00:00A shortened stage meaning no procession to Paris, instead starting and finishing on the
00:04Champs Elysees, 88km in three ascents of Montmartre, who has the fuel left to produce the power
00:10to party in Paris.
00:13After the traditional photo in a moment mixing with fans the race underway, but who can-can
00:19find the right kick to swing up and down the first climb of Montmartre?
00:26OK, the race is going to start to burn out.
00:32Hello, the 272, 272 Asparen, and the 205, the 205 Gernalek.
00:45Let's leave the Champs Elysées in the direction of Montmartre, right now.
00:51Pedersen in green.
00:52He starts to fly.
00:54Philipsen wants the stage win this afternoon.
00:56He's at the front.
00:57Yeah, Philipsen knows that if he gets over these climbs, he's the fastest man.
01:01But it's starting to be difficult.
01:02He's just swung out of the line.
01:03It's too much.
01:03The pace of Pedersen is too much for Philipsen.
01:06Pedersen, absolutely.
01:07Mach van der Poel goes around.
01:09Oh, he's not here, Philipsen.
01:10Hasn't totally given up.
01:11Look at the yellow jersey back onto the wheel of Michael Matthews.
01:14He's probably going to fly past Michael Matthews to go and catch Mach van der Poel.
01:22Let's do the test complete.
01:23Let's do the test complete.
01:27Pogaccia in control with Matthew van der Poel at the head of the race.
01:31And it looks like a few more riders have come across.
01:34Yes, Ben Healy is there.
01:37It will probably come back together, but we will have a warning, guys.
01:42It's going to be every lap like this.
01:48Let's do it.
01:51Let's do it.
01:51Let's do it.
01:53Let's do it.
01:53Using all the roads, every single millimetre there on the cobbles.
01:58Pogaccia forcing now up this climb.
02:01There's a split.
02:02Oh, Remco can't go with this acceleration.
02:05Only Matthew van der Poel has an answer.
02:09Good job, guys.
02:10All together.
02:11We'll close this straight away.
02:12We'll close it if we can.
02:22You just closed four world champions together.
02:27We just closed four world champions.
02:30The catchers have been taken by the peloton, the last big tour has effected, last lap,
02:39last big lap of this final stage of the Tour de France.
02:44This is impressive, here comes Pogaccia and Mathieu van der Poel, they're going to go
02:50flying past Fred Wright, oh and it's a ferocious attack of Mathieu van der Poel, look at him
02:56go, Pogaccia trying to match Mathieu van der Poel, who's just stamping, here comes Abrahamsen.
03:13The final climb of Montmartre, Pogaccia and van der Poel with a slender gap back to the chasing pack,
03:19but behind them the charge of the sprint teams. The fight to the line, truly epic.
03:26Pogaccia still in the yellow jersey, wants to win on the Sean's Elise, to just underline his fifth Tour de
03:33France win.
03:35Pogaccia checks, so does van der Poel, allied in battle, but Wiesma are closing this steadily,
03:41Campenarts trying to bring this back together, 54 kilometers an hour.
03:47They're going to see the finish line just in front of them, but look at that, the acceleration by Kofidis
03:51coming into that last corner, 500 meters to go.
03:53They're going to get caught inside of the finish line, Pogaccia and Mathieu van der Poel. Look at Pedersen, look
04:00at Philipsen.
04:01Olaf Koi is there, Michael Matthews is there, Mathieu van der Poel launches and tries to go away.
04:09Pogaccia doesn't have an answer to the acceleration of Mathieu van der Poel.
04:14Pogaccia wins the Tour de France.
04:16Oh, big crash.
04:19Can Mathieu van der Poel hang on? Here goes Mads Pedersen.
04:23Mathieu van der Poel with still a little advantage now.
04:27Mathieu van der Poel giving it full throttle.
04:30Pedersen and Philipsen.
04:32Pedersen and Philipsen in through the middle.
04:37And the victory by Mathieu van der Poel.
04:39The victory by Mathieu van der Poel.
04:42In front of Philipsen and Philipsen.
04:48You did it!
05:04Just incredible.
05:06An unforgettable torpedo to the line.
05:09Philipsen on hand to start the Alpesen Premier Tech celebrations.
05:13A success 12 months in the making, if beyond even the Dutchman's wildest dreams.
05:21When I was sick last year and had to watch this stage on television,
05:25I was already thinking about this moment and the way it went, it's a dream.
05:32You did it!
05:35It shows that we never give up.
05:37Maybe the start of our tour was not good, but one and two on Champs-Elysées,
05:41I think it's pretty good.
05:55Seven tours already and seven times on podium and five wins.
06:01It's something that you wouldn't even maybe write in a storybook.
06:08It's unbelievable also for me.
06:17An amazing finale and a magical moment for opposite Premier Tech.
06:23Vanderpool producing something extraordinary.
06:26A fourth win on the tour, but the first time he's won two in the same edition.
06:31A third crown in a row for Pogaccia and a fantastic fifth overall.
06:35Remco's best ever tour himself, second and two stage wins.
06:40Pedersen becomes just the sixth in history to win the greed jersey on all three Grand Tours.
06:44Lidl Trek also earned the best team award to boot.
06:49As he did in 2024, Carapaz the king of the mountains and the tour super combative.
06:54The Ecuadorian taking the polka dots by 56 points.
06:58Del Toro's debut ends as the best young rider.
07:00The fight with Paul Sextas hopefully will look into future yellow jersey battles.
07:05Thank you all.
07:07You're the best.
07:09Let's party tonight.
07:20Let's party tonight.
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