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That's all from today's live page - and this year's Tour de France.

As expected, the final stage was a slow-burner but it came to life in a thrilling finale. Who wants that new finishing format to return?

Wout van Aert denied Tadej Pogacar a prestigious stage win, but Pogacar is still partying in Paris having retained his Tour title.

That's his fourth Tour triumph overall... now let's see if he goes for the Grand Tour treble later this year. Until then, it's 'au revoir' from the Champs-Elysees.

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Well, Pog seemed a little tired in the last few days of this race - especially on Montmartre just then. But the race was won weeks ago.

Possibly thanks to this Incredible Hulk sticker on his handlebars I noticed while trying to get a few words with him at the Grand Depart in Lille.

Most other riders have an exhaustive list of nutrition and parcours info on their stems. Seems like the key is to keep it simple.

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Tadej Pogacar was also asked if he would try to complete the Grand Tour treble by racing at the Vuelta a Espana in August-September, having also won the Giro d'Italia as well as the Tour de France.

"Let's take one week easy now," he said. "I want to enjoy some summer days. We did some heat acclimatisation training but in the end it wasn't too hot here.

"So I want some hot days, but without suffering on the bike. I will see next week."

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Race winner Tadej Pogacar: "In the end, it was a nice race [for the stage]. It was great from the organisers to neutralise the GC times so nobody had to risk anything. It was fair play in the end. I gave it a go because I was at the front but Wout [van Aert] was incredibly strong at the top of the climb and he deserves this big, big win.

"I'm super happy that it's over but I must say, I quite enjoyed the whole Tour. I may already miss it next week but it was a pleasure to be here, to wear this yellow jersey."

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Wout van Aert may have prevented Tadej Pogacar going joint-fifth on the all-time list for Tour de France stage wins.

But the Slovenian superstar has gone joint-fifth for all-time Tour titles, going level with British rider Chris Froome, with only Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Bernard Hinault and Miguel Indurain above them.

Tadej Pogacar becomes the first reigning world road champion to win the Tour de France since Greg LeMond in 1990.

The Slovenian is only the fifth man to do so after Louison Bobet (1955), Eddy Merckx (1972), Bernard Hinault (1981) and LeMond.

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1. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Emirates-XRG) 76hrs 32secs
2. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Visma-Lease a Bike) +4mins 24secs
3. Florian Lipowitz (Ger/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +11mins
4. Oscar Onley (GB/Picnic PostNL) +12mins 12secs
5. Felix Gall (Aut/Decathlon-AG2R La Mondiale) +17mins 12secs
6. Tobias Johannessen (Nor/Uno-X Mobility) +20mins 14secs
7. Kevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea-B&B Hotels) +22mins 35secs
8. Primoz Roglic (Slo/Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) +25mins 30secs
9. Ben Healy (Ire/EF Education-EasyPost) +28mins 2secs
10. Jordan Jegat (Fra/TotalEnergies) +32mins 42secs

Ben Healy has bagged the combativity award for this year's Tour.

The TV cameras have shown the Irish rider walking along the Champs-Elysees with his beloved dog, a gorgeous sausage dog called Olive.

She's almost stolen his thunder during this year's Tour.

Stage winner Wout van Aert: "It was really special to win here on the Champs-Elysees, and on the first occasion when we climb the Montmartre.

"The rain made it quite sketchy but I managed to stay upright and had the full support of my team-mates. Without them, I could not control this race. I went into the last climb to leave it all out there. But that was our plan, and it worked.

"Even yesterday, I didn’t feel good enough to reach the breakaway. We came to this Tour with the ambition to win the yellow jersey but the strongest and biggest rider in the world won it. But for sure we don’t go home without prizes. [Jonas] Vingegaard has second, we won the team classification. I have my stage win, Simon [Yates] too [on stage 10]."

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1. Wout van Aert (Bel/Visma-Lease a Bike) 3hrs 7mins 30secs
2. Davide Ballerini (Ita/XDS Astana) Same time
3. Matej Mohoric (Slo/Bahrain Victorious)
4. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Emirates-XRG)
5. Matteo Jorgenson (US/Visma-Lease a Bike)
6. Matteo Trentin (Ita/Tudor)
7. Arnaud de Lie (Bel/Lotto)
8. Kevin Vauquelin (Fra/Arkea-B&B Hotels)
9. Mike Teunissen (Ned/XDS Astana)
10. Dylan Teuns (Bel/Cofidis)

Tadej Pogacar was the fourth rider to cross the line, with his hand in the air as he celebrates a fourth Tour de France triumph.

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Wout van Aert takes a look over his shoulder and his hands off the handlebars before blowing a sigh of relief.

His bike almost grinds to a halt as the Belgian rolls over the line to clinch victory on the final stage of this year's Tour de France.

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Wout van Aert is heading for his 10th stage win on the Tour - and his second on the Champs-Elysees having previously won there in 2021.

He leads by 20 seconds.

Wout van Aert now leads by 13 seconds, with the other breakaway riders having rejoined Tadej Pogacar.

Jonas Vingegaard and Visma-Lease a Bike were unable to crack Tadej Pogacar in the mountains.

But could Wout van Aert give them something to cheer at the end of this year's Tour?

Wout van Aert is first over the top and puts the pedal down on the ascent to stretch his lead to 10 seconds over Tadej Pogacar.

Wout van Aert puts the hammer down. Not only has he droppped the rest of the breakway, he's distanced Tadej Pogacar too.

The versatile Belgian star is already six seconds clear.

Tadej Pogacar is first on to the climb and pushes the pace, roared by thousands lining the street up to Sacre-Coeur.

Matteo Jorgenson attacks, Matej Mohoric responds... the final ascent of the Cote de la Butte Montmartre begins with 7.2km of the stage left.

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