Tour de France Paris route Champs-Elysées

Tour de France Paris route

The Tour de France, the Great Loop in English, is a world famous cycling competition. Since 1975, the final circuit of the last stage is a loop up and down the famous Champs-Elysées in Paris. It begins with a relaxed parade and is particularly popular with sprinters who have not missed many victories. In 2025, for the first time, the riders climbed the steep Montmartre hill in front of a phenomenal crowd, rekindling the atmosphere of the 2024 Olympic Games. Check Champs-Elysées map.

Tour de France cycling race

The Tour de France is a monument of world cycling.

The third sporting event in the world behind the Olympics and soccer world cup, the Tour de France, created in 1903, is a 3 week cycling race taking place yearly in July that brings together the best cyclists of the moment. Between 20 and 22 teams of 9 runners each cross the roads of France and sometimes bordering countries during the twenty stages of the event whose total distance is around 3500 km.

12 million spectators of all ages are lining the roadside to applaud the riders and party to the sound of the famous advertising caravan.

Tour de France 2025

Tadej Pogačar’s fourth Tour de France victory solidifies his status as a generational great, combining consistent dominance, strategic mastery in the mountains and time trials, and the ability to perform under pressure.

Tadej Pogačar secured his fourth Tour de France title at just 26 years old, joining Chris Froome with four wins and trailing only the all-time records of Merckx, Hinault, Anquetil, and Indurain (each with five).

The 2025 Tour also offered bold innovations, especially with the Montmartre finale, thrilling stage wins, an emerging generation—like Lipowitz and Onley—and intense drama despite unpredictable weather.

The riders climbed Montmartre in front of a phenomenal crowd, rekindling the atmosphere of the 2024 Olympic Games. "It was an incredible stage," said Tadej Pogacar, after pushing through the crowds gathered on the sidewalks to take the lead twice, before giving way on the final climb during an attack by Wout Van Aert, winner of this 21st stage.