As expected Australian cyclist Cadel Evans won the 2011 Tour de France on Sunday after a 2:27:02 ride to the Champs-Élysées in Paris. He defeated the Schleck Bros., as Andy was 1:34 behind and Frank had a 2:30 gap at the end of the race. Evans holds the maillot jaune/yellow jersey for the next year.
Mark Cavendish won the final stage in Paris, which should be no surprise, for the third time in his career. This was his fifth stage win this year and his 20th overall, just two behind Lance Armstrong. Cavendish won the maillot vert/green jersey over Jose Joaquin Rojas.
Samuel Sanchez is the King of the Mountain, though the red polka dot jersey had been decided days ago in the Alps. Pierre Rolland captured the white jersey for best young racer.
Boulder's Team Garmin-Cervelo had the best overall team time at 258:18:49, an 11-plus-minute advantage over Team Leopard-Trek. Thor Hushovd of Garmin-Cervelo had two stage wins and wore the yellow jersey for several days before the mountains hurt him.
Hushovd's teammate, Tom Danielson, finished ninth overall, a +8:15 gap behind Evans. He was the top American finisher.
Here is the top 10 leaderboard for the general classification (full one here):
| 1. |
 EVANS Cadel |
141 | BMC RACING TEAM | 86h 12' 22" | |
| 2. |
 SCHLECK Andy |
11 | TEAM LEOPARD-TREK | 86h 13' 56" | + 01' 34" |
| 3. |
SCHLECK Frank |
18 | TEAM LEOPARD-TREK | 86h 14' 52" | + 02' 30" |
| 4. |
 VOECKLER Thomas |
181 | TEAM EUROPCAR | 86h 15' 42" | + 03' 20" |
| 5. |
 CONTADOR Alberto |
1 | SAXO BANK SUNGARD | 86h 16' 19" | + 03' 57" |
| 6. |
SANCHEZ Samuel |
21 | EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI | 86h 17' 17" | + 04' 55" |
| 7. |
 CUNEGO Damiano |
161 | LAMPRE - ISD | 86h 18' 27" | + 06' 05" |
| 8. |
BASSO Ivan |
91 | LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE | 86h 19' 45" | + 07' 23" |
| 9. |
 DANIELSON Tom |
52 | TEAM GARMIN - CERVELO | 86h 20' 37" | + 08' 15" |
| 10. |
PERAUD Jean-Christophe |
108 | AG2R LA MONDIALE | 86h 22' 33" | + 10' 11" |
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