Dan Martin was five seconds away from a stage win at the Tour de France today

So close. Irish rider Dan Martin had been tipped to take stage eight of the Tour de France atop the Mur de Bretagne but despite a strong sprint finish, he was just pipped at the line by France's Alexis Vuillermoz. Martin finished five seconds behind the stage winner, while Chris Froome finished eighth, to leave him 12 seconds behind Peter Sagan in the overall race for the Yellow Jersey. https://twitter.com/KCsixtyseven/status/619893632364097536 Irish riders Nicholas Roche and Sam Bennett finished over eight minutes behind the stage winner, in 139th and 158th respectively.