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I get lots of enquiries about watching the Tour de France ( see here for THIS general advice ). However the experience in the mountains or in the countryside (or even in larger towns and cities) is hugely different to the vibe in Paris as the peloton arrives in the French capital to crown the yellow jersey.

The last stage of the Tour de France might take a different route into Paris every year but it ALWAYS finishes with laps of the  Champs-Élysées, so out of all the stages of the Tour de France, the final one into Paris is in many ways the easiest to plan because you always know where it's going to end (and you've got all year to plan it – you don't actually need to wait for the final route announcement).

It's been this way since 1975 – the first time the Tour ended on the  Champs-Élysées, and the start of one of the finest sporting traditions in the world. Between 1968 amd 1974, the Tour finished at the Vélodrome de Vincennes (also known as Vélodrome Jacques Anquetil - La Cipale) to the south-east of the city. Before that, from 1904 and 1967, it ended at Parc des Princes – originally part-owned by Tour de France founder Henri Desgrange (the velodrome is long gone and has been replaced with a football stadium, which is now home to La Ligue 1 side Paris Saint-Germain). The first-ever Tour de France , in 1903, ended for the first and only time at Ville-d'Avray, in the west of Paris.

Watching the Tour de France in Paris

Enough with the history!  My friend and fellow cyclist Jacqui Brown has this excellent first-hand account of watching the Tour de France in Paris.

She's also sent me the following tips to help make your planning easier.

1.   Book a hotel early (like now) and with a bit of research you could be surprised at how reasonable the prices are, but you need to book early and be aware that rooms will get more expensive as race day gets closer. If money is no object, book a room with a balcony overlooking the Jardin des Tuileries at a hotel on Rue de Rivoli where you will have one of the best views, or check out the Radisson Arc de Triomphe . See here for bike-friendly options in Paris if you're travelling with your bike. 

2. Find your space early. This will ensure you are on the route and in a good position so you don't miss anything. This is especially important if you are short. Don't forget to check the Tour de France schedule to see what time the Tour de France caravan comes through.

Bradley Wiggins gets set to lead Mark Cavendish on to the Champs-Élysées  during the 2012 Tour de France. Cavendish went on to win the sprint finish. Photo: Nizam Uddin

3. Ideally find a place on the circuit that goes around the Jardin des Tuileries , then up and down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées – this means the riders will pass by 8 times .

4. Don't worry about being on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées – it's more crowded and although the cyclists do pass up and then down again, the road is wide and in places the barriers are quite a distance from the edge of the road.

Click! The crowds along the Champs-Élysées.  Photo:  Travis Crawford

5. If you don’t want the crowds, then aim for the Jardin des Tuileries and find a place on Rue de Rivoli . There are far fewer people there than on the opposite side of the road. You need to exit the Metro at Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre.

6. From quite early on, some Metro stations will be closed . We wanted to exit at Concorde for Place de la Concorde, but had left it too late. Again, plan ahead to arrive early if you're arriving by Metro, or try and stay within walking distance of the route ( or hire a Vélib’  bike  – here are 5 great bike rides in Paris if you have time before or after the Tour).

Alberto Contador on the podium at the end of the 2009 Tour de France. The presentation is well worth waiting around for, and you can get surprisingly close as many people head home after the main event. Photo: Mark Kelly

7. Do be aware that there are very few access points to cross from one side of the road to the other, so don't get 'stuck' on one side if you need to get back to the other in a hurry.

8. Check the weather. It may be the end of July, but it could be cold and wet or hot and sunny and no matter where you are, you are unlikely to be in a sheltered spot. Standing still, exposed to the elements is no fun if you're unprepared. Pack either suncream and a hat, or coat and gloves, depending on the forecast. And don't forget water and snacks: there's nothing worse than finding the perfect spot only to have to give it up to go hunting for supplies.

9. Further to the above, it's good to watch in pairs or small groups. That way someone can always hold the fort and guard your spot while you go off to find the toilet or to take the kids for a walk if they are getting bored waiting.

10. Take your home country's supporters flag and don't be shy to shout out and have fun . The teams will love it and we found it to be a very friendly, international event.

You can read Jacqui's accout of watching the Tour de France in Paris here  on her excellent French Village Diaries blog.

Cycling accommodation in Paris

Hotel de La Porte Dorée , Paris Our hotel of choice in Paris. Secure bike store, allows bikes in the rooms, has its own fleet of bikes. The hotel is run by cyclists. Read or review  here .

Paris Tour Eiffel Adagio City Aparthotel , Paris Apartment hotel with Eiffel Tower views - bikes welcome too!

Paris Fraser Suites Harmonie , Paris Hotel rooms and self-catering apartments just outside Paris city centre.

Paris Hotel Campanile La Villette , Paris 3-star Paris hotel with secure underground parking.

Paris Hotel Regence , Paris 3-star central hotel in Paris near Metro Clichy.

Mercure Arc de Triomphe Wagram , Paris Reliable four-star comfort near the route.

Paris - Hotel Gavarni , Paris Friendly eco-hotel just across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower.  Read our review.

Hotel Regina , Paris Upmarket hotel on the Tour de France route and ideal for viewing along Rue de Rivoli or around Jardin des Tuileries. 

Radisson Blu Hotel Champs Elysées , Paris Luxury option just off the Champs Elysées; some rooms have views of the Arc de Triomphe.

Buttes Chaumont Adagio Aparthotel , Paris Hotel with apartments sleeping up to 6 people near the Canal de l'Ourcq.

Charles de Gaulle Terminal - Novotel , Paris Hotel at Charles de Gaulle airport with luggage room for secure bike parking.

Charles de Gaulle Hilton , Paris Paris airport hotel close to main terminals and train stations.

Trianon Palace , Versailles Hotel treat set in the Parc de Versailles.

Hôtel Le Versailles , Versailles Stay next door to France's most famous royal residence.  Read our review.

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After more than 30 years, a multiday women's Tour de France is back

Tom Goldman

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio of Team South Africa leads the peloton during the women's road race on the second day of the 2020 Olympic Games at Fuji International Speedway on July 25, 2021 in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan. Michael Steele/Getty Images hide caption

Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio of Team South Africa leads the peloton during the women's road race on the second day of the 2020 Olympic Games at Fuji International Speedway on July 25, 2021 in Oyama, Shizuoka, Japan.

Bicycle racing's most famous competition, for men, ends Sunday in Paris.

But on the same day, in the same city, another version of the Tour de France begins .

And this one is for the world's best female riders.

It's been more than 30 years since women have competed in a viable, multistage Tour de France. Now they finally have another chance, and it's due, in large part, to the pandemic.

Pedaling to victory at home

With COVID-19 surging in 2020, elite cyclists, pretty much like everyone, were on lockdown.

But for them, as the proverbial door closed, another opened.

The company Zwift , which combines fitness and video gaming for indoor training, put on virtual races worldwide, with separate contests for men and women. Including a virtual Tour de France.

Some pro cyclists rolled their eyes.

"Like, I did not want to ride inside. I thought it was dumb," said American cyclist Lily Williams. "You know it's harder to ride inside because you're just staring at the wall."

Others embraced the chance to break the drudgery of indoor training and maintain a level of competitiveness, albeit virtual.

"I saw the opportunity it presented for us in one of the most challenging years for the world," said Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio, a 13-year veteran of women's pro cycling.

It paid off for Moolman-Pasio.

She pedaled to victory in stage five of the 2020 virtual Tour de France, the so-called "queen stage." The toughest stage in a multiday road race.

The next day, Moolman-Pasio and her husband ventured outside their home in Girona, Spain, and noticed people pointing.

"He's like, 'Well, it's because of the Tour de France,' " Moolman-Pasio said. "You know you were on TV and everyone saw you winning the queen stage."

It was not an isolated incident.

Colombian rider Egan Bernal , the 2019 Tour de France champion, holds a virtual test during a news conference in Bogota on April 2, 2022. JUAN BARRETO/Juan Barreto/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Colombian rider Egan Bernal , the 2019 Tour de France champion, holds a virtual test during a news conference in Bogota on April 2, 2022.

Turning virtual racing into reality

According to Zwift, more than 16 million people in more than 130 countries saw the virtual races – on television and digital platforms. And viewership was equally split between the men's and women's events.

Longtime Tour de France organizer ASO — the Amaury Sport Organization — saw in those numbers the potential for women's cycling.

"That's how the conversation started," said Moolman-Pasio.

The conversation with Zwift was about launching a real women's Tour, one with heft and sustainability. A top-notch broadcast plan was critical.

"That's the key to the success of the race," said Kate Veronneau from Zwift, "to building that audience, to building future investment and growing the race and keeping it around."

Veronneau says broadcasting to 190 countries on each of the race's eight days should certainly help keep the new women's Tour de France around.

After so many other Tours had gone away.

Laurent Fignon, left, of France, and Marianne Martin of Boulder, Colo., hold up their trophies in Paris after winning the men's and women's Tour de France cycling races on July 23, 1984. Steven/AP hide caption

Trials, and lots of errors

In 1955, a five-stage loop from Paris to Normandy marked the first women's Tour de France. But it only lasted a year.

It wasn't until 1984 that organizers tried again.

A multistage event called the Tour de France Feminin ran for six years. It featured three wins for French cycling legend Jeannie Longo .

She won the last event in 1989. That Tour folded, like other versions after, because of uneven media coverage and sponsorship.

Both are there now.

Zwift won't say how much money it's poured into its four-year title sponsorship of the Tour de France femmes avec Zwift . But it's enough for about $250,000 in prize money, with $50,000 to the winner.

Finally seeing women

Moolman-Pasio is one of many veteran riders who've fought for a viable women's Tour de France. She's thrilled about finally getting to race in cycling's most prominent event, and about the girls and young women who'll be watching.

"Instead of sitting on the couch and watching the Tour de France and seeing men race up these epic climbs and fighting for the yellow jersey, finally they will see [women]," Moolman-Pasio said. "And it's the opportunity for them to recognize pro cycling as a career choice."

It's still a challenging choice, though.

Many female pro cyclists have to work as well as race.

Williams, the U.S. rider who thought virtual racing was dumb but now likes it so much she sometimes rides inside intentionally, was one of them. She's spent most of her five years as a pro working another job – as communications director for a bike registration network.

But the financial landscape is changing, and finally, Williams is a full time pro.

"This is the first year I've made a full salary from cycling," she said. "Now I actually have the opportunity to just race my bike, which I can't even tell you goes so far because not only is the training and racing incredibly demanding but the travel and the recovery require so much more of you than it did before."

The sport's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), has been raising minimum salaries for women competing on professional teams. Team budgets are growing, as is prize money across the board. After the Tour de France femmes avec Zwift announced its record $250,000 purse, another women's grand tour event, the Giro d'Italia Donne, matched the Tour's prize money amount.

In her short professional career, Williams has won a World Championship gold medal and Olympic bronze in track cycling. She's excited about the upcoming Tour, a hallowed road race she watched every year, with her family, growing up.

A race now for women too.

"I think it's [part of] the general trend we're seeing everywhere," Williams said, "where women are gaining equal opportunity across the board in a lot of different areas of the world. So it's all kind of coming to a head. And I think the Tour de France is going to be such a great opportunity for us to showcase that as well."

Lily Williams celebrates after the Women's Team Pursuit Finals during the second day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Feb. 27, 2020, in Berlin. Maja Hitij/Getty Images hide caption

Lily Williams celebrates after the Women's Team Pursuit Finals during the second day of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships on Feb. 27, 2020, in Berlin.

Eight, for now

It will be a shorter showcase than the men's Tour.

Women's teams aren't big enough, at least for now, to support a 21-stage Tour de France like the men.

"The top women are more than ready to race three weeks," said Sadhbh O'Shea, a bicycle racing writer for VeloNews. "[But with] a good chunk of these riders working part time to fund their racing, until we can get a full peloton of professional riders, I don't think the women's sport is ready for a full three-week stage race."

But O'Shea thinks the eight-stage race starting Sunday is right for this initial effort.

With so much racing in the men's Tour, "you tend to get these dips in terms of the pace and aggression," O'Shea said. "Whereas with the women's racing, because it's shorter because there are fewer riders, it tends to be a little more gung-ho right from the start and all the way through. You do occasionally get lulls, but it tends to be more action, more of the time."

The women's stages average 80 miles, the men 99.

The action starts Sunday in Paris, before the men arrive for their finish, when the women will own the city streets. Their first stage begins at the Eiffel Tower – 12 laps, or 50 miles later — it ends on the Champs-Elysees. After the city, seven more stages of sprints, grueling mountain climbs and even sections of gravel and dirt roads.

By the end, on July 31, the new women's Tour hopes to finish with new fans, and a promise to be back – year after year.

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Tour de France won’t finish in Paris for first time in more than a century because of the Olympics

This photo provided by the Tour de France organizer ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) shows the roadmap of the men’s 2024 Tour de France cycling race. The race will start in Florence, Italy, on June 29, 2024, to end in Nice, southern France on July 21, 2024. (ASO via AP)

This photo provided by the Tour de France organizer ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation) shows the roadmap of the women’s 2024 Tour de France cycling race. The race will start in Rotterdam, Netherlands, on Aug. 12 2024 to end in Alps d’Huez, French Alps, on Aug. 18, 2024. (ASO via AP)

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PARIS (AP) — The final stage of next year’s Tour de France will be held outside Paris for the first time since 1905 because of a clash with the Olympics, moving instead to the French Riviera.

Because of security and logistical reasons, the French capital won’t have its traditional Tour finish on the Champs-Elysees. The race will instead conclude in Nice on July 21. Just five days later, Paris will open the Olympics.

The race will start in Italy for the first time with a stage that includes more than 3,600 meters of climbing. High mountains will be on the 2024 schedule as soon as the fourth day in a race that features two individual time trials and four summit finishes.

There are a total of seven mountain stages on the program, across four mountain ranges, according to the route released Wednesday.

The race will kick off in the Italian city of Florence on June 29 and will take riders to Rimini through a series of hills and climbs in the regions of Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna. That tricky start could set the scene for the first skirmishes between the main contenders.

Riders will first cross the Alps during Stage 4, when they will tackle the 2,642-meter Col du Galibier.

“The Tour peloton has never climbed so high, so early,” Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme said.

And it will just be just a taste of what’s to come since the total vertical gain of the 111th edition of the Tour reaches 52,230 meters.

The next big moment for two-time defending champion Jonas Vingegaard and his rivals will be Stage 7 for the first time trial in the Bourgogne vineyards. The first rest day will then come after a stage in Champagne presenting several sectors on white gravel roads for a total of 32 kilometers that usually provide for spectacular racing in the dust.

Tour riders will then head south to the Massif Central and the Pyrenees, then return to the Alps for a pair of massive stages with hilltop finishes, at the Isola 2000 ski resort then the Col de la Couillole, a 15.7-kilometer (9.7-mile) ascent at an average gradient of 7.1%.

There should be suspense right until the very end because the last stage, traditionally a victory parade in Paris for the race leader until the final sprint takes shape, will be a 34-kilometer (21.1-mile) time trial between Monaco and Nice.

“Everyone remembers the last occasion the Tour finished with a time trial, when Greg LeMond stripped the yellow jersey from the shoulders of Laurent Fignon on the Champs-Elysees in 1989, by just eight seconds,” Prudhommne said. “Thirty-five years later, we can but dream of a similar duel.”

There are eight flat stages for the sprinters, leaving plenty of opportunities for Mark Cavendish to try to become the outright record-holder for most career stage wins at the sport’s biggest race.

The route for the third edition of the women’s Tour will take the peloton from the Dutch city of Rotterdam, starting Aug. 12, to the Alpe d’Huez resort. The race will feature eight stages and a total of 946 kilometers.

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Crowds limited for Sunday's evening finish

Crowds along the Champs-Élysées will be limited to just 5,000 during Sunday’s final stage of the Tour de France due to Paris being at the centre of a red zone of COVID-19 cases. 

The final stage of the Tour de France traditionally has a party atmosphere with crowds along the famous central avenue often five deep along the barriers as fans watch the riders race circuits of the final stage.

However, with over 10,000 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in France on Thursday and a number of clusters in the capital, crowds numbers will be strictly controlled, just as they were in Nice for the Grand Départ and other red zones in France.    

"Access to the Champs-Élysées will be stopped once the total of 5,000 people is reached," authorities said according to the Reuters news agency. 

“The rules will be those of the red zones", AFP quoted an ASO official as saying. 

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Other measures mean the teams bus paddock area, located near Place de la Concorde will not be accessible and the public will not be allowed on the part of the final circuit along the Rue de Rivoli near the Louvre museum and the Jardin des Tuileries, in the final kilometre of the Paris circuit.

The Tour de France has finished on the Champs-Élysées since 1975. 

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The 21st and final stage of the 2020 Tour de France starts in Mantes-la-Jolie and ends in Paris after 122km of racing. The riders are scheduled to cover eight laps of the Champs-Élysées circuit, with the expected sprint finish scheduled for 7pm local time.   

The 2020 Tour began on August 29 in Nice, which was also classified as a red zone due to the high number of COVID-19 cases in the area. Fans were not allowed to spectate in high numbers at the team presentation or at the start and finish of stages. Spectators were obliged to wear face masks along the roadside but crowds often packed the major climbs of the race.  

Riders and team staff in the protected ‘race bubble’ were tested for COVID-19 before and during the race. Four Lotto Soudal staff members were sent home before the start in Nice, while four other staff members from the Cofidis, AG2R La Mondiale, Ineos Grenadiers teams tested positive and were removed from the race on the first rest day. 

Race director Christian Prudhomme also tested positive but was allowed to return to the race in the final week after a negative test. No riders or staff tested positive on the second rest day last Monday, allowing all the teams to continue towards Paris.

Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma) has gradually strengthened his overall race lead and is expected to secure victory in Saturday’s time trial stage to La Planches des Belles Filles before a celebratory ride into Paris on Sunday.    

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Tour de France Geschichte

Die Tour de France bringt seit 1903 Mensch und Maschine an ihre Grenzen. Doch seit den Anfängen der Tour hat sich viel verändert: Von einer überwiegend nationalen Attraktion hat sie sich zum größten jährlichen mehrtägigen Sportereignis der Welt entwickelt und fasziniert Milliarden von Fans aus aller Welt. Auch auf der Straße ist vieles anders: sicherer, professioneller und etwas weniger chaotisch. Begleiten Sie uns auf eine Reise in die Vergangenheit, um mehr darüber zu erfahren.   

Was hat sich geändert? Die Geschichte der Tour de France

Die erste Tour de France fand 1903 statt – mit dem Ziel, mehr Zeitungen zu verkaufen.... Sie wurde von der französischen Sportzeitung  L'Auto  ins Leben gerufen und gesponsert, die hoffte, dass ein neues, hartes Langstreckenrennen durch das ganze Land die Aufmerksamkeit der Öffentlichkeit auf sich ziehen und die sinkenden Verkaufszahlen wieder steigern könnte.

Und sie lagen richtig. Das Rennen war ein Erfolg und Zehntausende versammelten sich in Paris, um die letzte Etappe mitzuerleben – ähnlich wie heute. Aber auch viele andere Dinge haben sich seit der ersten Tour im Jahr 1903 dramatisch verändert.

Geschichte der Tour

• Im Jahr 1903 führten die sechs monströsen Etappen der Tour de France über insgesamt 2.428 Kilometer, was bedeutete, dass einige Rennen bei Nacht über holprige, nicht asphaltierte Straßen stattfanden.
• Die Fahrer fuhren als Einzelpersonen ohne Teamunterstützung.
• Der erste Sieger der Tour de France, der Teilzeit-Schornsteinfeger Maurice Garin, nahm 3.000 Francs mit nach Hause, was heute etwa 12.000 Euro entspricht.
• Sein Vorsprung betrug fast drei Stunden – der größte aller Zeiten.
• Eine grüne Armbinde kennzeichnete den Gesamtführenden. Das berühmte gelbe Trikot wurde erst 1919 eingeführt. 

Die Tour heute

• Die Tour 2022 führt über 3.328 Kilometer in 21 Etappen.
• Keine Einzelkämpfer mehr: In diesem Jahr werden voraussichtlich 23 Profiteams mit jeweils acht Fahrern antreten.
• Im Jahr 2021 erhält der Gesamtsieger 500.000 Euro.
• Auf der letzten Etappe wird sein Vorsprung wahrscheinlich höchstens ein paar Minuten betragen. 
• Le Tour de France wird von rund 10-12 Millionen Zuschauern vor Ort verfolgt und mehr als zwei Milliarden weitere schalten weltweit ein. 

Von risikofreudigen Fahrern zu engagierten Sportprofis

Tour-de-France-Radsportler waren schon immer unglaublich fit und engagiert bei der Sache. Aber in den frühen Tagen des Rennens hatten die Teilnehmer eine etwas entspanntere Einstellung zu Training und Ernährung.

Alkohol war für viele Fahrer ein Grundnahrungsmittel, selbst während eines Rennens. Der Tour-de-France-Sieger von 1903, Maurice Garin, war ein Liebhaber von Wein und Zigaretten und legte unterwegs gerne Pausen bei verschiedenen Bars ein, um „aufzutanken“. Im Jahr 1935 hielt fast das gesamte Peloton an, um mit Einheimischen etwas zu trinken!

Natürlich erfordert anstrengendes Training, dass Radfahrer viele Kohlehydrate und Kalorien zu sich nehmen, aber damals wurde wenig auf den Nährwert geachtet. Der Tour-de-France-Sieger von 1904, Henri Cornet, bevorzugte eine Diät, die viel heiße Schokolade, Tee, Champagner und Milchreis beinhaltete.

Im Vergleich dazu widmen sich die Profis von heute fast jeden Tag dem Ziel, fit und gesund zu bleiben. Die Radsportsaison läuft von Februar bis Oktober und die Teams planen akribisch alles für ihre Fahrer, um sicherzustellen, dass sie zur richtigen Zeit den Höhepunkt ihrer Fitness erreichen. 

Die Ernährung wird sorgfältig ausgearbeitet, während die Trainingspläne alles beinhalten, von Fitnessstudio und Yoga bis hin zu Massagen und Stretching, sowie viele Stunden im Sattel. Während der Tour, je nach Etappenschwierigkeit, können die Fahrer bis zu 7.000 Kalorien pro Tag zu sich nehmen – das Dreifache dessen, was ein Mensch normalerweise an einem Tag verbrennt.

Französische Anhänger und internationale Superfans

Begrenzte Reisemöglichkeiten bedeuteten, dass die Anfänge der Tour hauptsächlich von Einheimischen miterlebt wurden. Die französischen Fans, die zum Zuschauen gekommen waren, unterstützten ihre Lokalmatadore oft mit allem, was sie hatten. Im Jahr 1904 versuchten mehrere hundert Fans, Antoine Fauré zu helfen, indem sie Nägel und Glas auf die Straße warfen und seine Konkurrenten angriffen, und ein Fahrer wurde sogar bewusstlos geschlagen. Die Rennleitung musste schließlich mit Pistolen in die Luft schießen, um die Situation zu entschärfen.

Heute reisen Fans aus der ganzen Welt an, um sich die besten Radsportler der Welt anzusehen. In Anerkennung der breiten Anziehungskraft des Rennens startet die Tour nun regelmäßig auch außerhalb Frankreichs. Die Startetappe, oder  Grand Départ , wurde unter anderem bereits in Italien, England, Deutschland, Belgien und den Niederlanden ausgetragen.

Obwohl sich die Fans heutzutage im Allgemeinen besser benehmen, können sie dem Geschehen immer noch ein wenig zu nahe kommen. Übermütige Zuschauer haben leider schon zahlreiche Unfälle verursacht, vor allem auf engen Bergstraßen. Es ist nicht möglich, jeden Tag Hunderte von Straßenkilometern abzusperren, aber die Tour setzt nun Absperrungen ein, um die Fahrer auf dem letzten Abschnitt jeder Etappe vor Selfie-Jägern zu schützen.  

Geschichte der Ausrüstung

Der französische Radsportler Maurice Garin, der erste Tour de France-Sieger, fuhr auf einem Fahrrad, das sich von den heute verwendeten erheblich unterschied (und ohne Helm). Mit dem Stahlrahmen und den Holzfelgen brachte es sperrige 18 Kilogramm auf die Waage, deutlich mehr als doppelt so viel wie heutige Rennräder. Und die Fahrräder waren nicht nur schwer, sie hatten auch nur einen Gang, was das Klettern besonders anstrengend machte. Um die Sache noch schwieriger zu machen, fuhren die Radfahrer allein – ohne Teamwagen oder Ersatzräder. Sie wickelten sich Ersatzreifen und Schläuche wie Munitionsgürtel um die Schultern, um auf die unvermeidlichen Reifenpannen vorbereitet zu sein. 

In diesem Jahr werden die Fahrer jede Etappe der Tour de France auf modernsten Kohlefaser-Rädern in Angriff nehmen, die ca. sieben Kilogramm wiegen. Sie werden sogar eine Auswahl verschiedener Räder für unterschiedliche Etappen haben: Flach, Berg oder Zeitfahren. Helme sind jetzt Pflicht.

Jedes Team wird von einem Team unterstützt, das aus einer Gesamtleitung, mehreren Verantwortlichen, Mechanikern, einem Koch, einem Arzt und Masseuren besteht. Während sie unterwegs sind, stehen die Fahrer über Funk in ständigem Kontakt mit ihrem Team und haben Zugang zu Ersatzrädern, Kleidung, Essen und Getränken in Begleitfahrzeugen.

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PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 24: (L-R) Andrea Bagioli of Italy and Quick-Step - Alpha Vinyl Team and Guillaume Van Keirsbulck of Belgium and Team Alpecin-Fenix lead the peloton during the 109th Tour de France 2022, Stage 21 a 115,6km stage from Paris La Défense to Paris - Champs-Élysées / #TDF2022 / #WorldTour / on July 24, 2022 in Paris, France. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images)

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NBC Sports, Peacock and the Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) today announced a six-year extension for exclusive U.S. media rights for the Tour de France.

Beginning with the 111 th Tour de France in June 2024, Peacock will become the exclusive home of the Tour de France in the United States through 2029 with live start-to-finish coverage of every stage . Select stages will also simulcast live on NBC throughout the three-week event. Daily coverage on Peacock will include NBC Sports-produced pre- and post-race studio shows, full-stage replays, highlights, stage recaps, rider interviews, and more.

As part of its previous agreement, NBC Sports and Peacock will present full live coverage of 110th Tour de France this summer (July 1-23, 2023). NBC Sports’ full coverage schedule for the 2023 Tour de France will be announced in the coming months.

“We’re excited to reach this long-term agreement with A.S.O. to present the world’s most prestigious cycling event live on Peacock for years to come,” said Jon Miller, President, Acquisitions and Partnerships, NBC Sports. “With the Tour de France and our extensive cycling portfolio, we are proud to continue as the home of cycling in the United States, while continuing to bolster Peacock’s best-in-class slate of live sports programming.”

“We are delighted to be able to extend our long-term partnership with NBCUniversal, which promotes the Tour de France and all the major A.S.O. sporting events to the American public on a cross-platform basis, including women’s cycling such as the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift that NBC Sports has supported since the first edition in July 2022. The combined coverage via Peacock, which will show the entire races from the beginning to the end, and network television, will ensure that everyone has access to the best of world cycling. Super fans won’t miss any of the twists and turns that cycling holds. NBC Sports will remain the home of cycling in the United States for another six years and in 2029 we will celebrate the 29th anniversary of a historic partnership that is proof of America’s sincere love for cycling and the Tour,” declared Yann Le Moenner, CEO of A.S.O.

As part of the agreement, NBC Sports will present many additional A.S.O. events throughout the year, including cycling events such as La Vuelta a España, which is the final Grand Tour event of the year following the Tour de France, La Vuelta Feminina by Carrefour.es, the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, the Spring Classics including the men’s and women’s Paris-Roubaix, Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift, the Ardennaises Classics (men and women) that are La Fleche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege, Criterium du Dauphine, and Paris Tours. Also included are the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris, the world’s second-largest marathon, and the Dakar Rally , the world’s most challenging off-road endurance race.

Comcast/NBC Sports has served as the U.S. home of the Tour de France since 2001.

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Ready, Set, Garçon! Paris Waiters Race as Storied Contest Returns

Contestants rushed through the streets with croissant-laden trays in a moment for the French capital to showcase its cafe culture ahead of the Summer Olympics.

By Aurelien Breeden

Aurelien Breeden reported from the waiters’ race in Paris. Although he carried only a notepad and pen, he struggled to keep pace.

The contestants warmed up with stretches and squats in front of City Hall, carefully repositioned croissants and glasses on their trays and tightened their aprons as pop music blared from loudspeakers.

Then, they were off.

On Sunday, for the first time in over a decade, Paris revived a tradition: an annual race of cafe and restaurant waiters. About 200 men and women swerved, jostled and jogged 1.2 miles through the city streets, which were lined with cheering crowds. The rules were simple: No running, and reach the finish line with laden trays intact with a croissant, a glass of tap water and a small coffee cup.

The race, which was first held in the early 20th century, had been on hiatus since 2012 because of a lack of funding. But Paris officials saw an opportunity for the city to shine before hosting the Summer Olympics, which kick off in July. It was also a moment to illustrate that sipping coffee at a cafe or wine in a bistro was as integral to the capital’s cultural heritage as its most famous landmarks.

“When foreigners come to Paris, they don’t just come for the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower,” said Nicolas Bonnet-Oulaldj, the deputy mayor in charge of commerce. “They also come to eat in our cafes, at the Bouillon Chartier, the Brasserie Lipp or the Procope.”

Paris was home to more than 15,000 bars, cafes and restaurants last year, according to city statistics , fueling a lively, sit-down-and-take-in-the-scene kind of culture that has held strong despite the coronavirus pandemic and concerns over inflation and worker shortages .

“It’s a French way of life, and a Parisian way of life,” Mr. Bonnet-Oulaldj said.

Ahead of the race, waiters used safety pins to fasten numbered bibs to their clothes. Those from the city’s best known establishments were treated almost like star athletes before a big game.

Cameras and onlookers converged on No. 207, representing Les Deux Magots, the iconic cafe frequented by intellectuals and writers like Simone de Beauvoir and James Baldwin ; and No. 182, representing La Tour d’Argent , a renowned restaurant with stunning views of the Seine River.

Others were just happy to be there.

“It’s great to all run together,” said Fabrice Di Folco, 50, a waiter at Chez Savy, near the Champs-Élysées, who was racing for the first time. Like many others, Mr. Di Folco said he had not trained specifically for the competition — his day job was preparation enough.

Apprentices raced separately from veterans, and men and women competed together but were ranked separately. The top three contestants in each category won prizes such as four-star hotel stays and fancy restaurant meals. The first finishers in each category also clinched coveted tickets to the Olympics opening ceremony.

While the race is nominally for waiters, it was open to almost anyone who works in the service industry: cafes, restaurants, hotels, even the British ambassador’s residence.

Adam David, 22, an under butler at the residence, was wearing a green tartan vest as he waited for the race to start. “I keep saying I’m going to win,” he said jokingly. But, he added, “I’m trying not to create a diplomatic incident.”

Starting at Paris City Hall, the competitors headed to the Centre Pompidou, then wound their way through the narrow streets of the Marais, the capital’s old Jewish quarter, before looping back to the starting point. Television crews and fans ran alongside them, like at the Tour de France, as onlookers clapped and shouted encouragement.

The more competitive waiters forged ahead with an intense, almost harried power walk. Most finished in 13 to 20 minutes.

“It felt long,” said Anne-Sophie Jelic, 40. “But the crowd was great.”

She wore bright red lipstick and laced-up shoes that matched the color of her cafe’s awning. The daughter of a cook and pastry chef, Ms. Jelic said she remembered hearing about the waiters’ race when she was growing up in the rural Eure-et-Loir area, west of Paris.

Ms. Jelic moved to Paris to earn a master’s degree in art history and archaeology and waited tables on the side. She said she loved it so much that she switched tracks. She and her husband, who own Café Dalayrac, in the Second Arrondissement, competed on Sunday.

“We aren’t in it for the prizes,” Ms. Jelic said before the race. But she came in second in her category, winning a meal at the Tour d’Argent.

At the finish line, judges checked the “integrity” of the contestants’ trays. Any glass of water below a 10-centimeter gauge line inflicted a 30-second penalty. Empty glass? That’ll be one minute. Broken dishes? Two minutes. Something missing? Three. Lost your platter? Disqualified.

Carrying the tray with both hands was also banned, but not switching from left to right.

“The problem is that I can’t switch out my legs,” said Théo Roscian, a young apprentice waiter at Francette, a restaurant on a barge near the Eiffel Tower, as he huffed along the racecourse.

A bit of water that was sloshing precariously in Mr. Roscian’s glass spilled out. He swore.

While it is unclear exactly when the tradition started, most date the first “ course des garçons de cafe ” to 1914. For decades, it was sponsored by L’Auvergnat de Paris, a weekly newspaper named after migrants from the Auvergne region in central France who came to the capital, many of them becoming bistro and cafe owners.

This year’s competition was sponsored by the city’s public water utility, which said that cafe habits like serving coffee with a glass or carafe of tap water with a meal made those establishments key allies in the effort to reduce plastic consumption.

The cafe and restaurant industry welcomed the revival.

Marcel Bénézet, the president of the cafe, bar and restaurant branch of the Groupement des Hôtelleries et Restaurations de France, a service industry trade group, said Paris had faced a string of crises over the past decade that harmed businesses: terrorist attacks, violent protests , Covid-19 lockdowns and rising inflation.

“It’s important to showcase our profession,” said Mr. Bénézet, who competed in the race. “A lot goes on in Parisian cafes,” he said, citing love, friendships, business deals and revolutions as examples.

Historically, waiters competed in classic attire: white jacket, black bow tie and formal dress shoes. The contestants on Sunday had a dress code that included a traditional apron, but modern concessions were made, such as the ability to traverse Paris cobblestones in sneakers.

André Duval, 75, a retired maître d’hôtel who wore a big red bow tie, said he remembered the days when waiters ferried wine — not water — across the finish line. “It’s too bad that it wasn’t as long as it used to be,” he added. Some of the previous waiters’ races extended over five miles.

One onlooker, Renée Ozburn, 72, a writer and retired judge, said the contest embodied the French capital’s unique energy.

“It’s one of those ‘only in Paris’ kind of things,” she said.

Aurelien Breeden is a reporter for The Times in Paris, covering news from France. More about Aurelien Breeden

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Jasper Philipsen, finally!

After eight top 3 in sprint stages of the Tour de France, Jasper Philipsen, 24, claimed his maiden victory in the race he discovered as the youngest rider in Brussels for the Grand Départ in 2019. It was another 1-2 for Belgian riders at Carcassonne as Wout van Aert crossed the line in second place for a reversed outcome compared to the sprint of the Champs-Elysées last year.

Philipsen is the youngest Belgian stage winner since Tom Boonen at Angers in 2004. Mads Pedersen rounded out the stage podium while Jonas Vingegaard retained the yellow jersey after losing two important team-mates for the coming mountains: Primoz Roglic and Steven Kruijswijk.

POLITT, HONORÉ AND INITIALLY VAN AERT IN THE LEAD

154 riders took the start of stage 15 at 13.19 under the scorching sun. 3 non-starters: Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma), Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) and Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech). A leading trio was formed at km 5 with Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Mikkel Honoré (Quick Step-Alpha Vinyl). At km 41, Van Aert was instructed by his team to sit up and wait for the peloton that had remained very active until BikeExchange-Jayco and later Alpecin-Deceuninck set a steady tempo with the aim of a bunch sprint finish for Dylan Groenewegen and Jasper Philipsen respectively. It was Politt doing all the work at the front Honoré’s team also had a bunch gallop in mind for Fabio Jakobsen one year after they won in Carcassonne with Mark Cavendish equalling Eddy Merckx’s record of stage victories at the Tour de France (34). But it was a very different story this time around for Quick Step’s lead out man Michael Morkov who got dropped from the peloton in the early kilometres of stage 15 and was left by himself minutes behind.

VINGEGAARD LOSES KRUIJSWIJK AND CRASHES ALSO At half way into the 202.5-km long race, the leading duo was 1’30’’ ahead of the peloton after having reached a maximum advantage of 3’ at Ambialet (km 64), on the beautiful shores of the Tarn river. As Honoré swapped turns with Politt in the second half of the stage, the time difference with the peloton went up and down, between one and two minutes as the sprinters’ teams weren’t eager to come across quickly. Steven Kruijswijk (Jumbo-Visma) crashed out at km 135. Another crash affected the same team ten kilometres further. This time, it was the Maillot Jaune himself, Jonas Vingegaard, who went down along with his team-mate Tiesj Benoot.

BENJAMIN THOMAS AT THE FRONT UNTIL 500 METRES TO GO Trek-Segafredo put the hammer down so Honoré and Politt were reeled in in the ascent to côte des Cammazes (km 154.6) where local rider Benjamin Thomas (Cofidis) and Alexis Gougeard (B&B Hotels-KTM) managed to escape. Some sprinters got dropped: Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Soudal), Fabio Jakobsen (Quick Step), Dylan Groenewegen (BikeExchange-Jayco), Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies)… Some of them got back on 25km before the end. Sprinters’ teams and Ineos Grenadier sped up behind the leading duo. Thomas got rid of Gougeard and forged on by himself 4.5km before the finish at Carcassonne. The French track specialist got overhauled by the peloton only 500 metres before the line. Mads Pedersen launched the sprint strongly after that. Jasper Philipsen managed to pass on the inside to the left while Van Aert on the right side missed out on a third stage win by very little.

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