All the stage information you need, including why it matters and which riders to watch.
STAGE PREVIEW
Stage 21: Sèvres to Paris, Sunday, July 26, 109.5km
The 2015 Tour de France wraps up tomorrow with the traditional promenade to Paris. This year’s finish on the Champs-Élysées will be the 40th in Tour de France history. The final stage starts in Sèvres, southwest of Paris, and winds its way toward the City of Light before completing 10 laps of the traditional finishing circuit on the Champs-Élysées.
Why It Matters
For sprinters, there is no greater honour than winning on the Champs-Élysées—especially since to do so, a rider needs to survive to make it there. Considering the mountainous final week of this year’s race, that is an impressive feat for every rider left in this year’s Tour, let alone the sprinters who usually struggle when roads tilt upward.
Who to Watch
Andre Greipel has proven to be the best pure sprinter in this year’s race. The Lotto-Soudal rider has won three stages and would love to become the third consecutive German rider to win four stages including the Tour’s final stage on the Champs. (Marcel Kittel did it in both 2013 and 2014.)
Mark Cavendish is another favourite for the victory tomorrow. Cav won this stage four years in a row from 2009 to 2012 and would love to end his 2015 Tour with an unprecedented fifth victory on the Champs.
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