Tour de France 2023: Mads Pedersen wins Stage 8 as Wout van Aert denied, Mark Cavendish crashes out
Pedersen held off Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck) in a chaotic finish as Jumbo-Visma’s hard work to tee up Wout van Aert came to nothing.
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A lively finale began with Jumbo-Visma setting a lightning tempo on the day’s final categorised climb with 10km to go, ending any hope the day’s final escapee, Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies), had of an unlikely victory.
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But despite the selfless work of Christophe Laporte and Co. for Van Aert, it was Pedersen and Philipsen who came to the fore in the sprint as the Dane held on for the win.
Van Aert came through late for third.
More to follow.
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