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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Lotte, today Marlène is second
00:10 and you win the bunch sprint.
00:12 You'll reinforce your leadership for the green jersey.
00:14 Is it going to be one huge goal for you?
00:17 - Yeah, there are still a lot of points to gain.
00:21 I think tomorrow will be more like, yeah,
00:24 a bunch sprint race.
00:26 So I will for sure try to take as much points as possible
00:30 and to try to take home the green jersey.
00:34 (upbeat music)
00:36 (crowd cheering)
00:42 (upbeat music)
00:48 - I think we're going to see a lot of battle
00:53 between different jerseys today as well.
00:55 So I have polka dot jersey, white jersey, green jersey,
00:58 and obviously the yellow.
01:00 So it's going to be an exciting day.
01:02 (speaking in foreign language)
01:06 - Now our biggest opportunity to win
01:16 is really with the sprint instead of in a break.
01:19 So yeah, we would like to have a sprint
01:21 in the end of the stage.
01:24 - There's a real opportunity to go for the green.
01:27 It's not so big a difference between me and Lotte.
01:30 So if it doesn't cost too much energy, for sure I will.
01:33 - I hope to be the favorite and maybe,
01:35 yeah, exactly finish it off.
01:37 But first we need to make it to a bunch sprint again.
01:40 - Personally, I don't hope for a bunch sprint.
01:43 I hope for a smaller group, but let's see.
01:46 I hope people are saving today and let me go.
01:49 (laughing)
01:52 (dramatic music)
01:55 - Six seconds now, big attack and they are just in front.
02:02 Are they going to win this stage?
02:03 - Final opportunity for the sprinters
02:07 in this second edition of the Tour de France Femme
02:09 of X Zwift.
02:10 Relatively flat 122.1 kilometers to the finish in Blagnac.
02:15 Four categorized climbs,
02:16 but not as tough as the last two stages.
02:18 Eight Queen of the Mountain points up for grabs.
02:20 Jara Kastelijn aimed to keep Agnieszka Kosta at bay.
02:24 Yet it was Agnieszka Skalniak-Skoka
02:29 who made the first meaningful break after 30 kilometers
02:31 in the company of Sandra Alonso.
02:34 Yet the Spaniard couldn't match the rhythm
02:35 of the Polish time trial champion.
02:37 The pole claiming the first Queen of the Mountain points,
02:40 but no risk to the polka dot jersey of Kastelijn.
02:42 Emma Norsgaard-Jørgensen joined Alonso.
02:46 The pair working together to reel in Kanyan Sram rider.
02:50 The peloton on alert with designs on a bunch sprint finish.
02:53 (speaking in foreign language)
02:58 Kanyan Sram's car taking a risky maneuver past the peloton.
03:02 This after SD Works sporting director Danny Stam
03:04 was excluded from yesterday's dangerous overtaking.
03:08 Demi Follarin in the slipstream hit with a 20 second penalty.
03:11 Kanyan Sram boss Eric Zabel focused on his encouraging.
03:15 Escapade.
03:15 The break continued to blaze a trail
03:19 with 70 kilometers to go.
03:20 It's Kanyan Sokka leading Norsgaard over the summit
03:24 at Cote de Puy Celci.
03:25 The pace too hot for some.
03:27 Mary Morgane Le Dant unable to finish.
03:30 Arkea with just three riders left of 154 in the start line.
03:34 It's 19 have abandoned.
03:36 As the yellow jersey group reached the foots
03:43 of the Cote de Puy Purtier, teams decided to attack.
03:48 It hadn't gone FDJ's way through the opening five stages.
03:51 Louis Adgest attacked to try and ignite something.
03:55 With splits emerging, Lizzie Dignan responded.
03:59 The former world champion forcing Capecchi
04:01 to come to the front herself
04:03 and pull the group back together.
04:05 Increased velocity saw one of the stage favorites
04:08 slip 24 seconds back.
04:10 Charlotta Cole worked back into the fold
04:13 with Leona Wiebes out.
04:15 DSM Sprinter searching for a first stage win.
04:19 Then a crash saw Veronica Urwes,
04:21 the polka dot of Kerstalijn, hit the deck.
04:25 - Did you see a big crash on the right side?
04:27 - A scare for Fennec de Koenig,
04:30 but Julie van der Velde helping her teammate
04:33 to reintegrate into the pack.
04:35 EF Education's Urwe initially thought
04:37 to have broken her collarbone.
04:39 The American instead back on her bike, refusing to abandon.
04:43 No drama at the head of the race.
04:44 Skalniak-Soka collecting the maximum eight points on offer
04:48 to move fifth in the Queen of the Mountain classification.
04:51 Kerstalijn continues in polka dots.
04:54 The breakaway with a minute 30 in hand
04:56 and first through the intermediate sprint at 30K to go.
05:00 The train of DSM retaking control
05:02 at the head of the peloton with Cole back in the bunch.
05:06 Capecchi holding off Ashley Moolman-Pasio
05:08 to improve her green jersey lead over the South African.
05:11 Two more points in hand.
05:14 As the race reached its climax,
05:16 Jumbo-Visma and Marianne Vos and DSM for Charlotte O'Cole
05:20 driving the peloton,
05:21 but the escapades still with some time in hand.
05:24 - Good race, good race, 110, 110.
05:27 - After so long out in front,
05:29 Alonso the first to drop to leave Skalniak-Soka
05:32 and Noorsgaard to go it alone,
05:34 with the Movistar-Dane looking the fresher of the duo.
05:37 It was another nail-biting finish.
05:42 - And a crash! - And a massive crash.
05:45 Big crash on the corner as a number of riders hit the deck.
05:48 - Chased by Cole, Capecchi and Vos,
05:52 Emma Noorsgaard-Jørgensen on a mission.
05:54 - Is she going to do it?
05:56 Looks like she's going to just make it.
05:58 Noorsgaard wins the stage from the breakaway.
06:01 A sensational last kilometre attack.
06:04 - A second behind the great Dane was Cole,
06:08 who out-sprinted Capecchi with Vos in fourth.
06:11 Another missed opportunity for the sprinters.
06:14 - We won, we won!
06:18 Thank you, girl!
06:20 - A second win for Movistar,
06:21 a first of 2023 for Noorsgaard,
06:24 who broke her collarbone at this year's Strade Bianche D'Orne.
06:28 - I'm lost for words, really.
06:29 It's, sorry, it's been really a difficult start of the year.
06:34 So, yeah, I'm lost for words.
06:37 I want to thank everyone around me and my family,
06:42 my husband, the team for still believing in me
06:45 after being out the whole spring.
06:48 So, sorry, I'm super emotional.
06:51 - The Dane with a second Grand Tour stage win of her career,
07:00 but first on the Tour de France femme, with Zwift.
07:05 Capecchi continues uninterrupted reign in yellow.
07:08 Four bonus points for third place increases her lead
07:11 to 53 seconds from Moulman-Pasio,
07:14 Van Vleuten, Lange-Bergeni, Nia Viadoma,
07:17 all equal third on 55 seconds,
07:20 following a further 12 behind.
07:22 The Belgian's main target, however, is green
07:25 after coming up short in last year's edition.
07:28 She's guaranteed the jersey as long as she makes it
07:30 to the finish in Pau.
07:32 Capecchi, therefore, on course to succeed 2022 winner,
07:35 Marianne Vos.
07:37 For the first time, no change in the Queen of the Mountain leader,
07:40 Kastelein didn't add any points,
07:42 but neither did closest rival, Koster.
07:46 Cédrine Carbeau, so far uncontested in the under-23 category,
07:50 the brilliant Breton still with a healthy two minutes,
07:53 33 seconds over Ella Wiley.
07:58 Skarniak-Sokka scooping up all the Queen of the Mountain points,
08:01 only fading past La Flamme Rouge after a fine day in the breakaway.
08:05 Next, the Queen stage that everyone's been waiting for,
08:08 will the GC battle finally ignite on the mythical Col de Tromelay?
08:14 (MUSIC)
08:17 (logo thuds)