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37km to go
To repeat, the six riders off the front are as follows: Taylor Phinney (EF-Drapac), Michael Schar (BMC), Silvan Dillier (AG2R La Mondiale), Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin), Guillaume Van Keirsbluck (Wanty Groupe Gobert) and Damien Guadin (Direct Energie).
These men have an advantage of 26 seconds over the peloton.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Michael Schar of BMC does a huge turn of pace to collect the intermediate sprint points.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
43km to go
Bora on the front with FDJ at the moment, keeping this break under control. Gap stands at 27 seconds.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
47km to go
These six riders have established a breakaway with a gap of around twenty seconds. The riders are as follows: David Gaudu (Fra), Silvan Dillier (Sui), Taylor Phinney (USA), Nils Politt (Ger), Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) and Michael Schar (Sui).
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
52km to go
Six riders trying to get off the front.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
54km to go
Chavanel goes through the finish line and has slowly been brought back to the peloton. The real attacks now start and the Race is ON!
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
As the race enters Paris, 39 year-old Sylvain Chavanel rides off the front of the peloton to the Arc du Triomphe and the peloton lets him go as a mark of respect. The Frenchman is riding a record-breaking 18th Tour de France and has been a regular fixture in race breakaways since his debut in 2001. He’s even managed to win a couple of stages and wear the yellow jersey on the way. Chapeau, Sylvain!
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Dan Martin was deservedly awarded the overall Most Combative Prize of this year’s Tour yesterday. The Irishman was an ever-present force on all of the climbs great or small and took out the win on Stage 6 to the Mur-de-Bretagne.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Meanwhile, in the Young Riders Classification, talented Frenchman Pierre Latour took home the prize but it will be Colombian Egan Bernal who will be remembered for his efforts in helping Chris Froome survive the Pyrenees relatively unscathed.
1. Pierre Latour (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 80:52:50
2. Egan Bernal (Col) Team Sky +5:39
3. Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert +22:05
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
78km to go
Team Sky still setting the tempo on the front as we head back towards Paris after a brief sojourn in the surrounding countryside.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
In the King of the Mountains classification, it was Julian Alaphillippe who wrapped up the polka-dot jersey in a surprisingly convincing win over the 2017 champion Warren Barguil.
1. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors – 170 pts
2. Warren Barguil (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic – 91
3. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe – 76
4. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky – 74
5. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb – 63
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
As always, if you have any thoughts about this year’s race, feel free to share throughout the course of the coverage to help keep me awake.
Wouldn’t blame you for choosing to catch up on this stage in the morning, though.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Barring a major disaster/incident, this is how the General Classification will finish up:
1. Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky
2. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb +1:51
3. Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky +2:24
4. Primoz Roglic (Slo) LottoNL-Jumbo +3:22
5. Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo +6:08
6. Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale +6:57
7. Mikel Landa (Spa) Movistar Team +7:37
8. Daniel Martin (Irl) UAE Team Emirates +9:05
9. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin +12:37
10. Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar Team +14:18
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
88km to go
Team Sky of course, wearing yellow-highlighted jerseys to commemorate their sixth victory in seven years.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Just to clarify a popular misconception, the final stage is not actually ceremonial and time gains/losses DO count so Geraint Thomas could still technically lose the Tour. It’s just not going to happen.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
97km to go
Pace has actually picked up a bit on the front which is surprising to see so far from the finish. Still fairly slow but Team Sky are now on the front.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Thomas is also the first British-born rider to win the Tour, surprisingly enough, given Britain’s recent dominance of the race. Bradley Wiggins was actually born in Belgium, when his father Gary (an Australian) was racing as a professional track cyclist on the six-day circuit and Chris Froome was of course, born and raised in southern Africa.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
108km to go
Geraint Thomas and Luke Rowe fly the Welsh flag triumphantly. On a day where Thomas creates history as the first Welsh rider to win the Tour de France, it’s certainly appropriate that he has a fellow Welshman there to support him.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
110km to go
Now Thomas appears on the front of the peloton along with the rest of Team Sky. They take the opportunity for photo ops, with full champagne glasses in tow. They have dominated this Tour (yet again).
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
113km to go
As is customary, the peloton is fronted by the leaders of the various classifications with the current exception of Geraint Thomas. At the moment, the two French winners, Julian Alaphillippe (KOM) and Pierre Latour (Best Young Rider) are enjoying a leisurely chat.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Today’s stage will be largely processional, until we hit the cobbles of the Champs-Elysees circuit where the real racing starts. Before then, it’s time for the riders to crack open the bubbly and celebrate finally reaching Paris!
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Evening Scotty.
Demare will certainly go in as the big favourite but he’s still never done better than 5th on the Champs-Elysees before. Obviously the field is much more depleted this year, but will be interesting to see what Kristoff, Laporte (and maybe even Sagan) can muster up.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Good evening and welcome to The Roar’s live coverage of Stage 21 of the 2018 Tour de France from Houilles to Paris (Champs-Elysees).
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog
Thanks for joining The Roar for our live coverage of Stage 19. Be sure to join us tomorrow for Stage 20 which should be a cracker of an individual time-trial with a technical course, and with the GC riders still under pressure.
Good night.
2018 Tour de France: Stage 19 live race updates, blog
34.5km to go
The break is working very well together now and the gap is up to 30 seconds.
Tour de France 2018: Stage 21 live blog