The rolling 183.4km stage to Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises came down to a reduced sprint on a riding gradient up to the finish line.
Eritrean sprinter Biniam Girmay won stage eight of the Tour de France on Saturday at a finish line in the village where former French president Charles de Gaulle lived and is buried.De Gaulle led the Free French during WWII and was later president and architect of the Fifth French Republic.
Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay won a second stage at the Tour de France when he edged a closing sprint ahead of Jasper Philipsen and Arnaud de Lie. Girmay, who became the first Black rider to win a Tour stage this week, timed his effort perfectly at the end of the long stretch of road leading to the finish of Stage 8.