Tour de France: Stage 21 betting predictions, free tip & TV details

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Egan Bernal will wear the yellow jersey into Paris as the first South American winner of the Tour de France after the Colombian finished fourth on the final mountain stage in Val Thorens.

Bernal finished 17 seconds after stage winner Vincenzo Nibali, the 22-year-old crossing the line while shaking hands with his Team Ineos teammate Geraint Thomas, least year's Tour winner, who will finish second in the GC standings.

Bernal was 5-2 favourite when the peloton set out from Brussels three weeks ago and began the day with a lead of 45 seconds over long-time yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe following the curtailed stage 19.

Alaphilippe and his team were aggrieved that that stage was halted before a descent robbed him of a chance to fight back. But after losing three minutes to Bernal on the final mountain test, the Frenchman would struggle to argue that it made any difference to the final result.

Stage 20 was shortened due to the risk of extreme weather and landslides and a break was not expected to be successful. However Nibali, a 25-1 chance for the stage win, got into the early breakaway group and attacked from about 13km out.

The 2014 Tour winner had just enough in the tank to reach the summit ahead of a charging Alejandro Valverde and Mikel Landa.

While the GC contenders and climbers can effectively relax and enjoy the ride to and around Paris, this is the stage the sprinters really want to win.

Peter Sagan will once again wear the green jersey but the Slovak often finds a few too sharp for him on the flattest stages. The sprinters will also have benefited from the last two mountain stages having been shortened.

Caleb Ewan heads the market to pick up his third stage of this year's Tour, just ahead of stage seven winner Dylan Groenewegen.

Elia Viviani also has strong claims, although he may not have too much left in the tank after doing a lot of donkey work for Alaphilippe over the past week.

Alexander Kristoff could be overpriced to repeat last year's victory on the Champs Elysees.

The Norwegian was touched off by Viviani in stage four and won Gent-Wevelgem at the end of March to suggest he's in decent enough form.

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