 On Stage 8, Kennaugh played a key role in Chris Froome's stage victory by helping to bring back a dangerous move by Nairo Quintana on the Port de Pailhères, the subsequent descent and beginning of the final climb to Ax 3 Domaines.However, on the following stage, Kennaugh was involved in a dramatic crash as Ryder Hesjedal, a rider, knocked into him, sending him down a ravine and into vegetation next to the road.Although Kennaugh was not badly injured, the time lost meant he was unable to follow several subsequent attacks as Froome was left completely isolated.