Tour de France: Stage 19 - Breakaway of 20 riders looking set to contest the win

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Tour de France: Stage 19 - Breakaway of 20 riders looking set to contest the win

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Posted at 9:01

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Posted at 9:00

Jon Maddison: So has any rider ever lost the yellow jersey on the last day in Paris?

Here's Simon Brotherton with the answer: "Yes! Laurent Fignon lost the 1989 Tour on the final day. The final stage was a 25km time trial in Paris and Fignon came in just under a minute slower than rival Greg LeMond and lost the yellow jersey by just eight seconds.

"It was an extraordniary finish - unfortunately Fignon was rememmbered as the rider who lost the Tour by eight seconds but, as he always said, he also won two other Tours.

"Fignon is sadly no longer with us but what a classy rider he was."

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Intermediate sprint
Posted at 8:54

The break have reached the intermediate sprint point, 136.5km into the stage.

Thomas de Gendt, ever the attacker, pops off the front to go through first and take the 20 points on offer.

That means Michael Matthews has now sewn up the green jersey points classification as someone other than Andre Greipel (albeit a Lotto Soudal team-mate) has picked up points.

It was almost certain even before the start of the stage, with Greipel needing to win all remaining stages and intermediate sprints just to draw level with Matthews.

But now it is certain - Sunweb's Matthews will wear green in Paris, as long as he doesn't crash out.

Continued: http://www.bbc.com/sport/live/cycling/40094835  (Live updates)