2011 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11#Stage 8
( 41.0 km / h )
Tejay van Garderen (THR )
The 8th stage of the Tour de France 2011 on July 9, led about 189 km from Aigurande to Super Besse -Sancy. On the stage there was a sprint, also a mountain stage of the second category and the third category, as well as two of the fourth category. There were still 189 of the 198 registered riders at the start.
Race course
A few kilometers after the start sat from Christophe Riblon, the eight other riders followed, with the race pace was high, and the BMC Racing Team took over the chase. The point of the first mountain stage won Julien El Farès while Riblon secured the 20 points at the intermediate sprint. At this time, the projection of outliers was over six minutes and then decreased again. Philippe Gilbert went first of the peloton on the sprint classification after Mark Cavendish had canceled the Sprint. In the further course, other teams intervened in the leadership of the field. Meanwhile, Alexander Kolobnew won the second climb of the day.
On the ascent to the third mountain stage Tejay van Garderen attacked, the Cyril Gautier and Rui Costa followed. Also from the main field out there now attacks. It was formed from a group Amets Txurruka, Paolo Tiralongo and Pierre Rolland, where Johnny Hoogerland and Juan Antonio Flecha followed. Shortly afterwards went to Alexander Vinokourov, who unlocked the group around Tiralongo that overtook Xabier Zandio from the former leaders. Meanwhile, van Garderen won before Costa Climber classification. After the summit Riblon and van Garderen attacked the lead group to the still Gautier and Costa included, but without success. Vinokourov fought his way further forward, where he caught Riblon, Gautier and van Garderen. Costa remained meanwhile at the top and won the stage victory.
Behind Costa also Vinokourov fell back again, attack as in the main group Alberto Contador, followed by Cadel Evans. Ultimately, however, sat down by Philippe Gilbert, who regained the green jersey with the second place. Thor Hushovd, who had come to the finish with the group, retained the yellow jersey.
Climbs
- Côte d' Évaux -les- Bains, Category 4 ( 65.5 km; 445 m, 1.7 km at 6.2%)
- Côte du Rocher des Trois Tourtes, Category 4 ( km 119.5, 766 m, 1.3 km at 4.6%)
- Col de la Croix Saint -Robert, Category 2 ( 164 km, 1451 m, 6.2 km at 6.2 %)
- Super Besse -Sancy, Category 3 ( 189 km, 1275 m, 1.5 km at 7.6%)
Scoring
- Intermediate sprint in Auzances (kilometer 83, 573 m)
- Goal in Super Besse -Sancy ( 189 km; 1275 m)
Tasks
- 86 - Beñat Intxausti ( Movistar Team): task during the stage