Belgian rider Wout van Aert won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday in Switzerland and two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar slightly increased his overall lead.

Van Aert, who won the fourth stage and wore the yellow jersey for three days, edged Michael Matthews in the sprint to the line on the summit finish.

Pogacar was third, with the Slovenian rider picking up more valuable bonus seconds, at the end of the hilly 186-kilometer (116-mile) route from Dole in eastern France to Lausanne.

“I’m super happy,” Van Aert said. “I’m really glad my team put just everything in to chase down the breakaway, and then you have to finish it off.

“It was a pretty tough (final) climb . . . really steep, so I had to fight to stay in the wheel of Pogacar and his teammates, but I knew if I could stay in the wheel the sprint was a little bit flatter so I was waiting for that moment.”

Pogacar, who won both previous stages, just missed out on a hat trick of victories but extended his advantage to 39 seconds over Jonas Vingegaard and 1:14 ahead of 2018 winner Geraint Thomas.

“It was not that far away but it was a fun game today. I maybe hesitated a bit and Van Aert passed me with super speed. For sure it’s a little bit disappointment but third place is still great,” said Pogacar, who rides for UAE Team Emirates.

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