Tour de France 2016 – Stage 8 Highlight
198 riders started stage 8 in Pau.
Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ) tried to go away before passing by his house after 15km of racing but the pace of race was too high.
51km were covered in the first hour of racing. Many skirmishes took place but no breakaway took shape before Mikaël Chérel (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Dani Navarro (Cofidis) rode away at km 59.
Thirteen riders gathered at the front before the intermediate sprint won at km 67 by Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange) at the bottom of the Tourmalet: Wout Poels (Sky), Jesus Herrada (Movistar), Luis Leon Sanchez (Astana), Jasper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo), Stef Clement (IAM), Dylan van Baarle (Cannondale-Drapac), Tom Dumoulin (Giant), Paul Voss (Bora), Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha), Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Navarro, Chérel and Matthews.
