Stage 21
Champs-Élysées
- Sunday 23 July 2023
- 114 km
- 577 m climbed
- Won by Jordi Meeus
The road
At the start
Paris, and a champion twice over
Jonas Vingegaard rides into Paris to win a second Tour, 7:29 ahead of Tadej Pogačar with Adam Yates third — a podium settled on the Col de la Loze. All that is left is 114 kilometres from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines and seven laps of the Champs-Élysées. Jasper Philipsen has four stages and the green jersey; Cavendish, Ewan, Jakobsen and Van Aert have all gone home.
How it was won
- 30 km to go
Pogačar can't resist
Never one to soft-pedal, Pogačar attacks again and again in the final 40km, but the sprinters shut every move down; as the rain falls the judges freeze the GC with a lap to go.
- At the line
Champs-Élysées
In a chaotic sprint Jordi Meeus surfs the wheels and surprises Philipsen and Groenewegen on the line; Jonas Vingegaard is crowned champion for a second straight year.
The result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordi Meeus | BORA - hansgrohe | 2:56:13 |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin - Deceuninck | +0:00 |
| 3 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco AlUla | +0:00 |
The route on real terrain, every moment pinned to the kilometre it happened on — and the GPX to ride it yourself.