Tour de France 2008: Stage 8
Bienvenu de retour sur le Tour
At the moment, the stage hasn't started
It is not very warm at the stage
And the start flag has been waved
There was an attack right away after
Yesterday's stage counted the most
David De La Fuente is continuing
We have another breakaway attempt
There have been a number of punctures
It slipped by a bit unnoticed for
The bunch is still all together.
Another 12 riders have attacked.
But it was no use. The break was
Lef
Lef
The poor Frenchman is given the okay
Ah! Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel) is
Christophe Riblon of AG2R countered
The average speed for the first hour
The riders crossed the third categorized
Columbia's Marcus Burghardt leads
But the chasing trio is still 1'30
Columbia is starting to put some
Lef
It's stopped raining, but the road
Apparently, Lef
Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d'Epargne)
The Bouygues Telecom car is now at
The points at the summit of the climb
Cadel Evans had some predictions
Evans' team-mate Yaroslav Popovych
AG2R's Riblon crossed the intermediate
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Bah. It's wet out there. It's not
The bunch gets their food bags now.
Bjarne Riis also talked to Cyclingnews
Bernhard Eisel is taking a looong
Riblon has a problem with his back
The bunch is sitting up as many riders
Riblon is back with his breakaway
The Chateau de Mauriac is close by
The gap is coming down fast now as
We also spot a Liquigas rider at
Ricco chases back to the peloton
The leader's advantage has shrunk
It seems the bunch will reel in the
Ricco has three team-mates with him
The pace eases up a bit now as the
Ricco seems to be in pain. He holds
They ride on a long, straight road.
Simon Gerrans (Cr
Riders get out of the saddle as the
The climb's definitely rolling, not
Leonard Duque of Cofidis had a mechanical.
Robbie McEwen complained about the
The next climb looks a bit steeper
This hurts, after so many kilometres
Columbia's Alan Peiper gave John
Columbia and Quick Step take over
Things look tough, with riders trying
The lead duo is almost caught. They
Columbia leads out. L
Zabel sits in seventh position or
Quick Step's Rosseler takes over
Casper is in third, Freire in fourth
Cavendish comes up from the left
Yes, it's Ciolek taking second. Freire
What a finish. Fortunately there
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