Stage 21 preview / Rambouillet > Paris Champs-Elysées

Distance: 128 km
Climbs: 2
Points for the polka dot jersey: 2
Points for the green jersey: 70
Neutralised start: 18:05
Real start: 18:10
Estimated finish: 21:10 – 21:29
Village opening: 15:00

In attendance:
– Gérard Larcher, President of the Sénat
As part of the 100 years of the Yellow Jersey celebrations, the Tour de France invites 2 500 cycling enthusiasts to take part in the Randonnée du Tour de France ride, just a few hours before the riders contest the finish (13:30pm). Fabian Cancellara will ride it!
The sun dominates in the late afternoon, cloudless sky until arrival. Temperatures range from 24 to 21°C. Wind from the west northwest 10 to 15 km/h, gusts 30 km/h.
Rambouillet
Stage city for the 3rd time, sous-prefecture of Yvelines (78), 26 000 inhabitants (Rambolitains)
This year, Rambouillet is welcoming the Tour de France for the third time, following 2012 and 1966. That year, the joker in the pack of the Ford France team, Lucien Aimar, managed to keep hold of his Yellow Jersey by a little more than one minute ahead of Jan Janssen.
The Olymic Games in 2024 will be the games for all the French, but many events will take place in the Yvelines department: horse-riding, pentathlon but also, naturally, cycling!
Paris Champs-Élysées
Traditional finish city of the Tour de France, 45th finish on the Champs-Élysées, capital of France and chef-lieu of the Région Île-de-France, common-departement and Prefecture (75), 2 250 000 inhabitants (Parisiens)
The Yellow Jersey appeared on the Tour de France in 1919, exactly 100 years ago. In this first Tour de France following the First World War, the route included a loop from Paris to Paris and also visited Strasbourg, to mark the reclamation of this city from the Germans.
This year, the Louvre Museum and its emblematic pyramid will receive a visit from the pack. Though significantly castigated on its inauguration in 1989, this year the Louvre Pyramid is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary.
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