Contador Wins / Radio Shack Best Team

After a prologue and twenty individual stages covering 3,641.9 kilometers (about 2276 miles) and 91 hours 58 minutes 48 seconds of racing (for the winner - even more for everyone else), the 2010 Tour de France is over. It was an exciting and very close race this year and the overall winner for the third straight year is Spanish rider Alberto Contador (Astana).

The best team this year turned out to be the new American team Radio Shack. The best climber was Frenchman Anthony Charteau (Bouygues Telecom), and the top young rider was Andy Schleck, Luxembourg (Saxo Bank).

The winner of the Green Jersey was not determined until the final few meters of this year's Tour. There was a sprint to the finish of stage 20 on the Champs-Elesees in Paris which was won by British rider Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia). But Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese) finished second and that gave him enough points to win the sprint championship. Julian Dean, New Zealand (Garmin-Transitions) was the stage 20 third place finisher.

Here are the top three finishers in each category:

YELLOW JERSEY (Best Overall Rider)

1. Alberto Contador, Spain (Astana

2. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg (Saxo Bank)

3. Denis Menchov, Russia (Rabobank)

GREEN JERSEY (Best Sprinter)

1. Alessandro Petacchi, Italy (Lampre-Farnese)

2. Mark Cavendish, Great Britain (HTC-Columbia)

3. Thor Hushovd, Norway (Cervelo)

POLKA DOT JERSEY (Best Climber)

1. Anthony Charteau, France (Bouygues Telecom)

2. Christophe Moreau, France (Caisse D'Epargne)

3. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg (Saxo Bank)

WHITE JERSEY (Best Young Rider)

1. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg (Saxo Bank)

2. Robert Gesink, Netherlands (Rabobank)

3. Roman Kreuziger, Czech Rep. (Liquigas-Doimo)

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP

1. Radio Shack (United States)

2. Caisse D'Epargne (Spain)

3. Rabobank (Netherlands)