Ok, hier is de verwerkte en vertaalde inhoud:
Nog 4.6 km – Mas’ lead is shrinking and shrinking. The group with Ben Healy is 20 seconds behind, Vingegaard and Pogacar are 3 minutes behind. It’s going very fast behind the Spaniard, who keeps riding.
Nog 5 km – Campenaerts is encouraging Vingegaard and will try to push the Dane forward again. Visma’s master plan was very clear, but Pogacar still doesn’t flinch.
Nog 5.8 km – The chasing group on Mas is about 40 seconds behind. Vingegaard and Pogacar are still 3 minutes behind the chasers. Everything is getting close again.
Nog 6 km – Visma-Lease a Bike is trying everything to get Pogacar off. Vingegaard is taking off again, but Pogacar is following well.
Nog 6.4 km – In the battle for a place on the podium, Lipowitz is leaving Roglic. So there is tension everywhere on the climb.
Nog 6.8 km – Benoot is waiting for Vingegaard and pulls the Dane up again. Pogacar remains in the wheel of the two riders of Visma-Lease a Bike.
Nog 7.3 km – Vingegaard attacks Pogacar. The yellow jersey wearer is keeping up well with the Dane, but it remains to be seen, because the climb is still very long.
Nog 7.8 km – Arensman really has to let go of the chasers now. He can’t follow Paret-Peintre’s acceleration. So they are going towards the Spaniard without the Dutchman.
Nog 8.8 km – Alaphilippe has to let go of Arensman. The Dutchman is almost caught by the chasers, who are also trying to go towards Mas.
Nog 9.5 km – Arensman is having a very hard time and can hardly follow Alaphilippe anymore. The Frenchman needs the Dutchman, so he looks at him. It seems that a motorcycle has hindered Arensman.
Nog 9.7 km – Arensman and Alaphilippe almost have to give a minute to Mas. The Spaniard is well on his way to book the biggest victory of his career. But it is still very long.
Nog 10 km – Two helpers: Simon Yates (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) have to drop out. That shows how high the pace is being imposed in the peloton. They hope that Pogacar will break on this tough climb.
It is black with people on the climb to Mont Ventoux.
There went Enric Mas, who now has a half-minute lead.
Nog 12 km – Visma keeps hammering in the peloton and rides with three men at the front. Van Aert provided a high pace, but is now off the front.
Nog 13 km – Arensman is trying to close the gap with Mas. The Spaniard looks very difficult, but has 20 seconds on the Dutchman and Alaphilippe.
The lunar landscape on Mont Ventoux. This is where the riders are going in search of the stage win.
Nog 13 km – The peloton has also started the climb. Visma has promised fireworks, so we can expect an attack from Vingegaard.
Nog 14 km – Mas suddenly rides away from the leading group. He immediately takes a few seconds on Alaphilippe and Arensman. What a plot twist again.
Nog 14 km – Arensman keeps hammering in the leading group. He dropped out at the beginning, but turns out to be the fastest climber. The chasers are still one and a half minutes behind. The peloton is more than 6 minutes behind.
Nog 15 km – We have officially started the Mont Ventoux (15.7 km at 8.8%). Simone Velasco immediately has to drop out of the leading group.
Chaos in the leading group: Arensman drops out, but comes back.
Nog 17 km – Arensman continues to ride his own pace and has the leading group in sight. So it remains exciting for the Dutch trump card.
Nog 17 km – Arensman is having a hard time as the four other riders accelerate. So they are still with four left.
Nog 18 km – The leading group consists of only five riders, because Matteo Trentin drops out. Arensman is still part of the leading group.
Nog 19 km – The Mont Ventoux has officially started and that makes the leading group with one and a half minutes ahead of the chasers. What tension again!
Nog 24 km – The chasing group remains at one and a half minutes. They will go towards the leading group on the climb.
Nog 35 km – About 20 kilometers until we start the Mont Ventoux (15.6 km at 8.7%). Meanwhile, Fred Wright has dropped out of the leading group.
Nog 41 km – The leading group continues to ride steadily towards the Mont Ventoux. The lead on the chasers continues to fluctuate around one and a half minutes.
In every village where the riders come, the people go wild. It is a true folk festival in France.
Nog 50 km – The lead of the leading group with Arensman grows to more than one minute. On paper, the Dutchman is also the strongest rider in this group.
Nog 53 km – Arensman and the rest of the leading group has 5 minutes lead on the peloton. The chasers are 45 seconds behind and so they are not yet defeated.
Nog 58 km – Eenkhoorn has dropped out in the leading group and joins the chasers. The leading group now consists of these names:
Nog 61 km – A group of five riders goes ahead: Pascal Eenkhoorn, Thymen Arensman, Fred Wright, Enric Mas and Simone Velasco. The chasers are 20 seconds behind.
Nog 68 km – The lead continues to increase for the leading group, it is now 3.30 minutes. In about 9 kilometers there is an intermediate sprint, after which there will be hard racing towards the Mont Ventoux.
Nog 75 km – Dylan Groenewegen has dropped back to the peloton. There is little to gain for him with a finish uphill.
Nog 82 km – This leading group does get the space and has almost 3 minutes on the peloton. Is the stage winner already in this group?
Nog 87 km – In the leading group with 36 riders also three Dutchmen: Dylan Groenewegen, Thymen Arensman and Pascal Eenkhoorn.
Nog 89 km – The leading group gets one and a half minutes from the peloton. There are big names in it with Julian Alaphilippe, Tiesj Benoot and Marc Soler.
To this mountain the riders are on their way.
Nog 97 km – A new leading group is formed with among others Wout van Aert and Pascal Eenkhoorn. This group seems to have more chance of success.
Nog 102 km – The leading group is going to be calculated. The difference has dropped back to 12 seconds, which means you can hardly speak of a leading group.
Nog 108 km – The leading group remains on a line of no more than one and a half minutes. The difference is now 50 seconds, so the peloton has everything in hand.
Nog 113 km – The leading group is getting more and more space and is now one and a half minutes from the peloton. Not much yet, but the lead is growing.
The heroic escapees of today. They are going to try to make the impossible possible.
Nog 123 km – The difference continues to fluctuate between the minute and 45 seconds. There are cracks in the peloton without major consequences.
Nog 129 km – The leading group gets 45 seconds, but that will not reassure them. An attack from the peloton and everything is together again.
Nog 134 km – The unrest in the peloton has subsided and the leading group remains stuck at around 15 seconds.
The leading group with Marc Hirschi, Marco Haller and Xandro Meurisse. They do not get further than half a minute.
Nog 141 km – The peloton continues to ride steadily, so the leading group does not get further than half a minute. Thomas is meanwhile trying to join the leading group.
Nog 147 – The leading group already seems to be calculated. A new leading group will be formed later.
Nog 152 km – Meurisse, Haller and Hirschi have a gap of a half minute. In the peloton it is also still restless, because there will be some riders who want to join. That is of course becoming increasingly difficult.
Nog 157 km – There seems to be a small leading group forming with Xandro Meurisse, Marco Haller and Marc Hirschi. They have a gap of 12 seconds with the peloton and behind them are a number of riders who want to join.
Nog 160 km – Every escape attempt is stopped by the peloton. No one has yet managed to create a gap.
Now there is no time to catch up, but during the neutralization that was done.
Nog 168 km – It is a restless start, because Van Aert did not get away, but others are also trying to get away. A nice battle to be in the leading group.
Nog 171 km – Wout van Aert starts sprinting for his life and seems to want to form a first leading group. A ribbon is immediately created.
Départ réel! We are definitely on our way and so a leading group can be formed.
Wout van Aert will not participate in the stage victory as previously indicated.
**Belangrijk:** Ik heb mijn best gedaan om de context te behouden en relevante informatie te behouden, maar het is altijd goed om de vertaling te controleren op nauwkeurigheid en of de betekenis correct is overgebracht.