Tour de France: Stage 21

Dylan Groenewegen denies Greipel the final stage win on the Champs Elysées while Chris Froome wins his fourth Tour de France and Simon Yates the white jersey

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Tour de France: Stage 21

Dylan Groenewegen claimed the eighth bunch sprint victory of the 104th Tour de France as he outsprinted André Greipel who concludes the Tour de France without a stage win for the first time.

Delivering LottoNL-Jumbo’s second victory after Primoz Roglic in Serre-Chevalier and the fiftieth for the Dutch squad since they first participated in the Tour in 1984, he’s the first Dutchman to win on the Champs-Elysées since Jean-Paul van Poppel in 1988. Chris Froome was declared the overall winner for the fourth time.

167 riders started stage 21 in Montgeron. They celebrated the end of the Grande Boucle as Chris Froome (Sky) was eyeing his first victory of the year, which is the overall classification of the Tour de France.

Once the peloton arrived on the Champs-Elysées, Daryl Impey (Orica-Scott) attacked and created a front group of nine riders with Imañol Erviti (Movistar), Miki Schär (BMC), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana), Julien Vermote (Quick-Step Floors), Marcus Burghardt (Bora-Hansgrohe), Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Sylvain Chavanel (Direct Energie) and Dion Smith (Wanty-Groupe Gobert). King of the Mountains Warren Barguil (Sunweb) had a flat tyre but made it back with 32km to go.

Tony Martin (Katusha-Alpecin) attacked from the bunch to catch the breakaway but the whole peloton was reunited with 10km to go. Team Sky took the command of the chase at bell lap. Dimitriy Gruzdev (Astana) tried his luck in the last lap followed by Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step Floors). The Czech rider was caught with 2.5km to go.

With 300m to go, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data) launched the sprint but he was passed by André Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) who looked set for the hat-trick after winning this prestigious stage back to back in 2015 and 2016. However, Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo) still had energy to hold off the German and take his first ever Tour de France victory.

L-R: Barguil, Simon Yates, Froome and Matthews

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Dylan Groenewegen: “I was fighting with Kristoff for the right wheel. Before that, Robert, Paul and Tom kept me out of the wind. Primoz did a great job by pulling on the front of the bunch. I came out of the turn in second place. The sprint felt like it lasted a century and I just grab it. This is a beautiful day for a win like this. We had loads of critics, but on the most important day for sprinters, we prove we can do it. We won on the Champs-Élysées, that is unbelievable.  This is my first stage win at the Tour. When I was young, I was looking at the Champs-Elysées stage on TV. Now I’m the winner here, it’s wonderful.

Dan Martin: “I am very happy, especially as I wasn’t expecting to finish so high in the GC after that stage 9 crash. It was a hard but at the same time fun race and at the end of it all I am proud of what I’ve achieved here. Our team has tasted success on numerous occasions throughout these three weeks and I’m leaving France with many beautiful memories, but also with a huge desire to return next year and fight again to finish even higher in the overall standings”, said a beaming Dan Martin, who enlivened the race in the mountains every time he had the opportunity, and who now, as a result of his aggressive approach, will climb to third in the World Tour individual classification.

Chris Froome: “It’s just an amazing feeling. The Champs-Elysées never disappoints. There’s something magical about it when you spend three weeks thinking of this moment. It’s just rewarding. It’s amazing to see my wife and my son again after several months on the road. Each time I’ve won the Tour, it has been so unique. All my victories are so special in their own ways. This one will be remembered as the closest and more hard fought of them. It’s a huge honor to be mentioned in the same sentence as Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain. It’s a privilege to be going for the record next year.”

Simon Yates: “I think it’s a great thing,” Simon said of he and his brother’s achievements. “I hope it’s one of those thing that we look back on and see it as a great achievement that we’ve won the white jersey as brothers back-to-back.”

“I tried when I could to attack but also saved energy by staying in the wheels when it was the right time too,” Yates said. “Whenever I have the opportunity to attack I like to race aggressive. I think it’s great for the fans, but riding GC is also about picking the right time to do that and the right time to sit back and I am learning that.

“A lot of things have contributed to this throughout the three weeks. I had a good prologue and it was actually earlier in the race when I made the most difference. Louis had a great ride and clawed a lot of time back on me but I managed to hang on. From the time I joined the team, we knew this is what we were aiming to do – riding for general classification. We approached it like any other race, with no pressure and I think that’s the best way to do it.

“The team did a fantastic job from the very beginning. They know me, they know how I ride and I want to thank them for everything they’ve done the past few weeks.”

Warren Barguil (KoM): “My dream was to win a stage of the Tour de France. Two stage wins and the polka dot jersey, that’s beyond my dreams. It’s been an exceptional Tour. Everything’s crazy: riding on the Champs-Elysées with the polka dot jersey, being on the podium in front of the Arc de Triomphe… Soon I’ll focus on other goals.”

Rigoberto Uran: “This place on the podium is beautiful and brings me a lot of joy. For me the Tour is much higher than the other races. There are 21 days of racing. It’s a race that has a lot of history. No other cycling event has the same level of competition as the Tour.”

“Finishing second to Froome at less than a minute seems pretty good to me,” said Uran. “It’s a quality final podium in Paris, so this is the greatest success of my career. This result is dedicated to my family, friends, my team and everyone who has supported me during the last three weeks. We knew it would be difficult to win the Tour but not impossible, so we gave it everything,” said Uran. “It’s been a great Tour.”

“It was very tight, coming down to the last time trial,” noted Uran. “Everything was up for grabs. The tour was open right until the final time trial. I don’t like to talk up my chances because cycling is a sport where the legs do the talking, and you have to wait until the end, but we knew I was coming into the Tour in good shape,” said Uran. “The most important thing this year was that I lost time in the time trial on the opening day. After that there wasn’t a lot of difference. This gives me hope.”

Charly Wegelius (Uran’s DS) “Many things came together for us to end up here,” noted head sport director Charly Wegelius. “Rigo finally had a clear run at a three-week race without hiccups, on a route that suited both him and our style of racing. His teammates all rose to the occasion and made up for their lack of experience – we had four Tour rookies! – with heart and hard work. I’m very proud of them.”

“Of course when you are racing to win, that’s something you believe in until the very end, so second place takes a moment to sink in,” said Wegelius. “However I think the whole group can look back and be proud that we did our absolute best and feel satisfied in that.”

Romain Bardet: “I can be proud of making the podium of the world’s biggest race for the second time. I’m happy to have his experience at the age of 26. It gives me a lot of confidence for the future. I’ll continue working and I won’t prevent myself from dreaming big. In the mountains, I was part of the fight and I enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I had a bad day yesterday.”

John Degenkolb: “I really don’t know what to say about this,” said Degenkolb, flabbergasted. “It’s of course very frustrating and very disappointing. We had a great opportunity again today and if you puncture with the two riders who are preparing the sprint…

“I was feeling very comfortable; I was super focused, concentrated, and ready to start my sprint when we came onto the last straight. I was in good position when the puncture happened and… Yeah, I don’t know what to say, but we need to forget this. We need to keep on going, and I will win some races this year. I promise.”

Alberto Contador: It has been a very intense Tour indeed, a Tour that I prepared for meticulously and with so much dedication. I believe I sacrificed more than I ever did for this Tour, but sometimes things just do not turn out like you wanted or hoped for. We had quite some bad luck, and fortune decided otherwise. I tried to give the maximum until the last day and to try to make the best race possible.

Of course, we didn’t get the result we hoped for and that we came for, but still I feel proud of what I achieved, and I would like to thank all the sponsors for the big support they gave me. Physically I am really really good, but you know in sports in general, and specifically in cycling, a lot of things can happen that can have a major impact. So when that happens, you only can look ahead, rest, and set new goals. Now, it’s time to rest and disconnect completely and after that set some future objectives.

Michael Matthews (Green jersey) “It’s been a rollercoaster with a lot of highs and lows. The second week was when mine and Warren’s dreams started to come true. We more or less took it in turns with the wins and continued the momentum together, along with the rest of the team. To bring these beautiful jerseys to Paris is really something special and a moment I will remember forever.”

Stage 21
1 GROENEWEGEN DYLAN TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO 02H 25′ 39″
2 GREIPEL ANDRÉ LOTTO SOUDAL @ 00′ 00″
3 BOASSON HAGEN EDVALD TEAM DIMENSION DATA
4 BOUHANNI NACER COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
5 KRISTOFF ALEXANDER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
6 BOZIC BORUT BAHRAIN – MERIDA
7 CIMOLAI DAVIDE FDJ
8 PERICHON PIERRE-LUC TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
9 SELIG RÜDIGER BORA – HANSGROHE
10 BENNATI DANIELE MOVISTAR TEAM
11 MATTHEWS MICHAEL TEAM SUNWEB (Green jersey)
12 COLBRELLI SONNY BAHRAIN – MERIDA
13 VANSPEYBROUCK PIETER WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
14 BOUDAT THOMAS DIRECT ENERGIE
15 ROELANDTS JURGEN LOTTO SOUDAL
16 LE GAC OLIVIER FDJ
17 SWIFT BEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES
18 BAUER JACK QUICK – STEP FLOORS
19 PHINNEY TAYLOR CANNONDALE DRAPAC
20 VACHON FLORIAN TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
21 VAN BAARLE DYLAN CANNONDALE DRAPAC
22 KOZHATAYEV BAKHTIYAR ASTANA PRO TEAM
23 MARCATO MARCO UAE TEAM EMIRATES
24 JANSE VAN RENSBURG REINARDT TEAM DIMENSION DATA
25 KÜNG STEFAN BMC RACING TEAM
26 MC CARTHY JAY BORA – HANSGROHE
27 ARNDT NIKIAS TEAM SUNWEB
28 ARASHIRO YUKIYA BAHRAIN – MERIDA
29 NAESEN OLIVER AG2R LA MONDIALE
30 BARDET ROMAIN AG2R LA MONDIALE
31 GESBERT ELIE TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
32 GAUTIER CYRIL AG2R LA MONDIALE
33 BETTIOL ALBERTO CANNONDALE DRAPAC
34 YATES SIMON ORICA – SCOTT (white jersey)
35 BOLE GREGA BAHRAIN – MERIDA
36 KEUKELEIRE JENS ORICA – SCOTT
37 BEVIN PATRICK CANNONDALE DRAPAC
38 MINNAARD MARCO WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
39 SÜTTERLIN JASHA MOVISTAR TEAM
40 VAN KEIRSBULCK GUILLAUME WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
41 BACKAERT FREDERIK WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
42 BENOOT TIESJ LOTTO SOUDAL
43 AMADOR ANDREY MOVISTAR TEAM
44 HARDY ROMAIN TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
45 PETIT ADRIEN DIRECT ENERGIE
46 CLARKE SIMON CANNONDALE DRAPAC
47 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM SUNWEB (KoM jersey)
48 LANDA MIKEL TEAM SKY
49 SIMON JULIEN COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
50 VAN AVERMAET GREG BMC RACING TEAM
51 MOLLEMA BAUKE TREK – SEGAFREDO
52 FEILLU BRICE TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
53 ZEITS ANDREY ASTANA PRO TEAM
54 MARTIN GUILLAUME WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
55 OFFREDO YOANN WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
56 DEGAND THOMAS WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
57 MOLARD RUDY FDJ
58 ARU FABIO ASTANA PRO TEAM
59 HENAO SERGIO LUIS TEAM SKY
60 MEINTJES LOUIS UAE TEAM EMIRATES
61 BAKELANTS JAN AG2R LA MONDIALE
62 VALGREN ANDERSEN MICHAEL ASTANA PRO TEAM
63 BETANCUR CARLOS ALBERTO MOVISTAR TEAM
64 KIRYIENKA VASILI TEAM SKY
65 FROOME CHRISTOPHER TEAM SKY
66 KWIATKOWSKI MICHAL TEAM SKY
67 CALMEJANE LILIAN DIRECT ENERGIE
68 GALLOPIN TONY LOTTO SOUDAL
69 HALLER MARCO TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
70 CHAVES JOHAN ESTEBAN ORICA – SCOTT
71 ZUBELDIA HAIMAR TREK – SEGAFREDO
72 URAN RIGOBERTO CANNONDALE DRAPAC
73 MORENO BAZAN JAVIER BAHRAIN – MERIDA
74 ERVITI IMANOL MOVISTAR TEAM
75 ROCHE NICOLAS BMC RACING TEAM
76 BRAJKOVIC JANEZ BAHRAIN – MERIDA
77 HOWSON DAMIEN ORICA – SCOTT
78 VUILLERMOZ ALEXIS AG2R LA MONDIALE
79 TALANSKY ANDREW CANNONDALE DRAPAC
80 GOGL MICHAEL TREK – SEGAFREDO
81 POLJANSKI PAWEL BORA – HANSGROHE
82 CONTADOR ALBERTO TREK – SEGAFREDO
83 PANTANO JARLINSON TREK – SEGAFREDO
84 MARTIN DANIEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS
85 MOINARD AMAËL BMC RACING TEAM
86 LAENGEN VEGARD STAKE UAE TEAM EMIRATES
87 CARUSO DAMIANO BMC RACING TEAM
88 GASTAUER BEN AG2R LA MONDIALE
89 SABATINI FABIO QUICK – STEP FLOORS
90 NIEVE MIKEL TEAM SKY
91 MATE MARDONES LUIS ANGEL COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
92 QUINTANA NAIRO MOVISTAR TEAM
93 ULISSI DIEGO UAE TEAM EMIRATES
94 DOMONT AXEL AG2R LA MONDIALE
95 PICHON LAURENT TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
96 HANSEN ADAM LOTTO SOUDAL
97 WYSS DANILO BMC RACING TEAM
98 IRIZAR MARKEL TREK – SEGAFREDO
99 KISERLOVSKI ROBERT TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
100 HOLLENSTEIN RETO TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
101 PAUWELS SERGE TEAM DIMENSION DATA
102 KNEES CHRISTIAN TEAM SKY
103 ALBASINI MICHAEL ORICA – SCOTT
104 ROWE LUKE TEAM SKY
105 IMPEY DARYL ORICA – SCOTT
106 BUCHMANN EMANUEL BORA – HANSGROHE
107 GRIVKO ANDRIY ASTANA PRO TEAM
108 BOUET MAXIME TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
109 BROWN NATHAN CANNONDALE DRAPAC
110 SEPULVEDA EDUARDO TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
111 DURASEK KRISTIJAN UAE TEAM EMIRATES
112 LAMMERTINK MAURITS TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
113 MACHADO TIAGO TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN
114 FRANK MATHIAS AG2R LA MONDIALE
115 KREUZIGER ROMAN ORICA – SCOTT
116 GRUZDEV DMITRIY ASTANA PRO TEAM
117 BRAMBILLA GIANLUCA QUICK – STEP FLOORS
118 SINKELDAM RAMON TEAM SUNWEB
119 LAPORTE CHRISTOPHE COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
120 LEMOINE CYRIL COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS
121 TEUNISSEN MIKE TEAM SUNWEB
122 GENE YOHANN DIRECT ENERGIE
123 CHAVANEL SYLVAIN DIRECT ENERGIE
124 SMITH DION WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
125 TULIK ANGÉLO DIRECT ENERGIE @ 00′ 38″
126 ZABEL RICK TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN @ 00′ 38″
127 BAK LARS YTTING LOTTO SOUDAL @ 00′ 51″
128 DE GENDT THOMAS LOTTO SOUDAL @ 00′ 51″
129 EDET NICOLAS COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 00′ 51″
130 SCHÄR MICHAEL BMC RACING TEAM @ 00′ 51″
131 NAVARRO DANIEL COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 00′ 51″
132 ATAPUMA JOHN DARWIN UAE TEAM EMIRATES @ 00′ 51″
133 PASQUALON ANDREA WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT @ 00′ 00″
134 WAGNER ROBERT TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 00′ 59″
135 CURVERS ROY TEAM SUNWEB @ 01′ 04″
136 HAYMAN MATHEW ORICA – SCOTT @ 01′ 04″
137 EISEL BERNHARD TEAM DIMENSION DATA @ 01′ 16″
138 THWAITES SCOTT TEAM DIMENSION DATA @ 01′ 16″
139 QUEMENEUR PERRIG DIRECT ENERGIE @ 01′ 16″
140 HERRADA JESÚS MOVISTAR TEAM @ 01′ 16″
141 VERMOTE JULIEN QUICK – STEP FLOORS @ 01′ 16″
142 CASTROVIEJO JONATHAN MOVISTAR TEAM @ 01′ 16″
143 LUTSENKO ALEXEY ASTANA PRO TEAM @ 01′ 31″
144 ROLLAND PIERRE CANNONDALE DRAPAC @ 01′ 31″
145 TIMMER ALBERT TEAM SUNWEB @ 01′ 38″
146 BONO MATTEO UAE TEAM EMIRATES @ 01′ 38″
147 BODNAR MACIEJ BORA – HANSGROHE @ 02′ 00″
148 DE MARCHI ALESSANDRO BMC RACING TEAM @ 02′ 00″
149 LEEZER TOM TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 02′ 05″
150 GRMAY TSGABU GEBREMARYAM BAHRAIN – MERIDA @ 02′ 05″
151 SENECHAL FLORIAN COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 02′ 05″
152 MARTIN TONY TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN @ 02′ 05″
153 DEGENKOLB JOHN TREK – SEGAFREDO @ 02′ 15″
154 DE KORT KOEN TREK – SEGAFREDO @ 00′ 00″
155 STYBAR ZDENEK QUICK – STEP FLOORS @ 02′ 24″
156 POLITT NILS TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN @ 02′ 24″
157 BURGHARDT MARCUS BORA – HANSGROHE @ 02′ 24″
158 VOECKLER THOMAS DIRECT ENERGIE @ 03′ 38″
159 SICARD ROMAIN DIRECT ENERGIE @ 03′ 38″
160 VENTER JACOBUS TEAM DIMENSION DATA @ 04′ 52″
161 CUMMINGS STEPHEN TEAM DIMENSION DATA @ 04′ 52″
162 MARTENS PAUL TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 04′ 52″
163 ROGLIC PRIMOZ TEAM LOTTO NL – JUMBO @ 04′ 52″
164 GESCHKE SIMON TEAM SUNWEB @ 04′ 52″
165 TEN DAM LAURENS TEAM SUNWEB @ 04′ 52″
166 CLAEYS DIMITRI COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS @ 05′ 51″
167 LATOUR PIERRE-ROGER AG2R LA MONDIALE @ 06′ 02″

Final Overall
1 FROOME CHRISTOPHER TEAM SKY 86H 20′ 55″
2 URAN RIGOBERTO CANNONDALE DRAPAC
3 BARDET ROMAIN AG2R LA MONDIALE
4 LANDA MIKEL TEAM SKY
5 ARU FABIO ASTANA PRO TEAM
6 MARTIN DANIEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS
7 YATES SIMON ORICA – SCOTT
8 MEINTJES LOUIS UAE TEAM EMIRATES
9 CONTADOR ALBERTO TREK – SEGAFREDO
10 BARGUIL WARREN TEAM SUNWEB
11 CARUSO DAMIANO BMC RACING TEAM
12 QUINTANA NAIRO MOVISTAR TEAM
13 VUILLERMOZ ALEXIS AG2R LA MONDIALE
14 NIEVE MIKEL TEAM SKY
15 BUCHMANN EMANUEL BORA – HANSGROHE
16 FEILLU BRICE TEAM FORTUNEO – OSCARO
17 MOLLEMA BAUKE TREK – SEGAFREDO
18 BETANCUR CARLOS ALBERTO MOVISTAR TEAM
19 PAUWELS SERGE TEAM DIMENSION DATA
20 BENOOT TIESJ LOTTO SOUDAL
21 GALLOPIN TONY LOTTO SOUDAL
22 BAKELANTS JAN AG2R LA MONDIALE
23 MARTIN GUILLAUME WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
24 KREUZIGER ROMAN ORICA – SCOTT
25 CHAVANEL SYLVAIN DIRECT ENERGIE

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