Tour de France Stage 8: Pedersen Turns the Tables

Lidl-Trek’s Mads Pedersen scored the primary success on the 2023 Tour de France for his newly-rechristened workforce with a dash win in Limoges, on a day when Astana’s Mark Cavendish noticed his dream of a record-breaking thirty fifth stage victory fell by the wayside, probably for good. Cavendish crashed within the closing hour of the race and left in an ambulance with an obvious shoulder damage, and in tears in addition to the frustration of one other yr passed by, fairly probably his final as he introduced his intent to retire earlier this yr.

Pedersen received on a day that favored somebody apart from the bunch sprinters, with some undulations on the very finish, one among which appeared to be simply sufficient to throw Alpecin-Deceunink’s Jasper Philipsen off his sport. The Belgian was searching for a fourth stage win to pad his factors competitors lead, however he closed late on Pedersen, and the previous World Champion had sufficient pace to steer clear of Philipsen by the higher a part of a motorbike size. Jumbo-Visma’s Wout Van Aert, who should have preferred his possibilities in the present day, couldn’t discover his strategy to the entrance in time and completed third. No change in any of the opposite competitions.

Outcomes:

1. PEDERSEN Mads, Lidl – Trek, 4:12:26
2. PHILIPSEN Jasper, Alpecin-Deceuninck
3. VAN AERT Wout, Jumbo-Visma
4. GROENEWEGEN Dylan, Staff Jayco AlUla
5. EEKHOFF Nils, Staff dsm – firmenich
6. COQUARD Bryan, Cofidis
7. DE BUYST Jasper, Lotto Dstny
8. TILLER Rasmus, Uno-X Professional Biking Staff
9. STRONG Corbin, Israel – Premier Tech
10. POGAČAR Tadej, UAE Staff Emirates

Libourne – Limoges 200.7 km

Doable dash however a tough highway to get there.

Anticipated end time: 17:05-17:35 CEST

Plate spinner of the Day : Mathieu van der Poel

Getting in a extra choose group to get one thing for himself.

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