Tour, Stage 8: Everything to Ride For

Having taken second over the top of the Cote de la Jailere (and its 5 bonus seconds), Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quickstep) was just one second from taking back the Maillot Jaune.  He was joined by his countryman, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) who was hoping to move up on the general classification.  Both men were hoping for a stage win, but that would require catching the last man from the early break, Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal).  For Alaphilippe, any of the time bonuses for the top three stage finishers would be enough for the Yellow Jersey.  For Pinot, any time on the chasers and the time bonus would move him up the classification.

Both men achieve the GC goals, Alaphilippe is back in yellow and Pinot now sits third overall.

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Tour, Stage 8: Having to Chase

I am sure there was quite a sharp intake of breath when nearly the entire Ineos team went down with about 22 kilometers left to race.  One of the riders, perhaps Gianni Moscon's (Team Ineos) carbon frame was left in pieces.  As the chasers reached the final climb up the Cote de la Jailere, it was Egan Bernal (in the White Jersey) dropping back to assist Luke Rowe and Wout Poels in pacing Geraint Thomas back up to the peloton.  In the end, neither of the team's leaders lost anytime to the main rivals, but they are further behind the new Maillot Jaune than they were at the start of the stage.

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