2009 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 21
The 21st stage of the Tour de France in 2009 and last stage on July 26, led 164 km from Montereau- Fault-Yonne ( south-east of Paris at the mouth of the River Yonne in the Seine ) to Paris on the circular course of the Champs-Élysées. . , where the tour ended as a classic road race through two intermediate sprints near the obelisk.
In the now classic 6.5 km long circuit between Tuileries, Rue de Rivoli, Place de la Concorde and the Place Charles de Gaulle with the Arc de Triomphe, the field of riders crossed the finish line eight times before in the ninth goal of crossing the sprint the tour really ended. Also this year, however, there were by this last stage no further change in the top of the overall standings.
At the end of the 3459 km long tour reached by the 180 licensed drivers who had gone to the starting line in the prologue in Monaco, 156 the goal. Mark Renshaw went to the sprint of the stage winner Mark Cavendish and was in front of the rest of the field still in second place.
Sprint
- Intermediate sprint on the Champs -Elysées after the second passage of the finish line ( 120 km; . 60m above sea level )
- Second intermediate sprint on the Champs -Elysées after the 4th passage of the finish line ( 133 km )
- Final sprint on the Champs Elysees ( 164 kilometers; . 45m above sea level )