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![Winner of the green points jersey British Mark Cavendish of Deceuninck - Quick-Step and winner of the yellow jersey for the general ranking, the polka Stock Photo - Alamy Winner of the green points jersey British Mark Cavendish of Deceuninck - Quick-Step and winner of the yellow jersey for the general ranking, the polka Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2G8A62Y/winner-of-the-green-points-jersey-british-mark-cavendish-of-deceuninck-quick-step-and-winner-of-the-yellow-jersey-for-the-general-ranking-the-polka-2G8A62Y.jpg)
Winner of the green points jersey British Mark Cavendish of Deceuninck - Quick-Step and winner of the yellow jersey for the general ranking, the polka Stock Photo - Alamy
![L- R) Race jersey winners AG2R La Mondiale's Romain Bardet of France, Lotto-Belisol's Andre Greipel of Germany with green jersey, Sky's Christopher Froome of Britain with red jersey and Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise's Preben L- R) Race jersey winners AG2R La Mondiale's Romain Bardet of France, Lotto-Belisol's Andre Greipel of Germany with green jersey, Sky's Christopher Froome of Britain with red jersey and Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise's Preben](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2CX5MMN/l-r-race-jersey-winners-ag2r-la-mondiales-romain-bardet-of-france-lotto-belisols-andre-greipel-of-germany-with-green-jersey-skys-christopher-froome-of-britain-with-red-jersey-and-topsport-vlaanderen-baloises-preben-van-hecke-of-belgium-with-white-and-red-jersey-pose-for-a-group-photo-with-state-advisor-sheikh-saud-bin-sulaiman-al-nabhani-extreme-l-during-the-podium-ceremony-for-stage-five-of-the-tour-of-oman-cycling-race-173-km-107-miles-from-bidbid-to-jabal-al-akhdhar-green-mountain-in-muscat-february-22-2014-reutershamad-i-mohammed-oman-tags-sport-cycling-2CX5MMN.jpg)
L- R) Race jersey winners AG2R La Mondiale's Romain Bardet of France, Lotto-Belisol's Andre Greipel of Germany with green jersey, Sky's Christopher Froome of Britain with red jersey and Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise's Preben
![Winner green jersey Mark Cavendish celebrate on the podium after the final stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 108km from Chatou to Paris, in France, Sunday Winner green jersey Mark Cavendish celebrate on the podium after the final stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 108km from Chatou to Paris, in France, Sunday](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2G8AFGW/winner-green-jersey-mark-cavendish-celebrate-on-the-podium-after-the-final-stage-of-the-108th-edition-of-the-tour-de-france-cycling-race-108km-from-chatou-to-paris-in-france-sunday-18-july-2021-photo-by-jerome-domineabacapresscom-2G8AFGW.jpg)
Winner green jersey Mark Cavendish celebrate on the podium after the final stage of the 108th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 108km from Chatou to Paris, in France, Sunday
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