00:00I was feeling pretty good in the morning, ready to give it a go and yeah.
00:21This is Remco Evenapol, this is not a good time trial.
00:25Yeah, I was really close to giving up at some point but then I think at the right moment
00:31Klaas said to me that I had to keep going.
00:34Vengagar, if he sees Remco in front of him, he's gonna sprint for all he is worth to catch the
00:40rider in front of him. I knew in the last two three kilometers when I was going really slow
00:46that there was a big chance that he would come past me and especially on this last
00:52Steve Kicker.
00:58I was kind of prepared for it.
01:04Are you worried about tomorrow?
01:08Not yet, I just hope that I will be better tomorrow. This is the only thing I can hope.
01:14Thank you, Steve.
01:22A savage day in the mountains. Nicole de Tourmalet and a summit finish on Luchon's Super Bagnères.
01:34Overall nearly 5,000 meters of elevation, a true leg breaker of a stage.
01:39Steph Krass of the Total Energy Team. The tears starting to flow because no rider wants to leave the Tour de France.
01:57No successful breakaway formed yet. That meant when the peloton reached the intermediate sprint,
02:13Jonathan Milan was able to grab the top 20-point haul ahead of Mathieu van der Poel and Ben-Ami Germai.
02:19Thaddei Pogaccia himself snapping up three points.
02:26And the peloton is on the foot of the 1st difficulté repertorié, the coast of Tourmalet.
02:32Remco Eivnepoel is in trouble. Is he in trouble or is he going back through the race?
02:45No, in my opinion, he's in trouble.
02:50Number 85, Matias Stjelmoorza, forced to retire from the race after his crash.
02:58At the back, number 21, Remco Eivnepoel, forced to retire from the Tour de France.
03:08A trio did make it up the road, Aaronsman, Rubio and the polka dots of Lenny Martinez,
03:13but on the Tourmalet incline, the bunch swelled with quality.
03:18Tobias Johannesson, eighth placed overall. A GC danger to those in the peloton.
03:24Wisma duo Simon Yates and Sepp Kuss in contention. This the cam before the storm.
03:30Ben O'Connor ups the tempo. He wants to split this race up a little bit more.
03:37Yet it was Martinez to leave Jaco Alula's leader in his dust and solo over the famous Tourmalet summit.
03:43Wearing the polka dots for Pogaccia, Martinez now the virtual king of the mountains.
03:50The Frenchman added a further five points on Col d'Aspanne, but appeared happy for the support of
03:54compatriot Vant and Paris Pantre and Sepp Kuss. 50 kilometres to go, the chase group with a few
04:00minutes to make up, three minutes back to the peloton.
04:03Oh, there's an acceleration. Acceleration of Tim and Ahrensman. Ahrensman decides
04:10having had Rodriguez ride for him, but it's time to go. 36.7 kilometres.
04:16It's time to go. 45 seconds. 45 seconds for Simon. Ahrensman to the group Martinez-Joharlison.
04:29305 minutes. 305 minutes.
04:32Over the penultimate climb, Ahrensman building a lead with a lack of cohesion in the chase.
04:38The yellow jersey looked serene. What was in store for the finale?
04:42Could Ineos claim a first Tour stage win in two years?
04:45Toman Ahrensman heading towards the top of this climb and then he'll get set
04:53for the final rise to Super Banja.
05:06And now Wengergaard starts the acceleration and Pogaccia just trying to sit down and come back.
05:14Wengergaard looks. Another big acceleration and Pogaccia pedals his way back onto the wheel.
05:20Getting dropped now. Lipovic is trying to go, but Lipovic is struggling. Wengergaard really
05:26stops. Oh, almost hits the fan. Looks around. Is that the only attack of the day?
05:34And here goes another attack. Wengergaard strikes one more time.
05:38Tries to get rid of Pogaccia. Pogaccia is still there.
05:42The fans are so close to these riders. Far too close.
05:47But now we've reached the Pyrenees. He sits up. It is a debut stage win for amazing Ahrensman.
05:54Vengergaard gets ready because he wants to beat Pogaccia to the finish line and just give him a little
06:08reminder that he's there. And can he do it? Pogaccia strikes. They go for the finish line.
06:13Pogaccia in that yellow jersey is going to take time. Wengergaard cracks just on the run and he's
06:19unable to go with it. He wanted a little bit more seconds, but Pogaccia takes a time bonus and takes
06:25another three or four seconds ahead of Wengergaard.
06:36I don't know. I don't know. I can't really believe it.
06:48I don't know. I think I just had amazing legs and the shape of my life.
07:03To win a stage in my first tour on this way, you know, it's crazy.
07:16A first Tour de France appearance. Ahrensman claims a first stage win to boot.
07:30And top finishing from Gall, Lipowitz, Onley and Healy.
07:37Pogaccia imperious again, a small increase of six seconds.
07:41Pogaccia did everything he could think of, but the champion remains in control.
07:47An imported 20-point haul for the green jersey of Jonathan Milan.
07:51Pogaccia still a danger at 28 points adrift.
07:55A stunning early performance paid dividends. Lenny Martinez back in possession of the Polkadots.
07:59Eight points clear of a certain Pogaccia.
08:02Liverpool out. Lipowitz, the new man in white.
08:05Onley and Böckland, the main rivals to the German.
08:18Onley and Böckland, the main rivals to the German.
08:24Onley and Böckland, the main rivals to the German.
08:27Onley and Böckland, the main rivals to the German.
08:28Onley and Böckland.
08:30Onley and Böckland.
