As well as being awarded the overall Place prize, he won the audience vote on five occasions during the competition.
Indeed, on Saturday, when Yates's overall place was under threat from Roman Kreuziger, Orica could be seen working at the front on his behalf.
Supreme Court justices, for the most part, "are attuned to their reputations as individuals in history, and their overall place in the government as a whole," he said.
Savills lists Chew Magna, Somerset, near Bristol, as its best overall place to live, with its population of 1,161, three pubs, two banks, two hairdressers, a butcher and a cafe.
Wolfsburg do not sit at the top of the Bundesliga, their recent hammering by Bayern Munich reflects their overall place in the scheme of things, and if United are currently the top team in England, as the league table suggests, then the travelling supporters could not have been all that impressed.
For his part, Manning, who is now understandably wary of talking about his overall place in the game, was not enamored with the slump questions either, but on Sunday night against Green Bay, he made his own significant contributions to the never-ending discussion about him as the Giants blasted the Packers, 38-10, at MetLife Stadium.
Armstrong was in the leading pack Sunday, but his overall placing had yet to be determined.
2008 Joins Barloworld and completes first Tour de France in 84th overall, placing 12th in the young riders' classification.
He added that the decision to switch from targeting stages to aiming for a high overall placing came after he moved into second overall in the Pyrenees.
Last year, Thomas maintained a high overall placing through the Pyrenees and deep into the Alps, holding third overall before fading at the end.
At his Cofidis team, all the responsibility lies at present with the young Kazakh Andrei Kivilev, who was a surprise fourth overall last year, and carries the team's hopes for a high overall placing.
