2024 Tour de France Stage 8 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 8 of the 2024 Tour de France! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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Stage 8 of the Tour de France is a hilly race with an elevation gain of 2,300 metres. The climbs are neither long nor steep, but their endless succession will add to the fatigue. The 176-kilometre race runs from Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.
It’s a first for Colombey-les-Deux-Églises while starting venue Semur-en-Auxois featured once before on Le Tour. The 6th stage of the 2007 edition set off from the ancient town on the Armancon River to finish in Bourg-en-Bresse, where Tom Boonen outsprinted Óscar Freire.
The 8th stage traverses the hilly terrain of the Côte-d’Or, a département in Burgundy. The riders tackle the Côte de Vitteaux (3.2 kilometres at 5.8%), Côte de Villy-en-Auxois (2.7 kilometres at 5.4%), Côte de Verrey-sous-Salmaise (3.6 kilometres at 5.2%) in the first 50 kilometres. The subsequent section of 50 kilometres is played out on rolling terrain before the Côte de Sainenoge adds 1.5 kilometres at 7.1% to the mix.
There are 44 kilometres remaining, following the Côte de Bay-sur-Aube (2.7 kilometres at 4.7%) and Côte de Giey-sur-Aujon (1.4 kilometres at 7.2%). The race then continues on flat to rolling roads towards the Côte de Eufigneix. This 2.2 kilometre climb at 4.5% is crested 15 kilometres before the finish line in Colombey-les-Deux-Églises.
The final kilometre goes up by 3%.
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