Tour de France 2021: Van Aert wins at Champs-Élysées, GC triumph Pogacar

foto: Cor VosWout van Aert storms to victory in Paris, while Tadej Pogacar seals his third Tour triumph in a row. Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz round out the podium. (Slideshow route/profile)

Results 21th stage Tour de France 2021

1. Wout van Aert (bel)
2. Jasper Philipsen (bel) s.t.
3. Mark Cavendish (gbr) s.t.
4. Luka Mezgec (slo) s.t.
5. André Greipel (ger) s.t.
6. Danny van Poppel (nld) s.t.
7. Michael Matthews (aus) s.t.
8. Alex Aranburu (spa) s.t.
9. Cyril Barthe (fra) s.t.
10. Max Walscheid (ger) s.t.

Final GC Tour de France 2021
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Jonas Vingegaard (den) + 5.20
3. Richard Carapaz (ecu) + 7.03
4. Ben O’Connor (aus) + 10.02
5. Wilco Kelderman (nld) + 10.13
6. Enric Mas (spa) + 11.43
7. Alexey Lutsenko (kaz) + 12.23
8. Guillaume Martin (fra) + 15.33
9. Pello Bilbao (spa) + 16.04
10. Rigoberto Uran (col) + 18.34

Race report
Rutsch is the first to accelerate on the Paris circuit, but his team mate Bissegger is the first to open up a gap. Sweeny and Pedersen (Casper) go with him. Konrad comes across before Pedersen drops back.

The three open up a maximum gap of 30 seconds before they are brought back with 32 kilometres to go.

A counter attack by Schelling, Gilbert and Alaphilippe is neutralised before Schelling goes again. Van Moer and Valgren join him. These three also open up a 30 seconds gap, while they are brought back in the last lap.

Van Aert outguns Philipsen and Cavendish in the enduing bunch sprint. The Manx Missile misses his 35th stage win at Le Tour but wins the points collection.

Pogacar seals his second Tour de France triumph in a row, while Vingegaard and Carapaz round out the podium.

Another interesting read: route 21st stage 2021 Tour de France.