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Tour de France final: Steegmans takes Champs Elysées triumph

Carlos Sastre takes the turn at the Arc de Triomphe

  • Carlos Sastre celebrates victory in the Tour de France on the final stage podium
  • Gert Steegmans celebrates his win in the final stage
  • Three jersey winners: Bernhard Kohl (mountains), Carlos Sastre (overall), and Oscar Freire (points) before the start of the last stage
  • Carlos Sastre rides during the final stage
  • The obligatory champagne shot
  • The peloton in Paris at last
  • The peloton thunder down the Champs Elysees
  • Carlos Sastre takes the turn at the Arc de Triomphe
  • The bunch rides on the Rue de Rivoli
  • Carlos Sastre was vigilant at the front of the peloton
  • Ciolek and Steegmans fight out the victory
  • Sastre is congratulated by the Schleck brothers
  • Carlos Sastre reigns in yellow
  • Cadel Evans, Carlos Sastre and Bernhard Kohl on the final podium
  • Oscar Freire, the green jersey winner
  • Bernhard Kohl, mountains winner

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Carlos Sastre takes the turn at the Arc de Triomphe

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