The Slovenian seems unbeatable
Yesterday’s stage belonged to Ben O’Connor who soloed to a victory and now sits second in the GC, just over two minutes behind Pogačar. However, the Slovenian attacked again as well. After his historic performance during stage 8, he counterattacked Carapaz’s effort and put another 32 seconds into Carapaz and Urán. His form suggests he could win this race by the biggest margin we’ve seen in a long time.
Stage 9 results
1. Ben O’Connor (Ag2r Citroën Team) – 4:26:43
2. Mattia Cattaneo (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) + 5:07
3. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) + 5:34
4. Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) + 5:36
5. Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) + 6:02
6. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
7. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) + 6:34
8. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)
9. Enric Mas (Movistar Team)
10. Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-Nippo)
General classification after stage 9
1. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) – 34:11:10
2. Ben O’Connor (Ag2r Citroën Team) + 2:01
3. Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-Nippo) + 5:18
4. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) + 5:32
5. Richard Carapaz (Ineos Grenadiers) + 5:33
6. Enric Mas (Movistar Team) + 5:47
7. Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe) + 5:58
8. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) + 6:12
9. Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) + 7:02
10. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) + 7:22
