Refresh 2022-07-09T11:48:47. 748Z Ben O’Connor has dropped back to visit the medical car – he seems to be struggling with a hip issue as he has some pain relief spray and painkillers. 2022-07-09T11:47:22.
936Z The breakaway remains a group of three – they have a long day ahead of them. They begin to open out their lead – currently they have 1:40. Yesterday, UAE did not give the breakaway more than three minutes, so it will be interesting to see if they are similarly minded today.
2022-07-09T11:45:30. 018Z Former team mates Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) and George Bennett share a joke and grab a snack as peace breaks out within the bunch. 2022-07-09T11:44:01.
782Z Bardet is still struggling with his shoes – he stops once again and sorts himself out, before beginning the chase back, with Peter Sagan for company. 165km to go 2022-07-09T11:43:12. 637Z UAE Team Emirates encourage everyone to block the road, and they have achieved their goal – George Bennett is the instigator of the accord.
2022-07-09T11:41:36. 065Z A group of around ten riders are trying to pull clear as the attacks continue. Groupama-FDJ are team time trialling back on at the back of the bunch.
2022-07-09T11:39:36. 559Z Romain Bardet (Team DSM) gets a shoe change as he and his team mates chase on at the back of the bunch. 2022-07-09T11:36:59.
585Z Taco Van der Hoorn has broken out of the bunch and is trying to bridge across to the front three, as the attacks begin again. 2022-07-09T11:36:28. 833Z UAE Team Emirates and Bora-Hansgrohe bring their leaders back to the main peloton.
2022-07-09T11:35:48. 863Z A large group, including the yellow jersey, ride together in a group a few seconds behind the main peloton. 2022-07-09T11:33:49.
148Z The peloton regroup and with the crash causing chaos, it seems as though it’s given the break the chance they need to get away. They have 25 seconds now. 2022-07-09T11:32:47.
339Z The rider from DSM is up and walking. Peter Sagan waits by the roadside for a new bike. 175km to go 2022-07-09T11:31:28.
205Z Oh no – big crash at the back of the bunch, plenty of riders affected. Vlasov has hurt his face and a rider from Team DSM looks to be hurt. 2022-07-09T11:30:25.
481Z It looks as though the riders at the front of the bunch are taking a moment to recharge before they try to bridge across to the front group. 2022-07-09T11:29:47. 968Z The group of three carve out a 16 second gap as the attacks behind fail to stick.
2022-07-09T11:28:45. 947Z The three have a small gap – Mattia Cattaneo (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Fred Wright (Bahrain Victorious) and Brent Van Moer (Lotto Soudal) – but the attacks begin behind with Stefan Kung (Groupama-FDJ) among those interested. 2022-07-09T11:27:17.
970Z Everything comes back together and we go again, with riders from Lotto Soudal and QuickStep-AlphaVinyl pushing the pace. 180km to go 2022-07-09T11:26:12. 928Z Four riders nurse a small gap, but this breakaway is a long way from being established.
2022-07-09T11:24:47. 753Z Wout Van Aert looks interested, highly visible at the front of the pack in his green skinsuit. Plenty of moves continue to go.
2022-07-09T11:23:37. 608Z Guess who? It’s Magnus Cort – he’s keen to get away and defend his polka dots. He’s accompanied by a rider from Arkea-Samsic.
2022-07-09T11:22:12. 601Z Kristian Sbaragli (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is the first rider to attack. 185km to go 2022-07-09T11:20:47.
448Z The riders power away ready for 186. 3km of two-wheeled combat. No moves as yet.
2022-07-09T11:19:49. 419Z Christian Prudhomme appears through the sunroof of the commissaire’s car with his yellow flag, and we’re off. KILOMETRE 0 2022-07-09T11:18:19.
455Z 1km to go until we’re underway. 2022-07-09T11:17:18. 948Z Which teams will be the first to attack today? The Tour is only 8 stages old, so plenty of teams still have yet to make an impact on the race, and would love to assert themselves on this tricky, lumpy stage.
2022-07-09T11:13:58. 315Z The peloton rolls towards the official race start in Dole. Once again, it looks likely that plenty of teams will be interested in being part of the day’s early break.
2022-07-09T11:12:10. 391Z Our jersey holders are of course Tadej Pogačar on his second day in yellow, Wout Van Aert in the green jersey as leader of the points classification, Magnus Cort who continues in polka dots, nursing just a one point lead over Pogačar, and Tom Pidcock, who sports the white youth classification jersey, on behalf of Pogačar. 2022-07-09T11:05:04.
034Z A look at the map of stage 8 of the Tour de France, finishing on the summit finish of Côte du Stade olympique in Lausanne. Stage 8 of the Tour de France 2022 (Image credit: ASO) 2022-07-09T10:59:55. 820Z Troubling news already this morning as two riders have left the Tour de France following positive COVID-19 cases.
Geoffrey Bouchard of AG2R Citroën and UAE Team Emirates’ Vegard Stake Laengen are the first two riders to depart the race because of a positive COVID-19 result. Many support staff have also left the race with positive tests. 2022-07-09T10:57:32.
664Z Today will take us 186km from Dole to Lausanne, you can see our full preview piece here . 2022-07-09T08:33:05. 902Z Hello and welcome to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of stage 8 of the Tour de France.
From: cyclingnews
URL: https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2022/stage-8/live-report/
