Ladies and Gentlemen Welcome to the Prizegiving ceremony.

First Up, We have the Sprinters Jersey - The Traditional Green Jersey- this is based on the highest average speed over the entire Giro duration.

This Jersey was won with an average of 30.44ph - a mere 0.42kph faster than his nearest rival... Our Jersey winner this year is...



Our Very own Peter Sagan, otherwise known as Clive... @cloggsy71


Second Prize category is not really a "Jersey" as such, and one that I've not actually mentioned beforehand, because I didn't actually want anyone to be competing for it...

There's a tradition of awarding the last person on GC in the Tour de France a "Lanterne Rouge"... from the rear light that is fitted to the final carriage in a freight train.

So - this year's Lanterne Rouge is... @verdemujer





Back to the Jersey's - and this time it's the Climbers Jersey - based on the GPS logged ascent as per Strava links. This years winner clocked up a frankly ridiculous 32,102metres of ascent - that's higher than any of my 21 rides were long...



Well done @Jakess1971.

A notable "mention in despatches" and Award of the "Henri Desgrange" prize for biggest single ride ascent in the challenge has to go to @Dave2041, with his "Everesting" ride on the 11th July - check it out here - https://www.strava.com/activities/344097982

and also - I've been running an "all rounder" competition based on points for the three main jerseys - everyone gets points from 36 down to 1 point based on their position in the three jersey competitions. The "all rounder" is the person with the highest overall points combined... It's a bit complicated, but if you check the logging spreadsheet, it makes a little more sense. It also allows me to bring back (a version of) my all-time favourite Jersey in any Race - the Combined Jersey...

Anyhow...

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Our All-Rounders competition winner is rider #326 - @dahamac - a very consistent performance, 4th in the climbing, second on GC, and 3rd in the sprints - very impressive to hit that kind of speed whilst still clocking up silly distances up and down lots of hills.



And so to the Big One. GC - the Yellow Jersey.

Well - it'll come as no surprise to anyone that the winner of our challenge this year is... @Jakess1971



What can I say about this performance... Jason actually rode more than the total distance 3,366.7km... which basically means, he rode further than 29 of the pro's (as only 160 of 189 finished the distance) - and, the actual total would have been higher had he not inadvertently deleted one of his rides from the Garmin. Just staggering my friend, staggering. Chapeau!



And Finally - the Team Competition...

Well - to be honest, this was always only ever going to go one way, considering Jason's ride...

Team Winners for this year are TeamPIE





So...

That's it folks for the TdF. All that remains is to thank everyone for their participation, and to remind you to keep your eyes peeled for the next installment of the Grand Tour Challenge - LaVuelta - commencing in Porto Banus on the 22nd of August, and running until the 13th September...