Britain’s Adam Yates withstood loads of stress to maintain on to the Tour de France chief’s yellow jersey in a tricky day in the Pyrenees on stage eight of the race.
The Mitchelton-Scott rider discovered the going powerful in the ultimate 15km of the 141km stage to Loudenvielle.
However he discovered a late surge of power to retain his lead.
France’s Nans Peters received the stage with the AG2R La Mondiale rider the only survivor of an early breakaway.
Nevertheless, Thibaut Pinot successfully misplaced all hope of turning into the primary Frenchman to win the race since 1985 when he was dropped on the second climb of the day.
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