Philipsen proved a dominant winner at the end of the 115.6-kilometre final,racing away from runner-up Dylan Groenewegen,of Australian outfit Team BikeExchange-Jayco,and Norwegian Alexander Kristoff (Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux).
Defending champion Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) and 2018 winner Geraint Thomas (Ineos-Grenadiers) filled out the podium in the general classification.
Vingegaard,25,became the first Danish rider to win cycling’s biggest race since Bjarne Riis in 1996 – a win now largely discredited following his subsequent admission that he had doped.
Vingegaard finished 3 minutes,34 seconds ahead of second-place Pogacar and claimed both the yellow jersey and the polka dot jersey for mountains points. Teammate Wout van Aert – arguably the star of the Tour,having lit up multiple stages – won the green points jersey.
Vingegaard laid the foundations of his victory in the 10th stage,when he and his teammate Primoz Roglic attacked Pogacar relentlessly and made him crack in the climb up to the Col du Granon.
Pogacar hit back time and time again,but Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma team contained the feisty Slovenian,and the yellow jersey sealed his title when he claimed another win on the Hautacam – the final mountain stage.