France’s Thibaut Pinot of FDJ-Bigmat won today’s mountainous, 97.8-mile stage from Belfort to Porrentruy. Last year’s Tour de France winner, Cadel Evans of Australia, finished second behind Pinot by 26 seconds. Some of the prominent climbers made their way toward the front of the pack over the hilly course consisting of seven climbs ranging from Category 4 to 1.

Overall Tour de France Classifications

Yellow—Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling, Great Britain)
Green—Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale, Slovakia)
Polka Dot—Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team, Kazakhstan)
White—Rein Taaramae (Confidis le Credit en Ligne, Estonia)
Team—Sky Procycling

Tour de France Stage 8 Sprints

• Les Genevez—Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team, Kazakhstan), Jérémy Roy (FDJ-Bigmat, France), Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team, Netherlands)

Tour de France Stage 8 Climbs

• Côte de Bondeval, Category 4—Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan, Germany)
• Côte du Passage de la Douleur, Category 3—Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan, Germany), Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Denmark)
• Côte de Maison-Rouge, Category 2—Blel Kadri (AG2R la Mondiale, France), David Moncoutie (Confidis le Credit en Ligne, France), Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Denmark), Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan, Germany)
• Côte de Saignelégier, Category 2—Jérémy Roy (FDJ-Bigmat, France), Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team, Kazakhstan), Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM, Netherlands), Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team, Netherlands)
• Côte de Saulcy, Category 2—Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team, Kazakhstan), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Bigmat, France), Christophe Kern (Team Europcar, France), Steven Kruijswijk (Rabobank Cycling Team, Netherlands)
• Côte de la Caquerelle, Category 2—Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team, Kazakhstan), Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Bigmat, France), Tony Gallopin (RadioShack-Nissan, France), Chris Anker Sorensen (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, Denmark)
• Col de la Croix, Category 1—Thibaut Pinot (FDJ-Bigmat, France), Fredrik Kessiakoff (Astana Pro Team, Kazakhstan), Tony Gallopin (RadioShack-Nissan, France), Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto-Belisol Team, Belgium), Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team, Australia), Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale, Italy)

Tour de France Withdrawal for Stage 8

• Johannes Fröhlinger (Team Argos-Shimano, Germany) did not start Stage 8 due to a broken finger from a crash in Stage 6.
• Gorka Verdugo (Euskaltel-Euskadi, Spain) suffered a broken hip, also from a crash in Stage 6, and withdrew during today’s race.
• Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi, Spain ) broke his collarbone in a crash during today’s stage.