2021 Tour de France: The eighth stage of the race enters the Alps-live broadcast! | Sports

99 meters left: The front is still flat, so even if the sprint team can sit up now, there is still a large-scale battle to form a breakthrough in front. The person in charge of the game.

102 km distance: My intuition is that Thomas will pack it, but I might be wrong. A dislocated shoulder is not fun, the key is how his body reacts in the next few days. This does not seem to be good news. But it is true, maybe he can continue to fight and provide valuable support to Carapaz during the game.

103 km distance: “I think those of us who are worried that the power and depth of Ineos will ensure boring games don’t have to worry anymore,” James said in an email from Bodrum. “In the first ascent of the first mountain stage on the 8th day, there were no drivers in the top 10, and your only former champion was eliminated. For a team that attaches so much importance to the budget of the tour, this is a Catastrophic dilemma. It will be especially embarrassing if you talk about how many drivers can win the race during the race assembly. Carapaz still looks good, but it seems that Movistar will chase him every time, which is very helpful for Pogacar.

“The plan of’playing four cards’ has been shattered. Will they re-adjust Carapaz as the undisputed leader and try to control the game for him? Can they do this quickly today with Thomas going backwards? Thomas will Stay in the race, recover and ride for Kalapas? Is this enough to beat Pogacar?”

105 km distance: Colbrelli got his offer: the Bahraini victor rushed to Frangy’s team, and Michael Matthews tried to respond. Colbrelli got the highest score in the slightly uphill resistance line.

The gap between the big groups on the road is getting bigger and bigger, and it has now reached 4’15”.

Distance of 112 kilometers: The front group is now accelerating down to the flat part and sprint in the middle, which is in Frankie.

After that, the drivers began to slowly climb to the third Côte de Copponex. It’s all over, really.

A pun on Twitter by Edward Pickering:

115 km distance: Cavendish is in the second group, so today we can say goodbye to the sprint point.

On Eurosport, Bernie Eisel reported that Geraint Thomas seemed to be physically in pain.

We will see Thomas and Roglic-who were considered huge GC contenders before the game-are they packed today? Since they were injured in a crash in the first week, the all-out race will not bring them any benefit.

117 km distance: By the way, Michael Woods was fine after that reported crash, but the TV camera did not catch it.

They are all frontcourt moves, and the gap between the two groups is 3’22”.

Good news for the next group? After a middle sprint less than 10 kilometers away, the game may calm down.

By the way, this is the introduction of today’s stage:

120 km distance: The gap between the two very large groups on the road was 2’21”. Gerant Thomas was in the second group. Primoz Roglic was photographed falling from behind the front group-he apparently had a crash a few days ago Still struggling afterwards.

Earlier, in an unsorted climb, Colbrelli tried to escape again. His motivation comes from those intermediate sprint points.

125 km distance: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) enters a group in front and they have a few seconds to catch up-the GC team will sound the alarm. Cattaneo (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) and Swift (Arkéa–Samsic) and Julien Bernard of Trek-Segafredo are also there. Michael Matthews (Team BikeExchange) is also there-hope to take a break and clear those sprint points!

126 km distance: So far, this has been a manic day, a lot of things have happened, and it is difficult to keep up with all of this.

What I can tell you is that these are the top five in the current standings:

Cavendish (168pts)
Van der Pol (103pts)
Philips (102pts)
Buhani (99pts)
Matthews 96 points

Sagan ranked seventh with 72 points, and Corbrelli ranked eighth with 66 points.

130 km distance: Sunny Cole Brayley (Bahrain victory) attacked on the front line. This has all the signs of the middle sprint point game, after which rest will be allowed. Race at this speed, they will reach the sprint point within two-speed time. There are two unclassified climbs before the full ride to Frange and the sprint point.

133 km distance: The Thomas group is 1’33” behind the front of the main unit. As the battle for the separation continues, the front group containing the yellow jersey Mathieu Van der Pol (Alpecin-Fenix) has completely lined up. For all drivers , This is the beginning of a super super stressful stage.

Distance of 138 kilometers: The collapse of Michael Woods-the leader of the Israeli start-up nation-apparently lost it on the corners.

There are 71 riders ahead and Poels has been caught.

There is a huge gap between the teams on the road, more than a kilometer-Gerant Thomas is in the back row.

140 km distance: After the 44-kilometer race, today’s intermediate sprint point will soon appear in Frangi. If all this reconciles, Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) will undoubtedly try to strengthen the control of the points competition there. But given the intensity of the game, it seems more likely to form a breakaway group at that time.

Or maybe the team of sprinters will work until then and then take a break? Just wait and see.

141 km: Poels galloped down the wet downhill, occasionally slipping slightly on the road. He has 14 seconds on the chaser. The big army is completely behind-this is the fierce start of the day, just like yesterday.

Distance of 143 kilometers: Gerante Thomas (Ineos team) was photographed working in the back of the game and dropped by the home team. More of this and any decent ambition for GC completion will be completely gone: he is five minutes behind, so unless there is a miracle, victory is almost impossible.

Distance of 146 kilometers: Poels, the former Team Sky/Ineos climber, walked alone in the front on this climb, which is very interesting. At the back of the field, drivers were dropped from left, right and center, including four-time champion Chris Froome.

What did Poels do for Bahrain’s victory? If he does manage to make a single breakthrough great, it will be a long day, but the other teams behind are trying to cross-this is not done yet. He had 18 seconds to finish the climb and began to slip.

Distance of 148 kilometers: Wout Poels (Bahrain Victory Team) and Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Team) launched an offensive on the front line-today’s game, if you don’t know, has already started the steep slope of Oyonnax. Nairo Quintana (Arkéa-Samsic) also had a carnival.

Distance of 149 kilometers: There was a slight delay in the start-I think it was because a group of drivers suffered a mechanical failure. In any case, on a rainy day in France, the flag fell off. It is foreseeable that the game will be fierce at the beginning. Thomas de Gendt (Lotto Soudal) obviously likes it. Of course, after yesterday’s manic day, will the team find some kind of ceasefire and let go of an acceptable departure?

Can the 249.1-kilometer stage be “easy”? It seems unlikely: but the drivers will want something quieter than here Yesterday’s manic sceneWhen a big breakaway group consisting of yellow jerseys, green jerseys and dozens of very strong riders escaped from the road and ensured a day of intense competition. Matej Mohoric won the stage at the end of it all, and the overall ranking was shaken endlessly on one of the most exciting circuit stages in recent memory.

Due to all this craziness, there will be some very tired and sore bodies in the big team entering today’s stage, the first mountain test this year, from Oyonnax to Le Grand Bornand. On today’s 150.8 km route, five classified climbs await the rider. They will reach the summit at the last stop of Col de la Colombière, with a distance of 14.8 kilometers, and then they will descend smoothly to the end.

It is predicted that it will rain, and many usual breakthrough suspects will look for glory in the stage victory. GC teams and drivers may attack-or be forced to defend-after all, the tour is full of drama and excitement. The first week of the game is not Really Start until it hits the mountain range. Alright!