This year, the
Tour de France will celebrate half a century
of iconic finishes on the Champs-Élysées. In 2024, the race famously skipped
Paris for its traditional final stage due to preparations for the Olympic
Games. But in 2025, the Tour is set to return to the French capital, with stage
21 once again concluding on the world’s most famous boulevard.
Writing in The Guardian, William Fotheringham
reflected on the history and spectacle of this landmark finish.