Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard wins his first Tour de France as British racer Geraint Thomas finishes third

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Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard has won the 109th Tour de France as the world famous race came to its traditional conclusion on Paris' grand Champs Elysees.

The Dane crossed the line safely in Paris on Sunday's largely ceremonial final stage arm-in-arm with his teammates, deciding to enjoy the celebrations in the main pack rather than be part of the battle to cross the line first.

Vingegaard took the comfortable overall tour victory, coming ahead of his nearest rival, Slovenia's Tadej Pogacar, by more than three-and-a-half minutes.

"It's just incredible," the Dane said after crossing the line.

"Now I've finally won the Tour. Now nothing can go wrong anymore and I'm sitting here with my daughter and it's just incredible.

"It's the biggest cycling race of the year, the biggest one you can win and now I've done it and nobody can take this away from me....

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