Tour Tidbit du Jour - 7/24/2011 - Finale

The 98th Tour de France was a race of many firsts. Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour. Mark Cavendish became the first British rider to win the sprinters' points competition. This is the first time two brothers, Andy and Frank Schleck, placed on the final podium. Andre Greipel, at his first Tour, had joined a different team because he shared designated sprinting duties with his former teammate Mark Cavendish and thus was never chosen for Team High Road's Tour de France squad, picked up his first Tour stage win. Tyler Farrah, after trying for a stage win for the last three Tours, won his first one this year.