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André Greipel (Lotto Soudal) secured his fourth stage win of this year’s Tour de France with a comprehensive sprint win in Paris on Sunday. The German edged out Bryan Coquard (Europcar) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) on the Champs-Élysées in a thrilling finale to this year’s race.
Kristoff led with 200 metres to go having been delivered through the final corner by his team. However, the Norwegian ran out of gas with Greipel timing his sprint perfectly from a fast-finishing Coquard. Mark Cavendish (Etixx-QuickStep), who has won on the Champs-Élysées several times, could not find his way through the crowd.
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Further back in the peloton, Chris Froome crossed the line arm in arm with his Team Sky teammates and celebrated his second Tour de France title in three years.
Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) finished seventh on the stage, one place behind Cavendish, but safely came over the line to claim his fourth Green Jersey in a row. There was further celebrations for Froome, who picked up the King of the Mountains jersey, becoming the first man since Eddy Merckx to claim both yellow and polka-dot in a single Tour.
Nairo Quintana (Movistar) rode into Paris to secure his second place and his second white jersey in three seasons. There was still time for French celebrations with Romain Bardet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) winning the combativity prize, while Movistar ran away with the teams’ prize courtesy of their second place with Quintana and third with Alejandro Valverde.
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