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Tour de France 2012: Stage 8

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There aꦕre seven climbs on the agenda today but a flat run-in𝔉to the finish line.

Hello and welcome back to the climbing portion of the Tour de France! We have seven, yes seven, ranked climb💃s to tacklꦓe today.  Who will be left up front when they come to those four flat kms at the end?

The rider⛦s are in the neutralized section right now. We see blue sky but lots of clouds lurking.

Matt Lloyd of Lampre is the 𓆉first to hit the ground today. He had a difference of opinion with a roundabout.

We still see lots of riders sꦕporting enormous quantities of gauze and🎃 adhesive tape. We are just glad they are still with us.

Race director Christian Prudhomme apparently delayed the sharp start until Llo💫yd caught up. But now they are really underway.

Jens Voigt (RadioShack) is one of the first to𝔉 j🌳ump. Let's see if anyone actually gets away this early.

153km remaining from 157km

The Voigt group of 10 or so looks to have a little gap. We🎀 will try to get names.

Gusen is indeed back on his bike, but is at the race doctor's car𝕴 for some care.

This sh😼ould be the list of riders in the break: Gilbert (BMC), Voigt (RNT), Perez (EUS), Millar (GRS), Riblon (ALM), Westra (VCD), Sanchezꦕ (RAB), Costa (MOV), N.Sorensen (STB), Chavanel (OPQ), abd Curvers (ARG)

We still don't have a time gap for this group.

Gorka Verduga of Euskaltel ༒is behind the field at the moment. He had a very bad cut ꦇto his leg in Friday's crash.

138km remaining from 157km

Thomas Voeckler as we know him: taking off out𓆏 of the field in chase of the group.

Vo▨igt now alone in𒁃 the lead! The rest of the group now has been caught.

And Voigt grabs himself a mountain point! Yes, we just had the first of the seven ranked climbs. Thi𝐆s was only category 4ဣ, though.

And let's go ahead and take a look at those climbs:

Km 20.0 - Côte de Bondeval (4ª): 4.4 km / 3.9%
Km 32.0 - Côte du Passage de la Douleur (3ª): 3.8 km / 6.4%
Km 50.0 - Côte de Maison-Rouge (2ª): 7.9 km / 5%
Km 73.0 - Côte de Saignelégier (2ª): 7.8 km / 6.1%
Km 97.0 - Côte de Saulcy (2ª): 4.6 km / 8.6%
Km 130.5 - Côte de la Caquerelle (2ª): 4.3 km / 7.6%
Km 141.5 - Col de la Croix (1ª): 3.7 km / 9.2%
 

PIe🌺rrick Fedrigro of FDJ-Bꦉig Mat takes off in pursuit.

And, yes, a n🏅umber of riders are already dropping off the back of the field.

The 40-yea♐r-old Schleck is ♊putting on a good show for the youngsters chasing him.

There loo🍸ks to be no organized chase in the peloton, or for that matter, no organization at all. A handful of riders are dotted out ahead of the field in chase of𓆉 Voigt.

It is a short stage, by the way, only 157 kms.&n𓆉bsp; That is why we are getting off to a slightly later start.

It looks as if the grupetto has already formed, around Andre G𓂃reipel. There is a group with a large gap to the peloton.

128km remaining from 157km

The chasers are Albasini (OGE), Urtasun (EUS), Marzano (LAM), Riblon (ALM), Valls (🍷VCD), Casar (FDJ), Fofonov (AST), Paulinho (RNT), and Huguet (ARG).

W♉e are now on the second climb already: Côte du Passage de la Doule꧅ur (3ª): 3.8 km / 6.4%.

Bernhard Eisel and Mark Cavendish have ju🃏st dropped back out of the peloton. Two fewer helpers for yellow jersey Wiggins.

Lots and lots of fans along the ro🅘adside, all cheering on Voigt.

He takes the mountain points. Two chasers are not terribly far behind them, one is Chris Anker Sorensen of Saxo 🔯Bank-Tinkoff Bank.

Peter 🍃Weening of Orica-GreenEdge is the one with Sorensen.

Check out the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Cyclingnews168澳洲5最新开奖结果: stage preview, complete with a video 🏅of Chris Boardman and his view on the day. 

Sorensen and Weeni🌊ng have been caught, and a new chase group is trying to form.

118km remaining from 157km

The chasers have caught Voigt, it looks like.

Unfoꦅrtunately we don't have any names for you yet.

There are abo꧑ut 10 riders up fron▨t now, but the field is very close behind.

This is what sprinter Mark Renshaw tweeted about today's stage: Today has the potential to be the hardest stage in the this years Tour. Depends hoಌw many guys think they should or can be in 🔯the break.

We now hear that there is a gro♚up of 11 or 12, including Voigt, with an 11 or 12 sec🅰ond lead on the field.

112km remaining from 157km

And this is what NIcolas Roche had to say, on his twitter account🤡: hard day in perspective. Many kom.I see a 8 to 10 rider breakaway go all the way to the finish, unless @TeamSky have other plans.

There are actually two groups between Voigt/Kruijswijk and the peloton, but the time gaps are so narrow it is hardly worth the𒆙 effort to get the names.

Everyone is coming closer together now. In fact, the tw🌸o leaders have been ca൲ught.

Kadri of AG𓆉2R now has a minimal lead over the field, and takes the next se𒆙t of top mountain points.

Kadri has now been caught by a large chℱase group, but they have only 23 seconds on the field.

Th༒e Tour goes into its th🦂ird country today. At km 63.5, we cross the border from France to Switzerland.

Many of the classifications had major changes after yesterday's dramatic mountaintop finish. Let's take a look at them.

In GC, Brad Wiggins now lead Cadel Evans by 10 seconds, with Vincenzo Nibali third at 16 seconds.

1     Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling     34:21:20      
2     Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team     0:00:10      
3     Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale     0:00:16      
4     Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne     0:00:32      
5     Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team     0:00:54      
6     Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan     0:00:59      
7     Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Nissan     0:01:09      
8     Nicolas Roche (Irl) AG2R La Mondiale     0:01:22      
9     Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling     0:01:32      
10     Michael Rogers (Aus) Sky Procycling     0:01:40      
 

There are 24 riders in the lead grou🔯p, including Voigt, but the gap is only 14 seconds.

Jeremy Roy of FDJ-Big Mat is the next 🅺to take off.𒁃 He is now in the lead.

Roy flies down this long descent.

Crash, with Alejandro Valv🥂erde and Samuel Sanchez.💧 The latter looks to be injured.

Sanchez is definite𒉰ly injure♊d, we are sorry to say.

Valverde seems to be ܫok and is on his way ba♊ck to the peloton.

Sanch🐬ez ൩has hurt his left shoulder or collarbone. Hard to believe, but they are repairing his bike. Will he really get back on?

Sanchez is still sitting ✨on the road, crying from pain and frustrat🧸ion.

Roy has 18 🍷secon🦄ds on his next chasers, with the peloton at 57 seconds and Valverde at over two minutes.

Peter Sagan still leads the points competition.

1     Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale     217      pts
2     Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica GreenEdge Cycling Team     185      
3     André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team     172      
4     Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling     129      
5     Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD     109      
6     Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling     95      
7     Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano     76      
8     Fabian Cancellara (Swi) RadioShack-Nissan     74      
9     Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team     69      
10     Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank &nb♒sp;   68     

Sanchez is now being loaded on to a stretcher. This is a very sorry end to the Tour for 🦂the Euskaltel rider.

Johnny Hoogerland is one of many who had dropped back. He is 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:having some knee problems.

89km remaining from 157km

Roy has now started his way up the fourth climb of the ღday, the Côte de Saignelégier (2ª): 7.8 km / 6.1%.

Voigt is finally back in the peloton, for t🍃he first time today si𒀰nce the start.

Wiggins at the back of the field. We understand he had a mechanical. No panic, though, he🐷 is rolling his way back up.

We had major changes in the mountain classification, of course.  Christopher Froome has taken the lead, with former KOM Michael Morkov dropping to fourth.

1     Christopher Froome (GBr) Sky Procycling     20      pts
2     Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team     16      
3     Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling     12      
4     Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank     9      
5     Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale     8      
6     Chris Anker Sörensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank     4      
7     Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne     4      
8     Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale     2      
9     Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale     2      
10     David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne     2      
 

And also on this climb🃏 we have an impressive number of fans. They are attaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚcking advantage of the lovely weather and the weekend.

The gap back to the peloton 🦋is now 2:22. Not sure where the chase group is.

Roy heads to the summit, and takes five points.ꦦ But Kessiakoff has jumped out of the chase group ෴and is only seconds behind him.

We had thꦯought we saw Hoogerland falling off the back of the peloton earlier, but now♊ we are told he took third points at the mountain ranking.

Roy and Kessiakoff are now together at the front.

Sounds like things are ultra-serious these days on the Lotto Belisol team. Adam Hansen has tweeted:

 I have a bet with @AndreGreipel. If Sagans win 2day I must ride a lap in Paris wearing boardshorts & flipflops. If Sagan loses, Andre must.

Mr @AndreGreipel is getting nervouꦇs.... I think he realises that he will be the one riding the lap in Paris in boardshoܫrts and flipflops :)

The꧙ peloton has now reached the feeding zone. Bon appetit!

The chase group is now at 1 minute and consists of Moinard, Gallopin, Voigt,🎐 Kern, Hoogerland, Izaguirre, Marzano, Nerz, Peraud, Kadri, Moncoutie, Jeandesboz, Valls Ferri, Vorganov, Pinot, Kruiswijk, Kiriyienka, Sorensen, Kisierlovski and Weening.

Things seem to have s🔯ettled i🏅nto a set routine for the moment.

RadioShack-Nissan has watched its Tour leaders fall one by one: Andy Schleck out before the race even started; Fränk Schleck finishing way behind in the prologue; and then Schleck and Andreas Klöden finishing further down that hoped in yesterday's stage. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Does this leave the 🍬team with no captain at all?

And speaking of Klöden, he seems to have a disagreement 🃏with the RadioShack PR folks.  In fact, he tweeted, &ld🍌quo;I don't know what bullshit they write in the RSNT press release”.

Mark is 🍌here now to step in for me for a fewꦅ minutes.

Thanks Susan. Mark taking over here 🃏ꦍfor the next few kilometres.

I have confirmation of 🌃the first chase group: Moinard (BMC), Gallopin (RNT), Kern (EUC), Marzano (LAM), Nerz (LIQ), Peraud (ALM), Cherel (ALM), Kadri (ALM), Moncoutie (COF), Jeandesboz (SAU), Hoogerland (VCD), Valls Ferri (VCD), Caruso (KAT), Pinot (FDJ), Kruiswijk (RAB), Mollema (RAB), Ten Dam (RAB), Kiriyenka (MOV), Sorensen (STB), Kisierlꦐovski (AST), De Weert (OPQ), Weening (OGE)

65km remaining from 157km

And the🐬 leaders are 𓄧on to the next categorised climb. It's the Cote de Saulcy and is another category 2

And Kiryrienka, Kr♏uiswijk and De Weert have attacked from the first chase group andꦐ are trying to bridge the gap to the leading duo.

Our own Peter Cossins managed to grab a quick chat with race leader Bradley Wiggins this m💮orning. Here's what he had to say about today's st꧅age:

60km remaining from 157km

That comes just after De Weert a🏅nd Kruiswijk catch him and Roy

Kern and Pinot have also bridged the gap now

RESULT - 5TH CLIMB:

And Susan has returned...

Susan back again,and thanks, Mark.

How does a pro cyclist view the Tour?  Her🥀e is Adam Hansen's take on 🎀things:

Peter 🐲Cossins also taked to Garmin-Sharp DS Allan Peiper, who said, “I think we regrouped really well yesterday. It was good to see Zabriskie and David Millar on the front, and Christian Vande Velde as wel𝓰l, just trying to give Dan Martin a good chance at the bottom of the climb. It’s his first time in the Tour de France. He’s won a stage in the Vuelta before, so we were hoping he’d be able to stay with the front group. He did hang in there until halfway up the climb, but that’s a learning process for him.”

50km remaining from 157km

Kessiakoff has gone through the intermediate sprint,🦄 and now the chasers follow💧 him across the line.

No sprinting for points today at the intermediate🍃 sprint!

Before the start today, Garmin-Sharp's Peiper also told us, "The boys were quite ecstatic after the finish because they were still in the race and they still had ambitions and goals. A lot of teams will be thinking that a group will 💃stay away until the finish today because there’s a time trial tomorrow. They will be trying to put riders in the break, which is the same thing that we’ll be trying to do with Vande Velde or Dan Martin.

With 44km to go, Kessikoff has 1:05 over the chase group and about 3 miꦦnutes on the field. But we still have two more climbs to come.

We hear that S꧑amuel Sanchez has broken his right hand and his left collarbone. We wish him a speedy recovery.

Sanchez also dislocated his shoulde�ꦐ�r. We will have more later.

We now see a Liquigas rider at t♔he head of the field. They have moved up to help lead the chase, although we sไee that the gap has crept up to 3:20.

Lots of Liquigas at the head of the fiel༒d now. They have taken control of the chase, as they would lꦛove for Peter Sagan to win again.

30km remaining from 157km

Speaking in Belfort before the start of the stage, Vincenzo Nibali pondered the strength of his Liquigas-Cannondale team relative to Sky.

“Yesterday was a very difficult stage,” he said. “We hit the climb very hard and Ivan suffers a bit on climbs like that, while Szmyd was unfortunately caught behind a little bit. But they’re both going very well and they will be a big help to me.

“Richie Porte set a great rhythm for Sky yesterday but now they have the yellow jersey and they’re going to have to work a lot to hold on to that. As fo🍨r me, it’s going to be hard, it’s going to be difficult, but nothing is impossible.”

This climb se🅺ems to be breaking up the chase group. The peloton is suffering as well.

Directly behi❀nd the florescent green Liquigas jerseys at the head of the pe🍌loton, we see a yellow one -- Bradley Wiggins.

Gallopin and Pinot now first chasers, at 1:13.

Kessiakoff takes the mountain points.

Did we mention Pinot? Cyclingnews talked to the French climber t൩his morning🅘 before the stage.

Pinot and Gallopin now approach the mountain banner and cross under it with a gap of just under one💛 minute.

Kessiakoff is out of the saddle, hunched down over the bi🧸ke and tearing along.

The young Swede has his eye on this stage ꧟win, that's for sure🎉.

💎Here is how the points were awarded at the most recent꧅ mountain ranking:

20km remaining from 157km

Kessiakoff ♕no longer looks as easy and relaxed as earlier.

BMC along with Cadel Evans move up towardsꦺ the front of the peloton.

PInot now moves slowly away from Gallopin.

Yesterday's stage finish with Sky's Brad Wiggins and Christopher Froome on the climb sure brought back memories of the 2011 Vuelta a Espana.  But don't look for Froome to finish ahead of Wiggins in this race.  Whilst Froome was “really happy” with his stage win, he assured everyone that this year the plan is “to look after Bradley.”

Lotto moves to the head of the peloton. No, they ar🦹e not working for Greipel today, but rather for Van Den Broeck.

Looks li🌳ke that was it for Peter Sagan. He has just dropp🎃ed off the back of the field.

PInto is only 4:07 dow﷽n on G♎C, so he could make a big jump today. He is also in the running for best young rider.

Sorry, that is of course Pinot and not Pinto.

16km remaining from 157km

And again, ༒hundreds if not thousands of fans enjoying this spectacle!

PInot takes the final mountain points of the day! Kesiakoff is a few seconds behind, and the peloton is rapi🐬dly app💖roaching, at 1:48.

A group of 8 or so riders has broken out of the peloton, ♕including not only Van Den Broeck but also Eva𝔍ns, Wiggins and Froome.

Their🎐 furio🤡us pace is bringing the gap to Pinot down.

From three minutes to on꧑e and a half.  Pinot is now pedaling for his life😼.

It looks as if Kessiakoff will take over the KOM jersey ꦐtoday.

Kessiakoff slips 🎐out and manages to catch himself.

More riꦿder♍s have now moved up into the group of favourites.

9km remaining from 157km

Fränk Shleck is in ཧthe Wiggins group, as is Denꦡis Menchov.

6km remaining from 157km

The FDJ DS is about to ﷽destroy the tea🌠m car, he is so excited at the prospect of winning this stage.

5km remaining from 157km

As best as we can tell⛦, the favourites group includes: Evans, Schleck, Gallopin, Horner, Zubeldia, Nibali, Wiggins, Froome, Van Den Broeck, and Menchov.

4km for Pinot a🅘nd the field at 40 seconds. They are about to catch Kessiakoff.

PInot maneuv♒ers his way around road furniiture and a roundabout.

Only one of the favourites group took the short way through that complicated intersection and now h🌃as a slight lead ov🐎er his companions.

Pinot takes 35 seconds into the closing 2 km.

The FDJ team 𒐪manager is about to fall out of th💯e car window....

The last km for Pinot!

Evans and VDB have jumped from the group!

A dinosaur in the middle of the roundabout!

And it is enough f💛or Pinot! He takes the win for FDJ-Big Mat!

The favourites group is all back tog🌱ether as they near the finish line.

Evans passes G🍌allopin to take second on the stage.

Small groups oꦿf riders are now coming in. Taaramae will probably hold on to the best young rider jersey, but Pinot will surely have moved up in that ranking.

Pinot, at 22 years old, is the younges🍬t in the Tour this year, and riding his first Tour. What a thrill this must be!

FDJ manager Marc Madriot may be 🐻even happier than Pinot!

Another group comes inꦏ. This sort🀅 of thing will go on for a long time now.

Here is the top ten from today's stage:

And the top five in GC:
 
1 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Sky Procycling 38:17:56
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:10
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:16
4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Katusha Team 0:00:54
5൲ Haimar Zu🔯beldia Agirre (Spa) RadioShack-Nissan 0:00:59

How nice to see the pure joy of this young stage winner, and the excitement of his team 🅘manager. We send them our congratulations.

Thanks for reading along.  Join us again tomorrow for the first real time trial o🐎f this year's Tour!

Before we go, here is the top ten in GC after stage ꦉeight:

That's it! Catch us again tomorrow!

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