Tour de France 2024, Stage 4 | EXTENDED HIGHLIGHTS | 7/2/2024 | Cycling on NBC Sports

another day in the Tour of France but it's a farewell from Italy today as we now head to an early entry into the high Alps in fact the highest point that toour France ever rides over the top of the cier only 86.7 miles compared with the longest stage yesterday as we say goodbye to pinolo and we head now to valoir in our coverage presented by the feed coming up here with all the climbing starting in Italy ending in France today the long awaited in arrival of the tour to France into France the head out of Pinola up to the first climb in sestri a this is a long long climb 40 km at just under 4% not the steepest climb valley roads uh usually two lane good roads as they head into France over the cold deont genev the road does pitch up this is actually the the steeper of the three climbs in the T to France stage this year um but look for the tactics to play out uh sort of slowly here we'll likely see the race somewhat under control here as The Paton heads down the slightly more technical Descent of the uh gold deont jev as they head into the Gia uh again it's valley roads good two-lane roads there's not a critical point or fight for position uh but the the road does gradually pitch up more and more and more until they get to the upper slopes of the civier Gia that really do bite important to mention we have bonus seconds at the top of the the C Gia 85 and two bonus seconds which will definitely play out decisive in the fight for the GC and the yellow Jersey and then the plunge down to the line it's the steeper side of the gbia that they're going to head down to what will clearly be an exciting finish in bwa this is the situation at the start of the day abrahamson has the lead with 76 gay with 66 gay is better positioned here at the moment to grab those 20 points uh and he's got the Sprint to do it we saw that yesterday there he is 36 seventh in line right down to one point for 15th Place uh all for a Sprint here they are massing they are flying up this climb they're making it look almost flat there is Jonas down there AB hamson little ground to make up bu he's right where he needs to be he doesn't have to win this Sprint he does have to get within a few points though if he can get in the top five he'll keep his jersey unless bam who's 10 points behind wins the this mattz pson and his teammates three Riders doing the lead out they are all in for the green Jersey this year in the tour to France I think that's a pretty emphatic showing of what their intentions are Phil I think you've read it absolutely right Bob 200 me of the SP watch for pson to start his Sprint soon he's getting a little bit Twitchy and he's gone now and he's being chased as well but this looks like emphatic finish by Pon here oh look at look at gai coming after him he's onto his second wheel he won't get there in time but he might well take the lead in Virtual in the green jersey competition I don't think it's going to happen because there is abrahamson Phil he's going to get some points of his own he'll get 11 and vam and Matt Pon though locked in on a serious battle think if it was flat that would have been all vinam germi but because this is a pretty difficult climb and it has been since the start big Advantage for mats Pon who can climb very well for a fast Rider Ian philipson has dropped immediately card coming around and watch for the green jersey to come around well G second then came Yas Phillipson had a horrible day at the end of the day yesterday and abrahamson did well to get Fifth and he will have conserved his lead by a point I think if I've got it worked out right we'll have a look at the overall standings in a moment there's the top 10 lasaro getting six there and he's got a four point spad now abrahamson so there's no more Sprints till the finish line today fair to say those two Riders won't be in at the Sprint in valir today incredible team effort for matz Pon delivering him GMA almost coming around in spite of that but M's holding him off that's a good battle I think we're going to see plenty of that for the rest of the tour to franville we're going to give you the lead his name so standby here we go iing baril is here AR armar jul Bernard Valentine madas who's a pretty good climber Tobias Johansson Rodriguez is here greguar gens lenko he's been in the action all day today Leno there's Steve Williams 131 van the pole has got himself up here go do and he's the pick today of TJ Vanguard to win good pick maybe lasaro Bodo this is a huge group I would have thought a bit unmanageable we'll see Garcia and J Denson these Malisa bike and all the sudall riders in the pelaton there we go first four over the top 53 2 1 expect madas in the poad do on the left to have a go for it also has a teammate to do some lead out duties if need be in David Gau let's see does it get some help uh what lukko probably not interested in this there goes madw he's gone and he's being chased they not surprisingly they both could feature baril sorry could both be featuring in this later don't look over your shoulder keep going Sten Williams also I think that's cost him oh has it yes he Steven Williams gets him on the line he should why was he looking around all the time he didn't want to use a sprinter I think that he didn't expect to be have a a real battle for that perhaps pH little mystifying just put your nose down and drill it may be a little bit of a mistake there well the Welshman Steve Williams will be very pleased with that going home from the helicopter abis saying he won the clim year and the tour to France Got The Five Points over madas so wow gets a little bit further away than he could have been from the polka do for madis so Steven Williams stealing the Thunder yeah two points there dropped baril also going for those [Music] that didn't work out he was third in that Sprint little bit of a split in the Breakaway now because of that Sprint for the K points there's the results of the climes for you five points for Williams madas three baril two uh Johansson gets one so slight change there madas has closed in 10 points behind abrahamson now and Williams drops into the slot there in fifth place with Five Points so he gets his first points of the king of the mountains 230 the as we start the climb of Mont genev it's 8.1 km exactly 5 miles now to the top of this climb there's the details for you an elevation gain of 1614 ft and we hit the altitudes now 6,12 few deep breaths when we get up there there's the result of the first climb at cestria Williams 5 madas b and Johansson overall abrahamson of course keeps his leave for now madas has closed very slightly there and it's another 532 one pointer here same as the previous climb it's second category bom sha Quinn the USA champion riding with his teammate the champion of Italy there Alberto bettio the green jersey and the team captain of Education First now in yellow Richard canas pretty impressive sight there for EF champion of Portugal champion of Italy champion of the United States and the yellow Jersey absolutely I like it beautiful graphic there yeah there's a start of the Sprint going barill going for it big time let's see if matados can get on the wheel he's trying to do so but barill has a big jump on the Chasers Williams coming as [Music] well well that's he gave them far to Williams again yes took that on the line buggy and again madwell's really laid back on that once again so I guess he's not really interested so Willi continues on he's got 10 points now he's climbing up the overall he's finally appeared up [Music] there two climbs out of two now if he gets three climbs out of three yes he'll be in the lead absolutely 20 points up for grabs on the next one give him a handy lead don't think that's going to happen but you never know yeah give him a chance come on heaven forbid something happens to one of the DC Riders on this next scent and there's an easing back in the pelaton which we saw on stage number one don't expect that to happen it's pretty reasonable descent on the final Descent of the day of the day however all bets are off 212 at the moment so they've lost a little bit of ground after the climb but this the Calm before the storm I feel this is UAE driving and he's not there the yellow Jersy this is quite a mistake catap pass going to have to work up there's his team bringing him back crossing the Gap they shouldn't have allowed that to open that's a waste of energy absolutely Paul it on the front Mark air on his wheel this is that chase let's see if neelson paus who's in that front group doesn't come back to help caraz get back on terms it's confirmation of the second of the three climbs today Williams winning a again Bill three points madas only third place on the climb overall radas is still in second place Williams has now come up from fifth to Third boy if he were to take the last climb of the day he'd get 20 points he'd have 30 that would be the green jersey for him the PO Jersey for him at the end of the day absolutely thinks he hasn't got a chance 17 Riders we've just started the climb here it's an outside category our first of course of this year to the France 23 kilm long elevation gain nearly 4,000 ft P up to 8 1/ 12,000 ft altitude B this is for the future of the the yellow Jersey Breakaway 152 so having maintained their advantage in the last few miles now onto the slopes of the gallier that might start to crumble pretty directly and UAE has been doing the chasing primarily throughout the last few miles fil Williams and madas the most likely challenge abrahamson there in the king of the mountains there's 20 points at the top here if they're still clear of the field of course and that is the big question if they are watching for Steve Williams pulling on the poka dot Jersey tonight but we'll see this peleton are beginning to smell the finish some of them are pretty good Mountaineers too the Gap when they start the climb a minute and 52 very bridgeable by the superstars of the tour to France Vander Paul on the front having a great day in the Breakaway All Things Considered well let's these are the contenders as we head to the foothills of the cig Gia pogacha Evan the pole and Ving go equal on time the rest sitting at 21 seconds and Carabas who's not on the list there is now the man to beat on this climb he was yellow he's not on the list because his team told us he wasn't going out to get that yellow Jersey he was going to win stages well he's got the yellow Jersey and it's his big moment right now and we've got 17 leaders he's got a chase down first of all the peleton sitting at 152 they've going to have to make a serious effort I think Bob to bring that Gap back remember we're racing up the HC category called the Gia the b means we have a bonus at the top first three Riders over the top get 8 Six and 2 seconds that could change the face of this race now the pressure on here Neils poit on the front and this is also goodbye to the world champion too and the pole has been dropped piece of cake for the time limit for Matthew Vanderpool won't be that far behind the main pellaton over the top he's left himself 13 km slightly the summit and Bar's gone too bit surprised about that one Bob he should I mean on paper be one of the best climbers in whatever group he's in he' be waiting for a day when the brickway has a much better chance at saving his energy F these are desperate moments here they are scrambling to stay clear the Jace which is now sitting at 78 seconds behind them here go do having a tough time johanneson I believe is the rider coming back for Uno x with Kristoff YULA Yensen Jensen in the orange Jersey just rocking and rolling a bit trying to get the strength out of the breakway together here well this is everything for as long as you can deliver for your team lead T Pacha they quickly picked up and the pole here you seen them coming getting out the way of the express train this is the UAE Express destination valoir today got to play these tactics just right if you're you UAE you might want to have a lead out man for Tedy over the top but also want to get closer to the breakway to get the king of the excuse me the bonus time there's T little bit further down the line play of climbing left see exactly how UAE plays it right well G is wiped out there as he goes into the pack now there's a bit of reinforcements have come up here now watch out cuz pogacha is there as well and alongside pogacha is vingo we are going head-to-head with the two winners of the tour to France for the last four years COV doing the damage the American Mato Jenson on his wheel and yonas finger go third wheel at the moment everybody sharpening sword there for the fight to come in the next few kilometers over the top of the galib carapaz off the back now having a tough time a long ways from the top and no teammates around him either he's got to keep drilling here and hoping that he can cross the Gap again but he's in trouble one day perhaps in yellow for the Ecuadorian as the real pressure comes on from the real contenders for the tour leaders in this group Pacha aopo vingo Rodriguez rugit Juan a Uso and Joel almea on the front and one last teammate also good riding by Mikel Landa for Remco aole P Pacha giving a lot of respect to yonas vingo that's most certain few hundred meters left before a very critical time bonus most certainly the destiny of the next yellow Jersey is up for grabs that's what they're Racing for here at the top of the cold of liia 8 five and two as they start to go now pagach has got the reaction from vingo and reaction from Evan aole he left it a bit late he should have expected it now can they catch this man T Pacha well look at vingo B because he's closing in vingo Clos that gap down very well very handedly and T Pacha still has about 500 me of climbing to go but vinga go right on the wheel well the got for the seconds the greatest riders in the in the tot of France for the past four years 2-2 is the score who's going to win in these from these two because surely one of them will Pacha chasing 8 seconds and the yellow Jersey perhaps when he gets down to the bottom in valir I think he's cracked finger go as he can't hold him on these corners and T pgachi is going to get those 8 seconds vgo's got a hang on in there and concede only three let's see if vingo can't get back on the wheel before The Descent begins T Pacha going through those last couple of Corners before the very top has an Advantage it's not a lot of daylight but T Pacha are such a good descender that rogl and everybody else especially vingo are really going to have a lot of work to do wet roads there from the melting snows might make it a little bit tricky on the early drops on the way down but he took him up to his limits vingo there and cracked him and vingo watch out he can come back pacha's never seen this much daylight between himself and yonas vingo in the last couple of tours of FRS but he has it right now vingo on the back foot struggling to maintain the the tempo of tar pachar over the top of the Gali 8C bonus for the man over the top first 5c bonus the man over in second place they go down the mountain towards the Finish split by 3 seconds with a 10 second 6C and 4 second bonus at the bottom as to who wins the stage over the top goes Pacha job done that was his plan throughout Now The Descent now we'll see if there's real pressure on Yono Figo if he can close this gap on the first few Corners then he's maintained his own Tempo he's looking over his shoulder to see if anybody's going to come around he might have to chase T Pacha all the way down this mountain himself well I think he might go on because look at the Gap here evole tried cracked and has gone back that was in the last 700 M fill put serious pressure on everybody else in that very select front group aan aole and rogish got a lot of work to do to catch Tedy Pacha he is flying down the mountain Tedy Pacha and yonas Figo by the way absolutely flying off this mountain 15 to go for vingo 10 seconds the gap between the two vingo is about to get caught by Rodriguez and the Chasers that is auso and Primos rage also having a good Descent of the G he's an incredible tactician he's he's a is a diesel engine he misses the moves and he often climbs back into the action only 35 seconds and 3.3 miles to go they're about to catch vingo let's see where Remco aen these straightaways with a headwind a aole might be able to catch he came across the top of the mount third but he's been passed by Carlos Rodriguez and Company let's see if aopo can't get back to the wheel he's right in the distance yes he's just there Phil yes a long way back I think he's not feeling too good myself are you so here as well with rogich Rodriguez Primos Rog a big Ally for Carlos Rodriguez W ausu will just be sitting on the wheels 5Ks to go for the lone leader and now the Chasers don't think they're going to see T pugachu before the Finish Line fil that was 5 kilom in 5 minutes on my watch 30 seconds to this group and a aole should be able to catch those Riders so damage control after the very technical 180° hairpin bends at the top aaple coming back on thms he struggle there but these straightway favorable this if you remember in Romania this is how he brought his time back in the Sprint to the line when a aole crossed the Gap and saved just a second and it was very important he was right up amongst it he's closing him no Panic and Powerful time tring to get back to the group with yonas vingo impressive ride by rco aole now this is the situation at the moment ad guard vingo that's how we started those two Ruez making games they show to ro glit a Uso they're the leaders at the moment this is the man who's going to go out in front in yellow tonight I don't know whether he'll give us a bow on the finishing line but he'll certainly give us a pretty excited salute here as he snatches yellow there's the chase at 1 km 35 seconds and nobody helping M go here he's had to do all of the work and that might cost him second place this is it though for Tad Pacha the king is back on his throne as he comes around that corner now through the send you can see the exuberance the excitement in his face every second counts on the road to nice H he I think he'll give us a two arm salute but he won't before he's crossed that Finishing Line he knows the importance of time T pogacha returns to his throne now and as he always promised to do start the clock that will manage the damage checks the line that's it bangs the chest throws his arms in the world T Pacha is in yellow a aole leading the Chasers Rog glit on his wheel it's Remco is the Sprinter they push Binger go to the back no time bonuses for vingo Remco EV molo he'll certainly keep his white jersey and he wants to get second and a couple of seconds as well he should be in second place overall tonight with this Sprint finish I you so trying to get those last six seconds he might just get the better of a aole not quite a aole but does get third on the stage the chances of keeping this yellow pretty strong as for the stage results he wins by 35 seconds he also picked up time bonuses that'll show up when we take a look at the GC standings momentarily but what a day for T paga and his entire team the team was terrific up the climb and he went by himself and a away he went Tad pagota his 12th T fron stage win 63rd climb of the Gia and that descent all about T pagach and his team so the overall standings he wins the stage by 35 with the time bonuses his lead overall is 45 Remco Evol just behind him and yonas the two-time defending champion in third place see how happy to is at top the yellow Jersey Podium yeah arms up smile celebrate he more excited about this one than the one he pulled on the other day very clear looking at him it's going to be hard to take this one off of him he's still having fun for all your cycling content year 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Length: 22min 52sec (1372 seconds)

Published: Tue Jul 02 2024