stage9

Tim De Waele catches the action at the Tour's team time trial

"In a perfect world, we would’ve taken the stage and the yellow jersey, but we’ll take the stage," says BMC's Tejay van Garderen

Race leader Chris Froome calls Tejay van Garderen a man to watch, but the BMC captain says Paris is a long way off yet

BMC Racing Team pips Sky for the team time trial victory, but Chris Froome holds firm to the yellow jersey

Cycling is the Gallopin family business, and the new leader of the Tour credits his kinfolk for helping him achieve his goals

Talansky's had some rough luck, but says he's relatively unscathed and eager to battle with the best as the Tour rolls skyward

Photos from stage 9 of the 2014 Tour de France

Results from stage 9 of the 2014 Tour de France

A big break goes in the second of three tough days in the Vosges, with Martin escaping for the stage and Gallopin taking the yellow jersey

Alberto Contador says the real Tour de France has begun, and he promises to continue his attacks on race leader Vincenzo Nibali

Porte said stage 9 "was a bit of a war. ... Everyone saw that. It was an amazing stage"

Casey B. Gibson trains his lenses on a very busy stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France

Photos from stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France

Results from stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France

The Belgian needed a victory badly, and the Spaniard needs all the seconds he can get before the Vuelta's ITT

Graham Watson catches Philippe Gilbert's first win of 2012

The Belgian strongman finally bounces back to take his first win of the season

Tejay van Garderen is tired of white jerseys. Someday he'd like to chase yellow. And on Monday, he showed the strength to do it

Casey B. Gibson snaps the first big time trial at the 2012 Tour de France

If Cadel Evans once appeared to be the underdog, now he really is

Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins aren't ready to declare victory yet

Andrfew Hood serves up another edition of his Tour de France notebook

Andrew Hood and Matthew Beaudin say the stage-9 ITT may define the 2012 Tour de France

Bradley Wiggins is poised to be the next leader of the Vuelta, but Joaquim "Purito" Rodríguez hasn't given up hope.

This year's scorcher of a Vuelta is proving disastrous to more than a few of the favorites going into the 2011 worlds, slated for a sprint-friendly course in Copenhagen on September 25.

Graham Watson hauls his camera bag to the ski station at Sierra de Bejar on Sunday.

Stage 9

• 1. Daniel Martin, Garmin-Cervélo, at 4:52:14
• 2. Bauke Mollema, Rabobank Cycling Team, same time
• 3. Juan José Cobo, Geox-TMC, at 0:03
• 4. Bradley Wiggins, Team Sky, at 0:04
• 5. Christopher Froome, Team Sky, at 0:07

GC

• 1. Bauke Mollema, Rabobank Cycling Team, 37:11:17
• 2. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, at 0:01
• 3. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0:09
• 4. Fredrik Kessiakoff, Astana, at 0:18
• 5. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:27

Dan Martin (Garmin-Cervélo) wins a thriller of a stage as Rabobank's Bauke Mollema takes the lead at the 2011 Vuelta a España.

It’s exceptional to have so many leading riders eliminated from the yellow-jersey stakes before reaching the first true mountain stages. But it’s not unknown for potential winners and contenders to crash out of the race in incidents like those on Sunday.

Stage 9 will almost certainly be remembered as one of the Tour’s most bizarre and gut-wrenching.

Alexander Vinokourov and Jurgen Van den Broeck crash out of the 2011 Tour de France.

A mid-race crash helps Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) gain the yellow jersey, Chris Horner leaves the hospital for Mickey D's, and Tejay Van Garderen is the second American to lead the mountains competition.

Cadel Evans, BMC’s hope for Tour de France overall victory, is happy to have this week behind him after watching more than 18 riders drop out of the race, most with serious injuries.

Furious Tour de France organizers threw a television car off the race for striking Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky) during a crash-marred ninth stage.

Two stage wins, seven days in yellow, one rider in an ambulance and a lot of torn clothing. In nine days, Garmin-Cervélo has experienced the highs and lows of the rollercoaster that is the Tour de France.

Ben Delaney and Andrew Hood discuss what they say has become the Tour of the Last Man Standing after a crash-filled ninth stage.

Graham Watson was on the job during Sunday's crash-filled ninth stage of the 2011 Tour.

Alberto Contador wound up on the deck in stage 9 after getting tangled up with Vladimir Karpets.

• 1. Luis-Leon Sanchez, Rabobank Cycling Team, 5h 27' 09"
• 2. Thomas Voeckler, Team Europcar, at 00:05
• 3. Sandy Casar, Fdj, at 00:13
• 4. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma - Lotto, at 03:59
• 5. Peter Velits, Htc - Highroad, at 03:59

Crashes once again played a decisive role as Thomas Voeckler took the yellow jersey in stage 9 of the 2011 Tour de France on Sunday.

Breakfast with Bernie: Stage 9

July 10 Stage 9: Issoire to St. Flour, 208km (129 miles)