2012 Tour de France, Prologue to Stage 10#Stage 9
(48,4 km / h)
Not awarded
The 9th stage of the Tour de France 2012 took place on 9 July 2012. She was discharged as a time trial and was 41.5 km long. The start was in Arc- et- Senan the target in Besançon. There were still 178 of 198 riders on.
Route
The route went northeast through the departments of Jura and Doubs. On the first half of the course profile was wavy, then mostly flat. The intermediate times were measured in Abbans -Dessus and Avanne - Aveney.
Race course
Was started first in the two-minute interval after the first 120 riders every three minutes. As the first driver took the 9:45 clock lying in last place in the overall standings Frenchman Brice Feillu the race in attack, who established the first reference time with 57:33 minutes. The Swede Gustav Larsson undercut this time by no less than 3:14 minutes. Was another ten seconds faster Dutchman Lieuwe Westra. With 53:40 minutes, 29 seconds less than Westra, the handicapped by a scaphoid fracture in his hand German Tony Martin scored just before 13 clock, despite a flat tire at the beginning of the stage, a personal best, which was to endure for nearly three hours.
The Swiss Fabian Cancellara, who was one of the favorites to win the day despite a broken collarbone suffered in April, arrived shortly before 16 clock with 52:21 minutes to the finish, which he undercut Martin's time at 1:19 minutes. A little later, the Frenchman Sylvain Chavanel pushed between the two. Tejay van Garderen The Americans underwent Cancellara fastest time of the first serious examination: In the intervals he was ahead three or two seconds, but eventually lost in the target nine seconds.
Fast traveling as Cancellara, however, was the Briton Chris Froome, who set lower by 22 seconds fastest time with 51:59. Last went the Briton Bradley Wiggins and Australian Cadel Evans, last year's winner of the Tour, at the start. It soon became apparent that Wiggins was significantly faster on the road and would also provide the day's victory. He undercut Froomes record by a further 35 seconds. Evans, however, continuously lost one time and was at the end of 1:43 minutes behind the overall leader.
Intermediate times
Scoring
- Target in Besançon ( 41.5 km; 262 m)