Nicolas Roche revels in Chris Froome win

Nicolas Roche became just the third Irishman in history to be part of a win at the Tour de France when he helped ensure teammate Chris Froome’s overall victory on yesterday’s final stage of the race into Paris.

As is tradition, the final leg was largely processional with the riders only cranking up the speed to contest the bunch sprint that decided it in the latter half of the 110-kilometre stage.

Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) won from Bryan Coquard (Team Europcar) and Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) on a miserable night in the French capital, but crossing the line in the same time as the winner with Roche for company was the yellow jersey-clad figure of Froome.