00:00The clock is ticking. Ben Healy is standing on the finish line almost waiting.
00:06I've got to really say a massive thank you to Harry Sweeney and Alex Boudin today.
00:10You know, they were just incredible.
00:12I was pulling as hard as I could and I heard the gap going from 3 minutes, 3.30, 3.40, 4 minutes.
00:20And the time is going to go past. It's going to be the yellow jersey of the Tour de France.
00:26You animal, dude. Oh my god, you're so freaking good.
00:33You're insane.
00:42Probably going to be a breakaway day and we need to watch out for it.
00:45But I have a solid gap, I think, and a team to for sure control the break if we need to.
00:51I'm hoping that no sprint teams are thinking that they can control.
00:54So for that reason, we're going to have a big fight for the breakaway.
00:59I don't know what will go in the final, but I don't think it will be a pure bench print.
01:05Say we fight for 50k, then there's only 100k left to the stage.
01:08So if it's a big move, then I'm certainly interested in being there.
01:12It's a super steep ramp there in the end, so that's going to hurt for everyone.
01:15Actually, the last climb is super hard. It's going to be hard to survive.
01:20It's for sure one of the stages that I have in my mind, yeah.
01:24Six years after the last finish in the Pink City, the Tour returned to Toulouse.
01:39Traditionally for sprinters, this parkour suits a punchy escape and certainly plenty of candidates.
01:44Three runners in front. Three runners in front.
01:49Switch on race mode. Get in position.
01:54Jonas Abramsen joined by David Ballerini and Mauro Schmidt, but not the only three interested in joining the break.
02:02Two groups forming behind the lead trio and the peloton, no one wanting to be left behind.
02:11Push hard here guys, short terms, we've got to close this.
02:18The two riders are about to make it to the front, so Bergadeau and Wright are about to join Schmidt, Abraham,
02:31and Ballerini to make it five riders at the front.
02:35Slowing down, block the road.
02:38The total is five riders in front.
02:44The side of Chevy.
02:46Relative calm at the front of the race, but anything but in the peloton.
02:50Kevin Vauclan, Quinn Simmons and Vogt van Aert agitating off the front.
02:53And Jonas Winregor also instigating, but the Visma leaders attacked, covered.
02:59The yellow jersey of Ben Healy and Tadej Pogacar keeping tabs.
03:03Then a strong chase group finally formed Mathieu van der Poel among those joining Simmons and van Aert.
03:10Could they bridge the gap to the breakaway?
03:12It's been already a rough day for everybody.
03:17Stay hard in the head, eh?
03:21The dude has no mercy for nobody.
03:24Come on boys.
03:26The chasing group made inroads but still 30 seconds down.
03:37The leaders refusing to make it easy to join, heading into the toughest challenge of the day.
03:46At the Côte-Pêche-David, the two strongest from the day's initial break leading the way.
03:52Abramson of Uno X and Jaco Alula's Schmidt working together for now knowing van der Poel was piloting alone behind them.
04:00A fitting climax for this red hot race in Toulouse.
04:03Felix Gau is on the back.
04:08And I think that's Roman Grégoire in that group.
04:10And there's the attack.
04:11Here goes Wengergaard.
04:13Big attack of Jonas Wengergaard on the climb.
04:16Huge move over the top.
04:18The three favourites at the front.
04:21Remko Evenepoel, Tadej Pogacar.
04:23Ben Healy needs to react.
04:28And good riding there by Tadej Pogacar.
04:30He needs to be on the wheels straight away.
04:31Now he's going to have this little descent where he's going to recover.
04:35Abrahamsen on the wheel of Mauro Schmidt.
04:38This is a massive moment for both these riders.
04:41Schmidt looks over his shoulder.
04:43He knows that van der Poel can close 10 seconds in 400 metres no problem.
04:49600 metres to go.
04:51Abrahamsen gets ready.
04:53Mauro Schmidt on his debut in the Tour de France looking for a stage win.
04:57They swing across the road.
04:59They've got 450 metres to go.
05:02Van der Poel comes round the corner and he's hunting them down.
05:06Can van der Poel close the gap?
05:09Schmidt checks again.
05:11Abrahamsen refuses to go through.
05:13He plays poker with the best poker face in the business.
05:16Mauro Schmidt kicks.
05:18Abrahamsen goes for the line.
05:20Abrahamsen looking to try and give NOx Mobility that first ever stage win in the Tour.
05:24Mauro Schmidt comes back.
05:27It's almost going to be a photograph on the line.
05:29A stupid, stupid person on the left.
05:31Abrahamsen gives NOx Mobility their first ever stage win in the Tour de France.
05:39And there's more attacks for Klan again. Onli.
05:42Onli goes everybody.
05:44Oh, there's a big crash.
05:46And the world champion is down.
05:48Pogacar hits the deck.
05:50A massive crash of the world champion.
05:52Now he needs some help.
05:54The neutral service is there.
05:56There's a little bit of panic in Pogacar right now.
05:59He's not inside. There's no sprint zone.
06:01I repeat, we do not pull.
06:04After the crash of somebody, we do not pull.
06:06I repeat.
06:07I repeat.
06:09He's only seven seconds behind.
06:12No one is taking advantage of the crash of Tade Pogacar.
06:16Yates brings him back.
06:19And if they have decided to wait, then that is sporting etiquette at its very best.
06:24All good today, all good.
06:27All good, all good.
06:29Respect to the ball.
06:31Respect to everybody.
06:34And now we can find out, is Tade Pogacar OK after what was a very big crash?
06:40Yeah!
06:41Yes!
06:42Yes!
06:44Yes!
06:45Oh my God!
06:47Oh my God!
06:48No, no, no!
06:50No, no, no.
06:51No, no, no.
07:01That was my dream to win a stage in Tour de France and now having a stage is so nice.
07:09I broke the collarbone four weeks ago in the Belgium tour and I was crying in the hospital because I think I was not riding Tour de France.
07:18I did everything I could to come back and here and standing in Tour de France and win a stage is amazing.
07:33Third time lucky for Abram Sin, finally a Tour stage winner.
07:40UNOX Mobility with their first win on the Tour as well, just beating out Mayro Schmidt.
07:45EF Education successfully protecting the yellow jersey, Ben Healy remains 29 seconds clear of Pogacar.
07:54Jonathan Milan in green on a frustrating day for the sprint trains, especially heading into the mountains from tomorrow.
08:02Lenny Martinez knew he would be safe in polka dots.
08:07That will change tomorrow when the Pyrenees come into sight.
08:11Ben Healy still in white, the top five riders in the young category, also inside the top ten overall.
08:18Top ten overall.
08:19Wall win win win win win win win win win win
08:35Forwardー
08:41We are at Pride Stadium people win win win!
