Overall: 1 Chris Froome (GBR) 44:36:03; 2 Adam Yates (GBR) +0:16; 3 Dan Martin (IRE) +0:19; 4 Nairo Quintana (COL) +0:23; 5 Joaquim Rodriguez (ESP) +0:37; 6 Romain Bardet (FRA) +0:44; 7 Bauke Mollema (NED) +0:44; 8 Sergio Henao (COL) +0:44; 9 Louis Meintjes (RSA) +0:55; 10 Alejandro Valverde (ESP) +1:01
Stage 9: Tom Dumoulin (NED) 5:16:24; 2 Rui Costa (POR) +0:38; 3 Rafal Majka (POL) +0:38; 4 Dani Navarro (ESP) 1:39; 5 Winner Anacona (COL) +1:57; 6 Thibaut Pinot (FRA) +2:30; 7 George Bennett (AUS) +2:48; 8 Diego Rosa (ITA) +2:52; 9 Mathias Frank (SUI) +3:44; 10 Adam Yates (GBR) +6:35
Points: 1 Mark Cavendish (GBR) 204pts; 2 Peter Sagan (SVK) 197pts; 3 Marcel Kittel (GER) 182pts
Mountains: 1 Thibaut Pinot 80pts; 2 Rafal Majka 77pts; 3 Tom Dumoulin 50pts
Youth: 1 Adam Yates; 2 Louis Meintjes
Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin won the toughest stage in the Pyrenees of the Tour de France with a solo breakaway in a hailstorm Sunday.
Part of an early breakaway, Dumoulin attacked with 12 kilometres remaining in the 184.5km leg from Vielha d’Aran, Spain, to Arcalis in the principality of Andorra.
The ninth stage featured five demanding climbs, including an uphill, hors categorie (beyond-category) finish in Arcalis.
The general classification lead pack featuring Team Sky rider Chris Froome in the yellow jersey arrived about six and a half minutes behind, led by Adam Yates of Orica-BikeExchange. Froome retained the yellow jersey with a 16-second lead on Yates.
On Team Giant-Alpecin, Dumoulin won the opening time trial in this year’s Giro d’Italia and wore the overall leader’s pink jersey for six stages before withdrawing midway through the race with saddle sores.
He also won two stages in last year’s Vuelta a Espana.
Portugal’s Rui Costa was second at 38 seconds with Rafal Majka of Poland third at the end of the 184 stage that started with temperatures at 41 Celsius (106 Farenheit) before the weather changed abruptly into driving rain and hail in Andorra.
But the Tour lost two-time former champion Alberto Contador who pulled out just over 80km into the stage as he succumbed to injury and illness.
Contador had injured his entire right side after crashing on the first two stages while he also had a virus on Sunday morning.
Briton Yates, Nairo Quintana of Colombia and Australian Richie Porte crossed the line with favourite Froome, suggesting they may prove to be his main rivals this year.
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