Tour de France 2026: Pedersen retains points jersey, but Merlier closes in

fotobureau Cor VosMads Pedersen keeps hold of the green jersey in Bergerac, but stage winner Tim Merlier moves to within 15 points. (Slideshow route/profile)

Last updated on 11 July

Points classification - stage 8

1. Mads Pedersen 228
2. Tim Merlier 213
3. Biniam Girmay 203
4. Jasper Philipsen 175
5. Max Kanter 172
6. Olav Kooij 110
7. Søren Wærenskjold 89
8. Anthony Turgis 79
9. Tadej Pogacar 75
10. Jonas Vingegaard 61

Intermediate sprint
1. Jakub Otruba 25
2. Liam Slock 20
3. Thibault Guernalec 16
4. Jasper Philipsen 14
5. Max Kanter 12
6. Mads Pedersen 10
7. Tim Merlier 9
8. Biniam Girmay 8
9. Anthony Turgis 7
10. Tom Van Asbroeck 6
11. Fernando Gaviria 5
12. Davide Ballerini 4
13. Aaron Gate 3
14. Quinn Simmons 2
15. Mathieu van der Poel 1

Finish:
1. Tim Merlier 70
2. Biniam Girmay 50
3. Olav Kooij 40
4. Jasper Philipsen 35
5. Pavel Bittner 30
6. Rick Pluimers 26
7. Pascal Ackermann 24
8. Clément Russo 22.
9. Max Kanter 20
10. Milan Fretin 18
11. Søren Wærenskjold 16
12. Mads Pedersen 14
13. Fernando Gaviria 12
14. Dorian Godon 10
15. Anthony Turgis 8
16. Mathieu van der Poel 6
17. Phil Bauhaus 4
18. Jenno Berckmoes 2