<noframe>Twitter: Brendan gallagher - Sunny Paris reminding everybody that sooner or later it must get olympics again. What a city <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=TDF" target="_blank">#TDF</a></noframe></iframe</div></p><p><b>16.10 / 13.5kms to go</b> Minard goes alone off the front. The chasers are assessing and freewheeling. This is playing into the hands of the main peloton. And sure enough the gap has closed to 20secs. In this type of finish the peloton usually time the threats to perfection. Today will surely be no different. </p><p><b>16.05</b> 20kms to go and there is a 30secs gap. Sky are playing the waiting game, there are a lot of interested teams - notably Liquigas, turning the revs for their man <b>Peter Sagan</b> - at the front, too. The Place de la Concorde is rammed. </p><p><b>16.00</b> Okay, I've given you three hours of celebratory preamble but let's continue for one last moment with four laps remaining and Sky doing the work at the front. Let's hail <b>Brad Wiggins</b>. For three stressful weeks he has led Sky by example, twice leading out his sprinters out in the final week, which is unheard of from the race leader, while he ordered the peloton to behave when young turks wanted to attack after reigning champion Cadel Evans became a victim of sabotage. Le Gentleman indeed. </p><p><img alt="" src="https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02284/b_2284241a.jpg"/></p><p><b>15.55 </b>Those in the breakaway include names we have barely heard from in the last 3,500kms. <b>Jens Voigt </b>(RNT) started it off, followed by Minard (ALM), Lund (STB), Bak (LTB), Burghardt (BMC), Edet (COF) and Tankink (RAB) </p><p><b>15.50</b> Finally we see the impressive Sky train gearing up for Cav. But there are 14 teams without a stage win on this Tour. This is going to be far from comfortable before the sprint mêlée. Meanwhile, there is some normality with nine riders out together. </p><p><b>15.40</b> On to the third lap. Concentration time for Wiggo. Team Sky's job now is to keep the pace high as riders continue to break from the front. The two leaders have a 12secs gap with 35kms left. The peloton resembles a broken snake. Paris is a picture. </p><p><img alt="" src="https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02284/tour_2284234a.jpg"/></p><p><b>15.30 </b>Team Sky oblivious to an attack. And why not. It's stalwart <b>George Hincapie</b>, of BMC, in his 17th and last Tour. Radioshack's <b>Christopher Horner</b> joins his wheel. <b>We're racing!</b></p><p><b>15.27</b> Before the pace gets hectic, have to mention that Rouflaquettes made the Telegraph this morning. It means sideburns <i>bien sur</i>. And is close second to my favourite word, <i>quincaillierie</i> (hardware store) </p><p><img height="40" src="https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01817/email_1817839a.gif" alt="E-mail" width="45" align="left"/><b>15.25</b> <b>/ 51 kms to go </b>... and <b>Peter Rowntree</b> is adamant of one thing. &quot;I was born in 1946, I am a committed cricket fan, but this beats winning the ashes, and the 1966 World Cup, great as those moments were. This is simply the greatest sporting achievement in my lifetime. Bradley Wiggins has been absolutely superb for both his riding and how he has conducted himself throughout the tour - a truly great champion.&quot;</p><p><b>15.20</b> The bunch are approaching the streets of Paris. Indeed, the Eiffel Tower comes into view. Mark Cavendish is at the front of the peloton alongside Austrian team-mate Bernhard Eisel. Goss, Greipel, Sagan or Cav? Sounds like a newly-found Euro band quartet. Anyway, it now looks set up for a mammouth sprint finish. </p><p><img height="40" src="https://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01817/email_1817839a.gif" alt="E-mail" width="45" align="left"/><b>15.10 / 60 kms to go</b> Here's <b>Lindsey Wells </b>in Orlando, unable to view Wiggins's sideburns in the US. So she's sent a message to Team Sky instead: &quot;To Mark Cavendish, Chris Froome, Edvald Boasson Hagen, Ritchie Porte, Christian Knees, Bernhard Eisel, Michael Rogers and Kanstantsin Siutsou, thank you for making this the most amazing Tour de France with your tireless, unselfish, team support in helping Bradley to win the Yellow Jersey. Truly outstanding effort and well done to all of you as you are ALL winners.&quot;</p><p><div class="preform"><iframe src="https://s.telegraph.co.uk/graphics/html/TwitterEmbed/Version1/web6131.html" width="460" height="114" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" id="tweetframe2270358961999134736674792451342964803"><noframe>Twitter: Geraint Thomas - Has the yellow jersey ever lead out his world champion on the Champs &Eacute;lys&eacute;es?? Doubt it <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=British" target="_blank">#British</a></noframe>