Pezcyclingnews: Tour’15 St.21: Greipel Grabs Paris!

Race Report: It looked like the heavy rain was going to dampen the final stage of the Tour de France into Paris, but in the end the sprinters had their day. The big German, Andr Greipel, held his sprint back to the last meters to swoop past Alexander Kristoff for the most important Paris sprint. Chris Froome rolled over the line for his second Tour overall victory.There were many crashes in the ladies race and so the overall timing was taken at the first crossing of the finish line. As the roads dried the race was on, some small breaks hoped to take it all the way to the finish, but in the end Lotto Soudal dominated the stage to place their man perfectly for the last lunge.The course for stage 21 into Paris is slightly different from normal as it starts fairly close to the finish, in the suburb of Svres and works its way through Boulogne Baillancourt and Longchamp towards the Place Charles de Gaul at the top of the circuit. From there the race heads towards the river and makes a detour to pass the Tour Eiffel and go through the streets south of the river before crossing at the Louvre to join the circuit for ten laps and the battle of the Champs Elyses. At only 109 kilometers its the shortest stage of the Tour. Mark Cavendish has the record with four wins.After the womens race, La Course, was won by Anna Van Der Breggen (Rabo-Liv)...

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