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Watts Occurring, Tour de France stage 10: A new yellow jersey and the best Yates we've ever seen?

Listen to the latest episode of Watts Occurring with Tom Fordyce and Luke Rowe


Bastille Day in France and the Tour usually serves up a route that will cause some drama. Well, today didn't disappoint.

A nail-biting wait for young Ben Healy to see if he could nab yellow off Pogacar, a typically classy stage win from the Giro d'Italia winner, and plenty of typical Tour drama aplenty.

Luke Rowe and Tom Fordyce analyse all the action.

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