	FDJ	36:15
120	GÈNE Yohann	Team Europcar	36:21
121	ĐURASEK Kristijan	Lampre-Merida	36:26
122	HESJEDAL Ryder	Cannondale-Garmin	36:28
123	CARUSO Damiano	BMC	s.t.
124	GÉRARD Arnaud	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	36:29
125	SCARPONI Michele	Astana	36:52
126	GUARNIERI Jacopo	Team Katusha	37:46
127	GAUDIN Damien	Ag2r La Mondiale	37:48
128	BRÄNDLE Matthias	IAM Cycling	38:03
129	NAVARRO Daniel	Cofidis	38:57
130	KÖNIG Leopold	Sky	38:58
131	QUÉMÉNEUR Perrig	Team Europcar	39:28
132	ROWE Luke	Sky	39:31
133	ARREDONDO Julián David	Trek Factory Racing	39:53
134	RIBLON Christophe	Ag2r La Mondiale	40:00
135	MAJKA Rafał	Tinkoff-Saxo	41:01
136	CARUSO Giampaolo	Team Katusha	41:35
137	JUNGELS Bob	Trek Factory Racing	41:56
138	DURBRIDGE Luke	Orica GreenEDGE	42:34
139	HAAS Nathan	Cannondale-Garmin	42:55
140	GENIEZ Alexandre	FDJ	43:19
141	COPPEL Jérome	IAM Cycling	43:23
142	ELMIGER Martin	IAM Cycling	43:29
143	FEILLU Brice	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	s.t.
144	PORTE Richie	Sky	44:04
145	PÉRICHON Pierre-Luc	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	45:01
146	HERRADA José	Movistar	45:09
147	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	45:59
148	CHAVANEL Sébastien	FDJ	46:43
149	POELS Wout	Sky	46:50
150	TIMMER Albert	Team Giant-Alpecin	47:52
151	ANACONA Winner	Movistar	48:39
152	VANBILSEN Kenneth	Cofidis	s.t.
153	VALLS Rafael	Lampre-Merida	48:48
154	LANGEVELD Sebastian	Cannondale-Garmin	49:17
155	PLAZA Rubén	Lampre-Merida	49:23
156	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	50:15
157	CIMOLAI Davide	Lampre-Merida	51:14
158	BASSO Ivan	Tinkoff-Saxo	51:23
159	BOOM Lars	Astana	51:24
160	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Cannondale-Garmin	51:41
161	CUMMINGS Steve	MTN-Qhubeka	51:51
162	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana	52:00
163	KENNAUGH Peter	Sky	52:07
164	TOSATTO Matteo	Tinkoff-Saxo	52:10
165	KUDUS Merhawi	MTN-Qhubeka	52:23
166	DIDIER Laurent	Trek Factory Racing	52:37
167	NAULEAU Bryan	Team Europcar	52:54
168	MENDES José	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
169	HALLER Marco	Team Katusha	53:16
170	DEVOLDER Stijn	Trek Factory Racing	53:18
171	VOECKLER Thomas	Team Europcar	53:30
172	BONO Matteo	Lampre-Merida	54:24
173	MEINTJES Louis	MTN-Qhubeka	54:27
174	BUCHMANN Emanuel	Bora-Argon 18	54:54
175	WEENING Pieter	Orica GreenEDGE	57:09
176	DE GENDT Thomas	Lotto-Soudal	59:17
177	BENNETT Sam	Bora-Argon 18	1:00:45
178	TEN DAM Laurens	LottoNL-Jumbo	1:00:46
179	VANSUMMEREN Johan	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:01:51
180	TUFT Svein	Orica GreenEDGE	1:04:17
181	BRUN Frederic	Bretagne-Séché Environnement	1:06:00
182	HANSEN Adam	Lotto-Soudal	1:06:12
183	EDET Nicolas	Cofidis	1:09:54
184	DOWSETT Alex	Movistar	1:13:01
185	MATTHEWS Michael	Orica GreenEDGE	1:16:10