Dane Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo) won the Tour de France for the first time on Sunday on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, the end of the 109th edition of the event.
Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin) won the 21st and final stage in a sprint.
At 25, Vingegaard put his name on the charts for the first time, a year after his second place behind Tadej Pogacar. This time, the Dane beat the Slovenian, double title holder, who lost three and a half minutes at the end of some 3350 kilometers of the course.
The Welshman Geraint Thomas, winner in 2018 and second the following year, reached the podium for the third time, at the age of 36. The first Frenchman, David Gaudu, ranked fourth.
In the 115.6 kilometers of the last stage, transformed as usual into a parade until entering the final circuit, the Jumbo team celebrated its almost total triumph.
Vingegaard donned the yellow and polka-dot jerseys of best climber, van Aert the green of the points classification.
The Dutch team, which suffered an unexpected setback in 2020 when Slovenian Primoz Roglic lost to Pogacar, took over six stages. Including three for van Aert alone, his boss on the road.
“We will remember these three weeks, the way we ran, welcomed the Belgian before the start given to La Défense. There was a lot of stress but we managed to manage it. The team was so strong! »
On the Champs-Élysées, van Aert refrained from competing in the sprint he had won last year.
Philipsen, already winner of the fifteenth stage in Carcassonne, was clearly ahead of the Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen and the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff.
Aged 24, the Belgian from the Alpecin team won the Tour for the second time, a year after taking second place on the avenue of the capital.
This Tour de France was also marked by Hugo Houle’s stage victory on Tuesday. A member of the Israel Premier Tech team, Houle became the first Quebecer to win a stage of the prestigious event, which has been held since 1903.
Houle finished 24th overall. He was 88th on the final stage. Quebecer Antoine Duchesne finished 86th on Sunday and 62nd overall, with Groupama-FDJ.
Ontarian Michael Woods had to miss the last stage, having tested positive for COVID-19. Woods won a Spanish Vuelta stage in 2018 and another in 2020.
He won the Route d’Occitanie race last month. In April, he finished sixth in the Flèche Wallonne.
On Sunday, the Israel – Premier Tech team was also without Quebecer Guillaume Boivin, who was not feeling well. However, he tested negative for COVID-19.
General classification
1. Jonas Vingegaard (DEN/Jumbo) 79:33:20.
2. Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAE) at 2:43.
3. Geraint Thomas (GBR/INE) 7:22.
4. David Gaudu (FRA/GFJ) 13:39.
5. Alexander Vlasov (RUS/BOR) 15:46.
6. Nairo Quintana (COL/ARK) 16:33.
7. Romain Bardet (FRA/DSM) 18:11.
8. Louis Meintjes (RSA/INT) 18:44.
9. Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ/AST) 22:56.
10. Adam Yates (GBR/INE) 24:52.
11. Valentin Madouas (FRA / GFJ) 35:59.
12. Bob Jungels (LUX/AG2) 45:23.
13. Neilson Powless (USA/EF1) 46:57.
14. Luis Leon Sanchez (ESP/BAH) 49:18.
15. Thibaut Pinot (FRA / GFJ) 50:25.
16. Patrick Konrad (AUT/BOR) 56:54.
17. Thomas Pidcock (GBR/INE) 1:01:15.
18. Sepp Kuss (USA/JUM) 1:02:29 a.m.
19. Dylan Teuns (BEL/BAH) 1:30 a.m.
20. Brandon McNulty (USA/UAE) 1:31:19.
21. Matteo Jorgenson (USA/MOV) 1:33:57.
22. Wout van Aert (BEL/JUM) 1:35:55 a.m.
23. Nicholas Schultz (AUS/BIK) 1:39:41 a.m.
24. Hugo Houle (CAN/ISR) 1:42:14.
25. Bauke Mollema (NED/TRE) 1:45:57.
