Tour de France 2025: the route and profile of stage 21 between Mantes-la-Ville and Paris les Champs-Élysées
Paris as usual, the Champs-Élysées as usual... Yes, but not at all as usual. For its final stage, the Tour de France will seek out the fervor of Parisian popular life and rekindle that of the Olympic Games by passing through the Butte Montmartre and its famous Rue Lepic. In an atmosphere that promises to be crazy, the riders will complete three loops in the 18th arrondissement before heading onto the Champs-Élysées for a final finish that, this time, should not offer us a bunch sprint.
Note that this is the 50th anniversary of the first arrival of the Tour de France on the Champs-Élysées.
Fictitious departure: 4:10 p.m., expected arrival: 7:26 p.m.
"The big news, as you know, is a way to celebrate the first finish on the Champs-Élysées, the 50th anniversary. We saw with the Games that we could have something different, and so we're going to climb the Sacré Coeur three times. That should pique the interest of classic riders, especially since it's cobblestone. But some sprinters may get through, but there will be damage in the peloton. Rue Lepic is the width of a cobblestone section, which we've already had on the Tour. It will be the end of the Tour, the riders will know where to position themselves based on their fatigue."
Le Parisien
