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...has been an incredibly
spectacular one.

First yellow jersey
for the Frenchman!

Biriy Abdel-Kamai wins his first
ever stage of the Tour de France!

Oh, my God!

Yes!

You won?

Yes!

The battle for the yellow
jersey has been intense.

You survived.

You survived.

Jonas had the worst crash, but he
has been battling it out every stage.

Wengergaard is getting closer.

Pedal stroke by pedal stroke.

Tadej Pogacar has dominated
the Tour de France so far.

The 14th stage
win of his career!

He's leading the GC, but
the fight is not yet over.

High altitude.

Big three days.

A lot could still happen.

You never know.

This is the queen stage.

There is one rider who
still believes he can win the

yellow jersey and take a
third Tour de France title.

The last three stages
will be very hard.

4,400 meters of elevation.

It is going to be insane.

But the harder it is,
the more it suits me.

This is brutal.

This is so hard.

Tadej Pogacar, his
advantage is three

minutes and 11 seconds
on Jonas Wengergaard.

But Ogi and his team
have to be really careful.

Because they just don't know
what Wengergaard is capable of.

Anything is
possible in the Tour.

This race is on.

Tiesje is making progress, guys.

Applause for Tiesje.

On behalf of the coaches, we really want
to compliment you for the way we raced

Sunday, where Jonas did one
of his best performances ever.

And it was also clear that...
that Pogacar was fucked.

So now we need to find
the key, his weak spot.

And can we use that
on Friday and Saturday?

Friday, we really
want to go for it again.

And figure out in which way
do we believe we have the best

chance of winning with
Jonas, slash getting time back.

Tadej Pogacar seems
to be on top form.

But I still think that deep down in the
hearts of the other riders, they haven't

given up hope yet that,
well, Tadej Pogacar is human.

Because in previous years in the Tour de
France, Tadej Pogacar always has a bad day.

Always in the high mountains,
and always in the last week.

Pogacar has his jersey
all the way zipped open.

I think he's not
looking so good.

I'm gone.

I'm dead.

This year, we have a very hard end to
the Tour with the two biggest mountains.

We plan already in the
wintertime to win the race.

But in the final weekend, we are
going to make the best out of it.

For me, I haven't lost faith.

Last year, it took quite some
time before he actually cried.

So... If, like, all in, you
can still cry every day, right?

I would say, yeah.

We should not just go
down without a fight, at least.

Okay, guys.

Thanks.

The sound check.

I've shown before that, especially
in the third week, it's my best week.

And we will give absolutely
everything to see if we can win.

From all we know, like, the last two
years when we had a stage like this,

it was really possible.

I know I can handle the fatigue.

Yeah.

Ideally, we have
somebody in the break.

And then, yeah, then
you have to take over.

And I hope that he
will be able to do it.

I think he will be
really fatigued.

Yeah, yeah.

But this is, like, this is the
way we have to act tomorrow.

I agree.

I agree.

Frida, waiting
for you on the top.

Exactly.

Will be nice.

It's been a tough way.

It's been a long, hard fight to
just make it to the Tour de France.

And, of course, yeah, I would never
have been able to do it without my family.

They supported
me, yeah, every day.

See there?

Yeah.

Yeah.

It's going to be
emotional for all of us.

To be able to win for my
family would be really amazing.

Soft, gentle.

It's always high.

It's Tour de France.

The last three stages, 19,
20, 21, you can have a bad day.

You easily lose five minutes,
six minutes, ten minutes.

Thomas is flying.

It's quite impressive.

All my bad days I had was
long, long climbs and altitude.

Yeah, I just cracked
physically and mentally.

I think that was the
worst day on the bike.

If you were to attack with more surprise
or something, I think you could make it.

It would make me suffer a
bit more and maybe crack me.

He knows that he
can win again this year.

I don't want to
have any regrets.

Good morning, everyone.

You're on the Tour
de France route.

In three days' time, the scene will
be lovely on a street that's miles away.

A beautiful promenade,
Promenade des Anglais.

But not yet.

First, we have to wend our way
through the Alps of Provence.

It's sure to be
a grueling stage.

This is the stage today
where we can expect

absolute chaos and a
shake-up in the positions.

With Wies' Melissa Bike and
UAE Team Emirates dominating,

very little has been left
for others at this race.

For the likes of Decathlon, AD2R, La
Mondiale, who've invested big money in

success, time is running out to get
anything from this Tour de France.

Today's focus is simple.

It's the general classification.

And our main objective, and it's really
important, is to place in the top ten.

We need to concentrate our efforts
so that Felix can win a top ten position.

Decathlon, AD2R are not having the
Tour de France they would have liked.

Felix Gall is in difficulty.

He is distanced.

We won a stage at last
year's Tour and finished eighth.

This year we have
to do every bit as well.

We set out with a
double objective.

Stages with Sam
and the GC with Felix.

It hasn't gone to plan.

Their star sprinter
has gone home.

Hard blow for
sprinter Sam Bennett.

It's the end of his
Tour de France.

Felix Gall sits in eleventh.

There's a big difference between
finishing tenth and finishing eleventh.

To finish top ten
could be the success.

I still cannot relax because I'm
a leader and it's a lot of pressure.

Especially if you're
not winning anything.

Of course there is also
pressure with the new sponsor.

I know I have the responsibility to
give 100% for the goal of the team.

Even at top ten,
it's not so easy.

I was hoping that
it was possible.

Yeah.

I'm still okay.

The top seven or
eight is still up for grabs.

It's still possible.

We should all be strong so that
Felix can have a strong finish.

We don't have a choice, do we?

I mean, if he can't
do it, it's no good.

It's a difficult time right now.

But that's just the way it is.

But you show character
and keep pushing.

When you go
through difficulties.

There's no point getting
upset and angry though.

Especially at a time when we
all need a good performance.

I've been like this
since I was a small boy.

Because when I was younger and played
games with friends, I threw everything on

the floor when I saw
I wasn't going to win.

I've always been like this and
been a combative soul, you know.

It's just the way I am.

Yeah, yeah.

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

It's not too bad.

Yeah, it's not bad.

We're on the knife edge.

Which way is it going
to go, you know?

Are we going to stay 11th
or are we going to tip over?

We're on the knife edge and I
hope it will tip in the right direction.

Upwards.

Well, all the best with it.

It is clear that we
are under pressure.

And with the big teams like Visma and UAE
controlling the peloton very aggressively,

it makes it very difficult for all the rest
of us to be able to compete here and win.

Okay, Fabrizio, let's go.

It's a short stage, but it
packs an enormous punch.

Jonas Wengergaard, does he
have something special for today?

We'll just keep an eye on
what the Visma-Lisebein plan

is because this is the stage
that Visma have played for.

This is the one that
they have planned.

This is the one that they believed,
even before you know it, before Jonas was

injured, that they could
win the Tour de France on.

The ideal situation
for us would be Jonas

attacking on the bonnet,
getting separation.

If that would be the case,
that would be, of course, ideal.

Visma-Lisebein's plans for Jonas
Wengergaard to make back time on Tadej

Pogacar and try to
win that yellow jersey

means this stage will
be raced aggressively.

The pace is going to be high and at this
stage in the race, riders will get dropped.

Heading for the
summit of La Bonnette.

It's the highest road in France.

It's a long, long, long climb.

What's going on?

Really good job, Jonas.

Really good.

I think we should
try it by surprise.

Come on, huh?

We have a feeling that you
were very afraid of our plan.

Five kilometers to
the steepest part.

UAE starts pulling very
hard to try to break me.

The pace has suddenly picked up.

The show of force of UAE
Team Emirates is relentless.

Good job, guys.

Good job.

The battle for the general
classification is merciless.

And the contenders accelerate.

These riders
simply can't respond.

This fucking stupid tour.

There is a bit of a gap there with
seven or eight riders being dropped.

Steph Kras has
been dropped here.

And Felix Gall.

Two riders in terms of the general
classification distanced by this sudden

acceleration of the
team of UAE on the climb.

Felix Gall.

Felix Gall is distanced.

Felix Gall.

It's... I cannot really...

Yeah, they attack
and they are gone.

The peak of the Tour de France.

A Tour de France has never
reached an altitude of 2,803 meters.

Above 2,000 meters,
oxygen is scarce.

And this is a problem
for many riders.

When you're in high
altitude, it's harder to breathe.

It's harder to put out your
maximum performance.

And, yeah, normally Jonas is really, really
good in that particular part of climbing.

Jonas Wengergaard
fully in control.

You've got to tell him
to stop pushing so hard.

They need to sit back a bit.

They're killing themselves now.

Yes, yes, yes, yes.

Today he'll be on his own.

You've got to be careful.

It seemed like a few teammates
of today are getting a bit tired there.

You always just
have an eye on him.

And if I see an
opportunity, I will still take it.

1K, it again flattens
a bit for you, Jonas.

But you do it on
your own feeling, eh?

Come on, you do a great job.

From the car, you can
make very nice tactics and

come up with very nice
ideas where you do attack.

But he is the one on the bike.

He has to make the final call.

We saw from a distance
that Pogacar was peering

around a bit and looking
down a little and all that.

He's starting to get tired.

Which of these two
riders is feeling best?

Which of these two
riders is bluffing?

I'm a bit tense,
but it'll be okay.

For sure, at that
point, I was nervous.

4K, bottle point, 5K, the top.

Can Wengergaard pull
something out of the hat?

We're going to find out
which rider is the strongest.

Paton Bonnet...

I was looking around and
he didn't seem so confident.

He marked me all those years.

I don't move from this wheel and
I'm not giving anything to a chance.

And now Tadej Pogacar.

Pogacar decides to strike.

I was like, okay, now
we go for the stage.

Big acceleration.

He looks at Wengergaard and says,
anything you can do, I can do better.

Just fucking punish him.

Come on, you go back to him.

The blow has been dealt.

Wengergaard is going
to try and come back.

I didn't really expect
Tadej attacking.

I knew that if somebody
could follow him, it would be me.

Tadej Pogacar is rampaging his way
across the mountains of the Tour de France.

You can do it,
Tadej, you can do it.

You can do it.

Can Wengergaard do it?

Has he got one
more stinging attack?

I don't feel so good.

I'm really sorry.

I don't feel that well.

That Friday to Isola was to
turn the Tour de France upside

down, but it was one of the
worst days I've had on a bike.

The scintillating speed of the
superstar Slovenian is too hot to handle.

I never had days like this before,
but, yeah, some days it is just like that.

Pogacar is flying his
way up this mountain now.

Go Tadej, that's it.

Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

I was on a good day.

I know that really long climbs are not the
best what I do, but, yeah, I felt really

good, and finally, I got it,
and I can relax a bit now.

It's a triumph for
Tadej Pogacar.

Fourth stage wins in this
year's Tour de France.

His domination is total.

Good, good, good, good.

He's got to be the best
rider out there by far.

He's clearly the best
in the world right now.

Too bad, but it is what it is.

It was the moment where we finally
had to admit to ourselves that we are only

fighting for second place.

It's official.

The gap between Pogacar and
Wengergaard is now over five minutes.

This is hard for
Jonas Wengergaard.

He realizes now the dream of
victory is over, and he breaks.

I was just completely
empty, completely dead.

Hey, I'm proud of you.

You did everything that matters.

Really.

I think 20 years ago nobody
dared to show emotions, but

now, yeah, it only shows that
you're human, to be honest.

And here is Felix Gall.

This is not good for him.

He will move from 11th to 14th place
in the overall classification tonight.

Super disappointing.

It's not happening anymore.

You know, you fight for
18 stages for every second.

Your teammates, they turn
themselves inside out, and all for nothing.

There's nothing worse than to
finish a Tour de France without a win.

And that's what
happened to us last year.

So anyway, Felix
wasn't great today.

Yeah, it was tough.

He had a bad
feeling from the start.

But it's a good question as to
why, because it's not normal.

What do you think
is wrong with him?

Is it his legs?

Well, I don't think it's a question of
legs, but what it is, I'm not so sure.

So, there is something we
need to learn and understand.

But if it's not his
ability, then there's got

to be something else
going on, hasn't there?

We had a plan which didn't work.

We are in a tough situation,
and we are not coping.

We are not up to it.

And this is a problem.

No, I haven't seen him.

We're going to evolve
and make changes, and

chase results that right
now are unattainable.

We started the tour thinking
we were going to smash it.

Sadly, it didn't
work out that way.

So, understandably,
it's difficult.

It's been one of the
hardest times of my career.

Even if you have a great cycling season,
if you can't cope in the Tour de France,

then nothing
matters besides that.

Vincent Lassonde-Lavenu, manager of
the legendary AG2R team for over 32 years,

one of the oldest French cycling teams, has
been unceremoniously removed from the team.

The biggest shock for me was now
knowing that you are less important.

Suddenly, you're
no longer relevant.

It cuts even more keenly when you've
been running a company for many years.

His is one of the top teams at
the start of the Tour de France.

At the edge of endurance,
Félix Galle wins.

We've had 18 tours together.

That's a lot of tears,
yet so much joy.

Yes!

What a rollercoaster.

When I look back,
we've been through a hell

of a lot together, and
it's been a crazy ride.

It's going to be
emotional, you know?

Clearly, cycling has
been his whole life.

I'm proud of what
we've achieved.

But the circumstances of this
year's tour were very unusual.

I mean, Pogacar has ridden some incredible
races, and won incredible victories,

and there's been
little in it for the rest.

But what could I do, though?

Jonas, how brutal
is this year's race?

First Tour de France, and how super
is Tadej Pogacar in this year's edition?

Yeah, I mean, I think
he's on a super high level.

I mean, I was also on
a super high level the

first two weeks, and
then now a bit less, but...

Yeah, now the fight
for the win is over, but

for the second and
third place, it's not over.

Now it's another two
days, and I just have to

try to do my best to
stay in the second place.

I think it's... I think
cycling is very hard.

You have to make
a lot of sacrifices.

I'm a lot away from home,
from my wife, from my daughter.

I didn't want to fight anymore.

She's fantastic.

But, of course, the
mindset is to go for the

best possible, position
in the classification.

And then...

Yeah, then we'll
see what happens.

Hello, everyone.

And welcome to the penultimate
stage of this year's Tour de France.

We are without doubt
in a wonderful place.

Riders can often take the penultimate
stage with ease, but not this time.

Impossible.

You make this longer, it's
like you're sitting in the woods.

Fill a nice one, eh?

This is always chaos.

And it's family photo now.

Like it's cool.

After Wengergaard's
performance on stage 19,

there is one rider who
can make a power move.

Remco Evenepoel,
who's in third place.

Knowing the young rider
and his character, he will chase

Jonas Wengergaard relentlessly
as a message to the future.

A warning which states, I'm not just
here the once, next year I'm coming back.

Second and third places
are very much for the taking.

Yeah, you're right.

I mean, there's less than two minutes
between Jonas Wengergaard and Remco

Evenepoel, so Remco will
have a great chance to snatch

second place here at
this year's Tour de France.

This is it then.

You lot.

Last time, guys.

The last time, eh?

Not the last, the penultimate.

No, but with the sticky
numbers, it's the last time.

So, goal number one was
to win the Tour de France.

You good?

But Tadej has destroyed
the rest of the competition.

That feeling of losing, or not winning,
is not something I've ever felt before.

And I've learned that you lose more races
than you win when you compete in the Tour.

Although, if you're
Tadej Pogacar, you won't.

I know now that
Tade#s nailed it.

He's going to win
the Tour de France.

But in my head, I...

I'm focusing on the
number two spot.

So, guys.

You feel the end is near.

You feel everybody's tired.

We're also tired.

But it's also a good
moment to try to hit back.

And that's what we're
going to do today.

We already did a
super good three weeks.

It's just one final push.

I still feel fresh.

I think Jonas was less fresh than
myself yesterday after the finish line.

There is a huge
possibility, Jok.

We really have to commit
to the plan and believe in it.

I'm feeling good in
terms of morale and

motivation again after
the Stage 19 performance.

Remco Evenepoel and
Wengergaard locked together.

I feel a sense of responsibility
towards my whole team.

If I can finish second
in the GC, I'd prove

to them all that our
future is looking good.

Ready for today?

Yeah.

Ready to rumble.

The main goal for today is to
keep Jonas in second place.

We stay in front around Jonas.

And Jonas always
reacts on Remco.

We are aware that Remco might try to
attack Jonas, especially because he gave

the worst impression, I would say, of the
whole Tour de France he gave on Stage 19.

And we know that it will
be a super, super hard day.

Yesterday I wanted
to try to attack, but I

didn't have the legs
and I'm not giving up.

I still want to finish second and
I'm really motivated for today.

And I will, of course, do
everything I can to follow Remco.

You show him that you are
the better climber and GC rider.

It's a very difficult
day in the mountains.

It could be one of those crazy
days when everything explodes.

It's one of the
hardest days of our life.

At the back, they're
already suffering, huh?

Team Sudol Quick-Step is trying to put
something in place for Remco Evenepoel.

Come on, boys, now.

You got this.

Remco Evenepoel looks
very comfortable this afternoon.

The team in front of him.

We don't have to be afraid to go
into the battle with them, I think.

They will look at
us, that's for sure.

They will not give freedom.

They will keep us close.

But as a team, I
think we are strong.

Wengergaard is much further
down in the group at the moment.

I heard that Wengergaard
was a bit ropey this morning.

This is the final climb.

Col de la Cuyol, the
finish is at the top.

As the climbers know,
they need to ride this flat out.

We can go up a gear here.

And then we'll see what happens.

He begins to force
the pace on this climb.

After I set a very
high pace with my

teammate, Mikel Landa,
I prepared my attack.

Remco Evenerboel,
he seems calm, serene.

And focused.

You really have to be careful.

And if Remco attacks, you
have to follow, of course.

Remco Evenerboel
decides to strike.

Come on, Remco.

First move does nothing.

Come on, Jonas, sit in
the wheel and profit, eh?

I told myself, just
wait a little bit longer.

Just keep putting
more pressure on Jonas.

Remco, another big acceleration.

Mid-gear change there.

Set the high pace as long,
as long as possible, eh?

Remco Evenerboel trying to put
Jonas Vengergaard on the ropes.

Come on, eh?

I thought he was beginning
to get very tired out there.

But he didn't let go.

So I got back on my,
back on my saddle.

I'm still one of the
best guys, of course.

I can go on the limit of what you're
capable of and give everything you have.

Jonas Vengergaard
attacks in turn.

Evenerboel dropped,
Evenerboel dropped.

Counter attack by
Jonas Vengergaard.

Keep fighting, mate.

Come on, mate.

Key moment for Vengergaard.

This is a huge step towards
securing second place overall.

He's, yeah, a good rider.

I knew that he would be there.

He would be up with us.

But even if I was at 95% or 90%,
then I won the Tour de France two times.

Jonas, you've shown
that you're stronger.

Very good.

Remco Evenerboel
took a big risk today.

Come on, seriously.

I had nothing more
to give out there.

My legs were empty.

They were so tired.

So I settled into
a slower rhythm.

And just resigned
myself to third place.

And accepted that those
two are better than me.

We were always
hoping to have more.

He has the bad
luck that he knows.

He's in the same
generation as today.

And Vengergaard.

He's in the same
generation as today.

The coming years will
be more difficult for him.

Because now he was third.

And people are expecting from
him that he will do better in the future.

And himself, he thinks as well.

Like this.

But he learns from it.

And this is something he will
take with him for the next years.

Two best riders in the Tour de
France got rid of the third man.

Two great champions.

Who will battle it
out for the stage win.

And the yellow jersey speeds up.

Vengergaard shakes his head.

Tadej Pogacar flies towards his
fifth stage win in this Tour de France.

The winner here at the
peak of the Col de Chiol.

More than ever.

The hero of the
2024 Tour de France.

Another stage win
for a small team.

After almost three weeks of the Tour
de France, the mountain stages are over.

There's just a time trial for
them all as they ride towards Nice.

Not Paris this time, but Nice.

There is one certainty, however.

The finishing podium
will not change.

Tadej Pogacar, Jonas
Vengergaard and Remco Evenepoel.

Yet only one, though, will be
crowned champion at the end.

When people talk about you like greats
of all time, what do you think about that?

It's flattering, but let's wait.

Maybe at least end of my career.

And then they can speak
about whatever they want.

Best time for Tadej Pogacar
in 39 minutes, 28 seconds.

39 minutes, 28 seconds.

Tadej Pogacar in the
lead at the third checkpoint.

I always loved to race
against all the best in the world.

Then you really can say that
you won against everybody.

Mark Cavendish, the Max Missile, has
completed his career in the Tour de France.

He came here with one thing
on his mind and one thing only.

To take the record of anyone.

Mark Cavendish.

He kisses the air and he
says goodbye to the fans.

Every single by-rider there
grew up dreaming about the Tour.

And one stage
makes a rider's career.

One stage changes your life.

I understand the beauty of maybe
history being created at the Tour, I guess.

No

one has an answer to the
speed of the yellow jersey.

The green jersey.

Gourmay is the green
jersey of the Tour de France.

An historic moment that
ushers cycling into a new era.

To win the green jersey, it's
like... What can I say, you know?

I think this is the only thing
you can have in your life.

The best moment.

Renko Evenepoel finishes
third in the Tour de France.

I'm happy with everything I did.

Everything the
team have achieved.

I was pretty much the only
one out there challenging them.

To share the podium with these
two Tour de France winners...

It's still something
very special.

I think day by day, week by week,
season by season, we will get there.

If we're patient.

The crowd greeting the
Slovenian superstar, Tadej Pogacar.

Who has chosen to
make it another stage win.

One minute and two seconds faster
in real time than Jonas Wengergaard.

The defending champion
of this Tour de France.

We believe that I still
had a chance of fighting.

We had to see how
far I could make it.

And I did make it to
a very, very high level.

This year, absolutely nothing has been
going according to the plan we've made.

With my injury, it's almost a bigger
achievement that I'm finishing second.

Than winning a Tour de France where
everything is going perfectly to the plan.

Tadej Pogacar, six stage wins
and third victory in a Tour de France.

He doesn't win just for himself.

He wants to be a role model
and inspire the riders of the future.

Watching him win is emotional.

It was just a lot of
work and all this.

I'm sure you feel relieved now
that all this hard work was paid off.

There will always be a rider in
a generation that comes around.

And that's him.

It's wicked.

It's beautiful to share
the peloton with him.

To have seen that face down.

He's a mighty champion.

The greatest
champion of them all.