Chris Froome won the Tour De France for the third time in four years when he finished safely on the final stage of the 103rd edition.
The processional stage from Chantilly to Paris Champs-Élysées was 113kms long and featured a category four climb and eight laps around the Arc D'Triomphe.
All the jersey's had been sorted with Chris Froome taking the yellow jersey, Peter Sagan the Green points jersey, Rafal Majka the KOM jersey and Adam Yates the Young Rider and a magnificent fourth place for the British rider whose part in the boom of British cycling has been very much cemented and Froome had his photo taken with his Team Sky team mates in a new black and yellow kit with Adam Hansen completing his 15th consecutive Grand Tour.
Froome also handed out beers to his team mates and posed for the customary champagne shot before Bernard Hinault, in his last Tour De France working for race organisers ASO, waved the flag and the stage was underway properly.in Chantilly.
Riding through Montligon and Tinkoff had a couple of riders on the front before they allowed their team mate in Peter Sagan and the rest of the peloton, which was at a record 175 for the final stage of a Tour De France, to catch up.
It was a Tinkoff rider in Romain Kreuziger who took the single point on offer on the category four Côte de l'Ermitage climb with 80.5kms to go.
The riders entered Paris with Chris Froome in the pack and seven teams in Sky, Astana, AG2R-La Mondiale, LottoNL-Jumbo, Lampre-Merida, Etixx-Quick Step and Fortuneo-Vital Concept.had their full compliment of riders.
Soon-to-be-retired Joaquim Rodriguez, in his last Tour de France at the age of 37, got the green light from the peloton to enter the Champs-Elysées first before Arthur Vichot launched the first attack.
With 50kms left, Alexis Gougeard (AG2R-La Mondiale), Lawson Craddock (Cannondale-Drapac), Markus Burghardt (BMC), Daniel Teklehaimanot (DiData), Jérémy Roy (FDJ), Jan Barta (Bora), Rui Costa (Lampre-Merida) and Brice Feillu (Fortuneo-Vital Concept) were in a break which was twenty seconds clear.
Tony Martin of Etixx Quick Step was forced to abandon the race with a knee problem as Markus Burghardt took the sprint.
With four laps to go, the gap stood at 11 seconds but with 14kms left, it was all over.
Alexry Lutsenko and Greg Van Avermaet of BMC took over but they were not clear for long.
Onto the final lap and IAM Cycling were on the front until Tinkoff sent a ride to the front. and round the L'Arc D'Triomphe.
An IAM Cycling rider hit the deck and Coquard got a puncture as Lotto Soudal led with 1500 metres to go.
Into the final turn and the sprint was on, Peter Sagan came up but Andre Greipel had powered through to win in 2.43.09.
Chris Froome finished just over a minute later in a line with his team mates and won the race overall.
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