Paris in sight! After 20 stages, more than 3200 km of road and around thirty passes climbed, the peloton of survivors of the 2023 edition will finally be able to have their heads in the champagne bubbles. But before savoring a well-deserved cup, the sprinters will compete for a final and prestigious victory on the Champs-Élysées. The kick-off of this last day of racing will be given from Yvelines, in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, the opportunity to wink at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games since the track events will take place there, as well as those of mountain biking, in the surroundings. The most prestigious of cycling races will end its course in the streets of the capital, which it will not find again until… 2025 since the next edition will end with a time trial in the streets of Nice (with a start in Monaco).
The fictitious start will be given at 4.30 p.m. and the real start at 4.40 p.m. with an expected arrival around 7.37 p.m. with an average speed of 39 km/h.
France 2 from 4:05 p.m.
“It’s very open but I really think Jasper Philipsen is above the rest. Most sprinters are burnt out at the end of the Tour but he still has a little under the pedal. Watch out for Dylan Groenewengen who will also be in the running for the win.
The Tour wanted to start from Yvelines because this department will have five Olympic sites next year in Paris 2024: road races in the Chevreuse valley, mountain biking and BMX Race on the Elancourt hill, track cycling and para-cycling on track at the National Velodrome of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines. Modern Pentathlon and equestrian sports will take place at the Château de Versailles and golf at the Golf National de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines.
We no longer need to present Paris and its enchanting setting for a finale on the Champs-Élysées when the sun begins to play hide and seek with the Arc de Triomphe in the background.
Paris, crossroads of all gastronomy, regional but also foreign. However, it is difficult to highlight a specialty from the streets of the capital. Let us mention despite everything the croque-monsieur that can be found in the traditional Parisian brasseries dear to Claude Sautet, the Paris-Brest or the Saint-Honoré in the pastries.
Used to designate a runner who comes back on another in front of him by taking advantage of the suction before putting him down.
Example: “You stay in its wake and you wait to take a leap to take off.”