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Monday, July 28, 2014

Vincenzo Nibali won the 101st edition of the Tour de France Sunday July 27,2014




Vincenzo Nibali won the 101st edition of the Tour de France as he finished the final stage on the Champs-Elysees in Paris safely in the peloton.

The Italian is the sixth man to win all three Grand Tours - the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a Espana.

His winning margin of seven minutes 37 seconds over Jean-Christophe Peraud in second is the biggest since Jan Ullrich won by more than nine minutes in 1997.
Germany's Marcel Kittel won Sunday's traditional final-stage sprint finish.
For Vincenzo Nibali, the 21st and final stage was all about reaching the finish safely because Tour tradition dictates that the leader going into the final stage should not be challenged.
The 29-year-old Astana rider dominated the Tour from the moment he took the race lead on stage two in Sheffield and wore the race leader's yellow jersey for 18 of the race's 21 days.
He is the first Italian winner of the race since Marco Pantani in 1998.

Vincenzo Nibali of Italy, wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, second placed Jean-Christophe Peraud of France, left, and third placed Thibaut Pinot of France stand on the podium of the Tour de France in Paris, France, Sunday, July 27, 2014.


Vincenzo Nibali's Grand Tour record

Year Giro d'Italia Tour de France Vuelta a Espana
DNE - did not enter
2007 19th DNE DNE
2008 11th 20th DNE
2009 DNE 7th DNE
2010 3rd DNE Winner
2011 2nd DNE 7th
2012 DNE 3rd DNE
2013 Winner DNE 2nd
2014 DNE Winner -

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