Tour de France 2016/21. stage

◄ 20.00000 Result of the 21st stage00000
		André Greipel (LTS)	02:43:08 h
2.		Peter Sagan (TNK)	equal time
3.		Alexander Kristoff (KAT)	equal time
4th		Edvald Boasson Hagen (DDD)	equal time
5.		Michael Matthews (OBE)	equal time
6th		Jasper Stuyven (TFS)	equal time
7th		Ramūnas Navardauskas (CDT)	equal time
8th.		Christophe Laporte (COF)	equal time
9.		Sam Bennett (BOA)	equal time
10.		Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (DDD)	equal time
Intermediate results after the 21st stage
		Chris Froome (SKY)	89:04:48 h
2.		Romain Bardet (ALM)	+ 4:05 min
3.		Nairo Quintana (MOV)	+ 4:21 min
		Peter Sagan (TNK)	470 pts.
2.		Marcel Kittel (EQS)	228 pts.
3.		Michael Matthews (OBE)	199 pts.
		Rafał Majka (TNK)	209 pts.
2.		Thomas De Gendt (LTS)	130 pts.
3.		Jarlinson Pantano (IAM)	121 pts.
		Adam Yates (OBE)	89:09:30 h
2.		Louis Meintjes (LAM)	+ 2:16 min
3.		Emanuel Buchmann (BOA)	+ 42:58 min
		Movistar team	267: 20: 45 h
2.		Team Sky	+ 8:14 min
3.		BMC Racing Team	+ 48:11 min

The 21st stage of the Tour de France 2016 was held on July 24, 2016. It was the last stage of the 103rd Tour of France. It led over 113 kilometers from Chantilly to the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris . In the French capital, a circuit was driven eight times before the finish sprint, won by André Greipel . There was a mountain classification in the fourth category and an intermediate sprint after 73.5 kilometers.

Race course

The escape group of the day was made up of Alexis Gougeard (ALM), Lawson Craddock (CDT), Marcus Burghardt (BMC), Daniel Teklehaimanot (DDD), Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Jan Bárta (BOA), Rui Costa (LAM) and Brice Feillu ( FVC). Before that, Roman Kreuziger had got the last mountain point of the 2016 tour. The intermediate sprint after 73.5 kilometers was won by Marcus Burghardt in front of Jan Bárta and Daniel Teklehaimanot, while the field no longer sprinted for the other points.

Before the sprint finish, co-favorite Marcel Kittel (EQS) had a defect and had to drive back into the field after losing about a minute to the other sprinters due to the required wheel change. About six kilometers from the finish line, the outliers, who had never been granted a significant lead, were overtaken by the field.

Shortly before the last kilometer, Bryan Coquard (DEN) also had a defect and thus lost all chances of a good placement on the Champs-Élysées. André Greipel (LTS) won the mass sprint ahead of Peter Sagan (TNK) and Alexander Kristoff (KAT). Greipel achieved his first tour stage success this year and his eleventh day win on a tour of France.

Scoring

Intermediate sprint in Haut des Champs-Élysées after 73.5 km at 53  m 1. Marcus Burghardt (BMC) 20 pts. 2. Jan Bárta (BOA) 17 pts. 3. Daniel Teklehaimanot (DDD) 15 pts. 4th Jérémy Roy (FDJ) 13 pts. 5. Lawson Craddock (CDT) 11 pts. 6th Alexis Gougeard (ALM) 10 pts. 7th Brice Feillu (FVC) 9 pts. 8th. Rui Costa (LAM) 8 pts. 9. Romain Sicard (DEN) 7 pts. 10. Fabrice Jeandesboz (DEN) 6 pts. 11. Petr Vakoč (EQS) 5 pts. 12. Thomas De Gendt (LTS) 4 pts. 13. Thomas Voeckler (DEN) 3 pts. 14th Sylvain Chavanel (DEN) 2 pts. 15th Antoine Duchesne (DEN) 1 point

Stage finish in Avenue des Champs-Élysées after 113 km at 38  m 1. André Greipel (LTS) 50 pts. 2. Peter Sagan (TNK) 30 pts. 3. Alexander Kristoff (KAT) 20 pts. 4th Edvald Boasson Hagen (DDD) 18 pts. 5. Michael Matthews (OBE) 16 pts. 6th Jasper Stuyven (TFS) 14 pts. 7th Ramūnas Navardauskas (CDT) 12 pts. 8th. Christophe Laporte (COF) 10 pts. 9. Sam Bennett (BOA) 8 pts. 10. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (DDD) 7 pts. 11. Davide Cimolai (LAM) 6 pts. 12. Daniel McLay (FVC) 5 pts. 13. Leigh Howard (IAM) 4 pts. 14th Maximiliano Richeze (EQS) 3 pts. 15th Anthony Roux (FDJ) 2 pts.

Mountain ratings

Côte de l'Ermitage Category 4 after 32.5 km over 130  m 0.9 km at 7%
1.		Roman Kreuziger (TNK)	1 point

tasks

•  Tony Martin (EQS): Task during the stage

Web links

Commons : Stage 21 of the 2016 Tour de France  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• 21st stage of the 2016 Tour de France
• Race course (see dispatches)