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Stage 8 results: Andy Schleck wins his first Tour stage; Cadel Evans now in Yellow while Lance Armstrong crashes and loses big time


20 Big Photos from Stage 8 — sirotti/reuters
Stage 8 results
1  SCHLECK Andy (SAXO BANK)                           4h 54' 11"  
2  SANCHEZ Samuel (EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI)
3  GESINK Robert (RABOBANK)                            + 00' 10"
4  KREUZIGER Roman (LIQUIGAS-DOIMO)             
5  CONTADOR Alberto (ASTANA) 
6  EVANS Cadel (BMC RACING) 
7  VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen (OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO)
8  LEIPHEIMER Levi (RADIOSHACK)
9  BASSO Ivan (LIQUIGAS-DOIMO) 
10 MENCHOV Denis (RABOBANK) 
11 SASTRE Carlos (CERVELO TEST TEAM) 
12 ROGERS Michael (HTC - COLUMBIA)                     + 00' 20"
13 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER Joaquin (KATUSHA)                  + 00' 39"
14 HESJEDAL Ryder (GARMIN - TRANSITIONS)               + 01' 14"
15 DE WEERT Kevin (QUICK STEP)                         
16 KLÖDEN Andréas (RADIOSHACK) 

General Classification after Stage 8
1  EVANS Cadel (BMC RACING)                          37h 57' 09"	 
2  SCHLECK Andy	(SAXO BANK)                            + 00' 20"
3  CONTADOR Alberto (ASTANA)                           + 01' 01"
4  VAN DEN BROECK Jurgen (OMEGA PHARMA - LOTTO)	       + 01' 03"
5  MENCHOV Denis (RABOBANK)                            + 01' 10"
6  HESJEDAL Ryder (GARMIN - TRANSITIONS)               + 01' 11"
7  KREUZIGER Roman (LIQUIGAS-DOIMO)                    + 01' 45"
8  LEIPHEIMER Levi (RADIOSHACK)	                       + 02' 14"
9  SANCHEZ Samuel (EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI)	               + 02' 15"
10 ROGERS Michael (HTC - COLUMBIA)                     + 02' 31"
Full Results (Click 'Stage Standing') — letour.fr
Advantage to Schleck on first major mountain stage — cyclingnews
  Andy Schleck wint, Evans pakt geel (some video restricted to Belgium) — sporza.be
Armstrong's Tour challenge collapses — cyclingnews
Evans gives BMC its first yellow jersey — cyclingnews
Schleck gives warning of things to come — cyclingnews
  Early crash (02:28 english) — versus
  Stage 8 Last Km and Rough Highlights (13:51 italian) — rai.tv
  Last Km narrated by Phil Liggett and Paul Sherwen (02:38 english) — versus
  Lance Armstrong Post-Stage 8 Interview (00:40 english) — versus
  Last 5 km (10:58 flemish) — sporza
  Winner's Interview (01:03 french  english-translation) — letour
  Tough Day for Lance Armstrong (02:00 english) — versus
  Schleck muestra su poderío en la primera etapa alpina (02:31 spanish) — rtve.es
  Andy Schleck Post-Stage 8 (01:22 english) — versus
  Ryder Hesjedal Post-Stage 8 (01:09) and Pre-Stage 8 (02:06) — versus
  Alberto Contador Pre-Stage 8 (01:27 english) — versus
  Chris Horner Post-Stage 8 (02:20 english) — versus
  Cadel Evans Post-Stage 8 (01:49 english) — versus
Graham Watson Photos — grahamwatson
  Amateur video of Lance Armstrong sliding on his back (00:59) — youtube/stam74490
Chris Horner's Team RadioShack stage 8 diary — blog.oregonlive
  ITV stage 8 podcast with Matt Rendell and Chris Boardman (15:26) — ITV
Sánchez makes good on promise — cyclingnews
Reactions from the Tour's eighth stage — cyclingnews
Prudhomme pleased with exciting Alpine outcome — cyclingnews
20 Big Photos from Stage 8 — sirotti/reuters

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July 9 post: Stage 8 is the first mountain stage of this year's Tour with a mountaintop finish at Morzine-Avoriaz known to tourists as the gateway to the sun.

Starting from the stage 7 finish at Station des Rousses and descending out of the Jura, this stage will head south then east around Lac Léman (aka Lake Geneva) before continuing on to the difficult portion featuring two cat 1 climbs. The peloton will skirt the France-Switzerland border for the first 2/3 of the day.

Morzine has been a popular destination for the Tour de France over the years and this will be its 18th apprearance. Six (now seven) of those times, the Tour has continued up to the Avoriaz resort at 1800m elevation, a 13.6 km long climb that averages 6.1% and gains 800m from Morzine at the base. It's been sixteen years since the Tour has finished at Avoriaz. This last climb is similar in difficulty to last year's stage 15 finish at Verbier where Alberto Contador put 43 seconds into his nearest competitor and confidently stood on the podium as the clear leader of his team having beaten Lance Armstrong by over one and half minutes. — Steve
  Bob Roll Previews Stage 8 (01:33) — versus

A video tour of the last three climbs, Col de la Ramaz, Les Gets, Morzine-Avoriaz:
by cycling-challenge.com

Stage 8 climbs
Km 24.0 - Côte de la Petite Joux - 2.3 km of 4.3% - Category 4
Km 73.0 - Côte de Grésin - 4.3 km of 3.9% - Category 4
Km 154.5 - Col de la Ramaz - 14.3 km of 6.8% - Category 1
Km 168.0 - Les Gets - 3.9 km of 4.8% - Category 3
Km 189.0 - Morzine-Avoriaz - 13.6 km of 6.1% - Category 1

(Y! 2010 Edition)