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I'm not sure Marcel Kittel is in the kind of shape to contest that sprint, to be honest. He has been getting treatment on an injured wrist and has been back to the doctor's car since the start of the stage for further treatment.

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The riders will progress at a sedate pace until they hit the Champs Elysees for the first of eight circuits, when they will start to gradually increase the tempo.

Vincenzo Nibali is not bothered who wins this stage but the sprinters' teams are. Marcel Kittel, Andre Greipel and Alexander Kristoff all want a famous victory and so does Peter Sagan, who is yet to take a stage to go with his green jersey this year.

Who will win? Team Sky's BBC Sport columnist Geraint Thomas is going for Kittel, saying: "He ended Mark Cavendish's run of four successive victories last year and with Cav out of the race, the German will be favourite."

And Vincenzo Nibali is right at the back of the peloton, collecting champagne glasses from his Astana team car.

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Yes, the most taxing part of the day for the 29-year-old from Messina will be posing for photos and swigging champagne as the peloton makes its way - very SLOWLY! - towards the French capital.

Nibali, who is wearing the yellow jersey for the 17th time today out of the 21 days of racing and holds a lead of seven minutes and 52 seconds at the top of the general classification, has already posed for one traditional picture at the start line, alongside the other winners of the major jerseys at this year's Tour.

From left to right they are Poland's Rafal Majka, winner of the King of the Mountains category, the best young rider - France's Thibaut Pinot, and Slovakia's Peter Sagan, who ran away with the points, or sprinters, prize for the third straight year.

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Hello again. Paris is calling for the 164 survivors of this year's Tour de France who have endured a 3,500km (or 2,000 miles) slog through Yorkshire, the Alps and the Pyrenees to get this far. The 21st and final stage has just begun in Evry and it will be a procession for the champion elect - Italy's Vincenzo Nibali. His work is done.

So, that was the first La Course, decided in a thrilling sprint finish.

The 101st Tour de France will end in exactly the same way, a few hours from now. The parade into Paris starts shortly for champion-elect Vincenzo Nibali and I will resume this text commentary at 14:45 BST when the 21st and final stage of Le Tour gets under way. See you then...

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Fair to say Marianne Vos is pretty pleased with how today went. The 27-year-old from s'Hertogenbosch said: "It was already fantastic just to race here. That was a dream come true with the huge crowds.

"But it was also an incredible race with lots of attacks, and that makes it even better to win. The feeling is just amazing."

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So Dutch world champion Marianne Vos came through with a very strong sprint finish at the end of the 91km to win the race she helped to make happen. Here is the top three:

1. Marianne Vos (Ned/Rabo Liv) 2hrs 00min 41sec

2. Kirsten Wild (Ned/Giant) SAME TIME

3. Leah Kirchmann (Can/Optum) SAME TIME

Magnus Backstedt
Swedish cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

"The Rabo Liv team got that sprint exactly right. They came down on the end of the Champs-Elysees with four team-mates on the front and gave Marianne Vos an armchair ride to the finish and she did well to time her sprint to beat Wild."

That sounds like good news for Lizzie Armitstead. If she is fit, she will ride in the Commonwealth Games next week.

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Swedish cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

"Armitstead has just ridden over the finish line with both hands on the handlebars and that indicates there may not be too much damage."

No news on how Lizzie Armitstead is yet. She went down heavily in that crash involving Pauline Ferrand-Prevot.

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Swedish cyclist on BBC Radio 5 live sports extra

"Vos confirms she is the best all-round bike rider in the world. It didn't look good for Lizzie Armitstead. Looks like she landed on her shoulder and I hope she's not done her collarbone."

Looking at the replay of the finish, Marianne Vos won it by about 3/4 of a bike-length from fellow Dutch rider Kirsten Wild. She was just too strong.

Pauline Ferrand-Prevot was another rider to go down in that crash. She is back on her bike to slowly pedal over the finish line.

Marianne Vos takes it! She holds off Kirsten Wild in the sprint for the line.

Here comes the sprint. Vos is up there, so is Wild.

Lizzie Armitstead crashes out. A few other riders went down. 500m to go.

World champion Marianne Vos is sitting fourth off the front, being led out by her Rabo Liv team-mates.

The Ale Cipollini team of American sprinter Shelley Olds does the leg-work to catch the front two and with 2.4km to go, the peloton is all together again.