Le Tour Stage 9: The Action Never Stops

A rider emerges from deep in the GC standings while the brutal alpine terrain and weather continue to assault the peloton

The second day in the high French Alps finally gave us a stage that conformed to some sort of logical template. Ben O’Connor took a stage win over four alpine passes that finished in the ski resort of Tignes out of the early breakaway while Tadej Pogacar was polite enough to wait until less than 2-kilometers to go launch his attack and limited his gain …