| Time ET |
Km |
Comments |
| 11:15am |
- |
Lance Armstrong wins a third consecutive Tour de France.
Erik Zabel wins a record 6th consecutive green jersey
Laurent Jalabert becomes the third rider, with Eddy Merckx and Bernard Hinault to win the best climber jersey after having won the green jersey. |
| 11:08am |
160 |
Svorada outsrpints the peloton and wins the stage. Rankings: 1. Svorada, 2. Zabel, 3. O'Grady, 4. Teutenberg, 5. Petacchi. |
| 11:07am |
158.5 |
Brochard joins Vinokourov. |
| 11:06am |
157 |
Vinokourov is all by himself upfront. The peloton has caught up the other riders. |
| 11:05am |
154 |
With just one lap to go on the Champs Elysees, the 7 riders up front lead by 20". |
| 11:00am |
150 |
10k to go the 7 riders up front. The gap with the rest of the field is 28". |
| 10:50am |
140 |
20k to go in this year's Tour de France for the 7-man breakaway group. |
| 10:50am |
140 |
20k to go in this year's Tour de France for the 7-man breakaway group. |
| 10:41am |
126 |
Vinokourov, Brard and Mattan joined the 4 leaders. |
| 10:40am |
125 |
Belli, with a flat, has been caught up by the peloton. Verheyen, Baldato, Bouvard and Aerts have broken away up front and lead by 10" ahead of the 18-man chasing group, and 1' ahead of the peloton. |
| 10:35am |
122 |
The 23-man breakaway group is still leading by more than 1 minute over the peloton, now driven by the Big.Mat team. |
| 10:25am |
115 |
The Domo Farm-Frites teams drives the peloton, which trails by 1'12" behind the 23-man breakaway group. |
| 10:15am |
110 |
Vinokourov, Lino, Baldato, Belli, Tosatto, Verheyen, Aerts, baguet, pascual Rodriguez, Morin, Voigt, Botcharov, Turpin, L. Jalabert, Bouvard and Serpellini have broken away and join the 7 men up front. The 23-man breakaway group leads by 40". |
| 10:10am |
106 |
8", the gap between the 7-man breakaway group and the peloton is 8". |
| 10:05am |
103 |
Jalabert, Guesdon, Pill, Voigt, Jimenez, Mattan and Vermaut have broken away. |
| 10:00am |
100 |
The peloton is still packed even though many riders attempt to break away. |
| 9:55am |
92 |
The 8 USPS riders remaining, including yellow-jersey holder Lance Armstrong drive the peloton up the Champs-Elysees. |
| 9:50am |
90 |
The peloton rides alongside the Seine, then through the Avenue de Rivoli, a few yards from the Louvre. The Champs-Elysees are nearby. |
| 9:45am |
87 |
The peloton enters into Paris. |
| 9:40am |
83 |
The peloton, driven by the USPS team is packed again, after having been split up in two for a couple of miles. |
| 9:30am |
78 |
Zabel wins the second bonus sprint of the day. Stuart O'Grady takes the 3rd place. Vinokourov is second. |
| 9:25am |
72 |
The second bonus sprint of the day is coming up. The peloton is still packed. Team Telekom drives the peloton. |
| 9:05am |
65 |
Rankings at the top of the Gif-sur-Yvette cote: 1. Bertogliati, 2. Belli, 3. Jalabert. |
| 8:55am |
57 |
As the last climb of the Tour de France nears, best climber Laurent Jalabert comes up at the head of the peloton. |
| 8:35am |
48 |
The peloton is still cruising rather slowly as Paris and the 10 laps on the Champs-Elysees near. |
| 8:20am |
40 |
120k to go to the finishing line. |
| 8:15am |
36 |
The peloton driven by the yellow-jersey USPS team is packed. |
| 8:05am |
29 |
Zabel takes the green jersey. Rankings at the first bonus sprint of the day: 1. Erikz Zabel, 2. Stuart O'Grady, 3. A. Vinokourov.
O'Grady and Zabel are tied with 216 points at the top of the points standings, but the German rider, 5-time defending champion, has the advantage thanks to his three stage wins. |
| 8:00am |
26 |
The first bonus sprint nears. Should Erik Zabel take one of the first three spots at the sprint, ahead of Stuart O'Grady, he would grab the green jersey. |
| 7:40am |
15 |
The race has not really started yet. The first bonus sprint located at the 28th kilometer is likely to start it. |
| 7:20am |
5 |
The peloton cruises through the first miles of the final stage, where riders "like to goof around," as yellow-jersey holder Lance Armstrong pointed out yesterday. |
| 7:10am |
1 |
The 144 remaining riders have started the 20th and final stage of the 2001 Tour de France to Paris. |
| 7:00am |
0 |
The 20th and final stage of the 2001 Tour de France enroute to the Champs Elysees in Paris is set to start at 1:10pm local time, 7:10pm ET. |
