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Jonas Vingegaard wins the 2023 Tour de France

Meeus takes final stage in a photo finish with Philipsen

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) sailed through the final stage of the 2023 Tour de France to be crowned overall champion for the second year in a row.

Pogačar added to his reputation as the ' people's champion ', attacking multiple times in the final 40 kilometres but the sprinters teams shut down the cheeky moves. As the rain started to fall on the Champs Elyseés, the race judges decided to take the general classification times with one lap to go.

After a heated and seemingly even battle with Pogačar, Vingegaard put his mark on this edition of the Tour with his dominant performance on stage 16 time trial then twisted the knife on the Col de la Loze .

He tops the final podium by 7:29 ahead of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in a duel that will go down in the history books. Pogačar’s teammate Yates finished third overall at 10:56 back.

“It's a feeling of being proud and happy - we're winning it for the second time now. It's really amazing. Today with all the Danish people here was really amazing. I have to say thanks not only to my team and family but to the whole of Denmark. They support me and I'm really grateful for this.”

“It's been a long journey but it also went by so fast. We race every day and one day takes the other. It's been a super hard race and a super good fight between me and Tadej. I enjoyed it all the way.”

Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) sprinted to victory on the Champs-Elysées, beating Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) to the line on stage 21 to take his first stage victory of the Tour de France.

Alpecin-Deceuninck may have led the way around the final corner, but Meeus was well positioned, surfing wheels. The neophyte Tour rider, edged out the green jersey at the line by less than a wheel length to win after a chaotic sprint.

“I knew in the previous sprints that there was more possible than the result I showed so far. Today everything went perfect and I'm super happy to finish it off,” said Meeus who finished top ten in three of the previous sprint stages this year.

“I felt quite good all day. The beginning was easy obviously but from the moment we went full gas my legs felt incredibly good. Then Marco Haller did a perfect job with positioning and he was also there. I had the wheel of Pedersen and I could come out of the slipstream and catch it on the line.”

“It's my first Tour and it was a super nice experience so far. To take the win today is just an indescribable feeling.”

For the third year in a row, Pogačar swept up the white jersey, with Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) finishing as runner-up in the young rider's classification.

Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) claimed the polka-dot jersey beating Felix Gall (AG2R Citroen) by 14 points to the climber's award.

Philipsen had nonetheless secured the green jersey before the final stage, beating Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) by 119 points at the top of the points standings. Finally, Jumbo-Visma won the team competition ahead of UAE Team Emirates, and Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) claimed the super-combativity award after an aggressive three weeks of racing.

How it unfolded

In what is effectively a two-wheeled photo shoot on the 115.1-kilometre stage starting from the velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, a nod to the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games, to the usual finish on the Champs-Élysées, team after team took their turn on the front of the slowly pedalling bunch for the cameras.

Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Dstny) jumped off the front at the flag drop to celebrate being awarded the super-combativity trophy. He quickly sat up with a smile and rejoined the peloton.

The opening 60.6 kilometres saw the peloton pass in front of the Château de Versailles before heading to Paris via Meudon and Issy-les-Moulineaux, tackling the final climb of the race, the fourth-category Côte du Pavé des Gardes, after 42.8 kilometres.

Celebrating his polka-dot jersey, Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) received a slow lead out from his Lidl-Trek teammates to take to the lone KOM point of the day.

After that – the final 54.5 kilometres of the stage once the riders pass through the finish line for the first time – the racing began in Paris, with eight laps of the finishing circuits left to decide the winner of stage 21.

The Jumbo-Visma team rode on the front gradually amping the pace as the peloton made its way to the final circuits.

The first two laps of the Champs-Élysées circuit saw a flurry of attacks from the peloton. First up the road was Pascal Eenkhoorn then his Lotto Dstny teammate Frederik Frison as each took their chance to escape.

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) attacked multiple times in the final 40 kilometres. The first time, he was joined by Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma) who sat on his wheel, refusing to work. More riders tried to jump across to the Slovenian's wheel but the lack of cooperation doomed the moves.

Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) launched the next big move, at 30 kilometers to go. He was soon joined by Nelson Oliveira (Movistar) and Frison. Working well together, the trio pushed their gap up to 18 seconds before being reeled in 20 kilometres later.

No organisation at the front of the peloton led to more short-lived attacks in the final lap, with speeds hitting 64 km per hour. The Jumbo-Visma team sat up to celebrate their overall victory with three kilometres to go, leaving the sprinters' teams to fight out the stage victory.

A mixture of teams – including Alpecin-Deceuninck, Lidl-Trek, Jayco-AlUla and Intermarché-Circus-Wanty – were up front heading into the final two kilometres, with no one team able to wrest control and establish a full lead out at the front.

Not done with racing, Pogačar led the final sprint onto the Champs Elysées. He was overtaken by Mathieu van der Poel leading out Philipsen. Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) went early and hit the front, forcing Philipsen to go along the barriers.

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), meanwhile, went down the middle but Meeus was on his wheel and came late with a perfect bike throw to the line. He rode it perfectly, with a bike throw, while Philipsen was forced to come late and from behind.

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Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wins the Tour de France for 2nd straight year

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Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France for a second straight year as cycling’s most storied race finished Sunday on the Champs-Élysées.

With a huge lead built up over main rival Tadej Pogačar, the 2020 and 2021 winner, Vingegaard knew the victory was effectively his again before the largely ceremonial stage at the end of the 110th edition of the Tour.

The 26-year-old Vingegaard drank champagne with his Jumbo-Visma teammates as they lined up together and posed for photos on the way to Paris.

“It’s been a long journey, yet it went by so fast,” Vingegaard said. “Day after day, it was a super hard race with a super nice fight between me and Tadej. I’ve enjoyed every day. I hope to come back next year and see if I can take a third win.”

It had been a three-week slog over 3,405 kilometers (2,116 miles) with eight mountain stages across five mountain ranges. Vingegaard seized control of the race over two stages in the Alps.

Little had separated the two rivals until Vingegaard finished a time trial 1 minute, 38 seconds ahead of Pogačar on Tuesday, then followed up the next day by finishing the toughest mountain stage of the race almost 6 minutes ahead of his exhausted rival.

“I’m dead,” Pogačar said.

The Slovenian rider responded by winning the penultimate stage on Saturday, but Vingegaard still had an insurmountable lead of 7 minutes, 29 seconds going into the final stage – a mostly ceremonial stage which is contested at the end by the sprinters.

“We have to be careful not to do anything stupid,” Vingegaard warned Saturday, “but yeah, it’s amazing to take my second victory in the Tour de France.”

Vingegaard kept that lead and was able to celebrate early Sunday as organizers decided to take the times one lap before the finish when it started raining on the cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées. The decision invited the sprinters to fight for the stage victory – the only remaining uncertainty.

Belgian cyclist Jordi Meeus prevailed in a photo finish between four riders on the line, just ahead of Jasper Philipsen, Dylan Groenewegen and Mads Pedersen.

“It was my first Tour. It was a super nice experience already so far, and to take the win today is an indescribable feeling,” said Meeus, who clocked a top speed of 68.8 kph (42.8 mph) on the last kilometer.

Pogačar, who attacked after just one lap of eight altogether on the Champs-Élysées, was wearing the white jersey as the best young rider for the 75th day – extending a career Tour record. The 24-year-old Slovenian rider has won the best young rider classification every year since 2020.

But Pogačar had to be content with second place in the general classification again.

British rider Adam Yates, Pogačar’s teammate, finished third overall, ahead of his twin brother Simon.

Colombian rider Egan Bernal, the 2019 Tour winner, completed the race as he made his impressive comeback from a life-threatening crash. The 26-year-old Bernal said he narrowly avoided becoming paralyzed after an accident with a bus while training in Colombia in January 2022.

“It’s difficult to compare with the year I won but it’s almost the same feeling because for me it’s a great victory,” Bernal said. “Yesterday, in the last climb, I was so lucky I was alone and could enjoy the last kilometers. I was so emotional.”

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Who Won the 2023 Tour de France?

A stage-by-stage guide to the leader of the General Classification of the men’s Tour.

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Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) won the yellow jersey as the overall winner of the 2023 Tour de France. The 26-year-old won the Tour for the second straight season, becoming the 21st rider in history to win the race multiple times. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), another two-time TdF winner, finished second for the second straight season, 7 minutes, 29 seconds behind Vingegaard. Pogačar’s UAE Team Emirates teammate Adam Yates was third overall, 10 minutes, 56 seconds behind the winner, to round out the podium of the Tour de France.

Here’s a look at how the General Classification played out in every stage of the 2023 Tour de France.

2023 Tour de France Champion - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) officially won the 2023 Tour de France after safely finishing Stage 21 on Sunday, July 23. For the second straight year, Vingegaard was the top General Classification rider at the Tour. This time, he beat second place Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) by 7:29, the largest margin of victory in the GC since Vincenzo Nibali won by 7:37 in 2014.

Vingegaard first claimed the yellow jersey after Stage 6 and never relinquished it. He led by 25 seconds over Pogačar at that point, but Pogačar slowly but surely cut into that advantage. That is, until Stage 16, when Vingegaard rode a brilliant time trial to drive his lead over Pogačar to 1:48. The next day on Stage 17, Vingegaard further solidified his lead after Pogačar cracked in the high mountains, driving Vingegaard’s lead well past seven minutes. He held that lead through the finish in Paris on Sunday. Pogačar, meanwhile, won the white jersey as the best young rider (25 years or younger) in the Tour de France. He wins white for a record-breaking fourth time.

Pogačar wasn’t the only UAE Team Emirates rider on the podium. Adam Yates, who held the yellow jersey from Stage 2 through Stage 5, finished third overall, 10:56 behind the leader. His twin brother, Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla), finished fourth overall, 12:23 back. Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) was fifth, 13:17 back.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninick) won the green jersey as the winner of the points classification. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) won the polka jersey, winning the King of the Mountains classification. Vingegaard’s Jumbo-Visma team won the team classification, with the best time of their team’s top three riders.

Final General Classification Standings

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 82:05:42
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -7:29
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -10:56
• Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla): -12:23
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -13:17

Points Classification Winner

• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): 377 points

Mountain Classification Winner

Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek): 106 points

Best Young Rider Classification Winner

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 82:13:11 (+5:48)

Stage 20 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) will wear the yellow jersey on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday as the leader of the 2023 Tour de France. Vingegaard is set to win his second straight Tour de France—barring diaster or as he said, “anything stupid—on the 21st and final stage.

Vingegaard finished second on Saturday’s Stage 20 with the same time as his top rival Tadej Pogačar. Pogačar claimed the stage win, but will have to settle for second to Vingegaard for a second straight year. This year, Vingegaard holds a 7 minute, 35 second advantage on Pogačar.

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) remains in third overall, 10:56 back of the yellow jersey to get the final podium spot. His twin brother Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) moved up a spot to fourth on Saturday. He’s 12:23 back of the lead. Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) rounds out the top five, losing a spot on Stage 20 after crashing early in the stage. He’s 12:57 behind the leader.

General Classification Standings

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 79:16:38
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -12:57

Points Classification Leader

Mountain Classification Leader

• Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek): 105 points

Best Young Rider Classification Leader

• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 79:24:07 (+5:28)

Stage 19 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) leads the 2023 Tour de France through 19 stages. Stage 19 was packed with a lot of exciting drama up front, but the General Classification contenders stayed well behind the action well over 13 minutes behind the stage winner.

Vingegaard continues to lead Tadej Pogačar (Team UAE Emirates) by 7:35. Adam Yates (also from UAE Team Emirates) is in third place overall, 10:45 back of the lead.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 75:49:24
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -7:35
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -10:45
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -12:01
• Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla): -12:19
• Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek): 88 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 75:56:59 (+4:26)

Stage 18 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) remains in the lead of the 2023 Tour de France after Stage 18. Thursday’s stage was a day for the sprinters (even though the breakaway managed to barely survive), so there were no changes as far as the GC situation. Stage 18 comes a day after Vingegaard solidified his spot atop the yellow jersey standings.

Vingegaard leads second place Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) by 7:35. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) is in third, 10:45 behind the leader, and Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) is in fourth, 12:01 behind. With three stages to go, Vingegaard surely can taste his second straight Tour victory.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 72:04:39
• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): 323 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 72:12:14 (+4:26)

Stage 17 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) leads the 2023 Tour de France, furthering his advantage on Stage 17. Vingegaard now leads second place Tadej Pogačar by 7 minutes, 37 seconds after leading by just 10 seconds two stages prior. Pogačar cracked in a big way on Wednesday, losing major time, while Vingegaard excelled once again in the mountains to gain massive amounts of time on his closest rival and pre-Tour co-favorite.

Vingegaard made major gains during the Stage 16 individual time trial, and then on Wednesday he delivered a virtual punishing blow to Pogačar’s yellow jersey hopes. It seemed during the Tour’s second week that Pogačar had a slight upperhand on Vingegaard. But it wasn’t to be as the defending champion through down his time trial and then big mountain ride on consecutive days. That changed the Tour from one of the closest of all-time to the largest leading margin since 2014.

There are four stages still remaining, but barring something completely unexpected, Vingegaard will win the Tour de France once again by the end of the day on Sunday.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 67:57:51
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 68:05:26 (+4:26)

Stage 16 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) leads the General Classification of the 2023 Tour de France after Stage 16. Vingegaard extended his hold on the yellow jersey on Tuesday on an individual time trial. The maillot jaune crushed the ITT, winning the stage by 1:38 and extending his GC lead to 1:48 over second place Tadej Pogačar, his top rival.

Vingegaard was magnificent on the time trial, putting time into Pogačar from the start all the way to the finish. It’s the first time this Tour that one of the co-favorites put a major amount of time into the other, as Vingegaard has firmly asserted himself as the one to beat over the remaining five stages.

Elsewhere in the GC battle for the podium, Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) moved up from fourth to third place in the standings. Yates supplanted Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) after the time trial. Yates, Pogačar’s teammate, is 8:52 behind the yellow jersey Vingegaard. Rodriguez is now in fourth place, 8:57 behind Vingegaard. Just five seconds separates Yates and Rodriguez, so it should be an exciting matchup between those two for the third and final podium spot in the GC.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 63:06:53
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -1:48
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -8:52
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -8:57
• Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe): -11:15
• Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek): 63 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 63:08:41 (+7:09)

Stage 15 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) remains in the yellow jersey after Stage 15 of the 2023 Tour de France. Vingegaard holds a 10-second lead over Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) after another tough mountain stage. Ultimately, the gap between the two GC favorites remained unchanged, as the two riders finished the stage together. The Tour heads into a Monday rest day before the final week begins, and very little has separated Vingegaard and Pogačar.

Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) was able to extend his hold on the third place podium spot after Stage 15. Rodriguez finished the stage ahead of Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe), who he started the day just one second ahead of. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) moved up ahead of Hindley for fourth place overall.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 62:34:17
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -:10
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -5:21
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -5:40
• Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe): -6:38
• Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek): 58 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 62:34:27 (+5:11)

Stage 14 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) still leads the 2023 Tour de France after a wild Stage 14. Vingegaard now holds a 10-second advantage on Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) moves up to third place in the GC after winning Stage 14. He’s now 4:43 behind the yellow jersey. Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe) moves to fourth place in the GC, 4:44 back of the lead. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) is in fifth place, 5:20 behind.

Stage 14 only saw a change of one single second among the two leaders, Vingegaard and Pogačar, but that didn’t mean there weren’t plenty of fireworks. Jumbo-Visma pushed the pace to make it hard on Pogačar, but Pogačar looked to be relatively unfazed by it all. The stage proved that the battle for the yellow jersey will go down to the bitter end between Vingegaard and Pogačar.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 57:47:28
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -4:43
• Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe): -4:44
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -5:20
• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 54 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 57:47:38

Stage 13 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) held onto the yellow jersey as the leader of the 2023 Tour de France. But the gap between the defending champion and Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) has narrowed after the Slovenian, winner of the Tour in 2020 and 2021, attacked and then gapped the Dane about 400 meters from the top of the “Beyond Category” Col du Grand Colombier at the end of Stage 14.

Pogačar crossed the line 4 seconds ahead of Vingegaard and in doing so finished third on the stage to take a 4-second time bonus, which cut Vingegaard’s overall advantage to just 9 seconds. With two days in the Alps before Monday’s rest day, expect more fireworks as these two continue their intense fight to win the 2023 Tour de France.

A little less than a minute before the reignition of the Tour’s GC battle, Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski (INEOS Grenadiers) won the stage after spending all day in the breakaway and attacking what was left of it on the lower slopes of the Grand Colombier. A super-domestique with an impressive resume of his own, the 33-year-old proved too strong for UAE Team Emirates to catch, holding-off Belgium’s Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Soudal) and then Pogačar to take the second Tour de France stage victory of his career.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 53:48:50
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -:09
• Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe): -2:51
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -4:48
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -5:03
• Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost): 46 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 53:48:59'

Stage 12 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) remained in the yellow jersey after a somewhat stressful Stage 12 of the Tour de France. Despite the stress, the GC picture remained mostly unchanged. Vingegaard remains 17 seconds ahead of second place Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe) is third overall in the GC, 2:40 back.

Thibaut Pinot made a jump into the top ten of the GC, going from 15th to tenth after gaining time on the other GC contenders in the breakaway on Thursday.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 50:30:23
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -:17
• Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe): -2:40
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -4:22
• Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious): -4:34
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 50:30:40 (+4:05)

Stage 11 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) continues to lead the 2023 Tour de France after 11 stages. Stage 11 saw no change to the General Classification on a sprint stage, despite a relatively tricky road into the finish.

Vingegaard remains 17 seconds ahead of Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) for the lead in the yellow jersey competition. Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe) is in third, holding down the final podium spot, 2:40 behind Vingegaard. Tuesday’s flat stage is the last true sprinter’s stage until perhaps Stage 19—or even the final Stage 21 in Paris—so we can expect an eventful next week or so as far as the GC is concerned.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 46:34:27
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 46:34:44 (+4:05)

Stage 10 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) held onto the yellow leader’s jersey after Stage 10 of the 2023 Tour de France, leading Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) by 17 seconds. Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe) remains in third place, 2:40 behind Vingegaard. These standings should stay the same after Stage 11, which will likely favor the sprinters.

Stage 10 didn’t see any major GC moves, but that didn’t mean it was an easy day in the saddle for the yellow jersey hopefuls.The peloton held the breakaway in check throughout the day, never giving them too much time. Ultimately, there weren’t any moves on the stage after the rest day from Vingegaard or Pogačar.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 42:33:13
• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): 260 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 42:33:30 (+4:05)

Stage 9 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) held onto his lead in the 2023 Tour de France, but lost time to Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) at the end of Sunday’s Stage 9. The stage finished atop the Hors Categorie (“Beyond Category”) Puy de Dôme, an extinct volcano rising above the Massif Central that the Tour hasn’t been climbed by the Tour since 1988.Canada’s Mike Woods (Israel-PremierTech) won the stage.

The former world class distance runner paced himself perfectly from the base of the climb, catching multiple riders left from the day’s big breakaway on the way to his first Tour de France stage victory. France’s Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) finished second, and Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) finished third. But the battle to win the Tour’s General Classification took place over eight minutes later, as Vingegaard and Pogačar continued their duel on the climb’s upper slopes.

Jumbo-Visma did a terrific job of whittling down to the yellow jersey group, but it was Pogačar who took advantage pulling away from Vingegaard about 1,400meters from the summit finish. Vingegaard only lost 8 seconds to the Slovenian, but heading into the first rest day, he now leads the Tour by just 17 seconds. The race to win the 2023 Tour de France is far from over.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 38:37:46
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -4:39
• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): 259 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): 38:38:03

Stage 8 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

There was once again no change in the overall, as Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) continues to lead the 2023 Tour de France. The defending champion has a 25-second advantage on Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), as the peloton prepares to head into a big mountain stage on Sunday.

Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla) was the lone GC contender to lose time on Stage 8, crashing with about 6K to go in the stage, outside of the 3K safe zone. Yates went from being 3:14 down from the leader Vingegaard to 4:01 after Saturday.

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): -
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -:25
• Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe): -1:34
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -3:30
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -3:40
• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): 258 points
• Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost): 36 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): +3:05

Stage 7 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) enjoyed his first day in the yellow leader’s jersey during Stage 7 at the 2023 Tour de France. It was a relatively easy day—despite some intense heat—for the GC contenders in the peloton on Friday’s stage designed for the sprinters.

Vingegaard continues to hold a 25-second GC lead over Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates). The two riders will likely see a major GC clash again on Sunday’s Stage 9 mountain stage. Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe) is 1:34 behind the yellow jersey Vingegaard in third overall.

• Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla): -3:14
• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): 215 points

Stage 6 Leader - Jonas Vingegaard

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) took over the lead of the 2023 Tour de France after an eventful Stage 6 that saw the GC contenders battle it out for the stage win and crucial seconds. Vingegaard will wear the yellow jersey on Friday’s Stage 7. He leads second place Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) by 25 seconds in the overall standings after Pogačar won Stage 6. Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe), who wore the yellow jersey on the day, lost time on Thursday and is now in third place in the GC, 1:34 back of the leader.

After Vingegaard dealt a major blow to Pogačar on Stage 5, Pogačar roared back to capture the stage win and prove that the GC is not over yet. Despite Vingegaard moving into the yellow jersey, Stage 6 was much more defined by Pogačar gaining time on Vingegaard than the changing of the guard in the leader’s jersey. It seemed after Stage 5 that the defending champion Vingegaard was clearly the strongest rider in the peloton once again, but Pogačar, a two-time Tour champion in his own right, showed us that it’s a long way to Paris and it could be a fierce battle all the way to the end.

• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck): 150 points

Stage 5 Leader - Jai Hindley

Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe) took over the lead of the 2023 Tour de France after a brilliant win on Stage 5. Hindley leads the General Classification by 47 seconds (thanks in part to 18 seconds worth of bonuses picked up on Stage 5) over second place overall Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma). Giulio Ciccone (Lidl–Trek) is 1:03 back in third overall and Emanuel Buchmann (Bora–Hansgrohe) is in fourth overall, 1:11 back.

The yellow jersey holder for the first five stages, Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) lost the lead on Wednesday and is now in fifth overall, 1:34 back of the lead. Tadej Pogačar, the co-prerace favorite along with Vingegaard, lost time on Stage 5 and is now in sixth place overall, 1:40 behind the leader Hindley. Vingegaard is 53 seconds ahead of Pogačar.

Stage 5 saw some major GC shakeups. Hindley, the 2022 winner of the Giro d’Italia, sits in yellow with a solid 47-second advantage over Vingegaard. With a grand tour win already under his belt, Hindley has a chance to stay in yellow for a while. Of course, a lot of that depends on the race tactics of Vingegaard and Pogačar, who may likely spar again on a mountainous Stage 6.

• Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe): -
• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): -:47
• Giulio Ciccone (Lidl–Trek): -1:03
• Emanuel Buchmann (Bora–Hansgrohe): -1:11
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -1:34
• Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën): 28 points
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): +:16

Stage 4 Leader - Adam Yates

There was no change in the General Classification standings of the Tour de France after Stage 4. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) will stay in the yellow jersey another day, holding onto a six second advantage over teammate Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and his twin brother Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla).

Stage 5 has a good chance to brings some GC fireworks. Pogačar—in second place overall—has an 11-second advantage over Tour de France co-favorite Jonas Vingegaard, who is in sixth place overall. That could change—one way or the other–on Wednesday.

• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -:06
• Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla): -:06
• Victor Lafay (Cofidis): -:12
• Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma): -:16
• Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost): 18 points

Stage 3 Leader - Adam Yates

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) continues to lead the 2023 Tour de France. After the first two stages of the Tour de France brought a ton of fireworks and battles between the General Classification contenders, Stage 3 was the first (mostly) flat day for the sprinters.

Yates remains in the lead of the GC still six seconds up over second place Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and third place Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla). There were no significant losses among the contenders on Stage 3.

• Victor Lafay (Cofidis): 80 points

Stage 2 Leader - Adam Yates

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) maintained his lead of the 2023 Tour de France after Stage 2. Adam Yates finished 21st on the stage, but finished on the same time as the other top finishers of the day. He now holds the yellow jersey by six seconds over second place Tadej Pogačar, Yates’ UAE Team Emirates teammate. Adam Yates’ twin brother Simon Yates (Jayco-AlUla) is third overall, also six seconds behind.

Pogačar, meanwhile, earned 12 bonus seconds during Stage 2 to widen his lead over GC co-favorite Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Vingegaard earned five bonus seconds on the day, and currently sits in sixth place in the yellow jersey competition, 17 seconds behind Yates and 11 seconds back of Pogačar. Stage 2 winner Victory Lafay (Cofidis) is now fourth overall in the GC.

• Victor Lafay (Cofidis): 65 points
• Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost): 11 points

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Jonas Vingegaard seals Tour de France as Jordi Meeus takes shock stage win

Jonas Vingegaard was crowned Tour de France champion for a second consecutive year as Jordi Meeus won the final stage in a photo finish on the Champs-Elysees.

As the Paris finale came down to the customary sprint finish, all eyes were on Jasper Philipsen, winner of four stages in this Tour, and Dylan Groenewegen on the right-hand side of the road as they bounded over the cobbles, but it was Meeus who shot down the left to nick it with a bike throw.

Four riders came to the line almost together, with Philipsen taking second, Groenewegen third and Mads Pedersen fourth.

Vingegaard came home arm-in-arm with his Jumbo-Visma team-mates to confirm his victory by a margin of seven minutes and 29 seconds from two-time winner Tadej Pogacar, with Britain’s Adam Yates in third. 

Meeus, making his Tour debut, could not immediately celebrate his win, looking around at his rivals as he asked if any of them could say for sure who finished first.

But when the result was confirmed, the Belgian celebrated wildly with his Bora-Hansgrohe team-mates.

“I knew from the previous sprints that more was possible than the results I showed so far and today everything went perfectly and I’m super happy to finish it off,” he said.

“I felt good all day...and from the moment we went full gas my legs felt incredibly good. Marco Haller did a perfect job with positioning, I had the wheel of Pedersen then I could just come out of his slipstream and catch it on the line.

“It’s my first Tour, it was a super nice experience already so far and to take the win today is an indescribable feeling.” PA

Tour de France, stage 21: As it happened. . .

Live reporting, related stories, vingegaard speaks . . ..

“I’m proud and happy of course,” the newly crowned Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard has just said. “We’re winning it for a second time and it’s really amazing...I have to say thank you not only to my team but my family and all of Denmark, they supported me and I’m really grateful for this.

“It’s been a long journey but it went by so fast. We raced every day. It’s been a super good fight between me and Tadej and I really enjoyed it all the way. Of course I hope to come back next year to see if I can take a third win or at least try. That will be the plan.”

Vingegaard seals his second Tour de France

Jonas Vingegaard won his second successive Tour de France after the Dane completed the three-week race 7min 29sec faster than runner-up Tadej Pogacar of Slovenia.

Vingegaard sealed back-to-back titles on the Champs-Élysées after having delivered a knockout blow to Pogacar’s hopes of taking home a third yellow jersey with a phenomenal ride in Tuesday’s time trial. 

After going into the relatively short hilly 22.4-kilometre time trial with just 10sec separating the pair, Vingegaard gained a massive 1min 38sec on Pogacar to all but bury any hope the Slovenian had of taking top spot on the podium.

The following day on the road to Courchevel, Pogacar collapsed dramatically allowing Vingegaard to extend his lead out to an unassailable 7min 35sec.

Pogacar may have bounced back to win Saturday’s penultimate stage, but the race for the yellow jersey had already been won.

Briton Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) finished third overall, finishing ahead of his twin brother Simon (Jayco-Alula).

Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) won the mountains classification, while Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) topped the points classification. Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates), still 24, sealed a record fourth white jersey as best young rider.

Paris snatch: Meeus is the surprise stage winner

Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) has just pulled off one of the biggest surprises of this year’s Tour de France after throwing his bike over the line to beat Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula) and Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) in a four-up sprint. What a result that is for the man who was selected by his team over Irishman Sam Bennett. Until today the Belgian had, with respect, barely registered at this year’s race. This win, though, will elevate the 25-year-old to a new level.

Speaking afterwards, Meeus said: “I knew from the previous sprints that more was possible than the results I showed so far and today everything went perfectly and I’m super happy to finish it off.

“It’s my first Tour, it was a super nice experience already so far and to take the win today is an indescribable feeling.”

It is a photo-finish

Jasper Philipsen was delivered perfectly by Mathieu van der Poel, but the green jersey got blocked behind Dylan Groenewegen briefly. Philipsen, however, regained his composure before opening up his sprint alongside Mads Pedersen. On the uphill drag, four riders – including interloper Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) – lunged for the line. But we have no idea who won. . . we will have to wait for the results from the photo-finish.

1.5km to go

All to be played for here today. Nervous times at the front. . . where Tadej Pogacar is attempting to lead-out a team-mate, Matteo Trentin perhaaps? 

Jasper Philipsen has two team-mates ahead of him, sitting waiting to launch one final assault at this year’s race. Mads Pederson is well positioned, Dylan Groenewegen is a few wheels back, but definitely not out of contention.

Alberto Bettiol takes a flier, but he has an Alpecin-Deceuninck rider on his wheel marking him closely.

Two riders are off the front, but they will not hold off this charging peloton.

There is another attack, and it comes from another of Ineos Grenadiers’ Spaniards. This time Omar Fraile is on the move, and he is followed by Victor Campenaerts. Over the finish line goes the peloton as the bell rings out. One lap to go until the Tour de France is over.

All back as one. And then Jonathan Castroviejo (Ineos Grenadiers) sets off up the road, but the six-time Spanish time trial specialist is marked out by an unidentified EF Education-EasyPost rider.

Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) and Julian Alaphilippe bridge over to the stage leaders. Moments later the peloton sweeps the trio of Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira up.

Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira are getting reeled in, their lead has been reduced to just 5sec.

11.5km to go

Bang on time, a few spots of rain are showing themselves. Slightly concerning for the riders and their teams, but as yet they are just drops – not a fully-blown downpour. Or, in fact, even a shower. 

Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira are not giving up. The trio’s lead has barely dropped: 16sec now. Further back, Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) has been forced to stop, possibly for a bike change, having suffered with an unfortunately timed mechanical issue.

A Jayco-Alula rider was just forced to stop for a bike change. Will that affect sprinter Dylan Groenewegen’s chances in a short while? Alpecin-Deceuninck have two riders near the front just ahead of, I think, Mads Pedersen. There is a Jayco-Alula rider at third wheel. The gap between the leaders and the peloton is holding steady at 17sec.

Jai Hindley has dropped his chain – little wonder given the speeds these riders are rolling over this cobbled boulevard. Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira are holding on for dear life, their lead has dropped slightly to 16sec.

The leading trio of Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveir has 20sec on the peloton, but I cannot see them going all the way today. Dries Devenyns is trapped in no man’s land, the retiring Soudal-Quick Step rider throwing one last dice here on the streets of Paris.

Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira have 17sec on the peloton. 

Frederik Frison rises out of his saddle, Simon Clarke and Nelson Oliveira are tucked in behind the big Belgian. The trio are working well together for now, their advantage growing out to 13sec.

26.5km to go

Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira have edged their way up towards the Arc de Triomphe, their advantage holding at around the 15sec mark.

Tadej Pogacar – obviously – attacks again and is in pursuit of the mini-breakaway. The trio of Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira lead by 9sec.

No more time in the front for Tadej Pogacar. Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) sets off on a flier and is soon joined by Frederik Frison (Lotto-Dstny) and Nelson Oliveira (Movistar). The peloton, however, is watching them closely.

South London’s Fred Wight (Bahrain Victorious) is in the small eight-man leading group along with Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Yves Lampaert (Soudal-Quick Step), Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan) and Tadej Pogacar.

Yves Lampaert (Soudal-Quick Step) and Harold Tejada (Astana Qazaqstan) are in the leading eight-man group, but their advantage has dropped quite significantly to just 5sec.

Alpecin-Deceuninck are getting organised on the front of the bunch. Meanwhile, that six-man group has bridged over to Tadej Pogacar with their lead growing out to 15sec.

A group of around six riders have clipped off the front, Tadej Pogacar’s time out in front appears to be under threat.

Soudal-Quick Step team-mates Rémi Cavagna and Tim Declercq appear to want to bridge over to the stage leaders, or are trying to reel them back in. Are they thinking about trying to set-up the veteran lead-out man Michael Morkov, aged 38, for the sprint today? Find that difficult to believe, but who knows?

Nathan Van Hooydonck did a short turn a few moments ago, before Tadej Pogacar resumed his position on the front. The pair has increased its lead to 17sec.

Up and around the Arc de Triomphe go the stage leaders, then onto the downhill stretch of the Champs-Élysées and Tadej Pogacar has increased his lead to 12sec. Nathan Van Hooydonck has not done a single turn. Back in the bunch, sprinters’ teams Alpecin-Deceuninck, Jayco-Alula and Lotto-Dstny all have numbers on the front.

Tadej Pogacar and Nathan Van Hooydonck have gained 6sec on the bunch. Rigoberto Urán (EF Education-EasyPost) attempts to bridge over.

Frederik Frison (Lotto-Dstny) clipped off the front, but the Belgian’s lead was short-lived. Next up, the entertainer that is Tadej Pogacar sets off on his lonesome . . . before Jumbo-Visma rouleur Nathan Van Hooydonck marks him down.

Michal Kwiatkowski takes it up on the front. The Pole, as I’m sure you will remember, won a stage at this year’s race , but I don’t think the Ineos Grenadiers rider will be adding another victory to his palmarès today.

Soudal-Quick Step drop the hammer as soon as the peloton passes over the line. One of their riders, Dries Devenyns, will retire at the end of the season. Ordinarily, the Belgian team will have been targeting this stage, but after their sprinter Fabio Jakobsen I cannot see that happening today.

Having ridden through the grounds of the Louvre museum, the peloton hits Place de la Concorde. That threat of rain, thankfully, has not materialised. The French airforce are flying high above the Champs-Élysées, and we are seconds away from the racing proper to get under way. . .

The peloton has arrived in the centre of Paris, and is just 5km out from crossing the finish line on the Champs-Élysées. Once onto the final circuit, there will be eight 6.8km laps of high-octane and stressful racing before riders can put their feet up for a few days with a glass of Vimto, or another poison of their choice.

The peloton is nearing central Paris. It looks fairly cloudy overhead, but thankfully there are no raindrops just jet. Jumbo-Visma are in formation on the front now and it looks as if time has been called on all of the larks.

Campenaerts, the people’s champion

🇧🇪 @VCampenaerts is the Super-combative of the #TDF2023 ! 👏 After the addition of the votes of the jury and the voice of the public, the Belgian is elected Super-combative of the #TDF2023 , with @Century21fr ! 🇧🇪 @VCampenaerts est le Super-combatif du #TDF2023 ! 👏 Après… pic.twitter.com/8VRDop9hQo — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023

73.1km to go

Giulio Ciccone, the leader and champion-elect in the mountains classification, moved to the front of the slowly moving peloton as it approached the only climb of the day, the category four côte du Pavé des Gardes. With just one point up for grabs, the Italian nudged ahead of the tightly packed bunch to scoop up one final point after team-mates Mattias Skjelmose and Mads Pedersen had shepherded him to the summit. Skjelmose and Pedersen, of course, have done an awful lot of work in the last week helping Ciccone get that polka-dot jersey. Providing everybody finishes safely today, here’s what the top 10 will look like:

Compatriots Dylan van Baarle (left) and Woet Poels have had decent outings at the Tour de France. Van Baarle played a key role in Jonas Vingegaard’s overall win, while Poels won a memorable stage – the first of his career – on Mont Blanc. Today, however, these Dutchman are not flying. On the contrary, they are going so slowly I think even this correspondent could keep up with them.

Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-Quick Step) drifts to the front of the race, chatting with compatriots Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma), Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) and the French national champion Valentin Madouas (Groupama-FDJ).

Meet the great Danes

A year after hosting the grand départ , Danish riders were again active at this year’s Tour. There were stage wins for Jonas Vingegaard, Mads Pedersen and Kasper Asgreen, with strong performances from Mattias Skjelmose (Lidl-Trek), Vegard Stake Laengen (UAE Team Emirates) and the Uno-X pair Anthon Charmig and Jonas Gregaard. The small nation has quietly become a superpower of the sport.

Cheers, Jonas

Jumbo-Visma have been toasting Jonas Vingegaard, their soon-to-be back-to-back Tour de France champion. And why not. They are a man down, of course, after Wout van Aert abandoned earlier in the week to go home for the birth of his second child. Double reason for celebrations, methinks.

From one entertainer to another. . .

Sagan speaks.

Peter Sagan, the three-time world champion, spoke with Eurosport before today’s stage rolled out. Asked how he was feeling, the Slovakian said: “Very good. I still didn’t realise it was my last Tour de France, I’m still in the race and . . . very focused for the last stage. I will try my best because it is a good opportunity, the last day on the Champs-Élysées. [I will] try to fight for a stage.”

Asked what his greatest memory of the Tour was, Sagan said: “The best one is hard to say, every one is special because I won 12 stages, but definitely the one that makes me emotional was the first one I think.”

And his immediate plans after the Tour? 

“I would like to do the [world championship] road races and also mountain bike to qualify myself for the Olympic Games. I try my best for this.”

The gang of four

Lidl-Trek have gone big on the polka-dots.

No @LeTour is complete without a team photo 🫶 #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/bUaSc1YQjt — Lidl-Trek (@LidlTrek) July 23, 2023

100km to go

Just spotted Mathieu van der Poel sidling up alongside Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto-Dstny). The mood between the pair appeared to be fairly cordial. Wonder if they were discussing Jasper Philipsen’s interesting ‘move’ on Eenkhoorn during Thursday’s stage?

#TDF2023 La tentative d'initimidation de Jasper Philipsen, qui fait la police pour empêcher Pascal Eenkhoorn de partir en contre derrière l'échappée... Le maillot vert sera-t-il sanctionné pour cette attitude pas très fair-play ? pic.twitter.com/FMerOZ7jae — Cyclism'Actu (@cyclismactu) July 20, 2023

‘In one week’s time I will start preparing for the Vuelta’

Jonas Vingegaard has just told Eurosport that he will be riding at next month’s Vuelta a España. Wow. I had missed that big news this morning. That is going to be a very strong starting line-up. Primoz Roglic, Remco Evenepoel, Geraint Thomas, Richard Carapaz and Enric Mas are also expected to be in Barcelona for the third grand tour of the season. Despite being widely considered the smallest of the three grand tours, that could be an absolute cracker. Having won the Giro d’Italia and later on today the Tour de France, Jumbo-Visma will no be hoping to take a clean sweep in Spain which, if I’m not mistaken, no team has ever done before.

107km to go

Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X), the big Norwegian who has been fairly anonymous throughout the race, stopped a few moments ago to get a team mechanic to tinker with his seatpost. Back at the front of the race, Jasper Philipsen (left to right, below), Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Giulio Ciccone gathered for the snappers who wanted to capture their customary photographs of the classification leaders.

110km to go

It looks a little overcast out there and there are a group of Aussies looking chuffed with themselves. And no, I’m not talking about Old Trafford, but about Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) and compatriot Luke Durbridge (Jayco-Alula) who are chatting away as the peloton taps away at a leisurely pace. Hindley, of course, won stage five before taking the leader’s yellow jersey for what must have been a very special day for the 2022 Giro d’Italia champion .

Merci, Sagan . . .

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 Another legend of the Tour de France rides his last Tour stage today... @petosagan , the showman, the absolute man in green. Enjoy this last stage Peter! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/Kn35wxqmrl — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023

113km to go

Victor Campenaerts attacked from the flag, but the Lotto-Dstny rider who animated stages 18 and 19 having got into the breakaways is almost certainly just larking around. The Belgian gained almost a minute on the ‘chasing’ pack, but soon sat up. Despite hardly riding, it took an age for the peloton to catch him back up. 

And they are off . . .

For one last time at this year’s race, race director Christian Prudhomme has reached KM0 where he stood up out of the sunroof of his shiny red Skoda before dropping the flag to signify that stage 21 is under way. Sort of.

It was a very short neutralised zone today, and the mood in the peloton appears to be one of joy and relief as the tired riders inch their way towards the end of a gruelling three weeks. The temperature around Paris has dropped and there are reports of rain in the capital. That could make the final sprint on the Champs-Élysées very interesting, but perhaps not one that friends and families of the riders will be relishing.

Kopecky takes first yellow jersey in women's Tour

Lotte Kopecky soloed to victory on the opening stage of the Tour de France Femmes as the SD Worx-Protime team celebrated yet another one-two finish in Clermont-Ferrand.

The sprinters had been hoping to prosper on a largely flat 124km stage but the category three climb of the Cote de Durtol, which peaked inside the final 10km, proved the launchpad for Kopecky as the race split apart.

The Belgian national champion raced clear of a much reduced peloton and stayed away on the descent into town to take the victory by 41 seconds, securing the first yellow jersey of the race, before her team-mate Lorena Wiebes won the sprint for second.

“It’s been on my mind for quite a long time, in the last three weeks I’ve been joking with my friend, texting each other and saying ‘10 kilometres out to go for yellow’ and it’s amazing I can do it,” Kopecky said.

“On the final climb I had the feeling I had something left so I just went. I thought probably somebody would follow but nobody could follow...

“We had two strategies. If Lorena could make it over the final climb we should go for Lorena in the sprint, but I also had my chance to go and I’m happy they gave me the chance and very happy I could take it.”

It is a 49th win of the season for the SD Worx-Protime team, and the 16th in which they have finished one-two.

“In the team we have been laughing about it,” Kopecky added. “There are so many races we’ve been one-two, the team is so strong and it’s super nice.” PA

Stage 21 preview

Hello and welcome to our live rolling coverage from stage 20 at the Tour de France, the 115.5 kilometre run from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Paris.

Three weeks after setting off from Bilbao, the remaining 150 riders will this evening roll into Paris where the most famous cobbled boulevard in the world will host what is likely to be the race’s final sprint finish. Barring any disasters of Devon Loch proportions, all four classifications are assured.

Providing Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) all finish today’s stage safely and within the time limit, then they will take home the yellow, green, polka-pot and white jerseys. And for those that have not been paying close attention, that means Vingegaard will win the overall title, Philipsen will win the points classification, Ciccone has been crowned ‘king of the mountains’ and Pogacar is the best young rider.

But do not be fooled into thinking this is a processional stage. The final stage into Champs-Élysées has, for every year since 1975, hosted the race which some call the unofficial sprinters’ world championship. Next year, of course, the final stage will be a time trial into Nice and so, one suspects, there will be additional pressure on those hoping to win on the cobbled incline.

Having already won four stage at this year’s race, Philipsen is the outright favourite for the win. Despite losing team-mate Ramon Sinkeldam during stage 14, the Belgian still has a strong squad surrounding him, including the battering ram that is Mathieu van der Poel. After the finishing line was moved 200 metres further up the Champs-Élysées in 2021, the finale favours the classics-style sprinters a little more that the purists, and so he could not ask for a better lead-out man than Van der Poel.

Other sprinters that have won on Champs-Élysées that will hope to be in contention, include Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Al Ula) and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X) while Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) was third in 2020. Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies), Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), Dries Devenyns (Soudal-Quick Step) and Tony Gallopin (Lidl-Trek) will ride their final stage in the Tour ahead of their respective retirements. Sagan will switch his focus to mountain biking once he hangs his road wheels up, while Pinot is planning to stay at home tending to his goats. Not too sure what Devenyns and Gallopin have in the pipeline.

Whatever happens, Telegraph Sport will be here to guide you through all of the key moments, from start to finish. Racing gets under way at 3.45pm (BST).

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We won't get a 50th finish on the Champs Elysees next year - the race will end in Nice instead, because Paris will be preparing for the 2024 Olympics, but Jordi Meeus made sure this year's sprint was one to remember and, of course, the 2023 Tour belongs to Jonas Vingegaard.

You can scroll back to see how the final stage of this year's Tour was won, or check out our developing report but the 110th Tour de France is officially done and dusted.

Vingegaard's biggest fans

Vingegaard is waiting to be called up to the podium but he has already met up with his family - wife Trine Marie Hansen and their daughter Frida.

Another Grand Tour is the target for Jonas Vingegaard. He is off to try to win the Vuelta Espana next. It starts on 26 August.

First things first, though, because he is about to hop on to the top step of the podium in Paris.

Three in a row?

Jonas Vingegaard will be on top of the podium soon, but here he is celebrating with his bike. He's just thanked his team, his family and the whole of Denmark for their support.

"It's been a super hard race and a super good fight between me and Tadej (Pogacar)," he says. "I really enjoyed it."

His plan is to come back to try for a third win next year.

No change to the top of the race today, we already knew who would be on the podium - but what an effort by the Yates brothers, to be next best after Vingegaard and Pogacar.

General Classification - final standings

1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN) Jumbo - Visma 82:05:42

2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates +7:29

3. Adam Yates (GBR) UAE Team Emirates +10:56

4. Simon Yates (GBR) Team Jayco - AlUla +12:23

5. Carlos Rodríguez (ESP) INEOS Grenadiers +13:17

6. Pello Bilbao (ESP) Bahrain Victorious +13:27

7. Jai Hindley (AUS) BORA - hansgrohe +14:44

8. Felix Gall (AUT) AG2R - Citroën Team +16:09

9. David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama - FDJ +23:08

10. Guillaume Martin (FRA) Cofidis +26:30

A four-man race to the line

I've just watched a replay of the sprint - Meeus was on Mads Pedersen's wheel in the final few metres, on the left-hand side of the road, and then burst forward. It was just enough to edge out Jasper Philipsen who had gone past Dylan Groenewegen on the right ...but none of them knew who had won when they crossed the line.

'Everything went perfect'

"Everything went perfect," Meeus says afterwards. "I am super-happy. From the moment we went full gas, my legs felt really good."

He denied Philipsen a fifth-stage win of this year's Tour and stopped him from back-to-back triumphs on the Champs Elysees.

A day to remember

This is definitely the biggest win of Jordi Meeus's career. The 25-year-old Bora-Hansgrohe rider was riding in his first Tour de France

Jonas Vingegaard wins the 2023 Tour de France

He holds his bike aloft at the finish line. What a ride, to see off Tadej Pogacar and secure back-to-back Tour triumphs.

Top five on stage 21

These were the first five riders over the finish line - the first four were basically in a straight line, spread across the Champs Elysees.

1. Jordi Meeus

2. Jasper Philipsen

3. Dylan Groenewegen

4. Mads Pedersen

5. Cees Bol

Post update

Four riders lunged for the line and from the TV camera angle, it looks like Philipsen took it... the photo shows that Meeus got it though - that's the first Tour stage win for the Belgian and what a place to get it. Dylan Groenewegen and Mads Pedersen were also left shaking their heads.

Jordi Meeus wins stage 21

Wow, that was close!

Here comes Jonas

Here comes the man in the yellow jersey, Jonas Vingegaard rides over the line with his Jumbo-Visma team-mates, saluting the crowd. We know he's won the Tour, but who took the stage?

Jordi Meeus might have nicked it.

Dylan Groenewegen is right there with Jasper Philipsen, it's a photo finish...

Mathieu van der Poel is leading Philipsen out from a long way.

Dylan Groenewegen is on Philipsen's wheel

Mads Pedersen is trying to protect his spot near the front. Philipsen and Mathieu van der Poel are still there, behind a team-mate.

1.2km to go

Alpecin-Deceuninck are well placed, Philipsen must be favourite from here.

Fred Wright is up there too. The lead-out trains are in place.

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Tour de France 2023: Jonas Vingegaard celebrates on podium in yellow jersey

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) wrapped up a second title at the Tour de France after cruising home on the final stage in Paris. Stream the 2023 Tour de France Femmes live and on-demand on discovery+ and eurosport.co.uk

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TOTAL: 3492 km

This will be the first Grand Départ in Italy and the 26th that’s taken place abroad  First finale in Nice. Due to the Olympic and Paralympic Games taking place in Paris, the race will not finish in the French capital for the first time.

Two time trials. 25 + 34 = 59km in total, the second of them taking place on the final Monaco>Nice stage. This will be the first time the race has seen a finale of this type for 35 years, the last occasion being the famous Fignon - LeMond duel in 1989.

Apennines (Italy), the Italian and French Alps, Massif Central and Pyrenees will be the mountain ranges on the 2024 Tour route.

The number of countries visited in 2024: Italy, San Marino, Monaco and France. Within France, the race will pass through 7 Regions and 30 departments.

The number of bonus points 8, 5 and 2 bonus seconds go to the first three classified riders, featuring at strategic points along the route (subject to approval by the International Cycling Union)these will have no effect on the points classification. Bonuses of 10, 6 and 4 seconds will be awarded to the first three classified riders at road stage finishes.

Out of a total of 39, the locations or stage towns that are appearing on the Tour map for the first time . In order of appearance: Florence, Rimini, Cesenatico, Bologna, Piacenza, Saint-Vulbas, Gevrey-Chambertin, Colombey-les-Deux-Églises, Évaux-les-Bains, Gruissan, Superdévoluy, Col de la Couillole.

The number of sectors on white roads during stage nine, amounting to 32km in total .

The number of stages: 8 flat, 4 hilly, 7 mountain (with 4 summit finishes at Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet, Plateau de Beille, Isola 2000, Col de la Couillole), 2 time trials and 2 rest days.

The number of riders who will line up at the start of the Tour, divided into 22 teams of 8 riders each.

The height of the summit of the Bonette pass in the Alps, the highest tarmac road in France, which will be the “roof” of the 2024 Tour.

The total vertical gain during the 2024 Tour de France.

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Pogacar wins Tour de France as Van Aert denies Cavendish record – as it happened

Tadej Pogacar took the title for the second year in a row as Wout van Aert denied Mark Cavendish a record 35th Tour stage win

• 18 Jul 2021 Tour de France: general classification
• 18 Jul 2021 Stage result
• 18 Jul 2021 Tadej Pogacar wins the 2021 Tour de France!
• 18 Jul 2021 Van Aert denies Cavendish to win stage 21!
• 18 Jul 2021 One circuit to go!
• 18 Jul 2021 Preamble

Time to get out of the saddle. I’ll leave you with Jeremy Whittle’s report from Paris. Thanks for joining me today, and for following us throughout this year’s Tour. It’s been real. Bye!

Tadej Pogacar makes his way on to the podium, a Tour de France champion for the second time at the age of 22. Who would dare bet against him making it a hat-trick next year?

“Thanks to everyone who came to support us,” he says. “I cannot describe how happy and proud I am to be part of this team and this journey. It’s been a difficult year with Covid, the organisers did such a good job. Thanks also to my family, my girlfriend, my friends. I am super happy.”

Here is the final kilometre:

With a mountain stage and a TT already to his name 🇧🇪 @WoutvanAert won on the Champs to deny 🇮🇲 Mark Cavendish his 35th win. Here is the final KM ⬇️ Une nouvelle victoire de prestige pour 🇧🇪 @WoutvanAert ! Le Belge s'offre les Champs-Elysées. #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/igdSgeRFlm — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 18, 2021

No 35th stage win or outright record for Mark Cavendish today, then – but here’s a list of his 34 stage wins to date, including four this year. He’ll be 37 by the time the next Tour starts, but you wouldn’t bet against him being back on the start line.

Mark Cavendish's 34 Tour de France stage wins

• Stage 5 – Cholet to Châteauroux
• Stage 8 – Figeac to Toulouse
• Stage 12 – Lavelanet to Narbonne
• Stage 13 – Narbonne to Nîmes
• Stage 2 – Monaco to Brignoles
• Stage 3 – Marseille to La Grande-Motte
• Stage 10 – Limoges to Issoudun
• Stage 11 – Vatan to Saint-Fargeau
• Stage 19 – Bourgoin-Jallieu to Aubenas
• Stage 21 – Montereau-Fault-Yonne to Paris (Champs-Élysées)
• Stage 5 – Épernay to Montargis
• Stage 6 – Montargis to Gueugnon
• Stage 11 – Sisteron to Bourg-lès-Valence
• Stage 18 – Salies-de-Béarn to Bordeaux
• Stage 20 – Longjumeau to Paris (Champs-Élysées)
• Stage 5 – Carhaix to Cap Fréhel
• Stage 7 – Le Mans to Châteauroux
• Stage 11 – Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur
• Stage 15 – Limoux to Montpellier
• Stage 21 – Créteil to Paris (Champs-Élysées)
• Stage 2 – Visé (Belgium) to Tournai (Belgium)
• Stage 18 – Blagnac to Brive-la-Gaillarde
• Stage 20 – Rambouillet to Paris (Champs-Élysées)
• Stage 5 – Cagnes-sur-Mer to Marseille
• Stage 13 – Tours to Saint-Amand-Montrond
• Stage 7 – Livarot to Fougères
• Stage 1 – Mont Saint-Michel to Utah Beach (Sainte-Marie-du-Mont)
• Stage 3 – Granville to Angers
• Stage 6 – Arpajon-sur-Cère to Montauban
• Stage 14 – Montélimar to Villars-les-Dombes (Parc des Oiseaux)
• Stage 4 – Redon to Fougères
• Stage 6 – Tours to Châteauroux
• Stage 10 – Albertville to Valence
• Stage 13 – Nîmes to Carcassonne

Tour de France: general classification

• Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Emirates) 82h 56m 36s
• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) +5’20”
• Richard Carapaz (Ineos) +7’03”
• Ben O’Connor (AG2R-Citroen) +10’02”
• Wilco Kelderman (Bora-Hansgrohe) +10’13”
• Enric Mas (Movistar) +11’43”
• Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) +12’23”
• Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) +15’33”
• Peio Bilbao (Bahrain) +16’04”
• Rigoberto Uran (EF-Nippo) +18’34”

“This Tour has just been amazing, it’s such a rollercoaster. To finish with a win like this, is beyond expectations,” says Van Aert. “A victory like this is priceless – my team put me in perfect position.”

The Belgian will now head to Tokyo for the Olympics, where he might fancy his chances of gold in both the time trial and road race – and the keirin, pole vault and the marathon too.

Stage result

• Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
• Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix)
• Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-QuickStep)
• Luka Mezgec (Bike-Exchange)
• André Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation)
• Danny van Poppel (Intermarché-Wanty)
• Michael Matthews (Bike-Exchange)
• Alex Aranburu Deba (Astana)
• Cyril Barthe (B&B Hotels)
• Max Walscheid (Qhubeka-Nexthash)

All riders finished with same time – 2h 39m 37s

Today’s win means that Wout Van Aert has won three stages on this year’s Tour – a time trial, a mountain stage and a bunch sprint. He’s the ultimate all-rounder.

I thought the extra 350m between the final corner and the finish line would play into Cavendish’s hands, but in the end it set up Van Aert to power into the lead. Cavendish got clear of Matthews but got caught in a battle with Alpecin-Fenix’s Jasper Philipsen, and ended up boxed in by the railings as Van Aert proved uncatchable.

Tadej Pogacar wins the 2021 Tour de France!

Behind all the mayhem, Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Team Emirates) rolls over the line to win his second Tour de France . He has been the dominant rider for almost the entire race, winning by more than five minutes. Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma) and Richard Carapaz (Ineos) finish a distant second and third.

Van Aert denies Cavendish to win stage 21!

It’s not to be for Mark Cavendish , boxed in by an extraordinary late charge from Wout Van Aert! He’ll have to settle for the green jersey and a share of Eddy Merckx’s record – for now.

1km to go: As the trains weave through the Place de la Concorde, it’s looking like a two-way battle between QuickStep and BikeExchange ... but Van Aert isn’t out of it yet ...

2km: Matthews’ BikeExchange team move forward, along with Cofidis. QuickStep have lost prime position but are looking to regroup as they go into the tunnel a final time ...

3km: Alaphilippe drops off, his part in the leadout done. Four QuickStep riders are out in front of Cavendish, with Wout van Aert lurking ominously behind them ...

4km: Bahrain-Victorious move to get their man, Sonny Colbrelli, in a good position as Cavendish slots in behind Michael Morkov in the QuickStep lead-out train ...

5km: A few last-ditch attacks on the hill up to the Arc de Triomphe, but they’re quickly snuffed out. Bora-Hansgrohe take the front, but it’s still all a little tentative ...

One circuit to go!

The breakaway is caught as the bell rings for the final 6.7km lap. Cavendish’s QuickStep team still look to be in control of things – can they help him get stage win No 35? We’re about to find together.

10km to go: Franck Bonnamour, winner of this year’s combativity award, is one of those to make the move – but he’s quickly caught and the front three will surely be too. QuickStep are still setting the pace, with Greipel’s Israel StartUp Nation also involved.

12km to go: Back around the Arc de Triomphe we go, an enormous tricolore fluttering in the archway. A couple of lads from the B&B Hotels team break out, probably just to earn their sponsors some more airtime. Happy to help.

15km to go: We have just over two circuits of the Champs-Élysées to go, with QuickStep still controlling the race and Pogacar tucked away in midfield. History awaits.

18km to go: The sprinters’ trains are entering wind-up mode, slowly increasing the pace and starting to jostle for position. The leading trio have a gap of 30 seconds, but nobody in the peloton is too concerned.

“Was any reason given for going back to the procession and sprint after 1989?” asks Robert Morgan. “It seems strange to reject a format that gave us one of the most memorable finishes ever.”

Good question, and one I don’t have an immediate answer for. Perhaps the fact that it was a French rider (Fignon) who was denied in such painful fashion has something to do with it.

23km to go: Alaphilippe and Gilbert give up the jig, with Schelling joined by Michael Valgren and Brent Van Moer. I’ll be honest, I can’t see any of these making it over the line.

🇫🇷 The @PAFofficiel here to congratulate the riders! 🇫🇷 La @PAFofficiel vient saluer les coureurs ! #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/AtTR7l0jWW — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 18, 2021

Orlando emails in to say that the relatively weak field of sprinters this year undermines Cavendish’s achievement this year. Boo, everyone. Boo!

But seriously, point taken. None of the last four finale winners – Groenewegen, Kristoff, Ewan and Bennett – are here, after all. André Greipel is retiring, Marcel Kittel has already retired – but in a way that shows the fleeting nature of sprint success, and makes Cavendish’s comeback all the more remarkable.

28km to go: That first breakaway has been swalled up, with Bora’s Ide Schelling trying to go away on his own. He is followed by Julian Alaphilippe and Philippe Gilbert and they eke out a 15-second gap.

30km to go: Here’s how the green jersey race stands after that intermediate sprint. If Matthews wins the stage, Cav needs to finish eighth or higher.

1. Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quick Step) 317 2. Michael Matthews (BikeExchange) 279 3. Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrain Victorious) 223

Intermediate sprint: Stefan Bissegger gets over the line first but in the real battle behind the breakaway, Cavendish beats Matthews to the line. Barring disaster, he’ll take the green jersey home.

“If the gap going into the final day was a handful of seconds would there be competition for yellow?” asks Niall Scott. It’s a possibility but outside of that aforementioned 1989 time trial, it hasn’t happened – even in 2007, when Cadel Evans trailed Alberto Contador by just 23 seconds before the final day.

It’s one of sport’s strange unwritten rules – partly tradition, partly down to the sheer difficulty of carving out any kind of lead on a flat stage with GC contenders fiercely protected by their teams.

42km to go: We have a breakaway! The stage 16 winner, Patrick Konrad of Bora-Hansgrohe, is part of it, alongside Stefan Bissegger (EF Education-Nippo) and Harry Sweeny (Lotto-Soudal). Julian Alaphilippe is leading the peloton with the three-man group pulling 30 seconds clear.

50km to go: The riders will complete this circuit of the Champs-Élysees eight times before the finish line, with an intermediate sprint during the third lap. Cavendish hasn’t quite secured the green jersey yet: Michael Matthews can still catch him, but probably needs to win the intermediate and the stage, and for Cavendish to have a major off-day.

55km to go: The pack have cruised through the grounds of the Louvre and are passing the finish line for the first time. It’s a little different this year, 350m further up the slight incline that leads to the Arc de Triomphe. That will make position on the final corner less crucial than it usually is ...

60km to go: The pack are heading north now, back towards the Seine where they will cross over and begin circling the Champs-Élysees. Cavendish has won four times on the cobbles before – four in a row between 2009 and 2012.

Still can't believe I could witness Cav pass into sporting legend today @niallmcveigh . I've been a fan ever since he first arrived in mid-2000s, watched him go from brash kid to sprinting royalty then an early twilight via crashes & illness. To see this now: he deserves it all. — Guy Hornsby (@GuyHornsby) July 18, 2021

65km to go: The last time this final stage didn’t end in a bunch sprint was in 2005, when Alexander Vinoukorov pulled off a breakaway win. Nobody showing any intention of trying something similar today as the pack enters Paris, turning right away from the banks of the Seine.

“Has the Tour always terminated at Champs-Élysées. and has the yellow jersey ever been lost on the last stage of the Tour?” asks William Hill (presumably not that one).

It’s seen as a grand Tour tradition but in fact, the Champs-Élysées finish was only introduced in 1975. The race has always finished in Paris, but traditionally ended on a track – either at the Parc des Princes or the Vélodrome de Vincennes.

As for the yellow jersey changing hands, it doesn’t happen on these processional final stages leading up to a bunch sprint at the line – but back in 1989 there was a time trial to Paris, with Greg LeMond pipping the man in yellow, Laurent Fignon , by eight seconds.

70km to go: The pack have passed the Palace of Versailles and are headed for their last stretch of woodland before they enter Meudon on the way into Paris proper.

Chris Froome has been named the Tour’s nicest rider by the on-road camera crew. Not the biggest prize he’s claimed in Paris, but he’s happy nonetheless. “I’m incredibly proud to have got through a Tour that was as intense as this one,” he says.

“[There have been] as few finishers as we’ve had in the past 20 years in the race. So really proud to be getting to Paris, and to be back in the Tour de France after the accident I had.” Will be back in 2022? “I hope so, I hope so.”

Jumbo Visma’s Jonas Vingegaard is set to finish second in the Tour de France today. The Dane only signed up to the team in April, and was expected to work as a lieutenant for Primoz Roglic after they finished first and second in the Tour of the Basque County.

After Roglic was forced out early in the race, Vingegaard took his chance to make the podium instead. It’s quite the breakthrough for the 24-year-old, who not so long ago was working in a fish factory and training after his shift finished.

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85km to go: They are going at a leisurely, Sunday afternoon pace out there with the Champs-Élysées still a long way off.

Incidentally, there’s been no champagne reception on the road; the winning team didn’t do so last year on account of their Emirati backers and have stuck with that, despite a relaxation of alcohol laws in some parts of the country. Beyond them, it seems nobody without a stake in today’s outcome has much to celebrate.

At the top of that Cat 4 climb, Mikkel Bjerg rides clear of his UAE-Emirates teammates to claim his first King of the Mountains point and prompt much mirth from Pogacar and the rest of the team behind him.

Today is the final Tour stage for sprint legend André Greipel , who announced earlier this week he will retire at the end of the season. ‘The Gorilla’ has won 22 Tour stages in his career – 11 at the Tour, seven at the Giro and four in the Vuelta.

Today, @AndreGreipel has an announcement to make. "I look to the future with a lot of happiness." ___ 🇫🇷 #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/Tr8Iq7PbCT — Israel Start-Up Nation / Israel Cycling Academy (@TeamIsraelSUN) July 17, 2021

Pogacar had a chat with former Tour winner Alberto Contador on Eurosport before the race about his imminent second Tour title.

“It’s something just incredible … it’s hard to explain how I feel, it’s something beyond a dream. Last year was really different, there was no pressure, I was happy with second place … this year I had the yellow jersey from the first week, but I’m proud of both, just the same.”

He’s asked whether he might race in the Vuelta, and doesn’t rule it out – although his focus is on the Olympics and then enjoying a bit of recovery time after going “full gas” since February.

One rider has not started today’s stage – Astana’s Jakob Fuglsang has retired from the race early in order to save his legs for the upcoming Olympic road race in Japan.

Fuglsang, who took the silver medal in Rio, has struggled in this year’s race, and has put it down to mild side-effects from his second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Bradley Wiggins is out on the back of the Eurosport moped, still bravely sticking with his sheepskin jacket despite the searing heat. He heaps praise on Pogacar for “winning his own race” and not following the traditional, team-driven path.

The yellow-jersey winner is currently rolling up the final classified climb of this year’s Tour – a Category 4 bump in the road – with his teammates still alongside him.

In other bike flair news, the Qhubeka-NextHash team are using orange helmets and equipment to recognise Nelson Mandela Day.

🇫🇷 #TDF2021 The significance behind our #MandelaDay orange... 🧡 "Living in harmony is about accepting yourself and others as they are" #BicyclesChangeLives 🖐️ pic.twitter.com/OPx4zhnQkA — Team Qhubeka NextHash (@QhubekaAssos) July 18, 2021

“Form dips, class is forever. Cav’s fans always supported him and never deserted him,” writes Tracey Gerrard. “I recognise he’s a Marmite character but those who love him do so with the same passion he has for cycling. I’ve followed him throughout his career, some bike riders are good, some are excellent but he is la crème de la crème .”

My A-Level French is a little rusty, but I think that means he’s good.

On the road, today’s stage has begun in the south-western suburbs of Paris. They’re passing through Saint-Germain-de-Laye, a town whose name and coat of arms are known around the world thanks to Paris Saint-Germain FC.

Pogacar moves clear at the front with his UAE-Team Emirates teammates, whose white kits and bikes are kitted out with yellow trim. They pose together for a photo opportunity as the pack labours up the hill behind them.

Here is the general classification heading into today’s final stage. Pogacar is on course to win by more than five minutes – the biggest winning margin since Vincenzo Nibali in 2014.

• Tadej Pogacar (UAE-Emirates)

Don’t forget to join Scott Murray too, as the battle for the Claret Jug heats up:

The on-bike banter synonymous with the final jaunt into Paris has begun:

⚪🔴 Please! An autograph please! ⚪🔴 Monsieur, Monsieur un autographe s'il vous plait ! #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/bUMQYK8WO3 — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 18, 2021

The Tour’s top boys are leading the way as they set out from the leafy Paris suburb of Chatou. Tricolores line the route as Tadej Pogacar and Mark Cavendish are joined by the polka-dot and white jersey wearers, Wout Poels and Jonas Vingegaard. Those last two jerseys belong to Pogacar, too, but he only has room on his back for one.

It’s a big day of sport elsewhere, not least Silverstone, where Max Verstappen has crashed out of the British GP after a first-lap collision with Lewis Hamilton. Throw open another window and check in with Daniel Harris:

Good afternoon. Hot enough for you? The mercury is rising towards 30 degrees in Paris, where the Tour de France will conclude in around three hours. The final stage is seen as a procession save for the final sprint along the Champs-Élysées, although it probably won’t feel like that for most of the pack after three weeks of racing.

This edition of the Tour has been defined by two people (OK, maybe three people ). Firstly, the relentless, remarkable Tadej Pogacar, who is about to follow up last year’s last-gasp win with a very different victory. The Slovenian has been supremely dominant, in control of this race throughout the entire month of July.

More on him later, of course, but at the finish line today all eyes will be on the 2021 Tour’s other superstar, Mark Cavendish . Just coming back to the race felt like a huge achievement; not even the man himself could have expected four stage wins and the chance to rewrite cycling history.

Win today, and Cavendish will overtake Eddy Merckx’s record of Tour stage wins. The Belgian’s tally of 34 stage wins is a symbol of his all-round dominance. Nobody was supposed to actually beat it, but here we are. Cav’s moment of truth will arrive at around 7pm local time (6pm BST); before then, a chance to sip some champagne in the sun.

• Tour de France
• Mark Cavendish

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Tour de france: could the breakaway decide the final podium, with tadej pogačar and uae-team emirates taking a hands-off approach to the race and others concerned with cracking the yellow jersey, could there be a surprise podium finisher.

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Could the final podium of the 2021 Tour de France be decided by a breakaway?

The general classification at a grand tour is a very fluid thing.

Each day can bring a seismic shift at the top of the standings, even those where it is unexpected, but – as gaps increase – an ascent of the GC in the latter stages of a three-week race tends to be a more gradual affair.

Also read: Tour de France analysis: Jonas Vingegaard, Jumbo-Visma emerge as main threat to Tadej Pogačar

Riders can move up one or two places as overall contenders slide down due to a bad day or some misfortune.

But every so often, an outsider that looked set for a solid, but unspectacular, result somewhere down the general classification can fly up the standings in one fell swoop and put themselves into contention by making it into a successful breakaway.

While some can jump into top places or even yellow from a successful breakaway, most will slip down the standings when the race hits its toughest.

Sometimes, however, it’s a credible contender within the pack, and their ride has the potential to shape the remaining stages of the race.

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Think Thomas De Gendt on the Stelvio at the 2012 Giro d’Italia when he climbed from a decent eighth place to a hugely impressive fourth with a shot at claiming the podium thanks to his long-range efforts.

OK, strictly speaking, De Gendt didn’t get into the day’s breakaway, but he still went from over 60 kilometers out.

At this year’s Tour de France, we’ve seen two riders storm up the GC by infiltrating an early breakaway and putting themselves forward as a podium contender.

Ben O’Connor put the yellow jersey under pressure and rose to second place with his solo win into Tignes before the first rest day. Guillaume Martin – who arrived at the Tour de France with stage wins in mind and not GC – launched himself into second overall on stage 14 into Quillan.

Also read: Sepp Kuss joins elite club of U.S. Tour de France stage winners with solo victory

Despite having a rough ride on Mont Ventoux last Wednesday, O’Connor is still well within touching distance of a podium place. His big effort on Tignes could pay some real dividends.

Martin has been less fortunate and suffered during Sunday’s ride through the Andorran side of the Pyrénées, placing him back where he had started the day before. But for a jour sans, and a bit of dodgy descending, Martin was a credible contender.

The other GC contenders can’t have known that he was going to suffer so badly.

In usual circumstances, a rider such as Martin would be unlikely to get into the day’s breakaway and be ultimately allowed to stay away. There’d be too many interests behind to allow him enough space.

However, this year’s Tour de France has proved to be a bit of a headscratcher at times.

Les jours se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas. Fin d'étape difficile, après les efforts de la veille. Mais @LeTour n'est pas fini! Today was harder than yesterday, as I could expect. Back to 9th spot in GC. The race isn't over yet! @TeamCOFIDIS 📸 ASO pic.twitter.com/P59IJJoyel — Guillaume Martin (@GuilmMartin) July 11, 2021

A hands-off UAE

UAE-Team Emirates’ control of the racing has been limited. The team has taken a more hands-off approach to race leadership than we have perhaps seen in the past with Jumbo-Visma and Ineos chasing down those in front.

On stage 14, this was demonstrated to great effect as the battle for the breakaway raged on for more than half the day while Tadej Pogačar and his teammates sat back in the peloton. Rather than try to impose some semblance of calm on the stage, the team seemed happy to let the flow of bike racing take its course.

Also read: Tour de Hoody: Andorra is high-altitude home to more than 50 WorldTour pros

Even once it was known that Martin was up the road, there did not seem to be any major effort to keep him at overly close quarters. Indeed, with O’Connor there was a last-minute panic from the yellow jersey and his team on Tignes when it looked like the Australian might grab the race lead.

Whether it is Pogačar’s substantial advantage in the overall classification, a lack of experience in leading and controlling a race, a weakness within the squad, or just the Slovenian’s preferred way of racing, it’s not really clear.

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Nevertheless, Pogačar has strongly defended his team over accusations that it was weak.

“I don’t know why everyone keeps saying the UAE team is bad and we don’t have things under control, but who is stronger than us?” Pogačar said after O’Connor came close to grabbing the yellow jersey off his shoulders.

“We are one of the strongest teams here for sure. The guys do a fantastic job every day and I’m in the leader’s jersey.”

Whatever the case may be, UAE-Team Emirates has let some strong riders up the road, and those around them seem unable or unwilling to chase the breaks.

The loss of some major GC contenders — such as Primož Roglič — and many big names falling out of contention due to big crashes in the opening stages has had an impact on who is prepared to pull on the front. Meanwhile, at this point, Ineos’ efforts seem focused on breaking Pogačar rather than worrying about who may be coming from behind.

It poses an interesting possibility coming into the final week with the gap between second and 10th spanning less than six minutes.

Particularly with the confidence that Pogačar has in his own time trial, if he and the team are happy to let the race play out in front of them then there is a big opportunity for those lower down the top 10 to roll the dice for a podium place.

Anything can happen in the final week of a grand tour – that’s what makes them so great – and there is a lot still to play for.

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