00:01Stay in position and give them shit today. Come on, Alex.
00:05Team Merlier to the right. Team Merlier to the right.
00:14It's going to have to be a big effort for him to come back.
00:18I was saying most of the riders are looking after Remco Winopoul at the very front.
00:26Max, you wait at the back. You wait at the back?
00:30Team Merlier to the right.
00:32Team Merlier to the right.
00:35Team Merlier to the right.
00:36Team Merlier to the right.
00:38Remco Winopoul qui va essayer de le remonter dans la route d'un équipier.
00:41Okay boys, this was bad luck. Nothing to do about it.
00:45This big goal to achieve, that everyone also wants to achieve, also my teammates,
00:50this also brings me really a lot of energy.
00:53When you have a win like this, it's a whole team that's built around one single rider or one single goal.
00:58They have already a lot of experience to do it by themselves.
01:01They follow what they always do, they follow their instinct and just find the gap.
01:05Do the right moves on the right moment and now I can go on my own chance.
01:09And then you just decide or they put them in the place of another sprinter or they go to themselves.
01:15But that's something they really have to decide the last kilometer.
01:18So, how are you this morning?
01:30We need all the Portuguese people singing Ojo Almeida.
01:37How's this guy doing?
01:42How's this guy doing?
01:43You saw me here, man.
01:45You saw me here, man.
01:46You saw me here, man.
01:47You saw me here, man.
01:48You saw me here, man.
01:49You saw me here, man.
01:50You saw me here, man.
01:51You saw me here, man.
01:52You saw me here, man.
01:54It's off to Cavendish City, giving the Manx Missile one the last three sprints at De Chateauroux on the Tour de France.
02:00Whether it was a sprint once more or a different ending, a new winner will be crowned.
02:05The kilometre zero is just ahead on the road now.
02:09This is stage nine of the Tour.
02:20Two riders immediately onto the attack.
02:22One of them being Mathieu van der Poel.
02:29I think I'll take that sprint and I'll come back and probably similar situation to yesterday.
02:34But obviously they're just going to be quite stressed the whole day with this cross-tail, okay?
02:38So it's going to be very different to yesterday in terms of the tension you'll feel on the bunch.
02:47The Alphacen duo's attack, men van der Poel took maximum points in the intermediate sprint.
02:52Maybe the Dutchman targeting the green jersey of Milan.
02:55The Italian made sure to pick up third ahead of Germain.
03:04Van der Poel and Jonas Rijkaard had led for an impressive 25 kilometres.
03:08The sprinters' teams needed to up the pace to avoid disappointment.
03:11Yet Alphacen's two-up time trialists ballooned the advantage up over five minutes.
03:16Thanks, Korn Danika, thank Korn.
03:19As well he's dropped and he will stop.
03:26So he will retire from the race.
03:31Terrible news.
03:32A rider who was the key man in the mountains for Tadej Pogacar.
03:36Lidltrek leading the charge as the pace picked up considerably
03:42just as they reached another crosswind section.
03:45Echelons forming, hard work to keep in touch with 60 kilometres still to go.
03:49The Echelons gave hope to the front pair, although the gap was still not sure at two minutes.
04:01Stress and strain into a brilliant finale.
04:04Van der Poel now is in time trial mode.
04:22He goes into aero, he gets on the tops and now he is pushing everything.
04:2828 seconds for Mathieu Van der Poel.
04:3220 seconds for Mathieu Van der Poel.
04:3520 seconds for Mathieu Van der Poel.
04:37There he is taking a breeder.
04:40He knows he's going to have to kick out of there.
04:41He's got 700 metres of this drag, about 2-3%.
04:45It's not a climb, it's just a proper drag, but he's going to have to dig really deep.
04:49Van der Poel showing what a bike rider he is.
04:54Arkea sprinting for all they are worth behind.
04:57Van der Poel is in the lead now for nearly 173 kilometres.
05:03Big attack on the right-hand side.
05:05Now it's a little bit messy as the sprinters get ready.
05:08EF go to the front now to try and bring him back.
05:11Everybody is just throwing anything they can to try and bring Van der Poel back into the mix.
05:18EF now on the front.
05:20Van der Poel, white teeth showing he's about to reach a kilometre to go.
05:25Yeah, once he gets to the kilometre to go, he's got another 300 metres and then it will start to go down.
05:30Look at the big effort from EF, education, easy post rider.
05:34But the Groupama United are looking very good at the front of this peloton.
05:37Well, with one kilometre to go, Mathieu van der Poel is going to be caught.
05:42173 kilometres in the lead for Mathieu van der Poel.
05:48Big move there from Israel Primitech on the right-hand side.
05:51And here we are in the final kilometre now, moving up, Danny Van Poppel.
05:56Big acceleration by...
05:57Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
05:58Yeah, Pocard almost hits the wheel and manages to right it.
06:02Big attack now on the right-hand side as Israel Primitech go for this.
06:08They lead out Pascal Ackermann.
06:10Danny Van Poppel goes for the line.
06:13Jonathan Milan now opens up the sprint.
06:15Tim Malia the European champion.
06:18It's a drag race.
06:19Is Jonathan Milan going to take it?
06:21Tim Malia wins an incredible stage.
06:28Wow, five minutes and a half is a lot, so we try to help.
06:41Yeah, the pacing was quite high.
06:44I'm happy I can win my second stage here.
06:49Deja Vu as Merlier catches Milan.
07:01A wider margin, but no less dramatic, especially after a stage lit up by Alperson's attack.
07:07Third for Anno Delis equals his best tour stage result.
07:11Pogacar's yellow jersey not under threat.
07:15That could change when the climbing restarts tomorrow.
07:17I pick an impact will Almeda's exit from the race have.
07:20After victory yesterday, Milan this time appeared to launch too early.
07:24However, the Italian strengthens his grip on the green jersey.
07:27Tim Valens in polka dots, but for how much longer looking at tomorrow's parkour?
07:33No fewer than ten climbs in the massive centrale.
07:36Remco still in white and a word for the combative rider of the day,
07:40Van der Poel helping Jonas Rickard realize his tour podium dream.
07:44Who wins a field dream?
