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00:00 (upbeat music)
00:02 - Tomorrow you will ride the Queen stage
00:08 of the Tour de France with the yellow jersey.
00:11 We're going to see a yellow jersey riding
00:13 as a teammate for Demi.
00:15 - Yeah, that's for sure.
00:16 I'll try to do everything within my possibilities
00:20 to help her as much as I can.
00:22 And yeah, hopefully she can just really show
00:26 how good she is.
00:29 - Today is all about one of the most famous climbs
00:32 in cycling, the Col de Tourmalet.
00:35 - I feel good and also I see that I'm stronger
00:39 than last year.
00:40 I grow a lot as a rider, but also as a person.
00:43 So I think I'm ready to make it happen.
00:45 (speaking in foreign language)
00:49 - Look at Demi Vollering, she's putting in the hammer blow.
00:54 - I think what she has shown this year,
00:55 she is maybe a bit more the favorite than I am.
00:58 (speaking in foreign language)
01:02 - Look at the face of Annemiek van Vleuten.
01:06 She cannot follow.
01:07 - Sometimes I got a question like,
01:09 hey, you achieved already last year so much,
01:11 why you didn't stop?
01:12 But I did everything I could to be here
01:15 in my best possible level.
01:16 I'm in a really good shape,
01:17 so it will be a big battle this year between us.
01:20 We are ready.
01:26 - What scenario do you expect?
01:28 Attacking from Aspin or the decision
01:30 will be made on Tourmalet?
01:31 - I will not tell you.
01:32 - And is this the moment in which the Tour de France
01:43 Van Averick Zwift puts Annemiek van Vleuten
01:46 out of the picture?
01:48 - A short but brutal stage seven
01:50 that finishes atop the fabled Col de Tourmalet.
01:52 The mythic peak used in tandem with the Col d'Aspin,
01:55 the perfect arena for a well-poised GC battle to explode,
01:59 this Queen stage, one of the most anticipated women's races.
02:02 - This race is underway.
02:05 Marion Roos calls the start
02:08 and immediate attacks at the front of this race.
02:11 - Lidl Trek hit hard, losing both Elias.
02:14 Balsamo and Longo Borghini forced to abandon the Tour.
02:17 Then a scare for stage two winner.
02:20 - Big crash and a number of riders have hit the deck,
02:22 including Liana Lippert.
02:24 - World champion Annemiek van Vleuten safe,
02:26 the German champion receiving treatment
02:28 and back into the pack to serve her leader's yellow ambitions.
02:32 - Susanna Andersson makes her way off the front again.
02:36 - The Norwegian champion on the wheel of Margot Pompano,
02:40 the French rider leading through the intermediate sprint,
02:43 but bar disaster, the green jersey not up for grabs.
02:46 - Lotte Kopecky is the winner of that competition
02:50 as long as she gets to the finish.
02:53 - Now the team's organizing
02:54 as the GC favorites prepare for the ascent.
02:57 - Location and up the breakaway, tension ahead.
03:02 - The riders approaching the foot of the brutal Col d'Aspen,
03:05 12 kilometers at 6.5% gradient.
03:09 Movistar pacing at the front,
03:11 van Vleuten readying to launch the defense of her title.
03:15 Kopecky seeing how well she could place,
03:18 given her strength on the final stage time trial in Pau.
03:23 Recovering from her earlier crash,
03:24 Lippert hit the front to blow the group to pieces,
03:27 34 kilometers to go.
03:29 The world champion van Vleuten launched her attack,
03:33 but without the desired effect.
03:35 Joined by Kasia Niewiadoma,
03:37 also 55 seconds off the leading GC time,
03:39 and Follerin a further 12 seconds down,
03:42 the two leaders still in touch.
03:44 Not the famous van Vleuten kick,
03:46 the trio together in a real cat and mouse game.
03:50 Follerin not relaying with teammates nearby,
03:52 Kopecky and Marlon Reusser.
03:55 Julien Lebos and Ashley Moulman-Pasio
03:58 doing most of the work in the chasing group.
04:01 Niewiadoma sprinted for the queen of the mountain points,
04:04 but then broke clear.
04:05 The Canyon SRAM rider,
04:06 one of the very best descenders in the women's pro peloton,
04:10 and virtual Maillot Jaune,
04:12 with over 20K to go.
04:14 Follerin not wanting to ride with van Vleuten,
04:18 the SD Works leader with teammates in the chasing group.
04:21 Niewiadoma a near minute lead.
04:23 A Polish phrase,
04:24 if two are fighting, the third will win,
04:27 was her focus,
04:28 heading into the Col de Tourmalet.
04:30 SD Works leading the chase,
04:33 Reusser powering off the front
04:35 to bring the gap down to eight seconds.
04:38 But once the Swiss time trial specialist took a breather,
04:40 Niewiadoma kicked to re-establish a 20 second advantage.
04:45 Without a stage win since 2019,
04:47 the pole fighting to give herself a shot at glory.
04:51 - Juliette Labousse kicks.
04:52 The French rider decides,
04:53 I've had enough of this,
04:54 it's time to up the pace.
04:56 - The DSM rider couldn't make her attack stick,
04:59 yet Niewiadoma wasn't alone for long.
05:02 - And here goes the attack.
05:05 Damie Vollering has decided enough is enough.
05:08 - Five kilometers from the summit finish,
05:10 the Dutch climber left the rest gasping for breath
05:13 in the oxygen sapping altitude.
05:15 Her now trademark seated attack
05:17 was going to see Niewiadoma distance fading into the mist.
05:21 Predicting this to be a fool's game,
05:24 but this proved to be one sure bet all week,
05:26 a 14th win of the 2023 campaign,
05:29 and surely the sweetest.
05:31 - Through the cloud,
05:33 Damie demolishes the opposition.
05:36 Victory for Vollering,
05:38 stage seven,
05:39 yellow jersey,
05:41 leader of the Tour de France Vam Avixwift.
05:44 (crowd cheering)
06:12 - Her first win on the Tour de France Vam Avixwift
06:15 for Vollering,
06:16 what a time to deliver it.
06:17 She finished almost two minutes ahead of Niewiadoma
06:20 and put two and a half minutes on Van Vleuten.
06:23 Capecchi riding out of her skin to finish sixth
06:26 and remain in contention for the GC podium.
06:28 The first changing of the Maillot Jean Garde
06:33 as Estee Works had hoped.
06:35 - I need to realize this first, I think.
06:38 This was amazing,
06:40 I mean, so many people on the side of the road,
06:43 I saw my family, I saw my friends.
06:45 They gave me a lot of strength today.
06:50 Also Lotte,
06:51 knowing that she was behind me the whole time,
06:54 was amazing.
06:56 - The leading women on the pro circuit finally golden,
07:01 wearing the famous jersey for the first time in her career,
07:04 a huge minute 50 seconds advantage
07:07 heading into the final stage time trial in Pau.
07:10 (man speaking in foreign language)
07:12 After six days in yellow,
07:13 Capecchi finally will wear her green on tour.
07:17 Ashley Moolman-Pasio has kept it warm for all week,
07:20 but the South African will hand it over for the finale.
07:23 The Belgian second last year,
07:25 comfortably winning it this time.
07:27 Niewiadoma earned 22 points to capture the Polkadot jersey
07:31 and become the Quaid of the Mountain winner.
07:33 Yara Kastelijn unable to add to her tally to finish second.
07:39 (dramatic music)
07:41 Young Cedrine Cabot with a fabulous 14th place on the stage.
07:46 Ella Wiley just off the top 10 riders,
07:49 but could only close the gap to two minutes and one second.
07:52 Niewiadoma earned the combative rider award.
08:02 Tomorrow, destination Pau for the time trial
08:07 to confirm the final positions.
08:09 But who has the legs left after conquering
08:12 the Col de Tourmalet?
08:13 (speaking in foreign language)
08:17 (upbeat music)
08:20 (upbeat music)
08:22 [BLANK_AUDIO]