Dutch cyclist Tom Dumoulin time-trialled to victory on stage nine of the 2016 Tour de France, a mountainous 184.5km ride from Vielha Val d’Aran to Andorre Arcalis in the principality of Andorra.
Tom Dumoulin of Team Giant-Alpecin took the win on stage nine of the Tour de France today. Photo: SuperSport
The Giant-Alpecin rider attacked before the final climb from a small breakaway group to take stage honours in a heavy rain storm in 5:16:24.
Portugal’s former world champion Rui Costa took (Lampre-Merida) second ahead of Poland’s Rafal Majka (Tinkoff).
Britain’s Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange), second at the start of the day, brought the main group of favourites home in 10th position. Yellow jersey Chris Froome (Sky) and Nairo Quintana (Movistar) finished in the same time in 11th and 12th respectively.
“It’s a dream and it came true. I cannot even speak right now,” said Dumoulin.
“I’m so tired. It was an incredible day. The whole day, Queen stage, it was really really hard. And I did it.
“It is very very special. I’m of course a time-trial specialist, but today I showed that I can do more,” said Dumoulin, who has his sights on the gold medal in the time-trial at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Stage nine results
1. Tom Dumoulin (Giant-Alpecin) 5:16:24
2. Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Lampre-Merida) 0’38”
3. Rafał Majka (Tinkoff Team) 0’38”
4. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Cofidis, Solutions Credits) 0’39”
5. Winner Anacona Gomez (Movistar Team) 1’57”
6. Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) 2’30”
7. George Bennett (LottoNL-Jumbo) 2’48”
8. Diego Rosa (Astana Pro team) 2’52”
9. Mathias Frank (IAM Cycling) 3’44”
10. Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) 6’35”
Selected
19. Louis Meintjes (Lampre – Merida)
49. Daryl Impey (Orica-BikeExchange) 15’36”
148. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data)
General classification
1. Christopher Froome (Team Sky) 44:36:03
2. Adam Yates (Orica-BikeExchange) 0’16”
3. Daniel Martin (Etixx-QuickStep) 0’19”
4. Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas (Movistar Team) 0’23”
5. Joaquim Rodríguez Oliver (Team Katusha) 0’37”
6. Romain Bardet (AG2R La Mondiale) 0’44”
7. Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) 0’44”
8. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya (Team Sky) 0’44”
9. Louis Meintjes (Lampre-Merida) 0’55”
10. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Movistar Team) 1’1″
Selected
41. Daryl Impey (Orica-BikeExchange) 37’03”
118. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data) 1:37:28
Point classification
1. Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) 204 points
2. Peter Sagan (Tinkoff Team) 197
3. Marcel Kittel (Etixx – Quick-Step) 182
King of the Mountains
1. Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) 80 points
2. Rafal Majka (Tinkoff Team) 77
3. Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant-Alpecin) 50
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