Tour de France 2019/21. stage

◄ 20.00000 Result of the 21st stage00000
		Caleb Ewan (LTS)	3:04:08 h
2.		Dylan Groenewegen (TJV)	equal time
3.		Niccolò Bonifazio (TDE)	equal time
4th		Maximiliano Richeze (DQT)	equal time
5.		Edvald Boasson Hagen (TDD)	equal time
6th		André Greipel (PCB)	equal time
7th		Matteo Trentin (MTS)	equal time
8th.		Jasper Stuyven (TFS)	equal time
9.		Nikias Arndt (SUN)	equal time
10.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	equal time
Intermediate results after the 21st stage
		Egan Bernal (INS)	82:57:00 h
2.		Geraint Thomas (INS)	+ 1:11 min
3.		Steven Kruijswijk (TJV)	+ 1:31 min
		Peter Sagan (BOH)	316 pts.
2.		Caleb Ewan (LTS)	248 pts.
3.		Elia Viviani (DQT)	224 pts.
		Romain Bardet (ALM)	86 pts.
2.		Egan Bernal (INS)	78 pts.
3.		Tim Wellens (LTS)	75 pts.
		Egan Bernal (INS)	82:57:00 h
2.		David Gaudu (GFC)	+ 23:58 min
3.		Enric Mas (DQT)	+ 58:20 min
		Movistar team	248: 58: 15 h
2.		Trek-Segafredo	+ 47:54 min
3.		Team Sky / Team Ineos	+ 57:52 min

The 21st stage of the Tour de France 2019 took place on July 28, 2019. The 128-kilometer flat stage began in Rambouillet and ended on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris . The stage start was at 6:05 p.m. at Rambouillet Castle , the sharp start was at 6:13 p.m. northwest of Rambouillet. After crossing the Haute Vallée de Chevreuse regional nature park, the last two mountain classifications of the tour followed shortly after each other at Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse and Châteaufort . The drivers reached Paris via Toussus-le-Noble , Vélizy-Villacoublay , Meudon and Issy-les-Moulineaux . Following the right bank of the Seine , they drove through the Cour Carrée and the inner courtyard of the Palais du Louvre and drove past the glass pyramid that celebrated its 30th anniversary. Then they returned to the Rue de Rivoli and reached the traditional circuit on the Champs-Élysées via the Place de la Concorde , which had to be traveled eight times. The intermediate sprint was carried out on the third lap.

Race course

As usual on the last stage of a tour, the first half of the race was characterized by a very slow pace. With the beginning of the first final round, the pace increased. A top group of four from Omar Fraile , Tom Scully , Nils Politt and Jan Tratnik was able to form. Although they were able to pull out a maximum lead of around 30 seconds, they were overtaken in the sixth (Politt and Fraile) and seventh final laps (Scully and Tratnik). On the final laps the sprinters Sonny Colbrelli and Michael Matthews  - the favorites for the stage win - had a defect and had to go back into the field. The Australian Caleb Ewan won the mass sprint ahead of the Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen and the Italian Niccolò Bonifazio . Ewan achieved his third Tour stage win in 2019 after winning the 11th stage in Toulouse and 16th stage in Nîmes .

Time bonus

Time bonus at the stage destination
driver	Time bonus
Caleb Ewan (LTS)	10 seconds
Dylan Groenewegen (TJV)	06 seconds
Niccolò Bonifazio (TDE)	04 seconds

Scoring

Intermediate sprint in Paris - Haut des Champs-Élysées after 89.5 km over 53  m
1.		Nils Politt (TKA)	20 pts.
2.		Jan Tratnik (TBM)	17 pts.
3.		Tom Scully (EF1)	15 pts.
4th		Omar Fraile (AST)	13 pts.
5.		Dries Devenyns (DQT)	11 pts.
6th		Thomas De Gendt (LTS)	10 pts.
7th		George Bennett (TJV)	9 pts.
8th.		Maxime Monfort (LTS)	8 pts.
9.		Enric Mas (DQT)	7 pts.
10.		Kasper Asgreen (DQT)	6 pts.
11.		Michał Kwiatkowski (INS)	5 pts.
12.		Łukasz Wiśniowski (CCC)	4 pts.
13.		Geraint Thomas (INS)	3 pts.
14th		Yves Lampaert (DQT)	2 pts.
15th		Wout Poels (INS)	1 point

Stage destination in Paris - Champs-Élysées after 128 km at 38  m
1.		Caleb Ewan (LTS)	50 pts.
2.		Dylan Groenewegen (TJV)	30 pts.
3.		Niccolò Bonifazio (TDE)	20 pts.
4th		Maximiliano Richeze (DQT)	18 pts.
5.		Edvald Boasson Hagen (TDD)	16 pts.
6th		André Greipel (PCB)	14 pts.
7th		Matteo Trentin (MTS)	12 pts.
8th.		Jasper Stuyven (TFS)	10 pts.
9.		Nikias Arndt (SUN)	8 pts.
10.		Peter Sagan (BOH)	7 pts.
11.		Sonny Colbrelli (TBM)	6 pts.
12.		Marco Haller (TKA)	5 pts.
13.		Andrea Pasqualon (WGG)	4 pts.
14th		Julien Simon (COF)	3 pts.
15th		Hugo Houle (AST)	2 pts.

Mountain ratings

Côte de Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Category 4 after 34 km over 153  m 1.3 km at 6.1%
1.		Tim Wellens (LTS)	1 point

Côte de Châteaufort Category 4 after 38 km over 152  m 0.9 km at 4.9%
1.		Yoann Offredo (WGG)	1 point

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ewan dreamed of victory on his first visit to Paris. In: radsport-news.com. July 28, 2019, accessed July 31, 2019 . 

Web links

• 21st stage of the Tour de France 2019 on letour.fr
• Race course of the 21st stage on letour.fr (see dispatches)
• Tour de France 2019/21. Stage in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Tour de France: Summary - Stage 21 - Tour de France 2019 on YouTube (length: 4:03 min).
• Press kit and final result of the 21st stage made available by tissottiming.com (PDF; 1.9 MB)