Michael Woods (Israel-Premier Tech) took a heart-wrenching solo victory on the Puy de Dôme on stage 9 of the Tour de France, chasing down Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar) in the final 400m of the ascent after a brave 50km solo attack from the US rider.
Michael Woods was part of the original 14-man break which broke clear only a few kilometres into the race, but spent the majority of the day in the main chase group despite successive splinter breakaways.
Jorgenson, by contrast, attacked solo despite suffering an insect sting in the latter part of the race, and managed to ride clear of the aggressive breakaway group in a brave long solo move.
However, the climb was just a few hundred metres too long for the Movistar rider, and Woods was followed by Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) while Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Victorious) also snuck onto the podium just ahead of Jorgenson – overtaking him within the final 50m.
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