DENMARK’s Jonas Vingegaard secured his first Tour de France victory as Jasper Philipsen of Belgium won the sprint on the final stage in Paris on Sunday.

Philipsen was an easy winner on the Champs-Elysees while Vingegaard, 25, finished alongside his Jumbo-Visma team-mates after three weeks of racing.

He beat last year’s champion Tadej Pogacar by two minutes 43 seconds in the general classification.

Britain’s former winner Geraint Thomas came third overall.

The 36-year-old Welshman has now finished on the Tour podium three times in his career.

“It’s just incredible. I’ve finally won the Tour,” Vingegaard said.

“Now nothing can go wrong any more. I’m sitting here with my daughter. It’s just incredible.

“It is the biggest cycling race of the year, the biggest one you can win and now I have done it. Nobody can take this away from me.”

The runner-up last year, Vingegaard also claimed the polka dot king of the mountains jersey, while team-mate Wout van Aert won the points classification green jersey.

Pogacar, 23, had to settle for the white jersey as the best young rider after his dream of a third straight Tour title was ended in the mountains
Vingegaard, who won three stages in all, is Denmark’s second Tour winner after Bjarne Riis’ victory in 1996..(BBC Sport)