Le Tour 2014 – Stage 21 et fini

Évry – Paris Champs-Élysées

Distance: 137.5 kilometers.

The final stage, which, by gentlemen’s agreement features no attacks, but a group sprint on the nineth and final circuit on the Champs Élysées. It becomes a parade of the survivors of the race that preceded it.

Giant Shimano provided the bookends: Marcel Kittel won the final stage and Cheng Ji carried La Lanterne Rouge [Red Lantern] as the last rider to finish.

There were no major surprises at the end of a Tour filled with crashes, injuries, illness, and flat tires. Most of these riders will now prepare for the Vuelta a España that starts on August 23^rd.

Vincenzo Nibali ( Ita – AST – 041 ) [Yellow] 89h 59′ 06″
Peter Sagan ( Svk – CAN – 051 ) [Green] 431 points
Rafal Majka ( Pol – TCS – 034 ) [Polka Dot] 181 points
Thibaut Pinot ( Fra – FDJ – 127 ) 3 [White]

Team: AG2R La Mondiale ( ALM – 081-089 ) [Yellow numbers]
Stage winner: Marcel Kittel ( Ger – GIA – 101 )
Super Combative: Alessandro De Marchi ( Ita – CAN – 053 ) [Red numbers]
Φ Cheng Ji ( Chn – GIA – 107 ) + 6h 02′ 24″ [La Lanterne Rouge]

Top Ten:

1 Vincenzo Nibali ( Ita – AST – 041 )
2 Jean-Christophe Péraud ( Fra – ALM – 081 ) + 07′ 37″
3 Thibaut Pinot ( Fra – FDJ – 127 ) + 08′ 15″
4 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte ( Esp – MOV – 011 ) + 09′ 40″
5 Tejay Van Garderen ( US – BMC – 141 ) + 11′ 24″
6 Romain Bardet ( Fra – ALM – 082 ) + 11′ 26″
7 Leopold Konig ( Cze – TNE – 201 ) + 14′ 32″
8 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre ( Esp – TFR – 169 ) + 17′ 57″
9 Laurens Ten Dam ( Ned – BEL – 067 ) + 18′ 11″
10 Bauke Mollema ( Ned – BEL – 061 ) + 21′ 15″

The Rest of the Top 30:

11 Pierre Rolland ( Fra – EUC – 151 ) + 23′ 07″
12 Frank Schleck ( Lux – TFR – 161 ) + 25′ 48″
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck ( Bel – LTB – 131 ) + 34′ 01″
14 Yury Trofimov ( Rus – KAT – 029 ) + 36′ 41″
15 Steven Kruijswijk ( Ned – BEL – 064 ) + 38′ 15″
16 Brice Feillu ( Fra – BSE – 211 ) + 43′ 59″
17 Christopher Horner ( US – LAM – 114 ) + 44′ 31″
18 Mikel Nieve Iturralde ( Esp – SKY – 005 ) + 46′ 31″
19 John Gadret ( Fra – MOV – 013 ) + 47′ 30″
20 Tanel Kangert ( Est – AST – 046 ) + 52′ 11″
21 Ben Gastauer ( Lux – ALM – 085 ) + 58′ 00″
22 Geraint Thomas ( GB – SKY – 008 ) + 59′ 14″
23 Richie Porte ( Aus – SKY – 007 ) + 01h 01′ 08″
24 Jan Bakelants ( Bel – OPQ – 072 ) + 01h 06′ 28″
25 Cyril Gautier ( Fra – EUC – 154 ) + 01h 08′ 47″
26 Michael Rogers ( Aus – TCS – 038 ) + 01h 17′ 53″
27 Peter Velits ( Svk – BMC – 149 ) + 01h 19′ 38″
28 Michal Kwiatkowski ( Pol – OPQ – 074 ) + 01h 21′ 55″
29 Tony Gallopin ( Fra – LTB – 134 ) + 01h 29′ 24″
30 Arnold Jeannesson ( Fra – FDJ – 124 ) + 01h 33′ 27″

Note: Wikipedia has a simple article on the Mountain classification used on the Tour. The basic fact is that climbs fall into five types, with the four numbered types decreasing in difficulty as the numbers get larger, and then there is the Hors Catégorie, literally “without category”, which generally makes you look for an elevator or Sherpas.

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