Mads Pedersen claimed a second profession stage win at the Tour de France on Saturday with an enormous burst of energy to win a decreased dash.
Jonas Vingegaard saved the yellow jersey after the 201-kilometer eighth stage from Libourne to Limoges in central France.
Pedersen proved the strongest in the lengthy last stretch of highway resulting in the end line and the Danish rider held off a late problem from Jasper Philipsen, who had gained all three earlier sprints this 12 months.
“My boys gave me a perfect leadout,” mentioned Pedersen. “The final stretch was very painful. I still had the legs to finish it off.”
Wout Van Aert accomplished the stage podium in third.
The stage was marred by a number of crashes, together with the one which dominated Cavendish out of the race. The ace sprinter hit the floor with 64 kilometers left whereas driving at the again of the peloton.
Vingegaard spent the day properly protected by his Jumbo-Visma teammates and saved his 25-second lead over two-time champion Tadej Pogacar in the normal classification. Jai Hindley remained in third place, 1 minute 34 seconds off the tempo.
The pulsating duel between Pogacar and Vingegaard is predicted to renew throughout Sunday’s ninth stage, which finishes with a spectacular climb to Puy-de-Dome, a famed volcanic crater in the Massif Central area of south-central France which final hosted a stage 35 years in the past.
The mountain is a component of the Tour lore and all biking followers cherish the memorable duel to the summit between French rivals Jacques Anquetil and Raymond Poulidor again in 1964. Anquetil went on that 12 months to turn out to be the first five-time Tour winner.
⏪ A really quick end in Limoges crowning a really quick Dane. Relive the last kilometer of Stage 8 of the #TDF2023
⏪Une arrivée extremely rapide à Limoges pour couronner un Danois extremely rapide. Revivez le dernier kilomètre de la 8e étape du #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/dUvWivK4d5
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 8, 2023
