Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo takes 3rd stage win for France, Contenders...

Frenchman Pierrick Fedrigo takes 3rd stage win for France, Contenders content with status quo as the tour says good bye to the Pyrenees, No changes in the GC. Aside from some peloton politics in maintaining the break, a quiet day on the tour.

RESULTS
Stage nine: Saint Gaudens-Tarbes, 160km
1. Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom) 4-05-31
2. Franco Pellizotti (5-31Liquigas)
3. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) at 0-34
4. Serguei Ivanov (Katusha)
5. Peter Velits (Milram)
6. Jose Rojas (Caisse d’Epargne)
7. Greg van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto)
8. Geoffroy Lequatre (Agritubel)
9. Alessandro Ballan (Lampre)
10. Jeremy Roy (Francaise des Jeux)

Overall classification after stage nine
1. Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Ag2r in 34-24-21
2. Alberto Contador (Spa) Astana at 6sec
3. Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana at 8sec
4. Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana at 39sec
5. Bradley Wiggins (GB) Garmin-Slipstream at 46sec
6. Andreas Kloden (Ger) Astana at 54sec
7. Tony Martin (Ger) Columbia-HTC at 1-00
8. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Slipstream at 1-24
9. Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank at 1-49
10. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas at 1-54

Added: July 13, 2009
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