2023-07-23 23:36:00
After 115.1 kilometers from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to the Champs Élysées in Paris, the Belgian prevailed against sprint dominator Jasper Philipsen and Dylan Groenewegen in a gripping finish on Sunday and secured his team’s second success on the Tour.
Behind him, Jonas Vingegaard defended his title from rival Tadej Pogacar and Adam Yates (both UAE Team Emirates) and was crowned Tour de France winner for the second time in a row. Traditionally, the Danish Jumbo Visma driver celebrated with his teammates on the drive down the French boulevard.
Read the complete course of the race from start to finish on the 21st stage of the Tour de France in the ticker on Eurosport.de:
Tour de France, 21st stage in Paris – Vingegaard at the finish
With a little distance, the Jumbo Visma drivers roll arm in arm across the finish line to great applause. Vingegaard wins the 2023 Tour de France like last year ahead of Tadej Pogacar. Third is his British UAE teammate Adam Yates. With that we say goodbye to a spectacular 110th Tour de France. All other information, analyzes and videos about the tour can be found at Eurosport.de.
Tour de France, stage 21 in Paris – huge success for Bora!
What a finale of the 2023 Tour de France: Jasper Philipsen is sitting on Mathieu van der Poel’s rear wheel. Then he breaks out, Dylan Groenewegen also attacks, Mads Pedersen sits next to him. On the left, Jordi Meeus shoots in from behind with excess and is a touch ahead of Philipsen at the finish line, as the finish photo shows. Bora-hansgrohe wins the last stage in Paris. | To the race report
“What a sprint!” Meeus beats Philipsen on the Champs-Élysées
Tour de France, Stage 21 in Paris – 7:33 p.m.: Jumbo takes out
With three kilometers to go, the entire jumbo team slows down, Jonas Vingegaard and Co. enjoy entering the Champs Élysées. In the front, on the other hand, things get hectic.
Tour de France, Stage 21 in Paris – 7:30 p.m.: Sprint preparation begins
Gorka Izagirre (Movistar) launches another attack, a rider from EF Education-EasyPost hangs onto his rear wheel. Then the field opens up again. The preparation for the sprint on the Champs Élysées begins. But the field is very stretched out, it’s very chaotic.
Tour de France, Stage 21 in Paris: Final lap
At the 10-kilometer mark, the field is together again. Then the bell rings. It’s the last round, the time is officially taken. Jonas Vingegaard has won the 110th Tour de France.
Tour de France, Stage 21 in Paris: Last 2 laps
The breakaway trio keeps just ahead of the field, but their strength seems to be dwindling. Meanwhile, Jai Hindley and Stefan Küng had defects in the high-speed final on the Champs-Elysées!
Tour de France, stage 21 in Paris: 3 laps to go
Now the last reserves are being mobilized, the field is keeping the attackers on a short leash, they don’t want to be taken away from their bread. A trio of Nelson Oliveira, Frederik Frison and Simon Clarke are 17 seconds ahead of the peloton in the final 21 kilometers.
Tour de France, stage 21 in Paris: New attack
Now Pogacar is set, and Politt is no longer in front. New attacks start on the Champs-Elysées, but the distances are small and the teams of the remaining sprinters around Jasper Philipsen are now vigilant and with full commitment in pursuit of all attackers. And Pogacar steps up again, but you won’t let him go again.
Tour de France, stage 21 – 6:50 p.m. – 40 kilometers to go
The two leaders are soon caught up, even Pogacar can’t keep the whole field at a distance. At least the first pursuers are almost there, including Nils Politt from a German point of view. Incidentally, the last intermediate sprint of this tour went to Pogacar.
Pogacar attacked
Tadej Pogacar can’t help it: he attacks in the heart of Paris and breaks away, but on his rear wheel from Team Jumbo-Visma Nathan van Hooydonck! Spectacular action by the Slovenian, who also went on the offensive here on the final day. But he won’t make up for the deficit of more than seven minutes to Jonas Vingegaard here…
Tour de France, 21st stage: Champs-Elysées reached
The magnificent boulevard has been reached, Jumbo-Visma leads the field across the finish line for the first time. Now the tempo picks up to the cheers of the fans and from now on attacks are also allowed!
Tour de France, stage 21 – 6:20 p.m. – 65 kilometers to go
It’s getting serious. Team Jumbo-Visma is at the front of the field and it’s getting a little faster. Issy les Moulineaux with the headquarters of the ASO (and the Eurosport headquarters) is passed and the city limits of Paris are reached. It goes briefly along the Seine, then in a large ground to the northeast towards the Champs-Elysées.
Tour de France, 21. Stage: Ciccone jubelt
The last mountain point of the 110th Tour de France is awarded – but the climb here is almost in slow motion. Then Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek) sets off in a mountain jersey, with his teammate and former world champion Mads Pedersen at his side – the Dane calls for the fans to cheer for the Italian at the “summit”.
Tour de France, Stage 21: mountain classification is approaching
The last of 70 climbs of this Tour de France is approaching, a final 4th category ramp. No comparison to what was on the program in the Pyrenees, Massif Central, Jura, Alps and Vosges. The Côte du Pavé des Gardes is 1.3 kilometers long and has a gradient of 6.5 percent. Let’s see if he can score there! Before that, however, it passes the Palace of Versailles, magnificent pictures and lots of fans along the route!
Tour finale in Paris: 5:30 p.m. – 92 kilometers to go
The next classic picture – photo session for Jumbo-Visma including champagne glasses: The team gathers around the yellow jersey, behind them the team cars with Frans Maasen and Grischa Niermann. The racing team also wins the team classification and is then allowed to climb onto the podium together in Paris. Here, as a salute to Wout Van Aert, they hold up his race number.
Vingegaard’s jumbo team celebrate and greet Van Aert in Paris
Tour de France, stage 21: Swiss duo in front
With Stefan Küng (Groupama – FDJ) and Silvan Dillier (Alpecin – Deceuninck), the two Swiss come out on top for the photo session. We haven’t seen the remaining Germans up front yet, now it’s the turn of the Danes around Jonas Vingegaard. After 30 minutes the field had only covered 13 kilometers, it is as always a very smooth ride here through the suburbs of Paris.
Tour de France, Stage 21 4:50 p.m. – “Staying attempts” in the field
There are still 110 kilometers to go until the end of this tour, the drivers roll along completely relaxed, chatting and enjoying this quiet day. It will still be fast and hectic, but only in the second part of the stage in the city center. Now it’s time for group pictures in different compositions, according to teams, nationalities, regions etc.!
Tour de France, stage 21 in Paris – first “attack”
Campenaerts lives up to his title and pulls away from the field where he is allowed to go. First-class strolling speed here on the first kilometers, which lead in a large arc around the starting point and then east towards Paris. A mountain rating is still pending shortly before the city limits are reached.
Tour de France, 21. Etappe in Paris – Start frei!
Let’s go, in front of the velodrome in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, the field starts rolling, relaxed faces and good mood in the peloton. As always, the wearers of the special jerseys are in the front row, Giulio Ciccone proudly mounts his new bike full of mountain points! Thibaut Pinot wore the golden shirt number after his performance yesterday, and the Belgian Victor Campenaerts received the award for “Most Combative Driver”.
Tour de France, 21. Stage in Paris am Abend
For the 10th time, the tour ends in the evening hours today: for the 100th tour, the organizers are moving the finish line back in 2013 for the first time. A light show at the triumphal arch made this premiere an outstanding experience. The first winner in the twilight was Marcel Kittel, the new star in the sprinter sky – eleven years after Olaf Ludwig, the second German to triumph on the Champs-Elysées.
Tour finale in Paris: Focus on the Sprinter
Traditionally, the final stage of the Tour de France is the focus of the top sprinters, exceptions such as Eddy Seigneur’s breakaway coup in 1994 are rare. Record winner on the Champs-Elysées is Mark Cavendish, who unfortunately had to end this tour too early. There is no longer a German candidate for victory today in the group of sprinters after Phil Bauhaus left, so André Greipel and Marcel Kittel will not find a direct successor in Paris today.
Eisel’s top sprinter in the history of the tour: Two Germans there
Tour de France, 21st stage in Paris: Olympia attracts
Only 115 kilometers have to be covered today, starting as an advertisement for the 2024 Olympics in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, where next summer not only will the track cycling competitions be held in the velodrome, but many more medals will be awarded in cycling. It then goes to the capital via Versailles and onto the final laps in the city centre.
Tour finals: instant thrillers and sprinter shows in Paris
Tour de France live: Philipsen is aiming for the five-pack
The 21st stage of the Tour de France in Paris is just around the corner and one last time it is about the prestigious victory in the 110th Tour of France. The focus is traditionally on the sprinters around favorite and last year’s winner Jasper Philipsen. The Belgian, who has triumphed four times in the 2023 Tour of France, is reaching for his fifth stage win on the Champs Élysées. We will accompany the stage from 4:30 p.m. live for you in the ticker. The finish is expected between 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 p.m. | To the stage preview
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