bike shop Downey's Tour de France recap 9th stage

Check back on this blog from our bike shop in Downey for reports about the 2012 Tour de France between now and July 22nd. Its been a rather brutal race from the very start. All of seventeen bicyclists are currently out of the Tour de France due to injuries from crashes, at the close of the 9th stage. This is the most cyclists to be out with injuries by this stage in the Tour de France since 1998. Britain's Bradley Wiggins, the 3-time Olympic track medalist, took the yellow jersey for the 1st time. Wiggins came ahead in the 9th stage time trial, victorious, only thirty-five seconds ahead of Australia's Cadel Evans. See the video above to watch the exciting finish of the time trial. Wiggins dismissed the speculation from some that he may have taken the yellow jersey too soon. "You can't get too cocky in this race and choose when you take the yellow jersey," the Huffington Post quoted Wiggins as saying. "I'd much rather be in yellow than in hospital – like half the peloton." Sunday, Wiggins responded angrily to questioning about whether his team's spectacular performance was due to illegal doping. Yesterday's 9th stage win gave Wiggins comfortable room in his lead, after France's Thibaut Pinot had his first win on Sunday's 8th stage, followed by defending champion Cadel Evans, with Wiggins taking 4th.