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Tour de France 2020: Peters wins Stage 8 Pogačar pegs back time, Yates defends – SBS
Nans Peters won solo from the day’s break on the first big stage in the Pyrenees as Tadej Pogačar halved his time loss from Stage 7 by exploding away from the GC favourites on the Col de Peyresourde.
Peters (AG2R Mondiale) unhooked from the other last remnant of the breakaway at that point, Ilnur Zakarin (CCC) on the technical descent of the Port de Balès, 36kms from the finish.
Suffering also on the descent of the Col de Peyresourde, Zakarin was ultimately leapfrogged by former breakaway companions Toms Skuji (Trek-Segafredo) and Carlos Verona (Movistar).
But the day belonged to Peters who fearlessly took on the downhill ramps.
This is crazy,” Peter said. “It was already something unb…
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