♂️ Anthony Turgis triumphs on the glorious white gravel roads of Troyes, giving Team TotalEnergies its first stage win since 2017!
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00:00TOUR DE FRANCE
00:04Like in everywhere on the Tour de France,
00:06when there is a danger, a climb, a descent, or a gravel section,
00:10it's always important to be in the front.
00:12A warm welcome to the white roads of Champagne.
00:15Just positioning, great teamwork.
00:18We need to keep a good position on the Pancha.
00:20You have to be lucky.
00:23Jumbo-Visma are in absolute chaos.
00:26You need to have staff on the sectors with wheels in case you're flat.
00:32If one rider makes a mistake in front of you...
00:37...it can complicate things a lot.
00:40You have to pay a bit more attention how you brake.
00:45How you take the corners,
00:46because the surface obviously is not as good traction.
00:50If I was a GC rider,
00:51I would be probably a little bit of respect and fear for that stage.
00:57It's not going to be decisive, but you can lose the Tour tomorrow.
01:01The stage of tomorrow will be one of the most viewed sports events of this year.
01:13I'm excited and I'm looking forward to it.
01:20The white roads of Stage 9 could have a big impact on GC.
01:24The peloton will tackle 14 gravel sectors
01:26and the key will be good positioning and good luck.
01:31There was a lively start with attacks flying left, right and centre.
01:35The average speed was above 50km an hour,
01:37making it hard for any moves to stick.
01:41The champion of the Mont Mathieu-Vanderpool in the first group.
01:47We'll change over brake going there.
01:50Keep your eyes open for Vanderpool.
01:54He's always there in the front, but doesn't do anything yet.
02:00Eventually, ten riders opened up a small gap.
02:03Among them, G, Lascano, Van Hills, Stuyven and Vermeersch,
02:07the former gravel world champion.
02:08They'd soon hit the first sector, counting down from 14 to one.
02:14And here we go. First sector of the day.
02:17Welcome to the white roads of Champagne.
02:20Welcome to the gravel. Welcome to the Dust Bowl.
02:23Welcome to the arena where these riders are going to have to fight it out now.
02:30Pidcock with Healy going forwards.
02:35Then Healy and Tom Pidcock countering from the peloton
02:38and with the help of Healy's team-mate, Nilsson Paulus,
02:41who dropped back from the breakaway,
02:43they managed to bridge their way to the front.
02:45Twelve riders now leading.
02:48Many riders have put their feet on the ground at entry sector 13.
02:53The pelotons come to a stop.
02:55You can see the riders there just even decided to run up.
03:05The breakaway weren't being given much freedom
03:08and they remained within striking distance of the yellow jersey group.
03:11And speaking of the yellow jersey...
03:15Pagac are taking the front of the peloton there.
03:18Pagac has decided to put the pressure on at the front.
03:23Tadej Pagac are just testing his rivals on the early gravel sectors
03:27where there was a bit more climbing.
03:29But things quickly settled down again.
03:33Then on sector 10, it was Remco Evenepoel's turn to light the afterburners.
03:40Oh, there's an attack from Remco.
03:42This is a big move by Remco Evenepoel.
03:47With Wismar-Lisebaek not closing the gap quickly enough for his liking,
03:50Pagac took matters into his own hands,
03:52followed by Vingegaard.
03:54But with the down not contributing, the trio called off the charge,
03:57allowing the breakaway to pull away again.
04:02Now an attack at the front of the yellow jersey with Michael Matthews.
04:06And look who is in that second group, the world champion,
04:10Mathieu van der Poel, the green jersey.
04:13Try as they might, the chase group containing van der Poel and Guillaume I
04:17couldn't close the gap on the eight riders now leading,
04:2025 kilometres and three gravel sectors remaining.
04:27Pagac now launches.
04:30The tornado strikes on the gravel with 22 kilometres to go.
04:34Vingegaard desperately trying to stay in the wheels.
04:37This is a big moment in the Tour.
04:41Really good job, boys. Really good job.
04:43Come on, bring Jonas back to the wheel.
04:45Then we sit in the wheel of Pagac.
04:46Remco Evenepoel is going to rescue the scenario.
04:49He doesn't have any teammates left.
04:51He's also going to bring Roglic back.
04:52So the top four are going to be all together again.
04:56There's so much power in this group originally,
04:59but now they're starting to really think,
05:00can I win the stage?
05:07This is Jasper Stuyven, the 32-year-old rider from Leuven in Belgium,
05:11as he now tries to win this stage.
05:14Now he puts the power on.
05:16Huge acceleration,
05:18as Pagac tries to get rid of the rest of the riders behind him.
05:21Look at Remco Evenepoel as he tries to close the gap.
05:25Vingegaard immediately reacts again.
05:31Fucking go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, Jasper, come on!
05:37Stuyven looks around, and suddenly this gap is going to close.
05:42450 metres of racing to go.
05:45You have witnessed an absolutely gargantuan stage
05:49of the Tour de France on the gravel.
05:56Aaron Burrow, the Spanish champion, is alongside him.
05:59Derek Gee is there, the Canadian.
06:01Gee now hits it.
06:02Derek Gee opens up the sprint.
06:04Tergis is there. Pidcock gets ready.
06:07It's Anthony Tergis.
06:09Anthony Tergis, Pidcock through the middle.
06:11It's going to be a win for Total Energy,
06:14a win for France, a win for Tergis.
06:44It's good to finish, but to win one, to lose one, it's incredible.
07:02Tergis finally landing the big win he's been threatening for years now,
07:06his first at the Tour de France, his first at WorldTour level.
07:09Pidcock and Gee were second and third.
07:13It was a typically aggressive performance from Pogacar,
07:16but he didn't actually gain any time on his GC rivals.
07:19He ends Week 1 leading by 33 seconds.
07:22Girmay didn't have the chance to go for a third-stage win,
07:25but took eight points on the finish line,
07:27increasing his lead in green to 96.
07:30No points today for Abrahamsen,
07:32who remains 13 clear of Pogacar as the king of the mountains.
07:37And Evan Apoll ends the first week of this Tour de France
07:40as our Best Young Rider.
07:42See you again on Tuesday.