After all that and Hoogerland is in the polka-dot jersey
[Rider list updated every day]
The day saw an additional 8 riders abandon the 2011 Tour de France (so far). The teams of Omega-Pharma Lotto, Radioshack, Astana, Quickstep, Team Sky, and Katusha have all lost their lead rider. Of the 198 riders that started the Tour, 180 remain after 9 days. Although Andreas Kloden is a possible non-start for Stage 10 on Tuesday (tomorrow is a rest day) due to back pain suffered in a crash today.
It was a terrible negligent act today by a France TV car driver that injured two riders in a breakaway 35km from the finish, involved were Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha. Video of Crash. We watched as both riders painfully, with determination, got themselves back on their bikes and into a pack. Hoogerland miraculously finished in 139th place, and Flecha in 90th. I was willing for all sorts of rules to be bent to bring Hoogerland back into the fold after a quick change of his shorts. In the end there were two large packs that came in behind these two riders. Included were Mark Cavendish and Bernhard Eisel, at 21'26" behind the stage winner.
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) withdrew from the race today after a crash fracturing his wrist. He is the current US National Champion Time Trial Champion and was hoping for a win in the ITT at the Tour. Bradley Wiggins (British National Champion Time Time) and Christophe Kern (French National Champion Time Trial) are also out of the race. Luis León Sánchez (Spanish National Champion Time Trial) won Stage 9 today into Saint-Flour, and is definitely still in the race. So are Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norwegian TT Champion), Adriano Malori (Italian TT Champion) and Fabian Cancellara (the one and only World TT Champion)! They will have to stay upright until the penultimate day of the Tour - Stage 20 to show their mettle.
The big news is that Vinokourov is out of the Tour de France with a fractured femur and possible hip fracture. After the large crash that injured Vinokourov, Zabriskie and several other riders, the peloton slowed. Through it all remained Thomas Voeckler narrowly escaping the needless accident that took out Hoogerland and Flecha in his escape group, but still somehow at the front with Sandy Casar and Luis León Sánchez.
There is something about Thomas Voeckler that embodies everything that the French love so much about the Tour de France, I am always happy to see him do well in the Tour. It is worth studying the results from the day (huge changes): a complete list of all withdrawals and riders no longer in the 2011 Tour De France. Complete Stage 9 standings. New overall GC standings after Stage 9.
David Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervelo) withdrew from the race today after a crash fracturing his wrist. He is the current US National Champion Time Trial Champion and was hoping for a win in the ITT at the Tour. Bradley Wiggins (British National Champion Time Time) and Christophe Kern (French National Champion Time Trial) are also out of the race. Luis León Sánchez (Spanish National Champion Time Trial) won Stage 9 today into Saint-Flour, and is definitely still in the race. So are Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norwegian TT Champion), Adriano Malori (Italian TT Champion) and Fabian Cancellara (the one and only World TT Champion)! They will have to stay upright until the penultimate day of the Tour - Stage 20 to show their mettle.
The big news is that Vinokourov is out of the Tour de France with a fractured femur and possible hip fracture. After the large crash that injured Vinokourov, Zabriskie and several other riders, the peloton slowed. Through it all remained Thomas Voeckler narrowly escaping the needless accident that took out Hoogerland and Flecha in his escape group, but still somehow at the front with Sandy Casar and Luis León Sánchez.
There is something about Thomas Voeckler that embodies everything that the French love so much about the Tour de France, I am always happy to see him do well in the Tour. It is worth studying the results from the day (huge changes): a complete list of all withdrawals and riders no longer in the 2011 Tour De France. Complete Stage 9 standings. New overall GC standings after Stage 9.
This is the updated rider list - Tour de France updated every day (
1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa)
2 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa)
3 Brian Vandborg (Den)
4 Jesus Hernandez Blazquez (Spa)
5 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa)
6 Richie Porte (Aus)
7 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den)
8 Nicki Sörensen (Den) [Denmark National Champion Road]
9 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
Leopard Trek
11 Andy Schleck (Lux)
12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) [Luxembourg National Champion Road]
13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) [Swiss National Champion Road & World Champion Time Trial]
14 Joost Posthuma (Ned)
15 Linus Gerdemann (Ger)
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel)
17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den)
18 Jens Voigt (Ger)
19 Stuart O'Grady (Aus)
Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Samuel Sánchez Gonzalez (Spa)
22 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa)
23 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa)
24 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa)
25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa)
27 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa)
29 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa)
Omega Pharma-Lotto
32 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) [Belgian National Champion Road]
33 André Greipel (Ger)
34 Sebastian Lang (Ger)
35 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel)
36 Marcel Sieberg (Ger)
37 Jelle Vanendert (Bel)
Rabobank Cycling Team
41 Robert Gesink (Ned)
42 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa)
44 Laurens ten Dam (Ned)
46 Bauke Mollema (Ned)
47 Grischa Niermann (Ger)
48 Luis León Sánchez Gil (Spa) [Spanish National Champion Time Trial]
49 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned)
Team Garmin-Cervelo
51 Thomas Danielson (USA)
52 Julian Dean (NZl)
53 Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
55 Thor Hushovd (Nor) [World Champion Road]
56 Tyler Farrar (USA)
57 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) [Lithuanian National Champion Road]
58 Christian Vande Velde (USA)
59 David Millar (GBr)
Team RadioShack
63 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa)
65 Levi Leipheimer (USA)
66 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz)
67 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por)
69 Haimar Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa)
AG2R La Mondiale
71 Nicolas Roche (Irl)
73 Biel Kadri (Fra)
74 Jean-Christophe Peraud (Fra)
75 Christophe Riblon (Fra)
76 Hubert Dupont (Fra)
77 Maxime Bouet (Fra)
78 Sébastien Minard (Fra)
79 Sébastien Hinault (Fra)
Pro Team Astana
82 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz)
83 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra)
85 Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
86 Andriy Grivko (Ukr)
87 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz)
88 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)
89 Andrey Zeits (Kaz)
Quickstep Cycling Team
92 Kevin De Weert (Bel)
93 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) [French National Champion Road]
94 Gerald Ciolek (Ger)
95 Dries Devenyns (Bel)
96 Addy Engels (Ned)
97 Jérôme Pineau (Fra)
99 Niki Terpstra (Ned)
Sky Procycling
102 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) [Norwegian National Champion Time Trial]
103 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa)
104 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa)
105 Christian Knees (Ger)
106 Simon Gerrans (Aus)
107 Rigoberto Uran (Col)
108 Geraint Thomas (GBr)
109 Ben Swift (GBr)
FDJ
111 Sandy Casar (Fra)
113 Mickael Delage (Fra)
115 Anthony Roux (Fra)
116 Jérémy Roy (Fra)
117 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra)
118 Gianni Meersman (Bel)
119 Arthur Vichot (Fra)
BMC Racing Team
121 Cadel Evans (Aus)
122 Brent Bookwalter (USA)
123 Marcus Burghardt (Ger)
124 George Hincapie (USA)
125 Amaël Moinard (Fra)
126 Steve Morabito (Swi)
127 Manuel Quinziato (Ita)
128 Ivan Santaromita (Ita)
129 Michael Schär (Swi)
Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne
131 Julien El Farès (Fra)
132 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
133 Leonardo Duque (Col)
134 Tony Gallopin (Fra)
135 David Moncoutie (Fra)
136 Rein Taaramae (Est)
137 Tristan Valentin (Fra)
138 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra)
139 Romain Zingle (Bel)
Lampre - ISD
141 Damiano Cunego (Ita)
142 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
144 Grega Bole (Slo)
145 Matteo Bono (Ita)
146 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
147 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr)
148 David Loosli (Swi)
149 Adriano Malori (Ita) [Italian National Champion Time Trial]
Liquigas-Cannondale
151 Ivan Basso (Ita)
152 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita)
153 Daniel Oss (Ita)
154 Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
155 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita)
156 Maciej Bodnar (Pol)
157 Maciej Paterski (Pol)
158 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol)
159 Kristijan Koren (Slo)
Team Europcar
161 Thomas Voeckler (Fra)
162 Anthony Charteau (Fra)
163 Cyril Gautier (Fra)
164 Yohann Gène (Fra)
165 Vincent Jérôme (Fra)
167 Perrig Quemeneur (Fra)
168 Pierre Rolland (Fra)
169 Sébastien Turgot (Fra)
Movistar Team
171 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) [Spanish National Champion Road]
174 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa)
175 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa)
176 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por)
177 Branislau Samoilau (Blr)
178 David Arroyo Duran (Spa)
179 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa)
Katusha Team
183 Vladimir Goussev (Rus)
184 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus)
186 Vladimir Karpets (Rus)
188 Egor Silin (Ukn)
189 Yury Trofimov (Rus)
HTC-Highroad
191 Mark Cavendish (GBr)
192 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
193 Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
194 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus)
195 Tejay Van Garderen (USA)
196 Peter Velits (Svk)
197 Tony Martin (Ger)
198 Danny Pate (USA)
199 Lars Ytting Bak (Den)
Saur - Sojasun
201 Jérôme Coppel (Fra)
202 Arnaud Coyot (Fra)
203 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)
204 Jonathan Hivert (Fra)
205 Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra)
206 Laurent Mangel (Fra)
207 Yannick Talabardon (Fra)
208 Anthony Delaplace (Fra)
209 Jeremie Galland (Fra)
Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
212 Thomas De Gendt (Bel)
213 Borut Bozic (Slo)
215 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned)
216 Rob Ruijgh (Ned)
217 Lieuwe Westra (Ned)
219 Marco Marcato (Ita)
 |  | 181 | VOECKLER Thomas | TEAM EUROPCAR | 38h 35' 11" |
 |  | 32 | GILBERT Philippe | OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO | 217 pts |
 |  | 204 | HOOGERLAND Johnny | VACANSOLEIL-DCM | 22 pts |
 | | 41 | GESINK Robert | RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM | 38h 39' 12" |
 | | TEAM EUROPCAR | 115h 03' 31" | ||
Johnny Hoogerland was awarded (as if this was an award he would have chosen!) the most combative rider after the stage, so too did Juan Antonio Flecha, they were the first tandem recipients in history. I wondered if they would wear the red dossard tomorrow, after seeing this photo of his barbed-wire injuries (photo by Steephill.TV). But Hoogerland is being very gracious and not blaming the driver of the car.
A bit of trivia: the fewest number of riders to finish the Tour de France was in 1919 when only 10 finished out of 69 starters. It has been worse in recent years (or so Cyclocosm tables), but we are only 1 week into a 3-week stage race.
To bring a smile back to your face - take a look at what the Saxo-Bank riders ate for dinner tonight. I wonder what Alberto ate?
