Saint-Étienne (AFP)
The Belgian Thomas De Gendt won the 8th stage of the Tour de France, after which the Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe took over the yellow jersey Saturday in Saint-Etienne.
After a long break, De Gendt (Lotto) was six seconds ahead of France's Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck), who emerged from the peloton on the climb up the last hill. Alaphilippe, a yellow jersey for three days at the start of the week, recovers his good and leads the former Italian leader Giulio Ciccone by 23 seconds.
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