A new opportunity for the sprinters, providing they got through a stage made uncertain by the possible echelons.
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⏪ Here's the summary of stage 6 as all eyes turn to the first time trial of the #TDF2024 tomorrow!
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Official Hashtag : #TDF2024
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00:00Mark Cavendish all the way to the line! Max Bissell, record breaker, stage 35 in a Tour de France!
00:12We did it! We did it!
00:18The record is beaten. You've done it.
00:23I'm a little bit disbelief.
00:31You always believed it.
00:33I've done 15 Tour de France's now.
00:36I don't like to have bad days, I don't like to suffer, but I know it's just in the head and you push, you get through it.
00:43Tour de France is bigger than cycling, isn't it?
00:46Yeah, I've got a family, I've got a beautiful family.
00:49As you get older, you have kids, you realise really what's important to inspire them, to teach them well, to bring them up well.
00:57Yesterday Cavendish made history, today we go again.
01:01What were you missing yesterday?
01:04Some speed probably.
01:06I'm not training to be in the top 10, I'm training to win.
01:11I'm still in the final pack, but I hope to be able to sprint from 200 metres to the finish line.
01:20Today we have another chance, another shot for us.
01:24It is what it is, we want to do better.
01:29We lost the battle yesterday, but the war is not over.
01:40Stage 6 takes us to Burgundy with, in all likelihood, another bunch sprint in Dijon.
01:45More rain is forecast though, and there could potentially be some crosswind action.
01:51Jonas Abrahamsson has had a lively start to this Tour,
01:54and the king of the mountains poked his nose out at the front today, grabbing another point at the first climb.
02:00He was joined by Axel Zingle, who did that remarkable bunny hop of Amad Pedersen yesterday, but they soon sat up.
02:07The intermediate sprint came after 31 kilometres, giving the fast men a chance to stretch their legs.
02:14A bit of an acceleration from Intermarche 1T, Arnold De Lee is there.
02:19Pedersen moves up, the first time we've seen him really today.
02:23Philipsen moves through on the right-hand side.
02:26Jasper Philipsen is going to take the points.
02:29And Gemay, who's in second place.
02:33Information from Tom, who is in front, confirming.
02:37Confirming.
02:40Road conditions, post-sprint, good for split.
02:47And this is the first attempt of doing a crosswind, putting it in the gutter,
02:52going halfway through the line, the wind coming from the left.
03:03Look at the splits that are starting to happen.
03:05The team of Wismar-Lisebike with a wind at 18 kilometres an hour.
03:11Guys, be careful that I cannot remain alone in a situation like this.
03:17A brief moment of panic for UAE Team Emirates, as Tadej Pogacar found himself isolated in that front group.
03:23But after 10km or so, with no heavy hitters dropped, it all came back together.
03:28The peloton heading into the final part of the stage.
03:32It's really focused on being together now. We did a really good job yesterday.
03:37Let's really make sure we're together now, guys.
03:39It's been hectic and nervous, I know. Cross energy.
03:42But now we have to really get together.
03:49Everyone is safe. I don't know how they all got through there.
03:53Abrahamsson doing a wonderful job for Uno-X Mobility as he brings Kristoff up towards the front of this race.
04:00A little bit of a narrowing of the kerb there on the left-hand side as riders almost touch it.
04:06Bahrain-Victorious moving up with Phil Bauhaus.
04:09We're at 58km an hour now.
04:11Arnold De Lee having to kind of freelance a little bit as he moves up.
04:15Oh, and he touches Mathieu van der Poel on the right-hand side.
04:19The lead-out train of Uno-X Mobility looking superb.
04:22Astana surrounding Cavendish, but Cavendish a little bit further back
04:26as Pedersen now finds his wheel and he moves up.
04:30We have the Bahrain-Merida team just doing a great job there in the 7th or 8th position.
04:362km to go. Here comes the succession of corners.
04:39First the right into the chicane and then into the left.
04:43Here goes the chicane.
04:45Oh, that's a tricky one. They get safely through there.
04:481,900m to go.
04:50Here comes the left-hand turn.
04:53Got to hang back a little through this turn and then accelerate hard.
04:57Pedersen moves up nicely.
05:00Another big move as moving up on the right-hand side comes Ryan Gibbons with Pedersen,
05:06but Uno-X Mobility doing a wonderful job right in on the wheel.
05:11The team of Wismar-Lisebaek.
05:13Wout van Aert looks like he's going to sprint.
05:15A big move on the right as Arkea B&B Hotels move up with Demar again.
05:20They might have gone just a little bit too early.
05:221.4km to go just to that one big long straight.
05:27700m to go until you have this curve around this big roundabout.
05:31But look at the acceleration from the riders from the Aluda team.
05:34Can they get around it?
05:361km to go.
05:381,000m of racing to go.
05:40Cavendish eases himself past Sam Bennett on his left-hand side.
05:45Moves himself up onto the wheel of Jasper Philipsen again.
05:48Big right-hand turn. Jakobsen is there.
05:51Cavendish takes that on the inside.
05:53But it's the Uno-X Mobility team who've got this lead-out.
05:57Absolutely perfect for Alexander Kristoff.
06:01Look at the speed of these riders through this turn.
06:03But look at now Van der Poel's acceleration.
06:06He's getting ready to go with Philipsen on the wheel.
06:08This is a big acceleration.
06:10It looks like Alpecin and Deceuninck have had a big conversation
06:13about how to win this sprint.
06:15So Van der Poel is getting ready to launch Jasper Philipsen
06:19to put him in with a victory.
06:21Arnold De Lee moves up.
06:23Biniam Gamay on the left-hand side.
06:25Big move by Van Aert.
06:27Jasper Philipsen goes.
06:29It's Arnold De Lee, Biniam Gamay, Philipsen right-hand side.
06:32Who's going to take it?
06:35Photograph, maybe a victory for Groenewegen.
06:39It's a photograph of Groenewegen and Philipsen.
06:55Yeah, really happy. The feeling is so amazing.
06:59I actually don't know what happened, but I was first.
07:04Today we have the victory.
07:05A victory in the first week, that means a lot for me,
07:07but of course also for my team.
07:15Groenewegen taking his sixth Tour de France stage win
07:18by a whisker-fifth.
07:20It's a big win for Groenewegen.
07:22It's a big win for Groenewegen.
07:24It's a big win for Groenewegen.
07:26Sixth Tour de France stage win by a whisker from Philipsen,
07:29who was later relegated for an irregular sprint,
07:32bumping Gamay up to second.
07:35No trouble for Bagacar, who can now switch his focus
07:38to tomorrow's all-important individual time trial.
07:41He still leads by 45 seconds.
07:44With Philipsen's relegation, Gamay picked up 47 points today,
07:48meaning he now holds green by 38 from Pedersen.
07:52Abrahamsen continues to enjoy himself in the polka-dot jersey,
07:55slightly increasing his gap to six points over Bagacar.
08:00Evenepoel remains in white,
08:02and the time trial world champion is no doubt looking forward to tomorrow.
08:11Fuck!