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Stages > Stage 9 - Val-d’Isère to Briançon - (159.5km)
Jul. 17, 2007
Stage 9 - Val-d’Isère to Briançon - (159.5km)
Following a rest day at Tignes, the favorites will prepare for what should be one of the Tour’s major climbing days. This stage features the Tour’s highest mountain pass, the Col de l’Iseran (9085 feet) right from the start, which is followed by 70km of downhill and flats before the very long ascent via the Col du Télégraphe to the rugged Col du Galibier (8678 feet). After 35km of descending from the Galibier, the 2km climb to the finish in Briançon averages almost 7 percent.
Jul. 17, 2007
Soler wins Stage 9; Rasmussen defends lead The last wild-card team picked for the 2007 Tour de France showed Tuesday that the organizers made the right choice, after Barloworld's Colombian ...
Jul. 17, 2007
Leipheimer remains optimistic Discovery Channel team leader Levi Leipheimer admitted on the Tour’s first rest day that he’s not yet riding to his top ability, but believes he ...
Jul. 17, 2007
Rest Day Notes: Leipheimer frustrated at time penalty; Rasmussen says 'trust me'; CSC's guiding mantra Buried deep in Sunday’s UCI commissaires’ report was a penalty against Levi Leipheimer for illegal mechanical assistance and bidon pulls.
The ...
Jul. 17, 2007
Tour Tech: Rasmussen's Ride It’s tough to tell what Rabobank’s Michael Rasmussen is better known for: His aptitude for winning the Tour’s climbing jersey or his phenomenal ...
Jul. 17, 2007
Valverde still sees Vinokourov as major rival Spaniard Alejandro Valverde has refused to rule out Alexander Vinokourov’s chances for the yellow jersey this year.
His co-captain Oscar ...
Jul. 17, 2007
Moreau: I have to attack to get on the podium French champion Christophe Moreau, one of the stars of Sunday’s grueling stage to Tignes, says he is hoping to do well in the Pyrénées in the ...
Jul. 17, 2007
Stage 9 - A Casey Gibson Gallery The Tour de France offered up another beautiful in the Alps and our man Casey Gibson was there to record it.
Jul. 17, 2007
Evans gets aggressive on the steeps, moves closer to yellow After the recent withdrawalsof three high-profile Australians, ...
Jul. 17, 2007
Stage Stats: Stage 9 Weather: Highs in 80s, partly cloudy, brisk cross-headwinds Stage winner: Colombia's Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) took the biggest win ...
Jul. 17, 2007
Stage Notes: Soler latest in Colombian legacy; Call him Captain Rasmussen now Hardly anyone knew a thing about Juan Mauricio Soler Hernández before he ran away with Tuesday’s climbing stage across the ...
