Tour de France 2021
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| General | |||
| output | 108th Tour de France | ||
| Racing series | UCI WorldTour 2021 2nd UWT | ||
| Stages | 21 | ||
| date | June 26th - July 18th 2021 | ||
| overall length | 3,414.4 km | ||
| Host countries |
 France  Andorra |
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| begin | Brest | ||
| aim | Paris | ||
| Teams | 23 | ||
| Driver at the start | 184 | ||
| Driver at the finish | 141 | ||
| Average speed | 41.165 km / h | ||
| Result | |||
| winner |
 Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) |
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| Second |
 Jonas Vingegaard ( Jumbo Visma ) |
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| Third |
 Richard Carapaz ( Ineos Grenadiers ) |
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| Scoring |
 Mark Cavendish ( Deceuninck-Quick Step ) |
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| Mountain scoring |
Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) |
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| Young talent evaluation |
Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) |
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| Competitive price |
Franck Bonnamour ( B&B Hotels p / b KTM ) |
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| Team ranking |
 Bahrain Victorious
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| ◀ 2020 | 2022 ▶ | ||
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The Tour de France 2021 was the 108th staging of the most important stage race in road cycling . The tour started in Brest on June 26, 2021 and ended in Paris on July 18, 2021 . The Grand Tour was part of the UCI WorldTour 2021 .
Overall winner was Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ). He also won the mountain classification , the junior competition , the individual time trial of the 5th stage and the mountain arrivals of the 17th and 18th stages in the Pyrenees . Pogačar took over the yellow jersey on the 8th stage in the Alps .
Jonas Vingegaard ( Jumbo-Visma ) was second overall, 5:20 minutes behind Richard Carapaz ( Ineos Grenadiers ), who was 7:03 minutes behind the winner.
Mark Cavendish ( Deceuninck-Quick-Step ) won the 4th , 6th , 10th and 13th stage in the sprint of the main field . He equaled Eddy Merckx's record with a total of 34 stage wins in his career . It also won the points classification for the second time since 2011 .
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) won three stages : the mountainous 11th stage as a soloist, the time trial of the 20th stage and the final stage in the mass sprint of the peloton .
The team championship was won by Bahrain Victorious for Pello Bilbao in ninth place overall and the winner of the 7th and 19th stages Matej Mohorič . The accommodation of the teams was in police preliminary investigations because of a doping suspicion before the 18th stage searched.
Franck Bonnamour ( B&B Hotels p / b KTM ) was awarded the red number by a jury as the most combative driver .
Last in the overall standings ( Lanterne Rouge , "red lantern") was Tim Declercq in 141st, 5:01:09 hours behind.
Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic
The original starting point should be Copenhagen . As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo were moved to the year 2021, the Tour de France 2021 has been brought forward by a week to avoid scheduling problems. However, the new date collided with the hosting of the European Football Championship matches in Copenhagen in 2021 . The organizer Amaury Sport Organization and the starting location agreed to start the Tour de France in Copenhagen in 2022.
Teams and drivers
According to the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale , the 19 UCI WorldTeams were entitled and obliged to start. As the best UCI ProTeam in the world rankings , Alpecin-Fenix qualified for participation. The organizer also gave wild cards to the French ProTeams Arkéa-Samsic , B&B Hotels p / b KTM and Total Direct Énergie , whereby the organizer used an exemption from the UCI to allow 23 teams with 184 riders to start instead of 22 cycling teams with 176 riders.
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The 184 participants came from 27 nations. Traditionally, the largest contingent was France, with 33 French taking part in the tour. After France followed Belgium with 22 drivers, Spain with 17, the Netherlands with 14 and Germany with 12 drivers. Eleven racing drivers came from Denmark, ten each from Australia and Great Britain. In addition, six Swiss and four Austrians took part in the Tour de France 2021. 45 riders took part in the Tour de France for the first time. At the vote offspring Score 29 athletes participated, around 16% of the field.
Alejandro Valverde ( Movistar Team ), born on April 25, 1980, was the oldest rider on the Tour of France at the age of 41. He took part in the Tour de France for the 15th time and had the most starts of all drivers in the field. Fred Wright from Team Bahrain Victorious was again the youngest driver in the field. He was born on June 13, 1999 and was 22 years old at the start of the tour. Team Israel Start-Up Nation had the highest average age of all 23 teams , with the racers in the tour squad being an average of 33 years old. The youngest team is Team DSM with an average age of 25 years. The average racer in the 2021 Tour de France was 29 years old.
Ten previous Grand Tour winners took part in the Tour of France 2021 : Chris Froome , Vincenzo Nibali , Primož Roglič , Nairo Quintana , Tao Geoghegan Hart , Tadej Pogačar , Simon Yates , Alejandro Valverde , Geraint Thomas and Richard Carapaz . In addition, 40 riders are taking part, who were able to achieve a stage victory in the Tour de France. Mark Cavendish won the most stages with 30 stage wins between 2008 and 2016. He was ahead of Peter Sagan , who won twelve stages between 2012 and 2019, and André Greipel with eleven stage wins.
Of the 184 starters, 141 reached the finish in Paris.
route
The route of the Tour de France 2021 - with a total length of 3,414.4 kilometers - was considered to be more balanced than that of the previous events. Among the six mountain stages there were only three mountain arrivals this time , namely at the finish of the 9th stage in Tignes , the 17th stage on the Col de Portet and the 18th stage in Luz Ardiden . During the 11th stage the Mont Ventoux was crossed twice. The highest point of the Tour de France 2021 was the Port d'Envalira pass (2408 meters in altitude) on the 15th stage , which is followed by the finish in Andorra la Vella after a descent . In contrast, there were two individual time trials with a total of 58 kilometers, more than in previous years. Five stages were viewed as low mountain ranges, while eight flat stages were considered sprinter-friendly . The drivers had to cope with a total of 60 climbs , including five in the heaviest Hors Catégorie (HC) category . The race led through three mountain ranges: the Armorican Massif , the Alps and finally the Pyrenees . In France, nine regions and 31 departments were crossed, and the small state of Andorra was also approached.
Grand Départ
The first four stages of the Tour de France 2021 were all in Brittany . Each of these stages took place in a single department. After 1952 , 1974 and 2008 , the Tour de France began for the fourth time in the Breton port city of Brest . The first stage led on June 26th as a 197.8 kilometer stage from Brest to Landerneau through the Finistère department . The second stage from Perros-Guirec to Mûr-de-Bretagne led through the Départment Côtes-d'Armor . The third stage from Lorient to Pontivy led through the Morbihan department and the fourth stage from Redon to Fougères led through the Ille-et-Vilaine department .
Further routing
After the individual time trial from Changé to Laval over 27.2 kilometers, the next two stages went across France, with the seventh stage from Vierzon to Le Creusot over a distance of 249.1 kilometers; the longest stage since the 20th stage of the Tour de France 2000 . Then two alpine stages were on the program. The first Alpine stage connected Oyonnax with Le Grand-Bornand via the Mont-Saxonnex (5.7 km at 8.3%), the Col de Romme (8.7 km at 9.4%) and the Col de la Colombière (7 , 3 km at 8.7%) before the drives left for the Savoyard tourist destination. The second alpine stage took place between Cluses and Tignes over a length of 144 kilometers and led over the Côte de Domancy (2.5 km at 9.7%), the Col des Saisies (9.5 km at 6.2%), the Col du Pré (13.1 km at 7.4%), the Cormet de Roselend (5.8 km at 6.3%) and the final ascent to the alpine ski resort of Tignes (21.1 km at 5.6%).
After the first day of rest, the riders left the Alps and the trip to the Pyraen was on the tour plan. After the flat stage from Albertville to Valence , the riders had to conquer Mont Ventoux twice (1910 meters in altitude) on the eleventh stage from Sorgues to Malaucène . This was followed by two flat stages that ended in Carcassonne . The five Pyrenees stages of this tour began with the 14th stage from Carcassonne to Quillan . Up to the 18th stage to Luz Ardiden (1715 meters in altitude) the riders had to cross a total of 20 climbs in the Pyrenees, including. the Port d'Envalira pass (2408 m altitude) - where the souvenir Henri Desgrange was awarded -, the Col du Tourmalet (2115 m altitude) - there the souvenir Jacques Goddet was awarded -, Col de Portet (2215 m altitude), Col de Puymorens ( 1915 meters in altitude) and Col de Beixalís (1796 meters in altitude). In the 15th stage they reached Andorra la Vella , the capital of Andorra , followed by the second day of rest.
After the last mountain stage, the last three stages from Mourenx to Paris ran through flat terrain. The penultimate stage was the second individual time trial of this edition. This time trial in the Bordeaux region led from Libourne to Saint-Émilion . These 30.8 kilometers were the last chance for the drivers who drove for the overall standings. The tour ended with the 21st stage after 3414.4 kilometers traditionally on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
List of stages
The following table shows the stages of the Tour de France 2021 with date, start and finish point, categorization and stage length. In addition, the stage winner and the respective leader in the overall ranking are indicated after the stage. In the first column, the individual items for each stage are given with detailed information on placement and course of the race.
Regulations and prize money
The race was carried out according to the regulations of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) for stage races. In accordance with this, the organizer Amaury Sport Organization stipulated special regulations, from which the amount of the prize money and the criteria for awarding the special ratings resulted (the overall rating and the team rating were derived from the UCI regulations), as described below.
Stage coefficients and waiting period
The organizer assigns six coefficients to the stages on which the calculation of the waiting period is based:
- Coefficient 1: Stages without particular difficulty (3rd, 4th, 6th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 19th and 21st stage) with a waiting period between 4% and a winning speed of less than 36 km / h and 12% at a winning speed over 50 km / h,
- Coefficient 2: Stages with rough terrain (1st and 2nd stage) with a waiting period between 6% for a winning speed below 35 km / h and 18% for a winning speed above 46 km / h,
- Coefficient 3: Stages on very rough terrain (7th, 14th and 16th stage) with a waiting period of between 10% at a winning speed below 35 km / h and 20% at a winning speed above 44 km / h,
- Coefficient 4: very difficult stages (8th, 11th, 15th and 17th stage) with a waiting period between 7% for a winning speed below 30 km / h and 18% for a winning speed above 40 km / h,
- Coefficient 5: very difficult, short stages (9th and 18th stage) with a waiting period between 10% at a winning speed below 29 km / h and 18% at a winning speed above 36 km / h as well
- Coefficient 6: Individual time trials (5th and 20th stage) with a waiting period of 25% of the time of the winner.
In exceptional cases, the jury was able to leave drivers in the race who had exceeded the waiting period. However, these drivers would have lost all of the points gained in the points and mountain classification .
The stage coefficients are also significant for the number of points awarded at stage arrivals in the point evaluation .
Overall rating
The leader of the overall standings wore the yellow jersey ( maillot jaune ). As always in international stage races, the overall ranking was the result of adding up the times driven. In addition, there were 10, 6 and 4 seconds time bonuses in the stages - with the exception of the time trial stage. There were further time bonuses of 8, 5 and 2 seconds in the bonus sprints of the 2nd, 7th, 8th, 11th, 14th and 15th stage.
Scoring
The leader of the points classification wore the green jersey ( maillot vert ). The points for this evaluation were awarded for stage goals according to the difficulty and type of stage (→ coefficient ) and intermediate sprints as follows:
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th. | 9. | 10. | 11. | 12th | 13. | 14th | 15th |
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| Stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 12, 13, 19 and 21 (coefficients 1 and 2) | 50 | 30th | 20th | 18th | 16 | 14th | 12th | 10 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 |
| Stages 7, 14 and 16 (coefficient 3) | 30th | 25th | 22nd | 19th | 17th | 15th | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 |
| Stages 5, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17, 18 and 20 (coefficients 4, 5 and 6) | 20th | 17th | 15th | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Intermediate sprints | 20th | 17th | 15th | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8th | 7th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Mountain scoring
The leader of the mountain classification wore the spotted jersey ( maillot à pois ). The points for this evaluation were awarded on the crossings of the climbs categorized by the organizer as follows:
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th. | |
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| Hors Catégorie (1) (2) (3) | 40 | 30th | 24 | 20th | 16 | 12th | 8th | 4th | |
| Hors Catégorie | 20th | 15th | 12th | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | |
| 1st category | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 | |||
| 2nd category | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 3rd category | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 4th category | 1 | ||||||||
- Souvenir Henri Desgrange
- The first rider on the summit of Port d'Envalira ( 15th stage ) was awarded the Henri Desgrange souvenir.
- Souvenir Jacques Goddet
- The first rider to climb the Col du Tourmalet summit ( 18th stage ) was awarded the Jacques Goddet souvenir.
Young talent evaluation
The leader of the junior competition wore the white jersey ( maillot blanc ). The junior ranking was calculated like the overall ranking. In the junior ranking, all drivers born since January 1st, 1995 were recorded.
Team ranking
The leaders of the team competition wore a yellow number on their backs. The team ranking was calculated from the times of the first three drivers of a team on each stage.
Most combative driver
At the end of a stage and at the end of the Tour de France, a jury awards a driver with the red number as the most combative driver. The individual time trial and the final stage are excluded .
Prize money
The prize money totaled 2,288,450 euros. Of this, 1,138,800 euros were for the overall classification, 601,650 euros for the stage rankings, 178,800 euros for the team ranking, 128,000 euros for the points ranking, 108,700 euros for the mountain ranking, 66,500 euros for the junior ranking, 56,000 euros for the ranking for the most competitive driver and 10,000 euros were used for the special ratings ( Souvenir Henri Desgrange and Souvenir Jacques Goddet ).
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | 4th | 5. | 6th | 7th | 8th note | guide |
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 Overall rating
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€ 500,000 | € 200,000 | € 100,000 | € 70,000 | € 50,000 | € 23,000 | € 11,500 | € 7600 | 500 € |
 Scoring
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€ 25,000 | € 15,000 | € 10,000 | 4000 € | 3500 € | 3000 € | 2500 € | 2000 € | 300 € |
 Mountain scoring
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€ 25,000 | € 15,000 | € 10,000 | 4000 € | 3500 € | 3000 € | 2500 € | 2000 € | 300 € |
 Young talent evaluation
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€ 20,000 | € 15,000 | € 10,000 | 5000 € | - | 300 € | |||
 Team ranking
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€ 50,000 | € 30,000 | € 20,000 | € 12,000 | € 8,000 | - | |||
 Most combative driver
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€ 20,000 | - | |||||||
| placement | 1. | 2. | 3. | annotation |
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| Stage ranking | € 11,000 | 5500 € | 2800 € | staggered up to 20th place (300 €) |
| Intermediate sprints | 1500 € | 1000 € | 500 € | 19 intermediate sprints during the tour |
| Mountain classification hors category | € 800 | 450 € | 300 € | 5 ratings during the tour |
| Mountain classification cat. 1 | € 650 | € 400 | 150 € | 13 ratings during the tour |
| Mountain classification cat. 2 | 500 € | € 250 | - | 9 ratings during the tour |
| Mountain classification cat. 3 | 300 € | - | 10 ratings during the tour | |
| Mountain classification cat. 4 | € 200 | - | 23 ratings during the tour | |
| Young drivers | 500 € | - | fastest young driver of the stage | |
| Most combative driver | 2000 € | - | except time trial and final stage | |
| team | 2800 € | - | fastest team of the stage | |
The prize money is distributed according to teams as follows:
| place | team | Prize money |
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| 1 | UAE Team Emirates | € 619,580 |
| 2 | Jumbo Visma | € 359,520 |
| 3 | Bahrain Victorious | € 170,310 |
| 4th | Deceuninck-Quick-Step | € 149,690 |
| 5 | Ineos Grenadiers | € 134,590 |
| 6th | AG2R Citroën team | € 121,230 |
| 7th | Bora-hansgrohe | € 109,370 |
| 8th | Alpecin-Fenix | € 81,180 |
| 9 | EF Education-Nippo | € 69,610 |
| 10 | Trek-Segafredo | € 62,390 |
| 11 | Movistar team | € 50,140 |
| 12th | Team BikeExchange | € 44,610 |
| 13 | B&B Hotels p / b KTM | € 39,190 |
| 14th | Groupama-FDJ | € 36,000 |
| 15th | Astana-Premier Tech | € 35,420 |
| 16 | Cofidis | € 34,390 |
| 17th | Team Arkéa-Samsic | € 32,430 |
| 18th | Israel start-up nation | € 24,870 |
| 19th | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | € 24,230 |
| 20th | Lotto Soudal | € 23,640 |
| 21 | Team TotalEnergies | € 21,960 |
| 22nd | Team DSM | € 13,450 |
| 23 | Team Qhubeka NextHash | € 11,650 |
| total | € 2,269,450 | |
Ratings in the course of the tour
The table shows the leader in the respective classification or the wearer of the classification jerseys or colored shirt numbers at the end of the respective stage. The individual stage articles, which are linked in the first column, offer a more detailed overview of the placements after a stage.
Final results
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Individual evidence
- ↑ The Grand Départ of Copenhagen is postponed for one year. In: radsport-news.com. August 3, 2020, accessed May 1, 2021 .
- ↑ Tour de France 2021 with 23 teams and 184 riders. In: radsport-news.com. February 4, 2021, accessed May 1, 2021 .
- ↑ Number of competitors per nation Tour de France 2021. In: procyclingstats.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .
- ↑ Debutants Tour de France 2021. In: procyclingstats.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .
- ↑ Youngest competitors Tour de France 2021. In: procyclingstats.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .
- ^ Average team age Tour de France 2021. In: procyclingstats.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .
- ↑ Previous performance in this race for riders on the startlist. In: procyclingstats.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .
- ↑ Most grand tour wins by riders on the start list for Tour de France 2021. In: procyclingstats.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .
- ↑ Previous performance in this race for riders on the startlist. In: procyclingstats.com. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .
- ↑ 58 time trial kilometers, 3 mountain arrivals and 2 times the Ventoux. In: radsport-news.com. November 1, 2020, accessed May 1, 2021 .
- ↑ ASO : Tour de France 2021 - regulations. (PDF; 3.4 MB) In: lequipe.fr. Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), June 17, 2021, accessed June 18, 2021 (English, French).
- ↑ Press Release, 21 - Chatou> Paris Champs-Élysées. (PDF; 2.6) In: tissottiming.com. July 18, 2021, accessed July 19, 2021 (French).
Web links
- official website
- Règlement Tour de France 2021. (PDF; 3.4 MB;French, English).
- Tour de France 2021 in the ProCyclingStats.com database
