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00:00TELTON PIDCOCK

00:05Yeah, if we go on the offensive, try and win the stage,

00:08that's probably the best way to try and defend.

00:11Now he starts to accelerate a little bit harder.

00:15Pidcock has used this immense power to go clear on the climb.

00:20Well, what an escapade it has been.

00:23Telton Pidcock, tremendous win, stage four of the Alula Tour.

00:32The Alula Tour 2025 is Tom Pidcock's to lose

00:36after his demonstration yesterday on the sky views of Harata Wairid.

00:41The British rider leads by 29 seconds

00:43as we head into today's fifth and final stage.

00:47But the wind is once again going to be a factor

00:49and Pidcock is taking nothing for granted.

00:53A lot of wind today, so, yeah,

00:56it's going to be a big day of echelons, I expect.

00:58For sure, there's going to be splits

01:01and, yeah, different teams with different plans,

01:03so we'll just have to, yeah,

01:05try and stay on the good side of those splits.

01:10We start and finish today at the Alula Camel Cup track,

01:13which is part of Saudi Arabia's rich sporting heritage.

01:17Tim Malir is aiming for his hat-trick on the day of his son's birthday.

01:21My son has two years today, so, yeah, nice day.

01:25I'm going to take every opportunity over here.

01:29It will be really nice, but not that easy.

01:36Meanwhile, Dylan Groenewegen is looking to give the home team,

01:39Jaco Alula, something to celebrate on this final day.

01:44We focus, it's the last day,

01:46so everybody feel their legs maybe a little bit,

01:48but, yeah, we're going to do our best.

01:50But, yeah, everybody know that there is some wind.

01:53We will see what happens in the race.

01:55We have also our GC to defend,

01:57and, yeah, then hopefully we have me in the final to sprint.

02:01Also from a small group, maybe,

02:03but, yeah, that's what you need to see in the final.

02:10There are crosswinds forecast in the early part of Stage 5,

02:13so it could be chaos from the off.

02:15Both the GC teams and the sprint teams

02:17will have to be ready to jump if it all kicks off.

02:20Other than that, it looks a straightforward sprint stage,

02:23with Melilla obviously the favourite to get another win,

02:25just under 170km to bring this fifth edition to a close.

02:40Well, today's breakaway only formed shortly before the live pictures began,

02:44with four men around a minute ahead of the peloton.

02:47They were Diego Uriarte of Equipo Kern Farmer,

02:51Matthias Breinheu of the Terengganu Cycling Team,

02:54Niccolo Garibaut of JCL Team Yukio,

02:57and Cyril de Salle of Wagner-Bazin,

02:59a team-mate of the most active rider, Jens Rijnders.

03:06And the reason they only got away relatively late in the stage

03:08is because there was absolute chaos at the start,

03:11sadly, before the cameras started rolling.

03:13The race split in the crosswinds with a group of around 30 riders,

03:17including Pidcock and Melilla, going clear.

03:24The riders in second and third overall,

03:26Greiner Keplinger and Alan Hatherley, were both caught out,

03:29but through the collective efforts of Bahrain Victorious,

03:32Jaco Alula and others, it all came back together again.

03:37So, a fairly classic race situation,

03:40with the peloton keeping the breakaway close

03:42and wary of any more attacks in the wind.

03:48Well, not wanting to get caught out,

03:50Pidcock soon sent his team to the front of the bunch,

03:52Q36.5 apparently deciding that attack was the best form of defence.

03:59Well, Pidcock seems like he wants to take the race on,

04:03rather than let any other team take advantage of his squad.

04:07So, he's going on the offensive most of the time,

04:11as opposed to waiting and seeing whether the team of Jaco Alula

04:16or the team of Bahrain Victorious take the initiative.

04:21Pidcock's men just keeping an eye on things,

04:23not really driving the peloton on,

04:25but there was still plenty of nerves in this bunch,

04:27as illustrated by a crash between the Japanese champion,

04:30Marino Kobayashi, and Spanish rider, Pablo Carrascosa.

04:35Luckily, there didn't seem to be any major damage done.

04:41Well, things remained fairly settled for the next 20k or so,

04:45but when the wind picked up again,

04:46a couple of teams decided to put the hammer down.

04:51Set out the echelon alarm across the desert plains of Saudi Arabia,

04:56because this race is now on.

04:59The second of all, Rainer Keplinger is in a group of drop riders.

05:04We're just hearing on Radio Tour,

05:06Keplinger has now been dropped as well.

05:09Look at the speed, and Bahrain Victorious have realised

05:12that they've lost a rider.

05:14Look at Pidcock moving up.

05:16Hatherley now has been distanced as well.

05:20And so for the second time today,

05:22Tom Pidcock's closest challengers found themselves

05:24on the wrong side of a split.

05:26A steep learning curve this for Hatherley,

05:28who hasn't done much road racing

05:30and won't have much experience of echelons.

05:32Keplinger also on the back foot.

05:37Well, the gap was only around 10 or 15 seconds,

05:40but UNO-X Mobility were keen to drive it on.

05:43The Norwegian squad had three riders in the top seven this morning,

05:46Frederik Davarsenis, Johannes Kulset and Odne Holter,

05:50and they sensed the possibility of snatching an overall podium.

05:57Slowly but surely, they increased the front group's advantage

06:00to over 20 seconds.

06:02Pidcock, Malia and Kronovegen were all in this front group,

06:05but it was all about UNO-X.

06:07There were bonus seconds available

06:08as they swept over the finish line for the first time,

06:11three for Davarsenis, two for Kulset and one for Pidcock.

06:14Now, they needed a 45-second gap at the finish line

06:17to eject both Keplinger and Hatherley from the podium.

06:24UNO-X are putting Keplinger and Hatherley to the sword.

06:31So, it was two races for the price of one in this final,

06:34UNO-X targeting the overall podium

06:36and the sprinters getting ready for their final shootout,

06:39a grand stand finish to this Alula Tour.

06:45Here comes Milano. He's ready.

06:47Kristoff is there as well.

06:49Milano hits the front.

06:50Kronovegen is there. Moschetti is there as well.

06:53Look at Moschetti go.

06:55Look at the flat-out rider in Q36.5.

06:58It's going to be a win for Moschetti.

07:01Matteo Moschetti of Q36.5 gives them the stage win,

07:07and Tom Pidcock wins the overall.

07:09What a finish to the Alula Tour.

07:14Who is going to be second and third overall?

07:17Look at Hatherley on his absolute limit, the South African.

07:21They are fighting for time.

07:23They cross the line now,

07:24and we'll wait and see what the clock says.

07:28What a way for Q36.5 Pro Cycling

07:31to round out what has been a brilliant week.

07:34Matteo Moschetti landing his 10th career win

07:37and his first since back in September 2023.

07:41He was led out by Tom Pidcock,

07:42who claims his first GC victory in the professional ranks.

07:46The British star has made a dream start to life with his new team.

07:51To be honest, I'm a bit emotional.

07:53It's quite a fairy tale, almost, you know?

07:56And to see how much he means to these guys, it's incredible.

08:01Yeah, it's a big step in my career, if I'm honest, I think.

08:04The concentration it takes at this level to defend a lead every day,

08:08I definitely realise how hard it is.

08:12But, yeah, I think it's a big step.

08:14It's hard to believe, eh? What a week.

08:15And, yeah, today the main goal was to keep safe Tom.

08:21And in the end, I think he paid us for all we did this week for him.

08:25And, yeah, I'm really delighted to thank him

08:29and all the team with that victory.

08:33Muschietti winning the final stage ahead of Runewegen

08:37as Jaco Alula ended the week empty-handed.

08:39Milano, Kristoff and Fedorov completed the top five,

08:43with Moliere down in 13th and the chase group at 57 seconds.

08:49Pidcock's final winning margin was a minute and nine seconds,

08:52while Unu-X played it perfectly.

08:54All three of their riders leapfrogged Keplinger and Hathaway,

08:58who slipped to fifth and sixth.

09:03Pidcock also goes home with the red jersey

09:05as the winner of the points classification.

09:07Four riders ended up on 30 points,

09:09but the race winner was obviously the best placed overall.

09:14As well as winning the team's classification,

09:16Unu-X claimed a 1-2 in the youth classification

09:19with Kulset and Halter.

09:20It was an excellent week for the Norwegians.

09:23And Jens Reinders finished up as our most active rider

09:26after getting into three breakaways.

09:29Thanks very much for joining us

09:30for the fifth edition of the Alula Tour,

09:32and we'll see you again in 2026.

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