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It belongs to us.

The Tour de France is ours.

Happy to be back in France?

Yeah.

It feels great.

The Tour's DNA is right here.

The fourth stage of the Tour de
France, the first on French soil.

From Dunkirk to Calais, the battle
for the general classification begins.

In every stage, riders compete
for the general classification.

In the end, the famous
yellow jersey is awarded to the

rider who clocks the quickest
time across all 21 stages.

Yeah, guys.

I'll take a few
words to start with.

Today, stage four.

Dunkirk to Calais, 172K,
2000 vertical metres.

It means it's not a flat stage.

Like, the start until the first
climb, that is a flat stage.

It will be very, very nervous.

I'm Grisha Nieman.

I'm a sports director
for Jumbo-Visma.

And I'm here to win
the Tour de France.

We finished second in Tour
de France in the last two years.

But now our hopes are that
we take the first yellow jersey.

From kilometer 29, 1.7K, 4.5%.

That's also where
our first bottle point is.

I'd like to see people to look at my
team as the best team in the world.

If one team can do it, it's us.

I mean, really believe that.

Some teams have one leader
who is really the star of the team.

But we are different.

We have two leaders.

One is Wingergaard.

And the other one is Roglic.

Could you do an
introduction, Primoz?

Is that OK?

OK, I am Primoz Roglic.

I'm a professional
cyclist for Jumbo.

Something like that.

This is the most
stupid, stupidest thing.

I don't think it helps
to introduce you.

My name is Primoz Roglic.

And I'm a rider for Jumbo-Visma.

New shoes are
everything for the film.

Oh, wow.

The stage that I'm particularly
looking forward to is...

is...

Every stage has all
kinds of challenges.

For sure, it will not be boring.

My ambition is definitely to
do my best for the whole team.

But it's no secret that I want
to win the Tour de France.

It's still something
that I'm missing.

In 2020, we were settled
to win the Tour with Primoz

and it looked quite well
until the last time trial.

And unfortunately,
it went wrong.

But I was able to turn it
around and to win the Tour.

How did Jumbo-Visma manage
to lose the Tour de France?

You can be unlucky.

But I don't even lose a bit of my mind or
something or energy on thinking about it.

It's being optimistic and looking
more to the next challenges.

2021, things crashed out early
and immediately it was clear.

Now Jonas is our best option.

Wengergaard looks like he's struggling
on the wheel of the yellow jersey.

But he could not beat Pogacar
and win the Tour de France.

The yellow jersey wins the
stage beating Wengergaard.

I think the mood was a bit shit.

You just try to do your best.

And I'm also confident that you can keep
this level and you don't have to be afraid.

Because I really believe that
you are one of the strongest here.

Two different second places.

But we knew at least
from these two tours we

had two guys being
able to contest for the win.

But when you want to win the Tour de France
there's one guy that you need to beat.

And that is Tadej Pogacar.

Tadej Pogacar for
UAE Team Emirates.

He's 23 and a two-time
defending champion.

Tadej Pogacar comes to
the Tour as a firm favourite.

Possibly even the
absolute favourite.

He's a superstar.

And he succeeds
at nearly everything.

We've never seen him
fall apart and unravel.

And we hardly ever see
him in any kind of trouble.

So everyone is asking
the same question.

How do you dethrone Pogacar?

Sometimes it can be
annoying that he's so good.

He's very explosive.

He won the Tour de
France the last two years.

And he's the best
rider in the world.

So of course there's a bit of
tension, a bit of nervousness.

But the goal is to win
the Tour de France.

If it's with me or with
Primoz, it doesn't really matter.

Just that we win it as a team.

These days you have to realise that
professional cycling is a team effort.

There are leaders and
there are domestiques.

Domestiques serve the leader.

To shield him from the wind
and bring food and water.

Jumbo-Visma is
completely different.

Not only do they have two leaders, but they
also have a megastar as their domestique.

Wow, Van Aerts!

Can he win the time trial here?

Here in Copenhagen, he
smashes the world champion's time.

There's only one of a kind that can
sprint and climb and ride on the cobbles.

There's one rider in the world
that's that versatile and that's Wout.

Well, Van Aert pulls away.

Van Aert for victory.

Van Aert or Jakobsen?

What a finish!

Of course Van Aert
is there to win stages.

But his main priority is
to serve the team leaders

who both have their sights
set on a place in the GC.

Wout Van Aert is now the leader of
the Tour de France in the yellow jersey.

If you're wearing the yellow jersey,
you've made it to that point in the Tour

de France the fastest
out of everybody else.

Wout Van Aert, in the first few stages, is
the best bike racer in the Tour de France.

That's why he's leading the
general classification of the GC.

But a domestique's job
is to serve the leader.

And the concern always is he's just
always teaching on the edge of being that

absolute winning machine
and utterly loyal domestique.

You did a really, really
good job in Denmark the first

three days with staying in
front and being out of trouble.

This was our plan.

We take initiative
in the first week.

And I think the next two,
three days are perfect for that.

And we have a plan for today.

So really keep up.

We really have to concentrate
on Jonas and Primoz in GC.

Wout, when you're there
during the stage, take

the wind a little bit to
protect Primoz and Jonas.

The most important is
that you have a team.

Wout, as a specialist, he's one
of the biggest riders in the world.

But he's still a very good
helper for our GC bid.

And if we want to win the Tour
de France, then he's the key for me.

The peloton rides in France for the first
time this year from Dunkirk to Calais.

While Van Aert holds on to the yellow
jersey, he's leading the Tour de France.

The Cote du Cap-Long-Nez
seeks the final challenge of the day.

A 900-metre climb with
7.5% average gradient.

It's time.

The first split so far.

Great work from the
Jumbo-Visma team.

And now we see what
the damage is over the top.

Incredible work
from Thijs Benhout.

Wout Van Aert's on his wheel.

Jonas Vengergaard is there.

It's breaking up at the back.

There's Tadej Pogacar.

Pogacar is dropping,
if I understand right.

Pogacar is not there.

Come on, come on.

This is the perfect opportunity
for Vengergaard to gain the lead.

Time on Pogacar.

It's going to be
carnage behind him.

Tadej Pogacar, the
defending champion, isn't there.

And Vengergaard is desperately
trying to latch onto the wheel.

A big acceleration
from Van Aert.

Wout Van Aert drops
Jonas Vengergaard.

Wout Van Aert doesn't wait for
his leader and continues on his own.

Wout is solo.

Wout is solo.

Wout is solo.

One man solo at the front.

One man solo at the front.

It's Wout Van Aert.

It's a huge adrenaline
going through your body.

Everything you've been
working for is coming together.

So it's just the final kilometers
in the stage where the

tension is high and where
you can really battle for the win.

Wout Van Aert.

Behind him we have number 28.

Wout Van Aert.

Wout, after three second-place
finishes, is heading for the stage win.

The Jumbo Visma rider will
consolidate his lead in the yellow jersey.

CoronaVegan falls back.

CoronaVegan.

CoronaVegan falls behind.

You want all of your best riders riding
around your team leader or team leaders.

You want everybody
riding for the same ambition.

Because if Wout Van Aert is up the
road trying to get a stage win for himself,

he's not there protecting his team
leaders, going for the overall win.

18 seconds lead for Van Aert.

18 seconds of one kilometer.

18 seconds with one
kilometer to go for Van Aert.

Alone in the lead.

Every win is special, but Tour de France
is the biggest bike race in the world.

And because of the stress
and the tension and the media

around, you also feel this
relief when you take a win.

And it makes the
emotions a lot more intense.

To win a stage at the Tour de
France with the yellow jersey.

Wow.

Yeah, exactly.

This jersey gives you wings.

Surprise you?

A little bit.

It's good that you
dropped your guys also.

I was lucky.

Wow.

Wout Van Aert is certainly capable
of winning seven or eight stages.

But he isn't only on the
Tour to compete for the GC.

I always want to be the
best if I'm doing something.

Since I started cycling, I
wanted to win the races.

At this moment, I'm maybe
one of the best cyclists in

Belgium, but still a lot of
things I want to achieve.

Everybody is trained well,
everybody is prepared well nowadays.

But dealing with the pain
is maybe one of the biggest

talents you need to have
as a professional cyclist.

Luckily, I like to hurt myself.

Winning a bike race, it's
an explosion of happiness.

Pure, pure joy.

For sure, it's always related to cycling
when I have this pure feeling of happiness.

I'm addicted to it, I think.

I will not need this today.

Why do you want to win
stages rather than the GC?

I think nature chooses for me.

I'm one of the heavy guys, so it
will always be difficult to win the GC,

especially in a race like the Tour
de France or the longer stage races.

You just need to get your
body weight as low as possible.

And some guys, they
just have a disadvantage.

And also, it attracts me more to
have the thrill of a stage victory.

How do you marry your own
ambitions with the team's ambitions?

Well, it's always difficult.

And I think a lot of
teams showed it's

difficult to get this
ambition on the same page.

But for me, it's just a
matter of give and take.

He's capable of doing
pretty amazing things.

But he's also a key
part of the plan to get

Wengergaard or Roglic
into the general classification.

And I reckon that in his head,
it's going to be really tricky.

Very, very tricky.

Of course, it was a shame not
to gain a few seconds on Tadej.

I was upset.

I would really have liked
to be on the wheel of Wout.

He was just so strong.

And I think, of course, if he would
have waited on the top just two seconds,

then maybe he could
make the difference.

We have a lot of different
goals at Team Jumbo-Visma.

But the biggest goal is...
to win the yellow jersey.

So if one day we need Wout to
sacrifice his chance for winning the stage,

I would hope that Wout
knows that's how it is.

If you have a rider like Wout van Aert who
is dominating, there is the risk that they

keep doing that and
they forget about the

bigger reason they're
there, which is the GC.

And at the moment, it's going to be a
difficult one for them to manage, I think.

Welcome to the fifth stage, the
legendary Kobbels of the North.

Today, the peloton sets off from
Lille for a stage of 157 kilometers.

Today is all about
not losing the Tour.

The riders must do all they can to avoid
falling into the hell of the North's trap.

This day with the Kobbels, it is much
more crazy than the first day in Denmark.

There will be a lot of trouble
before we hit the Kobbels.

100% sure.

This year's Kobbels stage of the
Tour de France is really difficult.

It feels like you're going to
be sent straight to the abattoir.

Of course, the guy at home watching
TV is thinking, awesome, the Kobbels,

we're going to see some falls.

It's going to be cool.

But when you're on the
other side, you think, fuck that.

Take initiative.

Biggest goal for the day.

Drop Pogacar.

Get a gap for GC
with Jonas and Prince.

The two-leader strategy gives you, of
course, an advantage that you have two

options, two guys that
you can attack with.

But the downside is, of course,
also that you have to protect both of

them, especially on the Kobbels,
so that they don't lose time.

Will be a hectic day.

We need to be in front all day.

Wout always stays
with the other GC rider.

I dropped you guys
even on a climb yesterday.

That's what I mean.

Maybe not go 100%,
but just keep a little bit.

You can lose everything
on the Kobbels.

A team's mindset
is revealed out there.

The ability to do
everything they possibly

can to get their leader
over the finish line.

You don't win the Tour on the
Kobbels, but you can throw it away.

Do you have wings
today for the Kobbels?

Hopefully, it would be nice, but I
really enjoyed yesterday's stage win and,

of course, give confidence
to try it again today.

Testing, testing.

Good morning,
everyone, from Radio Tour.

Good luck today.

What is the plan of attack?

You will see in the race.

No worries, mate.

Thanks.

Six, five, four, three...

There are two
objectives, really, today.

One is the stage win, and then we've got
to think about the overall Tour de France.

We've got three weeks of racing, and
the riders who want to win the Tour de

France, Bogacar, Roglic, Wengergaard, have
got to try and limit their losses today.

The favourites, who's
going to win today's stage?

After yesterday's
performance, Van Aert is

definitely one of the
favourites for today.

The way he was capable of riding
and showing so much power on the flat.

We know he's good
on the Kobbels, too.

As you approach the Kobbels, the road
narrows from ten metres to two metres.

For many of them,
it's just a lottery.

Group

and the peloton are
approaching, approaching the

first Kobbel area of the
day, the Kobbels at Fressat.

Welcome to hell.

The Kobbels have arrived.

And the problem today
is the dust, obviously,

because it seriously
reduces visibility.

Bogacar holds an ideal
position, isn't taking any risks.

Roglic and Wengergaard
are fourth and fifth,

respectively, and
they're the favourites.

On the Kobbels, on the Kobbels,
you have a real corner to the right.

Bogacar, Roglic and Wengergaard
are all in good positions.

For now, all the
favourites for the general

classification are within
the 20 front positions.

Yes!

Yes, Van Rensburg for
Lotto Sedan, a rear wheel.

What a problem.

There are all the lines of cars.

The riders are
at breaking point.

There are riders dropping out.

It's an elimination race.

And you can be
eliminated at any moment.

The peloton hits the
first stretch of Kobbels.

What a speed!

For now, all the
favourites are in contact.

This is the main peloton, with Tani Bogacar
in front, Team Jumbo-Visma in control.

I was nervous before
the stage, because this is

the stage you really can
lose the Tour de France.

Come on, we are still
with five guys there.

We're the only
team with five guys.

And then I had a problem,
and I just really panicked.

Oh, mechanical for Roglic.

No, this is not Roglic.

Wengergaard has a
mechanical problem.

What's he going to do?

Oh, that's going to be
a big bike for him there.

We talked about, yeah, what
do we do in case of puncture?

What do we do
in case of a crash?

But I never realized and never thought
about what do I do if I drop the chain.

I chose to take the bike of Nathan,
and he's a bit taller than I am.

I need the bike!

Yes, we're coming, we're coming.

Jonas Wengergaard has had a
bike change at a terrible moment.

The bike is way too big for him.

And Van Aert just
leaves him on the road.

Jonas has a bike of
somebody else now.

I'm on the bike of Jonas.

What the fuck?

Who needs the bike?

Who needs the bike?

He needs to go, he
needs to move on.

What does Wengergaard do now?

Oh, a different bike.

Another bike change.

He's got to get going.

Kreiswick is just
going to give it a go.

Take a bike on us,
take a bike on us.

Take a bike on us, Jonas, Jonas.

Now all the bike.

There's the Jumbo Visma car.

Now another bike change.

Jumbo Visma in absolute chaos.

They're swapping
bikes left and right.

One guy stays with three miles.

Good work, good work, everybody.

Good work.

This is

a very tricky moment
for Jumbo Visma.

And Christoph Support
entering the sector.

They're closing in
on Jakobsen's group.

He's about a minute
behind Pogacar's group.

Pogacar has realised that Wengergaard
is under pressure, decides to strike hard.

Tadej Pogacar realises
on the cobbles that

he can suck the energy
from his competition.

He's a man who doesn't hesitate.

He won't miss an opportunity to
administer a lethal wound to an adversary.

The Tour de France defending
champion takes control.

Christoph,
concentrate on Primoz.

Christoph,
concentrate on Primoz.

The others try to
get back with Jonas.

Jonas Wengergaard, who
finished second in last year's

Tour de France, is in a
hellish race to catch up.

This is a turning point
for the young Dane.

He may have to give up any
ambition of the general classification.

I think that's especially the
pressure that we make ourselves.

I mean, of course, we want to
win, we want to achieve our goals.

Of course, there's also a very big chance
that you have a flat tyre, you have a

problem on the cobbles, and
then you need to change your bike.

You will lose time,
so that's all possible.

But we are one of the
biggest teams in the world.

We have some of
the biggest riders.

Of course, there's pressure.

And of course, we want to win.

But that's just part
of the business.

The next three sectors will also
be in the middle of the sector.

There's been a crash.

Caleb Ewan with Roglic.

Roglic is down.

Roglic.

Roglic.

Roglic is down.

Primoz first.

Primoz first.

This is catastrophic
for Jumbo-Visma.

Fucking hell.

I couldn't believe it because within
five kilometres everything is done.

And the two-leader strategy was
going out the arse at that point.

The whole tour was going
the wrong way at that moment.

You take that bike!

And we can pack
bags and go home.

Basically, that's the
thought at that moment.

And it wasn't so nice.

At the start of the tour,
Jumbo-Visma had two leaders.

Jonas Wengergaard
and Primoz Roglic.

They were on a par.

But there will come that time in a
race when, depending on the situation,

you have to choose.

The moment will arise to prioritise
Jonas Wengergaard or Primoz Roglic.

Primoz Roglic is trailing
behind the peloton.

Do they sacrifice
everything and wait?

And where is Wout Van Aert?

inaudible.

This boat is for the guys.

Do you want these?

Or do I come?

15 seconds, 15 seconds.

When

we were supposed to look after the leaders
for this stage, Primoz really crashed.

His shoulder was
dislocated, so you could see

straightaway that he
was really banged up.

We got up and we
were really close to the

finish and it was hard
to make a good decision.

It was really hectic in the team radio,
but I knew Bogacar was in the front.

Yes, there might be a chance here
to win the stage for one rider, Wout.

But on the other
hand, there is also a big

risk of losing a lot of
time for our GC riders.

Wingergaard and Roglic.

Van Aert, the yellow jersey.

He's waiting for his teammates,
including Jonas Wingergaard.

They're clearly sacrificing the
Belgian rider's yellow jersey.

This is a critical
moment in the race.

It also shows that
Wingergaard has become

more important than
Roglic in the hierarchy.

The Jumbo-Visma riders
are pressing ahead at speed.

Around 45 seconds to make up.

We still have like 40 km
maybe to repair things.

So I was sad for Primoz, really.

But also, you have to fight.

Wout van Aert takes a gel.

It's time to regain some energy.

And now van Aert is back
alongside Jonas Wingergaard.

The Jumbo-Visma rocket
is primed and off we go.

The final 30 kilometers.

Wout and his teammates surround
Jonas so he is in their slipstream.

Which makes it easier for him.

In a slipstream, you
use 40% less energy.

Sometimes I disagree with Grisha's
decision or the team's decision in general.

I think that's normal.

But I had to help them.

I had no choice.

Because I'm also
nothing without the team.

Primoz Roglic is
completely alone.

Totally abandoned by his team.

This is a big decision
for Jumbo-Visma.

It's part of our job.

I don't question
these things myself.

It was how it was.

And you have no influence on it.

And you have only
influence now on the future.

It's a nightmare of a
day for Jumbo-Visma.

The cobblestones
aren't just awful.

They are simply brutal.

They break you.

They... They pull you apart.

They destroy you.

And at the moment that you feel
inferior to another guy, you can lose time.

It's self-harm.

And then you can,
well, throw it all away.

A big move orchestrated
by Tani Pogacar.

14 kilometers
to the finish line.

One minute between Pogacar
and Yellow Jersey-Vengergaard.

Vengergaard's great.

This gap is widening.

Jumbo-Visma are in trouble.

They're desperately trying to
salvage Vengergaard's Tour de France.

Tani Pogacar is flying.

Crash!

A lot of corners now.

You have maintain redirection.

And we keep
fighting till the end.

We're cyclists, you know.

It's never over
until the finish.

You always should keep
pushing and pedaling.

And, yeah, that's what we did.

Last year's Yellow Jersey.

Tani Pogacar has the
situation under control.

What a terrible day
for Jumbo-Visma.

A day that could end their
hopes of general classification.

I would say if you ask any
team leader of any team, they

can really bring one guy to
the Tour, and they can choose.

And I think everybody would
say, then let it be Wout van Aert.

Wout van Aert makes a last-ditch attempt
to bring Vengergaard closer to the front.

Can he get his leader
into a good position?

Another 41
seconds still to close.

Wout took over
and went really fast.

Incredibly fast.

Wout is bringing everybody back.

He's closing the gap between
Vengergaard and Pogacar.

I'm just full focused to minimize
the damage for Jonas, for the GC.

I'm not thinking anymore about
the yellow or the stage with myself.

I'm just counting
down the kilometers.

The riders leave
the cobbles behind.

Less than three
kilometers to go.

Guys, tilt the
line, tilt the line.

Come on.

Every second counts.

Tadej Pogacar
crosses the finish line.

This group is just 14
seconds behind Tadej Pogacar.

Van Aert finished
like an express train.

He saved the day.

What a dramatic day.

Yes.

I was really in a
good mood today.

But that's just... That's just...
That's just... That's just not possible.

In the end, after thinking
everything was lost,

Vengergaard ceded just
21 seconds to Pogacar.

While Van Aert manages to
hold on to his yellow jersey.

Wout really saved my ass.

That shows how...

Yeah.

How great a team member he is.

Primoz Roglic hasn't been
in good shape since his crash.

He's going to lose
around 90 seconds.

You dislocated your shoulder.

Did you have to put it in place
yourself again or how did it work?

Yeah.

Yeah, exactly.

After that you had to
follow, you had to chase.

How difficult was the rest
of the race for you then?

Very difficult.

No, it was not on our plan to have
so many crashes and problems today.

But yeah, we're still there, we're
still standing and we're still fighting.

Suffering is at
the heart of racing.

And if you want to be
a leader, then the only

way you can achieve
that is to hurt others.

I'm lucky to have
Thibaut Pinot in the team.

Franz expects a victory.

This little picture, guys.

That's our leader.

We want Ben up
there on the podium.

But there's more pressure
when you're a French team.

Riders are struggling
and dropping.

It was such a crap day.

A crash in the peloton,
a crash in the peloton!

See, if I'm here,
I can't lift my leg.

No, he's got no
strength in his right leg.

I want warriors and
I want gladiators.

Pinot still believes
that this is possible.

Thibaut's really going for it.

Pinot, a picture of pain.

We're going to win
this fucking stage!