Tour de France - Pogacar begins celebrations as rivals battle for final stage win
Date: 15:50 BST
Title: Post
Content: Jordan Jegat snatched a spot in the top 10 of the general classification standings yesterday after getting into the breakaway, from which Kaden Groves claimed his first Tour win.
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Date: 128km to go
Title: Post
Content: Out at the back of the peloton, the Australian contingent are catching up with each other.
It's been a great year for the Aussies, with Ben O'Connor and Kaden Groves both claiming stage wins over the past three days.
O'Connor was unable to prevent French rider Jordan Jegat snatching a top-10 GC spot from him yesterday but the Jayco AlUla rider will still be pleased to have ended his four-year wait for a second Tour stage win.
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Date: 15:38 BST
Title: Post
Content: After three weeks of thrilling action, the first Tour to be held entirely in France since 2020 will conclude in the capital later.
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Date: 132km to go
Title: Post
Content: Flat stage, 132.3km, from Mantes-la-Ville to Champs-Elysees
The riders have pretty much gone full gas from the start of each and every stage of this year's Tour, treating many of the flatter stages like one-day classics.
But there's none of that today.
The stage is under way and Tadej Pogacar is rolling along at the front of the peloton, posing for pictures with his UAE Emirates-XRG team-mates.
Back in the bunch, team-mates and rivals are nattering away, having a chuckle as they begin their leisurely ride into Paris.
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Date: 15:30 BST
Title: Stage 21 route guide
Content: Flat stage, 132.3km, from Mantes-la-Ville to Champs-Elysees
The Tour returns to it's traditional Paris finish after relocating to Nice last year due to the Olympics.
However, it does so with a twist, given the cobbled climb up to the Sacre-Coeur Basilica features three times in a throwback to the road race in the 2024 Paris Games.
It's a 1.1km ascent at a gradient of 5.9% added to the original finishing circuit in the French capital, designed to whittle down the field before a high-speed finish, albeit possibly without some of the pure sprinters.
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Date: 15:28 BST
Title: General classification before final stage
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Date: 15:25 BST
Title: How it works on the Tour's final stage
Content: Tadej Pogacar is more than four minutes clear at the top of the general classification standings.
But just to be clear, the Slovenian superstar has not clinched his fourth Tour de France win just yet.
He basically just has to stay upright as the final day of the Tour is a processional stage, where traditionally the GC leader is not challenged.
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Date: 15:20 BST
Title: Bonjour
Content: And welcome to the final stage of the 2025 Tour de France, when Tadej Pogacar is set to secure his fourth general classification win in cycling's biggest and best race.
There is also a prestigious stage win up for grabs on the Champs-Elysees, before this year's jersey winners are paraded in Paris.
So sit back and enjoy as we bring you all the action and look back on a thrilling three weeks around France.
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