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  5. Tour de France riders in front of the Louvre Pyramid and museum in Paris, France, during the 2020 race
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July 18, 2021

Tour de France riders in front of the Louvre Pyramid and museum in Paris, France, during the 2020 race

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Grand finish of Le Tour

After a three-week dash around France, cycling’s most prestigious race concludes today with a triumphant procession into Paris before a sprint finish on the Champs-Élysées. The 21st and final stage of this year’s Tour de France – the 108th edition of the famous event – begins in Chatou, a town in the western suburbs of Paris along the river Seine. Tour tradition dictates the overall race leader isn't challenged on the last day, so it starts out as a victory parade for the champion-elect, who will be wearing a yellow jersey, posing for pictures, and sipping a glass of champagne along the route. But when the riders reach the heart of Paris, the pace picks up as they dash around the tree-lined Champs-Élysées, sometimes described as the most beautiful avenue in the world.

The peloton - a large group of riders bunched together - enters the Champs-Élysées via the courtyards of the Louvre Palace, passing directly by its famous glass pyramid, as shown on our homepage. They then complete an eight-lap circuit, which takes them on a sightseeing tour around the Arc de Triomphe, past the Tuileries Garden, across the Place de la Concorde - the largest square in Paris - and back up the cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées, which is French for “Elysian Fields”, the final resting place for heroes from Greek mythology. It's quite the place to finish a relentless race that covers more than 2,000 miles and includes brutal climbs in the Alps and the Pyrenees.

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