The best moments of the Tour de France 2023 first week.
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00:00 (dramatic music)
00:02 (phone ringing)
00:10 - I'm not 100% about my condition.
00:15 Adam came straight from training camp to Dauphiné.
00:20 He was really close to Jonas
00:22 and yeah, it's better to have a backup plan.
00:27 It's better to have two guys to go for the GC than one.
00:31 - Doesn't matter who says who's the favorite.
00:37 Depends on who's in the best shape in the end.
00:40 - It only changes when Yates shows
00:44 he's on the level of the other two.
00:46 I think it's a mind game, like your colleague said.
00:52 (cow mooing)
00:57 (speaking in foreign language)
01:01 - Four or five riders going clear.
01:08 Look at Adam Yates in a massive gear.
01:12 Pogacar looks around, behind him is Vengergaard.
01:15 There's one Corfidis rider.
01:17 Oh, look at this, it's a dynamic duo
01:21 of the Yates brothers going clear
01:23 to try and take a yellow jersey.
01:27 Four hours and 22 minutes of brutal racing.
01:31 It isn't Tadej Pogacar of UAE,
01:34 it's Adam Yates of UAE.
01:37 Yellow jersey, Adam Yates.
01:39 Here goes Jonas Vengergaard.
01:45 He's gonna try and attack over the top.
01:48 Vengergaard and Pogacar going for bonus seconds
01:51 at the top of the Escobar.
01:52 And it's gonna be Pogacar.
01:54 And he accelerates over the top and carries on.
01:57 And it's Victor Lefebvre attacks on the Rue de Flandre.
02:03 1,000 meters to go.
02:05 Victor Lefebvre decides, right, I need to go.
02:08 Victor Lefebvre, the end of 15 years of hurt for Corfidis.
02:17 Lefebvre wins the stage
02:19 with an absolutely brilliant solo attack.
02:24 Here goes Philipsen.
02:25 Van Aert is shoulder to shoulder.
02:27 It's gonna be Jasper Philipsen.
02:28 Philipsen all the way, Bauhaus.
02:31 Philipsen takes the stage.
02:33 What a win by Jasper Philipsen.
02:35 It's gonna be a big blast for the finish line.
02:39 Gemay is there.
02:41 Here comes Mathieu van der Poel with, on his wheel,
02:45 Jasper Philipsen.
02:47 Philipsen now, huge crash on the left-hand side.
02:51 Philipsen goes, Caleb Ewan on his wheel.
02:54 It's gonna be Ewan and Philipsen.
02:56 Doubles up, Jasper Philipsen.
02:59 And Hindley now attacks.
03:09 The Australian makes the bid
03:11 to take the yellow jersey of the Tour de France.
03:15 Wengergaard attacks.
03:18 Another blow now as he goes flying past.
03:22 - [Pilots] He's really panicking, going all out,
03:26 and that's a good situation for us.
03:29 - The rest of the riders and Pogacar
03:31 is unable to react to Jonas Wengergaard.
03:34 - The spectators are banging the barriers
03:40 and they're banging them for the Western Australian.
03:43 Jai Hindley in his first appearance at the Tour de France.
03:47 Hindley's the hero and Hindley is in yellow.
03:51 - You Jai legend, you Jai legend, my friend.
03:56 - Jai Hindley has put all the contenders
04:03 of the Tour de France in the shade today.
04:06 And over a minute for Wengergaard on the line as well
04:08 over Tadej Pogacar.
04:10 - What is your state of mind right now?
04:15 Is it disappointment?
04:16 - Yeah, I'm more sad to hear
04:18 that my girlfriend crashed today in Giro.
04:22 That's a bit more sad than losing 50 seconds to Jonas.
04:26 - I know Tadej, he never gives up,
04:28 so it will be a fight all the way to the third.
04:30 - The yellow jersey has made the acceleration.
04:40 The yellow jersey. - This is moment.
04:42 - The yellow jersey now is going.
04:45 Jai Hindley with four kilometers
04:46 to go to the top of the mountain.
04:48 He's having a moment of difficulty.
04:52 Jonas Wengergaard is gonna go 48 kilometers
04:59 from the finish line and try and put Tadej Pogacar
05:02 out of this Tour de France.
05:05 (crowd cheering)
05:08 - There we go, there's the attack.
05:17 - This is the move.
05:18 Jonas Wengergaard jumps and Pogacar this time reacts
05:22 and just sits and squeezes on the pedals as well.
05:26 Van Aert comes to an absolute standstill,
05:29 day over day finished.
05:31 But this time Pogacar has the answer to the acceleration
05:36 of the defending champion of the Tour de France.
05:40 Pogacar checks, is he gonna attack?
05:42 Three kilometers to go.
05:48 - There's the attack. - There's the attack.
05:54 Pogacar rips it now up this mountain.
05:57 The white jersey has decided.
06:00 Right, yesterday you put me on the ropes,
06:02 today I'm gonna absolutely blitz it up this mountain.
06:07 Pogacar opens up the gap now on Wengergaard.
06:11 Day one yesterday Wengergaard had it,
06:14 now Pogacar puts in a big blow
06:17 to the hopes of the defending champion.
06:20 This rider looked like he was a beaten man.
06:25 A resurgent Tadej Pogacar has put a blow
06:29 to the hopes of Wengergaard.
06:31 Stage six, take a bow.
06:34 - I feel a little bit relieved
06:37 and yeah, I feel much better now.
06:40 - It's always nice to be back in yellow.
06:45 - Time to pause the duel of the contenders.
06:48 Fast forward now to a sprinter's day.
06:51 Here goes Cavendish, Cavendish right hand side.
06:54 Cavendish hits the front first.
06:56 It's Philipsen on the wheel.
06:57 Cavendish and Philipsen, Philipsen trying to get past
07:00 the max missile.
07:01 Is it gonna be the record?
07:03 No, it's not.
07:04 Hat-trick, Jasper Philipsen, Cavendish finishes second.
07:08 (speaking in foreign language)
07:20 Oh, Cavendish down and this is not good news.
07:24 Cavendish is holding that right collarbone.
07:27 The end of the dream of the record
07:30 of 35 stage wins in a Tour de France.
07:33 Look at the face of Cavendish
07:37 and the realization that it's over.
07:40 Van der Poel with Philipsen, Van der Poel,
07:43 Mathieu Van der Poel, here goes Pedersen.
07:46 Mats Pedersen is going for the finish line.
07:48 Jasper Philipsen looking to try and win
07:50 his fourth stage of the Tour.
07:52 It's a drag race all the way to the finish of stage eight
07:56 and it's gonna be a win.
07:58 Mats Pedersen wins the stage into Limoges.
08:02 It's contender time and they are chasing history.
08:07 - Michael Woods going rider for rider,
08:11 doing a really good climb.
08:13 He's not gonna catch very low.
08:14 Oh, and Moritz looks hard.
08:16 That's it.
08:18 Moritz has gone now.
08:20 Michael Woods, 40 seconds from a stage win.
08:23 Michael Woods is edging closer and closer to the stage win.
08:27 It's a Canadian who has conquered the mythical mountain.
08:32 Michael Woods wins on the Puy de Dome.
08:34 Tornado Taddy decides it's time and here we go now.
08:40 Pogacar crosses the line now at 8.21.
08:45 Behind him, how odd is it gonna be?
08:47 Eight minutes and 28 seconds.
08:50 Vengaguard holds on.
08:51 It's about nine or 10 seconds on the line.
08:54 (upbeat music)
08:57 (upbeat music)
08:59 [BLANK_AUDIO]