Mark Cavendish won the final stage of the Tour de France in Paris, becoming Britain's first winner of the green jersey for the race's best sprinter.
Manxman Cavendish, who has now won 20 stages of the race in his career, crossed the line first after a frenetic sprint finish on the Champs-Elysees."I've been trying to get the green jersey for the last few years, it is a special day," said the 26-year-old.
Cadel Evans took the yellow jersey to become Australia's first Tour winner.
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Welshman Geraint Thomas, who spent the first six days in white, finished 31st overall ensured him the honour of the top British rider in the general classification in his third Tour de France.
Cavendish had amassed 15 stage wins over his previous three Tours, but his failure to take green before this year had been been one factor in the organisers' decision to increase the rewards on offer at the end of each stages.
However, despite the relatively comfortable final margin of victory Cavendish was not assured of securing the green jersey until he won the final sprint.
If Rojas had won the stage then Cavendish would have needed to finish second or third to claim the jersey he so highly coveted.
"I've been incredibly lucky to have a group of team-mates who have been committed to me winning races and it has paid off," said the HTC Highroad cyclist.
"I can't stress how lucky I am, I couldn't do it alone. I'm super emotional, super happy."
Evans had assumed the lead in the overall standings from Leopard-Trek's Andy Schleck in Saturday's time trial and a flat 95km stage into Paris did not offer any opportunities to attack his advantage of one minute 34 seconds.
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Any hopes Rojas harboured of making early inroads on his rival were ruined however, as Slovenian Kristjan Koren led an unexpected six-man breakaway through the intermediate sprint to earn 20 points.
Cavendish was the first of the peloton over the line while team-mate Matt Goss held off Rojas to extend the Manxman's lead to 17 points.
With Team Sky's British rider Ben Swift playing a full role, the escapees pushed their lead up towards 45 seconds.
But the leading group disintegrated as Lars Bak, an HTC team-mate of Cavendish, pushed the pace, having previously been content to trail along on the back of the group.
A well-drilled procession followed with Cavendish breaking off the wheel of Australian lead-out Mark Renshaw with 170m to the finish.
Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen came closest to overhauling Cavendish, but could not close to within less than a bike length.
Andre Griepel, Tyler Farrar and Fabian Cancellara completed the top five, with Rojas a distant 21st.
Cavendish's stage win followed successes on the Champs-Elysees in 2009 and 2010, making him first man to have won three final stages in succession since the legendary Belgian Eddy Merckx in 1972.
Evans, 34, finished 56th, well within the 150-strong group who clocked the same time behind Cavendish, to confirm himself as the oldest overall winner since the Second World War.
He is the first winner to wear the yellow jersey for only the last stage of the race since Greg LeMond's success in 1990.
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