Maillot jaune Kim Kirchen waves to the crowd before starting stage nine of Le Tour, a 224km hike from Toulouse to Bagneres de Bigorre Australia's Cadel Evans, who lies second in the overall standings, suffers a setback when he injures his elbow in a crash Today sees the peloton given their first real test in the mountains as the race enters the Pyrenees with two big climbs Sebastian Lang, Nicolas Jalabert and Aleksandr Kuschynski use flower power as they escape from the main pack Me and my shadow: Despite the Australian crashing, Alejandro Valverde (right) cannot shake off Cadel Evans (left). Riccardo Ricco, known as 'The Cobra', decimates the field when he launches an attack on the Col d'Aspin Sebastian Lang is the last of the breakaway trio to be reeled in by Ricco after a brave attempt for a stage victory The Italian sends out a warning to the race favourites with his imperious - and explosive - solo break up the Col d'Aspin Ricco matches Britain's Mark Cavendish by getting on the podium again after his second Tour stage win this year
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