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)