Tour de France - Stage 8
The peloton is speeding towards the mountains but with no escape yet away...
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Tom Dumoulin is trying to escape with Ilnur Zakarin, Wouter Poels, and Dani Navarro...
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Adam Yates is in the white jersey atfer his fun and excitement yesterday...
Rafal Majka has escapes with Thibaut Pinot, and no-one's terribly bothered about it...
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Frank Schleck needs a quick fix for his bike on the Tourmalet...
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Vasil Kiryienka starts the Sky defence strategy to keep the escape within sight on the Tourmalet...
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The peloton climbs towards the Col du Tourmalet on a crystal-clear day in the Pyrenees...
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The peloton reaches the summit, less than two minutes behind the two-man escape, with Tony Martin chasing alone...
Chris Juul Jensen is one of the sufferers on the Tourmalet, but he has his fans to cheer him on..!
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Pinot and Majka have been joined by Tony Martin at the foot of the Hourguette d'Ancizan...
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Pinot leads almost all the way up, but their lead has not advanced beyond two-minutes...
Richie Porte leads Tejay Van Garderen down the other side, with just two climbs to go...
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Fabio Aru is right behind the BMC trio, but he's ahead of Sky at the moment...
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George Bennett helps Wilco Kelderman sort his bike out after a small spill...
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Chris Froome has attacked on the final climb, the Col de la Peyresourde...
Froome is joined by Dan Martin, Quintana, Van Garderen and Porte with one-kilometre to the summit...
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Dan Martin makes an attack near the summit - but it is Froome who'll make the winning attack today..!
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Chris Froome wins into Bagneres-de-Luchon after a spectacular descent..!
Dan Martin takes second place from Joachin Rodriguez...
Pierre Rolland takes 24th place at 1' 45" after crashing on the descent...
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Chris Froome is the new race-leader of the Tour with thirteen stages still to go..!
Adam yates has to settle for being best young rider - but he's still in second-place overall, 16-seconds down on Froome...