Summary
Stage eight: Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises, 183.4km
The rolling terrain could favour the breakaway or a sprint finish
Tadej Pogacar wears the leader's yellow jersey
Live Reporting
Postpublished at 16:59 6 July
16:59 6 July
You can follow stage nine of the Tour de France, a 199km loop around Troyes, and loads of gravel sections here at around 12:00 BST on Sunday.
Norwegian cyclist Andre Drege dies in crash at Tour of Austriapublished at 16:54 6 July
16:54 6 July
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Now for some very sombre news.
Norwegian cyclist Andre Drege has died after crashing during the Tour of Austria, the International Cycling Union (UCI) has confirmed.
The 25-year-old Coop-Repsol rider crashed during a mountain descent on stage four after losing control.
In a statement the UCI said it was "devastated" by the news.
Several teams have posted tributes and their condolences on social media since news of the accident was released.
General classification after stage eightpublished at 16:49 6 July
16:49 6 July
Zero changes to the top 10 in the race for the yellow jersey:
1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) 31hrs 21mins 13secs
2. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step) +33secs
3. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +1min 15secs
4. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +1mins 36secs
5. Juan Ayuso (Spa/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 16secs
6. Joao Almeida (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +2mins 17secs
7. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +2mins 31secs
8. Mikel Landa (Spa/Soudal-Quick Step) +3mins 35secs
9. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma-Lease a Bike) 4mins 03secs
10. Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus/Red Bull Bora-Hansgrohe) +4mins 46secs
'I did my best sprint again'published at 16:43 6 July
16:43 6 July
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Biniam Girmay is now on 216 points in the green jersey competition, 88 points clear of Jasper Philipsen. Here is what the Eritrean rider has had to say about his second victory at this year's Tour: "It is unbelievable to win two times. I just want to say thanks God for everything. This victory I need to give to my mother and my father, they gave me all the support to become a professional cyclist.
"I prefer this kind of sprint. This finish with my weight is super nice. My team put me in the perfect wheel. I did not feel super good in the beginning with the weather but I did my best sprint again."
Stage eight resultspublished at 16:39 6 July
16:39 6 July
1. Biniam Girmay (Eri/Intermarche-Wanty) 4hrs 04mins 50secs
2. Jasper Philipsen (Bel/Alpecin-Deceuninck) Same time
3. Arnaud de Lie (Bel/Lotto-dstny) "
4. Pascal Ackermann (Ger/Israel Premier Tech) "
5. Marijn Van Den Berg (Ned/EF Education-EasyPost) "
6. Ryan Gibbons (SA/Lidl-Trek) "
7. Anthony Turgis (Fra/TotalEnergies) "
8. Fred Wright (GB/Bahrain-Victorious)
9. Alex Aranburu (Spa/Movistar) "
10. Remco Evenepoel (Bel/Soudal-Quick Step "
Girmay wins stage eightpublished at 16:31 6 July
16:31 6 July
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Biniam Girmay comes through to win a second stage at this year's Tour de France.
He has edged out Jasper Philipsen.
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Mark Cavendish is well back and won't be contesting this...
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Bryan Coquard is going for this...has he gone too early?
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There's a horrible ramp to get up here...
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Mark Cavendish is positioned behind Dylan Groenewegen.
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This is getting tense.
A couple of Alpecin-Deceuninck riders end up riding on the grass as the GC teams start to pull back.
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Arnuad de Lie and Alexander Kristoff are well placed near the front of the bunch.
Jasper Philipsen looks to be a fair way back at present.
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Fabio Jakobsen, looks to have been dropped and will not be contesting the sprint.
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Wout van Aert is sat on the front working for his Visma-Lease a Bike teammates. The Belgian all-rounder would normally be a prime candidate to get involved in a sprint finish.
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Mark Cavenidsh is well placed about four of five rows back and has his lead-out man Michael Morkov for company.
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The pace just dips in the main bunch again before a likely furious finale as Jonas Abrahamsen is swallowed into the peloton.
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The peloton take a first look at Jonas Abrahamsen for quite some time. He has done 165km off the front with an average speed of 45 km/h on a far from easy day.
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The peloton are just waiting to pick Jonas Abrahamsen off. He is 30 seconds off up the road, the sort gap time that can be shredded in no time.
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Jonas Abrahamsen's advantage is down to 42 seconds. It's been a brave ride and he has deservedly been given the daily combativity award.
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Mark Cavendish is tucked safely inside the reduced main bunch.