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A Pablo to take us through the Geico statement
today. A walloping long journey from Route Des straight South to
the heat of the South down. The Carcassonne, there are some categorized
climbs, it's over 200 kilometers in
length. 120, Four miles, let's call it Category 3 and a Sprint point
just before the second Category 3, these are very lumpy
challenging. Roads pavement is not good twists and
turns throughout lots of traffic Furniture. The legs are heavy. There's no
question about that and a very heavy race course, I would say.
It was for the sprinters. Like I said earlier, if it was in the
first week, but this deep into the tour,
Breakaway Sprint in the Wind. Those could
be a g c day so about anything can happen on today's stage. Everybody else. The thought of the day at 1:19 day 15 of the for the sponsors
in the or doesn't get done. 200 215 km of rating today, 154 Riders
at the star 39 started. Number 11, Rockledge
number one on 46 called the office and number
193, Simon Clarke. So there we have it. Three
non-starters Rockledge court and Clark 154 Riders, still in
the Tour de France, 1461 miles completed 620 miles to go
seven teams only. Now the 22 are completed, two newcomers to
the team list were out today. 150 more Riders still in and 16-5 still to come. We have made a very
quick start here at it. Looks here bubbles though valve She's on day release from his
team because he's got up in the
frontier. And the Sprint for that. Green
jersey is only 55 km from the Finish big day for wild. Fanart Hills, Paulette, you kill own
array. Making this juncture, but I'm not sure how excited they will be have to
be jewelry. You'll know you'll get deep into the stage,
if you sit on the wheel of what van art off the front, but very interesting tactic. By
jumbo Visa, I think this is all about wild vent. Art's personal
ambition, he's a massive Superstar and
professional cycling. They have plenty of teammates to Shepherd
the yellow Jersey of Jonas finger go. But if you are wondering how
serious white van art is about winning the green jersey, this
is the answer. He gets any points out on the
race course today, and I already wrote it off
yesterday, but that's just going to reinforce with my
impressions of how powerful while that art is cookout. You
doing what he did to Jonas? Yes. They on
the receiving end of some splits in the field and some
aggressive riding by the young movies, my squad. So today's got
some work to do to get back on terms, big gaps, no teammates with him, either
film. No timeouts reversed at the
start yesterday. Now, for sure and forgot use realize, hey,
we're not in for a slumber for the next five hours. And he's
trying to Peddle back up to the yellow Jersey reshuffling. The pack of the mo
more things to show. All of a sudden, they take an interest
in this Breakaway of three wives. 125 the Gap message has gone out. Daddy rectifying things at the
moment. You cannot blink an eye if you're trying to
win this to the frauds. Yeah you got to be paid attention.
Every mile of the entire race, the three Riders In Front own
array, in green Banner art and big meals. Colin German road racing champion this year, won that title few
days before the Tour de France started and putting serious
pressure. Minute 21 to catch. Those three
is going to take a concerted effort from a pretty big group as still as a spitting up big
pellets out just at the moment. Jumbo Vision has had three
stage, went was to buy the man in the green jersey there. The
moment these are the three teams in the
way to Stage wins for quickstep and nothing yet for
baller, hands grow and it's not for lack of trying either. So let's catch up with Robbie
hunter or man on the Moto Robbie. Well, yeah, what I wanted to bring across to
you guys right now. How's the heat of might seem like a
temperatures have dropped slightly according to the
thermometers, but what's different today to some
of the other days is this dead heat? It. The road goes up and
down the minute. The road goes up and the speed slows the wind
that's there, or though it's really dry and warm it
disappears. And there's, you've got this
constant heat that's coming off the asphalt
and it's absolutely draining on the body. I can feel it myself.
I'm a guy who likes the heat. I love the sun, I love the
warmth, but this He's going to take a lot of
other riders today. I'm starting to think that he's
going to be a big factor in today's stage and not just the
way the race is being raised. It might have been a good
decision about four knots off the road. And these guys at the
back trying to come off, too. Because like I said the warmth
that we feeling at the right, is a feeling right now. There's a lot of guys that by
the end of today, the last 50 km might not have what's left in
their legs or what they might not have what they think is in
the legs. It might have been gone already. Why was that? When I in the
brain so long to go? Go with the answer came during the
commercial lab, his team has told him to go back to the
Peloton, here's your drink of water now,
just take it easy, and let the rest catch up leaving two
Riders, out front in Your Spawn, it college and Miguel
online since routes. Now whatever plan he had. It didn't
quite work out there but they are calling back to just before
the break speculating on what the conversation would be. Like, that is evidence that it was. Go back to the field, play it
safe. So whether or not yeah, while
fanarts happy with that time will tell, but you
definitely being pulled back into the field gives the
Breakaway lot. Less chance in the present situation to stay off
the front very much longer. Well, they are stuck in, no,
mines, I'm well, let's check. Him is gonna be Hunter, might know bit more, so yeah, just a little bit of
information, not long. After vodka an attack, she attacked
the group. I saw Stephen crazy. Go back to the team car and he
was having a big discussion with France Marcin it was a lot of talking head
shaking crash fake basically saying he
doesn't know what's going on. We've obviously Now find out
what has gone and I think those were not team orders a few moments ago while you guys
want on the break France moss and we need to the
team of five exchange and was discussing
with Matthew white and he said to him directly
which the Formation. I got was they just sent up the team card
to go. Call him back. That wasn't the plan for the day. No reason to be up there. it makes us feel a little bit
better ah, because none of us could work out what
he was doing that for personal ambition is got to Sometimes be secondary to the
team's goals and the team directors orders. If you're ordered to
come back and you don't do that, it's just not tenable and
professional cycling on. Are taking some water. And waiting for the field for
sure. I've been aren't there? Shouldn't be long, the Gap when
he sat up was 2 minutes, 30 now he's only about Half a minute in front of the
field, they'll catch him. Presently. If there's some Crosswinds
they're expecting, he might be one of the few riders that could
take, Jonas, all the way to the line, without too much
trouble at all. Should the attacks come from the other? GCC teams
in the Crosswinds? That's one potential reason. But if he wanted to go out in front
of the team, didn't want that to happen and he didn't tell
anybody, he was doing that, it would be confusing for his own
teammate. So I don't feel so bad for being mystified. That that move by wild fan art but climbing very steadily here
at the koat.com be LA and the two leaders have got
themselves, a losing ground, a bit on this climb to 3
minutes, six seconds at the
moment. Bob Pollock, and on our way you'll honor a 25 years old, one of the flying Danes, this year's Tour de France,
incredible success, for the Danish Riders, that's
petterson in the sport units
finger, go all winning stages buying this court, a long run. Run and the polka dots. And, of course, you on his
finger, go, he was a big Revelation in last
year's tour. He's confirmed that and more, the yellow
Jersey. What a spectacular athlete he is turning into. Let's see how he handles the
pressure of being in the yellow. Jersey of the Tour
de France, cracked start opening up. I
thought they would be revealed yesterday. We came through
yesterday with flying absolute just stopping on. The pedals today dropped. Everybody else in
the Peloton except Jonas. You go get. That was a great
ride yesterday. Gave me an indication. That if I didn't
get any daylight yesterday, don't think it's going to happen
before Paris. Maybe don'ts. But this still the
times are to come and they're still to Mountaintop
finish to come in the Pyrenees and the color. One kilometer to go to the site
for the allspark and on our way and the combination working
perfectly for the king of the mountains, lead up for all
of this week. Gone by simonjessica because they are
these two are going to catch him and he's headed to the rest
day in the polka dot Jersey when he thought he would have
lost it days ago in the out. You didn't? It's gonna be very happy this
Breakaway just now, there's only one small third category,
climb to come after this 48 km, 30 miles from the finish
of the stage and Dukakis on. So he's going to feel pretty
happy with these two. Not sure how long they're gonna
let them stay out here. As long as they kept without lesson will
get to follow as the answer, I think. See your brother, he's my ride
is there with the little feeding bags. Feeding has been
allowed to out the race today because of the Heat and right up to the last six
miles to go before, they must leave the Riders to their own
devices. Have extended the time limit to
twenty percent across-the-board, whatever the
speed of the race, which means at least one hour, I'm a five hour race there, will
still start tomorrow. 39 degrees. Very warm, but not absolutely blazing hot. Once you
get over 40 degrees celsius, that is obviously
things start to change. And it depends exactly where the temperature gauge is. If
it's in the direct sunlight without
any wind, giving it, it would reflect the temperature of 102. I'm a little bit skeptical that that's exactly
what the Peloton. Experiencing. But if it is a lot of state yet this year's
Tour de France, Yeah, it's pretty hot on the
road to go to reflected heat off the road. Will be well in excess of 100
degrees. That's guaranteed today as we head up towards the
summit, you'll spoil. It is going to get the point
television, a challenge nails. So he'll get a 2 points and honor a gets one point and
it makes no difference. The overall standings in the Tour de
France, serious faces of the Riders on
the front of the Peloton here. They've been told to keep this
to man break away with in their sights. This is the mounting
situation at the moment. Now Simon, guess just Up there 46 points, the two frontrunners are not
challenging. In this competition menkes, came up in the second
place, the Peloton over the top no points for them, and the Gap
is just over three minutes at the moment, but the sprinters
are put teams up there Bob and it looks like they're going
to try and control this race. Your Ventures book on the front
doing the tempo for opposite. That's for sell Phillipson. Got to be licking his chops at
how the tactics of played out today. A big group that would contest. The stage
has not moved away from the Peloton, in the early miles
out. Van art, might have discouraged anybody from going up the road when he found
the Breakaway. So, because of that office in Phoenix has
probably their best chance until the last day of the race
in Paris to control things for Phillips. Well not great news for the
Riders Barbara we did say at the start of our program. We're
expecting to hit 100 degrees where we've just hit it very
light Wings to it to mph very sunny but it's poor air
quality because of the fires not very far away from the west
side of the race today. The Peloton be very grateful of
this shade of 40 by those plane trees down there. As the Riders go through and
it's going to run right through to the Finish. Now we just been
outside a few moments ago and the tar on the road is melting
just at the moment. Very, very hot indeed. Of course we have come to this
beautiful wall city of Carcassonne but the big Stones
where you could be you could actually have. You stare your
beef bourguignon? Cooked on the stove today out there, you
could fry an egg, no problem at all on the pavement. This land these last few days in such
extreme heat. It's hurting the riders for the Pyrenees.
These are the two leaders. One minute, nine seconds is the
gap. Politics. Had 62, local career appearances, but only one
for the rider behind you. Kill all away. But you can see the Gap has come
down from 253 at 130 km to 30 kilometers later, at 19
miles, it's down to 133, and now it's down to a minute and
six the Peloton of got them close
enough Bob, but they know if they catch them too soon then it could split the Pendleton in
the Pursuits start of the day. Bob thing
would go to 22. Edible got to, they were locked in on the
finish. Yesterday couldn't pull up in between, you'd have
thought they were riding a tandem to 43. Karen Thomas, still fur,
but lost time, but 17 seconds. Everybody lost time. These are the complete 10 of the
top. These are the wind so far here.
Yumbo visitor has got three stage wins, two of them, of course, without
van art. And there's been a fall here. Do oh, and duly Welsh ride on
the Education. First easy post. But it must have just touched it
away Allure. I think he might've hit that water bottle. There's a water bottle that just
flashed through the screen and if he's just an off the
bars, a little bit, like that's his water bottle but he hit another one just before going
down and if you're not holding,
tightly onto your bars, but you wouldn't be generally in
that particular situation and you something even moves
your front wheel a little bit. Yeah, you can go down pretty quickly.
They expect round bottles to roll. But they don't, they wedge under the wheels, the doctor just checked him out
and drove away. So that's a good sign and this is team car come up to
him now. First Tour de France, 40 indoor
Welshman on the American team Education. First
easy post, Let's see if we can see any
sense that he's hurt. He's left hip better. Right up a center in the 145. What about of just bounces right
into his wheel that time green, water bottle jumped over.
Look jumped over it. So you can see he's just out of
the saddle so he's got more weight on the front wheel on the
front wheel so when he hits that the back wheel comes up and
whammo not a high-speed crash, I don't think he touched a
single Rider, he just went down at pretty
amazing that nobody went plowing into him from
behind also so heads up by Peloton. Yeah. Wow, wild fan art prize week and one
of the DSM Riders have gone down. Well, I'm not too sure how that
happened. Sorry about to break away from the interview. I think
it's a cough on DSM, has gone down. This is valve, an art
critic, and cooking is her isn't moving. He's sitting down
there. This is not good. This is the doctor here, just
checking out the collarbone there of Christ like getting back on his bike and the
other side it is in my fat, Martin tush felt they're getting
pushed off from DSM. What's more high-speed stretch
of road than the previous cat crash, 20 and dual price week, shaking his head,
doctor bringing up the ambulance. She's not good. It's not a good
sign. This is the team who lost Primo's Roberts at the start
today as well. Also, going down. Perhaps from
Israel, or at least stopped at the side of the road. Most
certainly, that is not good news. That's how. Yeah.
Kabul sang from Israel, premiered. He's on his way, but christ-like
not on his way yet. Three, four of those were false
and christ-like and tush felt oh Sheldon, quiet and food with
singers gone. Doctors, staying with this, is
this is not a good situation here for yumbo bhisma. Solve an art form that he go on
his way so fast, they didn't even call him in the race as a
fall of early was away. So quickly Kappa, still only a minute 24,
as the Peloton, stay organized at the front. Breakaway over a minute in front
of the Peloton and see, police trying to pull some
people. Presumably protesting off of the road, not being able to do that easily,
get a couple of off and then the Breakaway through safely who
could most definitely have. So maybe the slowing down definitely on the receiving end
of that. Troy's leaked the most certainly not helpful.
This even Freud's weekend. I think the next report we're
going to get is that he's out of the Tour de France. Yeah, at this they see the very,
very sad sight and how serious is this going to be for
your number of yzma? Because Stephen christ-like was
a man row glitches. Already not started this morning. All of a
sudden they were on the defensive now because bank,
because Christ like here, we spoke to him this morning
before the start, don't forget and he was very confident, the
race would go on even though they had lost the big man, Primo struggles,
but now they've lost him to another big man, price fight. What's the weather was a
connection? Because the leaders went through during that
demonstration, they seemed to clear the road of the
demonstrators, but it may be coincidence or it may be
connected there Harry's on any sudden,
slow down. That's as unexpected as protesters
would be. And then you're hammering the
brakes in panic and it's much more likely to go down film.
Look, Robbie Hunters may have been around. Somewhere. Let's
just see if Robbie were way. Did you see anything? So folks didn't see what
happened. What I did here was actually my
motorbike driver is in connection with what the
organizing Channel. And so he has a numerous things and it
gives me information. We heard it was a protest and people have
glued themselves to the road. Not not long after
that. There was a slight slope in front and the Crash happens I
think it's from the from the slow up of the of the people being told
that there was the possible protest down the road and that's
what caused the crash. That would be feasible, right?
Is slowing down. Of course, the ride is at the back which is
where the crash happened or in the middle. Because the that this is really, very, very
sad for young of yzma. As you rejoin each other,
another crash here, just happened and the yellow Jersey
is down and it is dirtied on his left. Shoulder a teammate
for Android on, has gone down with him. What he's going on. Do
you see how this happened? Don't know. But you can see what
the Panic is going to be like for the yellow team,
they're stopped just in front of ego, is going to need a new
bike. He's got to spare bike, and in another blink of an eye,
the fortunes have changed for the worse, even more
dramatically for the MBA. He's my squad. I wouldn't be
surprised if we see a Slowdown at the front of the Peloton, not a critical situation. Don't want to take advantage of
that and let's see if the yellow Jersey isn't hurt
though. That's the more important question film. When he
suddenly got a nasty Road mark on the top left hand
shoulder, Skirt of riding back with him.
Here is Christoph. The portal. That's really all our cameras
managed to pick it. Caught everybody off. Guard happened in
the center of the main field. Kristoff, that Port faithful teammates are there.
You can see Josie at teach beneath going down. Also,
yeah, the port in front of him and set, Coos. See if wild fan
art isn't called back there. Running out of guys. Now, if they made a barrage
right now and then Bingo have a very tough
time, but I think there will be a truce in the
Peloton as long as they've heard that Ving of those gone
down. Well I hate stretching at the front here. Is it gone right down there
about seven or eight men back? And the first down was a young
Bove is my ride. It could have been teaspoons. And just looking around, there
was the white jersey as we cut away so they see me yellow go down. Now
that the sport will always acknowledge the fact that the
finger go is the leader of the Tour de France. They will
not attacking from a crash, then why you don't just off the porch. Just in
front of think you go and sit, Coos Nathan. When we
don't trying to set the tempo and get back into the field,
start of a pretty hard climb is coming. Only. What if I mean this Tour de
France? Phil just so shocking day in and day out. Everybody needs a rest day is my
assessment. I mean that tomorrow there is a rest day and
it's just sometimes the synapses. When you're this
tired this deep into a grant or they're just not firing yells Paul it. Looking like he's
about to leave me kill own array behind Michael Moore have in the
meantime. Quick-Step Rider, 35 minutes,
behind this Rider going forward off the back off the back. The
yellow Jersey at 135, should be able to catch into the Peloton and lick his wounds, but a
pretty tough climb in. I don't think we'll see who got
to attack. That's for sure. It's just it's not a hard enough
climb and it's a long ways from the finish and the unsporting to take advantage
of the Fallen yellow Jersey. In this particular
tactical situation that could change. That's just a little
rise to get us through a South Ferry. All this is the Sprint
and then we get onto the coach to come A's at
shortly after this WOW, Honore attacking Paulette. They probably don't even What's going on behind it? The
moment but there's a chance it could take advantage of it. That
one kilometer go for the Peloton. This the situation
overall and art also knocked around with
a couple of their situations on the road today, 20
points, first place, that'll go to the two frontrunners and
this is teaspoon out here at the back, check into the Tinker, how the Fortuner turned around
and about 3 kilometers. Because remember, when the crash
happened with the yellow Jersey here, his teammate Christ fight
was already in the ambulance and the previous crash. Finger doesn't seem to be
physically to worse for wear. What fan art in the meantime,
has a Sprint coming up so he'll want to stay in the front to get
some of the points that are available. Well, as we continue has got a
long way to go up there towards the white jersey but it get back
to his side, he looks okay. The ways dancing on those
pedals. But here there won't be much of a Sprint
here. I don't anticipate will the green jersey trying to
sweep up a valuable fur? Place across the lawn. He's
right up the front there, but having a girl, just making
his way through the big Peloton. So, while we're looking at this,
let's go out to Robbie Hunter. So yeah, the back of the Peloton
right now. You yourself a seen the chaos
that's happened? Yellow Jersey crashing guys. Going up to the Sprint getting
dropped because it's actually a very, it's a very hard Road.
And what I did do before was before this, all this happened
with the yellow Jersey. I spoke to some of the Riders. There's
another crashes just happened right in front of me. Jack Bauer package James, just
crashed getting back to what I was
trying to say. The guys were talking Can a box the possibilities and when I say guys that say are speaking about spoke to the team track track
said it is the very good possibility, the teams would
attack on this climb off to the Sprinter to very hard Road,
right? As a being dropped writer. I've seen guys like John
diggle called Jenna Johnson, train attention
from the ends with these are all right, as it would be
meeting at this princess later. So it's very good chance that
people will see opportunities and attacks will happen to try
and get away from the sprinters. That's most certainly a
possibility that if you look at the profile and
assess what's possible, launch just saw a white van art
in the Peloton go through the Sprint Point as
teach Bennett tries to get back on terms. This is Jack Bauer and
bonum, or maybe just being dropped because of the crash
previously. And this is exactly what Robbie
Hunter was. Just describing Riders having a tough time
before the climb is even started. So it's definitely with
the Breakaway only a few seconds ahead of the Peloton. Rather interesting, on Wild
fanarts Wheel going through that Sprint. Point, got a
Bugatti who's second in the competition. So tidy package
and not letting any points go away, even for the green
competition. A most unpleasant three models
for the Riders here. Number of riders falling in separate
crashes at that point but you may have noticed that 13 places
Papa's said Val fan art wasn't challenge. I think that's an
acknowledgement by the Peloton. That ravan art has only to reach
Paris to win that competition. 18 seconds is the
still a gap. It is nothing on the two leaders others, L have to get on the
back of the bunch. Looking at the later on the
road, we've just hit the lower slopes of the Côte de Kumasi. 677 for climb our elevation at
least four percent average a long way. Three-mile climb
this. This is the situation last king
of the mounting points of the day, and guess you and I'll
pick to their has 46 and is unlikely. Now, in fact, can't be
caught today because there's only two points at the top and
one for second place and attack from the Peloton we have picked the two leaders
on the base of the climb, and as soon as they were
collected at a potlatch and honorary Jonas, ruch of easy post Education, First easy, post
tried his luck, And for the moment he's clear
but, you know, we're running out of Road 32 miles, to finish
and they've organized. The chasing tricks. Sega free do as brought it all together, Stuart two Riders grunting to
race radio. Jacobsson and Caleb Yuan have been dropped
because of this Tempo. So Matt's Patterson has his Riders on the front. You can't
handle the climbs. You might not win. Any Sprints in the Tour
de France, this is indeed, Caleb Yuan.
Having another tough day. Maybe that's why we haven't seen a lot
of sudol on the front of the Peloton chasing the
Breakaway. Check a wrapping this up and
have been all day here to try and get them and home. First giulio, Ciccone on the front
could, maybe pip off get a couple of Kom points. Nobody wants to contest that
most certainly guess you won't be contesting it. He's just been
dropped with me. Cologne, array. It keeps the lead, but he
can't even keep the fellas on here as we race. These final
miles down to the finish in Carcassonne. To donate 14 points down to
start the day. The clothes that 212 down on simonjessica his teammates,
most certainly won't Sprint him for these points, move a little
bit closer to the polka-dots and tomorrow 23 points up for
grabs. So that competition is going to go all the way
through the Pyrenees. But Simon gets good. Not enjoying today's
stage and this final categorized climb of the race. I'm here to go so that Dylan
coronavirus can has been dropped by the Pelt. Another
Sprinter unhitching at the back of the races. High Tempo is
writing off the sprinters in the Tour. De France at the
moment. Still a long ways to go. And if this Tempo eases very much watch for the
counter-attacks and maybe over
the top and definitely Peloton seems to
be in my estimation a powder keg in it. If you have
any Fitness left, what's the left? Or after the first two
weeks and you haven't won a stage and
your team has those kind of Ambitions or you do personally,
why not launch Phillips and is there. As far as we know, and
madspetersen most, certainly there for the truck Squad. Queen Simmons of the USA driving
at the frontier. He loves racing on this team. He's
always willing to work, he expects the race to hurt him
every day, and he goes into the deep as long as he can still 50 kilometers, just over
30 miles of racing. The pace eases trekking Alpha symbol want to
keep it high. So countermoves can't go clear in the finale. It's been a tough day has been a lot of crashes. A
lot of riders getting dropped catching back on and the heat
has been absolutely relentless on top of the Riders throughout
the day. So I feel like it might split up
even more than it is right now before the Finish Line film. I think you might be right, but
the green jersey around Fan Art of near the front watching
everything. He got best of the rest over that climb. Its
points lead extending up more again. It's pretty much Invincible. I
think the race. Just let him have that because
they feel they can't challenge him now. Apart from Teddy put gotcha, who
is second in that? Closest righty to out fan art in
the green jersey. Standings, doesn't want to give wild a
free. What would have been 15 points?
So took 13 Min self. So only conceded two points in that and
if you didn't have to do any work for that, why not? Just sit
on the wheel. And that's exactly what happened. Face here. Quinn Simmons, very
happy with this. So, three sprinters at the
moment is fighting to try and get back in this race Fabio.
Jacobsson K, Le Guin and didn't grow. The Reagan
dropped on that crime. Still over. Km climbing left, the truck, keeping the pace high
so that if the sprinters teams, send Riders back to help grown a vagin, jacobsson catch back up. They don't want
to let that happen. Put a lot of effort into controlling the
Breakaway and now they want to keep the ball
rolling for the last 30 miles of race give their printer,
madspetersen a much better chance you might just before they go over the top
of the summit. Let's see what Robbie Hunters got for his
Robbie. So full talking about the
sprinters, we've got for me, jacobsson. Way up the back, he
dropped. Right? At the bottom of the clams. I would say for
today, quickstep and his chances, almost zero, right? Don't fall behind us back here. Dylan Guna Vic and he had three
teammates within the for doing all that they
could to bring him. They did lose Jack Bauer, they did lose
good, you Jensen the 33 Rod is currently with him to try
and bring him back about 30 seconds back. They've
got a chance. But if the Pete sighs. This High
extremely hot, come back. Also, back as far as we knew my
name is Caleb. You know? As well. But anyway, the coach day
commands. There is where we are two points for the first one for
the second, and it won't do anything to
alter the overall situation. It interesting tactic by the
teammate of Simon guest gift from kofi's, taking the points
away from Julia, Chacon A and B, and B. So no points for
Ciccone good. Heads up riding by the cofa d-squad, that's a very
impressive Tactical. Solution to cite mangeshkar.
Getting dropped well, creative racing by Coke
and he's in creative writing by the the real prop spotted
Jersey, because he was never thought to come through the
outside and keep the high mountains and keep the Jersey,
but he did so and he has done. Now, he's taken
it to the rest dated Mauro in caucus on. And then we go into the Pyrenees
might all change. There may be the first man to
tell you and he's told Us. In fact he
doesn't expect to be wearing the jersey in Paris, but boys
fought. Well it's a lot. Like been, you mean
Tomas and Alexis Cruz yard from B & B
and good for him and covid. He's there. If I'm
not mistaken, still off the front 28 miles to go,
there's no more categorized
climbs is one or two. That will their legs
though. Let's go back to Robbie Hunters.
Here is seeing the Riders behind him Robbie and
a lot of these Riders are asking for water. There has been a barrage back
there. They were only 16 Vehicles back here. To give them
water. They've had a bit of a slow up all of them. Have
got two hands up a lot of teammates at the back of the
group asking for water. A lot of them are not going to get it
right now. 25 kilometers to go a number 77
here, Benjamin Tomar bronze medalist in the Tokyo
Olympic Games, in the Madison, that's that indoor velodrome
race where you have a partner, you do a lap and a half the
track. You saw your partner in heat is a lap of the track and you get the most laps you
out the race. He's got a bronze medal. It says useful Rider
bubble. Fantastically gifted track athlete and making it
transition to the road and Alexander. Free stuff all over
his bikes. Swinging it from side, to side, putting out every ounce of
power. He has to not get dropped and have a chance for
the stage win, just see him there in the white
jersey with the lime yellow highlights. Just at the very
back opening gaps. He's at the top of this undulation. He's
still got a lot of work to do but he's definitely not giving up.
And Peter tsagaan his teammates on total energies,
trying to make it hard for him and Dylan grown a
vague. Ian. The main pellets on in the Tour
de France. Still chasing two Riders. It's come back to 17
seconds. We're on an open Highway here at the moment. I'm
a steadily going downhill, the speed is on an alias,
Kennedy's have taken control at 50
kilometers to go. You want to keep garite Thomas out of danger and it's been a
very dangerous stage so I'm not surprised that they're doing
this, this is good riding by any offs Castro. Viejo Danny Martinez, Adam Yates also would love to
keep safe and there's a pretty solid split, very small group left to contest
the stage win. Baseball and Filippo gather
their bad. Who's often the driver is behind the race.
Now, by his could be as much as
40 minutes. 10 kilometers to go for the two
leaders. It's only six miles. Come on, boys, 24 seconds that
Gap. There been hanging, just hanging, the Friendship,
never won a stage of the race. Has two Frenchmen in the lead. Now, what French often do both.
When they get together, is argue with each other, throw the
race away. Well, they've been cooperating pretty well and
even sharing nutrition when they needed to. So, I'm pretty
sure they won't be arguing too much and, but, throwing the stage away unless something,
which is not impossible. Dramatic happens to the yellow
Jersey. I I don't see how they're going
to stay away before the finish line. 30 seconds, the Gap at 10,
kilometers to go. For the fast organizers, finding
some rural roads before the outskirts
of Carcassonne, maybe the most Rural Road, I was
surprised when I wrote this earlier this morning that, wow, this is beautiful
countryside and when you come over the next Ridge, you can see
downtown Carcassonne. This is generally how it courses.
Just like this, even a little bit, flatter and
less curvy in the last few kilometres of the stage film,
being a world city, caucus on stands out at the police. For
miles around built on top of a little Hill but not the way,
we're coming into the Finish Line. These are the time gaps how
we've run a 20K, but they were 25 seconds of 15K 12. When the
chase was on at 10:27 seconds, the moment 26. Now, that is being stretched out
by the dissents here, the twists and turns yellow jerseys. Got his team up
front now so he can see exactly what is going on. Not taking any
chances in these closing miles of the stage Jonas,
finger, go third wheel. That is a good place to be. Keep
an eye on any obstacles in front of him and a great wheel
to be on first off the port. Keeping Jonas safe at the front
and Gareth Thomas has his teammates to do that. You have
to set the most Amazing Tempo and the so maybe Castro viejo's. Oh and Danny
Martinez catching their breath on that
less stretch and now they're moving into
position to keep the tempo. High, keep their leaders safe,
they have five miles of racing left, but only a few kilometers
to the 3K to go and then any he mishaps and the time Gap will be taken at 3
kilometers to go. They only have a few kilometers
5K to get there. So, in three miles, Jonas, finger go can
breathe a sigh of of relief. Still lasts till 12 seconds. What a Pursuit. This is it is a very impressive ride by venue me
Tomas and Alexis Bouchard the hold off the Peloton as it
is been reduced. In numbers is very impressive. Somebody's
going to have to come to the front to chase this down in the last three miles.
Phil don't see them staying away. I'm not going to say that's
going to happen, but definitely is not going to be easy to catch
them, running down, the lock Chambers Earth, the
canal, du midi, one of the great holiday. Canal's here. It was
out into the Mediterranean. As I continue now to guide, the
way I thought guy, who's always looking extremely tired and it's
all or nothing for Tomar. Now, he's had to ride on alone.
Remember covid. He's has not won a stage of the Tour de
France. Since 2008, 7 seconds is the Gap at the moment, but he's now able to get on with his
own pace, 25:12, 27. And now just nine
seconds at the five kilometers to go, it's warm against the
pain. Don't now on this man does have the speed but can he
do it? 1K to the 3 km to go Banner
where the GC Riders can move off the front and be given the
same time as a stage. Winner should anything befall them in
the closing, three kilometers of the race and they can breathe a big sigh
of relief, considering what's happened throughout the day fill
with just about 1,000 meters, to go on his own, the lonely Trek. Now
as he races in towards caucus on, Not sure whether we see a
beautiful shot from the distance of the wall City. Those complete walled, City in
France, Famous by the way for its firework display on
Bastille Day July the 14th, when a half a million people
crammed the town to watch it as they did a couple of days ago. They're saying 10 seconds were
saying 11, which one should we go for a walk? Well, Tomas will hope for 11.
Now, it's 12 up to 12 All or Nothing. Pretty amazing about.
This is for France and this is for cough adiz. And the right
behind three kilometers to go. 3K to go in the Lactaid. Must
just be briefing through the models of muscles of venue
me Tomas but he's giving it an incredible. Display of tenacity and grit to
hold off the reduced Peloton before the Finish. Not sure how
many sprinklers are left and that could make for a very
chaotic lead out, watch for dine AZ to be there while been art to be there.
Philip cities there and yes, for Phillipson might have his
best chance to win a stage and watch your big magic Henderson.
Also to have a go, I wouldn't put him in the same
season, he's out of it is not in the
group, there's the flag. We shall together, like Thomas of
Wales. Ten seconds are saying now. One point four miles, it's not
very far. Is it on? What has been a very, very strange day.
The non-starting of Rockledge, the teammate of the race leader, the accident, taking out Stephen
cries like a teammate of the race leader and pulling back to the pack for
of the green jersey. A teammate of the race leader.
It's been an amazing day and of course too crowded. All the
yellow Jersey fell off as well. Tomas might get to the last
kilometer with a lathe Sprint teams totally
disorganized at the moment. Peter Sagal needs a couple of
teammates to pull Tomas back or he won't even have a chance to
win the stage. Six seconds, as a lining up now Dylan grown
Omega. No, so long, I don't see him and see
his teammates. While most certainly he'll be
there and he's got licking his chops that
the finishing straight away. A couple of twists and turns in
the last kilometer, but the Sprinter should have
this. Well, in hand, looks like total energies, the team of
Peter Sagal has come to the front. And that looks like
my tailbone are doing the temple to catch Tomas. Got to do that
before. Peter can have a chance at the
stage win while fanart moving up on the
left into position to go for the stage win under the railroad
tracks out the other side as we're getting towards
the last kilometer. Now he's going to say very very shortly into the streets of caucus on
the, get a big twisty that might be to his Advantage.
This man has still a lot of fighting
those legs, but they're right there. The one
can be designed. This is going to be a bully. Because in fact of the bike
exchange team, a second steam or on the front in the blue and white is bike
exchange for Dylan. Grown, a vague appears again, as a
great chance of winning the
stage, he's in the white jersey, and
the blue and white helmet, just behind him in the green as well.
Fanart, looking for his chance to get some daylight Phillips in there as well. It is
not over the straight line, our dreams about that far been,
but the running for him, all of the way Benjamin told Wallace,
come so close fight. 500 meters. But he is about to be passed as
they come and he mad slap madspetersen also
trying to take over the front. Now, the green jersey is felt
fine art as well for not. Is he going to end the day which is
day of a major disaster for his team but still it is petersson in
second place. There are ferrets and is sliced out on the corner
now just for Phyllis and goes on the wheel of medicine. Well
fine art is coming over the top of the or is he gonna be beatin? A final kick them. Watch the Phillipson Phillips and this time gets the
win and he can remember the day. It
was seconds of an art. Now he's reversed, its Phillips and with
the great wind and lifting through the team finally,
nothing for apis in just now and Phillips and wins a stage
just in front of an art and madspetersen. What a Sprint by Jasper philipson. Well, at two weeks on Phillips, only
memory with the man that pointed to his chest and wave to
the crowd and then somebody told him you that the writer in
green had already won the stage. Well, this time it was went one
better for not went for him. They weren't shoulder the
shoulder. Look like a second win for much better person, but then all of a sudden he got a clear Road and he took
it and this time having finished
second about Bernard Bernard now, finishes second day I think that's check
the photo. It's very, very sites. Yeah,
they've been third hard to say, for sure. Do. Just confirm the old eyes up and left me. Look at that. What a finish. After the end of that puts, you have to feel a little sad for Benjamin Tomos. That would have been an
astounding Defiance, he gave it a go last
500 meters, finally caught by the Sprint teams but that
just shows you how chaotic the entire stage
was. If once the god forth Signs of Life from
their Sprinter, grown a vegan, such a long hard Pursuit, he
could only manage. Yeah. Yes / Phillips and had a
great start to this tour. Finished in the top five stage
two, three and four, but then he had to wait and wait and wait
all the sprinters had to wait until this next
opportunity here in Stage 15, but in the end is yes. /
philipson H-24 from Belgium with his first career Tour de
France, stage win or for Only this man first stage
win here at the Tour de France and the monkey off the back for the
team as well. Good point to talk about that
this morning, the number of teams without any
stage for acting that we're putting out a stage victory at
this Tour de France and Alpha sin. Now has one first-time winners at the tour.
Been a major theme here. He is the eighth word stage, 15/8 of
the winners have been first-time winners this week. Okay, we've been discussing this
here, Jonas, Ving ago, this lead. We've seen this
throughout these past few days. His lead over pagasa remains to
22. Aaron Thomas lost 17 seconds
yesterday today, he remained the exact same in third, to 42
43 back and Jonas finger go. The lead is the same but the
feeling is different. Looking at him now on the podium after
Stage 15 knowing he suffered the crash and also knowing he's
with outro glitch. Without Coy's, wake the rest of
the way. Incredible how much he's matured
just over these last five days or so, just with what
he says in the media. But he says, the way he just announces him with his presence. Looks like he's grown at least
10 years over these last five days and I hopefully he's giving
gaining that momentum and confidence going to the last
week.
