Tour de France podcast episode 9: Vuillermoz's triumph, Martin's disappointment

Stage 8 saw Alexis Vuillermoz (AG2R-La Mondiale) launch himself off the front of a dwindled peloton on the Mûr-de-Bretagne to take a solo stage victory ahead of a desperate chase from Dan Martin (Cannondale-Garmin) in second. While Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) led the splintered field across the line in third place. Vuillermoz's victory was made even sweeter by the fact that he was the first Frenchman to take a stage win at this year's Tour de France so far. 

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