02x08 - The Last Dance

[bunniefuu]

[indistinct announcement over PA]

The Tour is coming to an end.

I'm f*cked.

[Chainel] Ahead of

the final mountain stage,

Jonas has guaranteed his yellow jersey.

He's taken blood and urine tests.

He's clean.

But he is still plagued by doping rumours.

And Jasper is the odds-on favourite

for the final stage in Paris.

[tense music playing]

[Chainel] But the name

Groupama-FDJ is on everyone's lips.

[commentator] Thibaut Pinot is fighting

to reach the top of the Puy de Dôme.

He's in all sorts of trouble.

We weren't very good.

[crowd clamouring]

[commentator] Groupama-FDJ have struggled

since the start of this Tour de France.

Hey, stop. That's enough. No. Turn it off.

[Chainel] No stage win,

no podium,

and now there's a storm coming.

[TV host] So, news just in

that Richard Plugge,

the manager of Jumbo Visma

gave an interview.

It says that he was quoted in L'Équipe.

He said that on their rest day

he saw riders in team Groupama-FDJ,

uh, downing some beer.

And that's not the best way

to improve their performance.

That was very smart of Plugge.

Instead of wondering if Jonas is doping,

everyone's talking about

Groupama's lack of professionalism.

[Pinot] For me, what Mr. Plugge said

is way off the mark.

This is my last Tour de France.

I don't need someone telling me

whether I should have a beer or not.

Don't attack my riders.

I get nasty if you attack my riders.

[dramatic theme music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[intense music playing]

[music fades]

[man 1] Thirds? You're an animal.

- [man 2] Surely not.

- [man 3] Oh! I'm stuffed.

I read stuff online

in the media and on Twitter and all that

that displeased me no end.

It's deplorable.

Pathetic.

Pitiful.

I don't like anyone

questioning your honour

and your integrity.

For me, our motivation is crystal clear.

You show them who you are.

- Agreed?

- [man 3] Yeah!

And show them on the bike.

[team members] Let's do it. Totally.

So when your legs start to hurt

they'll hurt even more

when you think of those assholes,

what they said about you,

what he said about you.

- [Madiot] Here's to Richard. Huh?

- [man 3] You said it.

[clapping]

- [laughs]

- Nice one.

[Pinot] f*ck's sake! My ba*ls hurt!

Yeah. Not a pretty sight in my shorts.

Really not. I can tell you.

Yup.

Mr. Plugge said

that all us Groupama riders

were getting drunk on beer.

Uh, on rest days.

Um, and that's why

they're stronger than us.

Hysterical.

It's just provocation.

I think he was taking

a pop at Marc, you know.

A cheap shot.

We have to put up with it for a bit.

But it's just to get

tongue's wagging, that's all.

[camera shutters clicking]

[reporter] Isn't it annoying to fall out

with one of the biggest teams

on a day like today?

They can take it out on me if they want.

But questioning my riders' honour,

it's that that really hurts.

They're taking the piss.

[Plugge] I would not take it

too personally if I was Marc Madiot.

And the funny thing, I thought,

was that it was denied

that they drank beer.

[Madiot] So, I want to reassure him,

the management drinks beer

but the riders don't.

I'm not happy.

I'm not happy.

Because it makes us look stupid.

And our work is sloppy.

That we're clowns.

If it touches a nerve,

then maybe that's something

to think about, uh, for yourself.

I'm upset for my boys.

Because I know they are working

very hard and they make sacrifices.

And I know they're committed.

That's enough.

[Plugge] Why are you

making a fuss about this?

It's okay. Because you can drink beer.

We also drink beer in Paris.

After the race.

[reporter] Year after year,

the big foreign teams

always use the same tactics.

It's pretty clear that the French

don't take it too seriously, right?

Yeah, maybe.

[indistinct chatter]

[man] Come on! Let's go.

Climb aboard, ladies and gents.

[Madiot] We're not at

the same level as last year, that's true.

But when you have teams that

have two or three times your budget

I do the best I can with what I've got.

And it's difficult for the French teams

to compete at

a top level without resources

because we don't have the capacity

to have too too many top-tier riders.

We're in a place where

we have good riders,

very good riders.

But, at the same time,

if you wanted to compare it to football,

our reserves aren't

as strong as other teams.

- How are you doing?

- Hi.

[Plugge] I have

a lot of respect for Marc Madiot

because of what he did in the many years

that he is running this team.

That was more coincidence

that it was a French team.

Friends again?

What I did from the beginning when we had

the smallest budget of the world tour,

we put a lot of energy, time and money

into the trainers, nutritionists,

um, science, to become faster.

[Madiot] It's up to the others

to take an example of that

and look towards the future.

Ha!

They're meticulous at Jumbo.

Very Germanic.

Thought-out, analysed, dissected,

engineered, whatever you want to call it.

Organised. That's Jumbo.

[suspenseful synth music playing]

[Chennaoui] When you look at Groupama-FDJ

and Marc Madiot, and how he runs the team,

they rely on that

French Republic fighting spirit.

THIBAU

CAN YOU AUTOGRAPH MY BIKE?

It's a complete contrast

to the likes of Jumbo-Visma,

which is run on data,

which is run on science,

on cold hard fact.

And I'm so grateful

that both teams are there,

because that is what makes

the Tour de France the Tour de France.

GO PINO

WE LOVE YOU

[Madiot] I do the best with what I've got.

Right now, I'm the team manager.

I want my team to perform well.

I want to show Richard Plugge

that real cycling is about the men,

the effort, the goosebumps,

and connecting with your team.

A rider like Pinot, say.

There.

[cows mooing]

There she goes!

[laughs]

- [Julien Pinot] There are so many.

- It's my treasure.

They're beautiful. Tug. Go on.

No gently.

[chuckling]

Oh, sh*t. It broke.

Beautiful.

Good job.

World record for biggest carrot.

- [laughs]

- Yeah, right.

Since I announced in January

to the public I was retiring,

I feel so much freer.

This will be my life from now on.

My animals, my garden.

It'll be a great way

to keep myself occupied.

I enjoy it. I love it.

The atmosphere in cycling has,

um, it's changed.

It's stricter now.

More rigorous, more meticulous.

Our careers are short

and they're over before you know it.

I've had a lot of highs, a lot of lows.

[dramatic music playing]

[commentator] Thibaut Pinot.

- You gotta give it more! Go!

- [commentator] Pinot is flying.

Pinot is down.

[Pinot] I'm not the world's best cyclist

but I'm pretty popular in France.

[crowd cheering, chanting]

[Pinot] I think I've touched

people's hearts during my career.

I'm someone that they can identify with.

- [cheering]

- [horns blowing]

Thibaut Pinot's a hero to the French.

He races with guts.

He attacks when he wants,

and even if it doesn't work,

we still applaud him.

[fans] Thibaut! Thibaut! Thibaut!

[Pinot] This is my last Tour de France.

And I want to finish my career at the top.

[tense music playing]

[commentator]We're looking forward

to this final mountain stage.

133 kilometres today.

A very short stage.

It's going to be expl*sive,

nerve-wracking, and hard to control.

PINOT'S CORNER

[man] Guys, yeah, just eight minutes.

Eight minutes.

[man 2] Do you have time to go?

- I'm thinking about myself.

- [teammate] f*ck, that's for sure.

It's my last race in my last Tour, so

I'll ride the best race I can.

I'm under the most

pressure of my whole career.

I know this stage by heart,

I'm at home on my training routes.

I don't want to let people down.

[crowd chanting] Pinot! Pinot!

GO THIBAU

YOU CAN REST AFTER

[tense music playing]

[commentator] Today, Thibaut Pinot

says goodbye to the Tour de France.

Can he win this last mountain stage?

He's got his very own corner today.

Thibaut Pinot!

[commentator]

There's been a social media appeal

to get all

Thibaut Pinot's fans to gather here.

PINOT CORNER

NO TIBO NO PARTY

PINO ROCKS

Thibaut Pinot!

[chanting] And a pint of beer for Jumbo!

We've been here two and a half hours now.

It's incredible.

We came all this way to enjoy it.

[crew member] Yeah. Nice one. You do that.

We have a collective responsibility here.

We can't hinder the race.

[fan] Thibaut! You're the man, Thibaut!

Here you go, my friends.

[tense music builds, fades]

So, the plan for today.

The absolute main goal is,

of course, to keep the yellow jersey.

But, yeah, it would be nice that we are

able to go for the stage as well. Huh?

And really have the confidence

that we are still the strongest team,

we have by far the strongest leader.

There's nobody stronger after

20 days of Tour de France than you are.

Also, yeah, it's possible

that UAE takes over

to go for the stage with Pogačar.

I don't know if Pogačar

is strong enough anymore to do it,

but, yeah, they will have that idea maybe.

[Chennaoui] The battle for

General Classification's pretty much over.

We know that Jonas Vingegaard

is going to win this Tour de France.

Tadej Pogačar is going to be hurting,

but can he come back fighting?

And relax. Pain here on the right side?

Well, a little bit, yes.

Okay.

[Pogačar] I wanted

to win the yellow jersey,

but, uh, it was ruined

by my failure on Stage 17.

Such Such a bad day on the on the bike.

You try to restore yourself.

- Getting better every day.

- Mm-hmm.

[masseur] Breathe in.

[Pogačar] Because I want

to fight to finish strong.

For us, the big goal is to win the stage.

It's better to stay in front

so you can control.

Then we say, "Go, go, go, you close."

Before these final kilometres,

for sure it will not be a big group.

And if Jumbo go, we need to be there.

Of course, the goal was to win the Tour.

There's no self-reproach.

We know that if Tadej has the opportunity

out there, he's the strongest rider.

[Pogačar] If I have

a really good day I can win.

I am planning to go all-in.

It's a big chance

to to go for the stage victory.

In front of me, I don't want nobody.

[laughter]

[crowd cheering]

[Chennaoui] Both Tadej Pogačar

and Thibaut Pinot have an enemy to fight,

and that is Jumbo-Visma.

For Tadej Pogačar,

this is a matter of pride.

He wants to show to himself,

as much as anyone else,

that he can still win

against Jonas Vingegaard.

And for Thibaut Pinot,

it's his final Tour de France.

It's the final mountain stage,

and these are his home roads.

He's got to show these big g*ns

that we mean business.

This is our race, we're the French team

at the Tour de France,

we're going to show them how we do it.

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

[commentator] Stage 20

of the Tour de France is underway.

- [interviewer] Is this the end of an era?

- Most certainly is, mate. Yeah, yeah.

[dramatic music playing]

[commentator] Already some attacks

at the front of the peloton.

Riders are asking themselves

how they can hold onto a good position.

[cheering]

A group of five has

just made its way out front.

[Pinot] I could feel

the stage getting away from me.

I was feeling a lot of pressure.

That's it! That's it. Go, go, go!

[commentator] The gap

to the peloton is now 27 seconds.

[Pinot] As the kilometres went by,

I had to get back in the swing of things,

back in the race.

My goal was to get into the breakaway.

So I had to stay calm, stay focused.

[scattered cheers]

[commentator] Pinot, pushing hard

to get back to the front.

[Pinot] To get in the breakaway,

you gotta have strong legs

and a feel for the race.

Uh, good knowledge of the terrain

really helped me out there.

[crowd cheering]

[commentator] Pinot accelerates

to get to the front of the race.

He's made up a 30-second gap

at incredible speed.

That's it, well done.

Pinot now joins

the group there at the front.

[crowd cheering]

[on radio] Thibaut Pinot

has caught the lead group.

Perfect.

[fans chanting in French]

Jump if you're for Thibaut!

Jump if you're for Thibaut!

[in English] No.

No one's got signal up here.

No idea at all.

so it's gonna be a surprise.

[chanting continues]

He's fourth.

[shushing]

Hey, yo!

[all cheering]

[fans] Go, Thibaut!

[Pinot] The kilometres fell away

and I wanted to go it alone.

My goal was to win this stage.

[commentator] And here goes Thibaut Pinot.

Attack of the Frenchman

on his home territory.

This is great for Thibaut.

[Pinot] I've always been

an old-school, as they say.

I ride on instinct.

And I think that

it's reasonable to suggest

that today that instinct

to take risks has gone.

Alone at the front,

Thibaut Pinot, Groupama-FDJ.

[cheering intensifies]

[commentator] Here we are.

Thibaut Pinot reaches his corner.

Welcome home, Thibaut!

[fans chanting] If you're not jumping,

you're not for Thibaut!

[Pinot] It was just a wall of sound.

Such an incredible noise.

I'll remember it for the rest of my life.

[crowd roaring]

[horns honking]

[Pinot] I could just make out my brother,

and I knew

my whole family was there too.

[commentator 1] Thibaut Pinot

flies high, carried by the crowd.

[Pinot] I think people came

to celebrate the rider that I used to be,

the rider that they grew up with.

They wanted to say thank you and goodbye.

[cheering continues]

[commentator 2] It's giving me goosebumps.

[commentator 1] It's a great

sporting moment. Quite exceptional.

[triumphant music playing]

[crowd cheering loudly]

[Madiot] Suddenly, 14 years of cycling

with Pinot have culminated here.

[Chennaoui] Thibaut Pinot is

a throwback to the days of old.

When everyone is riding to numbers,

Pinot is riding to his heart, to his soul.

He gives us a reason to dare to dream.

[Pinot] The energy

at that corner was intense.

It gave me a surge of strength.

Then I got to the summit.

And on the descent, there was no one else.

It was just me and my bike.

My ears were

still ringing from all the noise,

and I didn't really know where I was.

[commentator] Pinot keeps pushing

with a stage victory in his sights.

There's a one-minute, 27-second gap

to the peloton. It's going well.

[fans booing]

[booing echoes]

- [booing]

- [car banging]

[in Dutch] Thanks for that, Richard.

Yeah. That's okay.

As long as they

leave Jonas alone, that's all I want.

[crowd booing]

[in English] Of course, it's not nice that

there's this fight between two teams.

They were not very nice

towards me or my teammates.

[booing, jeering]

[in Dutch] Lots of fun

in the Thibaut Pinot corner in a moment.

Oh! [exhales]

[crowd booing]

[in English] He has

like these very intense fans.

They get very

How do you say it? Emotional.

[chanting] A beer for Team Jumbo!

A beer for Team Jumbo!

[in Dutch] We still haven't dared

wind down the window

to straighten that mirror.

No, let's wait for a bit.

YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL PINO

[Plugge in English] Some people

were taking it a bit too seriously

and were maybe angry even,

which I understand.

YOU'RE HANDSOME

YOU'RE GREA

But it was not against the French, at all.

[crowd booing]

I love the French because they gave us

the most beautiful race in the world.

[dramatic music playing]

[horns honking]

[commentator]This is the final mountain

of this year's Tour de France.

These are the eight most important

kilometres of Thibaut Pinot's career.

The yellow jersey peloton

led by UAE, one minute.

[Pogačar] I had to win.

We tried to bring him back

as much as possible.

Just keep fighting. Just keep fighting.

[commentator] Here comes the attack.

Pogačar accelerates. He wants this stage.

[tense music playing]

Thirty seconds, Thibaut. Thirty seconds.

Out front it's Pinot.

Four kilometres from the summit.

Vingegaard and Pogačar,

ten seconds behind you.

[Pinot] I know that

I was ahead of the others.

He's not stopping.

[Pogačar] We were in a good place.

But I would not say we were overconfident

that we got this, you know?

You almost already catch Pinot, eh?

You're going for the stage victory, yeah?

[commentator]

They've caught up with Thibaut Pinot.

Six riders now in the lead group.

Come on, Thibaut. Come on, concentrate.

[commentator] Felix Gall goes for it.

Vingegaard follows right behind.

As does Pogačar.

[whimpers]

[tense music intensifies, fades]

f*ck's sake. Crank it up.

[commentator] Thibaut Pinot has dropped.

[melancholy music playing]

After an incredible solo performance,

he kisses victory goodbye.

Well, it's over.

It's over.

[Pinot] Cycling's pretty straightforward.

It's just a battle

between your legs and the slope.

You can't always come out on top.

We're only human

and that's all there is to it.

[music builds]

Come on, Jonas. It's also still

possible to win this stage. Come on.

I said, "Okay, I'll prove

to everybody that I can win again."

It's full gas to the finish line.

Almost there, come on.

Come on now! Go, go, go.

[commentator] 300 metres to go.

Come on, Jonas.

Show them again who's the strongest.

I'm not going to sit back thinking,

"What can I do to to win this race?"

I want to give everything

and take the win away from him.

[commentator]

And Vingegaard attacks on the right.

Pogačar is in his wheel.

Come on, come on!

[commentator] This inseparable duo

are neck-and-neck right to the finish.

[loud cheering]

[dramatic percussive tone]

Tadej Pogačar wins!

[Pogačar] I was relieved

that I have still good legs.

[gentle joyful music playing]

[Gianetti] Bravo!

Hey!

[indistinct chatter]

- Whoo! It's good, no?

- Good job. Yeah.

I was satisfied also

with the small sprint finish.

It was one of the nicest stages I won.

[announcer] The white jersey

for Tadej Pogačar!

To win Stage 20 gives me a lot of

confidence that I can do Grand Tour

and finish it good,

even if I have bad days in between.

[whistle blowing]

[reporter] Is there a part of you

that thought you'd win?

A little bit, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Thibaut can always [chuckles]

He's always capable.

UAE wanting the stage win,

well, that, eh, was what screwed us up.

[Pinot] There were no excuses that day.

We were outclassed.

But my fear for many years

was ending up as a nobody

or out of shape.

[commentator]

What a day for Thibaut Pinot,

voted the most

combative rider of Stage 20.

[crowd cheering]

[Pinot] Today, the people

on the side of the road

saw something special.

It's a beautiful ending for me.

That's something to be proud of.

- [woman] Good evening.

- [Pinot] Good evening.

- Is this for your room?

- Yeah.

- [man 1] Oh, sh*t!

- [man 2] Oh, wow!

[indistinct chatter]

- Top man.

- Well done.

- Yeah. You should be proud.

- Proud of you.

[Madiot] You were a pain

in the a*s right to the end.

It wasn't just me.

You were a pain in the a*s

and made me cry.

This stage says it all.

He was in position to win, but he didn't.

And I think that

it's poetic that he didn't win.

It fits with everything else.

So let's drink to

Richard.

- To Richard.

- Go, Richard!

[Madiot] Victory is important, yes.

We want to go for the win,

but at the same time, we also need

the passion.

- Good night. Sleep well then, guys.

- Well done, dude.

[Pinot] I never thought

that I'd end my career like this.

On my old training routes

with all those people.

It was beautiful really.

And of course I wanted to win but

that's the sport

and I had a really good send off.

[intense music playing]

[jet engines roaring]

Twenty days of racing

and more than three thousand kilometres,

we've reached the last

stage of the Tour now.

The battle

for general classification is over,

and Jonas just has to get over the line.

Today, it's the sprinters

charging down the Champs-Élysées.

I'm excited to go to bed early.

Uh, it's been a long three weeks.

For sure, it will be super cool

to win on the Champs-Élysées.

I won last year there.

And I'll have a good beer tonight,

and we will celebrate

together with the team.

I think I have proved

that I am the best sprinter in the world.

So, I can only be happy with a with a win.

[fan] Hey, Philipsen!

Winning in Paris is always special.

It's the last one.

Yeah.

[Roodhooft] Of course,

it's important for Jasper to win.

He takes it all.

What is there to say?

Jasper Philipsen is the out-and-out

favourite for the Champs-Élysées.

Mark Cavendish has gone home,

Fabio Jakobsen has gone home,

Wout van Aert has gone home.

But this is the last chance for all

the other teams to be able to win a stage.

They're not going to go down

without a fight.

The last day. The last dance.

So, boys, last meeting, then we go home.

I think it's not a secret,

we don't want to have a bunch sprint.

It's not a secret also

we have the manpower on board

to make it tough for the guys

who want to go for the sprint.

So if you get in the breakaway,

just floor it.

[Asgreen] Our leader's out,

Fabio is out of the race.

But I managed to win a stage.

So I'll try to get out there

to give it everything for another one.

[interviewer] So you think

you have a shot today?

Eh, when you're at the start

and you have the numbers pinned,

there's always a shot.

[Aldag] Now we have

a spectacular Paris stage here.

Don't pee in the crowds.

Don't send flying kisses

to your wife, girlfriends while racing.

You know, it's one of

the most prestigious stages to grab.

And I think we all want to show

what we have done in three weeks.

We would like to win that stage.

We started with a so-called

two-way strategy in the Tour,

you could say.

Because we wanted

to reach the podium with Jai Hindley

and wanted to win at least one stage

with our sprinter, Jordi Meeus.

And now the podium is not possible.

So Jordi is the last chance.

If you see the crowds, Jordi,

of course, it's massive.

It's really like one of

the biggest events you can do.

Sprinters will certainly put their elbows

out and say, "I'm willing to k*ll."

[Meeus] It's my first Tour.

I cannot say

I'm overjoyed with the results I had.

So far sixth was the best.

The team expected,

uh, at least one victory.

And, uh, I know I'm not the top favourite

for the Champs-Élysées. That's for sure.

But I will give it, uh,

100% to win the stage.

No matter how it looks on paper,

as a mission impossible,

you still have to keep on trying.

[Roodhooft] Quick-Step want

to be in the break, but we want to sprint.

That's our goal.

Bora, I don't think, but there are teams

with different objectives for sure.

Hey, but I'm stressed.

I can't handle this.

[Roodhooft] You have

no idea what the word means.

Jasper is making jokes about it.

But he forgets one thing.

That it changed his attitude and

his cycling career, this day last year.

Changed?

Yes. As a person

he became a bit more arrogant. Yes.

[all laughing]

That's correct.

- But for us

- [indistinct response]

Performance-wise,

it was better since then.

- [man] It was better.

- Thank you.

But we buy us a good rope

to bring him back down.

[Philipsen] I'm arrogant?

Don't give a sh*t.

[in Dutch] See what I mean!

[Philipsen in English]

The difference with last year?

Uh, it was the yellow jersey, mainly.

Well, I got four this time.

But, of course,

today we could put the cherry on top.

That really would be

an incredible way for me to end the Tour.

[chanting]

Bam, bam, bam! The flame from Ham!

Bam, bam, bam! The flame from Ham!

- I'm getting a gut.

- Can you sprint like that?

Look at this.

[riders laughing]

Not going like this.

[laughing]

- The zip is broken!

- Looking good, Jasper.

Ah

Panic.

We aim for the victory today with Jasper,

and in the end maybe it's

the perfect picture on the Champs-Élysées.

Five stage wins at the Tour de France.

I think for every team, would be enormous.

- [interviewer] Good luck.

- Thank you.

[dramatic music playing]

[commentator] Will today be the day

that Jasper Philipsen takes his fifth win

in this Tour de France?

[crowd cheering]

[commentator] As is traditional

on the final stage of the Tour,

the first few kilometres are taken slow.

[Roodhooft] Boys,

we're already on our way,

but Richard Plugge is

still performing a show here.

[crowd cheering]

[commentator] Once the riders

reach the Champs-Élysées,

the race really begins.

If you see an opportunity,

if you feel your legs, just take it.

Neils, Marco, Dani and Jordi,

you get together.

Try to find each other slowly now guys.

[Roodhooft] Everybody knows

where he has to be.

You don't lose concentration

and then you are there

when you have to be.

Yeah, try to attack, try to go. Try to go.

[commentator]

Soudal Quick-Step at the front.

Go, go, he's gone. He's outta there.

Go, Remi! Go! Go! Go!

[commentator] Soudal Quick-Step

at over 64 kilometres an hour.

We show no stress.

[commentator] The Alpecin-Deceuninck team

will try to control the attacks

right to the finish line.

f*ck. What's going on?

f*ck, that was a drop.

[commentator] And they're on the last lap.

Wait at the back of the bunch.

Wait at the back of the bunch.

[Philipsen] We don't need to talk

to understand what we have to do.

I know what my job is.

Good situation for us, eh? Good situation.

[commentator] And now

all the sprinters are in front.

The pace is very high.

Come on, guys. Five to go!

We bring this one home, eh?

The Bora-Hansgrohe riders

are at the front of the peloton.

Bob, Konnie just pick him up

and move him to the middle.

We're one kilometre from the finish line.

The last kilometre of the Tour de France.

When you have the position,

just try to jump again

to hurt the guys you have to control.

[commentator] The sprinters are

getting ready and can see the finish line.

The Alpecin-Deceuninck riders

are at the front.

It's Mathieu van der Poel

with Jasper Philipsen in his wheel.

Jasper Philipsen pushes Dylan Groenewegen.

[Philipsen] You hesitate

until the other goes.

You want to wait as long as possible.

[commentator]

And Jordi Meeus sprints on the left.

Whoa! Four of them on the same line.

Who will win?

Philipsen was there. So was Jordi Meeus.

[in German] I think he lost by this much.

[sighing]

[in Dutch] Have you seen it?

Is it Groenewegen or Philipsen?

Jordi Meeus?

[commentator in English]

Photo finish. Meeus or Philipsen?

Photo finish. Photo finish.

Jordi, was it? Or was it your man?

Yes. But

We haven't seen anything.

[man on radio] Yes!

No.

Sure?

[indistinct yelling on radio]

Jordi Meeus wins.

[all screaming] Yeah!

[crowd cheering]

[yelling happily]

- We did it!

- Yeah! Yeah!

[laughing]

Yeah!

You did it, mate.

What a day. I'm so proud of you.

Made my day, huh? Yeah!

[Aldag] It's super special.

Um, it was the only sprinter who beat

Philipsen in the whole Tour de France.

And, uh, and then in Paris, of course,

that's something that nobody

can ever take away from him.

That's, uh, a lifetime thing.

It's nice to win a stage, but it's even

nicer if you can beat the unbeatable.

[Philipsen] There are no gifts for nobody.

You can win by a small margin,

but that makes a huge difference.

[crowd cheering]

[Roodhooft] We could have

won that one easily.

It was important for us to win,

and it would have been nice for Jasper

to finish it off

in Paris, but yeah, it didn't happen.

[cheering, applauding]

Jordi! Jordi!

Yeah!

[Denk] The 2023 Tour de France

for Bora-Hansgrohe,

two stage wins,

one day in the yellow jersey,

and when you win the unofficial

world championship for sprinters,

then that's really something special.

[indistinct chatter]

It could be worse, no?

[Philipsen] Winning the green jersey

is a great accomplishment.

But definitely, as a sprinter,

you're only as good as your last race.

If you won a few races, uh, in a row,

then you're you're the hero.

And if you then, uh, lose,

you're nothing any more.

[sighs] I'm a happy, man. It's finished.

For me, the Tour is is special.

Though honestly,

this year I was so sh*t. I'm telling you.

It was hard. Three weeks.

Yes, it was.

Yeah, but there's a fourth one for you.

Emotional.

[O'Connor] My dream still

is to finish on the podium,

but I still raced

with the best every single day.

I got beaten up

by the best as well every single day.

[laughs]

[Mohorič] Being able to compete

with the best cyclists on the planet,

you are very close to their success

and you're very close to witnessing when

their dreams are shattered up in pieces.

And it brings compassion out in you.

[Cavendish] If you wrote it,

you wouldn't want it to end like that.

Yeah, ultimately,

I don't want to share the record.

So I spent a long time thinking,

"f*ck, can I do another year?"

And, uh, yeah, let's just do it.

f*ck it.

[laughing]

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct chatter]

[announcer] And there he is,

ladies and gentlemen,

walking away with the yellow jersey

for the second year in a row,

the one and only Jonas Vingegaard.

[commentator] Yes, that's right,

he's congratulated by the mayor of Paris

[Vingegaard] It's something special.

The Tour de France is

the biggest race in in the world.

And yeah, now I have it two times.

[crowd chanting] Eh, eh, eh!

[Vingegaard] Cycling is very simple.

It is always the best one who wins.

I hope I can do it again.

Hey!

It's sports. You want to be the best.

I don't want to have the popularity prize.

I don't care what people think.

Because there's only one thing

that counts for me.

Winning the yellow jersey.

[crowd cheering]

In the end, we took second and third GC.

Yeah, we missed

the cherry on the top of the cake.

And we go for that next year.

[singing in French] Thanks, Thibaut

For all the joy you gave us ♪

[interviewer in English] You happy now?

Yeah, well, I'm content.

And it's a relief that it's all over

and that it ended well.

- Thank you.

- No, thank you.

[Pinot] I had dreams as a kid

about doing the Tour de France.

And they all came true.

[camera shutters clicking]

[commentator] And the winner

of the Tour, Jonas Vingegaard,

holding up his yellow bike.

[Madiot] Richard Plugge and I

are cut from different cloths.

I'm part of the older generation.

We don't necessarily agree,

but I can have a beer with with people

that I don't agree with, can't I?

Yeah, having a drink

with them is no problem.

Hey, why are you late getting here?

Now we've switched to champagne.

We won it.

[Madiot] Yes, he won.

But winning isn't necessarily

the most important part.

And Pinot, unintentionally,

achieved something different.

[fans] Thibaut! Thibaut! Thibaut! Thibaut!

He won the love of the whole public.

Pinot always brought his truth to cycling.

And he connected with everyone that way.

Come on!

[cheering]

Thibaut Pinot!

[cheering]

[fan] Thank you, Thibaut!

[cheering fades]

[intense classical music playing]