Stage 8

The road

At the start

A lumpy day to Colombey

Remco Evenepoel beat the yellow jersey by twelve seconds against the clock and is now 33 seconds down, with Jonas Vingegaard at 1:15 and Primož Roglič at 1:36. Today has five categorised climbs in its first two thirds and none in the last, 2,400 metres of climbing, and a finishing straight that rises. Rain is forecast, crosswinds are possible, and Pogačar has already called the day boring and stressful.

How it was won

1. 15 km to go

   Abrahamsen's lone break falls

   The tireless polka-dot jersey Jonas Abrahamsen spends the day alone off the front but is finally swept up with 5km to go on the lumpy run to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.

2. 2At the line

   Girmay wins again

   On the slightly uphill drag Girmay surges back past Philipsen and Coquard for a second sprint win, tightening his grip on the green jersey.

The result