[dramatic percussive tone]
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] The attack of Tadej Pogačar.
Oh! He's blocked by the motorbikes. What are they doing there?
[Chainel] Pogačar's attack halted by the motorbike was the real issue.
Would he have won the yellow jersey in Stage 14?
We'll never know.
[Pogačar] I wanted to win.
I wanted to take the yellow jersey.
It was a shame because I felt super good on the… on the day.
You also want to win every race, so that makes it harder for you.
Yeah. I was just, like, uh, completely destroyed.
[Urška] We'll see what happens in the last few stages.
2,610 kilometres, 63 hours of cycling for the leaders, Vingegaard and Pogačar.
Ten seconds between 'em.
This time trial is the key stage for Pogačar.
[dramatic percussive theme playing]
[crowd cheering]
[dramatic percussive tone]
[helicopter blades whirring]
[muffled crowd cheering]
[chanting]
[Chainel] This stage is unique. It's every rider for himself.
The time trial.
There's only one this year, it'll be very hard.
And that's because of the mountains,
and also because it's week three and they're all exhausted.
[commentator] Jonas Vingegaard is at the top of the general classification
with a 10-second lead over Tadej Pogačar.
[Pogačar] It's close. It's really close.
I plan to go all in.
[indistinct chatter]
Guys, we try to win the stage, and take seconds in GC.
Our main goal, you know, is yellow in Paris.
The main goal for today, keep Jonas in yellow.
And another day
that we are going to go for it. Yes?
Wout? Jonas?
Jonas and Pogačar are very close to each other, and a lot can happen.
But, yeah, at the moment it looks like it could also be a fight for seconds.
[tense music playing]
Grischa is very good in the time trials because he's…
He knows every corner there is, every pothole.
Already in... in February, we started thinking about the time trial.
[Hauptman] We get the best out of Jonas by preparing him really well,
and by having a really clear plan. So it's really about the details.
[woman] Reducing here, you don't have this emptiness.
- [Vingegaard] Yeah. - [woman] Okay.
To me, this looks really good already.
[Niermann] The TT, that will be absolutely a crucial day.
Pogačar is the big opponent.
- And he will be in top, top, top shape. - Yes.
You know in 2020, he did a fabulous final TT,
way better than anybody else.
He is the one... the one to beat.
Everything has to be 100%.
98% or 95%, then... then you're not beating him.
[Vingegaard] Tadej is more explosive than I am.
One climb in the end which suits explosive riders a bit more.
[dramatic percussive music playing]
The gradient in the final climb is so high that all the teams pose the question,
do we use road bikes to complete the stage?
[O'Connor] The road bike is a lot lighter than our time trial bikes,
because it doesn't have these crazy extensions
and all the aerodynamic wizardry that goes on in those frames.
But you should take into account that when you do a bike change, you lose seconds.
We've done dozens of tests so that the time trial is fair.
On the route itself, we examined differences.
The variations in the bikes' weight, and the effects on pedalling.
[fan 1] Come on, Pogačar, come on!
[Pogačar] I did recon, one time with a time-trial bike,
one time with a normal bike.
I was pretty confident in the bike change from much heavier bike to the road bike.
If I ride this perfectly, I could go maybe 40 seconds faster.
I'm sure that it's going to come down to a few seconds.
From the start of the Tour, uh…
Pogačar's put Vingegaard under a lot of pressure at every opportunity.
On the other hand, I think that Vingegaard is much more relaxed.
- Yeah. I know. - And I'm being serious here.
Because away from the interviews, when the cameras are not there,
we're able to talk about other things, his life, his daughter,
and he's super relaxed, and that's an indicator.
But I think the gaps are gonna be minimal.
Let's wait and see.
[tense music playing]
[Chennaoui] There's a reason the time trial is called
the race of truth.
Each rider is riding alone.
It is man and machine in a race against the clock.
It's not a normal time trial.
It's more hilly this time.
And so it's more suited to the climbers.
It suits us more.
I'm ready. Let's go.
[fan 2] Come on! Thibaut, go, go, go!
Descent here.
It gets a bit narrow.
Then you take a roundabout around to the right-hand side,
then the climb starts.
[Chainel] In a time trial, the riders set off at fixed intervals
in reverse order of the general classification.
That means that Tadej Pogačar will set off before Jonas Vingegaard.
Winning this stage would be a big help in securing an overall victory.
- [announcer] Three, two, one, go! - [countdown beeping]
- [announcer in French] Here we go! - [crowd cheering]
[commentator] There are 22.4 kilometres of road
with three intermediate splits and two climbs,
including the awful Côte de Domancy at the finish.
[dramatic music playing]
[Chainel] In this time trial, every millimetre counts.
Every turn, each climb, each descent.
They must think through every risk to distance their adversaries.
[crowd cheering]
- Oh, and he crashes. - Oh! Crash!
Oh, and another crash in this corner.
[man on bus] Oh!
[van Aert] What the fuck?
[helicopter blades whirring]
[commentator] The next rider to go is Wout van Aert.
[van Aert] For me, time trials are really special.
I want to win a stage.
And I know, I'm in a race against the clock with the pregnancy.
But I won this race last year.
And this year, I'm confident I can do it again.
[countdown beeping]
[announcer] Go!
[commentator] Watch out for the first bend.
There have been crashes here.
Wout van Aert has a nine-second lead on the current leader.
Can he take his tenth stage win in the Tour de France today?
Look at him go!
Wout van Aert does way better than Rémi Cavagna.
Fifteen seconds faster than the Frenchman.
[crowd cheering]
Wout van Aert has set the benchmark.
To win this stage, Tadej Pogačar has to beat 35 minutes and 27 seconds.
Wout van Aert is in the hot seat.
In a hard time trial like that, it really took everything out of me.
[dramatic percussive tone]
[commentator] There are two riders left at the starting line.
[fans chanting] Pogi! Pogi! Pogi! Pogi!
[fan] Go, Jonas!
[commentator] Pogačar has to close the gap with Vingegaard
by at least ten seconds today to take the yellow jersey.
This is a critical moment in this Tour de France.
Tadej Pogačar, in the white jersey, is next to go.
[announcer] And the next rider is Tadej Pogačar.
Three seconds to go.
- About the motorbike with the television… - Yeah.
That must not be behind Tadej.
- But the issue… - Behind us!
We'll be on the left side.
- No! - No.
- Go behind. We need really peaceful. - Just at the bottom of the climb.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Pogačar] I was thinking, if I have a really good day, I can win.
[announcer in French] …a great story of the Tour. The duel between Tadej…
- [radio beeps] - [sighs deeply]
…winner of the Tour de France…
[in Dutch] Not many of the classification riders
are going to ride faster than Wout.
[indistinct announcements]
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] Pogačar goes through the first split. Ten minutes, ten seconds.
Top of the leaderboard for Tadej Pogačar.
[commentator] The next intermediate split, 19 minutes and 36 seconds.
He's quicker than van Aert.
Pogačar is going fast.
When will he change bike?
Just stop and we'll be right there.
[commentator] Here it is.
[crowd cheering]
But will this strategy work for Pogačar? We'll find out soon.
[Pogačar] I knew I could be faster on the road bike going up that last climb.
Wow. That was about 12 seconds.
[Niermann] For us, we were pretty clear about it.
We didn't want to change the bike.
We put in a lot of efforts to have the best possible bike.
We tried to optimise everything just a little bit.
[interviewer] Could you tell me more details about it?
I could tell you more details, but then I'd have to kill you.
- [interviewer laughing] - So, uh…
No, I mean, it's just…
[countdown beeps]
[commentator] Vingegaard is off.
Show to the world who is the strongest, huh?
Right-hander, avoid the white line.
He's tackling it faster than Tadej Pogačar.
[commentator] Pogačar with the fastest time so far. 26:57.
Come on. You do this for Urška, go.
[Pogačar] You try to focus on yourself
and do your best to the finish line.
[intense music playing]
[commentator] Vingegaard now.
He's taking a lot of risks with this descent.
You're flying, Jonas. Keep right, keep right, keep right.
- He's scaring me now. - Risky.
He's going very fast. He's going so fast that he's almost off the road.
The defending champion of the Tour de France is absolutely on fire.
If you keep this up, you will fuck everyone. Come on!
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] Pogačar is gaining on Rodriguez
who started two minutes ahead of him.
Come on now, you can do it, you can catch him.
Come on, come on, come on.
[commentator] Vingegaard closes the gap.
[Niermann] You can see him, eh?
If you catch him, you will kill him. Come on, Jonas.
[music fades, echoes]
[dramatic music resumes]
[commentator] Tadej Pogačar crosses the finish line
with a minute and 13 second lead over Van Aert.
But now he'll have to wait for Vingegaard to finish
to know if he's won the stage and the yellow jersey.
[dramatic music playing]
And here comes Jonas Vingegaard!
Sprint to the line. Sprint to the line. You're a fucking legend.
Supersonic Vingegaard.
[commentator] The Dane, the titleholder, is a powerhouse.
This is an incredible time trial.
This is legendary, Jonas. This is legendary. Come on. Last metres.
[music builds, fades]
One minute, 38 seconds faster than Pogačar.
Yes!
[exhales sharply]
[commentator] Who would have considered
he'd put 1:38 into a double Tour de France winner.
His performance in this time trial is one for the history books.
Absolutely incredible.
That was extraordinary.
- [camera shutters clicking] - [fan] Bravo!
[Pogačar] I was okay. Not… Not too bad.
Let's see how Jonas did.
I try to catch a breath.
Urška was there. I ask her, "So how much did I lose?"
And she was like, "Yeah, you don't want to know."
[laughing] "You don't want to know."
[emotional music playing]
[Urška] Just you see the sinking face
because it's a minute and forty and he's like, "What?"
Yeah. Obviously that's a lot.
It was, like, heartbreaking, for me and for him.
[melancholy music fades]
[tense music rises]
[commentator] Jonas Vingegaard is at the top of the general classification
with a one minute, 48 second lead over Tadej Pogačar,
who is still in second place.
[Chennaoui] None of us expected that kind of a result.
One minute, thirty-eight on Tadej Pogačar.
One of the best in the world who himself had smashed Wout van Aert's time.
It sent shockwaves amongst the Tour.
[reporter] It has been so close between them for two weeks now.
How is it possible to get through one day
when it just explodes and the difference is so big?
[commentator] What Jonas Vingegaard has achieved is incredible.
Halfway, someone was there. Three kilometres, eleven seconds
- I mean, it was just crazy. - Yeah. You know?
[crowd cheering]
Vingegaard had nearly four minutes on Rodriguez you know?
And how much did Pogačar have over Van Aert?
Two minutes 51 seconds.
Extraordinary.
[Barrett] That's bizarre. Like you said to the guys, you…
It took two weeks, 2,000 kilometres,
however many thousand metres of elevation and Vingegaard wins 10 seconds on Pogačar,
and it takes one day, 22K and he wins a minute and a half…
[ominous music playing]
[messages chiming]
It's easy to say they might be doing things wrong.
But I would say, it all came together, let's say.
The technique, the… the preparation, uh,
our choices, um,
everything came together.
And it's up to the others to take an example of that.
[Kuss] I didn't expect it to be that different. Not bad.
He stepped off the bike and he was immediately like,
"I think this was the best TT I ever did."
- So, yeah. - [laughs] I hope!
[masseur] You went twice as fast as Pogi in the first two corners.
- Yeah? - Yeah. It was really…
He took them, I won't say slowly, of course, but really with precaution.
But you… you, pfft!
This is crazy. This is really…
super, super, super… [laughs]
- Yeah? - Yeah. [laughs]
I was holding back in between the climbs, on the flat part.
Pushed 360 watts and I was like, "Ah, I just push easy."
Then I look down, 380.
- I was like… - Okay.
[both chuckle]
[reporter in Dutch] How can you explain this?
How is that possible?
- People are looking for a "why." - I know. I don't know.
Jonas was at his level and we knew he could do this super well.
[in English] They are not the questions you want to talk about
after... after such a performance.
And our main thought, I think, was, of course, protecting Jonas.
Congrats, eh.
But on the other hand, Jonas he knows that these questions will be coming,
and he can cope with it really well.
That was really, uh… wow.
You almost caught both Carlos Rodriguez and Pogačar.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because he almost got caught up with Rodriguez.
- I did the TT of my life. - Yeah. Absolutely.
You didn't put a single foot wrong.
It was all, uh, perfect.
And I was so good in... like, in between the climbs to keep my position as well.
At the finish, I was really a bit overwhelmed. I almost started crying.
- Yeah? - Like, this is…
I haven't seen a lot of better TTs than this one, from anyone, so…
I think it will be hard.
[chuckling] Yeah, after that.
No one denies how impressive his performance was in this time trial.
But there's one thing we all want to know,
"How did he do it?"
[host] French newspaper L'Équipe with the headline "Out of this World,"
the same headline that they used when talking about Lance Armstrong in 1999.
And many think that's a nod to that.
We have no proof, do we, that Vingegaard is doping.
But cycling is taking a hit because
doping was put back on the table thanks to that performance.
You can go over the race a million times,
look at trajectories, the strategies…
The fact is that a rider ran away with it completely. It's odd.
[Plugge] People were asking, why don't you publish your training data?
If you want to come take a look into our training details,
you're most welcome.
I know my own values.
I know how we work.
I can look in the mirror, uh, always.
I think in other sports it's just not talked about.
And I'm pretty certain that happens not just in cycling.
There are cheaters in all kinds of sport.
You know?
And... And there are still some in cycling too.
I mean, it's just human nature.
[interviewer] So do you think… do you think that he's doping?
[scoffs] I'm not gonna answer that. I'm not interested.
That's too difficult, doping.
[chuckling]
I can understand all the suspicion.
I wanna have faith in all the hard work they do.
But I did all the calculations for the descent in the time trial,
and Vingegaard, his trajectory on that descent,
it's just extraordinary.
I know Jonas personally for such a long time
and, yeah, I really trust him 100%.
I hope somewhere in the future, uh, people will forget about
the history of cycling and really believe the athletes of this generation.
Time will tell. You know? Truth always comes out.
So, we'll see.
I answered.
[Vingegaard] There's no reason at all to be speculating.
The past, that's the only, uh, reason to speculate.
I know I don't take anything.
So not doing anything that I'm not allowed to do.
I'm clean and... and even when they test these samples in... in 100 years,
they will still not find anything, so I'm happy.
[wind whistling]
[indistinct chatter]
[fans] Jonas! Jonas! Jonas! Jonas!
Have you seen the tweets? What's that all about?
By the riders, by the followers, it's going crazy.
I'm telling you. Yeah?
- Yeah. - It's just so silly.
Anyone can doubt, anyone can ask questions.
But cycling's under the most scrutiny.
During the Tour, the yellow jersey is tested after each stage, every night.
It's the only way that our sport can prove
that the performances we love so much are clean.
[commentator] You've had time to reflect on yesterday,
what's your thoughts?
Domination.
- It was. He crushed him. - Yeah.
I think it's a big day, and let's see how Vingegaard's recovered from yesterday.
'Cause if he hasn't recovered then anything could happen.
But Tadej has to make some sort of bid and some sort of move.
Come on, smile, boys!
I woke up...
Had a good breakfast, actually.
It's still a good atmosphere.
You still need to fight because you still have hope.
[fan] Thank you, Tadej.
[Pogačar] Today, it's the hardest stage of the Tour.
I need to… I need to come back.
[Hindley] I think Vingegaard is…
I dunno, he was super strong yesterday.
To put, like, what, 1:38 into Pogi is…
- That's impressive. - Yeah. It's pretty next level.
Well, for Vingegaard to have that lead over Tadej…
So unexpected.
I honestly would never have thought it.
You don't see that kind of thing every year, do you?
So I was like, "Yeah, Pogi's right at the top, yeah."
[laughs]
Not now though. Don't think I'll bet on Pogi anymore.
[laughs]
- Pogi was good. - He was.
Yeah, but I know but compared to the other one, it's Even-Stevens.
[man] If it makes you feel better,
almost everyone interviewed before you said Pogi.
- Oh yeah? - Yeah.
Well, even with years of experience, we can still get it wrong. Hmm.
There's no truth in cycling.
[dramatic tone playing]
While Jonas has rumours to contend with, Tadej trails him by 1:48.
He's gotta catch up on the famous Queen Stage.
It's the most demanding and crazy stage of the Tour.
[intense music playing]
For me, the Col de la Loze is the most difficult pass in France.
Along with Mt. Ventoux.
[Chainel] It's super long, 21 kilometres.
And the maximum incline is 24%.
Guaranteed to wreck your legs.
It's so, so damn hard.
This stage strikes fear into everyone.
[music fades]
[Niermann] Guys, meeting time!
Jonas, yesterday, you had a good day out there?
To do the time trial performance of my life, it was a good moment to do it.
Wout being the best of the rest.
Yeah? With this gap of Pogačar, yeah, he cannot wait.
We know from last year, he did a lot of crazy things.
It's a very, very hard uphill finish
which also suits the characteristics of Pogačar.
If he goes, you don't let him go.
Jonas is leading by a good margin, but we have to focus on Pogačar.
[commentator 1] Can Tadej make a comeback?
[commentator 2] As Tadej says, "It's not over till it's over."
[commentator 3] As long as he has breath in his body, he'll try everything.
He'll try to make an impressive move to try and win the stage to rescue the Tour.
[commentator 4] If there's one pass where anything could happen, it's La Loze.
COL DE LA LOZE FINISH LINE
You know when you go hard in the climb, you see rivals.
You know, you have feeling.
Vingegaard, we put him in pressure.
That is the point.
[Chainel] In this Queen Stage, there's more than one race going on.
There's the race for the GC
and a race between all the teams who have yet to win anything
and want to save their Tour.
We gotta be on form, individually and as a whole,
if we're gonna get in the breakaway. That's vital today.
We work as a collective.
You support Felix. And it's really important.
We give Felix all our support, the same as we gave to Ben.
You know, I came into the race as, you know, the leader, but…
that's not possible.
That... That story was long gone earlier in the race, you know.
Now, it's about chasing breakaways and helping Felix.
[Jurdie] Aim high. You've all got the legs for this.
Ain't no hard feelings, 'cause the best thing for everyone is if he wins.
The whole peloton is ruined apart from Vingegaard.
But this stage is a worry, even for him.
You're going to be on fire today, guys. And that is certain.
I know your legs hurt, I know your arses hurt.
You're in pain, but that's temporary,
If you give in to defeat that is not temporary.
So you take the pain, okay?
But if you give up,
it's all gone.
I wanted them to understand that with Felix,
we had the capacity for success that day.
[Gall] It's my first Tour de France.
It's a big question mark, um, if I... if I'm good enough.
I'm not quite sure if I can actually handle going for GC.
I'm stressing myself about it also.
[helicopter blades whirring]
[announcer in French] …the final kilometres of the stage.
[commentator 1 in English] Will the controversy surrounding yesterday's TT
affect Jonas Vingegaard's performance today?
One thing's for sure, today, he has a target on his back.
[commentator 3] Vingegaard's now leader of this Tour by one minute 48 seconds.
What does Tadej Pogačar have left?
Is there one all-in attack?
I have to be ready from the start and be ready for attacks.
Body language means a lot.
Me and Jonas, we just look at each other and it's not hard to react.
[announcer in French] And they're off!
[dramatic music playing]
[commentator 2 in English] Pogačar looking good in that white jersey today.
Nice and easy, looks very comfortable.
[commentator 1] Vingegaard is also looking relaxed.
But will they have enough power in their legs
for this year's most demanding stage
after their incredible time trial yesterday?
This race can explode on any climb today
so let's make sure we are present, if it does.
[commentator 1] For certain, Pogačar is gonna try and do something today.
I knew that, yeah, it's a big chance
to go for this victory.
That's great. You got this. Just keep the rhythm.
[commentator 1] We head towards the Col de la Loze.
This is not for the faint-hearted, this climb.
[commentator 2] It's going to be intense. A strong start,
with Ben O'Connor's big turn in the lead group.
[O'Connor] The plan for the stage to Courchevel
is for me very much to be in the break.
[commentator 1] Ben O'Connor setting things up for an attack
of Felix Gall in this front group.
There are not many stages left to win.
Everyone wanted to be in the breakaway.
I think that's also why everyone just went, uh, full gas.
[commentator 2] Ben O'Connor is giving it his all.
What a great job he has done for Felix Gall today.
But the yellow jersey group isn't giving this group of riders much distance at all.
And Pogačar is sure to attack at some point.
[crowd yelling]
[dramatic music continues]
Pogačar is dropping. Pogačar is dropping.
[commentator 1] And this is the moment that Pogačar is cracking totally.
Wow.
[commentator 2] And Tadej Pogačar… Pogačar is left behind.
Tadej Pogačar is distanced.
[radio beeps]
[Pogačar] I'm gone. I'm dead.
My body, I was completely…
empty on, uh, Col de la Loze. So, yeah.
[commentator 1] That is so hard-hitting.
It's such an awful moment for a rider who has tried to challenge
for two and a half weeks to win the Tour de France,
and his dreams are shattered.
[Hauptman] Um, Adam, fight for the podium.
The Col de la Loze is terrible.
They are left to their own devices, aren't they, on this infamous slope.
[Pogačar] I think, uh, if you're mentally cracked,
then your body also doesn't want to respond to what you want.
Really hard to go up that climb.
[commentator 1] Pogačar has to focus on his own race now.
He's even removed his earpiece.
[Pogačar] It's one of the hardest climbs I did ever on the… on the bike.
This climb is, uh…
No mercy.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 1] Attack of Felix Gall. Big acceleration.
Go on, Felix. Good job. That's it, that's it, come on.
[Gall] I was waiting for the really steep part to... to begin
so I could attack.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 1] We're seeing real teamwork from AG2R Citroën,
who have done everything today to place their new leader.
[Vingegaard] I wasn't aware of how much Tadej had blown up,
but I was aware that he was dropped.
Felix was in the break and, eh, I wanted to catch him.
Okay, Jonas, you're 2:20 behind the first rider.
Gall is the first rider on the road, but you unleash the beast.
Now you can catch everyone.
[Vingegaard] I just tried to go as fast as possible to go for the stage win.
[commentator 2] Vingegaard is flying his way up this mountain.
[music intensifies]
[commentator 2] How does he do it? How does he have the energy?
Felix Gall now is in all sorts of trouble.
This gradient is hurting the legs.
[commentator 3] Vingegaard is coming back very quickly.
At the moment, right guys up the road. You will catch them one by one.
[commentator 2] Behind them, a yellow jersey ripping his way up this mountain,
and he's closing like a missile.
Just go for it. Come on.
[fans cheering]
[commentator 2] Vingegaard catches Valentin Madouas,
goes past him as though he's standing still.
Goes past Guillaume Martin, as though he's an amateur climber.
[cheering]
[commentator 2] Approaching the summit.
There's a lot of fans at the side of the road.
They need to get out of the way to let the riders past.
What the fuck's that?
[thudding]
[honking horn]
[commentator 3] Ooh, what happened now? Ooh, again, drama.
Ooh, ay-ay-ay-ay-ay.
What's going on?
Fucks sake!
[in Dutch] Photographer, get out of the way, dick!
[commentator 2 in English] Motorbikes are blocking the road.
They're stalling on the incline.
[Pinot] There were so many stalling motorbikes and cars,
they couldn't actually move 'cause of the steep incline.
- [engine revs] - [people gasping]
[horns honking]
It was mayhem.
[siren wailing]
The motorbikes were very close.
At one point, I have to stop,
and, uh, it was kind of hard to make a move there.
Of course, you get frustrated,
because I think we would have been able to make a difference there.
[fan] Whoo!
Vingegaard is pushed back onto the wheel.
And that terrible moment there. There's nothing they could do.
The yellow jersey slows and it's good for Felix Gall.
Jonas had to put his foot on the ground for 20, 30 seconds.
[crowd cheering]
01:50 the gap, 1:50, Jonas. It's still possible.
[commentator 2] Wow! Vingegaard has caught Pello Bilbao, caught David Gaudu.
Only Gall and Yates ahead of you, Jonas.
Only Gall and Yates ahead of you.
Come on, Felix. Keep going. The last two kilometres are tough.
Then it's the descent. Come on now. Go, go, come on.
Of course, we knew Vingegaard could make a comeback, it wasn't over.
He's a phenomenon.
I thought, "We haven't fucking won it yet. It's not in the bag quite yet."
Eighteen seconds, Felix.
Eighteen seconds, you're gonna get there!
Shush. Not on the descent. Come on.
Don't spook him on the descent.
Really controlled descent, Jonas.
- [cheering] - [whistles blowing]
That's it, Felix. That's it, you're gonna win.
Come on now! Come on now, Felix. Keep going. You can do it!
[commentator 1] Felix Gall has the finish line in sight.
Do it!
[commentator 2] 25 years of age.
After the pain, after the suffering, victory for Felix Gall.
Magnificently led by the AG2R Citroën team.
- Woo-hoo! - Yes!
[crowd cheering]
[screams] Fuck!
[emotionally] Can't believe it. Can't believe it.
[grunts]
[Gall] It was really crazy.
Just overwhelming.
So many emotions at once.
Because I did not think that I'm capable of doing that.
[Niermann] Fucking awesome.
You do the rest of the tour on one leg, you will still win it.
[commentator]The yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard
has taken complete control of this tour.
Today was the day we knew we could, uh, we could crack him.
And we did so, huh?
[dreamy synth music playing]
Whoo!
Yes! We did it!
[Jurdie] It's a unique set of emotions.
It's what we signed up for. Moments like these, you know?
It's what makes it all so extraordinary, it's amazing.
It's a shared experience. A team win.
And, yeah, I'd also like to stress how incredible Ben O'Connor was.
He sacrificed himself all the way to Méribel.
It's just so good to see that our leader at the start in Bilbao
fell on his sword for Felix.
[O'Connor laughing]
- I'm so happy for you! - Thank you, Ben.
- You're a champion. Enjoy it. - You did a great job. Thank you.
Enjoy it.
I honestly couldn't be more proud to play a part in, uh, in that,
because it's actually a role that I haven't done before.
And I take so much pleasure out of kind of reversing roles.
And, uh, I really loved it today.
I'm so, so, so happy that Felix has won today.
- [crowd applauding] - [indistinct announcements]
[commentator 1] Pogačar, worn out, exhausted,
but finishing like a champion at the end of his strength.
[melancholy music playing]
- I'm sorry. - No, bruv. It's all right, bruv.
I'm sorry.
Did I lose podium?
No, no, no. You are there.
- Thank you. - You did good, bruv.
[interviewer] Tadej, how are you?
Fucked. [laughs]
[chuckling] I'm dead. I just couldn't go today.
Yeah. Today was one of, uh, the worst days on my bike.
[crowd applauding]
[commentator] Vingegaard has a 7:35 lead
in the general classification.
Tadej Pogačar is second.
I think the plan came out pretty well because Pogačar had an off day.
We didn't win the stage, but it was a very good day for us.
[Pogačar] One bad day, one bad Tour cannot define you.
And I try to bounce back and…
That's how it is. Never give up.
- Congratulations, Jonas. - [Vingegaard] Yeah. Thank you.
[fans] Jonas! Jonas! Jonas, please! Jonas!
[Plugge] There is a lot of attention on Jonas from the media.
So, we try to divert the attention from it.
To distract a little bit from the riders towards something else.
I knew what would happen.
[dramatic music builds, fades]
Pitiful.
Deplorable.
I would not take it too personally if I was Marc Madiot.
I won't have people question your honour and integrity.
It was not against the French at all.
I get nasty if you attack my riders.
[in Dutch] Thanks very much, Richard.
[commentator in English] Here's the attack!
I want to take the win away from him.
[commentator] And the inseparable duo are flying towards the finish line.
[tense rhythmic music playing]