Froome wins Stage 8 to take Tour yellow

Chris Froome moved into the Tour de France’s yellow jersey with a huge show of strength from Team Sky on the first proper day in the mountains.

Froome attacked on the final climb to Ax 3 Domaines, moving clear with 5.5 kilometres of the category one climb remaining and pulling clear as his rivals Alberto Contador and Alejandro Valverde were unable to respond.