Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay has won a second stage at the Tour de France when he edged a sprint. Two-time Tour champion Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey on Saturday. Girmay, who became the first Black rider to win a Tour stage earlier this week, timed his effort perfectly at the end of the lon stretch of road leading to the finish of Stage 8.
Eritrea ’s Biniam Girmay crosses the finish line to win the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 183.4 kilometers with start in Semur-en-Auxois and finish in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France, Saturday, July 6, 2024. Norway’s Jonas Abrahamsen, wearing the best climber’s dotted jersey, rides breakaway during the eighth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 183.4 kilometers with start in Semur-en-Auxois and finish in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, France, Saturday, July 6, 2024.
The stage finished in Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, the home and final resting place of the late Charles de Gaulle. The former French President launched the French Resistance from a base in London and along with the Allies liberated France from the Nazis in 1944. The stage started with a high-octane pace as three riders — Neilson Powless, Stefan Bissegger, Jonas Abrahamsen — immediately jumped out of the peloton to open a 30-second gap at the front.Dutch sprinter Groenewegen wins Tour de France Stage 6 in a photo finishDespite having two men in the breakaway, EF Education-EasyPost riders later attacked from the main pack on hilly, wet roads and a group including Mark Cavendish got dropped.
Helped by his teammates, Cavendish later merged with the yellow jersey group while Bissegger and Powless sat up. Meanwhile, Abrahamsen kept pushing hard on the pedals to increase his lead.
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