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As it happened: Jonas Vingegaard celebrates Tour de France victory as Meeus wins Champs Elysees sprint

Riders celebrate completing three weeks of Grand Tour racing

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Bonjour and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of the 21st and final stage of  the 2023 Tour de France.

After Saturday's stage in the east of France, the riders have travelled to Paris by team bus for today's final stage.

The start of the 115km final stage starts inside the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome that will host the track events of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The teams are currently signing on and ready to celebrate in Paris.

After a still emotional Thibaut Pinot, KOM winner Giulio Ciccone leads Lidl-Trek on stage. He is covered in polka-dot from head to toe.

We're 20 minutes from the start of stage 21. 

Jonas Vingegaard is on stage with his  Jumbo-Visma teammates.

We will surely soon see him toasting his victory in the early kilometres. 

Tadej Pogacar has also signed on. He is in the white jersey and won stage 20.

After heavy rain in Paris, the sun is coming out as the riders prepare to roll out.

Jonas Vingegaard has a special yellow bike today

Thibaut Pinot got a special cheer inside the velodrome.

Le Vélodrome National 👌 pic.twitter.com/xwnzX1zs9G July 23, 2023

1 minute to the roll out. 

C'est Parti! for the 21st and final stage of the 2023 Tour de France. 

The Final Start line Selfie 🤩 #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/XL7PyYxqKa July 23, 2023

The riders face a 3km neutralised sector. 

We're not expecting attacks from the very start today.

We spoke too soon! 

Victor Campenaerts shows why he won the Super Prix de la Combativité. He surges away for a bit of fun and recognition.

🇫🇷 #TDF2023The team is ready for this special day. 🤗 pic.twitter.com/MXKvn7K2fE July 23, 2023

Campenaerts has eased to to wait for the peloton. 

There is an informal order of celebrations and photo opportunities to respect.

There was a relaxed atmosphere at the start, with Pinot ands his teammates enjoying the free goodes from the publicity caravan. 

There was a more personal Tour de France moment for Tadej Pogacar and  his partner Urška Žigart.

This was the moment Jonas Vingegaard entered the velodrome to sign-on.

Jonas Vingegaard congratulated Thibaut Pinot on his attack on stage 20 and his career.

The stage is a final day at the Tour de France for Pinot and for a few other riders, including Peter Sagan. He celebrates winning the green jersey seven times. 

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚Another legend of the Tour de France rides his last Tour stage today... @petosagan, the showman, the absolute man in green. Enjoy this last stage Peter!#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/Kn35wxqmrl July 23, 2023

The four jersey wearers are now on the front of the peloton.

Jasper Philipsen, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Giulio Ciccone show off their jerseys.

Here is the moment.

💚 💛 🤍 ⚪🔴 #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/FkKBRn5iin July 23, 2023

As you may have seen, the Tour de France Femmes began earlier today. 

We have a full stage report and photo gallery, with news and reaction coming soon from Women's Editor Kirsten Frattini and Lukas Knöfler, who are on the race for Cyclingnews.

 Tour de France Femmes: Lotte Kopecky goes solo to win stage 1

The riders are to east of Paris and will now gradually ride towards the centre of Paris.

Riders from different nations have been posing for photographs on the front of the peloton. The speed stays slow.

Of course it will speed up to 60km/h when the riders reach the famous Champs Elysees.

It's time for Alpecin-Deceuninck to take their bow, with Jasper Philipsen in the  middle of the shot  in the green jersey.   

The riders hit the Champs Elysees with 56km to race. 

They cover 8 full laps of the 6.8km circuit, riding up the Champs Elysees to the Arc du Triomphe and back down to the Louvre. 

The riders are about to pass Versailles but there is only one king of the Tour de France today.

The riders will see the new finish layout on the Champs Elysees. 

The finish line is now 700 metres from the last corner and the Place de la Concorde.

That could change the way the sprint unfolds and the lead outs in the final kilometres. 

In 2022, Jasper Philipsen won ahead of Dylan Groenewegen and Alexander Kristoff;

All three are in contention this year and we'll soon see if anyone can beat Philipsen in the biggest sprint of the Tour de France. 

Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma also posed for photographs and celebrated with a glass of champagne.

Jumbo-Visma celebrate on the ride to Paris. Tghe only rider missing was Wout Van Aert, woh left during the third week to be with his wife as she gave birth to their second child.

The riders climb the Côte du Pavé des Gardes, the only categorised climb of the stage. 

Naturally Ciccone takes it, joking with teammate Mads Pedersen. 

⛰ Côte du Pavé des Gardes (cat. 4️⃣) ⛰1️⃣ 🇮🇹@giuliocicco1, 1pt⚪️🔴 Tout de pois vêtu, 🇮🇹 Giulio Ciccone prend symboliquement le dernier point disponible au sommet de la dernière difficulté répertoriée de ce #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/rSvVjhuqi0 July 23, 2023

Here we go, the riders are along the Seine river and enters the city of Paris. 

They can see the Tour Eiffel now.   

The pace and urgency is rising  now. It's almost time to race.

The roads are dry but the skies are cloudy, there is a risk of rain. 

Jumbo-Visma are on the front now, ready to lead onto the Champs Elysees as per tradition. 

They're wearing a special kit today to celebrate overall victory and victory in the team classification. 

Early Vingegaard confirmed that he will also ride the Vuelta a Espana with Primoz Roglic, as Jumbo-Visma go for a first ever Grand Tour grand slam.

Click below for the full story.

Jonas Vingegaard to ride Vuelta a España as Jumbo-Visma target Grand Tour grand slam

Send the bill to the Tour de France.

👮 You got caught speeding! 📸👮‍ Flashés ! 📸#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/gsn1RmtaAI July 23, 2023

The riders have crossed Pont Neuf and now ride 'through' the Louvre museum in central France.

The riders pass the team buses and through the chicane of Place de la Concorde. 

The barriers are narrower this year.  

The rider face eight lap of the 6.8km circuit.

As the riders climb the Champs Elysees there are the first attacks. 

The speed is high and so the riders swoop around the Arc du Triomphe.

Pascal Eenkhoorn is the first to try a real attack. More try their hand too. 

The riders emerge from the tunnel near the Louvre and the attacks are caught. 

Tadej Pogacar attacks! 

7 laps to go!

Nathan Van Hooydonck of Jumbo sits on Pogacar, just as Jumbo-Visma have done all Tour.

Pogacar reaches the Arc du Triomphe with a 10-second lead.

Pogacar loves to race. 

🇸🇮 @TamauPogi attacks one final time on this #TDF2023! But @NVHooydonck does not let him go 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi attaque une dernière fois sur ce #TDF2023 ! Alors peut-être ? pic.twitter.com/oA9MOIilhh July 23, 2023

Oops.. Matteo Trentin needs a bike change after losing his saddle.

The sprint teams are having to work hard to chase Pogacar.

He and Van Hooydonck are still clear, the gap is 10 seconds.

More riders are trying to join Pogacar and Van Hooydonck.

Pogacar asks Van Hooydonck to do a turn but he refuses, so Pogacar shakes his head in disappointment.

Behind Alpecin are trying to organise the chase, they fear an organised, numerous attack. 

There now eight riders on the attack. 

Bettiol and Kwiatkowski are in the attack.

The speed is up to 60km/h and so the laps fly by. 

Come on, guys!#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/u16MLzWwam July 23, 2023

Pogacar leads the attackers over the line again. Her is trying to split the group with Bettiol and Skelmose.

They climb again on the cobbles of the Champs Elysees.

But it's quickly Gruppo Compatto once again.

Several riders are struck by punctures and so face a chase to finish in the peloton.

More attacks!

Simon Clarke and Frederik Frison go now. 

On the downhill of the Champs Elysees, Nelson  Oliviera (Movistar) joins them.

The trio lead by 10 seconds and so Pogacar jumps after them. 

Four laps to race and the sprinters' teams seem to be letting the attackers blow off some steam.

So far Alpecin, Jayco have placed one rider on the front.

They can perhaps close down a three-rider attack easier than a bigger move. 

🔥Back on the attack already! @Nelsoliveira89, @SimoClarke and @FrisonFrederik lead the way on the Champs Élysées 🔥Les attaques fusent à nouveau ! @Nelsoliveira89, @SimoClarke et @FrisonFrederik ouvrent la voie sur les Champs Élysées. #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/D8NCxLRYw4 July 23, 2023

Clarke, Frison and Oliveira lead by 10 seconds but Julian Alaphilippe leads the chase.

Jonas Vingegaard is tucked safely in the peloton to avoid any problems and crashes. 

He's 25km from celebrating overall victory.  

Three laps to race!

The trio lead by 20 seconds. Could they do it?

This is nice to see, Dries Devenyns of Soudal makes an attack. He just turned 40 and is riding his last Tour. 

Now Giulio Ciccone starts to work for Lidl-Trek and their sprinters Mads Pedersen.

12 seconds. The gap is falling. 

🇫🇷 #TDF2023 🤩 The Champs-Élysées @LeTour #RideAsOne #rideforGino 📸 @SprintCycling pic.twitter.com/MwhGsUezme July 23, 2023

Jai Hindley has a chain problem and needs a bike change.

The Australian is away but will have to chase to defend his seventh on GC. 

Clarke, Frison and Oliveira still lead by 15 seconds. 

So  Intermarche help with the chase.

Clarke, Frison and Oliveira extend their lead to 20 seconds.

Hindley has dived through the team cars and is back into the peloton.

Two laps to go! 

Clarke, Frison and Oliveira still lead by 20 seconds. 

Stefan Kung also needs a bike change. 

As the riders climb up the Champs Elysees, the peloton is losing in on the attack. 

It's starting to rain in Paris.

The trio are caught by a new attack. 

Even Julian Alaphilippe tries to go across and pass them.

Judges have decided to take the stage times with one lap to go. There will be no time bonuses or points awarded at the finish.

More attacks. 

Alpecin marks the move. 

6.8km to go

Ding, ding, ding. 

One lap to go! 

Omar Fraile launches an attack. 

Campenaerts is there too. 

Israel take over in the peloton.

Sagan moves up near  the front.

Riders are trying to smash open the peloton but it's a huge task.

At the Arc de Triomphe the pelton is all together. 

It's sprint time!

Bettiol goes again! 

They're racing at over 60km/h!

Vingegaard and his teammates have eased up. 

He has won the Tour de France. 

It's all about the sprint win now. 

It's sprint time.

Jayco and Alpecin lead the peloton but Pogacar is in the mix.

Here we go! 

Photo finish! 

Four riders were spread across the road! 

Philipsen could only come late and so he may have lost it. 

It looks like Jordi Meeus of Bora got it!

Meanwhile Jonas Vingegaard crosses the line with his teammates to win the 2023 Tour de France.

Jordi Meeus cannot believe he has won the sprint.

He was well placed and came off Pedersen's wheel in sight of the line. He rode it perfectly, with a bike throw, while Philipsen was forced to come late and from behind.

Meeus waves a hand as he rides to the podium area. 

That's a great way for Bora-Hansgrohe to finish the Tour.

Vingegaard is also ready to be crowned winner. He lifts his bike in the air after kissing his partner and celebrating with his teammates.

The replay shows how Pogacar leads the sprint onto the Champs Elysees. 

Mathieu van der Poel leads Philipsen as Kristoff gets baulked near the barriers. 

Groenewegen went early and hit the front, forcing Philipsen to go along the barriers. 

Pedersen went down the middle but Meeus was on his wheel and came late with a perfect bike throw to the line.

Meeus was overjoyed to win.  

"I knew in the previous sprints that there was more possible than the result I showed so far. Today everything went perfect and I'm super happy to finish it off," he said.

"I felt quite good all day. The beginning was easy obviously but from the moment we went full gas my legs felt incredibly good. Then Marco Haller did a perfect job with positioning and he was also there." 

"I had the wheel of Pedersen and I could come out of the slipstream and catch it on the line," Meeus added, realising a dream had come true.

"For sure - it's my first Tour and it was a super nice experience so far. To take the win today is just an indescribable feeling."

This is the photo finish image.

It was close.

Jonas Vingegaard will soon climb on the podium and be crowned as the 2023 Tour winner. 

"It's a feeling of being proud and happy - we're winning it for the second time now. It's really amazing," he said. 

"Today with all the Danish people here was really amazing. I have to say thanks not only to my team and family but to the whole of Denmark. They support me and I'm really grateful for this.

"It's been a long journey but it also went by so fast. We race every day and one day takes the other. It's been a super hard race and a super good fight between me and Tadej. I enjoyed it all the way."

🦁💛The King and its bodyguards💛🦁🦁💛Le Roi et sa garde rapprochée💛🦁#TDF2023 @JumboVismaRoad https://t.co/FDSMJTKctY pic.twitter.com/M5LYo9ldpX July 23, 2023

The racing is over but now it's time for the podium ceremony on the Champs Elysees.

Every rider and team has something to celebrate on the Champs Elysees. 

#TDF2023 🏁Thanks for all your support over the last three weeks 👊 pic.twitter.com/NjbVEUSiYo July 23, 2023

The stage is set for the podium ceremony.

Victor Campenaerts is the first on the podium as the Super Combative of the 2023 Tour de France. 

He was a late selection for the Tour but deserved his award. 

Next up Jumbo-Visma are celebrated for winning the best team prize.

They beat UAE Team Emirates by 7:13, with Bahrain Victorious third at 22:01.

Jordi Meeus is also celebrated as the stage winner.

🏅First podium, and one of the best you can have on the Tour de France🏅Premier podium, et l'un des plus beaux que l'on puisse avoir sur le Tour de France#TDF2023 @Continental_fr pic.twitter.com/Y7kNNeYiir July 23, 2023

Next up is Tadej Pogacar. He wins the best young riders white jersey for a fourth year. He is also second overall at 7:29 down on Vingegaard. 

It's Ciccone's moment next. He wins the polka-dot mountains jersey after a strong ride in the final week.

He is the first Italian to win the special jersey since Claudio Chiappucci in 1992. He scored 106 points, beating Felix Gall, who scored 92, and Vingegaard on 89 points.  

The podium ceremony is moving fast and Jasper Philipsen is next as he takes the green points jersey. He is the 21st Belgian rider to win it.

Philipsen won four stages and was second twice, scoring a total of 377 points, far more than Mads Pedersen on 258.

Jonas Vingegaard is next up as he is crowned as the overall Tour winner in the yellow jersey.

This is second consecutive victory and he has confirmed he will also ride the Vuelta and return to target the Tour de France in 2024.

Meanwhile at the team bus area, the other teams are celebrating  reaching Paris. 

Next is the final overall  podium, with Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Adam Yates. 

UAE Team Emirates take second and third but Vingegaard wins again.

The Danish national anthem rings out over Paris.

The 2023 Tour de France podium.

Vingegaard sportingly thanks his rivals for a great race.

Pogacar was his huge rival this year and surely will be again in the future.

The 2023 Tour de France podium: Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Adam Yates

The 2023 Tour de France podium

The final podium call is for all four jersey winners: Jasper Philipsen, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Giulio Ciccone. 

To read our final stage report and see our growing photo gallery of all the action in Paris, click below.

Jonas Vingegaard crowned Tour de France champion in Paris

The 2023 Tour de France is over but the Cyclingnews coverage continues with Barry Ryan and Sophie Smith working on post-race interviews and exclusive features. 

We'll have a special photo gallery on Monday and Philippa York's exclusive and incisive final race analysis. 

Then during the rest of the week, we'll also look back at the race and the protagonists. with news and interviews.  

Of course, the Tour de France Femmes has only just got going and we will have full live coverage of each stage,  reports, news and interviews from Kirsten Frattini and Lukas Knöfler in France.

This is the stage 1 report. 

Tour de France Femmes: Lotte Kopecky goes solo to win stage 1

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Tour de France 2023 stage-by-stage guide: Route maps and profiles for all 21 days

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The 2023 Tour de France has all the ingredients of a classic: two leading protagonists ready to tear lumps out of each other in reigning champion Jonas Vingegaard and the deposed Tadej Pogacar; entertaining multi-talented stage hunters Wout van Aert, Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe and Tom Pidcock; the great Mark Cavendish chasing a historic 35th stage win; all facing a brutal route with 56,000m of climbing and four summit finish.

The Tour began in the Spanish Basque country on Saturday 1 July, where Adam Yates edged twin brother Simon to win the opening stage, and these hilly routes will throw open the yellow jersey to a wide range of contenders. The race crosses the French border for some flat stages and an early jaunt into the high Pyrenees, where the Col du Tourmalet awaits. The peloton takes on the Puy de Dome volcano on its journey across France towards the Jura Mountains and the Alps, and it is in the mountains that this Tour will ultimately be decided. It all ends on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday 23 July.

Here is a stage-by-stage guide to how the race will unfold.

Stage 1: Bilbao to Bilbao, 182km

The 2023 Tour de France starts outside Bilbao’s iconic Guggenheim Museum, and winds north to the Bay of Biscay coastline before returning to the city where the stage winner will take the yellow jersey. This 182km opening stage is a hilly route with 3,000m of climbing featuring five categorised ascents, of which the final two are sharp and testing: they are tough enough to shake off the dedicated sprinters and open up early glory for the best puncheurs – those riders with the legs to get over short climbs and the power to surge away on the other side.

The profile of this stage is a great choice by organisers as it could suit just about anyone, from the speed of Wout van Aert to the climbing strength Tom Pidcock or Simon Yates – even two-time champion Tadej Pogacar.

• Jumbo’s Death Star and Pidcock’s dog: Inside the Tour de France’s Grand Depart

Stage 2: Vitoria Gastiez to Saint Sebastian, 209km

The peloton will head east from Bilbao, touching more picturesque Basque coastline before arriving at the finish in San Sebastian. At more than 200km this is the longest stage of the 2023 Tour and, with the sizeable Jaizkibel climb (8.1km, 5.3% average gradient) shortly before the finish, this is even more tough on the legs than the first day. Another puncheur with the climbing strength to get over the steeper hills can capitalise, like two-time world champion Julian Alaphilippe.

• ‘ Coup du kilometre’: How to win a Tour de France stage hiding in plain sight

Stage 3: Amorebieta to Bayonne, 187km

Stage three starts in Spain and ends in France, and the finale in Bayonne is ripe for a bunch sprint. Mark Cavendish will get his first shot of this race at trying to win a historic 35th Tour de France stage, but he will be up against a stacked field including former QuickStep teammate Fabio Jakobsen and the awesome speed of Wout van Aert. It will be fascinating to get a first glimpse of how the power riders stack up.

• ‘Jasper the Disaster’ rebuts Netflix nickname with controversial win

Stage 4: Dax to Nogaro, 182km

Another flat day and an even faster finish in store on the Circuit Paul Armagnac, a race track in Nogaro. The 800m home straight will almost certainly tee up a showdown between the Tour’s serious fast men.

• Cavendish falls short as Philipsen wins crash-laden sprint

Stage 5: Pau to Laruns, 163km

The first major mountains of the Tour come a little earlier than usual, as the peloton heads up into the high Pyrenees on day five. The Col de Soudet (15km, 7.2%) is one of the toughest climbs of the race and rears up halfway through this 163km route from Pau to Laruns. The category one Col de Marie Blanque (7.7km, 8.6%) guards the finish 20km out, and holds bonus seconds for those first over the top to incentivise the major contenders to come to the fore and fight it out.

• Hindley grabs the yellow jersey as Vingegaard punishes Pogacar

Stage 6: Tarbes to Cauterets, 145km

This has the potential to be a thrilling day: the 145km route takes on the double trouble of the category one Col d’Aspin (12km, 6.5%) followed by the monstrous hors categorie Tourmalet (17.1km, 7.3%), before a fast ascent and a final climb to the summit finish at Cauterets (16km, 5.4%).

It is a day with several possible outcomes. The general classification contenders could fight it out in a showdown to the summit. Then again, a breakaway could be allowed to escape which would open up victory – and perhaps the yellow jersey – to an outsider. The last time the Tour finished in Cauterets in 2015, breakaway specialist Rafal Majka surged clear of his fellow escapers to win. Keep an eye on Ineos’s Tom Pidcock, who could use the long, fast descent from the Tourmalet summit to speed to the front, as he did before winning atop Alpe d’Huez last year.

• Pogacar responds to send message to Vingegaard

Stage 7: Mont de Marsan to Bordeaux, 170km

The first week of racing finishes in the Tour’s second most visited city, Bordeaux, and it’s a third flat day for the sprinters to contest. Much will depend on who has best preserved their legs through the high mountains when they come to this tight, technical finish on the banks of the Garonne river in the city centre.

• Philipsen pips Cavendish in thrilling finish to deny Brit all-time record

Stage 8: Libourne to Limoges, 201km

A long, hilly day will see the peloton head 201km east from Libourne outside Bordeaux to Limoges. The lumpy stage should suit a puncheur but it is not a particularly taxing set of climbs – only three are categorised and the toughest of those is just 2.8km at 5.2%. So could a determined team carry their sprinter to the finish and the stage win? Look out for Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel, superstars with the all-round talent to conquer the climbs and still finish fast.

• Cavendish crashes out to end Tour de France record hopes

Stage 9: Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat to Puy de Dome, 184km

The final stage before the relief of the first rest day is relatively flat and gentle – until a brutal finish atop the iconic Puy de Dome volcano, a 13.3km drag at a gruelling 7.7% average gradient that last appeared in the Tour in 1988. The summit finish will require a serious climber’s legs to clinch the stage win, and the general classification contenders may well let a breakaway get ahead and fight for that prize.

• Woods takes win as Pogacar hits back at Vingegaard

Rest day: Clermont-Ferrand, Monday 10 July.

Stage 10: Parc Vulcania to Issoire, 167km

The race resumes in the centre of France from Vulcania – a volcano-themed amusement park – where riders will embark on a hilly 167km route through the Volcans d’Auvergne regional park, finishing down in the small town of Issiore. With five categorised climbs, including the sizeable Col de Guery (7.8km at 5%) and the Croix Saint-Robert (6km at 6.3%), it will be a draining ride with virtually no sustained flat sections, and a long descent to the finish town. It looks like a good day to plot something in the breakaway, as the big GC contenders save their legs for bigger challenges to come.

• Bilbao dedicates emotional stage win to late Gino Mader

Stage 11: Clermont Ferrand to Moulins, 180km

The final flat stage before the hard Alpine climbs will present an opportunity for those fast men who managed to haul themselves through the Pyrenees to get here – although there is still some climbing to be done including three category-four leg-sappers along the 180km route. The day begins in the university city of Clermont-Ferrand before the riders wind north and then east to Moulins, a small town on the Allier river. Any breakaway is likely to be reeled by those teams with dedicated sprinters eyeing their only opportunity for a stage win between the two rest days.

• Philipsen continues flat-stage dominance even without van der Poel

Stage 12: Roanne to Belleville-en-Beaujolais, 169km

The race caravan will shift east to start stage 12 in Roanne in the Loire region, before taking a 169km route to Belleville, situated on the Saone river north of Lyon. This has been categorised as a hilly or medium mountain stage, but it might feel harder than that by the time the peloton reaches the foot of the fifth categorised climb of the day, the Col de la Croix Rosier (5.3km at 7.6%). That should be enough to put off the best puncheurs like Van der Poel and Van Aert, because the stage winner will need strong climbing legs. The GC riders will want to conserve energy, so expect a breakaway to stay clear and fight amongst themselves.

• Izagirre solos to victory

Stage 13: Chatillon-Sur-Chalaronne to Grand Colombier, 138km

The first of three brutal stages that could decide the destiny of this year’s yellow jersey is only relatively short – 138km – but will provide a stern enough test to reveal any weaknesses in the major contenders. The peloton will enjoy a relatively flat and gentle first 75km from Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne before entering the Jura Mountains. A short climb and fast descent precedes the big climax: all 17.4km (7.1%) of the Grand Colombier providing an epic summit finish. This could be another day for a breakaway away to get free, but the overall contenders like Pogacar and Vingegaard will also fancy stage glory and the chance to stamp their authority on the race.

• Kwiatkowski wins as Pogacar eats into Vingegaard’s lead

Stage 14: Annemasse to Morzine, 152km

Part two of this triple header of mountain stages sees the peloton ride into the Alps with a 152km route from Annemasse to Morzine ski resort. Three tough category one climbs line the road to the hors categorie Col de Joux Plane (11.6km at 8.5%), a brutally steep grind where bonuses await the first few over the top – and stage victory is the prize at the bottom. This is another potential spot for yellow jersey fireworks.

• Rodriguez wins first Tour stage as Pogacar thwarted by motorbike

Stage 15: Les Gets to Saint Gervais, 180km

The last ride before the final rest day will take the peloton further east into the Alps, towards the French border with Italy. The 179km route is almost constantly up and down, with a fast descent before the final two climbs, and the summit finish atop Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc will require strong climbing legs once more.

• Pogacar and Vingegaard in stalemate as Poels wins stage

Rest day: Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc, Monday 17 July.

Stage 16: Individual time trial from Passy to Combloux, 22km

This year’s home stretch begins with the only time trial of the race: a short, relatively flat 22km from Passy to Combloux in the shadow of Mont Blanc. The route includes one categorised climb, the steep but short Cote de Domancy (2.5km at 9.4%). There is an opportunity here to make up crucial seconds for those that need them.

• Vingegaard takes control of yellow jersey

Stage 17: Saint Gervais to Courchevel, 166km

Put Wednesday 19 July in the diary: this will surely be the most brutal day of the entire Tour de France and it could be decisive. The 166km route features four big climbs, the last of which offers up this year’s Souvenir Henri Desgrange for the first rider over the highest point of the race. To get there the riders must endure a 28.1km slog averaging 6% gradient to the top of the Col de la Loze, towering in the clouds 2,304m above sea level. There are bonus seconds up here too, before a short descent down to the finish at Courchevel.

A breakaway will probably form, but can they last the distance? Whatever happens up the road, the fight for the yellow jersey will be fierce – only the strongest handful of riders will be able to stand the pace and this will likely be the day that the 2023 winner is effectively crowned.

• Vingegaard dominates to put seal on Tour de France

Stage 18: Moutiers to Bourg en Bresse, 186km

After a potentially explosive stage 17, stage 18 is classified as “hilly” but is really a relatively sedate 185km which the sprinters are likely to contest if their teams can haul in the inevitable breakaway. The big question is whether there will be many sprinters left in the peloton after such a demanding set of stages in the Alps. For those fast men still in the race, the descent into Bourg-en-Bresse precedes a technical finish, with roundabouts and a sharp corner before a swinging right-hand turn on to the home straight where the stage will be won and lost.

• Breakaway stays away as Asgreen takes win

Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne to Poligny, 173km

Another flat day gives a further opportunity for those sprinters left in the field, as the peloton travels 173km from Moirans, near Grenoble, north to Poligny. The general classification contenders will be happy to rest their legs before one final push to Paris.

• Matej Mohoric takes photo finish to win stage 19

Stage 20: Belfort to Le Markstein, 133km

The final competitive stage of the Tour is a 133km ride from Belfort to Le Markstein ski resort in the Vosges mountains, and it offers just enough for one final attack to steal the yellow jersey, should the overall win still be on the line. The last two climbs of the day are both steep category one ascents: first the Petit Ballon (9.3km, 8.1%) followed by the Col du Platzerwasel (7.1km at 8.4%). Whoever is wearing yellow just needs to hang on to the wheel of their fiercest rival here, and that should be enough to see them home.

• Chapeau, Thibaut Pinot

Stage 21: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Paris Champs-Elysees, 115km

As is tradition, the peloton will transfer to Paris and ride a truce to the Champs-Elysees. The stage will start at France’s national velodrome, home of cycling for the 2024 Paris Olympics. It will finish with one final sprint: Cavendish has won four times in Paris and it would be a fitting way to end the race that has defined his career if he were to repeat the feat one last time. And once the race is done, the winner of the 2023 Tour de France will be crowned.

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Tour de France 2023: Jonas Vingegaard retains title as Jordi Meeus claims surprise win in Paris

• Published 23 July 2023
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Vingegaard crossed the finish line on the Champs Elysees with his Jumbo-Visma team-mates

Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard sealed his second successive Tour de France triumph as Jordi Meeus sprinted to a surprise win on the final stage.

Meeus, 25, edged Jasper Philipsen in a photo finish in Paris to deny his fellow Belgian a repeat of last year's win on the iconic Champs Elysees.

Vingegaard, 26, finished seven minutes and 29 seconds clear of nearest rival, two-time winner Tadej Pogacar.

Britain's Adam Yates was third overall, one place above his twin brother Simon.

"I'm happy of course - we're winning it for the second time and it's amazing," said Vingegaard.

"It's been a super hard race and a super good fight between me and Tadej. Of course, I hope to come back next year to see if I can take the third win."

Only eight men have taken three or more Tour wins since the race's first edition in 1903.

Vingegaard's more immediate target is victory at another Grand Tour, the Vuelta a Espana, which starts at the end of August.

He will ride alongside his Jumbo-Visma team-mate and three-time Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic - winner of this year's Giro d'Italia - as they target a first clean sweep of the sport's three biggest stage races.

Jonas Vingegaard and his Jumbo-Visma team-mates raised a glass during Sunday's processional stage. They also won the team category at the Tour

Vingegaard revealed he will take no more than a week off before starting his preparations for Spain, but will find time to celebrate his success.

"It's been an amazing year, what a Tour de France for us," he added.

"We started the plans early and once again I could not have done it without my team. I'm so proud of every one of us.

"Tonight we will celebrate, have a good dinner, it will be a nice evening. Thanks to my opponents who have been amazing, it's been an amazing three weeks fighting with you guys."

Meeus was probably the most unlikely man to make it to the top of the podium in the French capital.

Racing in his first Tour, Bora-Hansgrohe rider Meeus claimed the biggest win of his career by a rim from Philipsen, racing in the green jersey having won four stages of this year's contest.

Meeus said: "It was a super nice experience already so far and to take the win today was an indescribable feeling. Everything went perfect."

Jordi Meeus (right) won by a rim to deny Jasper Philipsen (left) a second straight win on the Champs Elysees

Stage 21 - as it happened

Tour de France 2023 - stage-by-stage guide & results

How the 2023 Tour was won

This year's jersey riders Jasper Philipsen, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Giulio Ciccone shared a moment at the front of the peloton on Sunday

Vingegaard ended up a comfortable winner over Pogacar but his decisive move did not come until more than a fortnight into the Tour.

Only 10 seconds separated the pair after 15 stages but the Dane took total control of the race when it entered the Alps in the final week.

He extended that lead to almost two minutes with a superb ride in the individual time trial on Tuesday and then finished off Pogacar's challenge on Wednesday's queen stage, the toughest day of the race.

Pogacar, whose preparations were hit by a broken wrist when he crashed in April, cracked with 15km left of the final climb and told his team radio: "I'm gone, I'm dead."

Vingegaard, who took the leader's yellow jersey after the sixth stage, powered on to open a gap of more than seven minutes by the finish - and knew then that the Tour was won.

Italy's Giulio Ciccone won the king of the mountains prize for best climber, while Philipsen took the green jersey for winning the points category.

Philipsen also won four stages, one of them narrowly from Mark Cavendish on stage seven to deny the Manxman the victory he needed to break the all-time record for Tour stage wins.

The 38-year-old Cavendish, who had already said he intends to retire at the end of this season, crashed out the following day, meaning he still shares the record of 34 wins with Belgian legend Eddy Merckx.

Stage 21 results

1. Jordi Meeus (Bel/Bora-Hansgrohe) 2hrs 56mins 13secs

2. Jasper Philipsen (Bel/Alpecin-Deceuninck) Same time

3. Dylan Groenewegen (Ned/Team Jayco-AlUla)

4. Mads Pedersen (Den/Lidl-Trek)

5. Cees Bol (Ned/Astana-Qazaqstan)

6. Biniam Girmay (Eri/Intermarche-Circus-Wanty)

7. Bryan Coquard (Fra/Cofidis)

8. Soren Warenskjold (Nor/Uno-X Pro Cycling)

9. Corbin Strong (NZ/Israel-Premier Tech)

10. Luca Mozzato (Ita/Arkea-Samsic)

Final general classification standings

1. Jonas Vingegaard (Den/Jumbo-Visma) 82hrs 5mins 42secs

2. Tadej Pogacar (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +7mins 29secs

3. Adam Yates (GB/UAE Team Emirates) +10mins 56secs

4. Simon Yates (GB/Team Jayco-AlUla) +12mins 23secs

5. Carlos Rodriguez (Spa/Ineos Grenadiers) +13mins 17secs

6. Pello Bilbao (Spa/Bahrain Victorious) +13mins 27secs

7. Jai Hindley (Aus/Bora-Hansgrohe) +14mins 44secs

8. Felix Gall (Aut/AG2R-Citroen) +16mins 9secs

9. David Gaudu (Fra/Groupama-FDJ) +23mins 8secs

10. Guillaume Martin (Fra/Cofidis) +26mins 30secs

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Un an après la première victoire de Jonas Vingegaard, devant Tadej Pogacar, les coureurs retrouvent les routes de France mais pas seulement. Après le Danemark en 2022, le Tour de France s'élance cette année de l'Espagne et plus précisément de Bilbao. Après trois jours au Pays Basque (côté espagnol) les coureurs traverseront les Pyrénées avant de traverser le centre de la France pour filer dans les Alpes. Un seul contre-la-montre au programme (22 km) pour cette édition 2023, lors de la 16e étape, avant de conclure la Grande Boucle à Paris, sur les Champs-Elysées. 

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Quelles sont les étapes du Tour de France Hommes cette année ?

Bilbao > Bilbao Vitoria-Gasteiz > San Sebastian Amorebieta-Etxano > Bayonne Dax > Nogaro Pau > Laruns Tarbes > Cauterets Mont-de-Marsan > Bordeaux Libourne > Limoges Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat > Puy de Dôme Vulcania > Issoire Clermont-Ferrand > Moulins Roanne > Belleville-en-Beaujolais Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne > Grand Colombier Annemasse > Morzine Les Gets > Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc Passy > Combloux Saint-Gervais-Mont-Blanc > Courchevel Moûtiers > Bourg-en-Bresse Moirans-en-Montagne > Poligny Belfort > Le Markstein Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines > Paris

Quelles sont les étapes du Tour de France Femmes cette année ?

Clermont-Ferrand > Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand > Mauriac Collonges-la-Rouge > Montignac-Lascaux Cahors > Rodez Onet-le-Château > Albi Albi > Blagnac Lannemezan > Tourmalet Pau > Pau

Combien y a-t-il de coureurs au Tour de France Hommes ?

22 équipes sont invitées à disputer le Tour de France avec une sélection de 8 coureurs soit un total de 176 coureurs.

Combien y a-t-il de coureuses au Tour de France Femmes ?

22 équipes sont invitées à disputer le Tour de France avec une sélection de 7 coureuses (6 l’an dernier) soit un total de 154 coureuses.

Combien y a-t-il de contre-la-montre cette année ?

Le Tour de France Hommes compte un seul contre-la-montre dans cette édition 2023. Le mardi 18 juillet 2023, lors de la 16e étape, les coureurs s’élanceront pour 22.4 kilomètres entre Passy et Combloux, sur un terrain escarpé dans les Alpes. Le Tour de France Femmes compte également un seul contre-la-montre, lors de la 8e et dernière étape, le dimanche 30 juillet 2023. Au programme 22 kilomètres entre Pau et Pau.

Combien gagne le vainqueur du Tour de France Hommes ?

Au total 2,3 millions d'euros seront attribués et mis en jeu pour les équipes et les coureurs dont 500 000 € au vainqueur du classement général individuel final.

Combien gagne la vainqueure du Tour de France Femmes ?

Au total, 250.000 euros seront partagés entre les coureuses dont 50 000 € pour la vainqueure du classement général individuel final. La deuxième touchera 25 000 € et la troisième 10 000 €.

Qui a gagné le Tour de France Hommes en 2022 ?

Jonas Vingegaard a remporté l’édition 2022 avec une avance de 2mn43 sur Tadej Pogacar. Le Danois a remporté l’épreuve pour la première fois de sa carrière.

Qui a gagné le Tour de France Femmes en 2022 ?

Annemiek van Vleuten a remporté l’édition 2022 avec une avance de 3mn48 sur Demi Vollering. La Néerlandaise remporte cette épreuve pour la première fois de sa carrière.

Combien d’équipes françaises sont au départ du Tour de France Hommes ?

Cinq équipes françaises prendront le départ de cette édition 2023 : AG2R Citroën Team, Groupama-FDJ, Team Arkea-Samsic, Team Cofidis et TotalEnergies.

Combien d’équipes françaises sont au départ du Tour de France Femmes ?

Quatre équipes françaises prendront le départ de cette édition 2023 : FDJ-Suez, Cofidis, Arkéa Pro Cycling Team et St Michel-Mavic-Auber93.

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Tour de France 2023: From Bilbao to Paris, our stage-by-stage guide to cycling’s biggest race

First Published Jun 10, 2023

Opening paras changed to reflect recent events since first publishing date.

It’s nearly time for Bilbao to host the start of the 2023 Tour de France on 1 July, marking the second time that Spain’s Basque Region has staged the Grand Départ of the race after it began in San Sebastian in 1992. From the word go there will be some tough racing in prospect as Jonas Vingegaard – who was in imperious form at the Dauphiné – seeks to retain his title. Here’s our stage-by-stage guide to what promises to be three weeks of gripping racing.

Taking in all of France’s mountain ranges, the race kicks off with what is widely seen as the toughest opening week in its history in terms of climbing, with the Grand Départ followed by a pair of flat stages after the race heads into France, then two stages in the High Pyrenees and a summit finish at the Puy de Dôme in the Massif Central ahead of what will be a very welcome first rest day.

The second week sees a pair of hilly stages flank the third one of the race tagged as flat before three days in the mountains from Friday to Sunday, two of those stages ending in a summit finish, the first on the Grand Colombier.

There are three days in the Alps at the start of the final week, the first of those the only individual time trial of the race, and a short one at that, ahead of two transitional stages taking us via the Jura mountains to the penultimate day` and a first-time stage finish at Le Markstein in the Vosges, followed by the traditional final day in Paris.

Along the way, there will be crashes, injuries and illnesses as well as dramatic moments that may shape the eventual destination of the yellow jersey, and which will live long in the memory. Here is the fly through video of the route, together with an overview map of the Grand Départ, followed by all of the 21 stages in detail.

Stage 1 Saturday 1 July Bilbao – Bilbao (182km, hilly)

The 110th edition of the Tour de France gets under way on the race’s 120th birthday with what looks like a cracker of a stage starting and finishing in the largest city in the Basque Country, Bilbao, but also passing twice through its historical capital, Guernika, and with 3,300 metres of climbing today it’s a tough opener to a race in which nerves are typically fraught in the opening days.

Today’s stage, which like tomorrow will be played out in front of huge crowds, is bound to see Basque riders try and get into the early break, and with five categorised climbs and several others that do not count towards the mountains classification, it’s a day for the puncheurs, with the last ascent, the Pike, crested just 9.6km from the finish in back in Bilbao.

Stage 2 Sunday 2 July Vitoria-Gastiez – Saint Sebastien (209km, hilly)

A few weeks after the Giro d’Italia boasted a stage into Bergamo that was in effect a mini-Tour of Lombardy, and a year since the Grand Boucle thundered over the Paris-Roubaix cobbles, Spain’s biggest one-day race gets similar treatment with today’s final featuring the Jaizkibel climb, so often decisive in the Clásica de San Sebastián, typically held the week after the Tour de France ends.

That race, plus the annual Tour of the Basque country, means that the roads featuring in the opening two days will be familiar to many of the riders, and that late 6.4 per cent climb, which has its summit 16.5km from the line, will almost certainly be the springboard for attacks from stage-hunters – you can bet that several local riders will have ringed this one in red as soon as it was announced.

Stage 3 Monday 3 July Amorebieta-Etxano – Bayonne (185km, flat)

Today’s stage sees the race depart Spain, but we are still in the Basque Country on the French side of the border with a finish in the region’s capital, Bayonne. Much of the stage hugs the coast – the last sight of the sea in this year’s race – and if the wind is up, the GC teams will be jostling for position at the front of the bunch in case echelons form, meaning any break may be kept on a tight leash.

There are four categorised climbs on today’s parcours, but the last of those comes just after the halfway point as the race heads towards Saint Sebastien and beyond that, the border towns of Irun and Hendaye. Consequently, this looks very much like the first chance for the sprinters to open their account in this year’s race, with a fast finish in prospect in Bayonne.

Stage 4 Tuesday 4 July Dax – Nogaro (182km, flat)

This sprinter-friendly stage has just one categorised climb, the Category 4 Côte de Dému, which tops out at just 218 metres above sea level with 27.4km remaining to the finish at France’s first purpose-built motor racing venue, the Circuit Paul Armagnac, with the intermediate sprint at 83.8km taking place outside the Notre Dame des Cyclistes church in Labastide-d’Armagnac.

The start in Dax honours one of the peloton’s all-time great fast men, André Derrigade, who was born in nearby Narrosse. Now aged 94, he won 22 stages of the Tour de France, a record for sprint stages that stood until it was eclipsed by Mark Cavendish, who took his 23rd victory at the race on the Champs-Elysées in 2012 and is now seeking a 35th win that would put him ahead of Eddy Merckx.

Stage 5 Wednesday 5 July Pau – Laruns (165km, mountain)

Halfway through the opening week, and we’re already in the Pyrenees for the first mountain test of this year’s race, one that starts in Pau which welcomes the race for the 74th time – more than anywhere else, other than Paris or Bordeaux.

After a flattish opening 70km or so, the riders tackle the hors-categorie Col de Soudet, which has an average gradient of 7.2 per cent over 15.2km, though attacks, if any, are likely to wait until the Col de Marie Blanque, crested 18.5km out from Laruns, which hosts a stage for the fourth time – the last two winners there being Primož Roglič in 2018, and Tadej Pogačar three years ago.

Stage 6 Thursday 6 July Tarbes – Cauterets-Cambasque (145km, mountain)

The second of two days in the Pyrenees sees the first summit finish of the race at Cauterets-Cambasque, though first there is the small matter of two of this area’s most fabled climbs to tackle, the Col d’Aspin and the Col du Tourmalet, the summit of the latter coming with 47km left followed by a long, sweeping descent of 30km or so ahead of the final ascent.

While the race has visited Cauterets four times, only once has the finish line been on the Plateau du Cambasque, where it is today – that was back in 1989, the stage won by a young Miguel Indurain, the first Tour de France stage win for the eventual five-time champion. Today’s final climb, 16km long with an average gradient of 5.4 per cent, could well end with a change in the yellow jersey.

Stage 7 Friday 7 July Mont-de-Marsan – Bordeaux (170km, flat)          

The flattest stage of this year’s race heads north away from the Pyrenees to Bordeaux, which hosts the race for the 81st time – though this is the first time a stage has finished here since 2010, when Mark Cavendish took his fourth victory at that year’s race just two days before adding his fifth as the race ended in Paris.

There’s less than 1,000 metres of climbing today, and the sole categorised climb, the Category 4 Côte de Béguey, stands just 82 metres above sea level. In recent years, we’ve often seen the peloton misjudge catching the break, making for some thrilling will-they-or-won’t-they finishes – though a 2km straight ahead of the line on the vast Place des Quinconces minimises the chances of that today.

Stage 8 Saturday 8 July Libourne – Limoges (201km, hilly)

There’s another bunch finish in prospect today, but the characteristics of the stage are very different to the two that have preceded it as the race heads to Limoges, centre of France’s porcelain industry, which last hosted a stage finish in 2016, the German sprinter Marcel Kittel edging out Frenchman Bryan Coquard for what would prove to be his only win in that year’s race.

The final of today’s stage is much tougher than that one seven years ago, however, with two Category 4 climbs to be tackled inside the closing 18 kilometres, and a 5 per cent uphill drag to the line in the closing 700 metres. If it’s a sprint, it is likely to be a very select one featuring the stronger finishers, but it could also be a day for the break to stay clear or even a late solo attack to prevail.

Stage 9 Sunday 9 July Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat – Puy de Dôme (184km, mountain)

The first week of the race ends with a visit to the Massif Centrale, starting in the adopted hometown of three-time runner-up Raymond Poulidor, who never wore the yellow jersey, his grandson Mathieu van der Poel becoming the first member of the family to do so after winning the second stage of the 2021 edition in Brittany.

Poulidor’s stage-winning battle with eventual overall champion Jacques Anquetil in 1964 is just one of the past visits that has sealed the Puy de Dôme’s place in Tour history, but today is the first summit finish there for 35 years. The climb covers 13.3km at an average gradient of 7.7 per cent – but the real test comes in the final 4.5km, which averages a leg-sapping 12 per cent. There could be some big winners and losers on GC today.

Rest Day Monday 10 July Clermont-Ferrand

Stage 10 Tuesday 11 July Vulcania – Issoire (167km, hilly)

Racing resumes after the rest day with one of two stages this week that pretty much have ‘win from the break’ written all over them, so we’d expect a frantic start as riders try and get off the front of the peloton after leaving the volcano-themed Vulcania amusement park, an intermediate sprint just under 60km in meaning the break could also feature some with designs on the green points jersey.

There are 3,100 metres of climbing today and five categorised climbs the last of those crested with 28.6km still to go and a mainly downhill run to what will be only the second-ever stage finish in Issoire, the last coming 40 years ago. Attacks from the break look likely on that final climb, the Côte de la Chapelle Marcousella, with a select group fighting it out for the win, or even a solo triumph.

Stage 11 Wednesday 12 July Clermont-Ferrand – Moulins (180km, flat)

After four days in the Auvergne, the race heads north-west from Michelin’s home city then east towards Moulins, hosting its first stage finish. Shortly before halfway it goes through Montluçon, home of two-time world champion and former Tour de France yellow jersey Julian Alaphilippe, who is bound to receive a warm welcome from family and friends as the race passes by.

With no significant climbs, on paper it’s a day for the sprinters with a flat, 900-metre run to the finish, but the complexion of the race could change if there is a strong wind blowing from the south-east which would be at the back of the riders for the first 115km before turning into a crosswind, raising the prospect of echelons forming and the frantic racing that invariably ensues.

Stage 12 Thursday 13 July Roanne – Belleville-en-Beaujolais (169km, flat)

Officially, this is a flat stage, but it’s not one that looks likely to end in a bunch sprint, with some tough climbs to be tackled, three of those coming in the final 60km or so, the lats of them the Col de la Croix Rosier which averages 7.6 per cent over its 5.3km, making it a day that looks suited for the break.

A hilly start to the afternoon’s racing means that we’re likely once again to see a big battle to get into the break, and no doubt some of the specialist escape artists will have marked today out as one on which they can go for a stage win, the overall contenders likely to keep their powder dry ahead of some tough days in the Jura mountains followed by the Alps.

Stage 13 Friday 14 July Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne – Grand Colombier (138km, mountain)

With Bastille Day falling on a Friday, the roadsides will be lined with revellers kicking off their long weekend in party mode and hoping to see a home win on the Fête Nationale for the first time since Warren Barguil triumphed in Foix in 2017 – and certainly, there will be no shortage of French riders trying to get into the break during a long, flat opening to the stage which ends in the Jura mountains.

The intermediate sprint comes during a long but uncategorised climb, followed by a descent before the road flattens out ahead of the final ascent, which begins with 17.4km left and averages 7.1 per cent. The Tour first tackled the Grand Colombier in 2012, with the first summit finish in 2020 when Tadej Pogačar prevailed – although today’s tough ascent will be from a different direction.

Stage 14 Saturday 15 July Annemasse – Morzine les Portes du Soleil (152km, mountain)

A weekend in the Alps kicks off with a fairly short but very tough stage in the mountains south of Lake Geneva, the Swiss city that gives the lake its name sitting just across the border from today’s start, with the five categorised climbs in total providing 4,100 metres of vertical ascent during the afternoon.

Those climbs get progressively harder as the stage unfolds, with some steep ramps on the Col de la Ramaz potentially seeing a thinning-out of the GC group ahead of the Hors-Categorie Col du Joux Plane, covering 11.6km at 8.5 per cent. That’s crested with just 12km to go, with a tricky, very fast descent into Morzine likely to prove attractive to some of the peloton’s more fearless descenders.

Stage 15 Sunday 16 July Les Gets les Portes du Soleil – Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc Le Bettex (179km, mountains)

Today’s parcours is a near-loop through the mountains of Haute-Savoie, with racing starting after an unusually long neutralised section that gives the riders 15 minutes to get their legs warmed up. With a rest day tomorrow several, including those with their sights set on the mountains competition, will be tucked in behind the race director’s car, itching to attack the moment the flag drops.

The GC action will come on the day’s final two climbs, which in effect are one long climb with the briefest of descents between them. The first of those, the Côte des Amerands, is only designated Category 2 but averages 10.9 per cent and hits a maximum of 17 per cent, providing a potential launch pad for attacks ahead of the final ascent to Le Bettex, where Romain Bardet won in 2016.

Rest Day Monday 17 July Saint-Gervais – Mont Blanc

Stage 16 Tuesday 18 July Passy – Combloux (22km, individual time trial)

There’s a sharp contrast with the Giro d’Italia this year, which featured 73.2km of riding against the clock split between three stages, including that penultimate day’s thriller in which Primož Roglič snatched the maglia rosa from Geraint Thomas to set up his overall victory. Tour organisers ASO have instead gone for a minimalist approach, with today’s short time trial the only such stage of the race.

On that memorable day in Italy, riders switched from time trial to road bikes ahead of the last climb, but here, the benefits of changing bikes is less cut and dried. There’s a short, punchy climb early on, but most of the stage is on flattish, rolling roads. The Côte de Domancy though hits 15 per cent – could the risk of losing time to change bikes be offset by the potential reward of gaining precious seconds?

Stage 17 Wednesday 19 July Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc – Courchevel (166km, mountain)

A potential cracker of a stage in the Alps, including the Col de la Loze which at 2,304 metres will be the highest point the Tour reaches this year, on a day that begins with the familiar combination of the Col des Saisies and Cormet de Roseland and which will no doubt see a lot of fighting to get into the break, particularly from riders or teams that have had a disappointing race to date.

After the descent from Nôtre-Dame-du-Pré, the road heads upwards again, with the climb to the Col de la Loze covering 28.1km at an average gradient of 6 per cent but hitting a brutal 24 per cent at times. The summit comes with 6.6km to go, followed by a fast descent ahead of a final 18 per cent ramp to the finish. It’s very much a day that could see a big reshuffling of the top 10 on GC.

Stage 18 Thursday 20 July Moûtiers – Bourg-en-Bresse (186km, hilly)

This is one of those intriguing stages that is often thrown into the last week of the Tour, and is consequently a difficult one to call. With rolling terrain and no categorised climbs, it should be one for the sprinters, but the exertions of the past few days in the mountains, plus the reduction of teams to eight riders a few years ago, means sprint trains don’t now dominate as they once did.

Add to that the fact that with the race fast approaching its end, chances to make an impression are running out, which means many riders – including some still looking for a new contract for next year – will try and get in the break and take it all the way to the line. It could very well be one of those days when the bunch tries to reel in the escapees at the death, with a close finish in prospect.

Stage 19 Friday 21 July Moirans-en-Montagne – Poligny (173km, flat)

Another one that should, in theory, end in a bunch finish, but subject to the same caveats that applied yesterday. We’re back in the Jura today, but the two categorised climbs, the second of which has its summit 29.1km from the finish town, shouldn’t prove too taxing for the legs of the fastest men in the peloton.

A finishing straight that is around 8km in length also plays into the hands of the chasers – psychologically, it’s easier to chase down a break when it is within line of sight, and the absence of twists and turns late on, more easily negotiated by individual riders or a small group rather than the peloton, also favours the sprinters who today have their last chance of success before Paris.

Stage 20 Saturday 22 July Belfort – Le Markstein Fellering (133km, mountain)

The final mountain stage is also the shortest road stage of the race, but it is one that certainly packs a punch with six categorised climbs in wait ahead of a first-time finish at Le Markstein Fellering in the Vosges mountains. Quite how the day pans out will depend a lot on the gaps at the top of the GC – if they are small, this will be an explosive stage, and we’d expect a big break to get away eventually.

That could take some time as teams that missed the move counter attack. We should also see GC teams try and get riders up the road to fall back and help their leaders later on. The penultimate climb, the Petit Ballon, averages 8.1 per cent over 9.3km, followed by the Col du Platzerwasel, 7.1km at 8.4 per cent ahead of the finish when we’ll know who is poised to win the 110th Tour de France tomorrow.

Stage 21 Sunday 23 July 2023 Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines – Paris Champs-Elysées (115km, flat)

The traditional procession into Paris will be missing next year, the 2024 Tour concluding with an individual time trial in Nice as the French capital gears up to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which are acknowledged by today’s stage starting outside the velodrome that will host the track cycling events a little more than 12 months from now.

It is of course a well-worn script, with the peloton in end-of-term mood as it heads into the heart of Paris, the jersey wearers posing for photographs, before a break that will almost certainly be doomed going clear on the iconic Champs-Elysées circuit ahead of a bunch sprint that is widely acknowledged as the unofficial sprinters’ world championship.

If Mark Cavendish, winner in May of the final stage of the Giro d’Italia in Rome,  makes it to Paris, this will be the 224th and final Tour de France stage (including Prologues) of his career. From 2009-12, he was unbeatable on the Champs-Elysées, his four straight stage wins here coming when he was at his peak, the last of those in the rainbow jersey of world champion on the same day as Sky team-mate Bradley Wiggins became the first British rider to win the yellow jersey.

By tradition, it is the team of the winner in waiting that leads the peloton across the line for the start of the first lap of the closing circuit, but the honour is sometimes given to a rider taking part in the race for the final time – although if Cavendish is here, it will be with the goal of clinching what has proved to be an elusive fifth win on cycling’s most famous finish line, and one which, if he has not yet clinched his 35th stage victory, would be the one that would finally see him pull clear of Eddy Merckx as the rider with the most stage wins in the history of the race.

Whatever happens, for the riders who have made it through the three weeks, reunions with friends and family plus celebrations with team-mates and staff beckon in the evening after the race ends for another year, the baton passing to the cradle of the Renaissance, Florence, with the city next year hosting what will be Italy’s first ever Grand Départ of its neighbouring country’s Grand Tour.

Arrivederci Paris, ed all’anno prossimo in Toscana – Goodbye Paris, and until next year in Tuscany.

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Re stage 9, finishing up the Puy de Dôme, you say "Poulidor’s stage-winning battle with eventual overall champion Jacques Anquetil in 1964 is just one of the past visits that has sealed the Puy de Dôme’s place in Tour history." Poulidor dropped Anquetil on the Puy de Dôme, but he didn't win the stage. They were behind the Spanish climbers Bahamontes and Jiménez, with Jiménez being the stage winner.

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A bit pedantic, but your opening paragraph is wrong...it's only three days to go until the 2023 Tour....not three weeks until the 2024 Tour!!

There's more detail here , including a lot about the areas, towns and villages the race passes through on each stage.

Quote: The start in Dax honours one of the peloton’s all-time great fast men, André Derrigade, who was born in nearby Narrosse. Now aged 94, he won 22 stages of the Tour de France, a record that stood until it was eclipsed by Mark Cavendish, who took his 23rd victory at the race on the Champs-Elysées in 2012 

Wasn't it eclipsed earlier by Eddy Merckx?

I think they meant to say sprint stages. Wheras Eddie won a mix of sprint and mountainous stages on his way to winning pretty much anything you can on a bike. 

And so the excitement builds.

Rest day on my birthday, boo.

But I will have that whole week off anyway.

I hope ITV still have the live rights, or I will be riding a lot that week , and trying to be back for 7. DMAX has been alright, apart from the weird cancelled days, and ITV4s Dauphine is good, but I need a bit of live Tour.

ktache wrote: And so the excitement builds. Rest day on my birthday, boo. But I will have that whole week off anyway. I hope ITV still have the live rights, or I will be riding a lot that week , and trying to be back for 7.

ITV only go from 2 pm, about two hours into the stage. However, Discovery+ have flag to flag coverage and there is a seven day free trial available, which would fit nicely into your birthday week!

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I'm giving this post 3 stars as the driver got away after 20 minutes. 

Reminds me of the Vesta meals from the 70s

That's why I'd much rather have a transcript as you can skip any boring bits and read at whatever speed you prefer.

"Drivers" would be my caption - it was called something like "the nature of life" on my FB feed. 

That's why, when I'm walking or riding, I accidentally kick over cyclists dismount signs.

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117km to go: Another two riders are joining the seven at the front. The breakaway group have now got 20sec on the chasing group. Tiesj Benoot, Jack Haig, Matteo Trentin are in there along with Alaphilippe and Politt.

120km to go: Alberto Bettiol has also had a go but has been swallowed up. There’s some strong players up in the front group and around six or seven riders have broken away. Politt, Alaphilippe and Pedersen are in there.

123km to go: Nils Politt has attacked. They’re all giving it a try today aren’t they? The question is though, which of the many attacks will stick? I hear there are about 40 riders off the back of the peloton, including Sagan.

124km to go: Couldn’t resist this picture of the cows and the riders. Hope you also enjoy.

129km to go: Alaphilippe and Küng have been caught. Astana Qazaqstan on the team radio tell their riders to “get in the right move” – that might be easier said than done.

132km to go: We’ve got splits. Pedersen and Lutsenko have been brought back by a group that includes Vingegaard and Pogacar. Adam Yates, though, is in the group behind them and about 20secs off getting back. Now Alaphilippe is off the front with Stefan Küng.

138km to go: While we wait to see what happens with the Pedersen-Lutsenko attack and whether any of the chasing riders bridge across, I’m going to share an email that has come in on the earlier talking point around Philipsen’s behaviour yesterday.

Nick from London writes: “On the Philipsen – Eenkhoorn incident yesterday (re: 11.51), I see Rachel’s point. On the other hand, I think the outcome of yesterday’s stage has undone some of the hard work Philipsen has put in over the two-and-a-bit weeks to keep the points jersey and shed that odd Jasper-disastre nickname.

“Plus it’s all made him look like, well, a bit of a plonker. I don’t think he’ll be doing it again in a hurry. Not sure anyone else will either – Pogacer (sic) and Vingegaard don’t strike me as the next Bernard Hinault, at least in terms of behaviour to their fellow competitors…Keep up the good work and enjoy the stage!”

Thanks Nick. I certainly shall try.

146km to go: Bryan Coquard has accelerated off from the chasing group. Pedersen and Lutsenko have a 15sec gap on the yellow jersey group and are now descending.

149km to go: Pedersen and Lutsenko are still hanging off the front and Lutsenko has just taken 1pt as he reaches the summit of the Côte du bois de Lionge. Elsewhere, Jack Haig had a wheel change and is still chasing to get back onto the peloton.

150km to go: Pedersen and Lutsenko have 6sec on the chasing group and they’re climbing up the Côte du Bois de Lionge.

151km to go: Pedersen and Lutsenko have formed a power duo off the front. There’s a group of seven chasing them.

154km to go: Alberto Contador has been telling Eurosport that the wind out there is stronger than anticipated. Sagan’s attack has been brought back. Who’s next to attack?

156km to go: I was in the midst of writing about how Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ) and Axel Zingle (Cofidis) tried an attack and were reeled in, but then Sagan went and attacked. Who will come across to Sagan?

157km to go: Sagan has attacked!

159km to go: “Bonjour!” says Antony. Bonjour Antony. He’s emailed in to share his thoughts on how today’s stage might go: “There’s no way the sprinters can get it wrong again, right? That would be too much of a treat for the viewer. Maybe a couple of the older sprinters in a big breakaway. Basically, what I m saying is, with Cav departed, I would love to see Peter Sagan wheelie over the line in first place, one last time. It’s his last chance.”

160km to go: Campenaerts has been reeled in after 10km. The riders are now climbing and some big names are hovering near the front.

162km to go: A lot of riders have already expressed publicly their aim to get in the breakaway today (Nils Politt and Bryan Coquard among them), but Mathieu van der Poel and Mads Pedersen have been touted as favourites for the win today.

Campenaerts – the most combative rider yesterday – has a lead of around 3sec. Adam Blythe reports that the speeds have been very fast, with the riders descending at about 95kph.

167 km to go: I think I might be writing a lot about attacks and potential breakaways in the upcoming kms. There are a lot of riders hungry for it. Victor Campenaerts is off the front at the moment but the peloton is not far behind.

The racing has begun!

172km to go: The 151 riders have begun the race and there is already a group of four fighting for a breakaway.

Also, here is a little GC recap for you: Vingegaard, in the yellow jersey, leads the Tour de France with an impressive 7min 35sec over Pogacar. Adam Yates sits in third with 10min 45 sec and Carlos Rodriguez is in fourth position with 12min 01sec.

Today’s start line selfie is below , if you’re a fan of these. Look away, if you’re not. Also, for those watching the TV coverage, you may have spotted Eddy Merckx chatting and shaking hands with riders, including Vingegaard and Ciccone, at the start line. It’s Belgium’s national day so aptly Eddy Merckx is the guest of honour at the Tour today.

#StartlineSelfie Everyone is looking 🎉 Tout le monde regarde la caméra !🎉 #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/VRMHP8IFWL — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 21, 2023

Today's roll-out has begun

They’re off and having a lovely chat at the front by the looks of it. The peloton have a 7.7km neutral zone before the race properly kicks off.

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🇸🇮 @TamauPogi just got his 100th distinctive jersey in 81 TDF stages! 🤍He's also worn the white jersey for the past 69 racedays, which is an all-time record! #TDF2023 https://t.co/4EhAs9HnWU — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 21, 2023

Here’s a little on Moirans-en-Montagne , where the peloton will be rolling out from today: “There has been a wood-working industry for centuries in Moirans-en-Montagne. The small Jura town has gained particular renown as the capital of wooden toys and is home to a museum that showcases this speciality, featuring 16,000 objects from all over the world.

“The town is also known by some Tour riders, specifically those who raced the 2016 edition, when it hosted the start of a FrancoSwiss stage that ended with Peter Sagan taking victory in Berne.”

I can’t speak for the wooden toys of the area but I can say that I visited the Jura earlier this year for some riding and it was brilliant.

Congratulations are in order for Wout van Aert and his wife! They’ve welcomed a baby boy and named him Jerome. The Jumbo-Visma rider announced yesterday that he was leaving the Tour de France to be with his wife Sarah, ahead of the birth of their second child. Welcome to the world baby Jerome.

JEROME. plus d’amour. 🤍 20/07/23. pic.twitter.com/WoBhZXqQZf — Wout van Aert (@WoutvanAert) July 21, 2023

One of the talking points from yesterday’s stage was – and continues to be – Philipsen’s reaction towards Pascal Eenkhoorn when he attacked to bridge across to the breakaway. If you missed it, Philipsen was seen to be blocking Eenkhoorn and was accused by of using a “bullying tactic” – you can see a glimpse of it in the below image.

Rouleur’s Rachel Jary has penned an opinion piece on the subject. She writes: “Speaking afterwards to Belgian media, Philipsen told Sporza that the move was not meant to be aggressive. “I wanted to sprint and I was fine with three leaders,” was his explanation. “It was certainly not meant to be bad or arrogant. But I didn’t want more riders in the front.”

“Regardless of his intentions, Philipsen’s actions shouldn’t have been made, and he deserves some sort of punishment from the judges for his behaviour. Even if this punishment doesn’t impact the stage result at all, it is necessary to set a precedent that this sort of behaviour is not welcome in professional bike racing. It’s understandable that Philipsen wanted to control the race, but this was more than that. Every rider who rolls off the start line deserves a fair opportunity to race, regardless of if you’re a stage winner or not.”

Jasper Philipsen bullying Eenkhoorn who tries to attack, not very nice. #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/l9T3MWxhnu — Mihai Simion (@faustocoppi60) July 20, 2023

What might happen today? Well, after yesterday’s success for the breakaway (and in particular, Asgreen), I imagine those that missed out will be hungry to replicate it. Also, as we approach the final stages of this year’s Tour, there are going to be riders without a stage win looking for their opportunity. Time is ticking. And then there’s Philipsen…he didn’t get the sprint finish he was after yesterday, so is he eyeing up today’s flat finish?

With only a few more stages left of the 2023 Tour de France , and with the yellow jersey competition pretty much sewn up (although, never say never), what kind of action would you like to see happen over the next few days?

🇩🇪 @PolittNils is ready to be in today's breakaway! 🇩🇪 @PolittNils est prêt à être dans l'échappée d'aujourd'hui ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/BrmqlI1hae — Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 21, 2023

Who’s wearing what jersey

Yellow : Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 72hr 04min 39sec

Green: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) 352pts

Polka-dot: Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) 88pts

White: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Emirates)

Asgreen sprints to thrilling stage 18 win as Vingegaard retains solid Tour lead

Stage 18 report: Jonas Vingegaard retained his overall lead in the Tour de France as Soudal Quick-Step’s Kasper Asgreen won stage 18 in Bourg-en-Bresse. Asgreen was one of four riders in the day’s breakaway to survive a thrilling pursuit by the speeding peloton, as the race left the Alps behind and entered the Rhone valley. Jeremy Whittle reports from Bourg-en-Bresse…

The top 10 on General Classification

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 72hr 04min 39sec

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) +7min 35sec

Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) +10min 45sec

Carlos Rodriguez (Ineos Grenadiers) +12min 01sec

Simon Yates (Jayco AlUla) +12min 19sec

Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) +12min 50sec

Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) +13min 50sec

Felix Gall (AG2R-Citreon) +16min 11sec

Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) +16min 49sec

David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) +17min 57sec

Stage 19: Moirans-en-Montagne-Poligny (173km)

William Fotheringham on stage 19: Another flat stage, this time out of the Jura and into the Doubs. This should be another bunch sprint, but there’s a stiff little climb 26km out, which could well put the riders who are left in the sprinters’ teams seriously off their stride. So perhaps a reduced bunch sprint for a seasoned warhorse such as Mads Pedersen. Today’s stage is due to roll out at approximately 12.15pm (BST).

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Introducing the Tour de France 2023

The Tour de France 2023 will hold its Grand Départ in the Basque Country, with a first stage in Bilbao on 1st July, and will finish in Paris on 23rd July, on completion of a 3,404-km route that will tackle the difficult slopes of the country’s five mountain ranges.

The Grand Départ will be the second to take place in the autonomous region of the Basque Country after Saint-Sébastien’s in 1992 and the 25th to be held abroad. After three stages on the western side of the Pyrenees, the rest of the Tour will take place in France. It will visit 6 regions and 23 departments.

The battle for the Yellow Jersey will witness a decisive and emotional episode on the Puy de Dôme, where a stage finish will be held 35 years after the victory of Denmark’s Johnny Weltz. The return to this legendary climb will be accompanied by the rise in importance of sites that will mark the Tours of the future, such as the Grand Colombier or the Col de la Loze.

The sole time-trial on the Tour de France in 2023 will take place over 22 kilometres between Passy and the Combloux ski resort in Haute-Savoie. The sprinters will also have the opportunity to express themselves on finishes in Bordeaux, Limoges, Moulins, before the grand finale on the Champs-Elysées.

Stage Profiles

In summary, the tour will see riders tackle:

• 8 flat stages • 4 hilly stages • 8 mountain stages with • 4 summit finishes (Cauterets-Cambasque, Puy de Dôme, Grand Colombier and Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc) • 1 individual time trial • 2 rest days

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Out of a total of 40, 12 new stage towns and other locations will appear on the 2023 Tour map:

• Bilbao (start and finish of stage 1) • Amorebieta-Etxano (start of stage 2) • Nogaro (finish of stage 4) • Vulcania (start of stage 10) • Moulins (finish of stage 11) • Belleville-en-Beaujolais (finish of stage 12) • Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne (start of stage 13) • Les Gets Les Portes du Soleil (start of stage 15) • Passy (start of stage 16) - Combloux (finish of stage 16) • Poligny (finish of stage 19) • Le Markstein Fellering (finish of stage 20)

MOUNTAIN RANGES

The race will visit all five of France’s mountain massifs. They are, in the order they occur, the Pyrenees, the Massif Central, the Jura, the Alps and the Vosges.

There are three new climbs: the Côte de Vivero (Basque Country), the Col de la Croix Rosier (Massif Central) and the Col du Feu (Alps).

The Puy de Dôme, which hasn’t appeared on the Tour route since 1988, will be making an eagerlyawaited return after its 35-year absence.

The Col de la Loze (2,304m) will be the “roof” of the Tour de France 2023.

There will be just a single individual test on the programme of the 110th edition. It will be held in the Alps, at altitude and in steep terrain, on the Passy > Combloux 16th stage, and over a distance of 22,4 km.

BONUS SECONDS

Time bonuses will be awarded at the finish of each stage and will amount to 10, 6 and 4 seconds, respectively, for the first three classified riders.

Bonus points will be located on passes or summits at strategic points along the route. The first three classified riders will be awarded bonuses of 8, 5 and 2 seconds, respectively (subject to approval by the International Cycling Union). These bonus points will not count towards the points classification.

PRIZE MONEY

A total of 2,3 million euros will be awarded to the teams and riders including € 500,000 to the final winner of the overall individual classification.

2023 STAGE GUIDE

** ITT - Individual Time Trial

Race organisers, Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) have extended an invite to all 18 UCI WorldTeams, as well as four UCI ProTeams, to make up the 22-team peloton.

WHAT IS THERE TO WIN?

The rules are the Bible of a sporting competition. Their balance and rigour are intended to ensure equal opportunities, motivate riders and help spectators and viewers alike to understand the event. Here is an outline of the main points.

Prize money: A total of 2,3 million euros will be awarded to the teams and riders including € 500,000 to the final winner of the overall individual classification.

THE STAKES A wide range of objectives coexist in the peloton, depending on each rider's disposition, strong points and assigned tasks. The most team-oriented of individual sports gives the majority of them a role in multi-layered strategies. The distinctive jerseys and other honours up for grabs during the 3 weeks of racing are listed below.

• Stage victories The 21 stages of the 2023 Tour can be broken down as follows: 8 flat stages, 4 hilly stages, 8 mountain stages with 4 summit finishes (Cauterets-Cambasque, Puy de Dôme, Grand Colombier and Saint-Gervais Mont-Blanc), 1 individual time trial.

Stage victories are sponsored by Continental.

• The Yellow Jersey This jersey is worn by the leader of the general time classification. The yellow jersey is sponsored by LCL.

• The Green Jersey This jersey is worn by the leader of the general points classification. Points are awarded at the intermediate sprint in each mass-start stage and the finish of each stage. The green jersey is sponsored by Škoda.

• The Red Polka Dot Jersey This jersey is worn by the best climber in the general classification. Mountain points are awarded at the top of every categorised climb. The points for a summit finish are doubled. The red polka-dot jersey is sponsored by E.Leclerc.

• The White Jersey This jersey is worn by the best young rider (age 25 or under in the current year) in the general classification. The white jersey is sponsored by Krys.

• The Combativity Award This distinction is awarded at the end of each stage by a jury made up of cycling specialists. An overall winner is designated after the last stage of Le Tour. The winner wears red-coloured race numbers in the next stage. The combativity award is sponsored by Century 21.

• The team classification This classification is calculated by adding the times of each team's three best riders on each stage. Riders in the team leading the classification wear yellow helmets and race numbers. The team classification is sponsored by Les Hauts-de-Seine.

• Seconds up for grabs Time bonuses are awarded at the end of every mass-start stage (i.e. no time bonuses on offer in individual and team time trials). The first three riders get 10, 6 and 4 seconds, respectively.

• Mandatory helmet use All cyclists are required to wear helmets throughout the duration of each stage.

• Falls in the last three kilometres As has been the case since 2005, riders involved in a fall in the last three kilometres of a stage are given the same finishing time as the group they were riding in. Time trial stages and summit finishes are not covered by this rule.

Tour de France FAQs

Q: Why is the Tour overall leader's jersey yellow?

A: In 1919, Tour organisers decided the race leader should wear a special jersey making him easy to identify by spectators. They picked yellow as it was the colour of the paper on which L'Auto, the sports daily sponsoring the race, was printed.

Q: What is the green jersey?

A: It is the jersey awarded for the points classification and a great consolation prize for sprinters as they usually win more stages, albeit by a slimmer margin.

Points are awarded to the top 20 finishers in each stage; the rider finishing with the most points wins the jersey. The record green jersey winner is German Erik Zabel, who won it six times.

It was introduced 60 years ago to spice up the race.

Q: What is the polka dot jersey?

A: It is the jersey awarded to the best climber of the Tour or 'King of the Mountains'. Points are awarded at the top of each hill or mountain, which are rated from fourth to first category depending on their difficulty. Some exceptionally tough climbs, such as l'Alpe d'Huez or Mont Ventoux, are rated "hors categorie" (out of category).

The polka dot design was chosen as it was the same as one of the jersey's sponsors. The record winner of the King of the Mountains jersey is Frenchman Richard Virenque, who earned it seven times.

Q: Why do riders often finish in the same time?

A: Because only seconds are taken into account in the overall standings and not fractions of seconds. It is the convention in road cycling that all the riders included in the same group are given the same time on the finish line regardless of whether they are at the front or the back.

Another rule, applying only to flat stages, states that a rider who crashes in the last three kilometres will be awarded the same time as the group he was in before crashing.

Q: Cycling is an individual sport so why are there teams?

A: The Tour is raced by 20 teams of nine riders. Each team usually includes a leader - the man with the best chance for the final classification - sprinters, climbers and every type of rider who can help the team to win a stage, take a jersey and bring home prize money.

When some 200 competitors are cycling in a bunch at around 50 kph, the riders at the front waste much more energy than the ones immediately behind, who are sheltered from the headwind.

This is why team mates are often seen riding ahead of their leader - they are protecting him from the wind.

Team mates often act for their leaders in other ways, passing on one of their wheels if he punctures or picking up bottles and bags at the feeding zone.

Q: What is a "bordure"?

A: Also called an echelon, it is one of the nightmares of the peloton. When the wind is strong and blowing sideways, it can split the riders into little groups which are no longer sheltered inside the main bunch. They lose contact, find themselves on the most exposed side of the road and can lose considerable time. It happened to Alberto Contador in 2010 in a stage finish in La Grande Motte.

Q: What is the "omnibus?"

A: Also called the "gruppetto" (Italian for small group), it is the group formed by poor climbers in the mountain stages to help each other make it to the finish line at a reasonable pace, but inside the time limits.

Q: How do riders pee?

A: Spending some five hours on the bike, riders sometimes have to urinate during a stage. If the race is raging at full speed, riders do so on their bikes but most of the time they stop early in the stage when the pace is leisurely.

It is an unwritten rule of the peloton that you do not attack when a rider or a group has stopped to urinate.

Q: What is a domestique?

A: A domestique, or "gregario" is a rider who is not allowed any personal ambition on the race. He is picked for his ability to set the pace, suffer to the limit and drop out when his task is done. He is also expected to slide to the back of the bunch to fetch bottles, give his bike to his leader if necessary. Some riders, like Alberto Contador, have long-time, dedicated domestiques (or gregari).

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Whether you're a cycling fan or just curious, come and watch the riders of the Tour de France 2023 pass through Paris and the Ile-de-France region for the last time ! The final stage of the Grande Boucle leaves from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines , during a veritable celebration in this city of cycling, which hosts the Vélodrome national , this Sunday, July 23, 2023 ! The race will finish at the end of the day, once again on the Champs-Elysées . But in the meantime, the cyclists will be covering part of the Ile-de-France region, and you can come and cheer them on near you!

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La saison 2 de Netflix sur le Tour passe le braquet supérieur

Avec des séquences bourrées d’émotion et de clashs, la saison 2 de Netflix consacrée au Tour de France 2023, « Au cœur du peloton », se révèle encore meilleure que la première.

Une première étape pour voir. La suivante pour accélérer. La saison 2 de la série Netflix à l’intérieur du Tour de France et disponible à partir du 11 juin, était attendue au tournant. Contrairement aux coureurs qui ne savent plus comment gérer leur vitesse et foncent sans réfléchir en attendant les inéluctables chutes, la série a su trouver un nouveau rythme. Après le Tour 2022, raconté de l’intérieur avec une débauche de bruits et de belles images, la saison 2 consacrée au Tour 2023 mérite parfaitement son nom de « Au cœur du peloton ».

Certains des huit épisodes ressemblent à une plongée dans un peloton de sentiments mêlés. Presque comme sur un divan de psychiatre, il est question de deuil, de peur, de colère, de trahison et d’orgueil. Bien sûr, la grande nouveauté par rapport à l’an dernier, c’est que l’équipe UAE de Tadej Pogacar a, cette fois, ouvert ses portes. Et cela permet de mieux retranscrire le duel avec Jonas Vingegaard , d’abord âpre puis terminé dans la sidération, voire la suspicion. Mais, de façon inattendue, ce n’est pas cette bagarre de cadors qui est la plus marquante.

Ça va faire très mal. Tour de France : Au cœur du peloton saison 2, le 11 juin. pic.twitter.com/6bzW3qtawj — Netflix France (@NetflixFR) May 16, 2024

Car la série touche d’entrée au cœur avec une séquence chargée d’émotion dans le premier épisode. Alors qu’il est en stage dans les Alpes, Ben O’Connor, l’Australien d’AG2R-Citroën, est prévenu d’un accident dans une descente du Tour de Suisse impliquant Gino Mäder, qui fut son coéquipier en 2020. Quelques minutes plus tard, son entraîneur se gare et s’avance vers lui pour lui apprendre le décès de Mäder. O’Connor se liquéfie littéralement. « Cette mort a réveillé notre fragilité », glisse-t-il.

Après la minute de silence imposée à tous les coureurs avant le départ par le patron de l’épreuve Christian Prudhomme, Julian Alaphilippe , le visage beaucoup plus fermé qu’à l’accoutumée, confie: « Nous ne sommes rien sur Terre et encore moins sur un vélo. Rien que d’évoquer Gino me met des frissons partout. »

O’Connor, qui n’est pourtant pas le coureur le plus charismatique du peloton, offre malgré lui d’autres scènes fortes à la série. On le voit furieux contre ses propres patrons, coupables selon lui d’avoir aidé son compatriote de Bora-Hansgrohe, Jai Hindley dans sa quête du maillot jaune. « Je me sens trahi », lâche-t-il sans mesurer la force de ses mots. Vincent Lavenu, le patron d’AG2R, se montre assez agacé de ce qui lui apparaît comme un caprice mal placé. D’ailleurs dans un autre épisode, Lavenu, d’habitude assez posé, est pris en flagrant délit de colère alors qu’O’Connor, largué pour le classement général, se met à hurler dans son micro. « Il fait chier Ben, lâche Lavenu. Il est négatif et se laisse emporter par ses émotions. » Mais comme dans un conte, la fin est plus heureuse, avec un O’Connor qui accepte de se mettre au service d’un de ses coéquipiers.

L’ambiance se révèle aussi électrique chez les Anglais d’Ineos. Tom Pidcock, vainqueur l’année précédente à l’Alpe-d’Huez, pérore face caméra sur ses nouvelles ambitions. Mais lentement, il se voit dépasser au général par son coéquipier espagnol Carlos Rodriguez. Ses dirigeants, bien embêtés, décident de changer de leader et tentent de le lui expliquer. D’un bruyant « Coupez les caméras », Pidcock montre sa fureur. Le lendemain, sur l’étape du Grand Colombier, il ne respecte pas les consignes et attaque Rodriguez. La crise et la tension sont alors totales chez Ineos. Seule la défaillance, quelques jours plus tard, de Pidcock éteint l’incendie. Mais il est inédit de pouvoir contempler de l’intérieur une telle tension dans une équipe.

On ne pourra pas non plus reprocher à Netflix de mettre la poussière sous le tapis du tracé. Le malaise qui avait pris le Tour à la gorge après le survol du contre-la-montre de Combloux par Vingegaard est largement évoqué. Des visages ahuris par l’immense chrono du Danois, des questions sur le dopage qui n’appellent que des moues dubitatives mais qui ont le mérite d’être posées. « À un moment, la vérité surgit. Je vous ai répondu », tacle Marc Madiot. Les yeux dans la caméra, Vingegaard semble lui répondre « Je suis clean. Même dans cent ans, on ne trouvera rien dans mes échantillons. »

Son patron Richard Plugge, se révèle plus manipulateur. Il finit par avouer le motif de sa sortie publique sur l’équipe Groupama-FDJ qui boit des bières au lieu de travailler. Laquelle avait fait hurler Marc Madiot de rage. « On a détourné l’attention des gens avec cette histoire alors qu’on ne parlait que de Jonas », justifie, plein de morgue, Plugge.

Cette saison 2 plus forte que la première n’aurait pas été complète sans de nouvelles attaques de Patrick Lefevere, le manager de Quick Step, contre son coureur Julian Alaphilippe. Sur la fin de la série, ce dernier confesse: « Vous voulez la vérité ? J’ai été nul à chier sur ce Tour. » Mais juste avant, il s’était offert la meilleure réplique de la série. « Combien je suis payé ? Un peu trop pour Patrick je crois ! »

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JO Paris 2024 : A plus de 60 m de haut, les anneaux olympiques paradent sur la Tour Eiffel

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Des anneaux géants ont été accrochés à la Tour Eiffel, dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi, alors que les Jeux olympiques de Paris débutent dans moins de 50 jours.

Vendredi matin, les Parisiens ont découvert une Tour Eiffel un peu différente. En effet, dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi, des anneaux olympiques géants (29 mètres de large et 13 mètres de haut) ont été accrochés entre le premier et le deuxième étage de la Dame de fer. C'est une tradition d'installer ces anneaux sur des monuments marquants comme le Tower Bridge pour les JO de Londres en 2012, Copacabana pour Rio en 2016 ou encore la Baie d'Odaiba à Tokyo en 2021.

Les anneaux sont tournés vers le Trocadéro car c'est ici que sera installé le parc des champions, lieu pour fêter les médaillés du jour pendant l'Olympiade, mais aussi lieu où se terminera la cérémonie d'ouverture, le 26 juillet. « Aux Jeux, on appelle ces anneaux géants les "Spectaculars" et on pouvait difficilement faire plus spectaculaire que la Tour Eiffel. La Tour Eiffel, c'est Paris, c'est la France. On voulait créer une image dont tout le monde se souviendra  » a déclaré Tony Estanguet, le président de Paris 2024.

Les anneaux olympiques installés sur la tour Eiffel

La Tour Eiffel sera le décor des compétitions au stade Tour Eiffel ( beach-volley ), à l'Arena Champ de Mars ( judo et lutte ) et au pont d'Iéna ( cyclisme sur route ). À noter que les anneaux olympiques sont également présents à l'aéroport Charles de Gaulle mais aussi à Paris La Défense Arena.

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