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Ambition.

Directly from Belgium, let's give it up for Soudal Quick-Stick.

Everybody says...

the only Ranger team that ever won was the Tour de France.

But now, I discovered a talent.

The champion who is going to change the world.

Ladies and gentlemen...

I'm feeling ready for the Tour with this strong squad.

We would like to win, so we will try our best.

I think it's time I got started.

No one can stop me.

I want to tell the world that I am here.

Easy.

Easy.

Hey, easy.

You want to be on Netflix?

Just saying.

Who's next?

Who lives in Calpe?

Hey, careful.

You don't want to get stopped by the police again, huh?

What do you have tomorrow?

What do I have tomorrow?

Rest.

I rest every day.

Complete rest day.

No, no.

Three hours.

Three hours.

Fuck, what a life, huh?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Netflix life.

Hi, my name is Remco Evnopol.

I'm 24 years old and I ride for Soudal Quick-Stick.

It's true that my life's changed so much.

Until recently, football was my life.

I played for Anderlecht, the top team in Belgium.

At 15, I was captain of the national team.

But a football pitch is always the same.

Always four corners and two goals.

And so the time came where I'd had enough.

I wanted to do something completely different.

When I was 17, I began to cycle.

I won the first race I competed in.

I'd only been cycling for a bit less than a month.

It wasn't long.

So, uh, I picked it up quick.

He start riding, I think, middle of the season.

And he did eight races and won six.

But not with 30 seconds.

So with minutes.

Of course, I'm not stupid.

I offered him immediately contact with us.

A victory of incredible proportions.

Bramco is actually just like this, like, perfectly built missile on the bike.

He's gonna roll now, attacks hard.

He can just cut through the wind like nobody else can.

The arrow bullets, what they call me.

And you like that?

Oh, yeah.

For the time trial, I do, yeah.

He's already won a Grand Tour.

Record of Interpol!

He smashes the defending champion.

He's already been world champion on the road

and two times world champion in the time trial.

In Belgium, he is like a second messiah.

He has been compared to the great, Eddie Merckx,

more times than he's probably had hot suppers.

Eddie Merckx was fantastic.

But Remco is better.

Are you sure, though?

Yeah.

I prefer not to be compared to any other rider.

Because I'd rather that they said, there's Remco, there's something unique about him.

He's a rider that the others can't compete with.

I've been like that since I was a boy.

Umi in Remco's kitchen.

I'd like a Gordon Ramsay series one day, too.

Thank you for my breakfast, honey.

It's a pleasure.

We love coming here.

But after a while, we miss Belgium.

Because all of our family and friends are there.

We spend a lot of time here, just us.

Yeah, here, it's so calm.

The life of a footballer would probably been a bit easier than that of a cyclist.

But I don't regret my choice.

So do you think you're ready for the Tour?

Yeah.

I can't wait to get going.

It's become my dream to win the Tour.

That's you.

You shoot for the stars.

I've got to aim high.

I think it's a realistic ambition.

But...

it'll be hard.

With Fogacar, Jonas...

and Roglic as well, I mean.

Roglic is...

He's one of the best.

A clever rider.

He's brilliant and has so much experience.

He's highly motivated.

So there's a lot of pressure.

A huge round of applause for the new team captain, Primož Roglic.

I go.

I go.

Bora Hansgrohe were a successful team before Red Bull lifted them up a level,

giving them more money, giving them more profile

with the global brand that they bring to the sport.

And now they have one of the best in the world riding for their team.

Welcome to the Red Bull family.

Blue, blue, blue, blah, blah, blah.

I'm Primož Roglic, and I'm a rider for Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe.

With the Red Bull, it's just great, huh?

Super team, super power.

So can I ask, why did you leave Wismar?

To get wings.

Roglic was always at the top of the food chain in Jumbo Wismar.

And that gradually changed when Jonas Wingergau stepped onto the forefront.

That puts Roglic on the second step.

How did it feel never being given the chance to be sole leader at Wismar?

Yeah.

It's hard, huh?

It's definitely hard.

It led to do quite easy decision to switch the teams.

Primož has won almost everything there is to win in professional cycling.

But he's still yet to win the Tour de France.

And it was obvious to him that he would never

be able to achieve this in his previous team.

Because their focus was on Jonas.

So naturally, he looked around elsewhere and we promptly jumped at the chance.

And we had the final say.

We had the chance to make it work.

He's a very serious competitor.

He wants to win the Tour.

Obviously, we're super excited to have Primož Roglic on the team.

This is personal for Primož.

This is his opportunity to ride a Tour de France as

the only leader with an entire team built around him.

Not pullover.

I have to pull over.

The zone is very cold.

What?

Wow.

Come on.

Let's roll.

Wow.

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

I mean, of course, for myself, for my family, for all the people that support me.

But I'm not 20 years old.

I don't have years of racing left.

Now I have opportunity to go for those goals that

actually are missing and that I really don't have.

I don't have later on any of regrets.

Do you think that Primož has some unfinished business in the Tour?

Of course.

Unfinished business.

But the Tour, I know he will do everything he can.

Yeah, I'm really proud of the way he fights.

He can... I'm looking forward Take it, take it, take it.

Take it in the sand, boy.

Take it.

Time, Léo.

Take it in time.

In time, man.

Take it in time, dude.

Just in time.

Winning the Tour really changed my life.

You put everything in some things and you fight for it.

But, first of all, you have to beat those young kids how strong they are,

You want a coffee?

I can make you a coffee.

Yes, please.

It's not my speciality.

Thank you, mate.

It's 50 euros, please.

Yeah.

It's going to be fun.

A fun tour, hopefully.

The tour's not easy.

It's going to be very hard.

You need to be patient.

It's like you're on a roller coaster.

It's like three weeks.

You will have good days, bad days.

Probably more bad days than good ones.

I'm Mikel Landa.

I was part of the team who won the tour in 2016 and 2017.

I'm now in Seedle Quickstep as Remco's support rider.

Not having experience with the mountain stages, it's going to be different.

Don't let onto the others that you're not feeling good.

Play a little bit.

Poker.

Everyone's suffering.

Probably not Pogacar.

He is too, for sure.

Guys?

Of course.

We built probably the best team around Remco.

And we have to sacrifice a lot of other riders to be ready to go for the GC.

Really?

Complaining already, are you?

And now we have eight riders who are good to do to in France.

In service of a certain Mr. Remco Europol.

It's a risk we take.

Come on, I've got six hours to go.

Experience is Remco's biggest weakness.

Nowhere more so than in the high mountains of the Tour de France.

The Alps.

The Pyrenees.

Every downhill.

The Tour is very difficult.

And very dangerous.

What can Remco achieve on the Tour?

I don't know.

I honestly have no idea.

Because I'm unsure right now what Remco's limit is.

So I think the big mountains will be a good test to assess his level.

To see if he can compete with the very best.

Of course there are people who want me to win.

That comes with a lot of pressure.

It's up to me to prove to myself and to my team

that I have the ability to win this Grand Tour.

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage

of the fourth stage of the Tour de France.

The Tour returns to France after three days in Italy.

Three climbs today ending with the legendary Galibier.

There's sure to be a lot of movement in the general classification.

The Galibier is a monster.

Altitude peaks at 2,600 meters.

It scares a lot of people.

It's brutal.

And it really tests you.

It's extreme mentally and physically.

You have to be an excellent climber.

And in this fourth stage there's a chance to open up significant gaps.

Okay boys.

The mountains today which is quite an important stage.

It's a stage where I think we have to be hard headed.

It's climbing.

It can change in a split second where you have to react and you have to go full gas.

If we can we take the descent in first position?

It's worth the effort.

If you go for victory, go for victory.

But at the end our race is against the guys from GCR.

Okay?

And the main goal is not to lose time.

Okay?

Ready boys?

Reimco is an absolute monster on the bike.

But here in the Tour de France I don't know.

We will see.

For sure.

Pogacar will be one of the main rivals.

But this year it's a very strong field here.

Rimos is there.

I understand why he went to Red Bull to be a leader there.

I think he wanted to win to have the role for himself to go for the Tour de France.

He's taking another step this year.

Hopefully I can challenge him.

We will all start with the same time.

We all have the same chances.

Today is unstoppable.

Jonas, two times winner of the last two editions.

Reimco also coming this year.

And we will see.

With the age with the experience in the

mountains I do rate Primoz higher than Reimco.

And I think for us the skills are definitely there.

And he's willing to take the necessary risk.

I already won some races in the mountains.

So I'm really looking forward to fight for it.

The fourth stage is well underway between Pinerolo in Italy and Valois.

Fourth stage classification will have an impact

on what happens in the rest of the Tour de France.

You don't necessarily know the hierarchy by the finish line at Valois.

But you do by the top of the Galibier.

Now they start the climb up the Col de Galibier.

The gradient at the start is brutal.

It can make it difficult for the riders.

It complicates things.

As you can see, a lot of riders have fallen behind.

Another rider has dropped in.

Come on, Valois.

There are still a lot of questions about my skills in the mountains.

But if I'm having a good day and my legs are strong, I can stay with the group.

For me, the most important thing is to win the stage.

Tadej Pogacar and Jonas Vengergaard holding good positions at the front.

Primoz Roglic and Reimco also holding good positions.

This is the first real high mountain test for Avnopol.

It's going well so far.

UAE team Emirates are absolutely smashing everybody on this climb.

Bravo, bravo, bravo.

Get your pace to the top.

The collective strength of the UAE team is going to hurt the other teams.

It's impressive.

Yes.

And Ayuso is picking up the pace.

They're about to attack.

And Remco Avnopol is looking strong.

Things are going very well for Remco Avnopol.

Look at that.

The Col de Galibier perched at the summit of this mountain.

Less than 2km to the top.

You're left with eight guys.

You're left with eight guys.

I'm sure Pogacar will attack on the steep part.

Primoz is there.

Landa is still there for Remco.

Come on, boys.

This is the elite group.

Remco, you're just in the wheel of Pogacar.

When he goes, you'll go with him.

And here he goes.

The tornado strikes and Benkegaard immediately reacts.

So does Avnopol.

Come on, Remco.

Go away.

Avnopol desperately trying to get there.

Roglic just a few metres behind.

And look at that gap come on.

And it looks like Remco can no longer keep up.

Dede and Jonas alone.

Pogacar alone at the front.

Benkegaard eight seconds behind.

It's a fight between Avnopol and Roglic.

Roglic has won on these roads before.

Almost there, man.

Come on.

Remco Avnopol's gone over the top.

I put in a really good performance.

I was happy.

And it was pretty good for my confidence.

Very much all in, all in.

And then...

I was robbed because I cannot manage the speed of Remco.

It's time for the descent.

Climbing is hard physically, but the downhill is mentally very tough.

You really have to go down on high speeds, under high pressure,

and that's something also we have to see how that goes.

Prepare for the descent.

Watch out at the first part.

Relax and go down.

It's very risky to go too early in these high mountains in July.

There's snow.

Slippery.

After every corner there's danger.

The roads are a little bit wet with the snow that's melting.

Oh, start to go.

Remco Evenepoel, 21 seconds behind.

Can he catch up with Pogacar?

He's braking early.

He's going through the corners a little bit with the wrong line.

People don't understand the speeds we reach in the descent.

On the way down, we were doing around 100 kilometers per hour.

And when you're going at such a speed, the bike begins to shake.

It's not natural for us to go at that speed.

It's the frame, the wheels.

I'm not looking very comfortable on the bike actually when you see him turn.

Of course, I was feeling a little scared.

Yeah.

Roglic is catching up to Remco Evenepoel on the descent.

The downhill galleys, there's an opportunity

to put your competitors under pressure.

It's a test for Remco.

Look, look, look, look.

Remco is losing significant ground.

From being the third best on the climb, he is the

worst amongst the GC contenders on the descent.

I'm an old guy still racing with those young kids.

But I'm super fast because I don't really care much.

And here comes Roglic.

Nothing is for everybody.

You need to like it.

The speed.

It's even nicer to go down than up, no?

You can really feel Evenepoel's inexperience in these conditions.

Pogacar comes into Valois.

The Slovenian superstar have put everybody firmly in the shade.

Wengergaard, Roglic, Evenepoel.

Exactly 34 seconds behind Tadej Pogacar.

For now, he's in a league of his own.

Remco Evenepoel must have felt very frustrated on this stage.

Even though he managed to catch up with Primoz

Roglic and Jonas Wengergaard at the end.

In cycling, we often talk about experience.

But it seemed today he was just controlled by his emotions.

It's pretty tense.

Yeah.

First big mountain test, high altitude on Galibier.

I think I tried to respond, but of course the

others were on another level, especially Tadej.

In the descent, there were a few corners, and it was wet.

I have to be honest, I almost went down there.

After that, I lost a little bit of confidence when Roglic came back to me.

Some small mistakes in the descent.

It was tough.

Yeah, I'm really happy.

Nice day on the bike in the mountains.

Yeah, he's going, let's say, for the moment in the right direction.

Very good day.

I'm very happy.

Thank you.

Bye-bye.

Ciao.

Good?

It was a nerve-wracking stage, for sure.

I don't yet feel 100% comfortable on the descent.

But it's so clear to me right now that I've got to answer these questions.

Will this happen again?

And will I mess the turn up next time?

It's up to me to prove to my team

that I can do it.

Just... close.

Not quite.

It wasn't too good.

He was on the descent down the mountain.

He's a good kid.

And so much stress and responsibility on his small shoulders.

And it was a little bit too much.

But my mind of cycling is very simple.

You have to be the best.

The best legs.

The best in the head.

He has to find a way to believe in himself.

And next, that's the TT.

He is world champion.

But between hoping and winning, there is a big difference.

Stage seven of the tour and the first time trial today.

Loving the helmets, boys?

Everyone is having a good time.

You look like a fire fighter.

Power ranger, aren't you?

The shark is here.

It's so far in front of you that you always hit the door and stuff.

But it's faster.

Very interesting, eh?

Yeah.

Under pressure, Remco.

The individual time trial is certainly a day

Remco Evenepoel will have been looking forward to.

If he's to properly be in contention for this Tour de

France, this is where he needs to start making a difference.

Well done, Remco!

We know there's a fair chance that Remco will gain time in the time trials.

Probably yes, but you know, like for your own mind, you say, well, look,

there's opportunities, and you know, it's not going to be perfect for anybody.

And then there's this hope that Remco invested a lot in the Galibier stage

physically and mentally, and that he maybe pays a price for that.

Patrick, you feeling happy today?

Do I appear happy to you?

Take it day by day.

I cracked on the mountain stage and that was really difficult for me.

When I'm feeling low, the pressure's intense.

It's very hard to bear.

But you have to get over it.

Don't dwell on the negatives, but focus on the positives.

I have to rise above my weaknesses and be mentally strong and

put all my troubles behind me now and continue with the Tour.

Four riders are heading to a great battle today.

Remco is the best time trialist in the world right now.

But so far in the Tour, he didn't seem so confident.

So I think a lot can happen in this stage.

Remco is a fantastic bike rider, but there's a

whole different pressure in the Tour de France.

And he seems nervous.

And it's now a tight battle between all the four of us.

Primoz Roglic on the start ramp.

The Slovenian from the Red Bull Bora Hansgrohe team is off.

And off we go.

200 meters straight.

Full speed.

Full, full, full.

Can Jonas Vengergaard win today?

Just do the best half an hour effort.

Remco Evenepoel in search of his first stage win in the Tour de France.

And he comes out with the most furious sprint.

That's great.

You made a very fast start there.

Looks like he wants to scare Tadej Pogacar a little bit early.

The start of the yellow jersey.

The final rider is underway.

Can he beat all the riders?

Can he hold on to yellow?

Go, go, go.

A winner of the Tour de France maybe gets born every 10 years.

One thing they have in common, they never doubt themselves.

The next day they go again and again and again.

Remco needs to win.

We know if he missed that opportunity to win a stage he would

not break mentally but it would give a little scar on it.

And that's something we are all afraid about.

Long left and then sprint to the line.

Primoz Roglic in the final meters.

Roglic arrives in the quickest time so far.

Can Wengergaard beat Roglic's time at the finish?

Push it, push it, push it.

Push it, push it, push it.

Come on, come on.

Every second counts.

The second fastest time.

About one second slower than Primoz.

Thank you, thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

And yes, at the finish line Primoz Roglic is still the leader with the best time.

Come on, man, focus.

You can do it.

Look at the pace of Evenepoel.

But Tadej Pogacar is still in it.

Bravo, Tadej.

Come on now.

Almost there.

Let's have it now.

Come on, Tadej.

Remco Evenepoel 35 seconds ahead of Roglic.

What a battle we've had this afternoon.

Oh, mechanical.

And a mechanical for Remco Evenepoel.

Ah, fuck!

What a disaster.

No, it's a derailleur.

He's pedalling too fast.

I heard something.

A noise.

For Christ's sake.

Do I stop cycling?

When you see he makes a sign, you would like to smash everything.

He's pedalling too fast.

What a disappointment.

This cannot be happening.

Remco Evenepoel's victory is slipping away.

You think, how much time can he lose?

You have to stay calm.

Hope for the best.

Wow, that's it.

He's got the chain back on.

Remco can sprint at full speed again.

Come on now.

All out.

You can do it.

Keep on going.

Come on now.

Remco has lost time with that problem, but Pergaccia is gaining seconds.

That's it.

Give it.

Give it.

You're all now.

Can either of these riders beat Roglic?

It's time.

The finish line is going to be so close.

Come on.

You can do it.

Keep going.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Remco crosses the line.

Will it be enough?

Now all the way to the end.

Go.

Now we're waiting for Tadej Pergaccia.

Tadej Pergaccia giving it all he's got.

Pergaccia beats Roglic.

It's time.

But not Remco Evenepoel's.

Remco Evenepoel wins his first ever stage of the Tour de France.

Go!

Go, Pergaccia!

Go!

Well done.

You look stressed.

What a day.

Well done, Remco.

We did it.

We did it.

When I win a race, what I feel above all else is pride.

Pride at having beaten all the others.

It felt like a new world opened up for me in that moment.

Primoz Roglic sets a really good time to finish third behind Remco Evenepoel and

Tadej Pergaccia.

It's tough.

But, yeah, you have to accept the facts.

Obviously, I was just not good enough.

Disappointed.

So, Grisha, tell me, what's the dynamic going to be between Evenepoel,

Pogacar, Roglic and Vingegaard?

Well, we haven't got to Nice yet, have we?

Tadej Pergaccia leads this race.

Jonas is ahead of his former teammate Primoz Roglic, but

he sits behind the young tour debutant Remco Evenepoel.

I always feel like the more people doubt me, the better I perform.

Yeah, exactly.

Let them think we lost the tour already.

Yeah.

Sunday, we hit hard.

We won't isolate Pogacar.

For the last four years, the Tour de France has been dominated by two riders.

This year could be a game changer.

First of all, I want to apologize for the heart attack that I gave you all.

First victory in the Tour for me.

A big step forward to the podium in Nice.

Thank you for today and tomorrow is a new one.

It was a very special day and it's a dream come true, really.

I was inexperienced in the peloton, but I think I learned a lot.

And I'm a contender here.

Shoot for the stud.

That's how your dreams come true.

I'm after that yellow jersey in Nice.

Give it to me.

I'm not the same Jonas as I was last year.

There's Wengergaard in the background.

Maybe we are seeing a fragile, scared Jonas Wengergaard.

There's clearly something going on with him.

Yeah.

If he's down on himself, he's scared probably.

The team has recruited a sprinter.

Sam, fucking sprint!

It's a big gamble to support Sam Bennett.

I just feel like a fucking dick.