Tour de France 2021: Stage 21 – Wout van Aert takes the Champs; Pogacar takes the Tour

This year’s Tour de France ended, of course, on the Champs-Elysees with Jumbo-Visma’s answer to Iron Man, Wout van Aert, took his third stage win of this Tour, disappointing a third placed Mark Cavendish. A lot of fans are sad that Cav couldn’t surpass Eddy Merckx‘s record for Tour stage wins this year, but hey, look on the bright side – he’ll almost certainly be back next year … Tadej Pogacar takes home his second consecutive maillot jaune, with Jonas Vingegaard and Richard Carapaz flanking him on the podium.

To be in Paris in July …

Which way to Paris, please? 🤔

Completing a 7⃣th @LeTour, it's safe to say @PhilippeGilbert knows the way 🤣

📸Photo News pic.twitter.com/zHndWOPJh4

— Lotto Soudal (@Lotto_Soudal) July 18, 2021

🇸🇮 The Slovenian riders celebrate this second Tour de France win without forgetting their fellow countryman @rogla! 💛

🇸🇮 Les Slovènes célèbrent ce deuxième titre consécutif sans oublier leur compatriote @rogla, forcé à l'abandon ! 💛#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/ssUZnZKp4P

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 18, 2021

The final sprint

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The reactions at the sprint finish!

Les réactions du sprint final !#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/YBGBgE09pf

— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 18, 2021

I’m so pleased for him. ☺️ #TDF #couchpeloton #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/LutkFj4kVA

— AnnaMac (@AnnamacB) July 18, 2021

Not blaming Van Aert! Cav put himself up against the barrier and paid the price. pic.twitter.com/s6pOKQGQtf

— Neal Rogers (@nealrogers) July 18, 2021

The winner of stage 21, Wout van Aert 💛👶#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/NFpJFl474K

— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 18, 2021

Wout van Aert 🤝 Eddy Merckx #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/DA8ovdMd7b

— Cycling Memes (@Cycling_Memes1) July 18, 2021

The podium

Joy 💛#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/LlErmtdcHZ

— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 18, 2021

All the kids!

The final podium:
💛 Tadej Pogačar
💛 Jonas Vingegaard
💛 Richard Carapaz#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/tZ47AuMozJ

— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 18, 2021

The Jerseys

Four jerseys … three of which have gone to Tadej Pogacar. And one that went to Mark Cavendish.

With his win over Luz Ardiden three days ago Tadej Pogačar took the lead of the KOM classification. Today he becomes the back2back KOM champion ⛰🏆#couchpeloton #sbstdf #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/cDipFjvXT4

— CyclingCentral (@CyclingCentral) July 18, 2021

The best young rider, Tadej Pogačar! 🤍

A couple more visits to the podium for this man… #TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/DdrKfUf5Oc

— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 18, 2021

Green jersey – Mark Cavendish might not have taken that 35th win today, but he still had a magnificent (and unexpected) Tour de France with 4 stages and winning his second green jersey TEN years after his first.

Champion always💚pic.twitter.com/QyGiuGtjAZ

— Issie 💙 (@IssieAtch) July 18, 2021

Super Combatif, as reported yesterday, went to Franck Bonnamour.

The most combative rider, Franck Bonnamour 👏#TDF2021 pic.twitter.com/K6PxGMSvOc

— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 18, 2021

Team ranking went to Bahrain Victorious

Congratulations to the best team!@sonnycolbrelli @WoutPoels @mhaller91 @fred_wright0 @dylan_teuns @PelloBilbao1990 @matmohoric

📸 @bettiniphoto #TDF2021 #RideAsOne pic.twitter.com/dt4s5rpt1P

— Team Bahrain Victorious (@BHRVictorious) July 18, 2021

Make sure you keep your eyes peeled on Tuesday – that’ll be the Tour Tweets of the Week recap, which will probably be making you scroll for hours, it’ll be so packed!