Tour de France: Stage 9 highlights - Video
Uran pips Barguil for victory, Porte and Thomas abandon after crashes
Stage 9 of the Tour de France on Sunday lived up to its billing, shaking up the race in major ways with the crashes and abandonments of GC contender Richie Porte (BMC Racing) and key Team Sky lieutenant Geraint Thomas.
Tour de France: Uran wins stage 9 in photo finish
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Tour de France: Aru claims he did not see Froome before attacking
Tour de France: Contador loses time after two crashes on queen stage
Tour de France: Froome survives chaos of Chambery stage but rues loss of Thomas
Porte suffers broken collarbone and pelvis in Tour de France crash
Quintana: We lacked the energy we needed
Tour de France: Bardet falls 'five seconds' short in Chambery
Tour de France: Barguil betrayed by gut feeling in Chambery
Thomas devastated to depart Tour de France after crash
Simon Yates calls Aru's attack a 'dirty move' as he builds on white jersey lead
After the final climb up Mont du Chat, a select group of six climbers flew down the descent to the finish in Chambery, where Urán unleashed his sprint to nip Barguil in another photo finish. Froome maintained his overall race lead, but Dan Martin (Quick-Step Floors) was caught up in the crash with Porte and slipped from sixth to ninth.
Froome now leads Fabio Aru (Astana) in the overall by 18 seconds, with Romain Bardet (AG2R) third, 51 seconds back. Urán moved to fourth overall at 55 seconds, with Aru's teammate Jakob Fuglsang rounding out the top five at 1:37 back. Trek-Segafredo's Alberto Contador finished 20th on the stage, losing 4:19 to the leaders and watching his hopes for final victory evaporate. Nairo Quintana (Movistar) lost 1:15 to the leaders and is now eighth overall, 2:13 back.
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