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Le Tour 2021 – 21 et fini

Tour de France Chatou > Paris Champs-Ẻlysées

Distance: 108.4 kilometers.

A Flat stage with a Cat 4 climb and a bunch finish.

  • Côte des Grès 7.4 km (Cat 4: 1.9km @ 5.0%)

The intermediate sprint is at 68.3 km at Paris-Haut des Champs-Ẻlysées.

Yellow Jersey Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) [Yellow] 82 hours 56 minutes 36 seconds
Green Jersey Mark Cavendish (DQT – 055) [Green] 337 Points
Polka Dot Jersey Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) [Polka Dot] 107 points
White Jersey Tadej Pogačar (UAD – 001) [White] 1

Stage winner: Wout Van Aert (TJV – 012)
Super Combative: Franck Bonnamour (BBK – 223 ) [Red numbers]
Team: Bahrain Victorious ( TBV – 161-168 ) [Yellow numbers]
La Lanterne Rouge: Tim Declercq (DQT – 056) + 05h 01′ 09″ Φ

For the second year in a row Tadej Pogačar has taken everything except the Green Jersey and he is only 23. Mark Cavendish has put an exclamation point on his return to the race by taking the Green Jersey and tying with Eddy Merckx for total stage wins on the Tour at 34.

After making 20 stages, Jakob Fuglsang was unable to start the final stage.

List of finishers below the fold
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July 18, 2021   Comments Off on Le Tour 2021 – 21 et fini