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BAGNERES-DE-BIGORRE, France—Riccardo Ricco of Italy has won the ninth stage of the Tour de France and Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg kept the yellow jersey.
Top rider Cadel Evans crashed about halfway into Sunday’s 139-mile stage. The Australian got back on his bike and was treated for bloody scrapes.
Christian Vandevelde of Boulder’s Garmin Chipotle team is third in the overall standings, 44 seconds behind Kirchen.
The three-week Tour ends July 27 in Paris.
