Tour de France 2021: BBC Sport profiles all 21 stages

Tadej Pogacar (right) won the yellow, white and polka-dot jerseys for the second consecutive Tour

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar won the Tour de France for the second consecutive year on Sunday.

The UAE Team Emirates rider, 22, finished over five minutes ahead of his nearest rival, Jumbo Visma's Danish rider, Jonas Vingegaard.

Pogacar also won the polka-dot jersey as king of the mountains and the white jersey as best young rider.

Britain's Mark Cavendish won the green jersey in the points classification. Here is the story of the 2021 race.

Saturday, 26 June - stage one: Brest - Landerneau, 197.8km

Julian Alaphilippe has collected six stage victories at the Tour de France

Winner: Julian Alaphilippe

Report: Julian Alaphilippe wins crash-affected stage one

Julian Alaphilippe produces a superb late attack to win stage one of the Tour de France after two major crashes in the closing stages. Primoz Roglic and Britain's Chris Froome are among those to fall in two separate incidents in the final 45km. The first, caused by a fan holding a placard, prompts the race organisers ASO to say they will take legal action.

Sunday, 27 June - stage two: Perros-Guirec - Mur-de-Bretagne Guerledan, 183.5km

Mathieu van der Poel was racing on only his second stage at the Tour

Winner: Mathieu van der Poel

Report: Van der Poel wins stage two to take yellow jersey

Mathieu van der Poel powers clear twice on the double ascent of the Mur-de-Bretagne to claim a superb victory, taking the yellow jersey in the process. Defending champion Tadej Pogacar is second with 2020 runner-up Primoz Roglic in third.

Monday, 28 June - stage three: Lorient - Pontivy, 182.9km

Geraint Thomas has crashed in five of his last six Grand Tours

Winner: Tim Merlier

Report: Thomas and Roglic lose time as Merlier wins stage three

Race favourites Geraint Thomas and Primoz Roglic are both involved in crashes as Tim Merlier wins a dramatic stage three. Thomas dislocates his shoulder early on while Roglic time loses after a fall 10km from the end. Mathieu van der Poel retains the leader's yellow jersey but Caleb Ewan's crash near the finish ends his Tour.

Tuesday, 29 June - stage four: Redon - Fougeres, 150.4km

Mark Cavendish (left) ended stage four in the green jersey, which he won in 2011

Winner: Mark Cavendish

Report: Cavendish wins first Tour stage for five years

Britain's Mark Cavendish rolls back the years to win his first Tour de France stage since 2016. The 36-year-old moves within three wins of Eddy Merckx's all-time record of 34 at the race. His victory comes as the riders protest about safety following Monday's crash-affected stage three.

Wednesday, 30 June - stage five: Change - Laval, 27.2km individual time trial

Tadej Pogacar now has four individual stage wins at the Tour

Winner: Tadej Pogacar

Report: Pogacar crushes field in time trial to move second overall

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar makes a massive statement of intent by dominating the field to win the time trial and widen the gap to his rivals for overall victory. Mathieu van der Poel narrowly retains the yellow jersey with a fine ride to finish fifth. Primoz Roglic does well to limit his losses despite injury but Geraint Thomas struggles to do the same.

Thursday, 1 July - stage six: Tours - Chateauroux, 160.6km

Mark Cavendish has won the last three stage finishes in Chateauroux in 2008, 2011 and 2021

Winner: Mark Cavendish

Report: Cavendish wins 32nd Tour de France stage to close on Eddy Merckx's record

Mark Cavendish's resurgence continues as he wins his 32nd stage at the Tour de France to move within two stage victories of Eddy Merckx's record. Mathieu van der Poel finishes safely in the peloton to retain the yellow jersey.

Friday, 2 July - stage seven: Vierzon - Le Creusot, 249.1km

Matej Mohoric has now won stages in all three Grand Tours - the Tour, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana

Winner: Matej Mohoric

Report: Mohoric wins first Tour stage as Van der Poel extends leads in yellow

The longest stage for 21 years sees Slovenia's Matej Mohoric win his first Tour stage with a fine solo victory, leaving the last of his rivals behind 20km from the finish. Mathieu van der Poel gets in the day's breakaway to extend his lead in the yellow jersey, though defending champion Tadej Pogacar will be confident of regaining that time in the mountains to come. Last year's runner-up Primoz Roglic struggles to slip over five minutes down on Pogacar.

Saturday, 3 July - stage eight: Oyonnax - Le Grand Bornard, 150.8km

Tadej Pogacar only wore the yellow jersey on one stage at the 2020 Tour

Winner: Dylan Teuns

Report: Pogacar claims yellow as Teuns wins stage

Defending champion Tadej Pogacar produces a superb solo attack as he takes the yellow jersey and inflicts a major blow on his rivals in the general classification race. Belgium's Dylan Teuns holds off Ion Izagirre, Michael Woods and Pogacar to win stage eight.

Sunday, 4 July - stage nine: Cluses - Tignes, 144.9km

Ben O'Connor is making his debut at the Tour de France

Winner: Ben O'Connor

Report: O'Connor wins stage nine as Pogacar extends overall lead

Australia's Ben O'Connor solos to victory and briefly threatens to take the race leader's yellow jersey until a late Tadej Pogacar attack sees him extend his overall lead.

Tuesday, 6 July - stage 10: Albertville - Valence, 190.7km

Mark Cavendish is racing at the Tour de France for the first time since 2018

Winner: Mark Cavendish

Report: Cavendish wins 33rd stage to close in on Merckx's record

Mark Cavendish moves to within one of Belgian legend Eddy Merckx's record of 34 Tour stage victories with another superb sprint win, his third of this year's race. Deceuninck-Quick-Step control the front superbly to deliver Cavendish with only 150m to go as he comfortably holds off his rivals.

Wednesday, 7 July - stage 11: Sorgues - Malaucene, 198.9km

Wout van Aert has now won four individual stages of the Tour in three years

Winner: Wout van Aert

Report: Van Aert claims stunning solo win on double ascent of Mont Ventoux

Belgium's Wout van Aert shows off his stunning versatility to claim a famous victory on a stage featuring two ascents of the famous Mont Ventoux. A day after finishing second in a bunch sprint, the Jumo-Visma rider drops the remainder of the breakaway with 33km to go, taking the second summit alone and staying clear to the finish. Leader Tadej Pogacar shows a brief glimpse of vulnerability as he is initially dropped by Jonas Vingegaard but recovers to easily retain the yellow jersey, and now leads Rigoberto Uran by just over five minutes after Ben O'Connor slips back.

Thursday, 8 July - stage 12: Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux - Nimes, 159.4km

Nils Politt benefited from crosswinds creating splits in the peloton during a frenetic start to stage 12

Winner: Nils Politt

Report: Politt claims stage-12 victory

Nils Politt solos to victory on stage 12 of the Tour de France as Tadej Pogacar retains the leader's yellow jersey. The German rides clear with 12km left after being involved in a long-range 13-man break.

Friday, 9 July - stage 13: Nimes - Carcassonne, 219.9km

Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins was set in 1975

Winner: Mark Cavendish

Report: Cavendish equals Merckx's Tour record

Britain's Mark Cavendish makes history by equalling Belgian great Eddy Merckx's record of 34 stage wins. The Deceuninck-Quick-Step rider wins a sprint finish as fellow Briton Simon Yates abandons the race following a heavy crash that sees several riders fall down into a ravine.

Saturday, 10 July - stage 14: Carcassonne - Quillan, 183.7km

Bauke Mollema's only previous stage win at the Tour came in 2017

Winner: Bauke Mollema

Report: Mollema wins stage 14 as Martin climbs to second overall

Bauke Mollema claims a fine solo victory as Guillaume Martin moves up to second overall in the general classification behind Tadej Pogacar. Britain's green jersey-wearer Mark Cavendish finishes safely inside the time limit on a day dominated by the breakaway.

Sunday, 11 July - stage 15: Ceret - Andorre-La-Vieille, 191.3km

Prior to Sepp Kuss, the last American to win a stage at the Tour was Tyler Farrar in 2011

Winner: Sepp Kuss

Report: Kuss wins stage 15 as Pogacar extends his lead

American Sepp Kuss attacks on the final climb to deliver a superb win as the race travels out of France into Andorra. Meanwhile, Tadej Pogacar repels several attacks as he extends his overall lead.

Tuesday, 13 July - stage 16: Pas de la Case - Saint-Gaudens, 169km

Konrad is the Austrian national road race champion and is competing in his third Tour de France

Winner: Patrick Konrad

Report: Konrad wins Tour de France stage 16

Patrick Konrad from Austria held off the chasing group to claim his first professional victory. Overall leader Tadej Pogacar had to be alert to attacks at the end, but was otherwise untroubled.

Wednesday, 14 July - stage 17: Muret - Saint-Lary-Soulan, 178.4km

Tadej Pogacar has won five Tour stages but this was his first while wearing the yellow jersey

Winner: Tadej Pogacar

Report: Pogacar wins stage 17 to extend lead

Tadej Pogacar took a sublime victory atop the Col du Portet on stage 17 of the Tour de France to extend his lead in the yellow jersey.

Thursday, 15 July - stage 18: Pau - Luz Ardiden, 129.7km

Tadej Pogacar becomes the fourth rider in Tour history to win on consecutive summit finishes

Winner: Tadej Pogacar

Report: Pogacar underlines dominance on stage 18

Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar claims back-to-back Tour de France stage wins as he underlines his dominance in the leader's yellow jersey. The defending champion accelerated away on the summit finish on stage 18, with Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz finishing second and third in a repeat of Wednesday's finale.

Friday, 16 July - stage 19: Mourenx - Libourne, 207km

Matej Mohoric broke clear with 26km remaining to solo to his second win at the Tour

Winner: Matej Mohoric

Report: Mohoric wins to deny Cavendish the chance to break stage wins record

Bahrain-Victorious' Matej Mohoric wins stage 19 of the Tour de France, denying Mark Cavendish an opportunity to break the record for stage wins he shares with Eddy Merckx. Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar remains in the leader's yellow jersey.

Saturday, 17 July - stage 20: Libourne - Saint Emilion, 30.8km individual time trial

Tadej Pogacar won the 2020 Tour after a dramatic time trial on the penultimate stage

Winner: Wout van Aert

Report: Pogacar set for overall victory as Van Aert wins time trial

Tadej Pogacar sets up his second Tour de France victory as he finishes seventh in the penultimate stage time trial before Sunday's processional final stage. Jumbo-Visma's Wout van Aert wins stage 20, his second stage victory this year.

Sunday, 18 July - stage 21: Chatou - Paris, Champs-Elysees, 108.4km

Wout van Aert becomes the first man since Bernard Hinault in 1979 to win a mountain stage, sprint and time trial in the same Tour

Winner: Wout van Aert

Report: Cavendish denied record by Van Aert

Mark Cavendish fails in his bid to set a new record of 35 stage victories in the Tour de France as Wout van Aert win the final stage of the 2021 race. Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar of UAE-Team Emirates wins the overall yellow jersey for the second consecutive year.

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