Tour de France stage nine: Chris Froome favourite for victory

The Tour de France continues on Sunday with a 184km eighth stage from Vielha Val d’Aran to Andorre Arcalis.

It is the third of three back-to-back stages in the Pyrenees and contains five categorised climbs, including a 10.1km summit finish.

It is also the last stage before the race's first rest day, on Monday.

Here is everything you need to know…

The profile

Start time

11.05am BST.

Estimated finish

4.41pm BST.

Weather forecast

Sunny.

Tour de France standings

Current standings in the general, points, mountains and youth classifications at the Tour de France

The favourites

- Chris Froome (Team Sky) - 9/4
- Nairo Quintana (Movistar) - 4/1
- Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) - 10/1
- Dan Martin (Etixx - Quick-Step) - 14/1
- Fabio Aru (Astana) - 14/1
- Richie Porte (BMC Racing) - 14/1

All odds supplied by Sky Bet.

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Current general classification

1 Chris Froome (GB) Team Sky, 39:13:04
2 Adam Yates (GB) Orica-BikeExchange, +16sec
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Esp) Katusha, same time
4 Dan Martin (Irl) Etixx - Quick-Step, +17
5 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar, +19
6 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar, +23
7 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana, st
8 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing, st
9 Romain Bardet (Fra) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
10 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo, st

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