Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 9: Arc-et-Senans → Besançon, 41.5 km (TT) |
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Bradley Wiggins (Sky) delivered what he called his best time-trial performance | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins (Sky) won the 41.5 km ITT in a scintillating time of 51:24 | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins took complete control of the race today | share this photo |
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One of today's surprise rides was Bradley Wiggins' teammate, Christopher Froome (Sky Procycling) who was 2nd + 35s | share this photo |
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Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) set the early best time as expected | share this photo |
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Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) was 3rd + 57s | share this photo |
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4th Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing) was the best young rider + 1:06 | share this photo |
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The French national champion produced one of his best TTs, 5th Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) + 1:24 | share this photo |
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Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) conceded + 1:43 to Bradley Wiggins with his 6th place performance... a thorough beating | share this photo |
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7th Peter Velits (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) + 1:59 | share this photo |
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8th Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) + 2:07 | share this photo |
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9th "The Silient Assassin" Denis Menchov (Katusha) + 2:08 | share this photo |
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Menchov keeps his head buried better than anyone | share this photo |
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Tony Martin who flatted in the prologue also flatted today. He was also riding with a broken bone in his hand. Nonetheless he finished 12th + 2:16 | share this photo |
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Tour de Suisse overall champion Rui Costa (Movistar) was 14th + 2:22 | share this photo |
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Rein Taaramae (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne) lost his young jersey today. He was 28th + 3:29 | share this photo |
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Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) must have been disappointed with his 32nd finish + 3:48 | share this photo |
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The KOM leader, yesterday's most aggressive rider and the winner of a long Tour de Suisse TT last month, Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana) was 48th + + 4:42 | share this photo |
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Stage 8 winner, Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Big Mat) paid for his solo effort yesterday: 59th + 5:12 | share this photo |
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Podium panorama | share this photo |
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In his sixth Tour de France, Bradley Wiggins (Sky) celebrates his first career Tour de France stage win | share this photo |
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A tidy lead; Bradley Wiggins (Sky) consolidated his race lead today | share this photo |
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Whomp | share this photo |
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Bradley Wiggins (Sky) was pumped today after putting big time into all his rivals | share this photo |
Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 9: Arc-et-Senans → Besançon, 41.5 km (TT) |
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