Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard sealed his second successive Tour de France triumph as Jordi Meeus sprinted to a surprise win on the final stage.
Meeus, 25, edged Jasper Philipsen in a photo finish in Paris to deny his fellow Belgian a repeat of last year’s win on the iconic Champs Elysees.

Vingegaard, 26, finished seven minutes and 29 seconds clear of nearest rival, two-time winner Tadej Pogacar.
Britain’s Adam Yates was third overall, one place above his twin brother Simon.
“I’m happy of course – we’re winning it for the second time and it’s amazing,” said Vingegaard.
“It’s been a super hard race and a super good fight between me and Tadej. Of course, I hope to come back next year to see if I can take the third win.”

Only eight men have taken three or more Tour wins since the race’s first edition in 1903.
Vingegaard’s more immediate target is victory at another Grand Tour, the Vuelta a Espana, which starts at the end of August.
He will ride alongside his Jumbo-Visma team-mate and three-time Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic – winner of this year’s Giro d’Italia – as they target a first clean sweep of the sport’s three biggest stage races.
Vingegaard revealed he will take no more than a week off before starting his preparations for Spain, but will find time to celebrate his success.

“It’s been an amazing year, what a Tour de France for us,” he added.
“We started the plans early and once again I could not have done it without my team. I’m so proud of every one of us.
“Tonight we will celebrate, have a good dinner, it will be a nice evening. Thanks to my opponents who have been amazing, it’s been an amazing three weeks fighting with you guys.”

Meeus was probably the most unlikely man to make it to the top of the podium in the French capital.
Racing in his first Tour, Bora-Hansgrohe rider Meeus claimed the biggest win of his career by a rim from Philipsen, racing in the green jersey having won four stages of this year’s contest.
Meeus said: “It was a super nice experience already so far and to take the win today was an indescribable feeling. Everything went perfect.”(BBC Sport)