Career
In the 2008 Tour de France, on stage 9, Language broke from the peloton 22 kilometers into the stage. He shook off his two breakaway companions on the category 1 colonel de Peyresourde, with another big difficulty to come, the colonel d"Aspin. With his long break, Language earned the most combative award for the stage, and raked in points for the best climber jersey, which he would wear from stages 12 to 14.
He retired at the end of that season, aged 32.