Summary

  • Stage nine takes the Tour 182.4km from Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dome

  • The iconic finish at Puy de Dome returns to the race for the first time since 1988

  • Jonas Vingegaard is the overall leader and wears the yellow jersey

  1. Goodbyepublished at 17:43 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Thanks for joining me. I'm heading off for a rest day as well.

    You can read all about how Tadej Pogacar gained more ground on Jonas Vingegaard in the yellow jersey race as Michael Woods took stage nine, in our report.

    On Tuesday the race travels 162.7km from Vulcania to Issoire.

    Personally, my money is on the breakaway succeeding again. We'll be back for that one at around noon.

  2. Woods delights in 'special' victorypublished at 17:37 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Michael WoodsImage source, Getty Images

    Stage nine winner Michael Woods has previously won two stages of the Vuelta a Espana but having failed previously to get in stage-winning breaks at the Tour, this felt like the one he wanted: "I'm still having a pinch-myself moment. I can't believe I did it. I'm really proud of myself, I'm really proud of my team, it's special...

    "I'm 36, turning 37 this year, I'm not getting any younger. I've always talked about winning a stage at the Tour de France and I've finally achieved it. I feel so fortunate to have so many great people behind me, my family, my team, my parents, my wife, they've all supported me.

    "I wish I could say it was all planned. I wanted to be with [Matteo] Jorgensen up front but it's just the way the cards played.

    "I knew I was probably the most marked man in the group, I ended up not playing my cards super right, but I had to be patient.

    "I just got to 4km to go, then I didn't think about the win, I just thought about doing a (time trial) to the top. If I did my hardest no matter how it went I'd just be proud of myself and my hardest was able to bring back Jorgensen."

  3. GC standingspublished at 17:29 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 38hrs 37mins 46secs

    2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +17secs

    3. Jai Hindley (Aus/Bora-Hansgrohe) +2mins 40secs

    4. Carlos Rodriguez Cano (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +4mins 22secs

    5. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +4mins 39secs

    6. Simon Yates (GB/Team Jayco-AlUla) +4mins 44secs

    7. Thomas Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) + 5mins 26secs

    8. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +6mins 07secs

    9.Sepp Kuss (US/Jumbo-Visma) +6mins 45secs

    10. Pello Bilbao (Spa/Bahrain Victorious) +7mins 37secs

  4. Yates and Pidcock producepublished at 17:25 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Here comes Simon Yates and Tom Pidcock both crossed the line together just after Jonas Vingegaard. That'll do their GC hopes no harm at all.

    Pidcock climbs up a couple of places to seventh overall.

    Yates is 6th five seconds adrift of his twin brother Adam.

    They were able to put more than 20 seconds into Jai Hindley, who began the day third overall, but struggled to stick with his general classification rivals.

  5. Stage nine resultspublished at 17:22 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    1. Michael Woods (Can/Israel-Premier Tech 4hrs 19mins 41secs

    2. Pierre Latour (Fra/TotalEnergies) +28secs

    3. Matej Mohoric (Slo/Bahrain Victorious) +35secs

    4. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Movistar) Same time

    5. Clement Berthet (Fra/AG2R-Citroen) +55secs

    6. Neilson Powless (US/EF Education-EasyPost +1min 23secs

    7. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana-Qazaqstan) +1min 39secs

    8. Jonas Gregaard (Den/Uno-X) +1mins 58secs

    9. Mathieu Burgaudeau (Fra/TotalEnergies) +2mins 16secs

    10 David de la Cruz (Spa/Astana-Qazaqstan) +2mins 34secs

  6. Pogacar gains more groundpublished at 17:11 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    I make that eight seconds. Tadej Pogacar closes the gap to Jonas Vingegaard on GC to 17 seconds going in to Monday’s rest day.

  7. Postpublished at 17:10 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Tadej PogacarImage source, Getty Images

    Tadej Pogacar crosses the line. What's the gap to Vingegaard?

  8. Postpublished at 17:09 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Tadej Pogacar is out of his saddle. He is 25 seconds behind Jonas Vingegaard in the GC.

  9. Postpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Jonas Vingegaard chucks a water bottle. He is trying to lose as much weight from his bike as possible.

    He is losing ground but limiting his losses.

  10. Postpublished at 17:08 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Tadej Pogacar has a look over his shoulder and puts in another min acceleration.

    Jonas Vingegaard is in the red. Can he pace himself back on to the wheel of his rival.

  11. Postpublished at 17:07 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Jonas Vingegaard responds but he can't hold Tadej Pogacar's wheel. He is several bike lengths back.

    There is over one kilometre of this climb left.

  12. Postpublished at 17:06 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Tadej Pogcar attacks...

  13. Postpublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Oh hello Simon Yates puts a mini burst in just to see what reaction he gets and Tadej Pogcar shuts him down.

  14. Postpublished at 17:04 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Further down the Puy de Dome. Tom Pidcock, Carlos Rodriguez and Simon Yates are sticking with Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogacar.

    Sepp Kuss has popped.

  15. Latour & Mohoric come throughpublished at 17:03 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Oh no. Pierre Latour has got Matteo Jorgenson and steams past in the final 50m, as does Matej Mohoric. What an agonising finale for Jorgenson.

  16. Michael Woods wins stage ninepublished at 17:01 British Summer Time 9 July 2023

    Michael WoodsImage source, Getty Images

    Michael Woods is a Tour de France winner at last. He made up two minutes on that climb.

  17. Postpublished at 300m to go

    This is a dream finish for Canada's Michael Woods, who gives the cameras a thumbs up. He knows he's got this.

  18. Postpublished at 500m to go

    Michael WoodsImage source, Getty Images

    Michael Woods has got Matteo Jorgenson and surges past him.

  19. Postpublished at 650m to go

    Matteo Jorgenson has a 12-second gap to Michael Woods. This could be heartbreak for the American.

  20. Postpublished at 1km to go

    Matteo Jorgenson has 20 seconds. Michael Woods is out of his saddle. The Canadian is putting in a huge effort to try and secure his first Tour de France stage win.