Tejay van Garderen (BMC) is riding his second Tour de France this year. In 2011 he was 82nd overall and led the climbing classification for a day after the stage to Super Besse. This year he's destined to finish the race in the top 10 overall... he is fifth after 18 stages.
In the time trial of stage nine, the rider who wears the white jersey today was 2'08” ahead of Jurgen van den Broeck (LTB). The Belgian is currently ranked fourth and the American fifth overall...
If van Garderen finishes 2'37” or more ahead of van den Broeck then he'll move up to fourth place overall.