Chris Froome retained his lead of the Tour de France despite Team Sky narrowly missing out in a thrilling team time trial on Sunday.
Froome led the charge in the closing stages as Sky - the last team to start the route from Vannes to Plumelec - aimed to beat the time of 32 minutes and 15 seconds set by BMC.
Young Aussie Rohan Dennis, winner of the individual time trial, spearheaded the BMC ride on the 28 kilometre route.
Despite Froome's best efforts, Sky finished one second adrift, although the Brit remains 12 seconds ahead of Tejay van Garderen (BMC) in the general classification.
BMC headed into the time trial as favourites and, although their group was whittled to five riders by the finish, they were still able to move four seconds ahead of Movistar, who had clocked an impressive time of 32 minutes and 19 seconds, Van Garderen leading his depleted team to the line.
Froome almost immediately took on the mantle for Sky after BMC crossed the line. That surge, which saw Nicolas Roche cling on to stay in touch with the team after falling off the back, ultimately proved unsuccessful - but the 2013 winner will be pleased to have gained time on his main general classification rivals.
Alberto Contador is now a minute and three seconds behind Froome after his Tinkoff-Saxo team finished 28 seconds adrift of Sky in fourth position.
Reigning champion Vincenzo Nibali, meanwhile, is two minutes and 22 seconds adrift in 13th, with his Astana team's effort of 32 minutes and 50 seconds only good enough for fifth.
But Movistar's superb showing provided a boost for Nairo Quintana, who is up to ninth position, one minute and 59 seconds off the pace of Froome.
The riders will enjoy a rest day on Monday before resuming with stage 10 on Tuesday, which sees the competitors tackle a 167km route from Tarbes to La Pierre-Saint-Martin.