00:00For everyone, it's a dream to race the Tour de France.
00:14Where did you find the boat?
00:16Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:17I think it's going to be a great week.
00:20There will be people on the side of the road.
00:22We're not bad, we're not too bad.
00:25Unfortunately, there's a lot of excitement.
00:27This will be our first Tour de France.
00:30I'm hoping to discover all this.
00:31It's a karaoke!
00:35I'm really excited, I'm really happy to be here.
00:38And we are really looking forward to this Tour de France.
00:42It's the best race of the international calendar.
00:46It's the most important race, right?
00:48And I think we've all come to the top.
00:52How are you?
00:53Fine?
00:54Yes.
00:55Let's talk about the Tour de France of last year.
00:58Drama on stage 5 of the Tour de France.
01:02Demi Vollering has crashed.
01:04And the team of Canyon-Shram are taking full advantage.
01:10Do you feel the taste of the revenge?
01:12Yeah, I mean, that's racing.
01:16Sometimes you lose, sometimes you win.
01:18That defeat really fuel my hunger for cycling, I think.
01:34And my passion for cycling was after that so clear.
01:38I knew that I just had to pace myself smart and we never wish anyone any sort of bad luck.
01:44But it happens to everyone and I'm very grateful for that.
01:47I'm just very focused on what's ahead.
01:50So I'm very much looking forward for new chances.
01:53Oh, shoot!
01:55Oh, shoot!
01:56It's who?
01:57It's Pogacar.
01:58It's Pogacar.
01:59I repeat, we do not pull.
02:01After a crash of somebody, we do not pull.
02:03It's Pogacar.
02:03It's Pogacar.
02:15She was disappointed not to win.
02:17I was super happy to win.
02:18So those are two different worlds that could not just like meet and discuss.
02:23It was a great, great year.
02:26Last year, great celebrations that we all went through.
02:29But the year is getting harder.
02:31So we take day by day and we try to salvage every single second until the end.
02:36Because, you know, sometimes you win by only four seconds.
02:39There are a lot of competitors in the final victory.
02:42Demi Vollering is really announced as being the biggest favorite.
02:45But I think Nea Doma, of course, who puts her title in the game.
02:48I think Anna van der Breggen, Marlène Rehausser.
02:50And then, the French side, Cédrine Kerbaule.
02:52And, of course, how do not cite Pauline Ferrand-Prévaux?
02:55I hope we'll have a great suspense until the end.
02:58If you could have the four little seconds of the car at the arrival at Châtel,
03:01I'll sign it all right.
03:08Stage 1's profile seems suited to the punchers in the pack,
03:11especially with the long climb to the finish.
03:13A short but short day with just two hours of racing expected.
03:17After the Dutch affair last year, it was a bretting grand départ
03:22for the fourth Tour de France femme avec Zwift.
03:25The GC favorites aiming to make an opening statement of intent.
03:29Le départ fictif vient d'être donné à l'enfant par M. Michel Vier,
03:34le maire adjoint au sport à Vannes.
03:38154 rider-strong peloton with 26 nationalities in total.
03:43One thing in common, tension and nerves even before the race started in earnest.
03:48The crash already in the neutralized section.
03:52Just as we talk about it, a number of riders have hit the deck already.
03:56Marion Roos is ready, but the riders are not back yet.
04:03Delays like that just feel forever.
04:06Here's kilometre zero and we're actually going to stop at kilometre zero
04:10to get everybody back in the peloton after the crash.
04:13Back and now we get going.
04:16We'll roll for a little while until Marion Roos feels
04:19that the road is open enough and ready.
04:23And now we get the first attacks of the day
04:37as the riders decide who's going to get into this breakaway
04:41as quickly as possible.
04:43More attacks coming now
04:47as riders decide to go and get themselves
04:50into this breakaway if at all possible.
04:53Maude Reinbeek went to lend a hand
04:58to the original escapee Laura Tomasi
05:00but with 56 kilometres to go
05:02the Dutch rider elected to go it alone.
05:05Maude Reinbeek has decided to try and break away
05:09as she makes her way towards his first climb at Bozzagala.
05:12She obviously feels like Tomasi
05:14is not going any quicker than she can go on her own.
05:18Two points for the 22-year-old
05:20the first virtual Queen of the Mountains.
05:22But the peloton soon hit the accelerator
05:28and the group was whole again.
05:34The pace quite high on narrow country lanes.
05:39Danger afoot.
05:41Oh, there is a crash.
05:44Leanna Lippert.
05:45Leappert.
05:46Oh, she's crashed.
05:47She can't even get off the bike.
05:49The team leader potentially
05:50of Movistar.
05:52She's got to get her feet out of the pedal.
05:54She doesn't know what to do.
05:56The first intermediate sprint in Plumelech
06:00was not just a first look at the finish
06:02but more importantly
06:03the first points classification action.
06:05European champion Lorena Vibes
06:08holding off Francie Koch
06:09to bag a maximum 25 points on offer.
06:12Yet five minutes back
06:13was Movistar's Giro runner-up
06:15Marlene Roosa rather than Lippert
06:17in trouble.
06:18One lap to go
06:21and the Côte de Calde d'Ale
06:23offered the last Queen of the Mountain points.
06:25GC favourites near the front
06:27but it was Elise Chabby
06:29who kicked on for three points
06:31and with them
06:32the polka dot jersey.
06:34Contrasted emotions though
06:35to compatriot
06:36and a GC contender.
06:40And Marlon Roosa
06:41has abandoned
06:42the Tour de France fan.
06:45The race fast running out of road
06:47Visa Lisa bike,
06:48Canyon Scram
06:49and FTJ Suáez
06:51were jostling for position
06:52all preparing to launch.
06:54Pauline Ferrand Plevaux
06:55primed to serve Mariana Vos
06:57but with a host of surrounding stars
06:59a 33 year old
07:00refused a straightforward lead out
07:02and instead
07:03lit up the finale.
07:10Van der Breggen starts an attack.
07:12Van der Breggen starts the move now
07:14to try
07:15and here goes an attack
07:17of the team
07:18with Pauline Ferrand Prevaux.
07:20Pauline Ferrand Prevaux
07:21now going for the yellow jersey.
07:23Van der Breggen trying to hunt her down
07:25and Pauline Ferrand Prevaux
07:27is driving away.
07:28500 meters to go for the French woman
07:31who has come here
07:32to get experience
07:34and is now looking for the yellow jersey
07:36of the Tour de France.
07:37Pauline Ferrand Prevaux
07:39is going to give Viesma Lisa bike
07:41an absolutely incredible start
07:43to this Tour de France.
07:45She turns the corner.
07:46They're hunting her down.
07:48Is she going to get to the line in time?
07:50Pauline Ferrand Prevaux
07:52she's almost there.
07:54Kim Lecourt
07:55is coming back at her
07:56very, very quick.
07:57Here comes Marianne Vos.
07:59Pauline Ferrand Prevaux
08:00turns around.
08:01Marianne Vos
08:02is on her wheel.
08:03Fran Prevaux
08:04is going to be caught
08:05right on the line.
08:06Marianne Vos
08:07takes the first place.
08:09Vos takes yellow.
08:10Second Kim Lecourt.
08:12Third place for Viesma Lisa bike.
08:14What a finish to stage one.
08:22I can't believe this!
08:24I'm so proud of you.
08:32You've won almost everything
08:33in your career.
08:34How special is this one?
08:35What?
08:36Really special.
08:37It's the Tour de France.
08:38It's the first day.
08:39Yeah, you can't really describe
08:43what it means.
08:45Yeah, as a bonus
08:47to take the yellow jersey
08:49I couldn't even think about
08:50that up front.
08:51So, yeah, I'm really thankful
08:53for the team.
08:54Yeah, especially to Pauline
08:56here on the final climb.
09:00We're here as a team
09:02and we just, yeah,
09:04to start off like this
09:05that's amazing.
09:06Marianne Vos
09:08A third tour stage win
09:10but Vos' first in three years
09:11only Follerin and Wevis
09:13have won as many.
09:14The court splitting
09:15Visma teammates
09:16for her best tour result.
09:23Vos' sixth yellow jersey
09:24but she hadn't donned the jersey
09:26since the debut 2022 tour.
09:28Niwadoma, Pini and Follerin
09:30ended the last tour
09:31four seconds apart.
09:32Just now,
09:33it's just the three.
09:35Two-time and reigning points champion
09:37Vos certainly shines in green
09:39but she'll hand the jersey
09:40off to La Corte
09:41on stage two.
09:45Xabi making history
09:46as the first Swiss
09:47to wear the polka dot jersey
09:49after failing to finish
09:50the 2024 edition
09:51the 34 year old
09:52attacking this one
09:53from the off.
09:58Julie Bego talked
09:59of her excitement
10:00at discovering her first tour
10:01de France.
10:02What better way
10:03than to land herself
10:04in the best young sir
10:05in the pack?
10:12It's off to Bres
10:13for part two
10:14of the Bretton Odyssey.
10:15Can Vos and Visma
10:16hold on to yellow
10:17on another day
10:18for the punchers?
