Le Tour review: Other official standings

While a lot of my attention tended to be on writing about the battle for the Yellow jersey as well as the stories out on the road of individual stages, there was as ever other jersey prizes up for grabs. Some were won by predictable contestants and another was won by someone who achieved something last done by Eddy Merckx.

Green jersey points classification:

Peter Sagan once again triumphed for a fourth straight year in the Green jersey competition despite the best efforts of a brave Greipel. The German won four stages and for a long time made it a closer contest than it has been for years. Sagan was often beaten in intermediate sprints and on the line, but he kept his nose in and when they hit the mountains he was able to infiltrate breaks that Greipel never could and thus pick up points on the road, and even on the line, without reply.

1. Sagan (TCS) 432pts

2. Greipel (TLS) 366pts

3. Degenklob (TGA) 298pts

4. Cavendish (EQS) 206pts

5. Coquard (EUC) 152pts

6. Froome (SKY) 139pts

Polka-Dot jersey King of the Mountains classification:

Changes to this contest to take it out of the hands of those who snatch up points on the lower classification hills and into the hands of those who feature in the highest of mountains paid off, though it resulted in two men, who were targeting the Yellow jersey, finishing up in first and second of the KOM as a by-product. And in first was Chris Froome who became the first man since Eddy Merckx to win the Yellow jersey and the King of the Mountains title in the same year. It would be fascinating to go through the history of this contest and re-calculate the points awarded to this years standards to see whether outcomes may have changed, though Richard Virenque would prefer that you didn't. It was a shame in a way that someone like Romain Bardet, Thibaut Pinot or Joaquim Rodriguez, who by the second week had turned to targeting the prize, but then again there is no sentiment in the Tour and the jersey is designed to go to the most consistent climber in the highest mountains.

1. Froome (SKY) 119pts

2. Quintana (MOV) 109pts

3. Bardet (ALM) 90pts

4. Pinot (FDJ) 82pts

5. Rodriguez (KAT) 78pts

6. Rolland (EUC) 74pts

White jersey Young Rider classification:

In the young riders contest it was Quintana who triumphed, though the Tour organisors really need to consider making it one for riders 23 years old and younger as Quintana certainly isn't seen by many as one of the young up and coming riders anymore. Given the depth of young talent in the field, a 23 and under contest may have been more appropriate. Had that been the case, Warren Barguil (riding his first Tour) would have come out on top. Expect him, Bardet and the Yates brothers to feature heavily next year.

1. Quintana (MOV) in 84h 47' 26" (age 25)

2. Bardet (ALM) + 14' 48" (age 24)

3. Barguil (TGA) + 30' 3" (age 23)

4. Pinot (FDJ) + 37' 40" (age 25)

5. Jungels (TFR) + 1h 32' 9" (age 22)

6. Sagan (TCS) + 2h 13' 43" (age 25)

Team classification:

The team prize went to Movistar. No surprises given they completed the podium after Froome but they won it though by a staggering 57min 23sec over Sky. It's a bit of a sideshow contest, highlighted by the time-gaps, and I'm not sure how seriously the riders even take it -- especially a team like Sky who were more than happy to sacrifice all their men at the expense of one Chirs Froome winning the Tour -- though I suppose to some teams it is a bargaining chip for sponsorship.

1. Movistar in 255h 24' 24"

2. Sky + 57' 23"

3. Tinkoff-Saxo + 1h 00' 12"

4. Astana + 1h 12' 9"

5. MTN-Qhubeka + 1h 14' 32"

6. AG2R La Mondiale + 1h 24' 22"

Most aggressive rider classification:

The most aggressive rider went to Romain Bardet. Aggressive for sure in this final week as he attempted multiple times to win a stage and finally came good but surprising nonetheless, but perhaps one for the home fans because other riders had spent more time in the break. Peter Sagan was active almost every day in his conquest to win the Green jersey and finished in the top five in 11 of the 21 stages. Or indeed how about Thomas De Gendt who spent the most amount of kilometres off the front in breaks at 679km (or 20% of the race). He highlighted this distance on his own Twitter account after the Tour, reminding us that it came on top of "several days working hard for @AndreGreipel all this with a broken rib. What do i have to do more for the combativite"? What more indeed?

1. Bardet (ALM)