So here we are – the final trip through Paris. This is one of the most iconic stages in the sport’s history and a win here will guarantee a rider a contract for the rest of their life. Daniele Bennati won on the Champs Elysees in 2011 and Raul Granjel Cabrera won here in 2012. Both are here to try to make it two in their career. Only 138 riders have made it this far from the 198 who started out. How will these greatly reduced numbers affect the sprint on the Champs Elysees? The main three teams with key sprinters are down to the following numbers: Festina – 6 riders Pokerstars – 5 riders Puma – 4 riders
None of these teams can match VolksWagen being down to 3 riders. Speaking of that team, they decide to try to send one of their remaining riders ahead in the form of Georg Preidler. They really haven’t been particularly involved in breaks in this race, merely happy to just try to get a few riders through the race.
Other riders looking to attack today are: Jakub Danacik Christophe Riblon Mathieu Sprick Tim Kennaugh Ronan Van Zandbeek Tom Stubbe Jaroslav Kulhavy Aidis Kruopis Brian Vandborg Roman Kreuziger Lars Petter Nordhaug Koldo Gil Ramon Sinkeldam
We actually get quite a sizable group of riders from this lot creating our break of the day: Georg Preidler Jakub Danacik Christophe Riblon Mathieu Sprick Tim Kennaugh Ronan Van Zandbeek Tom Stubbe Aidis Kruopis
Despite their lack of numbers both Puma and Pokerstars can be found on the front. Festina was here earlier too and later they will help once again.
With 53km to go and a lead of 3’19” which is already being eaten into, Preidler leads the race onto that famous cobbled street – the Champs Elysees!
The break are able to look across the road to see the truth of matters – their gap is being eroded right up and down this course. The peloton are determined to get one last sprint for the win today.
With 7.5km to the line Van Goolen has almost caught the break.
Sprick, Kruopis, Kennaugh and Stubbe all attack to try to eke out more of a gap but Rolland ultimately makes the catch and ends their hope with 5.6km to the line. So we will certainly get the final sprint that we have been promised!
All three teams decide to form trains today despite the depleted numbers. Puma start in the best position. Their train is: Gasparotto Kvist Bennati Impey
On their left, in the second best place is the Pokerstars train: Clement Dumoulin Mohs Granjel Cabrera Corioni Ponzi
And finally on the right, a fair bit behind the other two trains is Festina: Steurs Lavoine Guerao Vanderbiest
With 2km to go it is clear that Pokerstars have suffered from not having their proper lead-out train left and Mohs is isolated already. Festina have come up a little bit and are now the second best train. Puma, however, are easily ahead.
With 1.6km to the line Kvist is leading out now. This is set up magnificently.
But Lavoine is proving to be the better of the final lead-out riders and he is closing the gap.
With 700 metres to go Bennati and Guerao both launch their sprints. Guerao is in fact slightly in front of the Italian. Vanderbiest is ahead of both on the right and Impey is looking to go around on the left. Mohs is coming up behind.
Guerao is moving faster than Bennati but Vanderbiest on the right still has the lead.
With 200 metres to go Guerao and Vanderbiest are neck-and-neck but Granjel Cabrera and Mohs are on a huge late charge, moving faster than anyone else.
But it is Oscar Guerao who takes an absolutely historic win in Paris on the final day of the 2013 Tour de France for his fourth stage win of the race. This is just the icing on an otherwise perfect cake.
Granjel Cabrera perhaps just left his sprint a moment too late as he takes second place. He only narrowly missed out on back-to-back Champs Elysees stages. Mohs does incredibly well to take third despite the poor effort of his team. Bennati can only muster fourth place and has never looked more like a former champion. Vanderbiest faded to fifth but will be pleased with that no doubt. Corioni takes a strong sixth place. Impey is the one who takes seventh place. Curiously eighth, ninth and tenth are all Simply Red Bull riders – Jelloul, Facci and Cooper.
Join us in a moment for the presentation of all of the jerseys.
Stage Results:
1
Óscar Guerao
Festina-Canal+
2h06'49
2
Raúl Granjel Cabrera
Koenigsegg
s.t.
3
Erik Mohs
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
4
Daniele Bennati
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
5
Romain Vanderbiest
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
6
Claudio Corioni
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
7
Daryl Impey
Aker - MOT
s.t.
8
Adil Jelloul
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
9
Mauro Facci
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
10
Joseph Cooper
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
11
Sébastien Minard
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
12
Matthieu Ladagnous
Pendleton's
s.t.
13
Simone Ponzi
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
14
Enrico Gasparotto
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
15
Anthony Lavoine
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
16
Damiano Cunego
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
17
Michael Mørkøv
Team B&O
s.t.
18
Thomas Vedel Kvist
Team Puma - SAP
s.t.
19
Maxime Monfort
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
20
Peter Sagan
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
21
Peter Velits
Project 1t4i
s.t.
22
Jack Bauer
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
23
Rasmus Guldhammer
Team B&O
s.t.
24
Julien Simon
Project 1t4i
s.t.
25
Romain Sicard
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
26
Samuel Dumoulin
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
27
Tanel Kangert
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
28
Andy Schleck
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
29
Angel Madrazo
Santander
s.t.
30
Geert Steurs
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
31
Andrei Amador
UBS - BMC
s.t.
32
Kristjan Koren
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
33
Beñat Intxausti
Team Bacardi
s.t.
34
Timothy Vangheel
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
35
Matea Kvasina
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
36
Aleksandr Pluchkin
Team B&O
s.t.
37
Ricardo Van der Velde
Team Bacardi
s.t.
38
Thomas Faiers
Pendleton's
s.t.
39
Rafael Valls
Santander
s.t.
40
Jonathan Castroviejo
Project 1t4i
s.t.
41
David López Garcia
Santander
s.t.
42
Fabio Duarte
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
43
Francisco José Terciado
Team Bacardi
s.t.
44
Manuel Lloret
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
45
Gianluca Brambilla
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
46
Brian Vandborg
Team B&O
s.t.
47
Moises Dueñas
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
48
Bernhard Kohl
Pendleton's
s.t.
49
Tyler Brandt
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
50
Janez Brajkovic
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
51
Johann Tschopp
UBS - BMC
s.t.
52
Carlos Oyarzun
Pendleton's
s.t.
53
Imanol Erviti
Santander
s.t.
54
Aidis Kruopis
Team Bacardi
s.t.
55
Ronan Van Zandbeek
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
56
Tim Kennaugh
Pendleton's
s.t.
57
Stef Clement
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
58
Jukka Vastaranta
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
59
Pierre Rolland
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
60
Ramon Sinkeldam
Project 1t4i
s.t.
61
Rafael Serrano
Santander
s.t.
62
Tim Dees
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
63
Juan Carlos Rienda Segura
Santander
s.t.
64
Chris Anker Sørensen
Festina-Canal+
s.t.
65
Richie Porte
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
66
Thomas De Gendt
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
67
Sergio Pardilla
Team Bacardi
s.t.
68
Ruben Ibanez
Pendleton's
s.t.
69
Florian Morizot
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
70
Thomas Peterson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
71
Johan Le Bon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
72
Gustavo Veloso
Santander
s.t.
73
Mwangi Samwel
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
74
Mathieu Perget
Team Bacardi
s.t.
75
Sergio Marinangeli
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
76
Marcel Wyss
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
77
Thomas Frei
UBS - BMC
s.t.
78
Wout Poels
Project 1t4i
s.t.
79
Koldo Gil
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
80
David Abal
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
81
Jakub Danacik
Koenigsegg
s.t.
82
Justo Tenorio
Santander
s.t.
83
Walter Pedraza
Koenigsegg
s.t.
84
George Bennett
Simply Red Bull
s.t.
85
Serge Pauwels
Koenigsegg
s.t.
86
Nick Kinney
Wikipedia
s.t.
87
Jose Goncalves
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
88
Juan José Cobo
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
89
Joseph Biziyaremye
Aker - MOT
s.t.
90
Mohammad Saufi Mat Senan
Project 1t4i
s.t.
91
Christophe Kern
Pokerstars.com
s.t.
92
Bradley Wiggins
Pendleton's
s.t.
93
David Claerebout
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
94
Sergio Luis Henao Montoya
Milka - AVG
s.t.
95
Mikhail Ignatiev
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
96
Remberto Jaramillo
Aker - MOT
s.t.
97
Branislav Samoilev
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
98
Lorents Ola Aasvold
Aker - MOT
s.t.
99
Philip Deignan
Pendleton's
s.t.
100
Morgan Kneisky
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
101
Arnold Jeannesson
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
s.t.
102
Jocelin Maillet
Pearl Adidas
s.t.
103
Nathan Haas
Aker - MOT
s.t.
104
Roman Kreuziger
Milka - AVG
s.t.
105
Christophe Riblon
UBS - BMC
s.t.
106
Jacob Fiedler
Koenigsegg
s.t.
107
Yevgeni Nepomnyachsniy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
108
Teodoro Costagli
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
109
Benoît Vaugrenard
Project 1t4i
s.t.
110
Andrei Grivko
Team B&O
s.t.
111
Jan Ghyselinck
Wiggle Professional Cycling Team
s.t.
112
Daniel Navarro
Team Bacardi
s.t.
113
Maxime Bouet
Milka - AVG
s.t.
114
Dmitri Grabovski
Team Bacardi
s.t.
115
Igor Antón
Team CSC-Orbea
s.t.
116
Maciej Bodnar
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
117
Artemio Moschella
Lotto - Cervelo
s.t.
118
Lars Petter Nordhaug
Aker - MOT
s.t.
119
Dmitri Medvedev
Vesuvio - Accumalux
s.t.
120
John-Lee Augustyn
Aker - MOT
s.t.
121
Matthias Brändle
VolksWagen-Mapei
s.t.
122
Daniel Oss
Pro Team Venchi - Sugoi
s.t.
123
Jaroslav Kulhavy
Milka - AVG
s.t.
124
Pieter Ghyllebert
Heineken presented by California Giant Berry Farms
