Destined to be an unforgettable day. At the end of yesterday’s stage, riders such as Jonas Vingaard and Tadej Pogacar spoke of the importance of climbing the Puy de Dôme as it could further define the favorites for the podium. 35 years have passed to return to the dormant volcano.

At the start of the ninth stage, the breakage broke out earlier than expected and with several riders. A total of 14 riders escaped from the main peloton: Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious), Clément Berthet (Ag2r-Citröen), Gorka Izagirre, Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar Team), Michael Woods, Guillaume Boivin (Israel-PremierTech), Victor Campenaerts (Lotto-dstny), David de la Cruz, Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan), Jonas Abrahamsen, Jonas Gregaard (Uno-X), Mathieu Burgaudeau and Pierre Latour (Totalenergies).

Can read: “Individualized training is the key to high performance”: Fredy García

Back in the peloton, Rémi Cavagna and Wout van Aert tried to escape, as did Julian Alaphilippe, Alberto Bettiol and Mattias Skjelmose, but neither was able to escape.

In the intermediate sprint, Jonas Abrahamsen took first place. Then, on the first pass, Nelson Powless takes the lead and consolidates his lead in this classification.

We recommend: Cycling does not forget Germán Chaves

The breakaway of 14 riders reached this first ascent more than 10 minutes from the peloton, which over the course of the day was around 15 minutes, but now with two subgroups of pursuers, because in the absence of With 47 kilometers to go, Matteo Jorgenson decided to attack and went solo to seek the stage victory.

At the start of the Puy de Dôme climb, Jorgenson made a gap of almost a minute over Powless, Mohoric and Burgaudeau, who were his main pursuers and threatened to fight for the stage victory.

You may be interested: Colombia finished second in the San Salvador 2023 Games medal table

At the back, in the peloton, it was once again the Jumbo-Visma who appeared in the lead shooting, and next to them were the Ineos, who wanted Tom Pidcock and Carlos Rodríguez to be well placed, both in the top 10.

It looked like Jorgenson was going to win the stage, but he ran out of legs in the last kilometer and even finished in third place. The Canadian Michael Woods catches up with him and continues straight, and at 36 he manages to win the ninth stage of the Tour de France.

As Woods celebrated, the favorites fight was left behind, which due to their pace took out Gaudu, Bardet, Van Aert, Bernal, among others. Jonas Vingaard, Pogacar, Pidcock, Simon Yates and Carlos Rodríguez stayed.

A kilometer and a half from the finish, Tadej Pogacar attacked and dropped Vingaard, who tried to follow his wheel, but the Slovenian looked better, who once again showed that he was made of a different material. . In the end, he lost six more seconds and was less than 20 seconds from taking the Tour lead.

Tomorrow, the first day of rest of the Tour de France 2023. On Tuesday, during the tenth stage, a route of 167.2 kilometers will be traced between Vulcania and Issoire.

🚴🏻⚽🏀 Sports news? : Everything you need to know about world sport can be found at El Espectador