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00:00Vengaguard attacks, it is man against man again on this mountain and Pogacar now strikes.
00:16Taddy Pogacar, 14th stage win in his career.
00:21Cavendish is on his absolute last legs, absolutely exhausted, he's going to make it just inside
00:28the time limit.
00:30He will be able to sprint on Tuesday, his final opportunity to win a stage of the Tour
00:34de France.
00:35Well I did it like the last climb of my entire career.
00:41It's the Tour de France, you give everything to show the respect to the race, that is it.
00:46Look at Demar, he is sprinting for all he is worth to get himself into Tuesday.
00:53He makes it with 46 seconds to spare.
00:56It was definitely one of the top 10 of my struggles.
01:07Today we finish in Nîmes, where do we start?
01:10Gruissant.
01:13Gruissant.
01:18It's the last flat opportunity so hopefully we can make a bunch of them there today and
01:24try for another win.
01:26We are obviously thinking about the sprint today, despite the wind.
01:29We hope there will be a sprint, we are going to fight and as long as I have a backpack,
01:33I believe in it.
01:34It's the last chance for a sprint so as a sprinter we are very motivated for today.
01:41It's a new chance, also the last chance for a pure sprinter like me.
01:45That means a lot of motivation for today.
01:47We are going to fight for it and we will try to be the first over the line in Nîmes.
01:56We head into the third and final week of the Tour de France with a flat stage to Nîmes.
02:02One for the sprinters on paper, although on the last visit in 2021, Niels Pollitt took
02:08a solo victory.
02:12However, as soon as the flag dropped, it became clear that this wouldn't be for the breakaway.
02:17In fact, despite one half-hearted attempt from Kung and Dujardin, there was no breakaway.
02:22The peloton all together and taking it nice and easy.
02:26The first part of the stage felt a bit like an extension of Monday's rest day.
02:32We don't have the sunblock, suncream in the car.
02:37If you need, ask for a medical car.
02:42That's a lovely shot as we look at Pogacar, pouring the water all over him, trying to
02:48keep that core temperature as low as he possibly can.
02:58The pace began to increase as they approached the intermediate sprint situated halfway through
03:03the stage.
03:04The sprinters and the green jersey contenders preparing for a first showdown.
03:09Gaviria is there.
03:10Gamay is not quite in the picture yet.
03:12Here goes Brian Coccard, left hand side.
03:14Coccard going all the way to the line and Brian Coccard winning that sprint with absolute ease.
03:22Gachignard decides to go.
03:24Give it a bit of a try.
03:272 minutes 25 seconds.
03:292.25, the gap between Gachignard and the pack, 2.25.
03:32Thomas, it's your time, it's your time, you're going to do your thing and put the skis behind you.
03:39It's very good what you're doing, it's very good.
03:42Thomas Gachignard never had a gap of more than two and a half minutes but led the peloton
03:47for around 65km in the searing heat of southern France.
03:51The sprint teams closing in before a technical finish into Nimes.
03:55So Gachignard now is about to be caught by the peloton with 25km to go.
04:03This is absolutely flat out bike racing, 1700m to go, 63km an hour through that turn
04:12as Magnus Court refuses to give an inch to Alpecin.
04:15Oh, crash, crash on the roundabout.
04:18Who is down?
04:20A few riders have hit the deck.
04:21Oh, Germay, Germay is the green jersey.
04:23Germay may be down.
04:24The green jersey has hit the deck.
04:27Biniyam Germay is on the deck.
04:30Crash of the green jersey.
04:34That's a desperate moment for the green jersey because it's Philipsen now wins this stage.
04:39Biniyam Germay is on the deck.
04:41That's a desperate moment for the green jersey because it's Philipsen now wins this stage.
04:47Biniyam Germay's lead in the green jersey will be completely cut.
04:52A little headbutt by Abrahamsen on one of the riders alongside him.
04:56They're leaning on each other.
04:58One kilometre to go.
05:00This is the last corner.
05:01This is the very fast roundabout.
05:04And then they will almost see the finish line just coming out there in front of them.
05:07Big acceleration for Abrahamsen.
05:09On the wheel, the riders from Deceuninck.
05:12Mathieu van der Poel in third wheel.
05:13Philipsen on his wheel.
05:14Pahaus.
05:16What a sprint this has been.
05:18The green jersey of Germay is on the deck.
05:20This is a critical sprint for Jasper Philipsen.
05:24This will close the lead on Biniyam Germay.
05:27The rainbow jersey of Mathieu van der Poel is about to catapult Philipsen
05:34to try and take the win and close the gap on Biniyam Germay.
05:38Van der Poel goes.
05:40Here goes Christoph.
05:41Jasper Philipsen, full gas towards the finish.
05:44Look at the face on Jasper Philipsen as he flies forward.
05:48Christoph is challenging, but there's no question.
05:51Philipsen wins again.
05:53Three wins in this Tour.
05:56He crashed.
05:57He came riding with his bike over the finish.
06:02Hope you're okay, my friend.
06:15I had a good rest day and I was feeling that my shape improved during this Tour de France.
06:20So I was confident if we could line it up good today, we could go for the win.
06:29Every stage win is really hard to get, definitely in this level.
06:32So to take three is a really good job and I think we can be proud.
06:43The gap is 36, I believe.
06:47The gap is 36, I believe. Is it still possible?
06:51I just hope he's okay after the crash, because he doesn't deserve to lose like this.
07:01Philipsen joining Germay and Pagacar on three stage wins at this Tour, netting his ninth in total.
07:06The Belgian finish comfortably clear of Bauhaus and Christoph.
07:10Pagacar remains three minutes and nine seconds clear of Vingegaard overall,
07:14but there could be some GC action tomorrow on the road to Superdéveloppement.
07:20All bets are off in green meanwhile.
07:22Germay crashed heavily in the final and his lead over Philipsen is down to just 32 points.
07:29No change in polka dots with only one minor climb today.
07:32Pagacar still leads Vingegaard by 19 points.
07:38And Evenepoel is six minutes and eight seconds clear of Rodriguez in the fight for white.
07:44Thank you.