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sport">View here the results and classifications of the Tour de France
sport">The Slovenian takes home not only the yellow, but also the bulbs and the white. He also did this last year. Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz complete the podium. Wilco Kelderman is the best Dutchman with a fifth place. The green is for Mark Cavendish. Bahrain-Victorious, Wout Poels’ team, also wins the team classification.
Looking ahead
sport">Our columnists Erik Breukink and Michael Boogerd follow the Tour de France closely. Every day, one of the two former participants in the largest cycling spectacle in the world looks ahead to the day to come. Today Boogerd, who won two stages and finished fifth in the 1998 Tour, sheds light on the final stage.
Stage 21: Chatou – Paris Champs-Élysées 108.4 km
sport">Paris is in sight. The riders only have to cover 108 kilometers from Chatou on Sunday and then the 108th edition of the Tour de France will be over.
sport">Traditionally, a bunch sprint awaits on the Champs-Élysées. The last time it was avoided was in 2005 when Aleksandr Vinokourov outsmarted the pack with an impressive solo.
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sport">“It only becomes fun on the final day when you enter Paris”, Boogerd knows from personal experience. “Then it’s just a little gas and you’re done. For the rest, I often found that last day to be an agony. We always drove very slowly on the way to Paris, because of all those champagne moments. During my first Tour I thought it was all beautiful. Later it became a must.”
sport">According to Boogerd, it is inevitable that there will be a sprint in Paris on Sunday for the stage victory. “Such a Vinokorouv scenario is not plausible. The Champs-Élysées is always so fast. You actually have to be lucky if you want to finish solo.” Boogerd is ‘just’ counting on Mark Cavendish as the winner in Paris. “He will want to unpack.”
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Three hundred meters
sport">Unlike other years, the finish line this time is a little further on the Champs-Élysées. The difference is only 300 meters, but the distance from the last bend to the finish has therefore more than doubled to 700 meters.
sport">“That certainly makes a difference,” says Boogerd. “In the past, positioning was very important and they started immediately after the last corner, so it often became a short sprint and you sometimes saw a surprising winner. Now the sprinters will only start at the place where the finish was before.”
sport">watch here the stage results, standings in the classifications and the complete stage schedule in the Tour de France
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