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Saturday, July 12: Stage 8, Tomblaine - Gérardmer La Mauselaine, 161 km

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Blel Kadri wins stage eight. Photo ©Sirotti

Major Ascents:

• Km 142: Col de la Croix des Monats, 7.6 km @ 6% average gradient - category 2
• Km 150: Col de Grosse Pierre, 3 km @ 7.5% - category 2
• Km 161: Gérardmer La Mauselaine, 1.8 km @ 10.3% - category 3

The Race: Blel Kadri was the last survivor of a five-man break that went early in the stage. He went clear on the first categorized climb of the day, the Col de la Croix des Monats and stayed away for the stage's remaining twenty kilometers. He not only won the stage, he now owns the polka-dot jersey of the King of the mountains.

Several minutes back Alberto Contador's Tinkoff-Saxo squad went to the front and seriously ramped up the speed. They did succeed in largely isolating race leader Vincenzo Nibali. But when the final climb got steep and Contador threw attack after attack at Nibali, Nibali hung on. That is, until the final meters. Contador was able to finally get clear, but only by four seconds.

The hard day in the rain seriously reordered the general classification. Peter Sagan was shelled early in the climbing, so Michal Kwiatkowski owns the young rider's white jersey outright. Sagan does have a vise-like grip on the points classification, leading Europcar's Bryan Coquard by 111 points.

Richie Porte rode well and is now sitting in third place. Sadly, Andrew Talansky crashed again. The talented rider lost a couple of minutes and is now 16th, more than four minutes behind Nibali.

Complete Results:

Winner's average speed: 42.1 km/hr

1	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3hr 49min 28sec
2	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	@ 2min 17sec
3	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 02' 20''
4	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 02' 24''
5	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 02' 28''
6	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE
7	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 36''
8	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 02' 40''
9	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 48''
10	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 02' 54''
11	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 02' 55''
12	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 03' 01''
13	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 01''
14	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 28''
15	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 03' 33''
16	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 03' 33''
17	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 03' 35''
18	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03' 37''
19	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR
20	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR
21	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 03' 44''
22	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY
23	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 03' 47''
24	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03' 51''
25	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING
26	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 03' 55''
27	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 03' 56''
28	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 04' 02''
29	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM
30	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL
31	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 04' 19''
32	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA
33	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 04' 28''
34	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
35	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04' 37''
36	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 04' 56''
37	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 05' 04''
38	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 05' 10''
39	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 05' 14''
40	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 05' 14''
41	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 05' 26''
42	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 05' 39''
43	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 05' 59''
44	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 06' 49''
45	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR
46	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR
47	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 08' 07''
48	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 10' 34''
49	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP
50	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY
51	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO
52	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE
53	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE
54	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM
55	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM
56	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM
57	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 10' 43''
58	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 10' 54''
59	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 11' 30''
60	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
61	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA
62	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA
63	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
64	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 12' 57''
65	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING
66	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA
67	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 13' 34''
68	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 14' 48''
69	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR
70	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM
71	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 15' 17''
72	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 16' 13''
73	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL
74	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR
75	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 16' 22''
76	Joaquin Rojas Gil José	MOVISTAR TEAM
77	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA
78	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM
79	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO
80	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 17' 06''
81	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 17' 51''
82	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
83	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA
84	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR
85	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
86	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
87	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING
88	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
89	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
90	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE
91	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE
92	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
93	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE
94	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM
95	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
96	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE
97	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
98	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM
99	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE
100	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP
101	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
102	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING
103	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
104	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING
105	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING
106	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA
107	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM
108	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
109	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM
110	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE
111	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
112	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL
113	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
114	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO
115	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR
116	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING
117	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR
118	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
119	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING
120	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO
121	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM
122	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 18' 24''
123	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 19' 18''
124	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 19' 30''
125	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 19' 45''
126	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 19' 48''
127	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR
128	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING
129	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 19' 53''
130	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 19' 53''
131	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 19' 53''
132	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
133	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP
134	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 20' 05''
135	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 20' 32''
136	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 20' 32''
137	Edward King	CANNONDALE
138	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL
139	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL
140	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING
141	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA
142	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
143	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING
144	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA
145	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
146	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
147	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
148	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
149	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
150	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
151	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE
152	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
153	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING
154	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA
155	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE
156	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE
157	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR
158	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM
159	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE
160	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE
161	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE
162	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE
163	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR
164	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA
165	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE
166	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE
167	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP
168	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
169	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR
170	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR
171	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT
172	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY
173	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY
174	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM
175	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM
176	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 20' 47''
177	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO
178	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 20' 53''
179	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO
180	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 21' 08''
181	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 21' 24''
182	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP
183	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 21' 43''
184	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 22' 04''

GC after Stage 8: 1,452 km raced so far at an average speed of 42.942 km/hr

1	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	33hr 48min 52sec
2	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	@ 1min 44sec
3	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	+ 01' 58''
4	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 02' 26''
5	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 02' 27''
6	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 02' 34''
7	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 02' 39''
8	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 02' 52''
9	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 03' 02''
10	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03' 02''
11	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 03' 27''
12	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 03' 32''
13	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 03' 34''
14	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 03' 37''
15	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	+ 03' 54''
16	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 04' 22''
17	Yury Trofimov	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 04' 38''
18	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	+ 05' 09''
19	Laurens Ten Dam	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 05' 44''
20	Tiago Machado	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 06' 07''
21	Christopher Horner	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 06' 12''
22	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 06' 53''
23	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 07' 34''
24	Leopold Konig	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 07' 35''
25	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 08' 11''
26	Tanel Kangert	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 08' 13''
27	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 10' 23''
28	Frank Schleck	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 10' 43''
29	Steven Kruijswijk	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 11' 20''
30	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 11' 35''
31	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 12' 50''
32	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	+ 14' 54''
33	Bram Tankink	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 15' 58''
34	Nicolas Roche	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 16' 49''
35	Peter Velits	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 17' 06''
36	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 17' 22''
37	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 17' 51''
38	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 18' 17''
39	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 18' 27''
40	John Gadret	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 20' 12''
41	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 21' 41''
42	Ben Gastauer	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 21' 41''
43	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 22' 37''
44	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	+ 23' 07''
45	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 23' 19''
46	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 24' 51''
47	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	+ 26' 58''
48	Kristijan Durasek	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 27' 08''
49	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 28' 28''
50	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 28' 39''
51	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 29' 19''
52	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 29' 47''
53	Michal Golas	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 30' 10''
54	Tom Jelte Slagter	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 30' 20''
55	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 30' 35''
56	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 30' 38''
57	Michael Schär	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 33' 16''
58	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 33' 28''
59	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 33' 31''
60	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 33' 35''
61	Gregory Rast	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 33' 51''
62	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 34' 20''
63	Arnold Jeannesson	FDJ.FR	+ 35' 20''
64	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 35' 56''
65	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 36' 24''
66	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	+ 36' 25''
67	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 36' 45''
68	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 37' 04''
69	Marcel Wyss	IAM CYCLING	+ 37' 13''
70	Benat Intxausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 37' 51''
71	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	+ 38' 40''
72	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 38' 47''
73	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 39' 11''
74	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	+ 39' 41''
75	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 39' 43''
76	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	+ 40' 37''
77	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 40' 37''
78	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 40' 47''
79	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 41' 31''
80	Matthieu Ladagnous	FDJ.FR	+ 41' 45''
81	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 41' 54''
82	Amaël Moinard	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 42' 01''
83	José Serpa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 42' 41''
84	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 43' 40''
85	Rafael Valls	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 43' 45''
86	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	+ 44' 01''
87	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 44' 06''
88	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 44' 28''
89	Daniel Navarro Garcia	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 44' 37''
90	Markel Irizar Arranburu	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 44' 46''
91	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 44' 49''
92	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 45' 09''
93	Florian Guillou	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 45' 38''
94	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 45' 39''
95	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 45' 42''
96	Maarten Wynants	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 46' 22''
97	Johan Van Summeren	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 46' 29''
98	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 47' 27''
99	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 47' 32''
100	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	+ 48' 05''
101	Peter Stetina	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 48' 10''
102	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 48' 37''
103	Matteo Montaguti	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 48' 43''
104	Alessandro De Marchi	CANNONDALE	+ 49' 50''
105	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 50' 10''
106	Reto Hollenstein	IAM CYCLING	+ 50' 17''
107	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 50' 27''
108	Julien Simon	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 50' 52''
109	Florian Vachon	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 50' 59''
110	Sébastien Minard	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 51' 02''
111	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 51' 22''
112	Vasili Kiryienka	TEAM SKY	+ 51' 43''
113	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 51' 49''
114	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 51' 54''
115	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 52' 01''
116	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 52' 12''
117	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 52' 19''
118	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 52' 20''
119	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 52' 34''
120	Marcus Burghardt	BMC RACING TEAM	+ 52' 41''
121	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 53' 08''
122	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 53' 43''
123	Yukiya Arashiro	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 53' 44''
124	David Lopez Garcia	TEAM SKY	+ 53' 46''
125	Bernhard Eisel	TEAM SKY	+ 54' 07''
126	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 54' 45''
127	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 55' 24''
128	Marcel Sieberg	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 56' 23''
129	Roy Curvers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 56' 25''
130	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 57' 10''
131	Maxim Iglinskiy	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 57' 40''
132	Andreas Schillinger	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 57' 54''
133	Gatis Smukulis	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 58' 13''
134	Imanol Erviti Ollo	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 58' 33''
135	Simon Spilak	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 58' 48''
136	Vladimir Isaichev	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 59' 08''
137	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 59' 23''
138	Mikael Cherel	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 59' 24''
139	Roger Kluge	IAM CYCLING	+ 59' 37''
140	Luca Paolini	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 59' 53''
141	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 00' 04''
142	Jack Bauer	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 00' 09''
143	Christian Meier	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 00' 36''
144	Ruben Plaza Molina	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 01h 01' 08''
145	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 01' 09''
146	Svein Tuft	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 01h 01' 22''
147	Joaquim Rodriguez	TEAM KATUSHA	+ 01h 01' 37''
148	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	+ 01h 02' 01''
149	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 01h 02' 16''
150	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 02' 45''
151	Matteo Tosatto	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 03' 07''
152	Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 03' 14''
153	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 03' 16''
154	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	+ 01h 04' 34''
155	Danny Pate	TEAM SKY	+ 01h 04' 38''
156	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 04' 48''
157	Alex Howes	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 04' 49''
158	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 04' 51''
159	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 04' 56''
160	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 05' 44''
161	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 05' 56''
162	Janier Acevedo	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 01h 06' 18''
163	Cedric Pineau	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 06' 36''
164	Michael Morkov	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 07' 05''
165	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 07' 56''
166	Marc Marino Jean	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 08' 15''
167	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 01h 08' 17''
168	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 08' 56''
169	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 09' 55''
170	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 10' 06''
171	William Bonnet	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 10' 14''
172	José Pimenta Costa Mendes	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 10' 48''
173	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 11' 41''
174	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 12' 42''
175	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 13' 13''
176	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 13' 22''
177	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 14' 11''
178	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	+ 01h 14' 14''
179	Alessandro Vanotti	ASTANA PRO TEAM	+ 01h 16' 53''
180	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 20' 48''
181	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 21' 00''
182	Christophe Riblon	AG2R LA MONDIALE	+ 01h 24' 32''
183	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 34' 40''
184	Edward King	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 34' 47''

Points Classification:

1	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	267 points
2	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	156
3	Marcel Kittel	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	146
4	Alexander Kristoff	TEAM KATUSHA	117
5	Mark Renshaw	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	101
6	André Greipel	LOTTO-BELISOL	98
7	Vincenzo Nibali	ASTANA PRO TEAM	75
8	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	63
9	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	60
10	Tony Gallopin	LOTTO-BELISOL	56
11	Samuel Dumoulin	AG2R LA MONDIALE	55
12	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	54
13	Daniel Oss	BMC RACING TEAM	54
14	Sep Vanmarcke	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	53
15	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	50
16	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	44
17	Ramunas Navardauskas	GARMIN - SHARP	42
18	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	41
19	Romain Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	38
20	Michael Albasini	ORICA GREENEDGE	37
21	Jakob Fuglsang	ASTANA PRO TEAM	32
22	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	32
23	Lieuwe Westra	ASTANA PRO TEAM	31
24	Fabian Cancellara	TREK FACTORY RACING	31
25	Lars Boom	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	30
26	José Joaquin Rojas	MOVISTAR TEAM	30
27	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	30
28	Heinrich Haussler	IAM CYCLING	28
29	Kévin Reza	TEAM EUROPCAR	28
30	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	28
31	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	27
32	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	26
33	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	26
34	Matthew Busche	TREK FACTORY RACING	26
35	Alexandre Pichot	TEAM EUROPCAR	25
36	Alessandro Petacchi	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	25
37	Martin Elmiger	IAM CYCLING	24
38	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	24
39	Michael Rogers	TINKOFF-SAXO	22
40	Simon Gerrans	ORICA GREENEDGE	22
41	Alejandro Valverde	MOVISTAR TEAM	21
42	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	21
43	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	20
44	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	20
45	Jean-Marc Bideau	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	20
46	Thomas Leezer	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	20
47	Tejay Van Garderen	BMC RACING TEAM	20
48	Marco Marcato	CANNONDALE	20
49	Mathew Hayman	ORICA GREENEDGE	20
50	Richie Porte	TEAM SKY	19
51	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18
52	Cyril Gautier	TEAM EUROPCAR	18
53	Fabio Sabatini	CANNONDALE	18
54	Maciej Bodnar	CANNONDALE	18
55	Tom Veelers	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	18
56	Bauke Mollema	BELKIN PRO CYCLING	17
57	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	17
58	Simon Clarke	ORICA GREENEDGE	17
59	Jan Barta	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
60	Arnaud Gerard	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	17
61	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	17
62	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	17
63	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	LOTTO-BELISOL	15
64	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	15
65	Jens Keukeleire	ORICA GREENEDGE	15
66	Jérôme Pineau	IAM CYCLING	15
67	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
68	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	15
69	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	15
70	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	14
71	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	13
72	Rui Alberto Costa	LAMPRE - MERIDA	12
73	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	11
74	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	11
75	Adam Hansen	LOTTO-BELISOL	10
76	Bartosz Huzarski	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
77	Rein Taaramäe	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	10
78	Zakkari Dempster	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	10
79	Alexander Porsev	TEAM KATUSHA	9
80	Paul Voss	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	8
81	Michele Scarponi	ASTANA PRO TEAM	7
82	Arthur Vichot	FDJ.FR	6
83	Kristijan Koren	CANNONDALE	6
84	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	6
85	Dries Devenyns	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	6
86	Cheng Ji	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	5
87	Geraint Thomas	TEAM SKY	4
88	Mikel Nieve Iturralde	TEAM SKY	4
89	Giovanni Visconti	MOVISTAR TEAM	4
90	Yohann Gene	TEAM EUROPCAR	4
91	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	4
92	Albert Timmer	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	4
93	Jan Bakelants	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	3
94	Jurgen Roelandts	LOTTO-BELISOL	3
95	Koen De Kort	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	3
96	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	3
97	Daniele Bennati	TINKOFF-SAXO	3
98	Haimar Zubeldia Agirre	TREK FACTORY RACING	2
99	Brice Feillu	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	2
100	Dmitriy Gruzdev	ASTANA PRO TEAM	2
101	Sergio Paulinho	TINKOFF-SAXO	2
102	Sebastian Langeveld	GARMIN - SHARP	1
103	Jérémy Roy	FDJ.FR	1
104	Mickaël Delage	FDJ.FR	1

Mountains Classification:

1	Blel Kadri	AG2R LA MONDIALE	17 points
2	Cyril Lemoine	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	6
3	Sylvain Chavanel	IAM CYCLING	6
4	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	5
5	Jens Voigt	TREK FACTORY RACING	4
6	Nicolas Edet	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	4
7	Luis Angel Mate	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	3
8	Thomas Voeckler	TEAM EUROPCAR	3
9	Pierre Rolland	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
10	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	2
11	Perrig Quemeneur	TEAM EUROPCAR	2
12	Niki Terpstra	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	2
13	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	2
14	Greg Van Avermaet	BMC RACING TEAM	1
15	Andriy Grivko	ASTANA PRO TEAM	1
16	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	1
17	Alberto Contador	TINKOFF-SAXO	1
18	Jean-Christophe Péraud	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1
19	Andrew Talansky	GARMIN - SHARP	1
20	Tony Martin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	1
21	Lars Bak	LOTTO-BELISOL	1

Young Rider Classification:

1	Michal Kwiatkowski	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	33hr 51min 18sec
2	Romain Bardet	AG2R LA MONDIALE	@ 13 seconds
3	Thibaut Pinot	FDJ.FR	+ 01' 06''
4	Tom Dumoulin	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 09' 09''
5	Peter Sagan	CANNONDALE	+ 15' 51''
6	Jelte Slagter Tom	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 27' 54''
7	Matteo Trentin	OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP	+ 28' 09''
8	Simon Yates	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 31' 09''
9	Jesus Herrada Lopez	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 36' 21''
10	Jon Izaguirre Insausti	MOVISTAR TEAM	+ 41' 40''
11	Bryan Coquard	TEAM EUROPCAR	+ 42' 02''
12	Rudy Molard	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 42' 43''
13	Nelson Oliveira	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 43' 13''
14	Sébastien Reichenbach	IAM CYCLING	+ 49' 28''
15	Benjamin King	GARMIN - SHARP	+ 49' 35''
16	Anthony Delaplace	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 52' 19''
17	Luke Durbridge	ORICA GREENEDGE	+ 54' 44''
18	John Degenkolb	TEAM GIANT-SHIMANO	+ 01h 02' 25''
19	Benoit Jarrier	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 03' 18''
20	Armindo Fonseca	BRETAGNE-SECHE ENVIRONNEMENT	+ 01h 03' 30''
21	Adrien Petit	COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS	+ 01h 07' 40''
22	Arnaud Demare	FDJ.FR	+ 01h 10' 16''
23	Rafal Majka	TINKOFF-SAXO	+ 01h 10' 47''
24	Davide Cimolai	LAMPRE - MERIDA	+ 01h 10' 56''
25	Elia Viviani	CANNONDALE	+ 01h 18' 22''
26	David De La Cruz	TEAM NETAPP-ENDURA	+ 01h 18' 34''

Team Classification:

1	Astana Pro Team	101hr 30min 53sec
2	Belkin Pro Cycling	@ 5min 23'sec
3	Team Sky	+ 05' 31''
4	Ag2R La Mondiale	+ 10' 55''
5	Omega Pharma-Quick Step	+ 17' 17''
6	Tinkoff-Saxo	+ 20' 04''
7	BMC Racing Team	+ 20' 47''
8	Movistar Team	+ 25' 06''
9	Lampre - Merida	+ 25' 09''
10	Trek Factory Racing	+ 25' 12''
11	Team Europcar	+ 25' 22''
12	Garmin - Sharp	+ 25' 35''
13	Team Netapp-Endura	+ 27' 11''
14	FDJ.Fr	+ 27' 38''
15	Lotto-Belisol	+ 31' 07''
16	Iam Cycling	+ 31' 32''
17	Team Katusha	+ 39' 43''
18	Orica Greenedge	+ 43' 29''
19	Cofidis, Solutions Credits	+ 49' 23''
20	Cannondale	+ 01h 02' 41''
21	Team Giant-Shimano	+ 01h 15' 41''
22	Bretagne - Seche Environnement	+ 01h 17' 31'

Stage 8 photos:

Alberto Contador hammers Vincenzo Nibali to little effect. Richie Porte, in black, trails further back. Photo ©Sirotti

Richie Porte chases. Photo ©Sirotti

Thibaut Pinot. Photo ©Sirotti

Tejay Van Garderen leads Alejandro Valverde. Photo ©Sirotti

Romain Bardet. Photo ©Sirotti

What a rider! If only Sylvain Chavanel could climb. Photo ©Sirotti

Rui Costa. Photo ©Sirotti

Bauke Mollema. Photo ©Sirotti

Nicolas Roche. Photo ©Sirotti

Blel Kadri is this year's first French stage winner. Photo ©Sirotti

Contador finishes the stage. Photo ©Sirotti

Vincenzo Nibali took a hammering from Contador and gave up only four seconds. Photo ©Sirotti

Stage 8 live updates:

Weather at Nancy, France at 2:25 local time: 19C (67F), going to 23C (73F). Wind from the Northwest at 18 km/hr (11mph), just a 20% chance of rain. Cloudy with the sun forecast to pop out from behind the clouds.

Km 35: Of yesterday's 186 finishers, there was one non-starter, IAM cycling's Mathias Frank, who cracked his femur in a crash. That was a particularly hard blow to IAM, as he was their team leader. Andrew Talansky was showing wear and tear from yesterday's crash. When Sylvain Chavanel attacked this morning, Talansky was dropped from the peloton. He has since made it back to the field.

Sylvain Chavanel and Niki Terpstra are currently a minute ahead of the field with Blel Kadri, Adrien Petit and Simon Yates in between, chasing.

Km 41: The chasing trio has caught Terpstra and Chavanel and are 3min 23sec ahead of the field.

With three stiff categorized climbs late in today's stage it's thought Cyril Lemoine will have to give up his KOM leadership.

Km 44: The pack has clearly given tacit permission to the break. The riders 4min 1sec off the front are:  Niki Terpstra (OPQS), Blel Kadri (AG2R), Sylvain Chavanel (IAM), Adrien Petit (Cofidis) and Simon Yates (Orica). None are GC threats. The best-placed is Chavanel, who is 73rd, down 26min 24sec.

Astana leads the peloton and seems uninterested in chasing seriously.

Km 49: Bart de Clercq (Lotto-Belisol) has abandonded, the 14th rider to quit this year. Gap has gone out to 5min 14sec. This is the largest break gap since the start of the 2014 Tour.

Interesting statistic: AFP writer Jean Montois says Peter Sagan is the first rider to have made the top 5 of the first seven stages since Charles Pélissier in 1930. That year Pélissier won eight stages.

Km 54: The riders are flying. The tailwind-aided racers have covered 51.2 km in the first hour. Still, the pack has shown no interest in the break, whose lead is now 6min 19sec.

Km 68: Astana, followed by Sky and then Movistar, still leads the pack, which is 7min 43sec behind the break.

Km 75: Astana has three riders at the front and they are not going to exhaust themselves before the climbs, so they have let the Sylvain Chavanel-led break get 8min 30sec ahead. This escape is made of quality riders, Chavanel has several Tour stage wins and is the current French time trial champion. Terpstra is this year's Paris-Roubaix winner. Blel Kadri is tapped as a potential future Tour de France winner. They may go the distance. If they do, Kadri is probably the best climber a possible stage winner.

Km 84: The escapees have 10min 6sec, with 76 km left to race. The stage is 1 hour 56 minutes old and the average speed so far has been 43.7 km/hr. With today's climbing not starting until the final 20 or so kilometers, the break has a good chance of surviving until the end.

Km 92: The peloton has passed through the feed station. Katusha has put a few riders at the front. Is Joaquin Rodriguez finally feeling good? The break has 10min 40sec. It looks like the wind is coming up. Its 20 km/hr, coming from their right.

Km 98, 63 km to go: The break has 10min 43sec. Break member Adrien Petit is starting to look grim-faced and a bit fried from working in the break for a couple of hours.

Km 106: Cannondale has gone to the front. The intermediate sprint is coming up and Peter Sagan wants to put a few more points in the Green Jersey bank. In the past 10 minutes Astana has done 70% of the pacemaking, FDJ 9% and Sky has done 8% of the work. The road is starting to get lumpy.

Km110: Bryan Coquard takes the field sprint for the intermediate sprint, then Marcel Kittel and Peter Sagan.

Km 118: It's raining. I wrote earlier that breakaway rider Adrien Petit was looking like he was having touble riding with the flying Terpstra and Chavanel. Petit's director Jean-Luc Jonrond explained: “He [Petit] crashed two days ago and his knee is in pain. He absolutely wanted to catch this breakaway. He gave his best but he probably hurt his knee again by riding so hard in the first hour. I'm afraid he's paying for it now…”

Km 126: The roads of the final 20 km in the Vosges are narrow and it looks like there is some scrambling for position. The pack's speed is going up and the gap has just come down to 8min 44sec. The peloton is lined out. Some riders are shedding their rain capes.

Km 134: Close to the foot of the first climb, the Col de la Croix des Monats, NetApp-Endura is at the front and driving the pack hard, surely for Leopold Konig. Riders in the peloton are being dropped and the gap has fallen to under seven minutes. In the break, Terpstra has done 23% of the work, chavanel 22% and Petit 19%.

Km 137: Here we go, we're on the first real ascent of this year's Tour. Sylvain Chavanel goes clear and Blel Kadri scrambles up to him. Chavanel's attack was a serious move, he went really hard. Kadri had to dig hard, and makes contact with Chavanel.

Tinkoff-Saxo leads the peloton. The break's gap is down to 5min 22sec. The pack is getting shredded with the high speed on the first climb.

Km 138, 22 to go: Tinkoff-Saxo's efforts have dropped Sagan, Joaquin Rodriguez and KOM Cyril Lemoine. Kadri has dropped Chavanel and is alone, off the front. Simon Yates is chasing Kadri. Kadri represents no GC threat, he's 49min 47sec down, in 159th place. But he was just 1 point behind Cyril Lemoine in the mountains classification. So he's probably headed to a polka-dot jersey at the end of the day.

Km 145: Kadri goes over the Col de la Croix des Monats alone, almost a minute ahead of Chavanel. Tinkoff-Saxo continues to hammer at the front. Don't see Astana riders except Nibali. Have they prematurely tired themselves defending Nibali's lead? Talansky and Porte are up at the front. The pack is 4min 27sec behind Kadri.

Km 148: Now we are on the Col de Grosse Pierre, which has a patch of 16% gradient. Kadri is 58 seconds ahead of Chavanel. Tinkoff-Saxo is banging away, surely preparing things for a Contador attack on the final climb. Nibali remains near the front as is Rui Costa. Michal Kwiatkowski had been dropped, but Tony Martin is pulling him back up to the field.

Km 150: Kadri is riding through a narrow defile of fans. Chris Horner has been dropped. Kadri goes over the Col de Grosse Pierre alone, 3min 55sec ahead of the Michael Rogers-led peloton. Chavanel is now nearly 2 minutes behind Kadri. Tony Gallopin has been dropped. The GC is being re-ordered.

Pierre Rolland looks to be in trouble. Fuglsang has been shelled.

Km 154: Now comes the final ascent, the third-category climb to Gérardmer La Mauselaine. Kadri is taking chances on the slippery, wet roads. The fog is thick, the roads wet. Michael Rogers is descending faster than his team can and he has to slow a bit. Tanel Kangert ran into a spectator's table as he overcooks a corner. Kangert is fine and back chasing.

2 km to go: Kadri is riding to a stage victory. He's on the climb, 3min 29sec ahead of the peloton. Michael Rogers is still leading the peloton, which has not yet reached the final climb.

Aww! Talansky has crashed, so has Geraint Thomas.

The finish: Kadri shook hands with his director a km before he reached the finish. The final 500 meters took forever, but the Frenchman wins the stage under pouring rain and takes the polka-dot jersey.

In the peloton, Nicolas Roche takes over, digging deep. Tejay van Garderen is up at the front as is Nibali.

Under the red kite, Contador attacks and Nibali marks him. Porte is bridging but can't close the gap.

Contador goes hard on the steep part of the climb and cannot drop Nibali.

Contador finally gets a small gap over Nibali and crosses the line second. Porte is just behind Nibali.

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