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It belongs to us.

The Tour de France is ours.

Happy to be back in France?

Yeah.

It feels great.

The Tour's DNA is right here.

The fourth stage of the Tour de France, the first on French soil.

From Dunkirk to Calais, the battle for the general classification begins.

In every stage, riders compete for the general classification.

In the end, the famous yellow jersey is awarded to the

rider who clocks the quickest time across all 21 stages.

Yeah, guys.

I'll take a few words to start with.

Today, stage four.

Dunkirk to Calais, 172K, 2000 vertical metres.

It means it's not a flat stage.

Like, the start until the first climb, that is a flat stage.

It will be very, very nervous.

I'm Grisha Nieman.

I'm a sports director for Jumbo-Visma.

And I'm here to win the Tour de France.

We finished second in Tour de France in the last two years.

But now our hopes are that we take the first yellow jersey.

From kilometer 29, 1.7K, 4.5%.

That's also where our first bottle point is.

I'd like to see people to look at my team as the best team in the world.

If one team can do it, it's us.

I mean, really believe that.

Some teams have one leader who is really the star of the team.

But we are different.

We have two leaders.

One is Wingergaard.

And the other one is Roglic.

Could you do an introduction, Primoz?

Is that OK?

OK, I am Primoz Roglic.

I'm a professional cyclist for Jumbo.

Something like that.

This is the most stupid, stupidest thing.

I don't think it helps to introduce you.

My name is Primoz Roglic.

And I'm a rider for Jumbo-Visma.

New shoes are everything for the film.

Oh, wow.

The stage that I'm particularly looking forward to is...

is...

Every stage has all kinds of challenges.

For sure, it will not be boring.

My ambition is definitely to do my best for the whole team.

But it's no secret that I want to win the Tour de France.

It's still something that I'm missing.

In 2020, we were settled to win the Tour with Primoz

and it looked quite well until the last time trial.

And unfortunately, it went wrong.

But I was able to turn it around and to win the Tour.

How did Jumbo-Visma manage to lose the Tour de France?

You can be unlucky.

But I don't even lose a bit of my mind or something or energy on thinking about it.

It's being optimistic and looking more to the next challenges.

2021, things crashed out early and immediately it was clear.

Now Jonas is our best option.

Wengergaard looks like he's struggling on the wheel of the yellow jersey.

But he could not beat Pogacar and win the Tour de France.

The yellow jersey wins the stage beating Wengergaard.

I think the mood was a bit shit.

You just try to do your best.

And I'm also confident that you can keep this level and you don't have to be afraid.

Because I really believe that you are one of the strongest here.

Two different second places.

But we knew at least from these two tours we

had two guys being able to contest for the win.

But when you want to win the Tour de France there's one guy that you need to beat.

And that is Tadej Pogacar.

Tadej Pogacar for UAE Team Emirates.

He's 23 and a two-time defending champion.

Tadej Pogacar comes to the Tour as a firm favourite.

Possibly even the absolute favourite.

He's a superstar.

And he succeeds at nearly everything.

We've never seen him fall apart and unravel.

And we hardly ever see him in any kind of trouble.

So everyone is asking the same question.

How do you dethrone Pogacar?

Sometimes it can be annoying that he's so good.

He's very explosive.

He won the Tour de France the last two years.

And he's the best rider in the world.

So of course there's a bit of tension, a bit of nervousness.

But the goal is to win the Tour de France.

If it's with me or with Primoz, it doesn't really matter.

Just that we win it as a team.

These days you have to realise that professional cycling is a team effort.

There are leaders and there are domestiques.

Domestiques serve the leader.

To shield him from the wind and bring food and water.

Jumbo-Visma is completely different.

Not only do they have two leaders, but they also have a megastar as their domestique.

Wow, Van Aerts!

Can he win the time trial here?

Here in Copenhagen, he smashes the world champion's time.

There's only one of a kind that can sprint and climb and ride on the cobbles.

There's one rider in the world that's that versatile and that's Wout.

Well, Van Aert pulls away.

Van Aert for victory.

Van Aert or Jakobsen?

What a finish!

Of course Van Aert is there to win stages.

But his main priority is to serve the team leaders

who both have their sights set on a place in the GC.

Wout Van Aert is now the leader of the Tour de France in the yellow jersey.

If you're wearing the yellow jersey, you've made it to that point in the Tour

de France the fastest out of everybody else.

Wout Van Aert, in the first few stages, is the best bike racer in the Tour de France.

That's why he's leading the general classification of the GC.

But a domestique's job is to serve the leader.

And the concern always is he's just always teaching on the edge of being that

absolute winning machine and utterly loyal domestique.

You did a really, really good job in Denmark the first

three days with staying in front and being out of trouble.

This was our plan.

We take initiative in the first week.

And I think the next two, three days are perfect for that.

And we have a plan for today.

So really keep up.

We really have to concentrate on Jonas and Primoz in GC.

Wout, when you're there during the stage, take

the wind a little bit to protect Primoz and Jonas.

The most important is that you have a team.

Wout, as a specialist, he's one of the biggest riders in the world.

But he's still a very good helper for our GC bid.

And if we want to win the Tour de France, then he's the key for me.

The peloton rides in France for the first time this year from Dunkirk to Calais.

While Van Aert holds on to the yellow jersey, he's leading the Tour de France.

The Cote du Cap-Long-Nez seeks the final challenge of the day.

A 900-metre climb with 7.5% average gradient.

It's time.

The first split so far.

Great work from the Jumbo-Visma team.

And now we see what the damage is over the top.

Incredible work from Thijs Benhout.

Wout Van Aert's on his wheel.

Jonas Vengergaard is there.

It's breaking up at the back.

There's Tadej Pogacar.

Pogacar is dropping, if I understand right.

Pogacar is not there.

Come on, come on.

This is the perfect opportunity for Vengergaard to gain the lead.

Time on Pogacar.

It's going to be carnage behind him.

Tadej Pogacar, the defending champion, isn't there.

And Vengergaard is desperately trying to latch onto the wheel.

A big acceleration from Van Aert.

Wout Van Aert drops Jonas Vengergaard.

Wout Van Aert doesn't wait for his leader and continues on his own.

Wout is solo.

Wout is solo.

Wout is solo.

One man solo at the front.

One man solo at the front.

It's Wout Van Aert.

It's a huge adrenaline going through your body.

Everything you've been working for is coming together.

So it's just the final kilometers in the stage where the

tension is high and where you can really battle for the win.

Wout Van Aert.

Behind him we have number 28.

Wout Van Aert.

Wout, after three second-place finishes, is heading for the stage win.

The Jumbo Visma rider will consolidate his lead in the yellow jersey.

CoronaVegan falls back.

CoronaVegan.

CoronaVegan falls behind.

You want all of your best riders riding around your team leader or team leaders.

You want everybody riding for the same ambition.

Because if Wout Van Aert is up the road trying to get a stage win for himself,

he's not there protecting his team leaders, going for the overall win.

18 seconds lead for Van Aert.

18 seconds of one kilometer.

18 seconds with one kilometer to go for Van Aert.

Alone in the lead.

Every win is special, but Tour de France is the biggest bike race in the world.

And because of the stress and the tension and the media

around, you also feel this relief when you take a win.

And it makes the emotions a lot more intense.

To win a stage at the Tour de France with the yellow jersey.

Wow.

Yeah, exactly.

This jersey gives you wings.

Surprise you?

A little bit.

It's good that you dropped your guys also.

I was lucky.

Wow.

Wout Van Aert is certainly capable of winning seven or eight stages.

But he isn't only on the Tour to compete for the GC.

I always want to be the best if I'm doing something.

Since I started cycling, I wanted to win the races.

At this moment, I'm maybe one of the best cyclists in

Belgium, but still a lot of things I want to achieve.

Everybody is trained well, everybody is prepared well nowadays.

But dealing with the pain is maybe one of the biggest

talents you need to have as a professional cyclist.

Luckily, I like to hurt myself.

Winning a bike race, it's an explosion of happiness.

Pure, pure joy.

For sure, it's always related to cycling when I have this pure feeling of happiness.

I'm addicted to it, I think.

I will not need this today.

Why do you want to win stages rather than the GC?

I think nature chooses for me.

I'm one of the heavy guys, so it will always be difficult to win the GC,

especially in a race like the Tour de France or the longer stage races.

You just need to get your body weight as low as possible.

And some guys, they just have a disadvantage.

And also, it attracts me more to have the thrill of a stage victory.

How do you marry your own ambitions with the team's ambitions?

Well, it's always difficult.

And I think a lot of teams showed it's

difficult to get this ambition on the same page.

But for me, it's just a matter of give and take.

He's capable of doing pretty amazing things.

But he's also a key part of the plan to get

Wengergaard or Roglic into the general classification.

And I reckon that in his head, it's going to be really tricky.

Very, very tricky.

Of course, it was a shame not to gain a few seconds on Tadej.

I was upset.

I would really have liked to be on the wheel of Wout.

He was just so strong.

And I think, of course, if he would have waited on the top just two seconds,

then maybe he could make the difference.

We have a lot of different goals at Team Jumbo-Visma.

But the biggest goal is... to win the yellow jersey.

So if one day we need Wout to sacrifice his chance for winning the stage,

I would hope that Wout knows that's how it is.

If you have a rider like Wout van Aert who is dominating, there is the risk that they

keep doing that and they forget about the

bigger reason they're there, which is the GC.

And at the moment, it's going to be a difficult one for them to manage, I think.

Welcome to the fifth stage, the legendary Kobbels of the North.

Today, the peloton sets off from Lille for a stage of 157 kilometers.

Today is all about not losing the Tour.

The riders must do all they can to avoid falling into the hell of the North's trap.

This day with the Kobbels, it is much more crazy than the first day in Denmark.

There will be a lot of trouble before we hit the Kobbels.

100% sure.

This year's Kobbels stage of the Tour de France is really difficult.

It feels like you're going to be sent straight to the abattoir.

Of course, the guy at home watching TV is thinking, awesome, the Kobbels,

we're going to see some falls.

It's going to be cool.

But when you're on the other side, you think, fuck that.

Take initiative.

Biggest goal for the day.

Drop Pogacar.

Get a gap for GC with Jonas and Prince.

The two-leader strategy gives you, of course, an advantage that you have two

options, two guys that you can attack with.

But the downside is, of course, also that you have to protect both of

them, especially on the Kobbels, so that they don't lose time.

Will be a hectic day.

We need to be in front all day.

Wout always stays with the other GC rider.

I dropped you guys even on a climb yesterday.

That's what I mean.

Maybe not go 100%, but just keep a little bit.

You can lose everything on the Kobbels.

A team's mindset is revealed out there.

The ability to do everything they possibly

can to get their leader over the finish line.

You don't win the Tour on the Kobbels, but you can throw it away.

Do you have wings today for the Kobbels?

Hopefully, it would be nice, but I really enjoyed yesterday's stage win and,

of course, give confidence to try it again today.

Testing, testing.

Good morning, everyone, from Radio Tour.

Good luck today.

What is the plan of attack?

You will see in the race.

No worries, mate.

Thanks.

Six, five, four, three...

There are two objectives, really, today.

One is the stage win, and then we've got to think about the overall Tour de France.

We've got three weeks of racing, and the riders who want to win the Tour de

France, Bogacar, Roglic, Wengergaard, have got to try and limit their losses today.

The favourites, who's going to win today's stage?

After yesterday's performance, Van Aert is

definitely one of the favourites for today.

The way he was capable of riding and showing so much power on the flat.

We know he's good on the Kobbels, too.

As you approach the Kobbels, the road narrows from ten metres to two metres.

For many of them, it's just a lottery.

Group

and the peloton are approaching, approaching the

first Kobbel area of the day, the Kobbels at Fressat.

Welcome to hell.

The Kobbels have arrived.

And the problem today is the dust, obviously,

because it seriously reduces visibility.

Bogacar holds an ideal position, isn't taking any risks.

Roglic and Wengergaard are fourth and fifth,

respectively, and they're the favourites.

On the Kobbels, on the Kobbels, you have a real corner to the right.

Bogacar, Roglic and Wengergaard are all in good positions.

For now, all the favourites for the general

classification are within the 20 front positions.

Yes!

Yes, Van Rensburg for Lotto Sedan, a rear wheel.

What a problem.

There are all the lines of cars.

The riders are at breaking point.

There are riders dropping out.

It's an elimination race.

And you can be eliminated at any moment.

The peloton hits the first stretch of Kobbels.

What a speed!

For now, all the favourites are in contact.

This is the main peloton, with Tani Bogacar in front, Team Jumbo-Visma in control.

I was nervous before the stage, because this is

the stage you really can lose the Tour de France.

Come on, we are still with five guys there.

We're the only team with five guys.

And then I had a problem, and I just really panicked.

Oh, mechanical for Roglic.

No, this is not Roglic.

Wengergaard has a mechanical problem.

What's he going to do?

Oh, that's going to be a big bike for him there.

We talked about, yeah, what do we do in case of puncture?

What do we do in case of a crash?

But I never realized and never thought about what do I do if I drop the chain.

I chose to take the bike of Nathan, and he's a bit taller than I am.

I need the bike!

Yes, we're coming, we're coming.

Jonas Wengergaard has had a bike change at a terrible moment.

The bike is way too big for him.

And Van Aert just leaves him on the road.

Jonas has a bike of somebody else now.

I'm on the bike of Jonas.

What the fuck?

Who needs the bike?

Who needs the bike?

He needs to go, he needs to move on.

What does Wengergaard do now?

Oh, a different bike.

Another bike change.

He's got to get going.

Kreiswick is just going to give it a go.

Take a bike on us, take a bike on us.

Take a bike on us, Jonas, Jonas.

Now all the bike.

There's the Jumbo Visma car.

Now another bike change.

Jumbo Visma in absolute chaos.

They're swapping bikes left and right.

One guy stays with three miles.

Good work, good work, everybody.

Good work.

This is

a very tricky moment for Jumbo Visma.

And Christoph Support entering the sector.

They're closing in on Jakobsen's group.

He's about a minute behind Pogacar's group.

Pogacar has realised that Wengergaard is under pressure, decides to strike hard.

Tadej Pogacar realises on the cobbles that

he can suck the energy from his competition.

He's a man who doesn't hesitate.

He won't miss an opportunity to administer a lethal wound to an adversary.

The Tour de France defending champion takes control.

Christoph, concentrate on Primoz.

Christoph, concentrate on Primoz.

The others try to get back with Jonas.

Jonas Wengergaard, who finished second in last year's

Tour de France, is in a hellish race to catch up.

This is a turning point for the young Dane.

He may have to give up any ambition of the general classification.

I think that's especially the pressure that we make ourselves.

I mean, of course, we want to win, we want to achieve our goals.

Of course, there's also a very big chance that you have a flat tyre, you have a

problem on the cobbles, and then you need to change your bike.

You will lose time, so that's all possible.

But we are one of the biggest teams in the world.

We have some of the biggest riders.

Of course, there's pressure.

And of course, we want to win.

But that's just part of the business.

The next three sectors will also be in the middle of the sector.

There's been a crash.

Caleb Ewan with Roglic.

Roglic is down.

Roglic.

Roglic.

Roglic is down.

Primoz first.

Primoz first.

This is catastrophic for Jumbo-Visma.

Fucking hell.

I couldn't believe it because within five kilometres everything is done.

And the two-leader strategy was going out the arse at that point.

The whole tour was going the wrong way at that moment.

You take that bike!

And we can pack bags and go home.

Basically, that's the thought at that moment.

And it wasn't so nice.

At the start of the tour, Jumbo-Visma had two leaders.

Jonas Wengergaard and Primoz Roglic.

They were on a par.

But there will come that time in a race when, depending on the situation,

you have to choose.

The moment will arise to prioritise Jonas Wengergaard or Primoz Roglic.

Primoz Roglic is trailing behind the peloton.

Do they sacrifice everything and wait?

And where is Wout Van Aert?

inaudible.

This boat is for the guys.

Do you want these?

Or do I come?

15 seconds, 15 seconds.

When

we were supposed to look after the leaders for this stage, Primoz really crashed.

His shoulder was dislocated, so you could see

straightaway that he was really banged up.

We got up and we were really close to the

finish and it was hard to make a good decision.

It was really hectic in the team radio, but I knew Bogacar was in the front.

Yes, there might be a chance here to win the stage for one rider, Wout.

But on the other hand, there is also a big

risk of losing a lot of time for our GC riders.

Wingergaard and Roglic.

Van Aert, the yellow jersey.

He's waiting for his teammates, including Jonas Wingergaard.

They're clearly sacrificing the Belgian rider's yellow jersey.

This is a critical moment in the race.

It also shows that Wingergaard has become

more important than Roglic in the hierarchy.

The Jumbo-Visma riders are pressing ahead at speed.

Around 45 seconds to make up.

We still have like 40 km maybe to repair things.

So I was sad for Primoz, really.

But also, you have to fight.

Wout van Aert takes a gel.

It's time to regain some energy.

And now van Aert is back alongside Jonas Wingergaard.

The Jumbo-Visma rocket is primed and off we go.

The final 30 kilometers.

Wout and his teammates surround Jonas so he is in their slipstream.

Which makes it easier for him.

In a slipstream, you use 40% less energy.

Sometimes I disagree with Grisha's decision or the team's decision in general.

I think that's normal.

But I had to help them.

I had no choice.

Because I'm also nothing without the team.

Primoz Roglic is completely alone.

Totally abandoned by his team.

This is a big decision for Jumbo-Visma.

It's part of our job.

I don't question these things myself.

It was how it was.

And you have no influence on it.

And you have only influence now on the future.

It's a nightmare of a day for Jumbo-Visma.

The cobblestones aren't just awful.

They are simply brutal.

They break you.

They... They pull you apart.

They destroy you.

And at the moment that you feel inferior to another guy, you can lose time.

It's self-harm.

And then you can, well, throw it all away.

A big move orchestrated by Tani Pogacar.

14 kilometers to the finish line.

One minute between Pogacar and Yellow Jersey-Vengergaard.

Vengergaard's great.

This gap is widening.

Jumbo-Visma are in trouble.

They're desperately trying to salvage Vengergaard's Tour de France.

Tani Pogacar is flying.

Crash!

A lot of corners now.

You have maintain redirection.

And we keep fighting till the end.

We're cyclists, you know.

It's never over until the finish.

You always should keep pushing and pedaling.

And, yeah, that's what we did.

Last year's Yellow Jersey.

Tani Pogacar has the situation under control.

What a terrible day for Jumbo-Visma.

A day that could end their hopes of general classification.

I would say if you ask any team leader of any team, they

can really bring one guy to the Tour, and they can choose.

And I think everybody would say, then let it be Wout van Aert.

Wout van Aert makes a last-ditch attempt to bring Vengergaard closer to the front.

Can he get his leader into a good position?

Another 41 seconds still to close.

Wout took over and went really fast.

Incredibly fast.

Wout is bringing everybody back.

He's closing the gap between Vengergaard and Pogacar.

I'm just full focused to minimize the damage for Jonas, for the GC.

I'm not thinking anymore about the yellow or the stage with myself.

I'm just counting down the kilometers.

The riders leave the cobbles behind.

Less than three kilometers to go.

Guys, tilt the line, tilt the line.

Come on.

Every second counts.

Tadej Pogacar crosses the finish line.

This group is just 14 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar.

Van Aert finished like an express train.

He saved the day.

What a dramatic day.

Yes.

I was really in a good mood today.

But that's just... That's just... That's just... That's just not possible.

In the end, after thinking everything was lost,

Vengergaard ceded just 21 seconds to Pogacar.

While Van Aert manages to hold on to his yellow jersey.

Wout really saved my ass.

That shows how...

Yeah.

How great a team member he is.

Primoz Roglic hasn't been in good shape since his crash.

He's going to lose around 90 seconds.

You dislocated your shoulder.

Did you have to put it in place yourself again or how did it work?

Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

After that you had to follow, you had to chase.

How difficult was the rest of the race for you then?

Very difficult.

No, it was not on our plan to have so many crashes and problems today.

But yeah, we're still there, we're still standing and we're still fighting.

Suffering is at the heart of racing.

And if you want to be a leader, then the only

way you can achieve that is to hurt others.

I'm lucky to have Thibaut Pinot in the team.

Franz expects a victory.

This little picture, guys.

That's our leader.

We want Ben up there on the podium.

But there's more pressure when you're a French team.

Riders are struggling and dropping.

It was such a crap day.

A crash in the peloton, a crash in the peloton!

See, if I'm here, I can't lift my leg.

No, he's got no strength in his right leg.

I want warriors and I want gladiators.

Pinot still believes that this is possible.

Thibaut's really going for it.

Pinot, a picture of pain.

We're going to win this fucking stage!