Vincenzo Nibali won, with a margin of 7 minutes, 37 seconds, the widest margin since at least 1999. He is 29, and has now won all 3 grand tours, Italy 2013, Spain 2010, and now France.
Peter Sagan won the best sprinter's Green jersey, his third in a row, and he's just 24 years old. He won the jersey despite never winning a stage in this year's Tour.
Poland's Rafal Majka, another 24 year old, won the best climber's Polka Dot jersey, and provided quite a show in winning stage 17.
The first two Frenchman to finish on the podium since 1997, in 2nd and 3rd place, were 37 year old Jean-Christophe Peraud and 24 year old Thibaut Pinot, who also won the White jersey as best young rider.
The best placed American was Tejay van Garderen, who is 25, and finished 5th. I expect we'll be hearing a lot about all the 25 and under's in this note for years to come. This should be fun to watch.
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