Race day
July 11, 2011 at 4:04AM
Sunday's stage: Stage 9 was a 129.2-mile trek from Issoire to Saint-Flour in France's Massif Central.
Winner: Luis Leon Sanchez.
Yellow jersey: Thomas Voeckler.
Where's the champ? Three-time winner Alberto Contador is 16th overall, 4 minutes, 7 seconds behind.
Next: Monday is a day of rest.
Injured: Kazakh rider Alexandre Vinokourov fractured his right thigh bone and withdrew after crashing near the halfway point of the race and will undergo surgery.
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