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2021-07-03T12:55:18.570Z

Benoot, Quintana, Cattaneo, Valverde, Kragh Andersen in this group between Poels and the peloton.

2021-07-03T12:54:33.835Z

Kragh Andersen is brought back by a chase group on the climb. Poels still ahead.

2021-07-03T12:53:35.465Z

The lorry has reportedly been moved now, so no trouble ahead.

2021-07-03T12:51:51.824Z

80km to go / 70km done

Soren Kragh Andersen (DSM) is chasing Poels.

They’re hitting the fourth-cat Côte de Menthonnex-en-Bornes now.

2021-07-03T12:50:28.146Z

35 seconds from Poels to the peloton. It still hasn’t slowed up here. An average speed of 48kph so far.

2021-07-03T12:45:42.084Z

Michael Woods among those trying to attack from the peloton.

2021-07-03T12:40:30.940Z

88km to go / 62km done

Poels crosses the top of the climb alone, 40 seconds up on the peloton.

2021-07-03T12:36:55.352Z

Attack from Elissonde as he tried to make it away from the peloton.

2021-07-03T12:34:59.698Z

More riders trying to get away from the peloton without much success.

2021-07-03T12:34:24.320Z

Poels has 30 seconds on the peloton.

2021-07-03T12:32:05.215Z

Roglič dropping from the group he was in.

2021-07-03T12:30:52.388Z

The third-cat Côte de Copponex now and Wout Poels attacks.

2021-07-03T12:29:11.720Z

94km to go / 56km done

The main peloton is coming back to that break now. Around 10 seconds back.

2021-07-03T12:28:17.616Z

McNulty is the UAE man up there.

2021-07-03T12:27:41.964Z

Kwiatkowski is in that front group but not Carapaz as far as I can see. Another UAE rider is up there. They’re 25 seconds up on the peloton.

2021-07-03T12:25:49.663Z

Around 20 men off the front here.

2021-07-03T12:23:59.560Z

A large group of riders off the front, including Pogacar.

2021-07-03T12:22:12.923Z

100km to go / 50km done

New attacks going at the front after the intermediate sprint.

2021-07-03T12:18:58.329Z

ISN reports a sponsor lorry (Cochounou) stuck on the Côte de Mont Sassonex (not Colombière). Hopefully it can be moved quickly.

2021-07-03T12:17:09.303Z

Roglič is in a group of around 2, 1:50 down. The Thomas group is over four minutes down.

2021-07-03T12:16:38.097Z

86 points for Colbrelli now. He’s up to sixth place in the points classification.

Matthews moves to second place on 113 points.

Cavendish still leads on 168 points.

2021-07-03T12:14:57.658Z

Colbrelli kicks off the sprint from third wheel. Matthews reacts but can’t pass.

The Italian champion takes the 20 points ahead of the Australian.

2021-07-03T12:14:16.442Z

20 points on offer, then 17 and 15.

2021-07-03T12:13:57.601Z

Matthews vs Colbrelli coming up!

2021-07-03T12:12:19.914Z

2km to the sprint point.

2021-07-03T12:11:23.480Z

Crash for Miguel Angel Lopez (Movistar) but he’s back up and running.

2021-07-03T12:09:49.791Z

BikeExchange chase Mohoric for their man Matthews.

2021-07-03T12:08:02.665Z

112km to go / 38km done

6km to the intermediate sprint. Mohoric back on the front. Still no breakaway.

2021-07-03T12:06:35.481Z

Latour is in Roglič’s group of dropped riders, 1:30 down. Thomas’ group of dropped riders is 3:45 down.

2021-07-03T12:03:40.083Z

Porte is pushing on. Pogacar in third wheel and on the radio.

2021-07-03T12:02:47.830Z

Up front it’s a battle among the versatile sprinters as the intermediate sprint nears. Michael Matthews among those active along with Colbrelli.

All together still, and now Ineos are pushing at the front.

2021-07-03T11:59:31.187Z

Roglič 40 seconds down now. He’s on his own. Thomas’ group is 2:40 down.

There doesn’t seem like much point in them continuing this race unless they can recover and help their teammates in the Pyrenees…

2021-07-03T11:57:56.580Z

Sonny Colbrelli makes a move.

2021-07-03T11:57:30.204Z

120km to go / 30km done

Roglič is dropped from the peloton on these rolling roads.

2021-07-03T11:54:47.728Z

Yet more attacks but nothing sticks. Michael Gogl crashes in the peloton.

2021-07-03T11:48:46.149Z

Two minutes between the front of the race and the dropped riders.

2021-07-03T11:47:50.567Z

Pierre Latour and Rafal Majka – a key man for Tadej Pogacar – aren’t in the front group.

2021-07-03T11:45:57.758Z

130km to go / 25km done

Nans Peters (AG2R) makes a move. Others follow. Still no break.

2021-07-03T11:45:26.083Z

Colbrelli also pushing on. The intermediate sprint is up in 25 kilometres.

2021-07-03T11:44:22.185Z

Mohoric in his polka dots is leading the peloton down the descent.

2021-07-03T11:42:30.012Z

1:30 between Thomas and the peloton. He’s in a large group of dropped riders.

2021-07-03T11:41:02.974Z

Thomas’ group is 1.4 kilometres behind the front group at the moment. Quite a bit of distance.

2021-07-03T11:40:00.559Z

Michael Woods has reportedly crashed.

2021-07-03T11:39:49.468Z

136km to go / 14km done

It’s all back together at the front now.

2021-07-03T11:33:01.568Z

Poels is 20 seconds up on the peloton as he starts the wet descent.

2021-07-03T11:31:17.265Z

Geraint Thomas is in trouble already! Not good for Ineos.

2021-07-03T11:30:34.699Z

Sepp Kuss, Michael Woods, Kenny Elissonde, Mattia Cattaneo, Sergio Henao, and Stefan De Bod are chasing with Geoghegan Hart.

2021-07-03T11:29:49.054Z

145km to go / 5km done

Poels on his own out front now. Geoghegan Hart has dropped back and has several other riders with him.

2021-07-03T11:28:38.422Z

A number of riders dropped very early on, with all the usual suspects like the sprinters, lead-out men and Chris Froome.

2021-07-03T11:24:34.255Z

Tao Geoghegan Hart and Wout Poels on the move now.

2021-07-03T11:20:59.187Z

150km to go

And we’re off! Attacks from the start on the climb.

2021-07-03T11:10:54.873Z

There’s climbing from the off today with the Fôret d’Echallon, though it is uncategorised. It should be a nice springboard for the breakaway.

2021-07-03T11:10:12.711Z

The riders are rolling out of Oyonnax now.

2021-07-03T11:05:45.963Z

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2021-07-03T10:54:11.689Z

Tour de France stage hunt gets off to a complicated start for Simon Yates

Briton takes part in 29-rider breakaway but expends precious energy ahead of the Alps

2021-07-03T10:50:57.830Z

We’re 20 minutes away from the start of the stage now.

2021-07-03T10:45:44.036Z

Jumbo-Visma have no hope of challenging for yellow in Paris any more, but they will try to take it from Mathieu van der Poel with Wout van Aert today. Meanwhile, Jonas Vingegaard is likely to be their GC leader going forward. Here’s the squad warming up ahead of today’s stage.

2021-07-03T10:43:16.098Z

Thomas was briefly dropped on one of yesterday’s climbs though, and said he was still struggling with his shoulder injury afterwards.

Carapaz, meanwhile, went on the attack for almost 15km but ended up taking no time at the finish.

2021-07-03T10:39:08.286Z

We should see the first battle between Ineos Grenadiers and Tadej Pogačar today. The Slovenian is now the overwhelming favourite for Tour victory and with Roglič out of the GC picture, the combined efforts of Richard Carapaz and Geraint Thomas might be all that can stop him repeating.

2021-07-03T10:29:59.833Z

Not the best weather at the start as teams sign on for the day.

2021-07-03T10:29:17.291Z

Here’s our report on yesterday’s stage 7, which saw Primož Roglič fall out of overall contention.

2021-07-03T10:20:27.042Z

Linus Gerdemann (2007), Frank Schleck (2009), Rui Costa (2013), and Julian Alaphilippe (2018) have all won in the town.

Today’s final climb of the Col de la Colombière has also been a regular feature at the race, having been included on the route eight times since the turn of the millennium.

2021-07-03T10:17:14.424Z

Today’s stage runs 150 kilometres through the Alps to Le Grand-Bornard, a regular fixture at the Tour de France.

2021-07-03T10:11:06.263Z

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of stage 8 of the Tour de France, the first day in the Alps.