00:00Demar, Demar... Oh, massive crash! Huge crash! De Lee comes down, a number of other riders hit the deck
00:06and now they make their way round the turn, 598 meters to go, a huge crash in that sprint.
00:12It's Christophe Laporte, he's got Wout van Aert locked in on the wheel.
00:16Just behind him is Niki Hassan, then it's Pascal Ackermann, then it's Biniam Gemay.
00:20It's a long straight run here, 300 meters to go.
00:24Big group of riders at the front, but a number of riders have hit the deck.
00:27On the right-hand side, here goes the sprint.
00:30Philipsen is there, it's Philipsen and Wout van Aert, shoulder to shoulder.
00:34Niki Hassan is there, but it's going to be all the way to the finish line this time.
00:37Jasper Philipsen is flat out, Pascal Ackermann is looking to get on terms.
00:41It is going to be Jasper Philipsen, two wins in this year's Tour de France.
00:46We knew it would be hectic.
00:48We had Mathieu and Axel in the beginning in the break, but there was no freedom.
00:53We had a good meeting this morning as well and Jasper knew very well how we could manage it
00:59and in the end he did 100% correctly.
01:03We knew of course that the echelons would come, but in the end they were a bit coming back.
01:10We knew of course that the echelons would come, but in the end they were a bit coming back.
01:16Again, an echelon was very close to each other and probably that was a bit the case.
01:22In the end, it's not that easy to be always there, also not for Mathieu van der Poel of course.
01:28He gave it all, he really thought the break was going to go to Paul,
01:34so he put quite a lot of effort in it.
01:37Yeah, because he was passing me and took again a turn to the right and hit my front wheel.
01:43He had so many times now the same and he's still doing it,
01:47so I hope they take him back today, because that's too much.
01:52Classic vibes, some wind, hilly terrain and flat-out racing from the guns.
01:58I really enjoyed it and also as a team we were really good.
02:04So yeah, really nice day.
02:06It was not an easy, controllable situation, but we were sharp for the crosswinds.
02:13We knew where we wanted to put it in the gutter and that's what we did,
02:16so we were always confident that we could make it back.
02:20It was also in my favour to have a hard race.
02:24In the end the boys really controlled the race also to make it a sprint.
02:29It's a shame that I can't pull it off.
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