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Alasdair Fotheringham

A change for the better? – Tour de France riders and team management uncertain of benefits of inclusion of Montmartre climb on final stage in Paris

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 03: (L-R) Nils Politt of Team Germany and Julian Alaphilippe of Team France compete passing by the Basilica of the Sacre Coeur while fans cheers during the Men's Road Race on day eight of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at trocadero on August 03, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Alex Broadway/Getty Images).

The same, but different. Whoever emerges as the winner of the last stage of the Tour de France this year on the Champs-Elysées this Sunday will automatically enjoy the prestige of capturing a victory in one of the most memorable days of the entire race.

But this year, as everybody knows, thanks to the triple ascent of the Cat.4 Montmartre climb, whoever adds their name to the roll call of sprinters and breakaways that have raised their arms in triumph on the 'most beautiful boulevard in the world' will have done so in a very different way from previous years.

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