Briton Chris Froome of Team Sky sealed his second Tour de France title in three years when he finished safely on the Champs-Élysées at the end of a stage won by German Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) on Sunday.
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Froome, the first Briton to win the Tour twice, made his mark in the mountain stage to La Pierre St Martin in the 10th stage before riding defensively to hold off Quintana, who came closest to making him crack in Saturday's stage to Alpe d'Huez.
In a message to those who have questioned whether he was riding clean over the last three weeks, Froome told the crowd gathered on the Champs-Élysées afterwards: "The Maillot Jaune (the yellow jersey) is special, very special. I understand its history, good and bad, and I will always respect it, never dishonour it and I'll always be proud to have won it."
He thanks his Sky Team for their support singling out Australian Richie Porte with a "wow".
"Without you guys I would not be standing up here: Richie, wow, Ian, 'G', Pete, Luke, Nico and Leo. My utmost respect and gratitude: this is your yellow jersey as much has it is mine," he said.
Colombian Nairo Quintana finished second in the general classification, with his Movistar team mate Alejandro Valverde of Spain claiming third.
Froome also claimed the polka dot jersey – the first time since the great Eddy Merckx to claim both the overall and mountains classifications in the one year. Slovak rider Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo) won the green points jersey – despite not winning a stage – while Quintana took the white young rider's jersey.
Movistar won the team classification.
Sunday's sprint win was Greipel's fourth stage win of the Tour, with the German outsprinting Frenchman Bryan Coquard and Norway's Alexander Kristoff.
The final 10 laps of the Tour – traditionally the culmination of a processional run into the French capital – were neutralised after rain left the cobbles slippery and treacherous.
The Women's La Course by Le Tour de France race earlier in the day saw numerous crashes before Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen (Rabo Liv) broke away with 6km to go and held off the peloton to claim victory.
