BMC Racing, the team time trial world champions, proved their prowess in the discipline with a tenacious performance in the Tour de France stage 9 test to Plumelec. Though they missed getting American Tejay van Garderen into the yellow jersey, they managed the stage victory when Team Sky lost ground in the final meters and slipped into second place by one solitary second.
There were winners and losers in the general classification, with Chris Froome (Sky) keeping the maillot jaune and 12 seconds over van Garderen, Movistar conceded only four seconds to BMC, while Alberto Contador (Tinkoff-Saxo) lost 28 seconds, and Vincenzo Nibali's Astana squad faltered and gave up 35.
Tejay van Garderen (BMC) 2nd at 12 seconds:
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We could have taken the yellow jersey and the stage but we’ll take the stage win. The whole thing was a blur. We had to rail the corners and make sure we stayed together outside of them and on the climbs we had to make sure that the stronger guys pulled for longer. Rohan Dennis he was the key element to the team, he’s just got a motor.
Every team has had to spend energy and time on the front. If we were at the back we could have been tangled up in a bunch of crashes and maybe caught behind some splits. It costs energy in the wind but saves energy not having to grow skin back.
Rigoberto Uran (Etixx-Quickstep) 6th at 1:19:
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