Tour de France 2022: Luxembourg's Bob Jungels claims comfortable stage nine win

Luxembourg's Bob Jungels claimed his first Tour de France stage win on stage nine on Sunday.

He held off a late counter-attack from France's Thibaut Pinot, who ended up finishing fourth behind Spaniards Jonathan Castroviejo and Carlos Verona.

Jungels, 29, is the first rider from Luxembourg to win a stage at the Tour since since Andy Schleck in 2011.

Stage nine results

1. Bob Jungels (Lux/AG2R Citroen) 4hrs 46mins 39secs

2. Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +22secs

3. Carlos Verona (Spa/Movistar) +26secs

4. Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) +40secs

5. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +49secs

6. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) Same time

7. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +52secs

8. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) Same time

9. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar)

10. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea Samsic)

General classification after stage nine

1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 33hrs 43mins 44secs

2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) +39secs

3. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +1min 17secs

4. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +1min 25secs

5. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +1min 38secs

6. Romain Bardet (Fra/DSM) +1min 39secs

7. Tom Pidcock (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +1min 46secs

8. Enric Mas (Spa/Movistar) +1min 50secs

9. Neilson Powless (US/EF Education-EasyPost +1min 55secs

10. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea Samsic) +2mins 13secs

More to follow.