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00:00It's a Bardet blockbuster! Stage 1, first ever yellow jersey for the Frenchman.
00:12I was so dramatized by coming here for the last time. It's very good, I ran as if it were not the Tour de France.
00:19Of course, it was the dream scenario to win the first stage, but here it is, it's crazy.
00:27They're nearly at the finish line. Are they going to make it?
00:31I turned around, I saw the sign, I said, 500 meters, it's going to do it.
00:35And then it went so fast.
00:38It was the dream scenario to be two of the same team, that we could give ourselves without counting.
00:42This is really an unbelievable start to my first tour, especially to have it together with you in your last tour.
00:50Romain, I would ask you to look at your shoulders, look at your arms and tell us what's going through your head, what you feel.
00:59A lot of emotions and at the same time, everything is going very fast and I still have a hard time realizing it.
01:09Come on!
01:17We have to be ready, it's a very hard last 50-60 kilometers, so it's going to be pretty important to be focused and to be ready for a fight.
01:27Very, very hard climb, I've done it before. What can you expect from me? Just that I will go and do everything I can.
01:35Definitely, it's no easy way up San Luca.
01:57Just under 200 kilometers today with a double ascent of the Cote de San Luca in the final.
02:02It is the traditional finish of the Giro dell'Emilia, won last year by Primoz Roglic just ahead of Tadej Pogacar.
02:09Here though, the final climb tops out with 13km to go before a technical descent into Bologna.
02:1611 riders made the break and they were quickly allowed to open up a big gap.
02:20Jonas Abrahamsson was up there looking resplendent in those polka dot socks,
02:25along with the under-23 world champion Axel Lorenz and two tour stage winners, Mike Ternesen and Hugo Houle.
02:32Brent Van Moer and Michael Matthews spent a while chasing, but soon realized they had missed the train.
02:39Michael Matthews and Brent Van Moer, the duo is getting up and waiting for the return of the peloton.
02:45It was another hot day in Italy with temperatures of over 30 degrees, the break soon stretching their advantage to over 8 minutes.
02:55It's a very short third part into the next third category climb, which is the steep climb from Imola World Championships, which is also narrow.
03:08Several big names were caught up in a crash at the intermediate sprint towards the back of the pack.
03:13Laurence Duploos of the Ineos Grenadiers and two riders from Visma Lisa Bike.
03:18Wout van Aert who was third yesterday and his in-form teammate Matteo Jorgensen.
03:25That caused a bit of a lull in the peloton, allowing the break to extend their lead to over 9 minutes heading into the final.
03:36On the Cote de Monte Calvo, just inside the last 50km, Victor Campenaerts began to ramp things up on behalf of Maxime van Gheels, with others going backwards.
03:49They'd soon shaved 4 minutes off the lead, so the race was on as they prepared for the first climb of San Luca.
03:55Just there we go, bottom of San Luca.
03:571.9km, 10.6% is this particular climb.
04:02Seven riders now in the lead on the first climb of San Luca.
04:08Big attack.
04:09Axel Laurence attacks hard to try and go clear and bring a group over the top of San Luca.
04:17A massive attack by Laurence.
04:20Big attack there on the steepest part of the climb.
04:26Wout van Aert is dropped, having done his work today, thinking about tomorrow, having had a crash today as well.
04:36The breakaway reformed on the descent, but when Nelson Oliveira attacked, only Abrahamson and Kevin Vaucallin had the strength to follow.
04:43Neither the chasers nor the peloton would bring them back.
04:46This trio would fight for victory on San Luca.
04:50Attack of the Frenchman, Kevin Vaucallin of Arkea B&B Hotels.
04:55He decides that now is the moment to dare to dream to win Stage 2 of the Tour de France.
05:04Abrahamson refusing to give in, he's not too far behind.
05:08Look at the speed of this peloton into the bottom of San Luca.
05:14Kevin Vaucallin passes at the top of the San Luca coast.
05:22Bardet is in difficulty and has been dropped.
05:24Oh yes he is.
05:25Bardet has gone.
05:26Attack of Kade Bagaccia.
05:28The tornado strikes at the top of the climb of San Luca.
05:32Here he goes now.
05:34This is the moment.
05:35Wengergaard reacts straight away.
05:38Tom Pidcock is dropped.
05:40So is Rodriguez.
05:42Egan Bernal I think is also in this group.
05:45Great news for us as we're in for a great battle.
05:48We are now.
05:49Wengergaard tells Bagaccia, I'm back, I'm here.
05:53Look at the speed that Bagaccia came out and accelerates really, really hard.
05:58Wengergaard is having to really move to try and stay in the wheel.
06:03It is a dream debut in the Tour de France.
06:07France have two wins in two days.
06:11A dream debut.
06:13Here goes the attack.
06:15Zagat decides to go for the finish.
06:17If Venipaul kicks, so does Richard Catapas.
06:20And Bagaccia looks at them and thinks, where did you lot come from?
06:23Catapas is going to win from that group ahead of Zagat, ahead of Venipaul,
06:27ahead of Wengergaard.
06:29And behind them, here comes Romain Bardet.
06:32This is going to be right down to a couple of seconds.
06:35Has Bardet held on to the yellow jersey?
06:41I'm really happy.
06:43We had the perfect day.
06:45I managed to win the second stage.
06:47And even for the team, it's the first win of Arkabi and Biotel on the Tour de France.
06:51I am very, very happy to bring them this first victory.
06:58And the jersey is on your shoulders for a long time.
07:02That's the goal.
07:04Let's see.
07:05Let's take it day by day and stick to the original plan.
07:11This is the fifth win of Vauquelin's career,
07:14but the 23-year-old is now boxing in a different class
07:17as a Tour de France stage winner.
07:21Just like at the Giro, Bagaccia has the race lead after two stages.
07:24He is on the same time as Evenepoel, Wengergaard and Carapaz.
07:30After a second day in the breakaway and a second place on the stage,
07:33Abrahamsson takes the lead of the points classification,
07:36followed by Vauquelin.
07:39The Norwegian also remains the king of the mountains,
07:41although he'll be lending his snazzy socks to Valentin Madouas tomorrow.
07:47And Evenepoel now leads the youth classification
07:49after time-trialling his way back to Bagaccia and Wengergaard
07:52in the final kilometres.
07:55But the day belonged to Vauquelin
07:57that is now two French winners in as many days.