After the Tour de France stage 21 results were out, the 2009 Tour de France winner was announced! Congratulations to the 26-year-old Spaniard, Alberto Contador (Astana) for winning his second Tour de France title.

Alberto Contador shared the podium with 2nd place Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank and 3rd place and seven-time tour winner, Lance Armstrong (Astana).

Lance Armstrong's return after a four-year retirement is a big success, as he now becomes the second-oldest rider to place in the top three overall, at the age of 37.

Tour de France stage 21 results (Top 10)

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - HTC
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Milram
5 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des
Jeux

Tour de France final results

1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 85:48:35
2 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 4:11 behind
3 Lance Armstrong (USA
) Astana 5:24
4 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 6:01
5 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team Saxo Bank 6:04
6 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 6:42
7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7:35
8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 12:04
9 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 14:16
10 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Française des Jeux 14:25
11 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14:44
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 17:19
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Team Katusha 18:34
14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 20:45
15 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20:50
16 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22:29
17 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 26:21
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Team Katusha 29:33
19 George Hincapie (USA) Team Columbia - HTC 33:27
20 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step 34:09