14 DAY TRIAL // The final stage of Le Tour de France is somewhat strange because it tends to start off as a procession, with the various jersey winners showing off their colors and the rest of the riders talking and maybe even sharing a glass of champagne to celebrate the fact that they survived the Grand Tour and will soon have a well-deserved break.
After a while someone decides to launch an attack and the stage morphs into a fast and frenetic attempt to secure one last victory on the Champs Elysees, the most well-known boulevard in Paris.
This is a finish for the sprinters but so many people watch the finale that a lot of teams will try to create even a small break in order for the spectators and the television audience to see their jerseys and their sponsors.
The course is designed to loop between the Louvre and the Arc de Triomphe, offering some great images of the French capital, but the stage will not finish after dark, as it did in 2013.
I will mostly sit back and enjoy the spectacle, although I might try to create a sprint win opportunity for Nizzolo once more.
In the real world there are no attack early on in this final stage but the game does not understand tradition and that means an escape group quickly formed and managed to hold off the peloton for a long time, before a number of riders, including Cancellara, tried to use their time trial skills in order to succeed.
In the end the p0owerful sprinters had their day once again and Degenkolb managed to profit from the strength of his own team in order to take a prestigious win, one which plenty of fans will remember for the coming years.
In the end Chris Froome managed to use his time trial ability and his resistance in order to win Le Tour de France and early favorite Alberto Contador was forced to settle for the Polka Dot jersey that celebrates the best mountain rider.
Peter Sagan is the wearer of the Green Jersey, for point, in Paris and Nairo Quintana is the best young rider of Le Tour.
Frank Schleck, my leader, ended up in eleventh place in the virtual competition recreated using Pro Cycling Manager 2014, and I managed to take both a stage and to wear the Yellow Jersey for one day, a good performance for Trek Factory Racing.
