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Tour de France winners in pictures

 

PERFECT TIMING: Cadel Evans, wearing the yellow jersey for the first time in the race, is escorted into Paris by his BMC team-mates

WINNING IN STYLE: Mark Cavendish secures the green jersey with victory on the Champs Elysees

RAW EMOTION: Cadel Evans fights back the tears after being crowned Tour de France champion

SO CLOSE: Andy Schleck (left) comes second for the third successive year, while brother Frank (right) registers his best finish in third


SPRINT KING: Mark Cavendish is the first Briton to win the Tour’s green jersey

POLKA DOT: Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez is crowned King of the Mountains

BEST YOUNG RIDER: Pierre Rolland moved into the yellow jersey after winning stage 19 to Alpe d’Huez

CHAMPIONS: The 2011 Tour de France jersey winners celebrate as one

TOP DOGS: Garmin-Cervelo, with a cardboard cut-out of Dave Zabriskie, who crashed out on stage nine, pick up the team prize

General classification

1. Cadel Evans (AUS/BMC Racing) 86h 12m 22s
2. Andy Schleck (LUX/Leopard-Trek) +1’34″
3. Frank Schleck (LUX/Leopard-Trek) +2’30″
4. Thomas Voeckler (FRA/Europcar) +3’20″
5. Alberto Contador (SPA/SaxoBank Sungard) +3’57″
6. Samuel Sanchez (SPA/Euskaltel-Euskadi) +4’55″
7. Damiano Cunego (ITA/Lampre-ISD) +6’05″
8. Ivan Basso (ITA/Liquigas-Cannondale) +7’23″
9. Thomas Danielson (USA/Garmin-Cervelo) +8’15″
10. Jean-Christophe Peraud (FRA/Agr2 La Mondiale) +10’11″

31. Geraint Thomas (GBR/Team Sky) +1:00:48
76. David Millar (GBR/Garmin-Cervelo) +2:14.56
130. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC-Highroad) +3:15.05
137. Ben Swift (GBR/Team Sky) +3:18.07

Points classification

1. Mark Cavendish (GBR/HTC-Highroad) 334 points
2. Jose Joaquin Rojas (SPA/Movistar) 272
3. Philippe Gilbert (BEL/Omega Pharma-Lotto) 236

Best young rider (aged 25 and under)

1. Pierre Rolland (FRA/Europcar) 86h 23m 05
2. Rein Taaramae (EST/Cofidis) +46″
3. Jerome Coppel (FRA/Saur-Sojasun) +7’53″

7. Geraint Thomas (GBR/Team Sky) +50’05″

King of the Mountains classification

1. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (SPA/Euskaltel-Euskadi) 108 points
2. Andy Schleck (LUX/Leopard-Trek) 98
3. Jelle Vanendert (BEL/Omega Pharma-Lotto) 74

Team classification

1. Garmin-Cervelo (USA) 258h 18m 49s
2. Leopard-Trek (LUX) +11’04”
3. Ag2r La Mondiale (FRA) +11’20”

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