Greipel won on the Champs Elysees – Dagbladet.no

PARIS / OSLO (procycling.no): The closing charmer stage to the Champs Elysees got an unusual feel to it, with a downpour that ensured that women’s race, which went earlier in the day was marked by several well.

For that reason was also time stopped for the riders as they crossed the finish line for the first of eleven times. Thus was also Chris Froome secured overall victory, as long as he came to the finish.

The rain, however, had surrendered when the field, with Sky in the lead, came to Paris.

Asked teams managed by some frantic last kilometers to collect field for a total requested, where the sprinters should get one last chance to fight for a stage win.

Team Katusha did once again a brilliant job of delivering Alexander Kristoff in a glorious position on the run.

Der André Greipel was the strongest. The German won ahead of Bryan Coquard, while Kristoff had to settle for third place ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen.

– I have no legs to win, says Kristoff TV2 just after the finish.

Chavanel first out
the obligatory photos and saucer nobody in sparkling, was the way into Paris a transport leg.

Even after the field came to the French capital, took the field it easy in the first two rounds.

From there on out it was full speed in the 6.8 kilometer-long circular track.

The French veteran Sylvain Chavanel (IAM) was the first to be given a proper hatch. The French veteran got bask in front of a few kilometers, before Nelson Oliveira (Lampre-Merida), Florian Vachon (Bretagne-Seche) and Kenneth Vanbilsen (Cofidis) broke through and created a tettrio.

Lotto with control
The field was led by Lotto Soudal, which run for its star sprinter André Greipel. The German had already before leg won three stages and was thus the most successful sprinter in the race.

The Belgian team kept the three in front on a 20-25 second distance through several rounds, until the distance walked over 30 seconds with three laps remaining.

Rohan Dennis (BMC) came up to the three halfway on the penultimate lap. Just before they went out on the last lap attack Vanbilsen and were joined by Dennis. The two had a gap of ten seconds down to the field with a scant seven kilometers to the finish.

Five kilometers before the finish was, however, ultimately for the two, who thus handed the stage for the sprinters.

The article is delivered by bicycle website procycling.no.