
With a sprint finish on stage 8, there were no major changes at the top of the GC, however on account of a crash in the final 5km, Simon Yates lost 47 seconds and saw his position in the standings drop from 4th to 6th place.
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) finished safely in the main body of the peloton to retain the yellow jersey with a lead of 25 seconds over Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). The Dane took the jersey at Cauterets on Thursday when Pogačar’s stage victory saw the Slovenian underline his own GC credentials.