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00:00I wouldn't say lack of balls, I would just say riding smart.
00:08I was not expecting that the gravel would be so much gravelly.
00:12There was really a lot of rocks and sand so it was really difficult to ride on.
00:19I was feeling comfortable on the gravel sectors.
00:23That I attacked, I attacked myself, and that I attacked again, but I was always there.
00:28I was watching Remco, he was watching me, we could go together, but the race could have
00:34been decided with about 80 kilometres to go already.
00:36Unfortunately Jonas decided to not ride with us.
00:39It's a bit of their tactics.
00:42Our main focus was not to lose time and we succeeded in that, in our tactics.
00:48Maybe people don't understand it, but that's their problem.
00:58Biniyam Ghamae, two stage wins for the green jersey in the Tour.
01:03It was a perfect lead-out.
01:05Biniyam Ghamae, Jasper Philipsen.
01:07I think the team did a really good job as well, again, but it's a pity we just missed the win.
01:12First week was not our best.
01:20We keep fighting for a stage win.
01:23Fight!
01:24But we still have two weeks to try and shine and we start the day.
01:33I got two third places, why not a second place today and then think about the victory a little longer.
01:43The second week of the Tour kicks off with a sprint stage where the wind, the heat and
01:48the threat of rainstorms could cause a bit of chaos late in the day.
01:55The real start.
01:56The real start, Zodiac 1324.
02:02There was a leisurely start though, with no attacks, no breakaway and one very relaxed
02:07looking peloton.
02:09And for now there's no stress with wind or anything too technical, OK?
02:14So I'll leave you a bit alone on the radio because afterwards it's going to be an intense
02:18final possibly, OK?
02:19But anything special, I will let you know.
02:25It wasn't until the intermediate sprint after nearly 60km that things began to liven up.
02:30Vanhoeker, Van Hills and Gosens opening up a small gap, although Van Hills quickly dropped
02:34back as the green jersey contenders prepared for their first skirmish.
02:41The Mathieu van der Poel moving up with Jasper Philipsen.
02:43Biniyam Gamay is up there on the wheel.
02:45So is Arnaud Demar in the grey on the left hand side.
02:49It's Philipsen, Gamay trying to get through.
02:51Philipsen closes the door as he looks around on Gamay.
02:54Philipsen takes the 13, but Gamay not too far behind.
03:01The riders at the front soon sat up and the peloton was all back together again.
03:08And as we already thought, all the teams will be nervous, so they will drag race to there.
03:13And for sure one team will try.
03:16But for the moment, yeah, the wind is not really, really strong.
03:25Apart from a few showers, there was no real rain to speak of.
03:29But with around 50km to go, UAE Team Emirates and Visma Lisa Bike tried to see if they could force a split.
03:36These exposed plains were ideal for echelons, but the wind simply wasn't strong enough.
03:41Things calming down again as the bunch continued to wind their way towards Saint-Amand-Mont-Mont-Roung.
03:57Romain Bardet on the right hand side, stop.
03:59Bardet, stop on the right, attention.
04:02The feed zone should already be together.
04:05Then down there the stress will be going higher and higher.
04:07Let's be in front of the facts through that town.
04:10OK, sit together, stay together tight all day and keep focusing on communication.
04:17Guys, come on, make sure we find each other again now.
04:20Now is the moment we come all together.
04:25Time for the sprint teams to put those morning briefings into action as they hit the front of the race.
04:30We can now enter Saint-Amand-Mont-Roung.
05:00Astana get ready, Nico, 1,700 meters to go and here comes the Alpecin train.
05:05Here comes the Alpecin truck and Morkov has realized that Mark Cavendish is not on the wheel.
05:09There he is, but it's too late, he's missed his turn.
05:13He wasn't on the wheel of his teammates, but the Alpecin-Deceuninck train in line now.
05:18And it looks like it's going to be Mathieu van der Poel.
05:20But once again, Christophe is going, it looks like Christophe is going to try and lead...
05:24Laporte is going to try and lead out Bernard on the left.
05:31One kilometer of racing to go.
05:33Cavendish has kind of been washed away here, not following his lead-out train at all into the turn.
05:39And it is on the front, still Alpecin-Deceuninck.
05:42Laporte is there, looking out for Wout van Aert, who's on the wheel of Jasper Philipsen.
05:47They make this turn, wow, really leaning the bike over into that turn.
05:52And this is on the front, the lead-out train now of Jasper Philipsen.
05:57Can Philipsen finally win a stage in this year's Tour de France?
06:03His team have done an amazing job today.
06:06Four hours and 19 minutes, here goes Mathieu van der Poel.
06:10Philipsen is on the wheel, and Philipsen is kind of struggling to be on the wheel of van der Poel right now.
06:15Gaviria moves up, Mathieu van der Poel fires.
06:18Philipsen now goes, can Jasper Philipsen now win a stage of the Tour this year?
06:24Jasper Philipsen, there's going to be no doubt.
06:27Philipsen takes the win he's been looking for.
06:31Jasper Philipsen has finally got off the mark.
06:42You have it, you have your stage win, is it a relief?
06:47I think you can say it like that.
06:50Big relief, we can finally show our strength together with the lead-out train, I think.
06:56We did finally what we came for.
07:00I'm really happy we can start the second week with a win.
07:08After two second places and a relegation, Philipsen finally has his first win of this Tour,
07:13his seventh in total, Jemay and Ackermann second and third.
07:17A straightforward start to the second week for Pogacar, who finished safely in the bunch.
07:22The GC battle won't resume in earnest until this weekend.
07:27But the fight for green is raging.
07:29Jemay still leads Philipsen by 74 points, with Abrahamsen a distant third.
07:35The Norwegian still leads the mountains classification, as he has done since the start of the Tour,
07:40with six climbs on the menu tomorrow.
07:42And Evenepoel still holds the white jersey by a minute and 43 seconds from Pogacar's teammates Ayuso.