Summary

  • Jonas Vingegaard secures his first Tour de France victory

  • Jasper Philipsen wins final-stage sprint on Champs Elysees

  • Britain's Geraint Thomas finishes third overall

  • Lorena Wiebes wins as Tour de France Femmes begins in Paris

Live Reporting

Harry Poole

  1. A rather special Tour de France comes to an end.

    The final ceremony is under way in Paris, where Jonas Vingegaard will soon be crowned champion for the first time.

    It was Jasper Philipsen who prevailed among the sprinters on the iconic Champs-Elysees finish on stage 21 - but only after both Geraint Thomas and Tadej Pogacar had a go at breaking clear.

    You can read all about today's final stage - and Vingegaard's overall victory, here.

    Bring on the 110th edition. Goodbye!

    Jumbo VismaGetty Images

  2. Final General Classification

    Here is the final top 10 of the 2022 Tour de France. A superb victory for Jonas Vingegaard, and an excellent podium place for Geraint Thomas.

    1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 79hrs 33mins 20secs
    2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +2:43
    3. Geraint Thomas (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +7:22
    4. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +13:39
    5. Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-hansgrohe) +15:46
    6. Nairo Quintana (Col/Arkea-Samsic) +16:33
    7. Romain Bardet (Fra/Team DSM) +18:11
    8. Louis Meintjes (SA/Intermarche-Wanty Gobert Materiaux) +18:44
    9. Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz/Astana-Qazaqstan Team) +22:56
    10. Adam Yates (GB/Ineos Grenadiers) +24:52

  3. 'Nobody can take this away from me'

    Jonas VingegaardGetty Images

    Here's what Tour de France winner Jonas Vingegaard had to say:

    "It's just incredible. I have finally won the Tour. Nothing can go wrong anymore. I am sat with my daughter with me. It is just incredible.

    "It is the biggest cycling race of the year, the biggest one you can win and now I have done it. Nobody can take this away from me.

    "I always had the feeling that at least I could fight for the win. But I think in the end when I really started believing was after Hautacam. I always believed in it but I was thinking something really has to go wrong after Hautacam."

  4. Jonas Vingegaard, winner of the 109th Tour de France.

    We'll hear from him next.

    Jumbo Visma celebrate across the lineGetty Images
    Jonas VingegaardGetty Images
    Jonas VingegaardGetty Images

  5. 'You have to have a go'

    Geraint Thomas, speaking to ITV after sealing his third-place finish, said on his final attack alongside team-mate Filippo Ganna: "We knew we were always up against it but you've just got to have a go.

    "It was always a massive long shot but I just enjoyed racing.

    "I'm still making the most of it. I can see I'm closer to the end of my career than the start so I just want to soak it all in and enjoy it."

    Geraint Thomas and Filippo GannaGetty Images

  6. 'The dream of any sprinter'

    Jasper PhilipsenGetty Images

    Here's stage 21 winner Jasper Philipsen, who has picked up his second stage win at this year's Tour:

    "It is a childhood dream and it will take a while to realise.

    "I'm super and happy and proud that I could win on the beautiful Champs-Elysees. It is the dream of any sprinter.

    "It couldn't be better. We had some disappointments. Things that went not the way we wanted.

    "But to finish off in style like this, for a sprinter it is just unbelievable."

  7. Here's confirmation of the result from stage 21:

    1. Jasper Philipsen
    2. Dylan Groenewegen
    3. Alexander Kristoff
    4. Jasper Stuyven
    5. Peter Sagan

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  9. Vingegaard crowned Tour de France champion
    Breaking

    Jumbo Visma ride across the line together in celebration. Wout van Aert decided he's had more than enough from this Tour de France.

    It's 100% official now. Jonas Vingegaard has won the Tour de France.

  10. Philipsen wins stage 21
    Breaking

    Jasper Philipsen gets it!

    A big last-ditch push for the line and the Belgian comes out on top in Paris.

  11. It's all back together at the front for the final kilometre of the race. This is incredible. I have absolutely no idea how this is going to go!

  12. The peloton re-emerge from a tunnel.

    Fred Wright goes for the long-range attack!

  13. Into the final three kilometres.

    The sprinters are getting into position.

    Who has the most left in the tank?

  14. The sprint teams manage to wrestle back a bit of order at the front of the peloton. How long that will last, nobody knows.

  15. It's carnage. And it's marvellous.

  16. Not sure about how the sprinters will feel about all of this, but Tadej Pogacar is leading the peloton as we swing round the Arc de Triomphe.

  17. LOVE this.

  18. Tadej Pogacar attacks!

  19. Geraint Thomas attacks!

  20. The breakaway is done for. The peloton close the gap.

    The bell rings!

    One lap of the circuit to go. This is it.