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2020 Tour de France – Stage 9 – Highlights, Report, Results

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Highlights

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNxe8oT5k9s

Report

Twenty-one year old Tadej Pogačar added his first stage win at the Tour de France to his palmares, adding it to the trio of successes obtained in the Vuelta a Espana in 2019.

The Slovenian from the Emirati squad won the 9th stage of the Grande Boucle, 153 km Pau-Lauruns, outsprinting the group containing the new yellow jersey Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), Marc Hirschi (Sunweb), Egan Bernal (Ineos-Grenadiers) and Mikel Landa (Bahrain-McLaren).
The UAE Team Emirates rider becomes the youngest Tour stage winner in the 21st century.

Hirschi had led the race for 80 km, before being caught in view of the finish line by the chasing quartet on the ascent of the Col de Marie Blanque The group of the favourites was influenced by two attacks of Pogačar, with only Roglic, Bernal and Landa able to follow the UAE Team Emirates leader who had a near crash when he made contact with Roglic over the top of the climb.

Pogačar: “It is incredible to have won at the end of such a hectic day. Firstly I thank the team for the excellent work done throughout the stage. I am very happy, in the final my goal was to recover as many seconds as possible in the general classification, also aiming for bonuses, but the concentration was then turned to the sprint: I don’t remember exactly how I won the sprint, I just thought about pushing as hard as possible.
I arrive on the first rest day with a stage win, which is added to the one obtained in the first stage by my teammate Kristoff. I am happy with what we have done so far in this Tour, with only one off-day on the 7th stage”.

In the general classification, Pogačar gains another two positions and climbs back to 7th place (+44″ from Roglic), while in the youth ranking the Slovenian is 23″ behind Egan Bernal (Ineos-Grenadiers).

Unfortunately it was a less positive day for Fabio Aru who found himself in trouble early in the day and was unable to finish the stage.

Tomorrow will mark the first rest day, before beginning again with a flat trip from Ile de l’Oléron to Ile de Ré (168.5 km).

Results

Stage

1Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates03:55:17
2Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma
3Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb
4Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers
5Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren
6Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo00:00:11
7Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis00:00:11
8Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale00:00:11
9Richie Porte (Aus) Trek-Segafredo00:00:11
10Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Pro Cycling00:00:11

General Classification

1Primoz Roglic (Slo) Team Jumbo-Visma38:40:01
2Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers00:00:21
3Guillaume Martin (Fra) Cofidis00:00:28
4Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale00:00:30
5Nairo Quintana (Col) Team Arkea-Samsic00:00:32
6Rigoberto Uran (Col) EF Pro Cycling00:00:32
7Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates00:00:44
8Adam Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott00:01:02
9Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team00:01:15
10Mikel Landa Meana (Spa) Bahrain McLaren00:01:42

Points

1Peter Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe138
2Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck-Quickstep131
3Wout van Aert (Bel) Team Jumbo-Visma111
4Bryan Coquard (Fra) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept106
5Matteo Trentin (Ita) CCC Team98

Mountains

1Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale36
2Nans Peters (Fra) AG2R la Mondiale31
3Marc Hirschi (Swi) Team Sunweb26
4Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) CCC Team25
5Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo24

Young Riders

1Egan Arley Bernal Gomez (Col) Ineos Grenadiers38:40:22
2Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates00:00:23
3Enric Mas Nicolau (Spa) Movistar Team00:01:41
4Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Pro Cycling00:05:47
5Harold Alfonso Tejada Canacue (Col) Astana Pro Team00:39:37