As someone from the US, I was rooting hard for Matteo Jorgenson to maintain his lead and conquer Puy de Dôme. But, alas, it was Michael Woods who blasted past Jorgenson with half a kilometer left in the brutal climb to win his first Tour de France stage. Jorgenson ended up in fourth place today. Woods won by nearly half a minute. Here is Woods making Canada proud.
We had a nice prediction today.
- Stage 09: 4h 19' 41" (actual), 4h 25' 28" (prediction), 05' 47" slow (2.23% error)
With such a brutal final climb, I'll definitely take that error! Check out the average speed for Woods.
- Stage 09: 11.71 m/s (42.14 kph or 26.19 mph)
That was a pretty fast stage! The top 12 riders (out of 169) beat our predicted time.
After Woods won, the yellow jersey battle got intense when Tadej Pogačar attacked on the 12% grade and Jonas Vingegaard couldn't keep up. Pogačar ended up knocking 8" off Vingegaard's lead to find himself just 17" behind the yellow jersey.
Tomorrow will be the race's first rest day. Cyclists will be in the central French city of Clermont-Ferrand. I will post our prediction for Stage 10 tomorrow.
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