00:01To be honest, I wanted a stage win.
00:06But, of course, priority is the yellow jersey.
00:11One final test, mountain test, looking extremely good.
00:15Yeah, let's go for it and then we can go to vacation.
00:25The 93Ks is not a long shot, but for everyone.
00:30After the sprint, you have four Ks before the first climb.
00:34It's important to put in good position, Michael.
00:37Lulu, the first part, helped with Matteo, the climb.
00:41And I'm at the top, the guy, he had around 30 Ks down here.
00:45If I'm not here, take this part, top 10 maximum.
00:49Because for sure, the guy in the front sprint after every corner,
00:53and you take a gap, and then you don't come back.
00:56The fact that it's shorter, does it change things?
01:00Now, with the shortened stage, it's just going to be full gas from the start to finish.
01:05So, I think the shortness of it makes it pretty easy to control,
01:08particularly with Niels Paul at the way he's riding.
01:10He could control this peloton single-handedly.
01:1322 seconds. I suppose you know what that means.
01:16I just need to look at Oskar, and yeah, not focusing too much on what Jonas and Boogie are doing.
01:24I feel optimistic.
01:26Of course. I will keep trying until Paris.
01:30This is his last chance at trying to make inroads on Taday.
01:33Taday probably wants to get another win.
01:34Do you know La Plaine?
01:35No, never been there, but first time for everything.
01:40Race organizers chopped 35 kilometers off the stage, but it didn't make things much easier for the riders.
01:52With the test in Col du Pre and the climb to the finish at La Plaine all within some 93 kilometers,
01:59it promised to be a fast and nervy stage.
02:02It certainly was quick almost from the off, as there was still an early intermediate sprint to negotiate.
02:06The little Trek team forcing the pace to give Jonathan Milan the best chance of grabbing the points to reinforce his hold on the green jersey.
02:17The Trek wrote their tactic in the CPA chat group on WhatsApp.
02:23Apparently they are going to pull until the sprint.
02:28And here is the sprint starting to open up.
02:31Jonathan Milan in second place.
02:33Guermai is there, Anthony Turgis, Abrahamsen, the same riders we have seen throughout this tour.
02:41As Milan now kicks, Guermai is on the wheel.
02:44Milan looks around, Turgis on the other side.
02:49Milan takes it.
02:51352 points now for Jonathan Milan.
02:57Just for reference, can we at any stage in the future avoid doing right with our tactics?
03:04Those who still had the legs went on the attack on the Col du Pre.
03:08Primoz Roglic was one of those riders, as was Lenny Martinez, a man with desire to being this year's king of the mountains.
03:14And they were soon joined by stage 16 winner Valentin Paré-Pint.
03:18Back down the mountain, a group of four dug deep in a bid to close the gap.
03:23At the top, Martinez claimed a precious maximum haul of points.
03:26The Buccoen Pedal is on the first one.
03:28Hey, the Buccoen Pedal is on the second front, by the Red Maillot jaune.
03:39The Buccoen Pedal is on the first one.
03:41The Buccoen Pedal is on the front by the Green Maillot jaune.
03:43The Blue Maillot jaune.
03:44look at martinez digging deep here at the top of this mountain 97 points now in the king of the
03:57mountains to talibagach's 105 roblech comes down to valentine barry pants and just goes absolutely
04:08flying past he's on a mission today he's thrown everything at it to just try and move up give
04:15his team something to shout about tonight roglic is flying 71 kilometers an hour
04:21aaron's been looking to attack big move by the rider who's already won a stage
04:50and this is the time now to put the tour de france to bed he goes past aaronsman as though he's in a
04:56different bike race i think vindigar wants to win today another attack of aaronsman this time he
05:04decides to go and he's not scared of doing so despite these riders going past him like he had
05:10his brakes on no no he knows these two riders are going to look at each other and the thing is when
05:16they don't look at each other they go for it but aaronsman goes again this pure climbing style
05:22as aaronsman jumps away
05:24you take all the shit you're being through to get here and you put it into the pedals mate we're
05:46going to get short period here okay come on right
05:52ahan'sman can see the finish line now this has been an immense move up la plana are they going to come
06:10Are they going to come sprinting past him or is he going to win the stage?
06:14Ineos Grenadiers, here comes Florian Lipovic.
06:18Pogacar actually doesn't have the legs and Wengergaard's going to go and try and beat him.
06:24The top of La Plana, the final horse category climb of this race.
06:28Wengergaard now starts to move.
06:30Can Ahrensman win the stage?
06:32He's hanging on.
06:34Ahrensman makes it to the top of La Plana.
06:37And he wins his second stage in this year's Tour de France.
06:58I can't believe it already to win one stage in the Tour.
07:03It feels like I'm dreaming, you know, it's, I don't know what I just do, like.
07:14It's just crazy and, yeah, I don't know.
07:19What a day for Taiman Ahrensman, who takes his second stage win on this year's Tour de France.
07:36After victory at Superbarnier, the Dutch riders certainly having a debut tour to remember,
07:40especially by putting Pogacar and Wengergaard behind him on the day.
07:44Overall, though, Pogacar remains out in front and with a lead of over four minutes on Wengergaard
07:48and with just two stages to go, a fourth Tour de France title is almost within reach.
07:53The sprinters manage to squeeze inside the time delay and Jonathan Milan's points early in the stage
07:58means his Tour debut looks like ending with him taking home the green jersey.
08:02Pogacar remains in the polka dot jersey.
08:05Wengergaard is second, despite the best efforts of Lenny Martinez.
08:07And the race for the white jersey appears to have tipped Lipovic's way after Oscar only had a tough day.
08:13The German rider now has more than a minute in hand on his British rival.
