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The Bahrain Victorious team is extremely sad to report that Gino Maeda has died.

He was 26 years old.

I don't really want to...

to say anything about it, because I shiver at the merest thought of it.

For us riders, it's the worst thing that could ever happen to us out there.

We know we take risks because riding's dangerous.

But you... you really have to take the odd

risk for... for the chance to get a victory.

In the end, when you're actually in that moment, it's only after that you think,

shit that was stupid or shit that was close.

It's the kind of moment...

that you realise that you are... you are nothing on this earth.

We're nothing.

Especially in the saddle.

All of us in the team, we all agreed that now we have a reason, a real purpose,

to do something great in the Tour.

I am Pell Bilbao and I ride for Bahrain Victorious.

It was a tremendous blow to everyone.

After the Tour de Suisse, we had very little time and...

and in a few days, we had to... to change our mindset.

We went through hard times after what happened in... in Tour de Suisse.

I felt as if it brought us all closer together, more determined than ever.

We all think about Gino before the race, after the race.

We were really looking how to become stronger, mentally especially.

Then if there is gonna be some possibility to race for Gino.

I have no idea how they managed to get the team back up and running.

But I'm sure that they... they must think about it every

morning and that has to be really tough psychologically.

For some riders, that can be a driving force,

but for others, it could be a real liability.

The Puy de Dome is an historic legendary climb.

It is brutal.

We are almost halfway through the Tour de France.

Teams without a stage win, they're going to be desperate to try to take their chance.

3 2 1 5 Barry and Victorious hasn't delivered a stage win this year.

They've said that they want to ride for Gino, they want to honour him.

For that reason, a stage win will matter here more than ever before.

Strategy.

We would like that we are in the break, no?

Uh...with the climbers.

This is best-case scenario, but, hey, your focus is more on Gino.

The pressure starts to build up to win a stage of the Tour.

You realise that there are not that many chances left.

We have this goal on stage nine, to go in the break.

I would really like that Pei Yong join, so we need to give him help.

I knew that it was the kind of route that suited me.

I was the one with the best chance out there.

We know it's going to be really very difficult,

and that's why I've assembled a strong team.

Pei Yong is very motivated.

Of course, there are other teams fighting to get the stage win.

It's the return of the Puy-de-Dôme.

And, in fact, none of the riders in the peloton has ever climbed it.

And even team directors and management don't really know it.

Well, I must be one of the last, cos we haven't gone up it since, uh, 88.

I think that was it.

It's one of the Tour's legendary stages, and I do hope

that Aja Desair Citroën, well, can really get a result.

If you get dropped in the first 5Ks, it's not fucking exciting.

No, not true.

As a team leader, I'm under quite a lot of responsibility, but from a personal

performance point of view, so far, it's been pretty average.

We all expected better results from Ben.

After this first challenging week, Ben, uh, he fell behind, and that's no good.

It's a problem, a matter of concern.

The situation now is simple, boys.

It's gonna be a battle.

Every rider for himself, so it's gonna be tough out there.

The top 20 in the general classification will jostle for position.

I really want to compete in this stage and climb back up the general classification.

I'm feeling, like, semi-confident.

Um, telling myself, you know, it'll turn, it'll turn, it'll turn.

Holding on to that hope of coming back into the GC.

Ben and Felix communicate with each other up to the last 5K, and then it's every man

for himself, and you just keep pedalling like your life's at stake.

Hi, I'm Felix Gall, rider for Asche de Serre Citroën team.

My task for this Tour de France is to support Ben in the mountains.

I'm not feeling too much pressure.

I don't have the stress of a leader.

OK, guys, this is stage nine.

It's a good sign, so listen up.

One stage nine, last two years.

He knows the story.

Hey.

Signs of destiny.

You know I'm right, OK?

Now go give it your all.

Jonas Vengergaard not very smiley this morning.

He's already really focused on his race.

The start is important.

I need to focus and help our climbers.

Today, I have to try and be in the breakaway.

Everybody anticipates that this mountain could blow this race to pieces.

Stage nine is mental at the end, and for the final

breakaway, you've got to put a climber into that group.

K.O.

Bilbao, an excellent climber, is Bahrain's top choice.

14 riders there in the group in the lead.

In this front group, Matty Morrison, rider for Bahrain, victorious.

Well, we realised that this is the day's breakaway, and I mean it.

It was not ideal.

We would prefer K.O.

to be in.

It's a mountaintop finish, so it's not... It's not ideal.

It's not usually my thing.

I wasn't in a great position, and I missed that opportunity.

So I just... So I stayed right there in the peloton.

Matty, today it's difficult.

Everybody marks it.

Everybody has to make the difference with strength.

Otherwise... Matty, he is always bringing surprises for us.

Many times we try to guide him, and somehow many times he's guiding us.

Big attack.

Morric flying his way off the front.

I knew I was going well physically.

When the adrenaline pops in, your body starts to work

differently, and I was determined to give it my best shot.

There's Nilsson Pounis in the best climber jersey with Matty Morric.

Keep on going, Nilsson.

With Morric there and you there, you are going to gain time.

Very well.

35 kilometres from glory.

Puig de Dom beckons.

Puig de Dom's tough.

Yeah, it's a wall.

It's true.

The Puig de Dom, over the last four kilometres, has an average 12% gradient.

Imagine that.

Over a distance of 100 metres, you go up for 12 metres.

Equivalent to four storeys.

There are no bends, and you are circling the Puig de Dom.

You are going to get there.

And that's really complex.

What's going to be really strange now is going to go completely and utterly silent.

There was no thumps on the side of the road.

Pure silence, and you could really focus on your effort.

Allez, Maté.

Yeah, allez, Maté.

The general classification riders are now 14 minutes behind the lead rider.

Just behind the yellow jersey group, we can see Péel, Bilbao, with Bahrain

victorious, with Félix Gall of As You Desire Citroën.

Félix, listen.

Wait for Ben, OK, Félix?

Félix, wait for Ben, yeah?

Ben O'Connor cracks.

Ben O'Connor.

Ben O'Connor is distanced.

Fuck it, Ben, I swear.

It's annoying.

It's so annoying when he does that.

I started to drop there and lose contact, and the pace started to really kick up.

It was hard to stay always super positive.

Keep going, Ben.

Now that's it.

You can do it.

Go on.

Félix is going to get ahead of Ben in the GC.

2,800 metres to the top.

And Maté Moric is there.

Under normal circumstances, I would consider myself

having very little chance against some of the climbers.

But because of what happened to Gino, Gino was a climber, I felt a fire inside me.

A will, a determination to make a huge effort in the last climb.

Let's not forget that Bahrain victorious lost one of their own just three weeks

ago, and a victory for Maté Moric would mean a lot to the team.

Moric looks around and realises that another rider is coming.

Pay attention on Woods coming from behind.

Good job, Woods.

It was always going to be a pure climber winning it, not someone like me.

Maté Moric takes third place at the summit of the Puig de Dome.

He tried everything, all in vain, and still no victory for Bahrain victorious.

I said, what?

It's the same.

Second, third, fourth, it's the same.

I nearly missed on the stage win.

We came so agonisingly close.

You start to feel disappointed that we didn't manage to win a stage.

But I was still proud of my performance.

I would never have been able to do this under normal circumstances.

Felix Galle and Péo Bilbao reach the summit of the Puig de Dome.

Today was a really hard day.

I felt pretty bad for Ben.

Fuck Ben.

He wants to talk.

Go on, Ben.

Go on.

Come on, go.

Yeah, go.

What's the point?

Go on.

Go.

You're not finished yet.

Go on.

It's important.

The GC is finished.

I'm not trying.

I'm not doing it anymore.

Come on, Ben.

Concentrate.

Ben O'Connor loses eight minutes and drops seven places

in the general classification, holding 18th place.

Felix.

Well done, Felix.

Well done.

It's a great climb.

Yeah.

You're eighth now.

That's good.

Careful on the descent.

You must be so confused.

First they say weight, then they say well done.

Oh, right.

Well done.

You, get changed.

Go get changed.

No, I'm not fucking getting changed.

He's irritating.

Negative.

Negative, huh?

I'll just sign up.

He just needs to chill out.

Relax.

This is a bad sign.

I mean, it's not good.

Even when going all out, he finds time to

grab the mic and go, shit, fuck, shit, fuck.

I don't know why he does it.

No mic.

He should just be peddling.

I mean, he can scream out loud, but not in the mic, you know?

It's useless.

He has a setback.

He questions everything.

He gets carried away and then, well, it's ruled by his emotions.

He's going to say, why did you tell me to keep climbing when it's not worth it?

Yeah, I know, but that's how it is, shit.

Come on.

That's cycling.

You don't slack, believe me.

We have to make him hear what we're saying.

You know?

I mean, we're in charge and the sponsors pay.

The sponsors won't pay.

For a rider who gives up like that, I'm telling you.

I just couldn't...

I just couldn't get there.

It wasn't anything like I should be performing and how I performed in the past.

I'm not the best, but I haven't been a nothing rider.

You know, sometimes I have done some really great things.

After this difficult stage, our ambitions for Ben

in the general classification went out the window.

So, naturally, this is a time for us all to reflect, the whole staff, so that we

can continue the tour together, as a team.

Felix had a great climb up the Puy-de-Dôme.

He has strong legs.

Wow, Felix.

We're now thinking that the role of leader, well,

for the GC, from tomorrow, we'll go to Felix.

We'll go to Felix.

Felix, your day went really well.

You had a great day.

It's now about being in a good position in the peloton.

You're now the leader of the team, so it's not being in the back half of the

peloton because of the break, if it splits.

That's where Ben has always been good.

He's always in that front 10, 15 guys, and now you must do that.

I'm not sure if I'm good enough.

If you're the leader, that means that you have your teammates working for you and

that you are the one, yeah, who actually, you have to do a good job then.

You have to finish off the work.

OK.

Now focus, yeah?

OK, Felix?

OK.

You rest up, OK, Felix?

You're our new leader now.

Yeah?

OK.

We all agree that it's not the result we wanted,

and it's really disappointing for the whole team.

And we've got no choice now but to change things around a bit.

And, of course, the person right now who's in the

best position of placing well in the GC is Felix.

So at least now you have somebody who can at least...

..take that responsibility a little bit.

And you can be like, OK, Felix does that, it's fine.

Of course, he understands.

I'm not saying this with a smile on my face.

But for Ben, in terms of the GC, well, he's gone.

All right.

See you on the bus.

See you on the bus.

I lost a lot of time on stage nine.

I very clearly knew I wasn't good enough to win against the GC boys.

I understood their point of view.

It was already done, you know?

You can't turn time back.

What do you think about this week?

It was tough, wasn't it?

It was tough, wasn't it?

Your dad didn't have anyone else.

We had goals.

I think we split them up smartly.

But we didn't reach them.

But we still have to work hard every day.

I'll see you later.

If they come tonight, I'll try.

Maybe they'll let me go.

Well done, little one.

Well done.

Happy.

Cuckoo.

Hiya.

Hello.

You there?

Hey.

Happy.

Hello, darling.

The last stage didn't go as expected.

I was thinking about Gino and couldn't give my best.

It was really hard to conquer my emotions, to keep them under control.

So it was really hard for me.

I drew a picture of you.

I put it on the fridge.

After Gino's death, I said, I'm not sure that I can compete in the Tour this year.

I had to go home.

Not to forget about it, but to try to be more positive, let's say.

Spending time with my wife and daughter at home helped me a lot.

It's so hard to forget that moment, and you

close your eyes and say you've got to continue.

But it's really hard.

Well, I think coming home will help you recharge a bit.

I mean, with Martini, you're so busy.

So where's Marti going then?

See?

Mummy's going to be just here.

Look at the rocks there.

It's true that since Martini died, and since

Martina was born, I see things differently.

Our family's forever.

And yes, your job is very important.

But it's only a job.

Yeah, it is.

It's not the easiest job out there, but in the end, an opportunity like this,

it's a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

I don't think you can pass on a chance like this.

No, I guess you're right.

We needed to turn this situation around completely, you know?

Turn the pain into motivation somehow to do something so special.

And we hadn't won that stage yet and dedicated it to Gina.

Stage 10 is a classic breakaway kind of thing.

Aggressive from the off.

So now is a perfect chance for a strong breakaway to try to take that stage with.

Half of the peloton are really tired.

So from the start, we would like to go, of course,

but it's not easy to go in the fucking breakaway.

You saw how much we spent and invested.

The plan for stage nine didn't work out, but for stage 10, we really felt like,

we really focused on a similar plan to what we had in stage nine.

Hopefully, this time, putting a clamber in the breakaway.

OK, boys.

Get ready.

In the last stage, I missed the opportunity to get in the breakaway.

So perhaps there's a way to get in there in stage 10.

I want to hear the last one.

Well, today I'm going to put the pressure on.

The goal is simple, yeah?

To go for the win.

And for that, you have to be in the breakaway.

They're not going to hand victory to us, guys.

We have to go out there and take it.

It goes without saying, this is going to hurt a lot.

It's going to be so painful.

But we've got what it takes to have no regrets at the finish line.

We can win this stage today.

So let's do it.

Stage 10 is all about...

you know, trying to redeem myself, pretty much, and going for the win.

For me personally, I will try to ride with the GC riders.

I have to somehow get into the top 10 GC spot.

Ben, he can go for stages now, have a bit of free roll.

A lot of ice was ordered in the paddocks today so

that everyone can stay cool for as long as possible.

Today can be a breakaway.

You never know in the Tour, but it's a very hard stage.

Narrow roads, twisted roads, but also the temperatures that are really high.

Look at the temperature.

44 degrees at the finish line in Issois.

So what's your trick for coping in all this heat?

Those ice cubes worked a treat.

They feel great.

Going to be really hot out there.

37 degrees today.

It'll be good to spice things up a bit, won't it?

Yeah.

Five climbs are on the schedule for today.

This is a very tough stage.

It'll be up and down all day.

There's not a single metre of flat roads.

And they're off.

This stage has begun.

Today, for 80% of the peloton, it's now or never.

An attack, an attack from Wout van Aert.

And he's off.

On stage 10, the start was incredibly hard.

Another attack.

We were furiously attacking each other for more than two hours.

Seven riders are out front.

And among them is Kael Bilbao.

Setting up the breakaway took so long, and everyone was completely on edge.

And this gave me the opportunity to go for it.

It's the most important thing, to try to reach the finish line,

and try to gain as much as possible, right?

Yes, I think so.

Passing with... He can't do anything.

He passes, and we try to reach the finish line.

And Ben O'Connor counter-attacks.

O'Connor has left the chasing group.

He's getting closer on his own.

Oh, I thought it was curtains.

Pedalling furiously.

Oof.

Ben O'Connor counter-attacks.

Ben O'Connor keeps up the pressure, tries to reach the front group.

O'Connor.

I always dreamed to be a leader, and I know that's what I am at heart.

But...

that's not possible.

So what's the next thing I can do?

Go for breakaways?

So I tried to go full gas.

Ben O'Connor's been struggling since the beginning of the

tour, but now it seems like he's found his legs again.

And Ben O'Connor is there, and he has caught up with the front group.

I managed to get into the breakaway, and I was just

thinking, that's my one chance to win the stage.

The peloton is now 2 minutes and 30 seconds from the front group.

Anything could happen.

The Austrian, Felix Gahl, well positioned in the heart of the yellow jersey group.

Come on, Felix, stay focused.

Hold your position.

Stay with him, yeah?

Come on, guys, you've got this.

Peo Bilbao contributing to the group effort and pulling for long stretches.

Peo, don't be too generous.

Everyone needs to do it.

Just think about the stage.

The peloton was constantly threatening us.

It wasn't leaving us much margin.

We had 90 seconds, maybe 2 minutes.

Bilbao.

Bilbao, solid.

I'm telling you.

That guy's solid, you know?

Peo Bilbao, without doubt, driven by the memory of Gino Maeda.

Almost at the top of the final climb of the day.

It's the descent, and you really have to have the balls to take it on.

You're the fastest in this group.

Come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

Come on, come on, come on.

Does they go over the crest?

Look at the speed.

These riders know that this is a massive opportunity.

They need to commit and commit fully.

We decided to take over at full speed, without restraint.

We were going to give it everything.

We're taking the bull by the horns, not being scared or

worried, and just feeling like you're racing the bike.

We took the chance, and we tried to win.

Don't stop now.

Don't stop now.

Six riders with a chance at winning stage ten.

So then, chaps, what do you reckon then?

Will you give it a shot?

If they slack off, attack from the rear.

Attack from the rear if they slack off.

Attack from the rear.

Ben O'Connor attacks!

Maxi, Australian, tries to get clear.

Hurry.

When you're in the breakaway, you're chasing the victory.

That rush that you have is what sets you on fire.

Ben O'Connor has used the only little bit of road that's to his advantage,

the uphill section, immediately onto his wheel.

Pellow bill bow.

Here goes Zimmerman.

Fires down the right-hand side.

Oh, fuck.

And bill bow hunts him down.

Inside the last kilometre.

O'Connor is hunting them down.

Pellow bill bow looks at Zimmerman.

Ben O'Connor isn't giving up.

Ben O'Connor closes the gap.

Ben O'Connor is closing the gap.

O'Connor should hit them right now and go.

He's going for the finish line.

Go, Ben.

Go, go, go, Ben.

Bill bow opens up the sprint.

OK, go!

I had a special motivation.

When you think you don't have any more strength, it gives you a final push.

Pellow bill bow wins for Bahrain victorious.

Yeah!

Woo!

That's it!

Pellow wins!

One special day in my life, for sure.

It's a hard job we are doing.

But these moments repay everything.

I think my roar of triumph travelled all the way home.

And you could hear it there.

Yes!

Yes!

Well done, mate.

For Gino, this one, yeah?

Yeah.

That brought so many emotions out for us.

Not just because we actually realised our ambition and win a

stage to honour Gino, but also because it was Pellow who won.

Pellow and Gino were really close to each other.

That put it more behind us, you know?

Like, we were still angry that he was not with us, but we realised that we need to

accept that fate and carry on with our lives.

I hope he is proud watching us from the sky.

Gino had a ton of talent.

I don't know if I can fully understand what it's like for the team-mates.

Bilbao deserved that win more than all of us.

You know, chapeau to him.

What a stage.

Pello Bilbao, you've just won a stage in the Tour de France.

What a day.

What a day for you.

What a day for the team.

It was hard to prepare the last two days.

Two weeks.

But, yeah, staying with the family at home and staying with my kid, Martina,

yeah, she helped me a lot to just keep calm, be positive and put all my positive

energy to try to do something nice in the Tour.

I crossed the line and I just put out all the anger I had in there inside and

remembering the reason, the reason for this victory.

The special one.

For Gino.

Pain is temporary.

Giving up is forever.

You have to finish off the work.

Can Moric overtake?

Races are won or lost by millimetres.

Do you think he's doping?

Jonas Wengergaard delivers a breathtaking performance today.

This is huge.

He smashed the Tour.

He smashed everyone.

I find it hard to believe there's doping.

Like in the nineties.

Cheaters exist.

People were completely wrong.