00:00We are coming from the top of the Lotharay and we are going to the top of the Galibier on foot.
00:11It's a bit early, 6 o'clock.
00:17Of course I had to come here to Galibier, it's an epic mountain.
00:21And I had to make my mark on the road with all the Danish riders and flags.
00:28Let's go!
00:33Whether you ride a bike or not, it's something you have to experience.
00:36When you see the riders passing by, there's nothing around. I think it's beautiful.
00:42It's true that it's very calm, but I think the atmosphere will completely change later.
00:52Today is a big test.
00:54If you like riding on the flat, don't bother with today's stage, because this one is a brute.
01:01We'll see how the legs are turning and what others will do.
01:06I'm better than I have expected myself.
01:09Attack of Tadej Bogacar, this is the moment. Finger guard, react straight away.
01:17I will of course do my best to try to follow Tadej today.
01:25Finishing in Valois, are you inspired by today's stage?
01:31It's a descent of Tom Pidcock.
01:35Racing instincts take over and the descending part will come naturally.
01:55The Tour returns to France on stage 4 with a short but explosive outing featuring that famous climb of the Galibier.
02:02It finishes with a technical and potentially decisive downhill sweep into Valois.
02:16Copy, UAE close to group. Let them do.
02:25The UAE is already pulling, I think, in the bunch.
02:35No, no Bora, no Ineos, no Visma, no... Good, guys, good.
02:46UAE Team Emirates setting out their stall and keeping the 17 breakaway riders on a tight leash.
02:52The world champion van der Poel was there along with Madouas in polka dots and his teammates Godou and Gregoire.
02:59Barguil, Lascano, Lutsenko and Williams were also in the mix, the latter first over the first two climbs.
03:08So we're now into France.
03:11UAE keeping everybody on their toes in the peloton.
03:14They even caused a split midway through the stage on the descent of the Col de Montgenèvre.
03:19A couple of top GC riders were caught out, including the race leader Richard Carapaz,
03:24but they quickly managed to fight their way back.
03:28The breakaway, meanwhile, unable to escape the clutches of Niels Pollitt,
03:32who was still setting a ferocious tempo for the race.
03:36Are you OK, brother?
03:38Yeah, it's OK.
03:40Also, we don't need to care about the breakaway.
03:43That's the point.
03:44If they are at two or three minutes, it's OK.
03:47As far as possible.
03:51Slowly but surely, the team was getting closer and closer to the finish line.
03:55The race was getting closer and closer.
03:57The team was getting closer and closer to the finish line.
04:00It's OK.
04:01As far as possible.
04:04Slowly but surely, the peloton continued to reel in the escapees
04:07on the first part of the climb to the Col de l'Ottare.
04:11Lascarneau trying his luck up at the front,
04:13but it was a fruitless endeavour because UAE were right on his heels
04:17and the pace was getting too hot, even for some of the GC guys to handle.
04:22Pitcock has cracked as well.
04:25Escapee terminé. Escapee terminé, Lascarneau. Repris.
04:31Le Veilleux Jaune Carapaz est en difficulté.
04:35The yellow jersey with the Carapaz is dropped.
04:40Jorgensen cracks. He's gone now.
04:43So, Wengergaard has no teammates with him anymore.
04:47Peil-Bilbao now is distanced.
04:50He is dropped.
04:51Only eight riders left at the front of the Tour de France
04:54after four stages, and this is the elite group.
04:57Evenepoel looks so comfortable, just sips up the jersey.
05:02There they are on the turn now.
05:03So the roads get steeper, more than 9%.
05:07We've lost most of the top ten riders overall from this race,
05:11from the front, and here he goes.
05:13The tornado strikes and Wengergaard immediately reacts.
05:17So does Evenepoel.
05:18Tadej Pogacar starts the assault
05:20to try and take the yellow jersey for good.
05:23Wengergaard has found his limit.
05:25Pogacar has asked the big question,
05:27do you have it or do you not?
05:29And right now, Wengergaard is struggling
05:32to stay with the Slovenian, who glances around,
05:35and now he wants to put the sword.
05:38Pogacar, 23.8 seconds of bonification.
05:43Over the top of the climb,
05:46over the top of the climb now.
05:48The group containing Rodríguez, Landa, Almeida,
05:53Ayuso, Remco Evenepoel, and also Roglic.
06:06Ayuso. Yes, it is.
06:07Then it's Roglic.
06:08Remco Evenepoel even looks to be struggling
06:11to stay with that group.
06:12Pogacar leads by 32 seconds
06:15from a group of riders about to combine,
06:18which will be Wengergaard, Carlos Rodríguez,
06:21Roglic, Juan Ayuso is with them.
06:23And then behind, a little bit further back,
06:25is Remco Evenepoel,
06:28who is closing in now on the riders in front.
06:33And this rider is in the sunshine in Valois.
06:37Tadej Pogacar comes into Valois.
06:39He's fighting for time.
06:41The Slovenian superstar takes his 12th stage win
06:45in a Tour de France in his career.
06:50Remco Evenepoel sprinting.
06:52Ayuso trying to take the bonuses away.
06:55But Evenepoel takes second from Ayuso,
06:57from Roglic, from Wengergaard, from Rodríguez.
07:11I wanted to hit hard today.
07:14I had confidence in the start
07:16and had good legs, and I had to try.
07:21It was like a dream stage,
07:23and I finished it off solo.
07:25It's incredible, and I'm super, super happy.
07:35Pogacar taking his 12th stage of the Tour,
07:38already the 15th of what would be
07:40his most memorable season to date.
07:42The Slovenian, who is chasing the Giro Tour double,
07:45now leads Evenepoel by 45 seconds
07:47and Wengergaard by 50.
07:49Carapaz dropped over five minutes.
07:54Jonas Abrahamsson just about keeps the green jersey,
07:57but Jemai and Pedersen are breathing down his neck
08:00before two sprint stages.
08:04And the Norwegian only leads the mountains classification
08:07by four points now from Pogacar.
08:10Evenepoel is set for an intriguing battle
08:13with Ayuso and Rodríguez for the white jersey.
08:1531 seconds separating that trio.
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