Stage 21: Rambouillet to Paris Champs-Elysees, 127km
Ineos rider Egan Bernal is crowned champion
GB's Geraint Thomas finishes second
Dutch rider Steven Kruijswijk finishes third
Australia's Caleb Ewan wins sprint on Champs-Elysees
Around the Arc de Triomphe, we go sweeping along towards the Seine on a sun-kissed Parisian evening.
It truly is a sight to behold, though not for the riders who are going hell for leather to try and reel in the four-man breakaway, who have a 27 second gap.
Sorry for the delay on the intermediate sprint results.....but here they are:
1. Nils Politt, 2. Jan Tratnik, 3. Tom Scully, 4. Omar Fraile, 5. Dries Devenyns, 6. Thomas De Gendt, 7. George Bennett, 8. Maxime Monfort, 9. Enric Mas, 10. Kasper Asgreen, 11. Michal Kwiatkowski, 12. Lukas Wisnowski, 13. Geraint Thomas, 14. Yves Lampaert & 15. Wout Poels
In case you're wondering about Geraint Thomas.
Michal Kwiatkowski and Jonathan Castroviejo have led the Welshman back into the pack. His podium place was never going to be in danger.
Although this Tour has definitely been "night and day" compared to 2018.
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What's this Geraint Thomas has come to a halt with a mechanical problem. Plenty of time for him to get sorted and get back on the peloton though.
The leading quartet is holding its advantage at around 20 seconds while Thomas de Gendt heads up to the front of the peloton to pull it along with a touch more oomph.
Image source, Getty ImagesMark Cavendish won the sprint finish in Paris for four consecutive years between 2009-12.
And he was also the last man in a green jersey to win on the Champs-Elysees.
Just over six laps of this inner city circuit to negotiate and Omar Fraile(Astana, Spa),Nils Politt (Katusha-Alpecin, Ger),Tom Scully (EF Education First, NZ) and Jan Tratnik (Bahrain-Merida, Slo) have built up a 17 second gap from the main bunch.
The pace is frenetic now, as they wheel around the 'City of Light' and its dazzling boulevards.
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Image source, Getty ImagesHe was King of the Mountains in 2018, and the yellow jersey for such a long stint in this year's edition that it's hard not to feel a touch of sympathy for Julian Alaphilippe.
But thankfully the 27-year-old has come away with something after being named the 'Most Aggressive Rider' of the 2019 Tour de France.
Paris is absolutely packed to the rafters with fans as the road have been all the way through his Tour.
Only the odd 10-12 million fans have watched this race.....that's more live spectators than an Olympic Games or Fifa World Cup.
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Image source, Getty ImagesRacing is about to get under way and ready ourselves for the sprint finish. We've got eight laps of a magnificent circuit around Paris coming up.
The teams are forming. It's business as usual.
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We are slap bang in the middle of Paris now, wheeling past Notre Dame cathedral and now right the way past the Louvre the world's largest art museum and an iconic landmark.
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Image source, Getty ImagesWhile we head ever closer to Egan Bernal's coronation spare a thought for Jumbo-Visma rider Wout van Aert, who won stage 10.
The 24-year-old is still in hospital over a week after a pretty gruesome crash in the time trial on stage 13, when he clipped a barrier around a couple of kilometres from the end.
At the time his team confirmed he had suffered a deep gash to his leg. But in an interview with Cycling Weekly, the Belgian says "the crash has had a bigger impact than I initially thought.”
“Last week, I had an operation in Pau and afterwards, I stayed in the hospital for four days.
“Everything went well. I could walk on crutches and the doctor said I needed some time to recover. After that, I was transferred to another hospital. Over there, they examined me again. It seemed the first operation wasn’t enough to ensure the recovery. So I needed a second one."
Just a quick reminder that Gareth Rhys Owen, Simon Brotherton and Rob Hayles have hit the airwaves with the conclusion of the final stage of the race.
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Where does Chris Froome get his champagne flutes from?
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Image source, Getty ImagesThomas and long-time leader of this year's race Julian Alaphilippe enjoyed the sedate ride into Paris
The peloton is just coming in to Paris, with Geraint Thomas leading the way.
The sight and sound of the summer, is soon going to fade in the dusk on the Champs-Elysees.
With Egan Bernal soon to join Sir Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Geraint Thomas as a winner of the Tour, Ineos who are celebrating seven wins in eight editions of the Tour de France ( after formerly competing as Team Sky) rank as the most dominant team at the Tour in recent history.
Renault claimed six overall victories from 1978 to 1985 (with Bernard Hinault and Laurent Fignon), which is the same figure that Banesto managed from 1988 to 1995.
The only minor blot is that they haven't won a stage, albeit Bernal would have had a pretty decent shout while leading stage 19, when the weather halted proceedings.
Jeremy Whittle
Cycling journalist
This is huge for Colombia but it has been inevitable for some time. That's not to undermine the scale of Egan Bernal's win but we've already seen Nairo Quintana win the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta already.
This was billed as the highest Tour in history so it's quite fitting that someone born at 3000m altitude has won.
Wherever you go in the world the Colombian's are there in force. So in that respect it is payback for them fans as well. Bernal can do everything. He is a thoroughbred, he is the full package.
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What's this? Nairo Quintana his nipped off the front of the peloton?
And the Movistar man is trying to sort out a group photo of Colombia's finest as he's joined by Egan Bernal, Rigoberto Uran and Sergio Henao.