The 8th stage of the Tour de France, in the Pyrenees, September 5, 2020. -
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The anticipated summary of the stage
That was the plan.
When he decided to park in the Col de Peyresourde, Julian Alaphilippe did not do it halfway.
Now pointing at 18 minutes overall, he will have all the latitude he wants to start in today's breakaway, and that will not fail.
With him, a large group of about fifteen runners with regulars: Cosnefroy, Cousin, Sagan and Bennett, the inseparable for the green jersey war, Dan Martin, Lustenko, Schachmann ...
The group quickly took twelve minutes ahead of the peloton and stayed together at the top of the Hourcère pass, where Cosnefroy and Alaphilippe sprinted so powerfully that they quickly took 30 seconds ahead of all their fellow breakaway companions.
The two French people continue to the top of Soudé and make the descent with balls.
Lustensko and Schachmann return and this small group of four points with two minutes ahead of the bottom of the valley on the rest of the breakaway, 11 on the peloton.
Very quickly, Cosnefroy let go in Marie Blanque.
Then Schachmann.
It's an epic duel between Alaphilippe and Lutsenko, Contador-Rasmussen style, minus the steak.
It attacks, it attacks, and finally the two go up together.
But Alaphilippe attacks on the descent and takes a few seconds.
Ten at the bottom, he resists the Kazakh's return to the end and wins 5 bikes.
Ah and if not among the favorites, it is still Roglic who seems the strongest.
He rolls over all attacks but still doesn't feel like attacking.
No one is quite sure why.
Out of breath, Yates loses his jersey for a few seconds in favor of Guillaume Martin, while Roglic has simulated a chain jump to also lose a few seconds and not take the yellow jersey.
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Here is the route of the stage
🚩 Pau - Laruns 🏁
📏 153 km
🎬 Discover the 3D route of this second day in the Pyrenees!
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- Tour de France ™ (@LeTour) September 6, 2020
12:15 p.m .: Hello everyone! Welcome to 20 Minutes for this live from the 9th stage. We leave Pau at around 12:35 am towards Laruns, a beautiful mountain stage in the Pyrenees.
Hi all !
After the Saturday in hell experienced by Thibaut Pinot (but also Julian Alaphilippe, who voluntarily let himself be taken down to be able to play the stages), we hope to be a little better this Sunday for the second Pyrenean stage.
We start from Pau to arrive at Laruns, a short stage, with two first category passes to do the job, including the very difficult Marie-Blanque, not very long but whose four kilometers at more than 11% should allow the favorites of this Turn to finally make war as it should be.
>> We will meet again from 1:15 pm for the live of the 9th stage of the Tour ...
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