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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:04 >> Honestly, were you a little bit worried after losing
00:07 close to a minute yesterday on Jonas?
00:09 >> Yeah, who wouldn't be?
00:10 >> We wanted to try to test him again today.
00:14 >> What would Ronald think of it?
00:17 >> Sure, today shows, should never underestimate him.
00:22 >> And here's the attack.
00:23 Pogacar rips it now up this mountain.
00:26 The white jersey has decided right yesterday, you put me on the ropes.
00:31 Today, I'm gonna absolutely blitz it up this mountain.
00:35 >> I feel a little bit relieved and yeah, I feel much better now.
00:42 >> It's always nice to be back in yellow.
00:47 >> Time to pause the duel of the contenders.
00:50 Fast forward now to a sprinter's day.
00:54 >> Mathieu van der Poel is getting set to lead out Jasper Philipsen.
00:58 >> Will you consider yourself as a dream maker?
01:01 >> Philipsen takes the stage.
01:05 What a win by Jasper Philipsen.
01:08 >> For sure, I do my best helping Jasper in the winning stages.
01:12 >> Doubles up, Jasper Philipsen wins another stage of the Tour de France.
01:17 >> Is it possible to beat Jasper Philipsen?
01:19 >> He's pretty strong right now and it's not easy and they have to do a mistake.
01:24 [MUSIC]
01:34 >> It's a beautiful day in this area.
01:44 It's sizzling hot.
01:45 It's around 30 degrees.
01:47 [FOREIGN]
01:51 [MUSIC]
01:56 >> And we've already got attacks at the front of this race as riders try and
02:00 fire away to get themselves in the breakaway.
02:02 >> And seems to be those four riders looking behind.
02:08 You see the front of the peloton, all the sprinters teams are lined up.
02:11 They're happy with four riders.
02:13 [MUSIC]
02:18 >> Not sure this Uno X rider wants to be in the breakaway.
02:22 [MUSIC]
02:24 >> [FOREIGN]
02:38 [MUSIC]
02:48 >> Simon Guglielmi set for a long, lonely day in the saddle because nobody fancied
02:57 joining him on this scorching ride to Bordeaux.
03:00 The RKS Samsic rider had a maximum gap of over seven minutes, but
03:04 it soon began to tumble as the sprint teams went to work on the front of the bunch.
03:09 [MUSIC]
03:12 >> Come on boys, this is our day.
03:15 Let's take that win.
03:16 [MUSIC]
03:20 >> Guglielmi continuing to plug away as he reached the intermediate sprint
03:24 approximately halfway through the stage.
03:26 >> Big move on the Ryan side.
03:29 Cockard is also there.
03:31 Cockard is going to try and take the points.
03:34 Big shift as we see now Girmay as well.
03:37 Philipson through the middle.
03:39 Girmay takes the 17.
03:40 Behind him is Philipson, then Brian Cockard.
03:43 [MUSIC]
03:46 >> The peloton looked close to making the catch at that point, but
03:49 slowed up again after the sprint.
03:51 And Guglielmi finally got a bit of company up at the front,
03:53 joined by two fellow Frenchmen, Pierre Latorre and Nance Peiters.
03:57 >> Now 1.2 kilometers to the top of the Cote de Begway.
04:03 One kilometer now to the top.
04:04 And Guglielmi now is dropped.
04:08 [MUSIC]
04:18 >> Attack now of Pierre Latorre.
04:22 Nance Peiters decides I'm going to go back to the peloton.
04:24 Game over, well done to him.
04:26 But Pierre Latorre is going to be the last man standing on this stage.
04:30 Game over, breakaway court.
04:33 Well done Pierre Latorre.
04:34 Right hand turn, Jumbo-Vismo in the lead, the peloton all together.
04:38 We're going to get a sprint fest.
04:39 Mathieu van der Poel getting ready to jettison and
04:44 lead Jasper Philipsen out for this sprint.
04:47 They're bumping off each other.
04:48 Groenewegen leans.
04:50 Here comes Jordi Meus, 1,500 meters to go.
04:53 >> And as you can see, it's quite an hour finishing.
04:57 Kelly Buhn in a perfect position there.
04:59 A little bit of pushing.
05:01 >> Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
05:01 >> Groesenegger loses the wheel.
05:03 >> Caleb Ewan just had to lean and right himself there.
05:07 We're going to go under the red kite with 1,000 meters of racing to go.
05:12 We go under the tunnel.
05:13 >> And it's a surge from the back now with Jasper Suyven with Pedersen on the wheel
05:18 just behind the train as the Borjan-Gros train goes.
05:21 Mathieu van der Poel on the wheel with Philipsen.
05:24 On the left hand side.
05:26 >> Whoa, whoa, whoa.
05:27 >> Sam Watson's been in perfect position.
05:29 He's about to launch a sprint on the right.
05:30 >> Here we go now.
05:31 This is the sprint.
05:32 Cavendish can't find his way through.
05:34 Mathieu van der Poel hits the front with Philipsen.
05:37 Wellsford is also there.
05:39 They're getting set.
05:40 Groenewegen, left hand side of the road, 58 kilometers an hour.
05:44 Pedersen is there.
05:45 Wellsford is a little bit tucked in.
05:47 Tucked in on the wheel is Jordi Meus.
05:50 And now Dylan Groenewegen gets dropped off on the wheel.
05:53 Biniam Gamay.
05:54 Here goes Cavendish.
05:56 Cavendish right hand side.
05:58 Cavendish hits the front first.
05:59 Is Philipsen on the wheel?
06:01 Cavendish and Philipsen.
06:02 Philipsen trying to get past the max missile.
06:05 Is it going to be the record?
06:06 No, it's not.
06:07 Hat-trick.
06:08 Jasper Philipsen.
06:09 Cavendish finishes second.
06:11 [MUSIC]
06:18 >> Can anyone beat Jasper Philipsen when it comes to sprints?
06:21 You gave a very good answer.
06:24 >> Yeah, I think we can't be proud enough on our team achievement.
06:28 >> Can you believe that you've already won three stages on this Tour de France?
06:33 >> No.
06:34 If you told me this one week ago, I would think you're crazy.
06:38 But so far, it's a dream for us, a dream tour.
06:41 And we just continue and yeah, hopefully we can add another one.
06:48 But I think from now on, I'm looking to Paris also.
06:52 [MUSIC]
07:05 >> Philipsen is the first man to win the Tour's first three bunch sprints since
07:09 Marcel Kittel in 2014.
07:11 The Belgian denying Mark Cavendish the all-time record of 35 stage wins.
07:15 [MUSIC]
07:22 No changes in the GC.
07:24 Jonas Vingegaard stayed out of trouble today and
07:26 remains 25 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogacar.
07:29 Jai Hindley is the only other man within three minutes.
07:32 [MUSIC]
07:35 Philipsen picked up 65 points today to tighten his grip on green.
07:39 He increases his lead over Brian Cocker to 88 points.
07:42 [MUSIC]
07:47 It was also a quiet day for our King of the Mountains, Nielsen Paulus.
07:50 The American still tops the polka dot jersey standings by eight points from
07:54 Felix Galle.
07:55 [MUSIC]
07:58 And Pogacar will no doubt continue to sport the white jersey for
08:01 the foreseeable future, unless of course, he gets his hands on the yellow.
08:05 [APPLAUSE]
08:15 [BLANK_AUDIO]