Tour De France 2016 Stage Nine

Tom Dumoulin won stage nine of the Tour de France as defending champion Chris Froome retained the overall lead.

Froome, 31, was over six minutes behind the winner on a tortuous stage in the Pyrenees but finished alongside his main rivals, including fellow Briton Adam Yates, who stays in second place.

In heavy rain and hail Dutchman Dumoulin finished 38 seconds ahead of Rui Costa and Rafal Majka in Andorra.

Earlier, two-time Tour winner Alberto Contador quit the race through illness.

Yates, 23, remains in the young riders' white jersey, while Mark Cavendish is still in the sprinters' green jersey despite a day spent at the back of the peloton.

After the 184.5km stage, which started in Spain and comprised three category one climbs and the first mountain-top finish this year, the riders will take a rest day on Monday before resuming on Tuesday.

Contador goes out

Spain's Contador - the 2007 and 2009 winner who crashed twice in the opening two stages - had been suffering from a fever and got off his bike with about 104km left of Sunday's stage.

The Tinkoff Saxo rider started the day more than three minutes behind leader Froome.

Stage nine result

1. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands / Giant) 5:16:24"
2. Rui Costa (Portugal / Lampre) +38"
3. Rafal Majka (Poland / Tinkoff) +38"
4. Daniel Navarro (Spain / Cofidis) +1:39"
5. Winner Anacona (Colombia / Movistar) +1:57"
6. Thibaut Pinot (France / FDJ) +2:30"
7. George Bennett (New Zealand / LottoNL) +2:48"
8. Diego Rosa (Italy / Astana) +2:52"
9. Mathias Frank (Switzerland / IAM Cycling) +3:45"
10. Adam Yates (Great Britain / Orica-BikeExchange) +6:35"


General Classification

1. Chris Froome (Britain / Team Sky) 44:36:03"
2. Adam Yates (Britain / Orica) +16"
3. Daniel Martin (Ireland / Etixx - Quick-Step) +19"
4. Nairo Quintana (Colombia / Movistar) +23"
5. Joaquim Rodriguez (Spain / Katusha) +37"
6. Romain Bardet (France / AG2R) +44"
7. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek)
8. Sergio Henao (Colombia / Team Sky)
9. Louis Meintjes (South Africa / Lampre) +55"
10. Alejandro Valverde (Spain / Movistar) +1:01"