Tour de France 2009 stage 7 results: who rules the mountains?
Who will rule the first mountain stage of 2009? The Tour de France Stage 7 (results below) is the first mountain climb of the racers this year and it will be a test on who has the skills to rule it, especially since it is reported to be the one of the highest ever, 2,200 meters in elevation. Wow! It is also rather long for a mountain stage and will favor a climber who can break away and stay away.
It is also the second stage of Tour de France 2009 that will not touch French soil. The start of the race is at Barcelona, the picturesque coastal city
in the south of Spain, and ends in Andorra-Arcalis – part of the Vallnord ski area complex.
The views from start to finish will be awesome, especially as the racers of this year’s Tour start to climb the mountains. But appreciating the views will not be in any of the racers’ agenda, I presume, as they will try to test each other’s strength and stamina to see who will rule the mountains.
Watch out for the Tour de France 2009 Stage 7 results and updates to be posted here once the race finishes. The updated overall standings will be posted here as well. Please check back for it.
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Update: Here are the results of Stage 7 of the 2009 Tour de France (Results courtesy of Yahoo Sport UK)
Rank Dossard Name Country Team Time Gap 1 174 Brice FEILLU AGR 6h11′31” 00” 2 126 Christophe KERN COF 6h11′36” 05” 3 184 Johannes FRÖHLINGER MRM 6h11′56” 25” 4 087 Rinaldo NOCENTINI ALM 6h11′57” 26” 5 064 Egoi MARTINEZ EUS 6h12′16” 45” 6 088 Christophe RIBLON ALM 6h12′36” 1′05” 7 156 Jérôme PINEAU QST 6h14′03” 2′32” 8 115 José Ivan GUTIERREZ GCE 6h14′45” 3′14” 9 021 Alberto CONTADOR AST 6h14′57” 3′26” 10 011 Cadel EVANS SIL 6h15′18” 3′47” 11 031 Andy SCHLECK SAX 6h15′18” 3′47” 12 058 Bradley WIGGINS GRM 6h15′18” 3′47” 13 036 Frank SCHLECK SAX 6h15′18” 3′47” 14 024 Levi LEIPHEIMER AST 6h15′18” 3′47” 15 022 Lance ARMSTRONG AST 6h15′18” 3′47” 16 076 Tony MARTIN THR 6h15′18” 3′47” 17 041 Denis MENCHOV RAB 6h15′18” 3′47” 18 001 Carlos SASTRE CTT 6h15′18” 3′47” 19 161 Vladimir KARPETS KAT 6h15′18” 3′47” 20 051 Christian VANDE VELDE GRM 6h15′18” 3′47” 21 095 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQ 6h15′28” 3′57” 22 091 Franco PELLIZOTTI LIQ 6h15′41” 4′10” 23 017 Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK SIL 6h15′41” 4′10” 24 023 Andréas KLÖDEN AST 6h15′41” 4′10”
Rank Dossard Name Country Team Time Gap 1 087 Rinaldo NOCENTINI ALM 25h44′32” 00” 2 021 Alberto CONTADOR AST 25h44′38” 06” 3 022 Lance ARMSTRONG AST 25h44′40” 08” 4 024 Levi LEIPHEIMER AST 25h45′11” 39” 5 058 Bradley WIGGINS GRM 25h45′18” 46” 6 023 Andréas KLÖDEN AST 25h45′26” 54” 7 076 Tony MARTIN THR 25h45′32” 1′00” 8 051 Christian VANDE VELDE GRM 25h45′56” 1′24” 9 031 Andy SCHLECK SAX 25h46′21” 1′49” 10 095 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQ 25h46′26” 1′54” 11 156 Jérôme PINEAU QST 25h46′42” 2′10” 12 077 Maxime MONFORT THR 25h46′53” 2′21” 13 036 Frank SCHLECK SAX 25h46′57” 2′25” 14 093 Roman KREUZIGER LIQ 25h47′12” 2′40” 15 001 Carlos SASTRE CTT 25h47′24” 2′52” 16 184 Johannes FRÖHLINGER MRM 25h47′26” 2′54” 17 091 Franco PELLIZOTTI LIQ 25h47′35” 3′03” 18 011 Cadel EVANS SIL 25h47′39” 3′07” 19 064 Egoi MARTINEZ EUS 25h47′42” 3′10” 20 075 Kim KIRCHEN THR 25h47′48” 3′16” 21 088 Christophe RIBLON ALM 25h47′52” 3′20”
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