Fourth Yellow Jersey in Eight Days, and It's Not Slowing Down | TDFF Stage 8 Recap

Fourth Yellow Jersey in Eight Days, and It's Not Slowing Down | TDFF Stage 8 Recap

From Stanley St. Social | Cycling News and Interviews by Max Gawn, Luke Plapp and Alex Clements

August 8, 2026 · 41 min

About this episode

The episode recaps Stage 8 of the Tour de France Femmes, discussing key moments and controversies.

Will Max's solo laptop-battery monologue finally sees the light of day? Alex rides Ventoux himself, and a genuinely controversial corner sparks the most heated debate of the whole Tour — was it a block, or just racing? In this episode: Alex's own Ventoux ascent, and a Strava time nobody's allowed to see yet Ventoux recap: Niewiadoma's decisive attack, and how badly the favourites underestimated her Longo Borghini's quiet, selfless ride that may have saved someone's GC entirely The corner that's split the podcast down the middle — Amy makes her case, with "extensive video evidence" Vollering takes yellow for the fourth time in eight stages — genuinely one of the tightest GCs in years What Canyon-SRAM should do with the white jersey heading into the final day Prize money reality check — why the white jersey might be worth less than a sausage roll and a Coke Final stage preview: four ascents of the Col d'Èze, GC still wide open, huge prizes on the line Tips locked in — including one accusation of bias that doesn't go unnoticed 🚴‍♀️ Daily Tour de France Femmes coverage with Max Gawn & Amy Jones🎧 New episode every stage — follow so you don't miss one🎙️ Send us your…

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