Stage Details:
Tonight is Stage 8, Belfort > Porrentruy, 157.5 km
This medium mountain stage promises to be even more demanding as it will be short and difficult. The mere mention of these ascents, whose peaks crown the route in the Jura, illustrates how difficult it is: the Côte du Passage de la Douleur, the Col de La Croix, etc. This final ascent, about 20 kilometres from the finish will be a very decisive factor in the stage. — Christian Prudhomme’s Analysis
- Stage 8 preview: [SteepHill]
- Belfort >> Porrentruy, Stage 8 (154 km) [SBS Cycling Central]
- July 8, Stage 8: Belfort – Porrentruy 157.5km [CyclingNews]
- 8th Stage – Sunday, 8 July 2012 Belfort > Porrentruy – 157.5 km [EuroSport]
- 2012 Tour de France LIVE – Stage 8 [Cycling Fans]
- stage 8 – Belfort Porrentruy 157.5 km [www.letour.fr]
- Stage 8: Belfort > Porrentruy [les vaches du tour]
Live:
Tickers/Streaming
- SBS 2012 Tour Tracker [SBS]
- Tour de France – Belfort – Porrentruy “live match” [Eurosports]
- stage 8 – Belfort Porrentruy 157.5 km “live” [www.letour.fr]
Results:
Stage 8 results
01 PINOT, Thibaut FRA (FDJ-BIG MAT) 3:56:10
02 EVANS, Cadel AUS (BMC RACING) + 26
03 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN)
04 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR (SKY PROCYCLING)
05 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE)
06 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen BEL (LOTTO BELISOL)
07 FROOME, Christopher GBR (SKY PROCYCLING)
08 MENCHOV, Denis RUS (KATUSHA)
09 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar ESP (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN)
10 SCHLECK, Frank LUX (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 30
GC after Stage 8
01 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR (SKY PROCYCLING) 38:17:56
02 EVANS, Cadel AUS (BMC RACING) + 10
03 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 16
04 MENCHOV, Denis RUS (KATUSHA) + 54
05 ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, Haimar ESP (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 59
06 FROOME, Christopher GBR (SKY PROCYCLING) + 1:32
07 MONFORT, Maxime BEL (RADIOSHACK-NISSAN) + 2:08
08 VAN DEN BROECK, Jurgen BEL (LOTTO BELISOL) + 2:11
09 ROCHE, Nicolas IRL (AG2R LA MONDIALE) + 2:21
10 TAARAMAE, Rein EST (COFIDIS, LE CREDIT EN LIGNE) + 2:27
* Podcast: Tour de France Stage 8 [SBS Cycling Central]
Olympic champion and last year’s King of the Mountains Samuel Sanchez looks doubtful for London 2012 after crashing heavily during today’s eighth stage of the Tour and being forced to pull out.
He and compatriot Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) hit the ground approximately 56 kilometres into today’s stage, with the Euskaltel Euskadi rider coming off much worse. While Valverde was able to remount and to make his way back to the peloton, Sanchez remained on the ground and was eventually stretchered away.
– velonation
Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-BigMat) pulled off a famous home victory in stage 8 of the 2012 Tour de France. The Tour’s youngest competitor passed leader Frederik Kessiakoff (Astana) with 17km to race and launched a bold attack that left him with enough of a gap to hold off a host of big name challengers who pursued him intensely, but ultimately in vain, over the final kilometres. There were ecstatic scenes of jubilation from the home fans and from Pinot’s team as he crossed the line with 26 seconds to spare.
– cyclingnews
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#lvdt Stage 8: Round-up
The #TrollDJ list from last night;
♫ Shampoo – Trouble ~ “Oh oh, we’re in trouble” – poor Sammi Sanchez
♫ Garbage – Push It ~ “This is the noise that keeps me awake, My head explodes and my body aches” it’s keeping me awake.
♫ Randy Newman – You’ve Got A Friend In Me ~ good times in the Peloton, I’ll swap a gel for a powerbar thx
♫ The Angels – Take a Long Line ~ Jens stretches out the Peloton – go @thejensie !!
♫ Angus & Julia Stone – And The Boys ~ … And the boys go on, and on, and on …
♫ Eels – Gone Man ~ the breakaway wins! France celebrates with a Pinot
♫ The killers – When You Were Young ~ … Burning down the highway …
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