00:00Guys, Ben won! Ben won!
00:08Today and tomorrow are stages that we're on.
00:11It's not battery saving mode and we're on, right?
00:14Congratulations to every one of you.
00:17What an amazing team effort. Super boys.
00:21We're very well aware that on a stage like this,
00:25if this fight for a breakaway goes on and on and on and on.
00:29Let them go, let them go.
00:31And then a breakaway establishes itself late in the race with tired people.
00:36It's very easy for Van der Poel to win again.
00:38Because we still don't want to sprint against him.
00:41It's okay to lose, but it's not okay to fail, right?
00:48The yellow jersey is back on your shoulders for only one second.
00:53I felt I didn't have my best day.
00:56And at the end I was fighting against myself.
01:01It's really nice to go in yellow to this special place for me.
01:05Machi van der Poel points to the sky.
01:09He remembers his granddad Pulido.
01:11Losing is something we're going to have to do over and over again
01:15as we try to win a stage.
01:17I would have loved to have a bit more than one second,
01:21but it's up to us to ride faster if you want a jersey.
01:25Failing is not doing what you want to do the way you want to do it, right?
01:30So, however the race could go, we know what our race is.
01:35And that's the most important thing.
01:45Stage 7 heads to Brittany, finishing with a double ascent of the Mure de Bretagne.
01:49A brutal test where Van der Poel triumphed in 2021.
01:52Can Pogaccia strike back or will the wall crown another champion?
01:57And we got the confirmation from the front car.
02:04The start will be hectic.
02:06Attack, Wout van Aert.
02:16It's a good wake up to all of you guys.
02:18That's why in the meeting we always say to not start at the back of the bunch.
02:22Govan Aert and Mauro Schmidt were pushing to form an early breakaway,
02:29but it wasn't long until that was shut down emphatically
02:32as the teams at the peloton reeled them back in.
02:35OK, 47. Plotaux bombed.
02:37Around 50 km per hour, the pace remained relentless.
02:41That's another exhausting stage for everyone.
02:43A Fantastic Five did finally kick and produce a meaningful attack,
02:47but nothing yet to worry the peloton controlled by UAE and Alpecin.
02:52I just talked with Alpecin and they go from the stage, UAE also.
02:58Bretagne fans with their chance to get caught up in tour fever
03:01as the five escapades kicked on.
03:032018 champion Garen Thomas amongst the group
03:07unable to push past the two-minute barrier.
03:10I'm going to try and keep calm for now in this move, Alex, OK?
03:16It's not on how much you guys push.
03:19It's on what happens behind.
03:22After Jonathan Milan extended his points jersey lead at the intermediate sprint,
03:33UAE and Alpecin back on the front with Niels Pollitt powering the peloton.
03:37It pays too much for Marco Haller, the Tudor rider the first escapade to crack
03:41with 40 km to go.
03:43Just one minute to go, one minute to the front, four now.
03:46Haller, drop, Haller, drop.
03:48One lap of racing to go now.
03:53Team of Wiesma, Lisa bike on the front as always.
03:58Gordon is the rider who jumps.
04:00Garcia, even Garcia Cortina.
04:02A little bit more of an injection of pace.
04:04Geraint Thomas is suffering at the back.
04:16One lap of racing to go now.
04:18One more climb of the Mure de Bretagne to decide who wins today's stage.
04:23Kostou is the first to the finish line.
04:34One lap of racing to the Mure de Bretagne to finish.
04:37There's Ben Healy, yesterday's stage winner.
04:43Oh, crash.
04:44Oh, big crash in the peloton.
04:46Loads of riders are down.
04:47That was a huge crash.
04:52That was a huge crash.
04:54Ben Healy coming back now with the team of EF trying to bring him back into the game.
04:59Van Der Poel, distance.
05:01Le mail is a good distance.
05:04Pogaccia.
05:05Not being worried.
05:06He knows he will be in yellow tonight.
05:07Now they've got some more road to play with.
05:09We're under the barrier line with 1,000 meters to go.
05:13And it gets a lot easier at this point.
05:15So it is.
05:16Remco Avnipol, Wengergaard, Pogaccia, Vorkalan, Jorgensen, Narvaez.
05:22Also in there, Oscar only.
05:25Remco Avnipol is dicing a little bit.
05:28Dances out the saddle.
05:30Narvaez is moving up to try and put this race in the hands of Tadej Pogaccia.
05:36800 meters of racing to go.
05:38Narvaez starts.
05:39Remco Avnipol slots in.
05:41Wengergaard wants to ruin the morale of Pogaccia.
05:44Jorgensen gets ready.
05:46Onli is there.
05:47Felix Gall.
05:48It's going to be a bunch sprint of the climbers.
05:51It's very interesting how Tadej Pogaccia didn't go on the wheel of Narvaez, but preferred to sit behind the Olympic champion.
05:59600 meters to go.
06:01It's a little bit flatter now.
06:02Wind is coming from the right-hand side.
06:04That's why they're choosing the barrier side.
06:06Narvaez gets ready for the sprint.
06:09Pogaccia looks around.
06:11He seems a little bit worried about what's going on behind.
06:15Felix Gall is there.
06:16Laurence is coming back.
06:17Now we're onto the flat section.
06:19Pogaccia has the best sprint in this group, but you just never know.
06:23He wants to win.
06:25He wants his hands in the air at the top of this climb.
06:29He said it this morning.
06:30He keeps checking.
06:31Wengergaard checks as well.
06:33Jorgensen is there.
06:34How many times has Tadej Pogaccia looked over his shoulder?
06:39He's just waiting for the strike.
06:41Here he goes now.
06:43This is the sprint.
06:44Pogaccia starts.
06:46Wengergaard is going to go with him, but Pogaccia is just powering away.
06:50Wengergaard though is right in the wheel.
06:52Jonas Wengergaard, Tadej Pogaccia, but it's the world champion on the Mure de Bretagne
06:57ahead of Jonas Wengergaard.
07:00Jorges 5-1.
07:01Oh!
07:02JORges 5-2.
07:03JORges 5-5.
07:04Oh yeah, I'm super happy with the win today.
07:07Oh, yeah, I mean, I'm super happy with the win today.
07:24Unfortunate that João crashed and I hope he's OK.
07:28If he's not OK, then this victory is for him.
07:37Pogacar's 19th tour stage win, only six riders in history have won more.
07:44Venegor limited losses to four bonus seconds and a first ever Grand Tour podium for Oscar only.
07:52The Slovene superstar firmly back in control of the yellow jersey.
07:56Van der Poel plummets to fifth.
07:58Evan der Poel, the only rider within a minute of leader, Pogacar.
08:02A further consequence of the World Champions win, the green jersey is also his.
08:06Pogacar will hope to win it back tomorrow.
08:09Tim Weiland's polka dots mean UAE hold three of the four jerseys.
08:13The Belgian a point clear of Pogacar.
08:17Remco, Evanapol in white, Pogacar close behind.
08:20The two best youngsters second and third overall after another brutal day.
08:24We will check, we hope he's nothing broken because of course, no, he's a very important rider for us.
08:38Before I do, give up the win.
08:39Let's get one.
08:40Thank you for coming.
08:41fella.
08:42JC Guarertj
08:54Nebdi
08:57Clip
08:59Poil
