Adam Yates (open in new tab) (Mitchelton-Scott), who spent four days as overall leader in the Tour de France (open in new tab), took the yellow jersey after a hectic stage 9 (open in new tab) through the Pyrenees mountains from Pau to Larns. He gave up.

After Julien Alaphilippe (Mitchelton-Scott) received a 20-second penalty for an illegal feed on stage 5, the Briton, who took over as race leader (opens in new tab), fell on the Col de Marie Blanquet, the final climb of the day.

Jumbo Visma set a high pace on the steep slopes, and an isolated Yates dropped out of the shattered peloton on a double-digit gradient two kilometers from the summit.

An attack by final winners Tadei Pogachar (UAE Team Emirates) and Eoghan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers) formed the leading quartet.

A one-minute delay at the top created another chase group with the Roglic group. He joined some riders on the descent, but had no teammates and finished 54 seconds behind the lead group.

This result, plus time bonuses for Marie Blanke and Roglic, who finished second at the finish, dropped Yates to eighth overall, 1:02 behind the Slovenian. 28-year-old Yates said after the finish that he enjoyed the experience of wearing the yellow jersey and added that a stage win was now He added that a stage win is now his goal.

"I did my best. I did my best, I knew I wasn't at 100%," Yates said. We did our best, we knew we weren't at 100%, but we gave it our all. I think we can be proud of what we did. Now we're going to freshen up, take a rest day, and try to get some stages under our belts."

"We'll see how the rest of the race goes. The next couple of days are flat and there could be some crosswinds. I said from the beginning last week that there were a lot of stages that would suit me.

"It was a great honor to ride yellow. It was a fun race.

Mitchelton-Scott sport director Matt White said stage wins have always been the team's goal and now that they don't hold yellow, they will get back to it.

"We went into this race with the goal of riding hard for a stage win in the first week," White said. That allowed me to hold on to the yellow jersey for a few days."

It may be some time before Yates can challenge for victory again. Yates may not be ready to challenge for victory again, as his GC position is still too risky to attack freely on the flat, undulating stages over the next five days.

"I think we'll just have to wait and see. There are rest days, a couple of easy days, and the next real test for the GC riders won't be until next Friday. But there are a couple of good stages for the intermediate riders. Stages 12 and 13. But given Adam's position, he won't be very effective until we get back to the mountains."