Stage 8 2014 Tour de France, Stage 1 to Stage 11

blel kadri leaves sylvain chavanel in distance, on climb of col de la croix des moinats

the stage travelled through departments of meurthe-et-moselle , vosges. stage had of route undulating, mild climb. towards end, stage entered low mountains.

this stage headed east out of tomblaine district of nancy, , through lunéville, before route turned south towards baccarat. route continued south-west through rambervillers Épinal, followed intermediate sprint @ dinozé route turned east, once again, , followed moselle remiremont, saint-amé , vagney. vagney, race went vosges mountains 2 category 2 climbs, these being col de la croix des moinats (fr), through la bresse , on col de grosse pierre (fr). race headed north gérardmer , ski station of la mauselaine (fr).

five riders in breakaway day. sylvain chavanel best climber in breakaway. on final climb blel kadri launched attack nobody able follow. behind in peloton tinkoff–saxo started chasing alberto contador possibly win stage. 2 kilometres go blel kadri had 4-minute advantage on peloton enough him become first french rider win stage of tour de france. peloton reached final kilometre contador made number of attacks try gain time on vincenzo nibali , richie porte. gain 3 seconds on nibali , 7 on porte. critérium du dauphiné winner andrew talansky of garmin–sharp crashed , finished 35th. on 4 , half minutes down in overall standings in 16th place. blel kadri won stage on 2 minutes , took charge of king of mountains classification.