STAGE 21 OF 21Sunday 26 July

Thoiry → Paris — Champs-Élysées

Flat132 KMSPRINT FINISH LIKELY

The processional finish to Paris, now with three ascents of the cobbled Butte Montmartre before the Champs-Élysées circuit. Champagne for the GC riders, then a frantic finale that may favour a late attack as much as a sprint.

KEY CLIMBS

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Butte Montmartre (×3)

1.1 km · 5.9% avg

THE TACTICAL READ

WHO IT SUITS

Either the surviving sprinters or a punchy late attacker. Three ascents of the cobbled Butte Montmartre have turned the old procession into a real race.

WHAT TO WATCH

The final climb of Montmartre. A strong puncheur can attack over the top and hold off the bunch to the Champs-Élysées, exactly as the finale was designed to allow.

ROADMAN PREDICTION

Champagne early for the GC winner, then a genuine fight. Expect a late attack off Montmartre to challenge the sprinters' teams — the processional Paris finish is gone.

THE ROADMAN TAKE

WHAT THIS STAGE DEMANDS

Three weeks and 3,300km end here. The riders who make it to Paris share one trait above talent: consistency — they trained, fuelled, recovered and paced day after day without the blow-up that ends a Tour. That is the whole game for the amateur too. Show up, do the work, recover, repeat. The result takes care of itself.

WHAT JOE FRIEL WOULD PUSH

Consistency beats intensity over a season — the rider who strings together months of well-judged training without injury or burnout arrives in Paris, in form, every time.

TRAIN FOR IT

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