Tour De France 2013 Results: Chris Froome's Epic Victory Among Best Ever

The 2013 Tour de France came to an official end on Sunday, but it's been over for a while. Chris Froome, the Kenyan-born British professional, took home the overall individual victory in dominant fashion just one year after coming in second place. 

This year, second was simply not good enough.

Froome rode the 3,404 kilometers in an astounding time of 83:56:40.

He wore the yellow jersey all the way since Stage 8 of the race and wouldn't take it off from there. He was absolutely incredible throughout the 21-stage endurance race and was able to finish four minutes and 20 seconds ahead of the second-place rider, Nairo Alexander Quintana Rojas. 

Froome's incredible victory wasn't the only impressive part of this race.

The 28-year-old showed off his hill-riding prowess in the eighth stage by winning the length by almost one minute. He would go on to impress the world in Stage 12 as he finished second in the time trial and pretty much ended the race in Stage 15 as he passed Quintana and Alberto Contador in epic fashion up the mountain. 

The incredible overall performance was one of the fastest runnings of the Tour de France in the race's history and marks the second victory in a row by a British competitor.

Froome did everything that you come to expect from a truly great athlete. He did well on the stages he was supposed to, the climbing sections, and he showed up during the flat speed rounds. He just ran an all-around stellar race. 

Froome's victory will go down in history as one of the best cycling performances ever witnessed, and when better to have it than on the 100th running of the Tour de France?

This year's race had its ups and downs, its surprises and disappointments and everything in between. While the field fluctuated, one thing stayed constant; that one thing was Froome.

He took over early in the race and never backed off, and thus, he cemented his name in history as one of the greatest to ever ride a bike. 

Here are the top 20 overall racers from NBCSports.com:

1	Christopher FROOME	83:56:40	00:00:00	---	SKY	001	28
2	Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS	84:01:00	00:04:20	---	MOV	128	23
3	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	84:01:44	00:05:04	---	KAT	101	34
4	Alberto CONTADOR	84:03:07	00:06:27	---	TST	091	30
5	Roman KREUZIGER	84:04:07	00:07:27	---	TST	094	27
6	Bauke MOLLEMA	84:08:22	00:11:42	---	BEL	164	26
7	Jakob FUGLSANG	84:08:57	00:12:17	---	AST	063	28
8	Alejandro VALVERDE	84:12:06	00:15:26	---	MOV	121	33
9	Daniel NAVARRO	84:12:32	00:15:52	---	COF	139	30
10	Andrew TALANSKY	84:14:19	00:17:39	---	GRS	178	24
11	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	84:15:39	00:18:59	---	OPQ	153	23
12	Mikel NIEVE ITURRALDE	84:16:41	00:20:01	---	EUS	116	29
13	Laurens TEN DAM	84:18:19	00:21:39	---	BEL	167	32
14	Maxime MONFORT	84:20:18	00:23:38	---	RLT	047	30
15	Romain BARDET	84:23:22	00:26:42	---	ALM	082	22
16	Michael ROGERS	84:23:31	00:26:51	---	TST	098	33
17	Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ	84:29:14	00:32:34	---	KAT	106	31
18	Jan BAKELANTS	84:32:31	00:35:51	---	RLT	042	27
19	Richie PORTE	84:36:21	00:39:41	---	SKY	006	28
20	Andy SCHLECK	84:38:26	00:41:46	---	RLT	041	28

Full results can be found at NBCSports.com.