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The most successful rider in the Tour de France was Lance Armstrong , who finished first seven times before his wins were removed from the record books after being found guilty of doping by the USADA in 2012. No rider has been named to replace him for those years.

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• 1904: The original winner was Maurice Garin, however he was found to have caught a train for part of the race and was disqualified.
• 1996: Bjarne Riis has admitted to the use of doping during the 1996 Tour. The Tour de France organizers have stated they no longer consider him to be the winner, although Union Cycliste Internationale has so far refused to change the official status due to the amount of time passed since his win. Jan Ullrich was placed second.
• 1999-2005: these races were originally won by Lance armstrong, but in 2012 his wins in the tour de france were removed due to doping violations.
• 2006: Floyd Landis was the initial winner but subsequently rubbed out due to a failed drug test.
• 2010: Alberto Contador was the initial winner of the 2010 event, but after a prolonged drug investigation he was stripped of his win in 2012.

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Tour de France 2023: Results

Top 10 Tour de France 2023 1. Jonas Vingegaard 2. Tadej Pogacar + 7.29 3. Adam Yates + 10.56 4. Simon Yates + 12.23 5. Carlos Rodriguez + 12.57 6. Pello Bilbao + 13.27 7. Jai Hindley + 14.44 8. Felix Gall + 16.09 9. David Gaudu + 23.08 10. Guillaume Martin + 26.30

You’ll find the race results/reports, stage winners and GC leader in underneath scheme. Please click on the links in the results column for the GC.

Tour de France 2023 – results

More about the tour de france, tour de france 2023: meeus wins champs-élysées sprint, vingegaard seals gc win.

Tour de France 2023: Pogacar wins five-up sprint, Vingegaard seals GC triumph

Tour de France 2023: Mohoric wins photofinish sprint, Vingegaard still in yellow

Tour de France 2023: Asgreen wins from breakaway, Vingegaard still leader

Tour de France 2023: Gall wins Queen Stage, Vingegaard cements GC lead

Results and Highlights From the 2023 Tour de France

Stage-by-stage updates, results, and highlights from this year’s race.

Read below for stage-by-stage updates, results, and highlights from each stage of the 2023 Tour de France

Stage Winner : Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe)

Jordi Meeus (Bora-Hansgrohe) was a surprise winner of Stage 21 of the 2023 Tour de France. Meeus won a sprint finish on the Champs-Élysées over the Tour’s top sprinters, Jasper Philipsen, Dylan Groenewegen, and Mads Pedersen.

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) enjoyed some champagne on the ride in and was officially crowned winner of the Tour de France for a second year, winning by 7 minutes, 29 seconds over second place Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)—by the largest margin of victory since 2014.

Final General Classification Standings

• Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma): 82:05:42
• Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates): -7:29
• Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates): -10:56
• Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla): -12:23
• Carlos Rodríguez (INEOS Grenadiers): -13:17

Stage Winner : Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won Stage 20 of the 2023 Tour de France. Pogačar was able to outsprint Jonas Vingegaard and a few other strong riders at the on the flat drag at the top of the Col du Platzerwasel. The win was Pogačar’s second stage win of the this Tour and his 11th career Tour stage win. Vingegaard was third to Pogačar (Stage 17 winner Felix Gall was second), losing just a few bonus seconds, and maintaining his lead in the yellow jersey competition heading into the mostly ceremonial final Stage 21.

The Winner of the Day

He won’t win the yellow jersey in this year’s Tour de France, but Tadej Pogačar was able to go out with a bang on Saturday. Pogačar won a sprint to the finish on a mountain stage—something he’s done many times in the Tour de France. But this win comes only a few days after Pogačar cracked on Stage 17 and effectively lost the GC to Vingegaard. Pogačar never lost faith, securing his 11th TdF stage win and his fourth white jersey of his still very young career.

The Other Winner of the Day

Of course, we be remiss not to mention Jonas Vingegaard, who did exactly what he needed to do on the penultimate stage to win the 2023 Tour de France—barring a Sunday disaster. Stage 20, in fact, mirrored a lot of what Vingegaard was able to do during the middle portion of the Tour, prior to his big gains on the Stage 16 TT and the Stage 17 mountain stage. He hung right with Pogačar and never let his top rival’s advantage on a given stage swell too much. Vingegaard, of course, is a worthy champion that will enjoy some champagne on the Champs-Élysées.

And One More Winner of the Day

Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Lidl) earned maximum points on the first four categorized climbs of the stage, and with it, claimed the King of the Mountains classification at the 2023 Tour de France (as long as he crosses the finish on the Champs-Élysées on Sunday). Ciccone seized the polka dot jersey on Stage 15 and rode brilliantly to pick up points where he could throughout the Tour’s final week. Ciccone becomes the first rider to win the KOM and not win the GC in the same Tour since Romain Bardet in 2019. Sometimes it’s more fun when we spread the wealth.

Best Moment of the Day

It wasn’t a big surprise to see Thibaut Pinot get in the breakaway on the last mountain stage of his storied Tour de France career. And I guess it’s not much of a big surprise that Pinot launched a solo attack with over 30K to go in the stage. The three-time TdF stage winner put on a show for the home fans in France on Stage 20, and what a sight it was to see his supporters on his solo ride up the Petit Ballon. The dream wasn’t to be though, as the yellow jersey group caught Pinot up the Col du Platzerwasel. Merci, Thibaut. Merci.

Stage Winner : Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious)

It doesn’t get any closer than that! Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) took a sprint finish to win Stage 19 of the 2023 Tour de France. Mohorič got in a breakaway that included many of the top sprinters and classics riders. That breakaway included the likes of Jasper Philipsen and Mads Pedersen, so Mohorič knew he had to make a move early and that’s exactly what he did, breaking free, along with Stage 18 winner Kasper Asgreen and Ben O’Connor, of that breakaway with 30K to go in the stage.

Despite a good effort by the chasers—including Philpsen, his Alpecin teammate Mathieu van der Poel, and Pederson—to try and bring back the three attackers, they ultimately couldn’t gain ground and seemed to lack full cooperation. But the pure strength of Mohorič, Asgreen, and O’Connor showed through. Down the final stretch, O’Connor, knowing his speed couldn’t match that of Mohorič or Asgreen, made his move, but that was quickly answered by the pair and it was a drag race between Mohorič and Asgreen, who gapped O’Connor and made their dash for the line. It was a photo finish, but Mohorič narrowly edged out Asgreen for the stage win.

Stage Winner : Kasper Asgreen (Soudal Quick-Step)

Kasper Asgreen won Stage 18 of the Tour de France in dramatic fashion. Asgreen got in the original breakaway of the day at kilometer zero. On a stage that seemed destined for a sprint finish out of the peloton, Asgreen and the others in the break managed to fend off the hungry peloton. Asgreen outsprinted Pascal Eenkhoorn (Lotto-Dstny) and Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X Pro Cycling Team) for the win at line.

The Biggest Winner of the Day

It’s no secret that it’s been a rough Tour de France for the Soudal Quick-Step team. The team’s top sprinter, Fabio Jakobsen, withdrew from the race after Stage 12. The squad’s top stage hunting threat, Julian Alaphilippe, has struggled to be a factor in any stage. But Asgreen got Soudal Quick-Step off the schneid Thursday, winning in the most unlikely of ways. Asgreen got himself in the early break and held out just long enough to claim the Stage 18 victory—the first grand tour stage win of his career.

The Biggest Loss of the Day

This goes to anyone from the peloton that was hoping to get the stage win today. The flat stage was tailor-made for the pure sprinters, but the peloton struggled to pull back the four-man breakaway. It seemed in the last 10K that a catch was inevitable, but the break stayed strong and held out just long enough. Alpecin-Deceuninck, which has already racked up four stage wins this Tour, is the team that loses the most on the day. Their top sprinter Jasper Philipsen—responsible for those four wins—was fourth on the stage and the top finisher from the peloton. It would have been his stage to win—if the peloton caught the break, that is.

Stage Winner: Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën)

Felix Gall won Stage 17 of the Tour de France, a stage that ended up being the craziest of the 2023 Tour so far. Gall made his move from the breakaway and rode away from a talented group of riders to claim the first grand tour stage win of his career.

Meanwhile, there were plenty of fireworks behind Gall. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) cracked on the stage losing well over five minutes to Jonas Vingegaard in the yellow jersey. Vingeagaard placed fourth on the stage and gained a significant amount of time that will likely carry him to Paris in the maillot jaune.

We’ll get to the stage winner shortly, but first we must acknowledge that Vingegaard won the 2023 Tour de France on Wednesday. First, Pogačar massively cracked on the Col de la Loze, then Vingagaard went on the offensive to deliver the dagger. Vingegaard finished fourth on the stage, 1:52 back of the stage winner Gall, but more importantly, he gained 5:45 on the man that was by his side for the first 15 stages of the Tour, Pogačar. With just four stages remaining, Vingegaard now leads by a whopping 7:35 over Pogačar. Assuming he stays upright, Vingegaard will win his second straight Tour de France on Sunday.

The Other Biggest Winner of the Day

Felix Gall has been one of the Tour’s revelations, and on Wednesday he confirmed that he’ll be a force to be reckoned with for the future in the WorldTour. The 25-year-old, who entered the day in 10th place in the GC, conquered the Col de la Loze and rode to the win on the stage that many have called “the hardest of the Tour.” Gall emerged on the radar after he took the polka dot jersey after Stage 5 of this year’s Tour. But now he earned his signature moment, winning on an absolutely brutal day in France. Gall moves up the eighth in the GC, but more importantly, he’s etched his name into TdF history forever.

After losing over a minute and a half to the yellow jersey on Tuesday, Pogačar effectively lost the 2023 Tour de France on Wednesday. Pogačar didn’t ride a bad individual time trial on Tuesday’s Stage 16, despite losing 1:38 to Vingegaard. But on Wednesday’s Stage 17, Pogačar had the worst day we’ve ever seen the 24-year-old have at the Tour de France. “I’m gone. I’m dead,” Pogačar said to his team over the radio during the stage after he cracked and lost over five minutes to Vingegaard ending what was a terrific GC battle through the first 16 stages of the Tour.

Other Notable Gains from a Wild Stage

Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla) made the day’s biggest jump within the top 10 of the GC. While he was second on the stage for the second time this Tour (though this time it was to someone other than his twin brother), Yates moved from eighth to fifth. He’s 12:19 behind the yellow jersey, but just 18 seconds behind Carlos Rodriguez for fourth place in the GC. Simon’s twin brother Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates), meanwhile, was able to further solidify his spot on the podium. Adam Yates is in third place with a 1:16 advantage on Rodriguez, who lost time today.

Stage Winner : Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma)

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) roared to the Stage 16 win in the 2023 Tour de France’s lone individual time trial. Vingegaard put down an incredible TT over 22.4km and he won the stage by 1:38 over second place Tadej Pogačar, who also happens to be his biggest rival in the GC battle. Vingegaard earned his Jumbo-Visma team its first stage win of the Tour, and more importantly, he made the most significant time gains of the Tour so far.

Jonas Vingegaard is the clear winner of the stage and quite likely the entire 2023 Tour de France after Tuesday. Vingegaard, the defending Tour champion, put down the individual time trial of his life on Tuesday—a day after the rest day—providing further evidence of the Magic of the Yellow Jersey. Vingegaard’s hold on the yellow jersey was just 10 seconds entering Stage 16, but it ballooned all the way to 1:48 after the time trial—a margin that will most likely prove decisive in the battle for the maillot jaune. After a lot of back and forth between Vingegaard and Pogačar in the mountains during the first 15 stages, Vingegaard dealt Pogačar the first major blow of this Tour.

Tadej Pogačar had the second best time of the day on Stage 16—a minute and 13 seconds ahead of Wout Van Aert!—but he may have lost the 2023 Tour de France Tuesday. Very little has separated Vingegaard and Pogačar during the first two weeks of the Tour, but Vingegaard tacking 1:38 in addition to his 10-second advantage on the individual time trial may prove to be decisive in the GC battle. It’s, of course, never over until it’s over. Pogačar will have two significant mountain stages before the Tour reaches Paris on Sunday, so the chances are there. But psychologically, it will be tough for Pogačar to regroup after Tuesday’s time trial.

While it’s clear that Jumbo-Visma’s energy at the 2023 Tour de France has been focused on helping Vingegaard win the yellow jersey—something they’ve been very successful at!—it was still surprising to see the Dutch superteam without a stage win through the first two weeks of the Tour. That changed on Tuesday, thanks to the maillot jaune himself. Vingegaard rode an unbelievable TT to Stage 16 to claim the stage win by 1:38. Surely, the GC gains are the most important, but Jumbo-Visma won’t be too upset to finally snag a TdF stage win in 2023.

Stage Winner : Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious)

Wout Poels (Bahrain Victorious) won Stage 15 of the 2023 Tour de France, capturing the win from the breakaway and beating a talented group to claim the first TdF stage victory of his career.

Poels spent a lot of time in the breakaway on Sunday, but his strength showed throughout the entire day. He stayed patient in the break and joined an attacking group with around 35K to go in the stage. That quartet included Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), Krists Neilands (Israel-PremierTech), and Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates). In the early parts of the final climb of the day—Mont Blanc—Poels made his move on Van Aert and extended his lead from there.

The Biggest Loser of the Day

Normally we call this section”The Biggest Loss of the Day” because it sounds nicer. But we’ll throw that out of the window for this one. The biggest loser of the day on Sunday was the fan that interfered with the peloton early in Stage 15, causing a massive crash.

It’s got to be the fans! Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) battled up the Mont Blanc and finished together at the finish of Stage 15. Vingegaard’s yellow jersey advantage remains at 10 seconds as we enter the rest day on Monday before the final week of the Tour de France. The margins couldn’t be closer, and who doesn’t love a tremendously close GC battle in the Tour de France? Fans will enjoy an action-packed—and surely attack-filled—final week of this Tour.

Stage Winner : Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers)

Spain’s Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) won Stage 14 of the 2023 Tour de France during a wild day in the GC. Rodriguez was dropped on the final climb up the Joux Plane, but he was able to return on the ensuing descent, and gap the two GC leaders and ride to the stage win—the second in as many days for INEOS—and improve his own GC positioning.

We expected to see GC fireworks on Stage 14 and we got exactly that. But at the end of the stage, there ultimately wasn’t a ton of change at least as far as the top two in the Tour were concerned. So therefore, the biggest winner of the day is Carlos Rodriguez and his INEOS Grenadiers team. Rodriguez capitalized on Pogačar and Vingegaard focusing on the overall GC situation. He seized his opportunity on the descent in the run-in to the finish and claimed victory on the day and moved into the podium, now sitting in third place overall in the GC, 4:43 back of the yellow jersey.

As we watched the absolute most thrilling stage of the 2023 Tour de France, Tadej Pogačar had Jonas Vingegaard on the ropes and was ready to launch an attack as they approached the top of the Col de Joux Plane. But that plan was foiled. Pogačar attacked, but was forced to stop his acceleration when the motorbikes got in the way. Eventually, Vingegaard was the one to attack and gain the time bonuses on offer at the top of the climb. You can blame the fans. You can blame the motorbikes. But maybe your blame should go to the race organizers, who should have had barrier set up to remove the chance of any interference with the battling riders.

The Other Biggest Loss of the Day

With 146K to go in Stage 14, a massive crash involved a majority of the peloton, leading to the abandonment of five riders. The race was also neutralized—a good decision by the race officials given that there wasn’t even a breakaway formed at the time of the crash. After losing GC hope Richard Carapaz, EF Education EasyPost’s Esteban Chaves and James Shaw were caught up in the crash and forced to abandon the Tour. Louis Meintjes (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty), Antonio Pedrero (Movistar) and Romain Bardet (Team dsm-firmenich) also abandoned.

And How About One More Winner of the Day

Despite the motorbikes/fans/race organizers spoiling what could have been a perfect day for Pogačar, the Solvenian’s ability to withstand the torrid pace set all day long by the Jumbo-Visma squad is a big win. Ultimately, Pogačar lost one second to Vingegaard and now trails by 10 seconds in the GC standings, but he’s shown that he may hold a slight advantage in form over Vingegaard. It’s going to be a wild last week of racing.

Stage Winner

Poland’s Michal Kwiatkowski (INEOS Grenadiers) won Stage 13 of the 2023 Tour de France, The 33-year-old won the stage atop the “Beyond Category” Grand Colombier after spending all day in the breakaway and then attacking what was left of it on the lower slopes of the final climb. It was clear throughout most of the 137.8km ride from Châtillon-Sur-Chalaronne to the summit of the Grand Colombier that UAE Team Emirates wanted to set-up Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar for the win. But Kwiatokoski, a super-domestique with an impressive resume of his own, proved too strong to catch, holding-off Belgium’s Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Soudal) and then Pogačar to take the second Tour de France stage victory of his career.

Biggest Winner of the Day

While they didn’t win the stage, UAE Team Emirates has to be feeling good about its chances of winning its third Tour de France in four years. The team rode an impressive race from start to finish, lined-up at the front of the peloton throughout much of the day and setting a ferocious pace on the final climb to whittle down the yellow jersey group. But that was just an amuse bouche, as Great Britain’s Adam Yates attacked the group about 2 kilometers from the summit, drawing out Vingegaard’s teammate Sepp Kuss, and then Vingegaard and Pogačar themselves. Pogačar saved his own attack for the final ramp to the finish line, and while Vingegaard was able to follow at first he soon succumbed to the Slovenian’s acceleration. Jumbo-Visma clearly thinks the Alps will prove to be the Tour’s most important battlegrounds, but UAE is confident, strong, and looks to have all the firepower they need to win the Tour.

Gutsiest Ride of the Day

Kwiatkowski seems to have been given a free role at INEOS, chasing breakaways despite the fact that the team has two riders, Spain’s Carlos Rodríguez and Great Britain’s Tom Pidcock, in the top-10 overall. The 33-year-old rewarded the team’s faith today, ensuring that no matter what happens with its young GC riders, the team won’t go home from the Tour empty-handed.

Unsung Hero/Head-Scratcher

If you watched earlier seasons of the Movistar documentary “The Least Expected Day” on Netflix, then Spain’s Marc Soler (UAE Team Emirates) should be a familiar name to you. (And if you haven’t, what are you waiting for?) The mercurial rider is immensely talented, but he often gave his directors and teammates headaches by making some bone-headed decisions from time to time. After transferring to UAE Team Emirates after the 2021 season, the 29-year-old is now one of Pogačar’s most important domestiques, which he showed with his pace-setting midway up the Grand Colombier. But just for good measure, he also showed why Movistar found him so frustrating: once he pulled off from the yellow jersey group, he caught back on to the back of it, which meant he must have had a little left in the tank that he could have given while he was on the front. His directors will certainly discuss this with him before tomorrow’s stage.

What Were They Thinking?

Intermediate sprints are usually designed for, um, sprinters. But today’s came in the town of Hauteville-Lompnes, midway up a long, gradual climb. We get that these are business decisions (towns pay lots of money to host the Tour’s intermediate sprints), but we can’t help but wonder what the Tour organizers were thinking today. Our best guess is that there were few bidders to host the sprint, leaving ASO with no other choice but to put it on a plateau.

Biggest Loser of the Day

Today was Bastille Day and the French were out in force on the Grand Colombier–so much so that the ascent was closed to anyone hoping to climb it early in the morning. But they had little to cheer for thanks to a lackluster showing from the Tour’s French riders. Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ) did his best, attacking on the lower slopes of the Grand Colombier only to be caught by Kwiatkoski and others a little while later.To make matters worse, Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) and Romain Bardet (DSM-firmenich) were both dropped from the yellow jersey group thanks to the pace set by UAE Team Emirates, leaving David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) as the home nation’s best chance for a high finish in Paris (although that’s a bit of stretch given the fact that he’s ninth overall and almost 7 minutes beyond Vingegaard).

Best North American

Sepp Kuss rode valiantly on behalf of Vingegaard, covering Yates’ attack near the top of the Colombier and then hanging on to finish twelfth on the stage. He’s now back into the Tour’s top-10 overall, but will likely sacrifice himself for the sake of Vingegaard in the Alps, where his team thinks the race will be decided.

Rookie of the Day

Riding his first Tour de France and only his second grand tour, Rodríguez maintained his position on the Tour’s General Classification, ending the day fourth overall, 4:48 behind Vingegaard. INEOS is happy to let the 22-year-old (and Pidcock) follow wheels in the yellow jersey group, giving them the space and the freedom to ride their best Tours possible without any pressure from the team.

There’s still a lot of race left, but Rodríguez looks to be a true podium contender–if he can somehow overcome the nearly two minutes that separate him from Australia’s Jai Hindley (BORA-hansgrohe), who currently sits third overall.

Another Two Bite the Dust

Australian sprinter Caleb Ewan (Lotto Destny) was dropped about 55km from the end of the stage and abandoned the Tour soon after. Ewan barely survived the time cut on Stage 13 and was seen clutching his abdomen after getting dropped. Once thought to be a rider who would dominate Tour field sprints for years, Ewan now hasn’t won a stage at the Tour since 2020. INEOS also lost one its domestiques: Great Britain’s Ben Turner. It’s a good thing Kwiatkowski won a stage today, because without Turner, the team will need him to stay back and support Rodríguez and Pidcock in the Alps.

Stage Winner : Ion Izagirre (Cofidis)

Make it two stage wins for the Cofidis team in the 2023 Tour de France. That’s thanks to a brilliant Stage 12 ride by Ion Izagirre. With 30K to go on the final climb of the day, Izagirre broke free of the breakaway that included the likes of Mathieu van der Poel, riding to the day’s stage win. For Izagirre, it’s his second career stage win—he won

Let’s hear it again for Cofidis! The French team ended a 15-year Tour de France stage win drought on Stage 2 when Victor Lafay rode to the victory. But they weren’t finished there. Izagirre made his move on the Mathieu van der Poel and the rest of the breakaway at the perfect time and rode clear to the win. Cofidis also had Gui Martin positioned nicely in that select breakaway as a backup plan. It was terrific execution on the day during what has been a dream Tour for Cofidis.

Thibaut Pinot was surely going for a stage win on Thursday; it was not to be. But the 33-year-old from Groupama-FDJ, riding in his final Tour de France, made the move into the top ten of GC. He shot up from 15th overall, 9:36 behind the yellow jersey to tenth overall, 6:30 down. It’s likely not the last we’ve seen of Pinot’s stage win attempts in this year’s Tour, but regardless, it’s cool to see the veteran in the top ten overall.

The Heartbreak of the Day—and the Whole Tour (So Far)

It’s been a strong couple weeks for American Matteo Jorgensen. But unfortunately for the Movistar rider, he doesn’t have a stage win to show for it. Few riders—if any—have spent more time in the breakaway during the first 12 stages of the Tour, but the big win has been just out of his grasp. No defeat was more heartbreaking than Sunday’s Stage 9 on the Puy de Dôme. On Stage 12, Jorgensen appeared to be the strongest rider in the group chasing Izagirre, but he left it too late. He launched a number of (ultimately futile) attempts to try and bridge the gap, but it wasn’t to be. The good news for the American is that there are plenty of pro-breakaway stages remaining for him to try and claim his well-deserved glory.

Stage Winner : Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Jasper Philipsen won Stage 11 of the 2023 Tour de France, picking up his fourth stage win so far and continuing to assert his dominance in the sprints. It was a wet and technical finish in Moulins on Tuesday, but that didn’t stop Philipsen, who sprinted past Dylan Groenewegen in the closing meters to claim win No. 4 of the Tour.

Philipsen has proven himself to be the king of the sprints in this year’s Tour de France, capturing his fourth stage victory in the first 11 stages. Additionally, he improved upon his lead in the green jersey points competition. He now leads that by a staggering 145 points. What’s perhaps most impressive about his Stage 11 victory was that he did it without the aid of his top Alpecin-Deceuninck comrade Mathieu van der Poel, who was not spotted up front in the run in to the finish. Philipsen has proven that he can win in multiple different ways and he could be well on his way to a second straight Stage 21 victory in Paris.

Another day, another goose egg in the stage win column for Soudal-QuickStep. The QuickStep team was right at the head of the peloton for much of the ride into the finish in Moulins, working for Fabio Jakobsen, but in the final sprint, Jakobsen was a non-factor sitting on the back of the bunch and ultimately finishing 16th on the day. Jakobsen crashed during the tricky Stage 4 finish, and it appears the sprinter hasn’t fully recovered from those injuries.

The Close Call of the Day

Well, that could have been bad. As the pace ramped up with just over 5K to go in the stage, the Jumbo-Visma train was at the front with Soudal Quick-Step’s Julian Alaphilippe sandwiched in between then. The yellow jersey of Jonas Vingegaard made his way along the edge of the road next to Alaphilippe and—perhaps not noticing him—Alaphilippe drifted towards Vingegaard and the pair nearly collided. Thankfully, nothing happened and Alaphilippe gave the maillot jaune an apologetic tap of the back and the run into the finish continued.

Stage Winner : Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious)

Pello Bilbao won a sprint out of the breakaway to claim the Stage 10 victory after a thrilling of racing.

Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) takes his first Tour de France stage win at 33-years-old. This is the first win by a Spanish rider in 100 stages. He also slides into the top 5 for the overall standings. Bilbao rode an incredibly smart sprint, shielding himself with Zimmermann and O’Connor as long as possible before throwing the hammer down. Bilbao becomes the 5th first-time stage winner of the tour. In his post-ride interview he dedicated his ride to Gino Mäder, who died recently after suffering a terrible crash in the Tour de Suisse.

Krists Neilands (Israel–Premier Tech) rode a perfectly aggressive race, earned the KOM points on Côte de la Chapelle-Marcousse (Cat 3), and just kept building his lead in front of the two chase groups. With 10 km to go, the team radio told him, “It’s the day of your life, the day of your life, let’s go.” But with less than a kilometer to go, he couldn’t hold off the chasers. He put up an incredible battle and came away with 4th place.

Biggest Villain(s) of the Day

The road and the heat. Man-eating speed bumps, loads of gravel, and chipped pavement all made fast descents even more dangerous than usual. And by the end of the race, temperatures soared to 97-degrees and riders had a hard time staying hydrated. Groups of 4-5 stuck together just to survive.

Newest Race Strategy?

Sometimes race leaders wait until the last mile to make their move. And sometimes they do it with 100 miles to go. Tadej Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard went on the attack early in the race to split the peloton. That set the pace for an aggressive day. Still with 48 miles to go there was a 14-man breakaway that took off. The pace throughout the stage was bonkers, making it difficult for such riders as Wout van Aert, who always wants to be the one to set an ambitious pace. Riders started dropping like flies with 30 km to go.

The peloton eventually calmed down and came together, led entirely by Jumbo-Visma.

Cutest Couple

Frenemies and cyclocross stars Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert worked together for a bit to attack out of the peloton with 40 km to go. They broke up after 10 km of riding together as Wout dropped Mathieu to ride on. They proved that when conditions are tough, working with anyone is better than no one.

Stage Winner: Mike Woods (Israel-PremierTech)

Canada’s Mike Woods (Israel-PremierTech) won Stage 9 atop the Hors Categorie (“Beyond Category”) Puy de Dôme, one of the most famous climbs in Tour history. The 36-year-old from Toronto paced himself from the base of the climb, catching four riders on his way to his first Tour de France stage victory.

France’s Mathieu Burgaudeau (TotalEnergies) finished second and Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) finished third. After an aggressive day of racing from the breakaway, American Neilson Powless held on to finish sixth on the Puy de Dôme, extending his lead in the Tour’s King of the Mountains competition. He’ll wear the polka dot jersey into the first rest day and to start the Tour’s second week

Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) clawed back 8 more seconds, and now sits just 17 seconds behind Denmarks’ Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) on the Tour’s General Classification. It seems like an eternity since the two-time Tour winner lost over a minute to Vingegaard at the end of Stage 5, and he’s now regained almost all the time he conceded. More importantly, after gapping the Dane on Stage 6 and Stage 9’s summit finishes, he clearly has a mental edge of his biggest rival to win the Tour.

American Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) attacked the 14-rider breakaway with about 40km to go, heading up the road on his own and slowly extending his lead. Helped by the fact that the four riders chasing him weren’t working well together, it looked for a while as if the 24-year-old from Boise, Idaho was about to take his first Tour de France stage win.

But as the climb steepened, word came that Woods was steadily closing the gap from further down the mountain, and before we knew it, there he was. Jorgenson was clearly running on fumes as first Woods and then France’s Pierre Latour (TotalEnergies) and Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) caught the American. He ended the day one spot away from the podium, a painful result considering how close he came to winning–and his two fourth-place finishes in last year’s Tour.

Best Mathlete

American Neilson Powless went on the attack again today, joining the breakaway in an attempt to pad his lead in the Tour’s King of the Mountains competition. Well, Powless needs to send a thank you note to his elementary school math teacher (or at least his director sportif): by winning each of categorized climbs in the middle of the stage, Powless ensured that he had enough points to keep the polka dot jersey–no matter what happened on the Puy de Dôme, which awarded 20 points to the rider who was first to the summit. Powless’ sixth-place finish on the stage earned him another six KOM points, extending his lead even more.

Powless now leads Austria’s Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën) by 18 points and with only 16 points available between Stages 10 and 11, the American is guaranteed to wear the jersey through Thursday. Look for him to continue his polka dot assault: Gall might be given more freedom to fight for the jersey himself after his captain, Australia’s Ben O’Connor, lost more time at the end of Stage 9, meaning his team might be shifting its goals to fight for stage wins–and the King of Mountains prize.

Unsung Hero

American Sepp Kuss and Belgian Wout van Aert get all the prestige as Vingeggard’s top two domestiques (deservedly so), but let’s take a minute to recognize the pace-setting done by Dutchman Wilco Kelderman (Jumbo-Visma). Today he took over after van Aert pulled off and before Kuss took his turn, shedding more riders from the GC group. It’s too bad that Pogačar seems to be profiting from the hard work being done by Vingegaard’s team. Perhaps we won’t see so much of Kelderman, Kuss, van Aert, and co. at the front during the Tour’s second week.

Eeriest Moment

One of the conditions of the agreement that allowed the Tour to revisit the Puy de Dôme was that fans would not be allowed to line the climb’s upper slopes, which meant an eerie almost awkward silence as the riders tackled the final portion of the ascent. In a Tour that’s already seen overzealous fans cause some mayhem, the silence was likely a welcome treat for riders annoyed by fans getting in their faces during the Tour’s most important–and painful–moments.

Worst Luck?

Jorgenson needed a bottle at about 33km to go, but was unable to get one because the cars and motorbikes had been moved out of the gap as his pursuers dangled close behind. On a sweltering day that asked a lot of the riders in terms of hydrating and fueling, those few minutes without a bottle–and without his team car–might have made the difference between winning and losing the stage.

A day after they won Stage 8, today could have been another chance for Lidl-Trek, with Denmark’s Martin Skjelmose and Italy’s Giulio Ciccone contenders to win on the Puy de Dôme. But the team missed the move, a tactical blunder that cost them a chance to take a historic victory. To his credit, Skjelmose tried to bridge up to the move after it escaped, but he was joined by Italy’s Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), who already had Powless up the road and was ordered not to work with the Dane.

And to the idiot gentleman who brought a clothesline to the roadside of the Tour de France: Please leave your laundry at home!

Stage Winner : Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) won a Stage 8 sprint, holding off Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to win his first stage of the 2023 Tour de France. The run-in to the finish saw some punchy climbs, but the top sprinters were all there and Pedersen took the win in the end.

Pedersen claimed his second career Tour de France stage win. It was stage that was designed nicely for his strengths with some climbs near the end and a technical finish. The Lidl-Trek team was perfectly positioned to springboard Pedersen to the finish. Alpecin-Deceuninck had a strong leadout train as well, putting Philipsen in good position to win his fourth stage of the Tour. But Pedersen had the advantage from the start of the sprint and was able to hold off Philipsen in what seemed like an impossibly long final stretch to the line.

Stage 8 saw the withdrawal of Mark Cavendish, one of the all-time great Tour de France riders. Cav suffered a collarbone injury and was forced to abandon , ruining his chance of breaking the all-time TdF stage wins record. It’s an especially hard pill to swallow for Cavendish and cycling fans alike, with the crash coming a day after the Manx Missile nearly captured his record-breaking stage win were it not for a mechanical issue in the closing meters. Although he announced his retirement at the end of the season in May, maybe there’s a chance

Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla) was the lone GC rider to lose time on Saturday, crashing with about 6K to go in the stage—outside of the 3K safe zone where riders don’t lose any time for crashes.. Simon Yates entered the stage in fourth place in the GC, 3:14 off the yellow jersey and now he sits in sixth place, 4:01 back and now behind Carlos Rodriguez (INEOS Grenadiers) and his twin brother Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates).

The Run-Through-A-Brick-Wall Moment of the Day

How about the reaction from the Lidl-Trek team car after Pedersen’s epic Stage 8 win? Listen for yourself and get pumped up on this Saturday.

This was a stage that had cycling fans screaming at the top of their lungs at the finish. After a long, sleepy, and mostly flat stage, all the action was crammed into the last 3K. Why all the screaming? Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan) came this close to winning the stage and breaking the TdF stage wins record, only to be passed by the seemingly unstoppable Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) with 500 meters to go.

Philipsen was once again positioned perfectly for the win by his leadout ace during this year’s Tour, Mathieu van der Poel, in what he referred to as the team’s “dream Tour” during post race interviews. Cavendish, however, made it very clear that he is more than capable of winning a stage this year, with a second place finish being his best one yet. If Cav keeps getting stronger as he seems to be, there will very likely be more screaming fans tomorrow.

Biggest Winners of the Day

The Alpecin lead out train offered another masterclass in how to win stages in this year’s Tour, with Mathieu van der Poel delivering Jasper Philipsen to another stage win. The other big winner for us during this stage was the one and only Mark Cavendish, who almost made it to the line first before Philipsen overtook him at the last moment. The fact that the Manx Missile’s finish position has come closer and closer to number one with every sprint stage, we think he has the power and form necessary to win number 35 this year. For today, Philipsen keeps the green jersey for another day.

Biggest Surprise of the Day

On a stage that often resembled a recovery ride until the last 10km as the riders gave their legs a bit of a break after two stages in the Pyrenees, the commentary surrounding Wout van Aert and whether he’s on the wrong team was loud and impossible to miss. Christian Vande Velde openly questioned on air what Wout would be able to do if he were on a team he could lead during the Tour instead of having to work for Jonas Vingegaard. With persistent media speculations about tension between Van Aert and Vingegaard on the Jumbo-Visma squad, the riders have routinely denied that anything is amiss, but the questions about whether that’s true have never been this blunt.

Gutsiest—Erm, or Maybe Stupidest—Ride of the Day

With approximately 20K to go, French riders Pierre Latour, the white jersey winner of 2018, and Nans Peters, a 2020 Tour stage winner, took off, working together in an attack that it seemed impossible to hold to the line. This didn’t seem to phase these two, as they spiced up an otherwise sleepy stage, putting up to 40 seconds on the peloton. Eventually Latour went solo in an all out effort, putting the sprinters on notice before blowing up with 3.5K to go.

Strongest American Rider of the Day - Nielsen Powless

Polka Dot Powless kept the King of the Mountains jersey for another day after recapturing it yesterday. The California native has become the de facto team leader for EF Education-EasyPost after Richard Carapaz crashed during Stage 1 and was forced by his injuries to leave the race. Powless went after the KOM competition right out of the gate during this year’s Tour, and so far he’s worn polka dots six out of the seven stages.

Tadej Pogačar won Stage 6 of the 2023 Tour de France, and Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) took the yellow leader's jersey during an busy day in the Pyranees. While Vingegaard took over the GC lead, Pogačar made the biggest statement of the day, passing and gapping Vingegaard on the final climb of the day. Pogačar won the stage and narrowed the gap to Vingegaard.

Tadej Pogačar, who made us think that maybe he was playing with us all day. He saved it all for the last 2 km. taking even Jonas Vingegaard by surprise. He took back much of his deficit on the yellow jersey today. He put himself back in the race.

With 2.5K to go on the climb to Cauterets up the Plateau du Cambasque, Tadej Pogačar attacked Vingegaard with a huge surge. Today’s final stretch hints that this whole tour might come down to seconds. Pogačar ended up 24 seconds ahead of Vingegaard on the stage.

Wout van Aert can lead a race forever. The super-domestique did so much work to set the pace for this entire stage. The pacemaking was literally perfect, many times looking like the only one working. With 4.4 km. to go he finally pulled over and left it up to Vingegaard looking like he had given it every ounce of his being.

Strongest American Rider(s) of the Day

Neilson Powless (EF Education–EasyPost) had a very strong day earning the overall KOM on the climbs.

And Sepp Kuss has been wildly consistent through the tour so far. Today, as usual, he dropped every one of his competitors to bring Jonas Vingegaard up the climbs. He’s easily one of the most valuable riders for Vingegaard.

Stage Winner : Jai Hindley (Bora–Hansgrohe)

Jai Hindley won Stage 5 of the 2023 Tour de France, claiming the yellow leader’s jersey along with it. It was an eventful first day in the Pyrenees as the top climbers in the world shined and shook up the GC in a big way. Giulio Ciccone (Lidl–Trek) was second in the stage and Felix Gall (AG2R Citroën) came across third on the day. Emanuel Buchmann (Bora–Hansgrohe) was fourth and Jonas Vingegaard was fifth on the stage. Ciccone, Gall, and Buchmann were all 32 seconds behind Hindley and Vingegaard was 34 seconds behind the stage winner.

Jai Hindley put himself in the right breakaway and made all the correct moves on Stage 5 to rocket himself to the stage victory and the yellow jersey. It was an absolutely brilliant day in the saddle for the Australian, who said after the race that he was merely “improvising.” Hindley is no stranger to wearing the leader’s jersey at a Grand Tour; he won the 2022 Giro d’Italia. This may not necessarily be just one quick day in yellow tomorrow for Hindley. More on that in a bit.

When Jonas Vingegaard attacked off the wheels of his teammate Sepp Kuss on the Col de Marie Blanque with 19K to go in the stage, it was our first opportunity of the Tour to see if co-favorite Tadej Pogačar had the legs to match him. He did not. Vingegaard blazed ahead up the climb and maintained that advantage even on the descent of the Col de Marie Blanque. All told, Vingegaard finished 1:04 ahead of Pogačar on the stage, and is 53 seconds up on him in the GC.

Pogačar is in a tough position after Stage 5, now 53 seconds behind the reigning Tour champion Vingegaard. Pogačar, who won the Tour de France in 2020 and 2021, has a lot of work to do over the next few weeks to attempt a comeback on Vingegaard. Pogačar suffered a fractured wrist in April and lost some time on the bike while he recovered. Is that lost fitness the difference maker here?

Could it be the 47 seconds that Vingegaard surrendered to Hindley? Hindley is, of course, a former Grand Tour winner and not a rider to be taken lightly. It may have been a bit surprising that the Bora–Hansgrohe rider was allowed to get in the breakaway that eventually launched Hindley to the win. But that was the calculation that the Jumbo-Visma and UAE Team Emirates squads made. It’s possible that Thursday’s stage—once again in the Pyranees— is Hindley’s lone day in the yellow jersey. It’s also possible that Hindley is in yellow for much longer than that. Never doubt the power of the maillot jaune.

The Moment of the Day

The official Tour de France YouTube has made some great highlight videos. But they’ve also been great about showing fans the terrific raw—erm, unedited—emotion that the Tour brings out. Take the above video of Hindley after the stage as evidence.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) claimed his second stage win of the 2023 Tour de France, sprinting to the Stage 4 victory on Tuesday. It was a crash-marred last 5K after a very slow day in the peloton. Philipsen’s Alpecin-Deceuninck team once again delivered a great leadout and Philipsen had the legs at the end to hold off a hard-charging Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny). Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) was third across the line to make for the same three men on the podium as Stage 3 (just flip Ewan and Bauhaus).

Alpecin-Deceuninck continued to assert its dominance, claiming the stage win for a second straight day. But Stage 4 was a lot different than Stage 3, despite both days being relatively flat stages. The Stage 4 finish on the motorsport track, Circuit Paul Armagnac created plenty of chaos, which saw three different crashes in the final 2K. But the Alpecin team once again held strong and Mathieu van der Poel emerged at just the right moment to deliver Philipsen to his second win in as many days.

Jasper Philipsen won Stage 3 of the Tour de France, capturing a sprint victory over Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto-Dstny). Philipsen received a terrific leadout from his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammate Mathieu van der Poel and was delivered to the finish in great position to use his power to take the stage win.

It was a bit of a controversial finish, as race organizers took a little while after the finish before declaring Philipsen as the stage winner officially. There was some question about whether Philipsen drifted into Wout Van Aert’s line in the closing meters of the finish. Ultimately, there would be no relegation and Philipsen was given the stage victory.

Winner of the Day

It’s Alpecin-Deceuninck. Who is going to be able to beat this team when Mathieu freakin’ van der Poel is providing a picture perfect leadout? Meanwhile, Philipsen’s speed these days seems to be the best in the world. Between Philipsen and MVDP, we likely haven’t seen the last stage win for Alpecin in this Tour.

Biggest Loss of the Day

This goes to Wout Van Aert and Jumbo-Visma for a second straight day . After a miscalculation in the sprint finish on Sunday’s Stage 2, Van Aert missed out on another good opportunity to grab a stage win on Monday’s Stage 3. This sprint, however, was a little different—and maybe he has a complaint for the ASO. Neck and neck with Philipsen in the closing meters, Van Aert looked to be running out of room between Philipsen and the barriers. Van Aert let up—possibly to avoid a crash?—and Philipsen rode to the stage win (though there was a fairly lengthy delay before race officials declared Philipsen the winner). Did Philipsen impede Van Aert? Watch for yourself and you be the judge.

Touching Moment of the Day

This came from the Arkéa–Samsic team car as the lone holdout of the breakaway, Laurent Pichon, rode solo through the streets of Spain. Over the radio the team told Pichon: “I’m so proud of you. You are a warrior. You give us so much great emotion. Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy! I love you very much.”

Pinchon, for his efforts on the day, was given the combativity award—and rightfully so. How can you not get emotional about the Tour de France?

Celebration(s) of the Day

Nothing against Philipsen’s fist pump as he crossed the finish line of Stage 3, but let’s give it up for Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost). The American, once again, spent the majority of the day in the breakaway to gain precious King of the Mountains points to retain his polka dot jersey. He summiting all four climbs first and gave the fans a nice waving of his arms at the top—a rare mid-race celebration that we can all appreciate! Powless claimed the maximum seven KOM points on offer on Stage 3 and extended his lead in the competition as we head into another sprint stage on Tuesday.

Stage Winner : Victor Lafay (Cofidis)

Victor Lafay won Stage 2 of the 2023 Tour de France. The Cofidis rider broke free of the lead group of riders that included many of the race favorites with 1K to go in the Tour’s longest stage (208.9K). It was a surprise victory for Lafay, who managed to hold off a hard-charging Wout Van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Tadej Pogačar in the waning meters to capture his first-career stage win.

Victor Lafay and the whole Cofidis team are easily the biggest winners of the day. It’s been 15 years since the French team has won a stage in the Tour de France, and on Sunday, Lafay came through in thrilling fashion to get Cofidis the win on the day. With Van Aert in the reduced peloton coming to the finish, Lafay knew his only shot of taking the stage would be by launching an early attack. He went with 1K to go, and thanks to a bit of misjudgement on Van Aert’s part and some pure guts on Lafay’s part, he won the sprint and earned the first stage win for Cofidis since Sylvain Chavanel in 2008.

It’s unquestionably Wout Van Aert and the Jumbo-Visma squad for missing a surefire opportunity at a stage win. Jumbo had both the numbers and the speed in the reduced peloton for the bunch sprint at the end. But the tactics just weren’t there for the Dutch superteam. Van Aert made his emotions known just as he crossed the finish line, slamming his handlebars, knowing full well he left it too late to take his tenth career TdF stage win.

Another Big Day for the American

Neilson Powless will keep the polka dot jersey for another day—and it’s been well-earned. The American riding for EF Education-EasyPost got himself in the break and banked key King of the Mountains points. Powless was first over four climbs that offered points and he now holds a four-point lead over Tadej Pogačar in the KOM competition. It looked for a time that Powless might be able to hold out for the stage win—and perhaps a shot at the yellow jersey. But a motivated peloton brought him back on the last major climb of the day.

Carapaz Abandons

After a Stage 1 crash involving Enric Mas (Movistar) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) forced Mas to abandon the 2023 Tour de France, Carapaz was able to limp to the finish of the opening stage. But unfortunately for the Ecuadorian national champion, he wouldn’t start Sunday’s second stage, suffering a fractured kneecap. It’s never fun to see two of the peloton’s top stars leave the Tour after just one stage.

Stage Winner : Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates)

Adam Yates (UAE team Emirates) claimed Stage 1 of the 2023 Tour de France, winning an unusually difficult opening stage and claiming the race’s first yellow jersey. Adam Yates outlasted his twin brother, Simon Yates (Jayco–AlUla), as the two riders broke free after the final climb of the day.

It’s gotta be the Yates family, right? There simply cannot be a better feeling for Adam and Simon’s loved ones than watching the two twin brothers battle it out for not only a stage win in the Tour de France, but also the maillot jaune.

Who Was the Other Biggest Winner of the Day?

We’ve never seen a Grand Départ this tough before—and we’re better for it. An opening stage prologue or short time trial always felt like a bit of a tease. It was always the Tour, but was it really the Tour?

Instead this year, we didn’t have to wait too long for the fireworks. There was a nervousness in the peloton that is normally reserved for later in the race. With the prize of a guaranteed yellow jersey for the stage winner at the end, anything could happen. The punchy climbs of the Basque region of Spain—particularly the last three—provided some terrific Stage 1 excitement.

The downside of an action-packed first stage is the inevitability of a crash and that’s just what we saw on the descent of the Côte de Vivero. Enric Mas (Movistar Team) and Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) went down with around 23K to go in the stage. Mas entered the Tour as a top podium threat and was ultimately forced to abandon, while Carapaz managed to get back on his bike and finish the stage, but lost enough time to take him out of podium contention.

Top American of the Day

Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) will become the first American to wear the polka dot jersey since Nate Brown in 2017. Powless, who very nearly claimed the yellow jersey at the Tour last year, was first across the top of the second category Côte de Vivero. Powless figures to be a major player in the mountains classification—and Saturday marks a strong start for him.

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Here is an all-time list of every cyclist who has won the Tour de France.

History of Every Tour de France Winner

Year | Tour # - Winner | Country - Team

• 2022 | 109 - Jonas Vingegaard | Denmark | Team Jumbo–Visma
• 2021 | 108 - Tadej Pogačar | Slovenia | UAE Team Emirates
• 2020 | 107 - Tadej Pogačar | Slovenia | UAE Team Emirates
• 2019 | 106 - Egan Bernal | Colombia | Team Ineos (previously known as Sky)
• 2018 | 105 - Geraint Thomas | Great Britain | Team Sky
• 2017 | 104 - Chris Froome | Great Britain | Team Sky
• 2016 | 103 - Chris Froome | Great Britain | Team Sky
• 2015 | 102 - Chris Froome | Great Britain | Team Sky
• 2014 | 101 - Vincenzo Nibali | Italy | Astana Pro Team
• 2013 | 100 - Chris Froome | Great Britain | Team Sky
• 2012 | 99 - Bradley Wiggins | Great Britain | Team Sky
• 2011 | 98 - Cadel Evans | Australia | BMC Racing Team
• 2010 | 97 - Andy Schleck | Luxembourg | Team Saxo Bank
• 2009 | 96 - Alberto Contador | Spain | Astana
• 2008 | 95 - Carlos Sastre | Spain | Team CSC Saxo Bank
• 2007 | 94 - Alberto Contador | Spain | Discovery Channel
• 2006 | 93 - Óscar Pereiro * | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne
• 1999-2005 | No official winner. Lance Armstrong placed 1st but his wins were removed due to doping violations.  
• 1998 | 85 - Marco Pantani | Italy | Mercatone Uno
• 1997 | 84 - Jan Ullrich | Germany | Telekom
• 1996 | 83 - Bjarne Riis | Dnmark | Telekom
• 1995 | 82 - Miguel Induráin | Spain | Banesto
• 1994 | 81 - Miguel Induráin | Spain | Banesto
• 1993 | 80 - Miguel Induráin | Spain | Banesto
• 1992 | 79 - Miguel Induráin | Spain | Banesto
• 1991 | 78 - Miguel Induráin | Spain | Banesto
• 1990 | 77 - Greg LeMond | United States | Z
• 1989 | 76 - Greg LeMond | United States | ADR
• 1988 | 75 - Pedro Delgado | Spain | Reynolds
• 1987 | 74 - Stephen Roche | Ireland | Carrera
• 1986 | 73 - Greg LeMond | United States | La Vie Claire
• 1985 | 72 - Bernard Hinault | France | La Vie Claire
• 1984 | 71 - Laurent Fignon | France | Renault
• 1983 | 70 - Laurent Fignon | France | Renault
• 1982 | 69 - Bernard Hinault | France | Renault
• 1981 | 68 - Bernard Hinault | France | Renault
• 1980 | 67 - Joop Zoetemelk | Netherlands | TI Raleigh
• 1979 | 66 - Bernard Hinault | France | Renault
• 1978 | 65 - Bernard Hinault | France | Renault
• 1977 | 64 - Bernard Thévenet | France | Peugeot
• 1976 | 63 - Lucien Van Impe | Belgium | Gitane
• 1975 | 62 - Bernard Thévenet | France | Peugeot
• 1974 | 61 - Eddy Merckx | Belgium | Molteni
• 1973 | 60 - Luis Ocaña | Spain | Bic
• 1972 | 59 - Eddy Merckx | Belgium | Molteni
• 1971 | 58 - Eddy Merckx | Belgium | Molteni
• 1970 | 57 - Eddy Merckx | Belgium | Faemino
• 1969 | 56 - Eddy Merckx | Belgium | Faema
• 1968 | 55 - Jan Janssen | Netherlands | Holland
• 1967 | 54 - Roger Pingeon | France | France
• 1966 | 53 - Lucien Aimar | France | Ford
• 1965 | 52 - Felice Gimondi | Italy | Salvarini
• 1964 | 51 - Jacques Anquetil | France | St-Raphael
• 1963 | 50 - Jacques Anquetil | France | St-Raphael
• 1962 | 49 - Jacques Anquetil | France | St-Raphael
• 1961 | 48 - Jacques Anquetil | France | France
• 1960 | 47 -  Gastone Nencini | Italy | Italy
• 1959 | 46 - Federico Bahamontes | Spain | Spain
• 1958 | 45 - Charly Gaul | Luxembourg | Holland-Luxembourg
• 1957 | 44 - Jacques Anquetil | France | France
• 1956 | 43 - Roger Walkowiak | France | Nord-Est-Centre
• 1955 | 42 - Louison Bobet | France | France
• 1954 | 41 - Louison Bobet | France | France
• 1953 | 40 - Louison Bobet | France | France
• 1952 | 39 - Fausto Coppi | Italy | Italy
• 1951 | 38 - Hugo Koblet | Switzerland | Switzerland
• 1950 | 37 - Ferdinand Kubler | Switzerland | Switzerland
• 1949 | 36 - Fausto Coppi | Italy | Italy
• 1948 | 35 - Gino Bartali | Italy | Italy
• 1947 | 34 - Jean Robic | France | Ouest
• 1940 - 1946  - Not held due to World War II 
• 1939 | 33 - Sylvère Maes | Belgium | Belgium
• 1938 | 32 - Gino Bartali | Italy | Italy
• 1937 | 31 - Roger Lapébie | France | France
• 1936 | 30 - Sylvère Maes | Belgium | Belgium
• 1935 | 29 - Romain Maes | Belgium | Belgium
• 1934 | 28 - Antonin Magne | France | France
• 1933 | 27 - Georges Speicher | France | France
• 1932 | 26 - André Leducq | France | France
• 1931 | 25 - Antonin Magne | France | France
• 1930 | 24 - André Leducq | France | France
• 1929 | 23 - Maurice De Waele | Belgium | Alcyon
• 1928 | 22 - Nicolas Frantz | Luxembourg | Alcyon
• 1927 | 21 - Nicolas Frantz | Luxembourg | Alcyon
• 1926 | 20 - Lucien Buysse | Belgium | Automoto
• 1925 | 19 - Ottavio Bottecchia | Italy | Automoto
• 1924 | 18 - Ottavio Bottecchia | Italy | Automoto
• 1923 | 17 - Henri Pélissier | France | Automoto
• 1922 | 16 - Firmin Lambot | Belgium | Cycles Peugeot
• 1921 | 15 - Léon Scieur | Belgium | La Sportive
• 1920 | 14 -Philippe Thys | Belgium | La Sportive
• 1919 | 13 - Firmin Lambot | Belgium | La Sportive
• 1915 - 1918 - Not held due to World War I
• 1914 | 12 -  Philippe Thys | Belgium | Cycles Peugeot
• 1913 | 11 - Philippe Thys | Belgium | Cycles Peugeot
• 1912 | 10 -  Odile Defraye | Belgium | Alycon
• 1911 | 9 - Gustave Garrigou | France | Alycon
• 1910 | 8 - Octave Lapize | France | Alycon
• 1909 | 7 - François Faber | Luxembourg | Alycon
• 1908 | 6 - Lucien Petit-Breton | France | Cycles Peugeot
• 1907 | 5 -  Lucien Petit-Breton | France | Cycles Peugeot
• 1906 | 4 - René Pottier | France | Cycles Peugeot
• 1905 | 3 - Louis Trousselier | France | Cycles Peugeot
• 1904 | 2  - Henri Cornet * | France | Cycles JC
• 1903 | 1 - Maurice Garin | France | La Française

Tour De France 2023 Teams

There are 22 teams participating in this year’s Tour de France:

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team | Fra
• Alpecin Deceuninck | Bel
• Astana Qazaqstan Team | Kaz
• Bora-Hansgrohe | Ger
• EF Education-Easypost | Usa
• Groupama-FDJ | Fra
• Ineos Grenadiers | Gbr
• Intermarché-Circus-Wanty | Bel
• Jumbo-Visma | Ned
• Movistar Team | Esp
• Soudal Quick-Step | Bel
• Team Arkea-Samsic | Fra
• Team Bahrain Victorious | Brn
• Team Cofidis | Fra
• Team DSM | Ned
• Team Jayco AlUla | Aus
• Trek-Segafredo | Usa
• UAE Team Emirates | Uae

UCI ProTeams

• Lotto Dstny | Bel
• TotalEnergies | Fra
• Israel-Premier Tech | Isr
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | Nor

Lance Armstrong, Floyd Landis Tour de France wins stripped

American cyclists Lance Armstrong and Floyd Landis both won the Tour de France, Armstrong winning every year from 1999-2005, but their wins were stripped due to doping violations. 

Landis had won the race in 2006, but his win was vacated and Óscar Pereiro became the winner. 

Tour de France Femmes

Since 1955 there have been various professional cycling races for women. In 2022, the Amaury Sport Organization (ASO) announced the first edition of the the Tour de Femmes.  This race consists of eight days that begins on the day that the men's Tour de France ends. Dutch cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten placed first in the 2022 Tour de Femmes.

The 2023 Tour De Femmes begins in Clermont-Ferrand on Jul 24. It will cross Massif Central towards the Pyrenees. The final stage will be a individual time trial in the town of Pau

When is the Tour de France? 

The Tour de France begins July 1 and runs through July 23. The first stage will begin in Bilbao, Spain, and finish at the Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Here is the full schedule of all 21 stages of the Tour.

How to Watch the Tour de France

FloBikes will be broadcasting every stage of the tour only available in Canada.

U.S audiences can access  live coverage on Peacock or NBC Sports. 

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What to know about the 2023 tour de france: route, teams, rules, prize money.

Since 1903, the Tour de France has encaptured the beauty, rigor and passion of cycling. The race that embarked over a century ago, however, bears many differences to the 2023 Tour de France we will see shortly.

The Tour de France has catapulted to popularity since its early days, becoming the pinnacle of the sport of cycling and inspiring riders for generations to come. The 110th Tour de France is mere weeks away, with NBC and Peacock providing full coverage of the thrilling event. See below for everything you need to know about the highly anticipated 2023 Tour de France.

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When is the 2023 Tour de France?

The 2023 Tour de France will take place from July 1-23. The riders will embark on the first stage in Bilbao on Saturday, July 1, with coverage on NBC Sports and Peacock from start to finish.

As the riders venture along the difficult course, the race will find its finish as it has since 1975, on the street of Champs-Élysées in Paris.

What is the Tour de France schedule and route?

How long is this year’s route.

This year’s Tour route is a total of 3,404 km (2,115 miles) that is spread out over a span of three weeks. The riders will complete one stage per day, with two rest days on July 10 (between stages 9 and 10) and July 17 (between stages 15 and 16).

What are the rules of the Tour de France?

While the Tour de France is an event known well by most, fully understanding how the race works can sometimes pose a challenge.

The Tour de France is a team race, featuring a total of 198 cyclists from 22 different teams competing over a span of 21 days. Across these 21 days, riders will complete 21 stages: 6 flat, 6 hilly, 8 mountain and 1 individual time trial.

This year’s race will be the first year since 2015 that the Tour has only one individual time trial rather than two, with just 14 miles of time trial racing on the route.

Each stage winner receives €11,000, with every rider in the top 20 from each stage receiving a cash prize as well.

While the general classification champion of the Tour de France is the rider wearing the yellow jersey as the race concludes, there are numerous accolades to be granted to cyclists throughout the race and at the Tour’s end.

Aside from the yellow jersey, the most notable of these accolades are the green, polka-dot and white jerseys. These achievements all hold different meanings and are accompanied with a cash prize. It is possible for one rider to earn numerous jerseys at the conclusion of the Tour, such as last year’s winner Jonas Vingegaard, who took home both the yellow and polka-dot jerseys.

RELATED: 2023 Tour de France Jerseys: What do the yellow, green, white and polka dot jerseys mean?

What does the winner receive?

Throughout the years, the prize awarded to the winner of the Tour de France has varied. The first Tour de France ever staged in 1903 granted a prize of 20,000 francs, which amounts to approximately $22,280.

For 2023, a grand total of €2,308,200 is on offer ($2,526,735). This number, however, is not all given to one rider, but rather split among top general classification riders, stage winners, top sprinters and winners of other minor awards.

The largest share of the prize is granted to the winner of the maillot jaune (general classification), who will take home €500,000. The runner-up receives €200,000, third gets €100,000 and fourth is awarded €70,000.

If a rider is donning the green jersey ( maillot vert), however, the prize is divided as follows:

Other prizes are granted to riders, such as those wearing the “King of the Mountains” jersey and the white jersey, along with the cyclist dubbed “Most Aggressive Rider”. Numerous other small prizes will be distributed throughout the tour.

One of the most sought after prizes, however, is the team award. The team who wins the Tour de France is the group that contains the three fastest cumulative finishers on each stage. The amount granted to each team on the podium is as follows:

Last year’s winner was the group hailing from Denmark in Team Jumbo-Visma.

How many teams are in the Tour?

22 teams will make up the peloton of the Tour de France. Of these teams are the 18 UCI WorldTeams that received an automatic invite and four UCI ProTeams.

UCI WorldTeams

• AG2R Citroën Team (Fra)
• Alpecin Deceuninck (Bel)
• Astana Qazaqstan Team (Kaz)
• Bora-Hansgrohe (Ger)
• EF Education-Easypost (Usa)
• Groupama-FDJ (Fra)
• Ineos Grenadiers (Gbr)
• Intermarché-Circus-Wanty (Bel)
• Jumbo-Visma (Ned)
• Movistar Team (Esp)
• Soudal Quick-Step (Bel)
• Team Arkea-Samsic (Fra)
• Team Bahrain Victorious (Brn)
• Team Cofidis (Fra)
• Team DSM (Ned)
• Team Jayco AlUla (Aus)
• Trek-Segafredo (Usa)
• UAE Team Emirates (Uae)

UCI ProTeams

• Lotto Dstny (Bel)
• TotalEnergies (Fra)
• Israel-Premier Tech (Isr)
• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team (Nor)

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Vingegaard wins second consecutive Tour de France title

After an incredible battle with tadej pogacar (uae team emirates) over the first two weeks, jonas vingegaard (jumbo-visma) showed that he was on a different level with two stunning performances to win the 2023 tour de france overall title, sealing his victory in paris..

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 23: Jonas Vingegaard of Denmark and Team Jumbo-Visma - Yellow Leader Jersey celebrates at podium as final overall winner with a custom yellow Cervélo bike during the stage twenty-one of the 110th Tour de France 2023 a 11 5.1km stage from Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines to Paris / #UCIWT / on July 23, 2023 in Paris, France. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) Source: Getty / David Ramos/Getty Images

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As it happened: Jonas Vingegaard celebrates Tour de France victory as Meeus wins Champs Elysees sprint

Riders celebrate completing three weeks of Grand Tour racing

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Bonjour and welcome to the Cyclingnews live coverage of the 21st and final stage of  the 2023 Tour de France.

After Saturday's stage in the east of France, the riders have travelled to Paris by team bus for today's final stage.

The start of the 115km final stage starts inside the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines velodrome that will host the track events of the 2024 Paris Olympics.

The teams are currently signing on and ready to celebrate in Paris.

After a still emotional Thibaut Pinot, KOM winner Giulio Ciccone leads Lidl-Trek on stage. He is covered in polka-dot from head to toe.

We're 20 minutes from the start of stage 21. 

Jonas Vingegaard is on stage with his  Jumbo-Visma teammates.

We will surely soon see him toasting his victory in the early kilometres. 

Tadej Pogacar has also signed on. He is in the white jersey and won stage 20.

After heavy rain in Paris, the sun is coming out as the riders prepare to roll out.

Jonas Vingegaard has a special yellow bike today

Thibaut Pinot got a special cheer inside the velodrome.

Le Vélodrome National 👌 pic.twitter.com/xwnzX1zs9G July 23, 2023

1 minute to the roll out. 

C'est Parti! for the 21st and final stage of the 2023 Tour de France. 

The Final Start line Selfie 🤩 #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/XL7PyYxqKa July 23, 2023

The riders face a 3km neutralised sector. 

We're not expecting attacks from the very start today.

We spoke too soon! 

Victor Campenaerts shows why he won the Super Prix de la Combativité. He surges away for a bit of fun and recognition.

🇫🇷 #TDF2023The team is ready for this special day. 🤗 pic.twitter.com/MXKvn7K2fE July 23, 2023

Campenaerts has eased to to wait for the peloton. 

There is an informal order of celebrations and photo opportunities to respect.

There was a relaxed atmosphere at the start, with Pinot ands his teammates enjoying the free goodes from the publicity caravan. 

There was a more personal Tour de France moment for Tadej Pogacar and  his partner Urška Žigart.

This was the moment Jonas Vingegaard entered the velodrome to sign-on.

Jonas Vingegaard congratulated Thibaut Pinot on his attack on stage 20 and his career.

The stage is a final day at the Tour de France for Pinot and for a few other riders, including Peter Sagan. He celebrates winning the green jersey seven times. 

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚Another legend of the Tour de France rides his last Tour stage today... @petosagan, the showman, the absolute man in green. Enjoy this last stage Peter!#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/Kn35wxqmrl July 23, 2023

The four jersey wearers are now on the front of the peloton.

Jasper Philipsen, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Giulio Ciccone show off their jerseys.

Here is the moment.

💚 💛 🤍 ⚪🔴 #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/FkKBRn5iin July 23, 2023

As you may have seen, the Tour de France Femmes began earlier today. 

We have a full stage report and photo gallery, with news and reaction coming soon from Women's Editor Kirsten Frattini and Lukas Knöfler, who are on the race for Cyclingnews.

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The riders are to east of Paris and will now gradually ride towards the centre of Paris.

Riders from different nations have been posing for photographs on the front of the peloton. The speed stays slow.

Of course it will speed up to 60km/h when the riders reach the famous Champs Elysees.

It's time for Alpecin-Deceuninck to take their bow, with Jasper Philipsen in the  middle of the shot  in the green jersey.   

The riders hit the Champs Elysees with 56km to race. 

They cover 8 full laps of the 6.8km circuit, riding up the Champs Elysees to the Arc du Triomphe and back down to the Louvre. 

The riders are about to pass Versailles but there is only one king of the Tour de France today.

The riders will see the new finish layout on the Champs Elysees. 

The finish line is now 700 metres from the last corner and the Place de la Concorde.

That could change the way the sprint unfolds and the lead outs in the final kilometres. 

In 2022, Jasper Philipsen won ahead of Dylan Groenewegen and Alexander Kristoff;

All three are in contention this year and we'll soon see if anyone can beat Philipsen in the biggest sprint of the Tour de France. 

Jonas Vingegaard and Jumbo-Visma also posed for photographs and celebrated with a glass of champagne.

Jumbo-Visma celebrate on the ride to Paris. Tghe only rider missing was Wout Van Aert, woh left during the third week to be with his wife as she gave birth to their second child.

The riders climb the Côte du Pavé des Gardes, the only categorised climb of the stage. 

Naturally Ciccone takes it, joking with teammate Mads Pedersen. 

⛰ Côte du Pavé des Gardes (cat. 4️⃣) ⛰1️⃣ 🇮🇹@giuliocicco1, 1pt⚪️🔴 Tout de pois vêtu, 🇮🇹 Giulio Ciccone prend symboliquement le dernier point disponible au sommet de la dernière difficulté répertoriée de ce #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/rSvVjhuqi0 July 23, 2023

Here we go, the riders are along the Seine river and enters the city of Paris. 

They can see the Tour Eiffel now.   

The pace and urgency is rising  now. It's almost time to race.

The roads are dry but the skies are cloudy, there is a risk of rain. 

Jumbo-Visma are on the front now, ready to lead onto the Champs Elysees as per tradition. 

They're wearing a special kit today to celebrate overall victory and victory in the team classification. 

Early Vingegaard confirmed that he will also ride the Vuelta a Espana with Primoz Roglic, as Jumbo-Visma go for a first ever Grand Tour grand slam.

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Send the bill to the Tour de France.

👮 You got caught speeding! 📸👮‍ Flashés ! 📸#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/gsn1RmtaAI July 23, 2023

The riders have crossed Pont Neuf and now ride 'through' the Louvre museum in central France.

The riders pass the team buses and through the chicane of Place de la Concorde. 

The barriers are narrower this year.  

The rider face eight lap of the 6.8km circuit.

As the riders climb the Champs Elysees there are the first attacks. 

The speed is high and so the riders swoop around the Arc du Triomphe.

Pascal Eenkhoorn is the first to try a real attack. More try their hand too. 

The riders emerge from the tunnel near the Louvre and the attacks are caught. 

Tadej Pogacar attacks! 

7 laps to go!

Nathan Van Hooydonck of Jumbo sits on Pogacar, just as Jumbo-Visma have done all Tour.

Pogacar reaches the Arc du Triomphe with a 10-second lead.

Pogacar loves to race. 

🇸🇮 @TamauPogi attacks one final time on this #TDF2023! But @NVHooydonck does not let him go 🇸🇮 @TamauPogi attaque une dernière fois sur ce #TDF2023 ! Alors peut-être ? pic.twitter.com/oA9MOIilhh July 23, 2023

Oops.. Matteo Trentin needs a bike change after losing his saddle.

The sprint teams are having to work hard to chase Pogacar.

He and Van Hooydonck are still clear, the gap is 10 seconds.

More riders are trying to join Pogacar and Van Hooydonck.

Pogacar asks Van Hooydonck to do a turn but he refuses, so Pogacar shakes his head in disappointment.

Behind Alpecin are trying to organise the chase, they fear an organised, numerous attack. 

There now eight riders on the attack. 

Bettiol and Kwiatkowski are in the attack.

The speed is up to 60km/h and so the laps fly by. 

Come on, guys!#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/u16MLzWwam July 23, 2023

Pogacar leads the attackers over the line again. Her is trying to split the group with Bettiol and Skelmose.

They climb again on the cobbles of the Champs Elysees.

But it's quickly Gruppo Compatto once again.

Several riders are struck by punctures and so face a chase to finish in the peloton.

More attacks!

Simon Clarke and Frederik Frison go now. 

On the downhill of the Champs Elysees, Nelson  Oliviera (Movistar) joins them.

The trio lead by 10 seconds and so Pogacar jumps after them. 

Four laps to race and the sprinters' teams seem to be letting the attackers blow off some steam.

So far Alpecin, Jayco have placed one rider on the front.

They can perhaps close down a three-rider attack easier than a bigger move. 

🔥Back on the attack already! @Nelsoliveira89, @SimoClarke and @FrisonFrederik lead the way on the Champs Élysées 🔥Les attaques fusent à nouveau ! @Nelsoliveira89, @SimoClarke et @FrisonFrederik ouvrent la voie sur les Champs Élysées. #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/D8NCxLRYw4 July 23, 2023

Clarke, Frison and Oliveira lead by 10 seconds but Julian Alaphilippe leads the chase.

Jonas Vingegaard is tucked safely in the peloton to avoid any problems and crashes. 

He's 25km from celebrating overall victory.  

Three laps to race!

The trio lead by 20 seconds. Could they do it?

This is nice to see, Dries Devenyns of Soudal makes an attack. He just turned 40 and is riding his last Tour. 

Now Giulio Ciccone starts to work for Lidl-Trek and their sprinters Mads Pedersen.

12 seconds. The gap is falling. 

🇫🇷 #TDF2023 🤩 The Champs-Élysées @LeTour #RideAsOne #rideforGino 📸 @SprintCycling pic.twitter.com/MwhGsUezme July 23, 2023

Jai Hindley has a chain problem and needs a bike change.

The Australian is away but will have to chase to defend his seventh on GC. 

Clarke, Frison and Oliveira still lead by 15 seconds. 

So  Intermarche help with the chase.

Clarke, Frison and Oliveira extend their lead to 20 seconds.

Hindley has dived through the team cars and is back into the peloton.

Two laps to go! 

Clarke, Frison and Oliveira still lead by 20 seconds. 

Stefan Kung also needs a bike change. 

As the riders climb up the Champs Elysees, the peloton is losing in on the attack. 

It's starting to rain in Paris.

The trio are caught by a new attack. 

Even Julian Alaphilippe tries to go across and pass them.

Judges have decided to take the stage times with one lap to go. There will be no time bonuses or points awarded at the finish.

More attacks. 

Alpecin marks the move. 

6.8km to go

Ding, ding, ding. 

One lap to go! 

Omar Fraile launches an attack. 

Campenaerts is there too. 

Israel take over in the peloton.

Sagan moves up near  the front.

Riders are trying to smash open the peloton but it's a huge task.

At the Arc de Triomphe the pelton is all together. 

It's sprint time!

Bettiol goes again! 

They're racing at over 60km/h!

Vingegaard and his teammates have eased up. 

He has won the Tour de France. 

It's all about the sprint win now. 

It's sprint time.

Jayco and Alpecin lead the peloton but Pogacar is in the mix.

Here we go! 

Photo finish! 

Four riders were spread across the road! 

Philipsen could only come late and so he may have lost it. 

It looks like Jordi Meeus of Bora got it!

Meanwhile Jonas Vingegaard crosses the line with his teammates to win the 2023 Tour de France.

Jordi Meeus cannot believe he has won the sprint.

He was well placed and came off Pedersen's wheel in sight of the line. He rode it perfectly, with a bike throw, while Philipsen was forced to come late and from behind.

Meeus waves a hand as he rides to the podium area. 

That's a great way for Bora-Hansgrohe to finish the Tour.

Vingegaard is also ready to be crowned winner. He lifts his bike in the air after kissing his partner and celebrating with his teammates.

The replay shows how Pogacar leads the sprint onto the Champs Elysees. 

Mathieu van der Poel leads Philipsen as Kristoff gets baulked near the barriers. 

Groenewegen went early and hit the front, forcing Philipsen to go along the barriers. 

Pedersen went down the middle but Meeus was on his wheel and came late with a perfect bike throw to the line.

Meeus was overjoyed to win.  

"I knew in the previous sprints that there was more possible than the result I showed so far. Today everything went perfect and I'm super happy to finish it off," he said.

"I felt quite good all day. The beginning was easy obviously but from the moment we went full gas my legs felt incredibly good. Then Marco Haller did a perfect job with positioning and he was also there." 

"I had the wheel of Pedersen and I could come out of the slipstream and catch it on the line," Meeus added, realising a dream had come true.

"For sure - it's my first Tour and it was a super nice experience so far. To take the win today is just an indescribable feeling."

This is the photo finish image.

It was close.

Jonas Vingegaard will soon climb on the podium and be crowned as the 2023 Tour winner. 

"It's a feeling of being proud and happy - we're winning it for the second time now. It's really amazing," he said. 

"Today with all the Danish people here was really amazing. I have to say thanks not only to my team and family but to the whole of Denmark. They support me and I'm really grateful for this.

"It's been a long journey but it also went by so fast. We race every day and one day takes the other. It's been a super hard race and a super good fight between me and Tadej. I enjoyed it all the way."

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The racing is over but now it's time for the podium ceremony on the Champs Elysees.

Every rider and team has something to celebrate on the Champs Elysees. 

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The stage is set for the podium ceremony.

Victor Campenaerts is the first on the podium as the Super Combative of the 2023 Tour de France. 

He was a late selection for the Tour but deserved his award. 

Next up Jumbo-Visma are celebrated for winning the best team prize.

They beat UAE Team Emirates by 7:13, with Bahrain Victorious third at 22:01.

Jordi Meeus is also celebrated as the stage winner.

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Next up is Tadej Pogacar. He wins the best young riders white jersey for a fourth year. He is also second overall at 7:29 down on Vingegaard. 

It's Ciccone's moment next. He wins the polka-dot mountains jersey after a strong ride in the final week.

He is the first Italian to win the special jersey since Claudio Chiappucci in 1992. He scored 106 points, beating Felix Gall, who scored 92, and Vingegaard on 89 points.  

The podium ceremony is moving fast and Jasper Philipsen is next as he takes the green points jersey. He is the 21st Belgian rider to win it.

Philipsen won four stages and was second twice, scoring a total of 377 points, far more than Mads Pedersen on 258.

Jonas Vingegaard is next up as he is crowned as the overall Tour winner in the yellow jersey.

This is second consecutive victory and he has confirmed he will also ride the Vuelta and return to target the Tour de France in 2024.

Meanwhile at the team bus area, the other teams are celebrating  reaching Paris. 

Next is the final overall  podium, with Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Adam Yates. 

UAE Team Emirates take second and third but Vingegaard wins again.

The Danish national anthem rings out over Paris.

The 2023 Tour de France podium.

Vingegaard sportingly thanks his rivals for a great race.

Pogacar was his huge rival this year and surely will be again in the future.

The 2023 Tour de France podium: Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard and Adam Yates

The 2023 Tour de France podium

The final podium call is for all four jersey winners: Jasper Philipsen, Jonas Vingegaard, Tadej Pogacar and Giulio Ciccone. 

To read our final stage report and see our growing photo gallery of all the action in Paris, click below.

Jonas Vingegaard crowned Tour de France champion in Paris

The 2023 Tour de France is over but the Cyclingnews coverage continues with Barry Ryan and Sophie Smith working on post-race interviews and exclusive features. 

We'll have a special photo gallery on Monday and Philippa York's exclusive and incisive final race analysis. 

Then during the rest of the week, we'll also look back at the race and the protagonists. with news and interviews.  

Of course, the Tour de France Femmes has only just got going and we will have full live coverage of each stage,  reports, news and interviews from Kirsten Frattini and Lukas Knöfler in France.

This is the stage 1 report. 

Tour de France Femmes: Lotte Kopecky goes solo to win stage 1

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Niewiadoma holds on to win Tour de France Femmes

Poland's Katarzyna Niewiadoma claimed her first Tour de France Femmes title after holding off last year's winner Demi Vollering, who won a dramatic final stage.

Niewiadoma, 29, finished fourth on the Alpe d'Huez and collapsed into tears as she realised she had done enough to retain her overall lead from the penultimate seventh stage by four seconds.

Pauliena Rooijakkers, of the Netherlands, came second on the stage and Evita Muzic, of France, finished third.

The Netherlands' Vollering, who rides for SD Worx-Protime, began the day eighth overall and trailed Canyon–SRAM's Niewiadoma by one minute and 15 seconds.

Vollering proved her credentials as the pre-stage favourite to storm to victory on the 149.9km ride from Le Grand-Bornand to Alpe d'Huez, having to wait for the chasing pack.

Niewiadoma struggled on the final climb but recovered to finish one minute and one second behind Vollering.

Rooijakkers, meanwhile, finished third overall.

Final general classification

• Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol/Canyon-SRAM) 24hrs 36mins 07secs
• Demi Vollering (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +04secs
• Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +10secs
• Evita Muzic (Fra/FDJ–Suez) +1min 21secs
• Gaia Realini (Ita/TFS) +2mins 19secs
• Cedrine Kerbaol (Fra/Ceratizit-WNT) +2mins 51secs
• Sarah Gigante (Aus/AG-Soudal) +7mins 09secs
• Lucinda Brand (Ned/Lidl–Trek) +8mins 06secs
• Juliette Labous (Fra/Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) +8mins 07secs
• Thalita de Jong (Ned/Lotto Dstny) +8mins 12secs

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Tour de France Femmes Stage 6: Cédrine Kerbaol Makes History with Superb Solo Victory

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Cédrine Kerbaol grabbed victory at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift Friday, fending off the bunch with a brilliant solo win in Morteau.

The 23-year-old, the best young rider in last year’s race, became the first French victor in the modern incarnation of the event.

The Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team competitor attacked with 14.5km left. She was briefly marked by Pauline Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) before the latter was dropped.

Kerbaol hammered towards the finish, holding 34 seconds’ advantage with 1km to go despite the efforts of FDJ-Suez and Canyon-SRAM.

She continued well up the drag to the line, finishing 21 seconds ahead of Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), Liane Lippert (Movistar Team), and the rest of the reduced peloton.

“It’s true that it’s been two or three days that it’s been eating away at me a bit,” she said about her aim for a stage win. “I was saying ‘I’d really like to cross the line like that’. In the mountains, I always was well placed, with my teammates always there, put in the best position possible.

“Then on the last climb, I said ‘be patient’ because I often have the tendency to attack a bit early and be counter-attacked. So I said to myself I’d let the bonus seconds go and then I’d focus on seeking the victory.

“There were a few attacks and on a false flat, and I went for it. I knew that in that distance left, I could make the difference over certain riders. I saw I got a gap and then I went into time-trial mode.”

Overnight leader Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) finished safely in the main bunch. It was a quiet day in the general classification battle, and she will wear the maillot jaune on Saturday’s first big mountain stage.

Kerbaol had started the day fourth overall and jumps up to second, overtaking Kristen Faulkner (EF-Oatly-Cannondale) and Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck). She is now 16 seconds off Niewiadoma.

Previous race leader Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) was able to start after her race-altering crash on Friday. She bided her time, giving her body a chance to recover, but will likely go all out at the weekend to try to recapture the yellow jersey.

As for the green jersey, Vos was dropped on the last climb but bravely fought back to take second on the stage. She also took the intermediate sprint and moved into the lead in the points classification. She had been in the day’s early break and showed great strength of character to still be there in the end.

Justine Ghekiere (AG Insurance-Soudal Team) was also in the move and gobbled up mountains points to take over from Pieterse in that competition.

Big break goes hunting for stage glory

Stage 6 of the Tour de France Femmes ramped up the difficulty before the two big mountain stages.

Beginning in Remiremont and concluding 159.2km later in Morteau, the riders clocked up 2245 meters of elevation gain along the way.

There was a relatively flat first half to the stage, aside from a category three climb soon after the start. The final 76km then featured four categorized climbs, including the cat two La Roche du Prêtre. The final 15km or so was mostly downhill and flat, but there was a slight rise inside the final kilometer.

Following a number of early attacks, the day’s big move began 118km from the finish when Audrey Cordon-Ragot (Human Powered Health) and Iurani Blanco (Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi) broke clear.

A dozen riders joined them soon afterwards, including Fem van Empel (Visma-Lease a Bike), Ellen van Dijk (Lidl-Trek) and others.

They were in turn joined by a strong quartet, namely Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike), Niamh Fisher-Black (Team SD Worx-Protime), Soraya Paladin (Canyon-SRAM) and Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez). They bridged 87km from the finish and increased the break to 18 competitors.

Vos became race leader on the road but the peloton didn’t panic. Ghekiere had earlier taken the points on the day’s first climb, the Col du Mont de Fourche, and collected the top points on the Col de Ferrière.

Vos won the intermediate sprint at Sancey, 59km from the finish, and eight kilometers later Ghekiere moved into the lead of the Queen of the Mountains classification when she beat Fisher-Black to the summit of the Côte de Laviron.

Kerbaol puts in a daring bid for French success

With 50km to go the leaders had a lead of 2:01 over the main group. An acceleration behind saw this drop to 1:07 over the next 10km. The break then splintered on the category two La Roche du Prétre.

Fisher-Black went over the summit meters ahead of Ghekiere, who reinforced her lead in the mountains competition with second place. Brown was third.

Ghekiere slipped back briefly after the summit. Fisher-Black and Brown went under the 25km to go banner with a nine second lead over her. The peloton was at 1:11. However the duo were caught by attacker Pauline Rooijakkers (Fenix-Deceuninck) plus the peloton with 16km left on the Côte des Fins, the day’s final categorized climb. Pieterse led Niewiadoma and Vollering across the prime line.

Kerbaol (Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team) then made her big bid for stage glory with 14.5km left. She was briefly marked by Rooijakkers but was too strong, dropping her and hammering on towards the finish.

FDJ-Suez and Canyon-SRAM drove the bunch behind but Kerbaol was riding superbly and maintaining her lead. She had 34 seconds with 1km to go, thundering in well clear of Vos, Lippert plus the 21 other riders in the bunch.

Having taken fourth in the opening time trial, she was asked if she was in her best-ever form.

“The form of my life…I don’t know,” she said. “I hope I can still keep progressing and keep getting stronger. I’ve never won a race like this, it’s legendary. And I’ve never been so close to the best riders, so it’s pretty crazy.”

She will start Saturday’s stage just 16 seconds off the race lead. Is the yellow jersey an ambition?

“We’ll do everything towards that, you’ve got to always believe.”

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