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Sunday, July 13: Stage 9, Gérardmer - Mulhouse, 170 km

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Brilliant! Tony Martin wins stage nine. Photo ©Sirotti

Rated ascents:

• Km 11.5: Col de la Schlucht, 8.6 km @ 4.5% average gradient - category 2
• Km 41.0: Col du Wettstein, 7.7 km @ 4.1% - category 3
• Km 70.0: Côte des Cinq Châteaux, 4.5 km @ 6.1% - category 3
• Km 86.0: Côte de Gueberschwihr, 4.1 km @ 7.9% - category 2
• Km 120.0: Le Markstein, 10.8 km @ 5.4% - category 1
• Km 127.0: Grand Ballon, 1.4 @ 8.6% - category 3

The Race: The overall standings are a bit different after today's stage.

Early on, Tony Martin and Alessandro de Marchi escaped. At about the 40th kilometer, a good-sized chase group formed containing Tony Gallopin and Pierre Rolland.

As Martin and De Marchi were riding part way up the penultimate ascent, the first category Markstein, Martin simply rode away. Martin was never seen again until he arrived in Mulhouse. He rode the remaining 59 kilometers powerfully, never betraying weakness, his shoulders and body remains steady on the bike. He rides to the finish nearly three minutes ahead of his chasers. It was a fabulous ride.

As the chase group pulled away form the peloton, the possibility grew that the break's best placed rider, Tony Gallopin, might grab the lead. With tomorrow's brutal stage facing the contenders, the peloton's chase lacked drive and force.

Rolland, who had suffered earlier time losses, was also motivated to drive the break hard. His Europcar teammate Cyril Guatier buried himself helping pull the group. As hard as they rode, they never really cut Martin's lead by much. But, they came into Mulhouse with enough time to make Tony Gallopin the new yellow jersey, and Rolland the new eighth place.

Gallopin will have the pleasure of being a Frenchman in yellow on Bastille Day.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed:40.9 km/hr

1	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	4hr 9min 34sec
2	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	@ 2min 45sec
3	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
5	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
6	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM
7	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
8	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
9	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
10	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
11	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
12	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
13	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
14	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR
15	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
16	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
17	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
18	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
19	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
20	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02' 51''
21	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 02' 54''
22	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 07' 46''
23	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
24	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM
25	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM
26	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO
27	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
28	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO
29	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
30	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
31	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY
32	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY
33	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM
34	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
35	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL
36	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP
37	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
38	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
39	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
40	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
41	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
42	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
43	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
44	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA
45	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM
46	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE
47	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
48	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
49	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
50	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
51	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
52	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
53	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
54	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
55	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR
56	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP
57	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA
58	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
59	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING
60	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
61	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
62	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
63	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
64	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
65	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
66	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
67	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
68	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
69	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
70	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
71	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
72	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
73	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
74	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP
75	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM
76	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
77	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE
78	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
79	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
80	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
81	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
82	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
83	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
84	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
85	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
86	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
87	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
88	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
89	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE
90	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
91	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
92	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
93	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING
94	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
95	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
96	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
97	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP
98	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
99	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
100	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
101	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
102	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
103	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM
104	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
105	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
106	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 08' 00''
107	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
108	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
109	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 08' 06''
110	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 08' 15''
111	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 08' 19''
112	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 08' 40''
113	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 09' 13''
114	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
115	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR
116	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
117	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO
118	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
119	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY
120	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
121	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 10' 19''
122	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
123	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
124	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM
125	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 10' 41''
126	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 13' 49''
127	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 18' 56''
128	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 19' 24''
129	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
130	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE
131	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
132	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
133	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
134	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
135	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
136	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR
137	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
138	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
139	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 21' 38''
140	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
141	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
142	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING
143	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
144	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
145	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
146	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
147	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
148	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
149	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
150	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
151	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
152	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
153	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE
154	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
155	Edward King	CANNONDALE
156	Jean Marc Marino	CANNONDALE
157	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
158	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE
159	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
160	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
161	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
162	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
163	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL
164	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP
165	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
166	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
167	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE
168	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
169	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
170	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
171	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
172	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
173	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
174	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
175	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
176	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
177	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
178	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA
179	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
180	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
181	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING
182	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
183	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR

GC after Stage 9: 1,622 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.598 km/hr

1	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	38h4 4min 38sec
2	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 1min 34sec
3	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 02' 40''
4	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03' 18''
5	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 32''
6	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 04' 00''
7	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 04' 01''
8	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 04' 07''
9	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04' 08''
10	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 04' 13''
11	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 04' 26''
12	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04' 36''
13	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 04' 36''
14	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 04' 44''
15	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 05' 06''
16	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 05' 08''
17	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 05' 11''
18	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 05' 28''
19	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 05' 56''
20	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 06' 12''
21	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 06' 43''
22	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 06' 56''
23	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 07' 18''
24	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 07' 46''
25	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 07' 53''
26	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 08' 08''
27	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 08' 27''
28	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 09' 09''
29	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 09' 47''
30	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 12' 15''
31	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 12' 17''
32	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 14' 24''
33	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 14' 34''
34	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	+ 16' 28''
35	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 17' 32''
36	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 18' 40''
37	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 18' 56''
38	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 19' 50''
39	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 20' 11''
40	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 21' 46''
41	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 23' 15''
42	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 24' 11''
43	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 25' 12''
44	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 26' 20''
45	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 26' 39''
46	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 28' 42''
47	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 30' 02''
48	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 30' 53''
49	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 31' 21''
50	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 31' 54''
51	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 32' 04''
52	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 32' 41''
53	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 34' 50''
54	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 35' 02''
55	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 35' 25''
56	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 36' 19''
57	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 36' 54''
58	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 37' 07''
59	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 37' 30''
60	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 37' 58''
61	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 37' 59''
62	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 38' 34''
63	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 38' 38''
64	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 38' 47''
65	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 40' 14''
66	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 40' 18''
67	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 41' 10''
68	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 41' 15''
69	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 42' 11''
70	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 42' 24''
71	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 43' 28''
72	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 43' 52''
73	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 44' 15''
74	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 44' 45''
75	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 45' 06''
76	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 45' 14''
77	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 45' 16''
78	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 45' 40''
79	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 45' 49''
80	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 46' 01''
81	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 46' 20''
82	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 46' 23''
83	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 46' 23''
84	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 47' 12''
85	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 47' 13''
86	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 47' 56''
87	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 48' 03''
88	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 48' 57''
89	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 49' 01''
90	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 49' 06''
91	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 49' 44''
92	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 49' 53''
93	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 50' 11''
94	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 51' 03''
95	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 51' 44''
96	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 51' 51''
97	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 51' 59''
98	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 52' 01''
99	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 52' 11''
100	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 52' 26''
101	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 52' 36''
102	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 53' 17''
103	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 53' 23''
104	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 53' 28''
105	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 53' 35''
106	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 53' 53''
107	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 54' 14''
108	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 54' 37''
109	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 54' 42''
110	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 55' 09''
111	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 55' 18''
112	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 55' 30''
113	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 55' 56''
114	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 55' 57''
115	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 56' 13''
116	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 56' 47''
117	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 56' 57''
118	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 57' 40''
119	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 57' 59''
120	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 58' 16''
121	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 58' 44''
122	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 00' 07''
123	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 00' 35''
124	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 01' 08''
125	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 01' 14''
126	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 01' 27''
127	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 01' 29''
128	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 02' 22''
129	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 02' 42''
130	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 02' 53''
131	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 02' 56''
132	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 03' 35''
133	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 03' 37''
134	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 04' 11''
135	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 04' 50''
136	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 05' 17''
137	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 05' 24''
138	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 05' 46''
139	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 06' 48''
140	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 07' 17''
141	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 01h 08' 07''
142	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 08' 10''
143	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 08' 58''
144	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 09' 09''
145	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 09' 33''
146	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 10' 50''
147	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 11' 49''
148	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 12' 22''
149	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 12' 48''
150	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 13' 06''
151	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 13' 20''
152	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 14' 34''
153	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 01h 15' 03''
154	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 15' 35''
155	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 15' 48''
156	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 16' 14''
157	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 16' 19''
158	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 16' 35''
159	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01h 17' 15''
160	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 18' 11''
161	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 18' 18''
162	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 19' 08''
163	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 20' 00''
164	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 20' 04''
165	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 20' 14''
166	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 20' 17''
167	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 21' 00''
168	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 21' 10''
169	Janier Alexis Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 21' 44''
170	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 23' 07''
171	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 23' 22''
172	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 23' 41''
173	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 23' 43''
174	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 24' 22''
175	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 25' 32''
176	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 25' 40''
177	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 28' 08''
178	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 28' 48''
179	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 36' 14''
180	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 36' 26''
181	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 39' 58''
182	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 50' 06''
183	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 50' 13''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	267 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	156
3	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	146
4	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	117
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	101
6	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	98
7	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	87
8	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	75
9	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	71
10	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	63
11	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	57
12	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	55
13	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	54
14	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	54
15	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	53
16	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	51
17	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	51
18	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	50
19	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	45
20	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	44
21	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	42
22	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	41
23	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	40
24	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	38
25	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	37
26	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	35
27	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
28	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	32
29	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	31
30	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
31	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
32	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	29
33	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
34	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	28
35	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
36	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
37	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	27
38	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
39	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
40	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	25
41	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	24
42	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	24
43	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	23
44	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
45	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	22
46	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	21
47	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	21
48	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
49	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	20
50	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
51	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
52	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	20
53	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
54	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	20
55	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	19
56	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18
57	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	18
58	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	18
59	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	18
60	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	17
61	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	17
62	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	17
63	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
64	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	17
65	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
66	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
67	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	15
68	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	15
69	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
70	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
71	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
72	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
73	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
74	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	13
75	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	13
76	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	12
77	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
78	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	11
79	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
80	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
81	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
82	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	10
83	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
84	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	9
85	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	9
86	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
87	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	8
88	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	8
89	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	7
90	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
91	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	6
92	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	6
93	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	6
94	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
95	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	4
96	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	4
97	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	4
98	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	4
99	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
100	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	4
101	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	4
102	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	4
103	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4
104	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	3
105	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
106	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
107	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	3
108	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
109	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
110	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
111	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	1
112	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	1
113	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	18 points
2	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	17
3	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	17
4	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	12
5	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	11
6	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	8
7	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6
8	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	6
9	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	5
10	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
11	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	3
12	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
13	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	2
14	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
15	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	2
16	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	2
17	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
18	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	1
19	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
20	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
21	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	1
22	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	1
23	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
24	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
25	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	1
26	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	38hr 8min 38sec
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 13 seconds
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 01' 06''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 04' 08''
5	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 16' 11''
6	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 27' 54''
7	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 41' 40''
8	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 42' 01''
9	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 43' 13''
10	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 45' 01''
11	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 47' 59''
12	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 49' 28''
13	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 49' 35''
14	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 53' 40''
15	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 54' 44''
16	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 56' 35''
17	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 58' 22''
18	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 04' 58''
19	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 12' 14''
20	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 15' 08''
21	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 17' 10''
22	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 21' 32''
23	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 24' 08''
24	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 24' 48''
25	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 32' 14''
26	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 32' 26''

Team Classification:

1	Astana Pro Team	114hr 22min 53sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 22 seconds
3	Ag2R La Mondiale	+ 00' 53''
4	Team Sky	+ 05' 31''
5	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 09' 31''
6	BMC Racing Team	+ 10' 45''
7	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 15' 03''
8	Team Europcar	+ 15' 20''
9	Movistar Team	+ 20' 05''
10	Lampre - Merida	+ 20' 08''
11	Trek Factory Racing	+ 20' 11''
12	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 22' 10''
13	Garmin - Sharp	+ 25' 35''
14	Lotto-Belisol	+ 26' 06''
15	FDJ.Fr	+ 27' 38''
16	Team Katusha	+ 29' 56''
17	Iam Cycling	+ 31' 32''
18	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 39' 21''
19	Orica Greenedge	+ 43' 29''
20	Cannondale	+ 57' 40''
21	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 01h 10' 40''
22	Bretagne-Seche Environnement	+ 01h 12' 30''

Stage 9 photos:

Tony Martin drives hard for the line in Mulhouse. Photo ©Sirotti

The photographers at the finish line are ready for him. Photo ©Sirotti

He did it! Martin wins stage 9. Photo ©Sirotti

Tony Martin right after his stage win. Photo ©Sirotti

Fabian Cancellara (left) wins the field sprint. Photos ©Sirotti

Astana brings Nibali home more than seven minutes after Martin finished. Photo ©Sirotti

Tony Gallopin has earned the yellow jersey. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage winner Tony Martin. photo ©Sirotti

Bernard Hinault helps the new leader, Tony Gallopin, put on his yellow jersey. Photo ©Sirotti

Peter Sagan still has a firm grip on the points classification. Photo ©Sirotti

Tony Martin is the new King of the Mountains. Photo ©Sirotti

Michal Kwiatkowski is still the leader of the young rider classification. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 9 live updates:

Weather at Gérardmer at 12:25 local time (3:20 AM PDT): 16C (60F), wind from the SSW at 18 km/hr (12mph), 81% humidity. 90% chance of rain, about 6mm (quarter of an inch) today.

The stage is scheduled to start at 1:20 PM local time.

Here is a list of riders who have withdrawn from the Tour so far:

Stage 8
FRANK Mathias	DNS
DE CLERCQ Bart	withdrawal
Stage 7
VAN POPPEL Danny	withdrawal
ATAPUMA John Darwin	withdrawal
CLEMENT Stef	withdrawal
Stage 6
RICHEZE Ariel Maximiliano	DNS
HERNANDEZ BLAZQUEZ Jesus Alberto	withdrawal
SILIN Egor	withdrawal
ZANDIO ECHAIDE Xabier	withdrawal
Stage 5
FROOME Christopher	withdrawal
Stage 4
SCHLECK Andy	DNS
HENDERSON Gregory	withdrawal
Stage 2
MODOLO Sacha	withdrawal
CAVENDISH Mark	DNS

All 184 riders who finished stage 8 signed on to ride today's stage 9.

Km 0: The riders are riding the neutralized part of the start, the départ fictif. Vincenzo Nibali's current lead marks the 200th day in Tour de France history that an Italian is leading the Tour.

Km 1: We have the départ réel. Stage nine has begun. It's an uphill start, the second category Col de la Schlucht comes almost immediately.

Km 9: Several riders attacked early, including Peter Sagan. 17 riders are said to be be in the day's first break, they are about 20 seconds ahead of the peloton. Riders (including Arnaud Démare) are alreading being dropped.

We have the names of the riders in the break, and of course Thomas Voeckler is there: Danny Pate (Sky), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Joaquim Rodriguez and Simon Spilak (Katusha), Sergio Paulinho (Tinkoff), Alessandro De Marchi (Cannondale), Laurens ten Dam (Belkin), Jan Bakelants (OPQS), Ben Gastauer (AG2R), Tom Dumoulin (Giant), Kristjan Durasek (Lampre), Arthur Vichot (FDJ), Tony Gallopin (Lotto), Amaël Moinard (BMC), Perrig Quémeneur, Cyril Gautier and Thomas Voeckler (Europcar), Dani Navarro and Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Michael Albasini (Orica), Danilo Wyss (IAM), Leo König and José Mendes (NetApp) and Brice Feillu (Bretagne)

Km 24: Thomas Voeckler was first over the Col de la Schlucht, capturing the five KOM points. He was followed by Nicolas Edet, Joaquin Rodriguez and Tom Dumoulin. The pack went over 20 seconds after the break. Soon thereafter the break was caught.

Then Tony Martin and Alessandro de Marchi took off. De Marchi was the KOM at this spring's Dauphiné. The pair are 25 seconds ahead of the peloton while a groups of stragglers that includes Marcel Kittel are one to two minutes behind the peloton.

Km 41: De Marchi and Martin are near the summit of the Col du Wettstein, 1min 10sec ahead of the peloton. A group of twenty-six riders are between the duo and the pack.

Km 45: De Marchi led Martin over the Wettstein.

A group of 25 riders followed: Rojas (Movistar), Rodriguez and Spilak (Katusha), Paulinho (Tinkoff), Koren (Cannondale), Boom and Kruijswijk (Belkin), Chérel and Montaguti (AG2R), Dumoulin (Giant), Valls (Lampre), Ladagnous (FDJ), Gallopin (Lotto), Moinard and Van Avermaet (BMC), Rolland, Gautier, Pichot, Quémeneur and Reza (Europcar), Cancellara (Trek), Navarro and Edet (Cofidis), Meier (Orica), Chavanel (IAM), Machado (NetApp), Feillu and Bideau (Bretagne)

And from these 25, eight emerged: Spilak, Montaguti, Van Avermaet, Rolland, Quémeneur, Navarro, Edet, Machado

The peloton is 2 minutes behind the Martin/De Marchi break. KOM classification leader Blel Kadri, who suffered a mechanical, had a long, hard chase, but is back in the field. Astana has been leading the peloton.

Km 75: Alessandro De Marchi led Tony Martin over the third climb of the day, the Côte des Cinq Châteaux. 28 riders are 1min 21sec behind as they descend. The peloton with all the classification leaders is 4min 3sec behind the Martin/De Marchi duo.

The chase group of 28 has five Europcar riders and they lead their break. Right now Kévin Reza is at the front of the group of 28. Michael Albasini was in that group, but has flatted and is waiting for a new front wheel.

Km 82: Astana has the peloton in a long line. Average speed for the day so far is 44.3 km/hr. The most dangerous man in the chase is Tony Gallopin, he's 11th, just 3min 27sec behind Nibali.

Km 83: The break has reached the fourth climb of the day, the second-category Côte de Gueberschwihr. The riders just passed through the feed zone and are sorting out the chow in their musettes. The two breakaways are 4min 36sec ahead of the peloton. KOM Blel Kadri looks to be struggling after his long, solo chase following his early mechanical.

Km 92: De Marchi was first over the Gueberschwihr and picked up 5 KOM points. Joaquin Rodriguez was first of the 28 breakaways to go over the climb. The 28 are 1min 57 back and the peloton trails the front duo by 6min 10sec. Some of the sprinters are not enjoying the day. Marcel Kittel, Mark Renshaw and Arnaud Démare as well as Ji Cheng are about 11 minutes behind DeMarchi and Martin. The time cutoff for elimination is going to be about 26 minutes.

Astana continues to lead the peloton.

Km 99: Sylvain Chavanel, Lars Boom and Kévin Reza have left the chase group and dropped back to the peloton. With the gaps having gown so large, Tony Gallopin is now the virtual yellow jersey.

Km 107: Through the intermediate sprint, Martin led De Marchi, who seems to be having some sort of problem with his right hand. Martin (world time trial champion, remember) and De Marchi are 2min 36 seconds ahead of the chase group with Pierre Rolland and Tony Gallopin. The peloton trails the duo by 6min 40 second.

They are ascending the first-category Markstein.

Km 111: Bam! Tony Martin attacks De Marchi and goes solo. Martin quickly has a gap. Martin has 59 km to ride to the finish.

Geraint Thomas and Matthew Bussche have crashed but both look OK.

Km 119: It's raining. Martin rides strongly over the crest of the Markstein, 1min 45sec ahead of De Marchi, 3min 19 sec ahead of the Gallopin/Rolland Group (now down to 20 riders) and a giant 8 minutes ahead of the peloton with the yellow jersey.

Joaquin Rodriquez sprinted with Nicolas Edet for third place over the Markstein, Rodriquez got it. Astana continues to lead the peloton, unhurried nor worried about the riders off the front. Are they trying to hand the yellow jersey over to Tony Gallopin and let his team do the work of policing the pack for a while?

Km 126: Tony Martin is on the final climb of the day, the Grand Ballon. Then he'll have a long descent to the finish.

Km 129: Bam! Joaquin Rodriguez blasts out of the 20-man chase group, zooms by De Marchi and gets second place over the top of the Grand Ballon and the single KOM point. Rodriguez crashed in the Giro and looks to be riding himself into good form. Tony Martin is now the King of the Mountains.

Some of the sections of the descent are paved with cobblestones. Yikes! Martin, a skilled descender, is flying down the mountain.

Km 137, 33 km to go: The Tour's computers calculate Martin will arrive at the finish about a minute and a half ahead of the Rolland/Gallopin group. He is currently about three minutes ahead of them. The peloton is more than eight minutes behind Martin. With the finish well after the final climb, it looks like the GC men have sheathed their broadswords for the day.

Romain Bardet, 7th place in the overall, has had a problem and is being paced back up to the pack by a couple of his Ag2r teammates.

Km 149: Tony Gallopin has left the chase group. He has been joined by Ag2r rider Chérel. They are 3 minutes behind Martin. Gallopin is pounding away at a giant gear. If he goes fast enough, he'll be in yellow in Mulhouse. He has to finish 3min 28sec ahead of Nibali to make that dream come true. He's got more than 5 minutes right now.

Km 154: Egoitz Garcia (Cofidis) has abandoned. Gallopin and Chérel are three minutes behind a beautifully riding Tony Martin. Martin is doing an awesome ride. If Gallopin pulls off his coup, he'll be a Frenchman in yellow on Bastille Day (July 14).

Km 159, 12km to go: The situation, Tony Martin in front, then Gallopin/Chérel @ 3min 4sec.

The pair has just been caught by the Rolland group. These 19 riders are 5min 1sec ahead of the peloton. Gallopin should be in yellow tonight.

Fabian Cancellara is joining in the effort to pull the Gallopin/Rolland group. Next, Rolland took such a hard pull the others couldn't hold his wheel. He looks back, irritated with the others.

6 km to go: Martin still has 3min 9sec over the hard-charging Rolland/Gallopin group. Martin, Rolland and Gallopin are burying themselves. Others in the group, knowing that they will enjoy a huge time gain, are joining in the work.

2 km to go: Martin is still driving a giant gear and his shoulders are still steady. Perfect form.

Under the Red Kite: Martin looks back, smiles. He's done it! What a beautiful win.

The finish: Tony Martin wins stage nine after being away for 150 kilometers, and riding alone for 59 kilometers.

Cyril Gautier drives the Gallopin/Rolland group hard for his teammate Rolland. It looks like Fabian Cancellara was second @ 2min44sec. Greg van Avermaet was third.

The peloton comes in at 7min 46sec. That makes Tony Gallopin the yellow jersey.

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