Live - stage of Tour of France 21

Stage 21 - Creteil-Paris - 95 km

Live text commentary (BST) all-time document.write ("+'without having to reload the page content below updates automatically.) ('More info' + ")

To use Twitter (via the hashtag # BBCTdF) or text us via 81111 with TdFbefore your message. (Not all contributions may be used.) (Messages are charged at your standard operator rate.)

1545:These six riders in the break will absorb most of the intermediate sprint points, leaving only nine for the first in line among the peloton. 1543:Ben Swift of team Sky takes the pace and opens an advantage of 20-30 m in five other separatist runners. None of the competitors of Cavendish in among them. A much improved showing from the only British team on the field this year. Approaching the intermediate sprint and the peloton search content to allow Swift to stretch out as they begin to make their plans. 1539: Rui Costa of Portugal leads the way with the French champion Sylvain Chavanel also push the pace. 1537: Elysium has a bit of a slope, giving drivers a gentle tilt to one side of the loop. The course is lined with yellow and white striped barriers, tricoleurs and crowded people. Some of the Roman amphitheatre on the scene. 1533: A little more than 10 km to go to the post of the first opportunity for Rojas and intermediate control to make inroads in advantage of 15 points of Cavendish. Or, as an alternative to Cavendish build some filler that cushion... 1530: The riders are shut down d'Concorde place into the circuit of the city centre to the eight laps of the Champs-Elysées. BMC allowed the honour of the avant-garde at the end of the event. Conventions recognized, the racing is about to get a serious. 1527: The conditions are quite ideal for racing, warm sun and the wind beginning to die down. Paris really makes an ornamental garden that is not true? Very neat boundaries for the riders to admire as do his approach from the East. 1523: Beat bubbles up a touch as the channels cross administrative and at the Paris city limits. Little less than 20 km intermediate sprint and companion of Movistar Rojas are lurking in the front. Time to repair, and start thinking sharp of Cavendish. 1519: Organizers admitted that it is "inconsistent" that Cavendish had won 15 stages in their last three campaigns of France Tour, but had not been holding green at the bottom of any of them. A tweak of the standards, with only an intermediate sprints on stage, followed by this year. Cavendish has four victories in his pocket this year, more than twice any other person. Could do you if he gets no gain green here?
Matt Slater BBC on Twitter: loads of Australians here. And British. Cargo around the world really. A policeman told me there are at least 250,000 here.
From Down Under will be here to compensate for the congregation at Coronation of Cadel Evans. It will be the first Australian winner of the yellow jersey in the history of the race. 1511: The helicopters are underway and give some images from the field distributed randomly in the full width of the road. It really emphasizes the military order imposed by the previous stages of 20 teams. 1507: The racers have covered up to 30 km. A clutch of riders BMC red shirts with Evans first falling to allow that his teammates taking some well deserved applause and television time. Andy Schleck on Twitter: congratulations to Cadel to you deserve that! Happy for you and your team BMC! Its been a great battle forward this year that comes all ready! 1455: It is a short, flat today, with barely a pimple breaking the floor of the flooding of the Seine. An intermediate sprint at km 59.5 takes 20 points first, 17 second, 15 for third parties, below the 15th rider on the line. Then comes eight laps of the circuit round the center of the city to the finish where they dole 45 points to the winner, 35-second and 30 for third place and so on. I have my calculator poised… 1451: Ranking points:
1 Mark Cavendish 280pts
2 José Joaquín Rojas 265pts
3 Philippe Gilbert 230pts
4 Cadel Evans 208pts
5 Thor Hushovd 195pts 1451: both yellow jersey Evans - I soak environment rather than lactic acid today – and Thor Husovd world champion are stranded too far to rip the green on the back of Cavendish. 1449: Jose Joaquin Rojas will be the main concern of Cavendish in the sprint of the group with an advantage of 15 thin points separates it the Spanish in the upper part of the sprint standings. The Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert another 35 points behind and will require a considerable sector of luck to the barge last way the other two. 1447: These faces will once again faces for some of the field when we the Champs-Elysees while... 1446: Traders already have trundled in Creteil. The atmosphere is less heat less competition and more in the early stages of an Office Christmas party. Riders of different teams making it pleasant to chat while the yellow jersey, cadel Evans enjoys a glass of champers celebration with BMC team manager John Lelangue.

View the original article here