2019 Tour de France Stage 9 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 9 of the 2019 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
Course Preview
The 9th stage of the Tour de France runs from Saint-Étienne to a tricky finale in Brioude, the birthplace of Romain Bardet. The route amounts to 170 hilly kilometres.
In 2017, Warren Barguil gave France its first French Bastille Day win since 2005. Naturally, French fans would love to see Romain Bardet win this stage in his hometown.
The race gets underway in Saint-Étienne and travels from one hill to the next. The route barely features a flat metre, while the finale is sure to detonate the firework. With 12.5 kilometres out the Tour de France crests the steep Côte de Saint-Just and the first three riders over the summit earn bonus seconds (3, 2 and 1) before flying down to the line. Halfway in the descent, the route kicks up again only to continue downhill to Bardet’s birthplace.
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