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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 (crowd applauding)
00:15 - Thank you for, fucking strong.
00:23 (upbeat music)
00:26 (bell ringing)
00:29 - Actually I had a very bad night, but yeah,
00:54 I don't care, I'm here today yellow
00:57 and I will try to enjoy it and make the best of it.
00:59 - Yesterday's stage was really hectic
01:03 and nervous as we all expected.
01:05 It's the first stage of Tour de France
01:07 and most expected race of the year.
01:09 So we broke the ice and we are ready for more.
01:12 - It's a quite different stage today
01:15 with a lot of climbing from Kilometre Zero.
01:18 - The course is really tough, it's really long,
01:20 you know, and a lot of climbing.
01:21 It will be the most elevation of the whole tour.
01:24 - Maybe a break will go, maybe some of the other teams
01:27 will try and control the break, depending on who goes in it
01:29 and then I think we can expect an explosive final for sure.
01:33 (speaking in foreign language)
01:40 - We are ready for the battle and actually super excited
01:48 to see how everything's gonna pan out.
01:52 - You have to be also smart in order to win the stage.
01:55 Can actually expect some gaps in the GC.
02:00 - How this race unfolds today,
02:08 it's one of the toughest stages of this year's race.
02:11 - Day two and the longest day in the saddle
02:15 of the Tour de France of X-Wift.
02:17 148 kilometres with no fewer than six ascents
02:20 from Clermont-Ferrand to Mauriac.
02:22 A cautious start yesterday, stage two prime
02:25 for an early break and a punch for victory
02:27 with GC contenders remaining vigilant.
02:29 Not a day to win the tour,
02:33 but certainly where it could be lost.
02:36 The neutralised stage completed,
02:37 two horses bolted the stable.
02:40 Georgia Williams of EF Education
02:42 alongside Uno-X's Hannah Ludwig.
02:45 Kiwi rider Williams earning the maximum four
02:48 Queen of the Mountain points
02:49 for being the first up and over
02:51 the Côte de Monte-d'Orée
02:53 et Côte de la Stelle
02:54 in the fight to be the best climber.
02:56 The gap soon dwindled under pressure
03:05 from a peloton hive starting to buzz with activity.
03:09 Finally swallowing the tired escapees,
03:11 yet an agreement between the duo
03:13 of a day's work well done.
03:14 Chapeau to them.
03:15 This just before the start
03:18 of the most challenging parkour of the day
03:20 with the Côte des Plaines.
03:21 Category two climb up next.
03:23 4.6 kilometres at 5.5%,
03:26 while the World Tour teams drove up front,
03:29 attempts to create a gap began.
03:31 Big move on the left-hand side as we see...
03:35 Agnieszka Skarniak-Szoka and Evita Music
03:38 sneaking off the front, unable though to push on.
03:41 While many suffered,
03:42 Julie van der Velde attacked off the front
03:45 in a heart-in-the-mouth moment for the GC contenders.
03:47 There's only a big crash on the right-hand side there.
03:49 Look at that, a lot of riders down.
03:51 And a big van Vleuten.
03:53 The defending champion later denied she'd fully crashed,
03:55 but in any case, her movie star train
03:57 relaunched her with Elisa Longo-Borghini
04:00 also safely back on her little trek wheels.
04:04 Dramming the peloton while up on top of the Côte des Plaines,
04:07 van der Velde was bagging five points.
04:10 Three to her Phoenix-Taconic teammate Jana Kastelin
04:13 after she strained to beat Anouska Koster.
04:16 A literal relay as van der Velde passed over the baton.
04:20 The 2019 European Cyclecross champion taking on the fight,
04:24 bagging points to join her stablemates at the top
04:27 in the Queen of the Mountain category.
04:28 Lauriac in sight,
04:33 the weather creating more and more challenging conditions though
04:36 en route to the first of two intermediate sprints.
04:39 Kastelin leading the breakaway three
04:41 to sweep the maximum sprint prizes on offer.
04:44 The peki kicking off the front of the peloton
04:48 to clean up the remaining points in four
04:50 and retain the green jersey for SD Works.
04:53 The Dutch trio up the road with about a minute in hand,
04:58 working alongside Uno X Pro's Anouska Koster and Eva van Aert.
05:03 It's Kastelin though who made sure she was in polka dots
05:07 come the end of the race with two extra points.
05:11 Then from a sunny start, the heavens opened.
05:14 Speed and such conditions, an incredibly dangerous combination.
05:20 Some did manage to stay up in the saddle.
05:23 Loretta Hansen though, not so lucky,
05:28 but soon back on her way, not so for Eva van Aert.
05:32 Jumbo Visma later confirmed the Dutch rider conscious
05:35 and undergoing tests at hospital.
05:38 This certainly not a day for the faint-hearted.
05:41 The final test, 3.4 kilometres at 5.8 gradient
05:45 at the Cote de Trebiac.
05:47 Kasia Niewiadoma tried to break out,
05:50 even if she later admitted it wasn't steep enough to make it stick.
05:54 After the powerful finish yesterday,
05:56 got peki in yellow, the woman to beat.
05:59 Youth GC leader, Cédrine Cabol,
06:02 showed her increasing confidence a fine kick to finish 25th overall.
06:07 So from sunny 25 degrees to wet and windy, it all came down to this.
06:11 Demi Follarin leaving out Capecchi,
06:13 but despite a couple of bumps and bruises, there was a challenger.
06:17 Liana Lippert kicks on the right hand side.
06:20 Lotta Capecchi tries to close it off.
06:22 Capecchi all the way in the yellow jersey.
06:25 Liana Lippert takes the stage.
06:27 Stage two to the German champion.
06:29 Liana Lippert wins in Moria.
06:32 Liana!
06:36 What a day for Movistar.
06:39 Lippert, congratulated by her team leader,
06:43 as Movistar denied SD Werks a 50th win of the season.
06:47 A career-defining moment for the German champion,
06:50 finding the answer to how to stop SD Werks' dominance.
06:54 All smiles.
06:59 Might have been defeated on the road, but still shining bright in yellow.
07:04 Lotta Capecchi adds a few seconds to her lead.
07:07 49 seconds.
07:09 Lippert in second.
07:11 Ashley Moleman heading the group of GC contenders.
07:14 A day of up and downs, but she could see the bright side.
07:17 I'm very proud to keep the yellow jersey,
07:19 but in the meantime I'm also disappointed that I could not finish it off.
07:24 The most important thing today is that we didn't crash,
07:26 that Demi is fine and that she didn't lose any time.
07:29 So I think that's the most important thing today.
07:32 Capecchi holding a 28-point advantage over Moleman
07:36 as the South African will keep possession of her green jersey.
07:40 Lippert moving in two-third ahead of Demi Volleren.
07:45 Jari Kastelin and Julia van der Velde made it a stunning day for Fenix Deceuninck.
07:51 It's the Dutch climber who will wear the polka dots on stage three.
07:55 It was all smiles again for the young Frenchwoman.
07:58 Carvalho with a brilliant kick to finish in 25th.
08:02 That means she's ahead of 20-year-old Kiwi Ella Whealy.
08:09 She fought against the elements and wound it up on her own.
08:12 Costard, the combative of the day.
08:19 Another bouncy day for the peloton,
08:21 but one that should finally suit the real speedsters
08:23 as La Tour rolls west to Cologne-la-Rouge.
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