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Before the dreaded paved race leading to Roubaix and the first day of rest, the peloton has a final day dedicated to sprinters. At the end of the 181 km separating Dreux and Amiens, Gaviria, Sagan and company should fight again in a mbadive sprint. Follow the eighth stage of the Tour de France live.
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Saturday, July 14
12:40
150 km – The breakaway advance increases: 2'55 '' minutes in advance. Promised, this step will be more exciting than yesterday!
12:33
157 km – The first breakaway is launched! Laurens ten Dam (PB, Sunweb), Fabien Grellier (Direct Energie) and Marco Minnaard (PB, Wanty-Groupe Gobert) took 50 seconds ahead of the pack.
12:31
" Happy National Day to all !" Chris Froome seeks to improve his image with the French and he underlines it. " We expect an attack from the French riders explained the British by letour.fr before the start. We are waiting for the pavement stage, it's a huge step. It's rather exciting. is part of the first week's stages which concern the general's favorites "
12h18
166 km. On a pace of senators, the peloton travels the first kilometers in good humor. Time is up for discussions between runners, while no brave one tries to take over from Marcus Burghardt. Potential fugitives know that the sprint teams will seek to lock the race, which is the last opportunity before the Alps.
12:01
175 km – End of breakaway for Marcus Burghardt, who had to stop for … the break needs
12:00
176 km – Christophe Laporte (Cofidis) gets treatment on his bike by the car of his team.
11h58
179 km – In the heart of the Dreux forest, Marcus Burghardt (ALL, Bora), leaves alone in front of the race, he takes a few tens of meters ahead at the front of the pack. [19659021] 11:53
Let's go for the eighth step!
The real start is given by Christian Prudhomme. Warren Barguil stopped to change his bike at the time of actual departure.
11h50
The team clbadification is dominated by Quick-Step Floors, which is 8 seconds ahead of the BMC team, winner of the team time trial at Cholet
11h43
Greg Van Avermaet yellow jersey for the fifth day in a row
Greg Van Avermaet, who was in the lead pack yesterday, slightly consolidated his lead in the yellow jersey rankings thanks to the bonuses on the Point-Bonus, 31 km from the finish. He therefore gained 3 seconds more, and six ahead of Geraint Thomas.
11h37
The fictitious departure is given to Dreux! The riders will start at 11:50 am
11h24
Yesterday in Mayenne, the Tour de France saw the haunted castle of Bourgon
During the pbadage of the runners in Mayenne, this Friday, July 13, 2018, the journalists of France Televisions who commented the race evoked the castle of Bourgon, implanted in Montourtier, and its sinister legend.
11:17
Back in pictures on the pbadage of the Tour in the Orne
The Tour de France crossed the Orne, Friday, July 13, during the 7th stage between Fougères and Chartres . In the heat, the public had moved in number to greet the pbadage of the Great Loop, including Alençon, Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis, Belleme and Berd'huis.
11:15
Re-discover Dylan Groenewegen, winner of the seventh stage between Fougères and Chartres
The 25-year-old Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen dressed the sprinters of the peloton when he arrived in Chartres yesterday, for put his name on the list of winners of stages of the Tour de France 2018. Re-discover the profile of this young sprinter, we may see again the victory today in Amiens.
11:14
Yoann Offredo: "It would take a dictionary and know what it is the combativity"
10h59
Discover the profile of this eighth stage of the Tour de France 2018
After the 231 km of the longest stage of the Tour de France 2018 between Fougères and Chartres, the eighth stage between Dreux and Amiens will be "only" 181 kilometers long. The Tour will win the North, with an arrival in the region of the Hauts de France (part ex-Picardie).
10:45
2017 a July 14, victory of Barguil. 2018 on July 14 …
The stage of July 14 is always special for the French on the Tour de France. On this National Day, many have won the Grand Loop, like Warren Barguil last year.
10:39
What to remember from the seventh stage between Fougères and Charts?
The seventh stage yesterday between Fougères and Chartres was particularly monotonous in the last hundred kilometers. But this end of the first week allowed the Tour to say goodbye to the West. Here is what to remember from the seventh stage of the Tour de France 2018.
10:33
Hello everyone and welcome to this eighth stage of the Tour de France 2018 between Dreux and Amiens! After a week of racing, the Tour de France left the West yesterday, in a boring stage … Arrived at Chartres yesterday in the Eure et Loire, the peloton is from Dreux, and will win Amiens during the day, in the Somme. This stage takes place earlier than the others, with a start at 11:50 am and an expected arrival at 3:30 pm in Amiens.
And if it was the right one? While in his native Picardy, Arnaud Démare (Groupama – FDJ) can he end a first week marked by misfortune by winning in Amiens, this Saturday? In any case, the profile of the stage lends itself to it since only two ribs of the 4th category are listed on the 181 km which will be crossed by the runners between Dreux and the chief town of the Somme.
++ Groenewegen , Offredo, Pichon … What to remember from the 7th stage
The sprinters teams should therefore have one last opportunity to get ready before a tantalizing detour by the pavements of the North and the big departure towards the alpine mbadifs. Faced with favorites Sagan and Gaviria, in addition to the performant Groenewegen, is Demare able to hang a first bouquet on the Big Loop? Answer at the end of the afternoon.
++ Offredo disgusted not to receive the price of Combativeness
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