Hello and welcome to live coverage of stage 21 of the Tour de France - the final ride into Paris at the end of this gruelling three weeks. It's a largely processional 113km ride from Chantilly to the Champs-Eylsees which should spark into life during the criterium-style laps of the city centre circuit.

Here's a clip of Froome picking up the beers for the lads and dishing them round - before the ubiquitous shot of the nine Sky riders in a line, arm-in-arm...

Controversial: Chris Froome and his Sky team-mates opt for beer instead of champagne! What's more, it's a Belgian beer in Leffe! Chris Froome has his jersey pockets stuffed with them which he hands out to his colleagues...

The riders are tackling the 15km neutral zone which will seem even longer because of the slow, celebratory pace...

After 3,519 kilometres in the saddle, the race climaxes with the traditional finale but with a tiny twist: the final stage starts north of Paris for the first time since 1984. Renowned for its sweet whipped cream and historic château, Chantilly is the last port of call before eight laps of the Champs-Élysées, where a successful breakaway is as unlikely as a Frenchman entering Paris in yellow. Rest assured, the race's 42nd finale on the semi-cobbled Champs will almost certainly produce a bunch sprint with an Arc de Triomphe backdrop. Fans will also be pleased to hear that the women's race, La Course, returns for a third year with 13 laps of the city centre circuit.

Just a reminder that yesterday, Britain's Chris Froome crossed the finish line in Morzine with a huge grin on his face after all but sealing his third Tour de France title on a day Spaniard Ion Izaguirre won a rain-soaked penultimate stage in the Alps. Defending champion Froome (Team Sky) made light work of the 146-kilometre stage from Megeve to finish alongside all his rivals and all but win his third Tour in four years. Froome finished just over four minutes behind stage winner Izaguirre of Movistar, who dropped fellow escapees Jarlinson Pantano (IAM Cycling) and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) on the decisive descent of the Col du Joux Plane to win the first Tour stage of his career.