Some contenders exposed, others implode on Tour's first mountain test


  • Cycling
  • Sunday, 06 Sep 2020

Cycling - Tour de France - Stage 8 - Cazeres-sur-Garonne to Loudenvielle - France - September 5, 2020. AG2r La Mondiale rider Nans Peters of France wins the stage. Pool via REUTERS/Stuart Franklin

LOUDENVIELLE, France (Reuters) - Some contenders were exposed while others imploded in the first mountain test of the Tour de France as Briton Adam Yates hung on to the overall leader's yellow jersey on Saturday.

Stage eight winner Nans Peters had long crossed the line when fellow Frenchman Thibaut Pinot's ordeal ended after the Groupama-FDJ rider, highly fancied to become the first local winner of the race in 35 years, had been dropped in the second ascent of the 141-km trek through the Pyrenees.

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