Danish Mad Pederson (Lidl Trek) avoided Jasper Philipsen’s poker with a strong sprint This secured him a win in the 200.7km eighth stage between Libourne and Limoges, where Jonas Vingegaard retained the lead and retired due to a fall that would have prevented him from surpassing Mark Cavendish’s 34-win record shared with Eddy. Merck.

Pedersen blocked Philipsen’s path in a fiercely contested finish, where the 27-year-old from Tollose demonstrated his full potential. got his second win Type In front of the Belgian beast and again Wout Van Aert with honey on her lips.

Mark Cavendish was not in the fight on his way to the hospital at the time. check for damage from a frustrating fall buried his record illusions. The winner of the Limousin Tour, who surprised this stage, was not Spanish Alex Aranburu.

The favorites came together and Pogacar took the tenth sprint across the finish line. Vingegaard retained the yellow jersey the day before Puy de Dôme. 25 seconds in Slovenian And 1.34 minutes compared to Australian Jai Hindley. Spaniard Carlos Rodríguez moved up to fourth place due to a 47-second loss by Simon Yates, who fell at the same time as Mikel Landa.

Landa finished fourteenth in freefall with 6.36, and teammate Pello Bilbao was twelfth in 6.10.

General classification of the Tour de France

  1. Jonas Vingegaard TJV 34:09:38

  2. Tadej Pogacar UAD +00:25

  3. Jai Hindley BOH +01:34

  4. Carlos Rodriguez IGD +03:30

  5. Adam Yates IAD +03:40

  6. Simon Yates JAY +04:01

  7. David Gaudu GFC +04:03

  8. Romain Bardet DSM +04:43

  9. Thomas Pidcock IGD +04:43

  10. Sepp Kuss TJV +05:28

  11. Ben O’Connor ACT +06:10

  12. Peio Bilbao TBV +06:10

  13. Emanuel Buchmann BOH +06:32

  14. Mikel Landa TBV +06:36

  15. Louis Meintjes ICW +06:52

  16. Guillaume Martin COF +07:08

  17. Thibaut Pinot GFC +07:38

  18. Felix Gall ACT +08:19

  19. Skjelmose Jensen LTR +08:47

  20. Jonathan Castroviejo IGD +12:53