102nd Tour de France, Stage 9
Stage 9, July 12: Vannes – Plumelec, 28 km (TTT)
The Breton town of Plumelec will live up to it’s motto – Land of Cycling – today as it forms the finish line for the Stage 9 team time trial. There are two intermediate time checks along the course, the first at Km 10 (Lesnevé), and the second at Km 20.5 (Le Croiseau).
The Côte de Cadoudal is the finishing climb, beginning at about Km 26.5. It’s a 1.7-km climb with 6.2% average gradient.
First team leaves at: 15:00
Tinkoff-Saxo start time: 16:35
Predicted time to complete course: 32 minutes
Complete start order:
1. Orica-GreenEdge – 15:00
2. Bretagne-Séché Environnement – 15:05
3. Lampre-Merida – 15:10
4. FDJ – 15:15
5. Team Europcar – 15:20
6. Bora-Argon 18 – 15:25
7. Lotto-Soudal – 15:30
8. IAM Cycling – 15:35
9. MTN-Qhubeka – 15:40
10. Team LottoNL-Jumbo – 15:45
11. Trek Factory Racing – 15:50
12. Astana – 15:55
13. Team Cannondale-Garmin – 16:00
14. Cofidis – 16:05
15. Team Katusha – 16:10
16. Movistar Team – 16:15
17. Team Giant-Alpecin – 16:20
18. Ag2r La Mondiale – 16:25
19. Etixx-Quick Step – 16:30
20. Tinkoff-Saxo – 16:35
21. BMC Racing Team – 16:40
22. Team Sky – 16:45
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Riding for Tinkoff-Saxo:
41 Alberto Contador
42 Ivan Basso
43 Daniele Bennati
44 Roman Kreuziger
45 Rafal Majka
46 Michael Rogers
47 Peter Sagan
48 Matteo Tosatto
49 Michael Valgren
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