Tour de France 2023: Stage 3 | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | 7/3/2023 | Cycling on NBC Sports

the Tour de France enters France itself today and that's where it'll stay for the next three weeks to Paris it's stage three of the event and is presented by the feed a first time start from the town of amoribieta we're heading to Bayonne we've been there a few times before Bob in fact we've been there 32 times already well we're nearly at the start line here at the moment Christian food on checking with the race referees are we all set to release the race and we'll hear him when he gets to line the Riders up they all look pretty relaxed here perhaps [Applause] foreign [Applause] [Music] foreign stop that's the official start giving their fishing through Donald's catching me out there as he came through the roof but the ride is now underway and you may have noted the first move came from Nielsen Powers who indicated he may have a little go at these early climbs on the race the first one coming just 13.8 kilometers down the road on uh and it's a two-pointer third Caddy's gone out and he's gone out in the lead here Bob at the moment with Lauren pishon of the rks M16 of France still climbing at seven miles an hour here it brought it back a bit but it has tightened up Banner just ahead and now we'll see what happens I can't believe for one moment the pisham will try to jump Alice and take points Powers wants two more points another set in Fair for tomorrow and probably the next day as well there's only one point available tomorrow [Applause] [Music] waited a while to see them now they're happy to crowd [Applause] [Music] cheeky little move there by pishon two points give them to me yeah I noticed Palace did take a look over his shoulders he started his nose there just to make sure here we go this is over the top one point and no Challenge from Normandy shop mind you he always makes it look good I'll give him that but there's no Challenge and there's the other point we're getting evicted salute every day here over the tops of the climbs and pishon he knows he's not going to challenge in the king of the mountains so why steal the points away from the man who was looking at the moment to lead for as long as he possibly can another one pointer for him there hopefully Sean's gonna pick up the points here I think probably a little bit of a deal made here between these two clear that Nielsen Palace was out there today to get the points for the for the Kom Jersey and he's probably said for t-shirt and looks like you can take some points here in the green Juju competition they don't mean a lot to piece on at the moment but it's always nice to get some points on the board and get and show the chaos Samsung jersey for the for the fans of France does that kind of deal making verbally actually go on out there absolutely I think it's it's more of a it's the etiquette of cycling essentially Nelson Palace isn't interested in the green jersey he's not interested in those points he wants to keep he wants to consolidate his lead that's why he's out there today he would have said to pee Sean when they started the stage when they got away and they got away within the first few kilometers at the stage he would have said to P Sean Give me the give me the give me the cow in points and I'll and I'll help you uh go as far as we can to the stage unlikely they'll make it to the finish line but as a consolidation if we don't make it to the finish in front we give you some green jersey points approaching the Sprint now he's about a he's about one minute away he's he's going to pick up the points for 30 for third place it's 20 points there um so yeah we can see the bunch behind now excited to a little bit of more impetus coming into the bunch we're going to see some lead outs now of trick Trick's been quite uh active with Prince Simmons we've seen Quinn Simmons being a big factor and you can see him there on the right hand side in the United States champion jersey the Stars and Strikes on the right hand side of the bunch there with mads Peterson and the multi-colored Jersey of trick yellow blue red hood of everything as we hit the top of the hour at 9am here on the East Coast if you're just joining us and checking in with the tour for the first time this morning this is stage three that's Victor lafay he won the stage yesterday's in the green as the points classification leader after a lot of climbing over the weekend stages one and two this is the first flat stage as they make their way from Spain into France for the very first time in the store once they do get inside of France they will be there for the rest of this tour Pace picking up as we approach a Sprint finish coming up later on we expect it at about 11 30 a.m here on the East Coast and all of a sudden they they are really going yeah here's these lead outs we talked about for the remaining of the points on the intermediate Sprint line lead altrek definitely at the four we see uh Jasper Phillips's team alphason also there and these guys are doing some big efforts the the pressure may have been off of the legs for the previous two kilometers we're 500 meters to go here and we're seeing all-out Sprints in the lead outs Jocelyn for position and getting ready to launch their sprinters it's a big lead out from the lead out turkey on the front the champion the champion jersey of Luxembourg leading up mads Peterson who's sitting in there in second well with the red helmet just starting his Sprint now before hangs grow just behind him and you have to Fullerton coming fast in the left and the blue jersey there in the Enderman also right in there and this was pretty standard when I crossed the Sprint line you can see the rest of the bunch they leave the sprinters they leave the spring teams to do their job they know what's going to happen now they're just sprinting for the points and then and then they'll all set up the bunch will come back together and order will resume and we'll get back into a uh the focus the next focus of the day for these guys which is the Sprint finish at the end of the stage that's the man that pulled off the big surprise inspired by his win yesterday Victor lafay pedaling along waiting for the race to come and join him very happy with his day's work so far oh please give us a nice smile too that's when you know that you're on great form is when you're pedaling easy and you keep your advantage over the Peloton and so lafay soft pedaling waiting for the group a few seconds behind but satisfied with at least putting in a spirited defense of the green jersey gonna be a little bit tricky for anybody to get that off of him today yeah he's saying I'm just taking it easy he says I know they're coming and I'm waiting The Front Runners are going a bit slower but they are of course on the climb biting there for them they're only half a kilometer from the top of the climb so we're gonna get a couple of more points so foulis the worst Could Happen he'd get one point for second place but I suspect that Bishop having been given the fifteen hundred dollars by Palace for that green jersey Sprint it wasn't contested it'll go back to the status quo now and be the polter dot Jersey going over the top in first place another point in the bag [Music] I love orange jerseys on the roadside today the colors of the pay Basque The Basque country which could tell people and there he goes on the left of our picture slips back in takes his place but he will Sprint to be in the top 25 today at the Finishing Line and he needs to be around about 20th in the Sprint if valt Bernard does crosses that line in first place because otherwise he would lose his green jerseys 50 points for the winner at State today no determined Chase yet by those Riders and here we come and this is a Nielsen Pals just making sure the land fish on is uh not attacking him out comes that I've never seen a lead in The Kingdom Mountain saluted so many times he's snatching them all over these three days Madness Court you may recall his teammate last year in Denmark he became a national hero with the way he attacked and the way he led the king of the mountains but this year and every occasion is pretty special [Applause] results no judges required powerless two pishon one no more points for anybody else take a look at the overall standing 16 now for Powers pulling away from tadapo gacha who's going to be a big challenge in the mountains of course and the same set for here you go wouldn't worry too much about einkhorn or Zimmerman later because this is the last climb of the French sector of this year's Tour de France of the Spanish sector all of this year's Tour de France and the man who's dominated right through the class for three days is of course Nielsen powerless but he's just scalping them right now about as many as you can expect yesterday and all of them so far today got a minute 39 and only four kilometers to the top of this next line should be able to do that not in full Cry by any stretch of the imagination in the middle of the screen red helmet multicolored little truck jerseys juanpe Lopez doing the tempo clerk in the blue and white of sudal not far from the front but for the moment a leisurely Pace I was asking myself when I did some of these roads I could stay in the Peloton if there's any chance at all if I could do that the answer was no because I found them to be pretty challenging but I might give it a try the way they're going right now Phil [Applause] in front and while fanart was looking down at his bike and now he stops last time we had a chance to look car team car always back but it should be first car but no no won the team every day and lead by about 45 seconds while they're wearing yellow numbers that looks like the cleats are oh it's amazing it does happen that the cleats Can lose some of the tension in the bolts that keep them down and that would make for very dangerous and difficult going when there's any sort of pressure put on the pedal so gotta get that rectified for the Sprint to the line that's for sure I'm just checking with R Kelly Sean's radio see what they're saying [Applause] [Applause] that's interesting because they're trying to work out what palace will do and of course if powers does decide to drop back and leave a piece on alone up front yeah at least probably be given the prize for the most aggressive Roger of the day which is what happened to Palace yesterday but wasn't it it was I would imagine one of these two Riders will get that and especially if Nielsen goes back to the field after this Sprint could be two points but maybe the most aggressive four thank you riding these roads yesterday Phil I was wondering how are the people going to find this tiny little Road in the Hills they must have their GPS accurately positioned for the Tour de France because that climb was packed in hard with the fans a lot of walking and riding the bikes to get there very few side roads so a great day beautiful weather yesterday not the case I was underneath rain clouds this point getting to San Sebastian for yesterday's finish but the fans have definitely found the race course today hats off to all of them and you're right Phil's still not a single flag of Spain plenty of bass flying towels it's a great farewell in the hills of paid for sure they come up to the last crime here but the audio keep into class and Palace he's been over the top in first place every time today maximum points there was only one of the five yesterday the last one where he didn't get over the top in first place he's doing one better hands up again yay I've done it he's increased easily we've got a hard way to win a few points to The Spectators and their polka dots and then there was one this is Lauren P Shawn a moment ago he decided he had to go forward as many of some Palace is now dropped off in this Breakaway is part of the plan as we Race Across San Sebastian here and we can show you that what happened [Applause] that is a punch of fish thanks for your help I'm going back to the bench by Nielsen Palace [Applause] riders that had flat tires and I think we can show you those because uh cameramen have picked out the sights of what might be happening here this is Kaylee Buren no indication of why he stopped with a flat but he's changed bikes straight away so his might be a different type of problem though trying to assess exactly what happened but for loot senko yeah a moment later absolutely no question about three in the road into his tire and puncturing his rear wheel taking his time to get the wheel changed this is rui Costa around the same stretch of roadway as lucenko [Applause] you see that Bub right there that looks like a nail in the tire there hawkeye camera man spotted very treacherous riding I've only real change I mean if somebody's throwing nails and tacks out on the roadway it's very dangerous for the Riders and you can change the course of the Tour de France and as you rejoin that could also be said for Lauren P Sean because he's now rejoined by the Peloton at this very moment and he's called but he did get to French Road so there's no big celebrations we didn't even see the Outpost there because the countries here in Europe now virtually one but the Tour de France is racing now on French roads and the French police motorbikes the guardella public end they've gone through past the Peloton in photilla and they've taken charge of the road closures ahead only 500 yards from that place in the Strategic part of the tour the 3ks to go Banner Eve lampart the rider on the front he will take the pelicon through this roundabout here just inside of one meters to go almost there on that Little Rock Floyd they know exactly where they are at the three kilimo points with safety through it there it is three kilometers to go now he ties down for the win the overall leaders cannot lose time now there he is down there number 191 he's taking the back wheel there just behind his teammate and Alexander Kristoff but he's he's very cunning but he's being sort of ricocheted out of it here as the pace accelerates he's got to find another leader to take him across into the center of that group it's going to be difficult Bob for Mark today he'll be on the wheel of 192 case ball who so far done his job Jacobson very near to the front so Cavendish has to make up all that ground to have a chance this is the tricky Bend just coming up with just outside of 2ks to go a big almost 180 degree swing back in the other direction before the last hard left hand Bend Eveland park looks to be trying to take them through let's see if Casper azerine isn't on the wheel this is that band right now Leanne's injured very sharp indeed the leaders safely around with the big theme very tight there actually flying going down that 31 miles an hour two kilometers to go now it is Sudan who's got the head of the race and they're looking to get lead Fabio Jacobson who wears a white jersey remember his European Champion there's an attack coming up on the left for a reposition this is a tricky left-hander now last last hit left-hand Bend for the riders in the front Lampard stunned his job he will peel off now Casper has green he'll want a time trial for the next thousand meters if he can do or 500 at least and then it should be Michael murkoff and Fabio yakis when taking over heading towards the last kilometer now as we race towards the aduro river in the center of the city of Bayonne the 33rd time the Tour de France has come here and the lead out now is still in the favor of Sudan mastering doing the spectacular time trial of his own at the front of the field and then if he asked for Philips and Bobby's coming up with uh uh matcha Van Der Paul just behind in the slipstream there is Cavendish he still has case little bit of an attack off the front one k to go it's going to kick up now just for a couple of hundred meters before the final couple of hundred meters before the Finish Line Alpha scene in control right in the front just at the right moment absolutely they brought Phillips and rise up into the action here as they continue for the Finish they've got control they made the most of those little twists and turns but watch out now we could be calling in Jasper Phillips and over the line here still no sign that Dylan burn away from being brought up in a white jersey on the left of the picture as you go shoulder to shoulder Vanderpool doing the lead out for a Phillips and Vanderpool has a control Phillips is right on his will and well fan art right on the wheel of Jasper Phillips as we go towards the line now the move from his comprehended by Phillips and Phillipson holding in toast on the betting because he'd get off his line is finishing consume Phillips in his room but you know there might be a complaint there about pushing we'll have to take a look at that I wouldn't be surprised at all if the officials issue a penalty for Jasper Phillipson see in the yellow we've seen this the last couple of days out of Yates 30 years old remain as the race leader when stage four begins make stage two three and four as the race leader heck of a start Miranda Yates third line [Music] yellow in four days last year and at least three the third will be tomorrow see how long he keeps it today pagacha you're with us this morning you saw he was six seconds back and that's exactly what he is today the Peloton mostly stayed together not too stressful not too tense until the sprinters took over in those last few kilometers all right James to the GC after today like I said a much easier day for the GC Riders a nice relaxed ride North from Spain to to France they would have enjoyed that after the weekend and defended Champion Jonas finger go just like Sunday paganza remains at the exact same place in sixth place 17 seconds off the lead of Adam Yates well just a couple of moments ago guys that this this was in doubt so he's on the podium now yes for Phillips and smiling but he had to wait a few minutes to see if his win at the Finish Line remained now he has three and he has won three of the last four spring stages if you go back to last year at the tour

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Length: 22min 56sec (1376 seconds)

Published: Mon Jul 03 2023