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00:00 What a day we have had in the Tour de France.
00:05 Vengegaard will hold on to yellow by an increased advantage.
00:10 You lose one second on Jonas, I think, with the bonus.
00:14 So basically it's nothing.
00:15 I increased my lead only by one second, but yeah, I'm still in the yellow jersey and I'm
00:22 enjoying every day I have in it.
00:24 Now the pace starts to go.
00:27 This is the first moment of UAE riding on the front.
00:31 That's it, job done for Van Aert.
00:34 The front of the race, Maiker.
00:36 Van Aert comes past all these riders like an express train.
00:41 He's decided he doesn't want Raphael Maiker to be in control.
00:47 Look at Van Aert.
00:49 What else has he got left?
00:51 Van Aert has been the perfect teammate today.
00:53 Now he goes and he will disappear.
00:57 I want to thank my team again because they did amazing today.
01:01 Pogacar looked at Adam Yates, gave him a nod and said, "Right, let's now take the initiative."
01:06 Here's the attack of Pogacar.
01:10 Yates has done his work.
01:12 We saw a lot today.
01:13 We learned a lot today.
01:14 We're really with a positive head and positive mind into the next stage.
01:43 Big attack on the other side.
01:45 It comes from Nils Pollitt of Bora-Hansgrohe.
01:48 Pollitt now kicks away.
01:52 Counterattack now.
01:53 This comes from Julian Alaphilippe.
02:00 Julian Alaphilippe is revving it now at the front of the race.
02:06 This is a big crash.
02:08 Wow.
02:09 A lot of riders down.
02:10 Well, Wingergaard's teammates, Koersen van Huydenk, both went down in that crash, but
02:14 luckily everybody was able to get going again.
02:18 Alaphilippe and Mutsenko had gone clear at the front, but they had over 30 riders on
02:21 their tail, with the top GC teams deciding to let the breakaway have their day.
02:26 There were some very strong riders in there, including Ciccone, Schjelmozer, Lander, Poels,
02:31 Martin, Barguil, Woods, Terns and Yonis Aguirre.
02:35 Wingergaard and Pagacar both had teammates up front in Wout van Aert and Marc Soler.
02:43 And now it looks like things are going to start to come back together at the front.
02:50 Marc Soler now kicks away, and the Catalan has decided it's time to ignite this race.
02:58 Wout van Aert wants to kick on.
03:02 Crash.
03:03 Wout van Aert on the right-hand side.
03:05 One rider's gone over the side of that corner.
03:09 Soler going clear with van Aert, Poels and Nylands, who unfortunately crashed on the
03:13 descent of the Col des Arrivées.
03:16 The three leaders preparing to tackle the final two climbs, which came inside the final
03:20 10k.
03:21 They had a minute and 15 seconds on the chasers, well over seven minutes on the peloton.
03:28 Wout Poels attacks Wout van Aert.
03:31 He decides that this is his day.
03:34 Wout Poels goes clear to try and win the stage.
03:37 What an attack.
03:39 So many times in his career, Wout Poels has played second fiddle.
03:43 Is today the day that Wout Poels wins a stage?
03:47 They hit the base of the climb.
03:49 Col des Amarants.
03:50 Now are we going to see some action from the yellow jersey group on these steep ramps?
03:57 Wout is sitting on the wheel of Pagacar, watching him like a hawk.
04:01 Adam Yates is there.
04:03 Pidcock is hanging on the back of the group of favorites.
04:07 Over the top of the penultimate climb of the day, the gap is 7.08.
04:12 Lutsenko is caught and UAE are taking the initiative.
04:24 Wout van Aert at 1.15 now.
04:27 Is he going to finish second on another stage?
04:33 There's a job done for Afameiska.
04:35 I think he can attack probably within the last three kilometers.
04:38 Oh, and here goes.
04:40 And Rodriguez can't stay.
04:43 Yates is yet again doing huge damage in this Tour de France.
04:54 This is a big move by Adam Yates.
04:56 And this could be a little bit of a game because Wengergaard needs to make a choice.
05:02 Wout Poels takes his first ever Tour de France stage victory.
05:12 And Wout van Aert comes in in second place behind Wout Poels.
05:18 And here goes the attack.
05:20 The first move of Tadej Pagacar.
05:22 Well we knew it was going to happen.
05:24 Wengergaard was waiting.
05:26 What an attack.
05:27 But Wengergaard is cute to this today.
05:29 He has the legs.
05:30 He has the acceleration.
05:34 What a ride the Danish rider is doing.
05:37 This is a show of defiance and a show of strength.
05:40 Pagacar still trying.
05:41 Is he going to hit him one more time?
05:44 250 meters to go and they are still locked in combat at the top of the final climb at
05:51 the end of two weeks of racing.
05:54 Here comes the ramp.
05:55 Pagacar is going to give it one more go.
05:57 But Wengergaard is stuck to him like a piece of chewing gum on your shoe.
06:03 Pagacar tries one more time.
06:05 Wengergaard is still there.
06:07 He knows that that's his finish line.
06:09 He will be in yellow.
06:11 And Wengergaard is going to try and go past on this turn.
06:14 They go shoulder to shoulder.
06:17 And Wengergaard is going to cross the line just ahead of Pagacar.
06:20 Down mate, yet again.
06:27 I always dream to win a stage when I'm young in the Tour.
06:31 And especially what happened in the team the last three weeks with Gino.
06:35 I mean all the emotions come then.
06:37 But it's just incredible to win a stage.
06:39 It was almost my dream.
06:40 I won our monument.
06:41 I won a stage in the Tour.
06:43 I mean I'm super happy.
06:44 I'm super proud of it.
06:55 Wout Poels finally becomes a Grand Tour stage winner in his 21st Grand Tour.
06:59 The 35-year-old securing a 22nd career victory with Van Aert in second place for the eighth
07:04 time at the Tour de France.
07:06 The impressive Bergado completed the day's podium.
07:12 The overall gap between Wengergaard and Pagacar remains 10 seconds as we come to the end of
07:16 this second week.
07:17 Jay Hindy lost more time today, meaning Adam Yates is up to fourth overall.
07:23 Philipsen's been in green since stage four.
07:25 He'll go into the third week with a comfortable lead of 144 points.
07:31 Ciccone is our new king of the mountains, having taken 16 points today.
07:36 He and Paulus are now level on 58 points.
07:38 But Wengergaard and Pagacar are lurking not far back in third and fourth.
07:43 Pagacar's been in white since stage one and he looks all but guaranteed to take it to
07:47 Paris.
07:48 But will that be the only jersey that he'll be showing off on the Champs-Élysées next
07:51 Sunday?
07:52 I could feel that Jonas, for him, it was too easy to climb.
07:58 So I tried, but I knew that he's super good today.
08:02 So I'm going to try next week.
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