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Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 20: Rambouillet → Paris Champs-Élysées, 130 km

The final day is a ceremonial stage until the Champs-Élysées circuits with 45 km to go and the inevitable sprint finishshare this photo




The Yellow Jersey, Bradley Wiggins, in front of Mark Cavendish todays
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Champs-Élysées panoramas
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Jens Voigt (RadioShack-Nissan) on the attackshare this photo

Team Sky at the front of the chaseshare this photo

Bradley Wiggins would leadout Mark Cavendish when we got to the final cornershare this photo

The back of the trainshare this photo

Mark Cavendish led through the final corner and then jumped with 300m to go and held onshare this photo

For the fourth year in a row, Mark Cavendish wins the final stage of the Tour de France on the Champs-Élyséesshare this photo

The first rider to every win on the Champs-Élysées in the World's Champion Jerseyshare this photo

Bradley Wiggins thinks he's not worthy of the final Yellow Jerseyshare this photo



It may look the same, but there is a big difference between the leader's jersey and the winner's jersey. Your 2012 Tour de France winner, Bradley Wiggins.




Lots of British fans out to celebrate the first British Tour de France winner
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The final podium, 2nd FROOME, Christopher (SKY PROCYCLING) + 3:21, 1st WIGGINS, Bradley (SKY PROCYCLING) 87:34:42, 3rd NIBALI, Vincenzo (LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE) + 6:19share this photo


The jersey winners, Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale), Bradley Wiggins (Sky), Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) and Tejay van Garderen (BMC Racing)share this photo

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Chris Anker Sørensen (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff) was awarded super combative title as the most aggressive rider in the raceshare this photo



On behalf of Bradley Wiggins and the Tour de France, thanks for tuning in.share this photo


Tour de France (2012) Photos; Stage 20: Rambouillet → Paris Champs-Élysées, 130 km


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Paris-Nice Photos; Stage 4: Brive-la-Gaillarde → Rodez, 183 km



Bradley Wiggins (Sky) awakes to his second morning in Yellow;
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) signs an old photo of himself when he rode
The main break of the day was never given much of a gap. Left-to-r
After the break was caught, Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM) 

3rd in yesterday's finish, Belgian Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol) 

Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol) celebrating the biggest win of his
One more shot of the victory salute from a different angle
Your stage 4 winner, Gianni Meersman (Lotto-Belisol), with a nice  
Smiles all-around on the podium; Bradley Wiggins 

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Paris-Nice Photos; Stage 3: Vierzon → Le Lac de Vassivière, 194 km

Bradley Wiggins (Sky) seriously wants to win Paris-Nice; the start in flat Vierzon before the hilltop a
Other than the cold weather, the first half of the stage was rather enjoyable for the new race leader
As expected, a harmless break rolled away on the flats consisting of Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun)
Judging by this photo and the previous one, it would seem that Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun) did mi
The winter landscape in Central France with the peloton cruising along keeping the break in check
Power sprint finish with the edge to the climbers; Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) holds off the late charge  
Close-up: This finish was a repeat of the Queen Stage at the Tour Down Under in January
The photo-finish... photo. Time lapse finish photos can be misleading to the casual observer. The overall  .
Too close to initially call. It took the overhead replay to determine that...
Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) was surprised at how close the finish was and gave a nice complement
After serving his suspension last year, Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) shows no signs of rust in 2012. year.
Local boy and perennial Tour de France runner-up, Raymound Poulidor, presents Bradley Wiggins with his

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Paris-Nice Photos; Stage 2: Mantes-la-Jolie → Orléans, 185 km

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A flat stage that would soon split apart in the crosswinds (echelons photo)
Stage 1 winner, Gustav Larsson (Vacansoleil-DCM), didn't make the main break and lost his Yellow Jersey after only one day
External photo: A great shot of echelons forming in the crosswinds (big photo) that split the race apart
Strong crosswinds split the peloton on the plains in France leaving us with a bunch sprint in Orléans; the full flight finish photo of Tom BOONEN (OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP) beating right, Jose ROJAS GIL (MOVISTAR) and left, John DEGENKOLB (PROJECT 1T4I) in a bunch sprint
Close-up: The gritty, grimaces of Paris-Nice
Tom Boonen shutting it down. As you can see, he had two Omega Pharma-Quickstep teammates in the winning break. (photo © Colin Flockton)
Tom Boonen celebrates his 100th pro win while teammate Sylvain Chavanel in French national champion's jersey, blurry in the distance, provides the full victory salute. Levi Leipheimer was also in the break and is now 2nd on GC, 6s behind Bradley Wiggins (Sky).
Tom Boonen on the podium for the 100th time in his pro career (photo © Colin Flockton)
As winner of the first road stage, Tom Boonen, slips into the Green Jersey
Without time to fully clean himself up, one of the race favorites, Bradley Wiggins (Sky), slips into the Yellow Jersey.
Bradley Wiggins (Sky) may keep the Yellow Jersey for the rest of the week, but he's just 6s up on Levi Leipheimer (photo © Colin Flockton)
Fourth overall + 11s and the best young rider so far, Tejay Van Garderen (Bmc Racing) (photo © Colin Flockton)

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