Uphill Finish Sees Strong Sprinters Battle It Out! | Tour De France 2023 Highlights - Stage 8

Highlights from stage 8 of the Tour de France 2023. Starting in Libourne and finishing in Limoges, this is a stage of two parts. The first 125km of this 200.7km route are mostly flat, before taking on more rolling terrain. There are two categorised climbs in the last 15km, followed by a short kick up to the line.
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[@tsaoh5572]

Can we just appreciate for how long Pedersen kept that sprint up? This was one of the most impressive wins in this tour so far. He sprinted for nearly the entire time both van der poel and phillipsen sprinted, and he stayed in front of both! Very impressive

[@ryanholley136]

And he didn't almost kill somebody

[@biniamdebesay6594]

The best sprint in the tour so far, mads was superb

[@leonardo3399]

@@ryanholley136the real highlight of the stage😂

[@daryl4841]

It was an amazing long sprint victory. Everyone is talking about Cav, which is indeed a sad story, but Mads is the star here. I was gritting my teeth in dread when Jasper was starting to catch up, but then Mads just kept going strong without giving anymore ground. So glad that Pedersen won instead of Jasper again.

[@suminshizzles6951]

I was thinkng the same thing. That sprint went on forever. I saw him in perrson win in Harrowgate in 2019 for the worlds. Hard boy he was back then and is even harder of a man now. I mean hard as in tough.

[@tasty_fish]

Been watching the Tour since 1986. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I’d ever see a prolific British stage winner in my lifetime, let alone one who would equal the number of stage victories. Thanks for the memories Cav, it’s been an absolute pleasure and privilege to watch you race, sir #EndOfAnEra 🇮🇲🇬🇧💪

[@tsaoh5572]

is he from the Isle of Man??

[@AndrewCoakley]

@@tsaoh5572 Yes he is 😎

[@tasty_fish]

@@tsaoh5572 born on the Isle of Man, represented Great Britain.

[@seanmccuen6970]

here, here.

[@markhill9275]

​@@tsaoh5572isn't that a British territory?

[@orangeorphan]

Nice clean sprint. Mads looked like he was pushing a lot of watts for a long time!

[@Lynge1974]

Danish TV Said 1400w/20sek😮😮😮

[@marksimpson3035]

Cav is a living legend , the memories will always put a smile in my heart ❤ Amen 🙏

[@hullierter]

Get well soon Mark Cavendish and thanks a lot for all that fun you brought to us in your amazing cycling career.

[@lloydhlavac6807]

Man, what a terrible way for Cav to go out of his final Tour. And Pedersen's sprint win was one of the most impressive I've seen in a long time. Pure power.

[@tonyg3091]

All the sprinters at the finish be like: What is Pogacar doing here?😂

[@NosyNorseman]

Sad that Skelmose earlier had back injury and dropped of top ten, but good for Petersen who got a great lead-out from him 😊

[@jokubas5805]

Such a sad way for cav to finnish his last tdf

[@bobjohnson7207]

Swan Songs are often Sad.

[@michaelpolkey5996]

😢

[@DavidFritzIII]

If only philipsen had not cheated yesterday, at least he would be retiring with the 35 win record

[@raulperezfuentes7263]

I love happy endings ❤

[@davidharden8469]

Now he has to come back next year.

[@JohnJohansen2]

As a Dane I'm of course happy and proud that Mads P. took his second TdF stage winning. However I so wish that WvA will have on too. What an effort he's made this year. 👏

[@mmmbetter55]

Cheers to Cav for giving it his last go. It's a sad way to depart but he is still the best sprinter of all time.

[@briseboy]

Adept often without leadouts, he has been at TDF half a lifetime, while near peers blossomed and left. Still love Cav in the track disciplines, games that only some others ( coupl Italians come to mind) were willing to mix. Sure many other near-peers were just bigger, hampering TdF or other long stage race appearances, but genes. All the peanut gallery forgets the combination of muscle type, body type, neural reflex, skilled decision management - " when shall i go in this unique situation?" and a few other mental capacities and ability to learn from experience, play a part that few commenters will ever understand. Just watching him a learning experience - and that opportunity is passed up by most commenters. Injury gets us all, repeatedly, but 14 tdfs. There was a great Portuguese guy who was still doing important work for teams at age 44, only cut off by death itself.

[@markhill9275]

No he isn't the best sprinter of all time,that is out and out wrong! What Classics has he won? How many world sprint titles has he won? How many sixes has he won? No, sorry, that title sits firmly on the shoulders of the Flemish Arrow, Patrick Sercu. As far as sprinting in the Tour, which is only one part of the cycling calendar yes, he is the best. But to say the greatest sprinter ever, that is a very uninformed amateurish comment.Also, he shares the number of stage wins with a Superman who won his alone at the top of mountains, in the TT, dropping the field on the flat, dropping everyone downhill, and outsprinting the best sprinters in the world including Sercu. So although Mark's feat is enormous, it pales into insignificance against the co holder of the record.

[@markhill9275]

​@briseboy Poulidor was still competitive in le Tour at around 44. At around 40 years old he was the only one able to stay with Merckx in the world title at Montreal. Remember how good Pou Pou was tomorrow on the Puy!

[@lukehudson9369]

​@@markhill9275 Cav won Milan San Remo, Kurne-Brussels-Kurne, Milan-Torinp and Schlderp (3 times,) so he actually has a better Classics pedigree than Sercu. The world sprint title is referring to track cycling, and i think we are reasonably referring to road cycling in this context. Six day racing is a now very obscure arm of cycling, most of the events Sercu won don't even exist so you can hardly expect Cavendish to compete in that area. Your comment about the fact that Merckx who he shares the record with was more versatile is true, but irrelevant to the question of who is the best sprinter. Cavendish also won 20 stages and the points jersey in both the Giro and the Vuelta, so it is not just the Tour where he excelled. So i think the suggestion that a)Cav is the best ever sprinter is an amateurish view and b) that Sercu is clearly better, are highly contentious at best.

[@bryankeenan6690]

Best sprinter of the last 20 years at least. Sad to see him leaving in a car rather than a blaze of glory in Paris

[@jonathonjubb6626]

Nice to see Philipsen riding in a straight line for a change...

[@senseofawemusic]

Cool lil drum and bass tune at the beginning 😄

[@stalkek]

A real shame for Cavendish. In a way fitting that no one would have more stages than Merckx, but Cav certainly deserved his chance to get that record.

[@gustaaf1892]

I agree. For me Merckx is the greatest of all time, so I'm happy for him to see him remain as the equal record holder, particularly as he gifted a few stage wins to French riders that he could have beaten in his sleep in a final sprint to keep the Tour organisers happy, no doubt in exchange for some additional payments.

[@SrBlackJack]

Phillipsen just became the most hated Tour de France athlete for unfairly stopping Cavendish’s victory now that Cav is out forever

[@raahauge]

I think that's a very British way of looking at it. I think most (other) people are more concerned with how Philipsen put other people in danger in resent sprints.

[@user-qq2fn9zj3n]

На этой гонке должно быть правило для всех гонщиков:при падении врач определяет ,что если гонщик в шоке ,то не снимает с гонки , а транспортирует его до восстановления нормального состояния и разрешает продолжать гонку до конца этапа.Или врач доставляет гонщика до конца этапа ,которому засчитывается время предыдущего этапа гонки. В любой гонке есть неопытные гонщики,которые спровоцировали завал или Марка Кавендиша завалили преднамеренно. Гонщик должен быть защищён от случайностей и продолжить гонку не смотря транспортировку из за падения на текущем этапе.Судьи гонки должны решить какое время надо определить пострадавшему гонщику и разрешить продолжать текущий этап гонки или гонку продолжить гонку со следующего этапа.Мечта гонщика участие в ТДФР не должна разрушаться не тяжёлым падением. 09.07.2023 г. Ч.Н. А для врачей гонки-есть портативный рентгеновский аппарат для экстренной диагностики повреждений упавшего гонщика.

[@timbazchivakanenyama5380]

Watching from Zimbabwe Gokwe Nembudziya ❤️🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼👍

[@smith3356]

I was there in 1982 building a health clinic, Mushumbi Pools. Don't know if the spelling is right.

[@dellis2125]

I really wanted WV Art to get this stage. Love the guy.

[@nipplegripple8581]

Yay...Jasper held a straight line!

[@MArk-yn4sp]

Great video!

[@bikeNando]

Essa disputa de hj foi emocionante!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@orlyozzie]

been watching GCN R ever since "superb" channel... awesome highlights kudos to the crews of GCN R 🤗🤗🤗

[@danielt2738]

Merci à vous.

[@GekkoG4ming]

Sad way to see such a legend leave.

[@pauline6717]

Cav, you are still a legend, no matter what happened this tdf. I'm sorry how it ended. You would have the deserved another stage win. ❤

[@gringo19860]

Keep him humble😂 He's got his health & happy family, and Cav can enjoy a very comfortable retirement now.

[@Toasftw]

Kudos to the caster who has learned to pronounce "Vingegaard" 👏

[@jatojo]

He is good at pronouncing all significant riders’ names. So cool.

[@hansdegroot8549]

Now it's a double pity that Cav didn't win the stage yesterday.

[@Jaxck77]

He did win, if the organizers followed their own fucking rules about holding lines during sprints

[@dclark142002]

​@@Jaxck77, indeed.

[@bikeskimawk670]

Cav, A champion’s champion! 🚴‍♂️🏆

[@Vitotjah]

Really really sad ending for Cavs 😢 Yesterday should be his all time record but it’s such a destiny. Happy retirement legend

[@markhill9275]

Why should it be his?

[@alinapopescu872]

Just 8 stages? It feels more like 18.

[@craigevans8912]

Gutted for Cav, if he had a team behind him he would’ve already got the elusive stage win. Not the way to go out but what a career the man has had 👏👏👏

[@wsbygt]

Cavendish... so close and now this.

[@Klont123]

Van der Poel is the best sprint puller ever 😂 he’s just there in the right position every single time.

[@lassemelson5668]

sorry no thats mørkøv

[@Klont123]

@@lassemelson5668 maybe ever was a stretch either way. But is Mørkøv the best puller this tour as well? (I don’t follow cycling very intensely)

[@lassemelson5668]

@@Klont123 yes it was the ever i was after, mørkøv is not pulling much this tour since his sprinter took a spill early. He is getting old now too :P

[@Acyclingfan]

Thanks for the memories (good and bad) Cav. The cycling world will miss you. Is he still going to race until the end of the season if his elbow (I think that is what it is) heals?

[@shatillashamsuddin5466]

Hebat👍

[@tjtennisicmroll2k]

clearly this stage was unfair, Phlipsen would have won if he had just been able to cut across the road to crash everyone else

[@reighmund284]

Mads launched his sprint along the barrier then deviated 10 feet to the middle! He forces JP to go the long way to get around. A true master class by Mads, subtle and smart. If it was the other way around everyone would scream that JP should be DQ'D for deviating after launch. Happens all the time but people only care when their guy loses.

[@AndraeBird007]

😂😅

[@tonyg3091]

😂😂😂😂 In all honesty bumping into Grimay is one thing and bumping into Mads Pedersen-entirely different affair, there is no knowing who is going down.

[@lukehudson9369]

@@reighmund284 No way, yes a very gentle drift over to the right, but he really doesn't move that far

[@Veloasia]

booo

[@badsamaritansofficial6704]

There seems to be a small break of altleast a second between the group where Vingegaard and Pogacar finished, should they not take the time?

[@LeifLvendahlCarlsen]

Well correct pronunciation of Jonas Vingegaard 👏🇩🇰

[@Moos1005]

By an unfortunate series of events Jasper Phillipsen got a lot of people to dislike him for the rest of his career this last week

[@someinconsequentialusernam7799]

I’m surprised Phillipson didn’t ride anyone into the barrier today.

[@fetizsrami]

Why is Pogacar aiming for sprint in this stage 😅 just makes me laugh he should be conserving energy as much as possible for the stage mountain tomorrow. Jonas will try to drop him for sure tomorrow.

[@christinabutterworth2546]

Gutted for Cav, but will forever be a legend and the best sprinter that graced the TDF

[@HoreCycling-ob5lu]

Jozzz Salam sehat Yaa sayyidii yaa rosulalloh

[@obiseankenobi2056]

well now I can stop waiting for Cav to win and just go ride my bike .let me know how the tour ends ;)

[@densyoh]

the last stage Mads was boxed up at the last few meters he was at MVdP tail that time he had to stop pedalling…he could have given Philippsen a run for the sprint finish if not

[@BroccLeeAV]

Spinners are winners 🚵

[@silencedogood159]

POWLESS!! Another polka dot!! USA!

[@davidharden8469]

Devastating news for Cavendish. I really wanted him to break the record. Now he has to come back next year.

[@dunigan3320]

Damm Wout got box and still pretty much catched up

[@daleanthony4343]

Damm Cavendish steupsss shudnt have gone out sooo oh my wrd bro

[@SwoleakhulTheBlind]

No Cavendish 😭 he deserved another stage win. Sad to see him exit like that.

[@stephenholt4670]

2:06 - his "final" tour de France? That didn't age well 😀

[@reighmund284]

You notice that the top three riders had several team mates leading them out! It's that important! All the guys freelancing keep getting shuffled back because you don't know if the wheel you grabbed is going to drive forward or ease back. These three had the luxury of knowing that the guy in front was talking them to a predetermined launch spot. All three teams deserve a big thumbs up for taking the bull by the horns.

[@briseboy]

A "luxury" KNOWNwell for far over 100+ years.

[@markhill9275]

Ahhh, Sagan used to freelance all the time, and won plenty of stages that way

[@supermitendo9654]

Welcome to cycling mate

[@jatojo]

Or you pick the wheel of one of the top favourites.

[@delcruz7328]

Jasper no cut no win haha

[@terminator2513]

Pedersen💪❤🙏

[@teffisk]

2:39

[@daniels.2720]

WvA for the Hard Charge to grab 3rd > geezus...

[@BreakawayB]

🙏Somebody please sign Cavendish for a 2024 TdF.

[@raulperezfuentes7263]

Lmao 😂😂😂

[@nathanielrubin3392]

JP: Pedersen should be thankful to me because I did not push him into the barriers.

[@JFomo]

Who won the first sprint? Just tell me the name of the bike. I don't know who these riders are.

[@tudor3906]

nooo Cave

[@garymartin557]

Cav, your a legend

[@teweraijanda2994]

Someone cannot win fair.

[@altruistx]

Injuries daily but UCI doesn’t bat an eye

[@leopreldakaj5313]

Such a shame for Cavendish, hopefully Sagan doesn't have such fate

[@oiuhwoechwe]

where is sagan??????????????????

[@red-one5923]

Laporte WTF are you doing!?

[@aneczka2114]

Lol philipsen couldnt win without a perfect lead out or driving his competitors to the wall

[@richardcarr6493]

SHITTY DEAL CAV GOT TAKEN OUT but l m glad Pederson won over Phillipson !!

[@cliffkennell3854]

Just a reminder, you Can't watch it on GCN+ in Canada and the USA.

[@briseboy]

Buy vpn.

[@tungstenkid2271]

Cav could always delay his retirement, he's still got at least a couple more TdF's in his legs.

[@Grovreicraynth]

MVDP making some monster lead outs this year. Great team player. Sad to see Cav leave the race this way. Wanna see that 35th but if it's not meant to be, finishing at the Champs Elysées would've been a great end to a great career.

[@graywelz8637]

Cavendish may pull a Tom Brady and return for #111 edition for #35

[@markhill9275]

Who the f is Tom Brady?

[@graywelz8637]

@@markhill9275 American GOAT NFL Quarterback. Came out of retirement twice. Plus he got caught up in the FTX scandal. Mark may return for one more season just to win one more stage 🤣

[@raulperezfuentes7263]

Lmao 😂😂😂

[@lamf4846]

Cavendish ends his love affair with Le Grand Boucle level with Merckx for stage wins. Chapeau Mark 'Manx Missile' Cavendish and thank you.

[@pdoot]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@JamesSmith-qs4hx]

The TDF is very white... ❤

[@Drakesy]

Phillipsen is going to kill someone the way he sprints

[@elbastarde1915]

First!

[@basquat76]

You know my main memory of Cav is the Olympics where he damn near killed a person and somehow because he is superstar Cavendish was allowed to continue and win gold. I find it very fitting this is how he ended his career.

[@doommonger7784]

You sick twisted individual, mind you don't slip on that bile you left on the floor.

[@lukehudson9369]

I think you need to check that, as pretty sure Cav doesn't have an Olympic gold medal.

[@lukehudson9369]

Yeah i checked it was the silver in the omnium where he caused the crash.

[@basquat76]

@@lukehudson9369 Hmm i remember it as gold, but that doesn't really change anything. Anyone else would have been dq for what he did.

[@lukehudson9369]

Sure it's not relevant, but just as a point of fact.

[@CarolinaDreamerAutomotive]

Heart broken for CAV

[@eitandurby479]

How did vingergard not loose time to pogajar. Pogajod beat him by 4 seconds but it says the time was the same

[@twiggggs]

I didn’t watch the full thing but it’s probably due to the time gap rule they have.

[@shanekristiansen8326]

When you finish in a group/peloton you are all noted for the same time.

[@jonathan.robbins]

There needs to be a three second gap between consecutive riders for them to declare a new group. If the gaps are less than that it is a single group and they all get the same time. Rules are different on mountain finishes.

[@mondociaociao]

Jonas and Tadej finished in the same group, then they have the same time. Pogacar wanted to be in the podium but he said that his legs are still not in "sprinter shape" as before . I think it was silly spent all that energy, but Tadej is so much impulsive 🙄🤔.

[@briseboy]

Have you never been in or know bunch finish rules?

[@seanmccuen6970]

Adios, Cavendish. Sucks he didn't break that record, imho, he deserved it.

[@suminshizzles6951]

Mark may disagree with me but i think he should have been given yesterdays stage. That sprint was a joke and jasper should have been relegated. You do nt win by blocking and cuttign people up. In my eyes mark already has the record and i dont care what hostory says. In a lot of cases history is written by those who have hanged hero's

[@jaspereerdekens3102]

Wva teammates haven't really been of any use. Poor leadout by Laporte

[@pepeprism6426]

WvA said it was his own fault today, but you obviously know better.

[@jonathan.robbins]

Laporte got used on the last climb after Kelderman finished his turn so it’s understandable his lead out suffered.

[@someinconsequentialusernam7799]

I feel as bad for Cavendork as he did for Veelers.

[@sandthrottle1014]

He should retire,, 35 stage win is already a great accomplishment, nothing to proove,, let the young riders have their chance,, greatness become greediness when someone already has a lot but still asking for too much,,

[@Acyclingfan]

34 stage wins that is. And this is his last year.

[@johnandrews3568]

@@Acyclingfan and lets be extra clear... SPRINT wins. Unlike Merckx who won sprint finishes, mountain top finishes, punchy routes, and time trials. Truly the greatest off all time and never to be beaten by anyone.

[@Acyclingfan]

@@johnandrews3568 Sorry I was not clear

[@Silencedogood1974]

POWLESS !!!!! POLKA DOT !

[@markdowse3572]

It would be great to know HOW FAST the Sprinters are going as they finish the Stage. Surely someone can get a reading? M 🦘🏏😎

[@davemorriss2552]

Cav was the fastest yesterday at 72 kph.

[@markdowse3572]

@@davemorriss2552 Thank you.