With a bit over 60 km (37 mi) left, Luxembourgish cyclist Bob Jungels decided to attack and go for glory. And though he had some company after that attack, he eventually rode free and took today's Stage 9. Check out Jungles looking at his competition behind him to see if he had followers.
Jungels held off all attackers and rode across the finish line by himself. It was an inspirational ride to say the least.
He looks happy to have his first Tour de France stage win! The GC contenders were happy to let the attackers go, though they did finish within a minute of Jungels' time. Our prediction was a tad fast, but not too bad.
- Stage 9: 4h 46' 39" (actual), 4h 38' 03" (prediction), 08' 36" fast (-3.00%)
A prediction error of 3% has been my upper limit for what I consider good, so we were right on that cutoff. Jungels still had an impressive average speed.
- Stage 9: 11.22 m/s (40.38 kph or 25.09 mph)
Cyclists will travel to the French commune of Morzine for tomorrow's rest day. The 148.1-km (92.03-mi) medium mountain stage will take riders north to Lake Geneva, and then due south to what looks to be a great category-2 climb finish in Megève. Our prediction is given below.
- Stage 10: 3h 27' 04" (prediction)
A lot of great mountain climbing awaits riders in the Alps over the next three stages!
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