Have we not been entertained this Tour? Day after day of enthralling, brutal racing – full of revelations and crazy chaos. It was no surprise that we saw the same on the Champs Elysee where Jordi Meeus BORA – hansgrohe astounded everyone. Here’s the last moments of joy from Stage 21 of the Tour de France.
Paris
I freely admit I love the opening part of the stage into Paris. The photo opportunities, the celebration and the smiles.
Best thing about this Tour is that the jerseys belong to 4 different people
— janina (@jeanine______) July 23, 2023
🟨 Jonas Vingegaard
🟩 Jasper Philipsen
🚵♂️ Giulio Ciccone
⬜️ Tadej Pogacar📸 The jersey leaders all together for one big photo opportunity #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/c6kFF8D40V
— Eurosport (@eurosport) July 23, 2023
Making dreams come true
Bottle? ❌ Jersey ✅
🤍🇸🇮Pogačar gives a young fan a memory for life 🤩#TDF2023 #ITVCycling pic.twitter.com/Wanb3ohPFk
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 23, 2023
Mattias Skjelmose and Mads Pedersen leading King of the Mountain Giulio Ciccone to gain the final mountains points – just as they did yesterday.
Brings tears to our eyes 🥹 So proud of these guys! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/3X72DpnoUm
— Lidl-Trek (@LidlTrek) July 23, 2023
Adam Blythe on a bike on his element.
The first glass of champagne goes to… @AdamBlythe89 🙄🥂#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/BnhKVcFVr9
— Eurosport (@eurosport) July 23, 2023
Chaos
Once we reached the streets of Paris there was nothing usual about the racing. Where we would usually see a bit of a lame break marking time until the sprint teams took over. This time, pure chaos. The instigator?
Of course it was Tadej Pogacar! Attacking not once but twice and putting the sprint teams in the hurt locker.
Things you love to see 🤩
🤍🇸🇮Pogačar on the attack!!! #TDF2023 #ITVCycling pic.twitter.com/HnidF8NN3w
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 23, 2023
Not content with that, he came back to lead the sprint out, just not sure for who ;p
Flamme rouge et Tadej Pogacar retourne à l'avant ! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/83Ajr49PxR
— Le Gruppetto (@LeGruppetto) July 23, 2023
Meeus
With 4 wins already it seemed a shoe in for maillot vert winner Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck). His team played it cool when everyone else was reeling in attack after attack. However, with four riders gunning for the line, it was grand tour debutant Jordi Meeus who timed it to perfection. What a day to pull the goods out.
JORDI MEEUS WINS THE LAST STAGE OF TOUR DE FRANCE ON CHAMPS-ELYSÉES! 👏 Incredible ending of this Tour de France, I never expected this. Jordi did the sprint of his life and beat Jasper Philipsen. WOW! #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/BTrF3RpkYy
— Mihai Simion (@faustocoppi60) July 23, 2023
By a tyre width
🤩 What it means to claim your first Tour stage win on the Champs-Elysées! Congrats @jordimeeus!
🤩 Ce que représente une première victoire sur le Tour de France remportée sur les Champs-Elysées ! Bravo Jordi !#TDF2023 – @Continental_fr pic.twitter.com/m2zQmEVYTv
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023
🇧🇪Jordi Meeus: "It's my first Tour. To take the win today is an indescribable feeling" #TDF2023 #ITVCycling pic.twitter.com/qz9hcbyOlS
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 23, 2023
Smiles
Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard over the line with his Jumbo-Visma team
🦁💛The King and its bodyguards💛🦁
🦁💛Le Roi et sa garde rapprochée💛🦁#TDF2023 @JumboVismaRoad https://t.co/FDSMJTKctY pic.twitter.com/M5LYo9ldpX
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023
Victor Campenaerts wins the most combative rider at the Tour. Thrilled for him, he such a character and STRONG as a horse.
Look mom, I made it to the podium of the Tour de France! pic.twitter.com/7oR0j9eiNN
— Victor Campenaerts (@VCampenaerts) July 23, 2023
Fred Wright with his post Tour sum up. LOVE HIM
"It couldn't have gone better for us"
Fred Wright joined Gary and Pete to sum up the Tour 🇬🇧#TDF2023 #ITVCycling #ForGino pic.twitter.com/0tKd2E2ge4
— ITV Cycling (@itvcycling) July 23, 2023
Retiring Gracefully, a Marcel Kittel-Tom Dumoulin co-production pic.twitter.com/UH2IedJLQ0
— Daniel Friebe (@friebos) July 23, 2023
THis could only be better if Giulio had spotted bar tape
Giulio Ciccone is the #TDF2023 King of the Mountains, and this is how he did it 🤝https://t.co/h4H391okLo
📸 Zac Williams pic.twitter.com/PuVehxE0oZ
— Lidl-Trek (@LidlTrek) July 23, 2023
Loulou 😃#TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/UBLasAQlaF
— Soudal Quick-Step Pro Cycling Team (@soudalquickstep) July 23, 2023
My heart
— Équipe Cycliste Groupama-FDJ (@GroupamaFDJ) July 23, 2023
The mighty MIGHTY ‘Dis
Photo de groupe 🍾#TDF2023 📷 @MathildeLAzou pic.twitter.com/kDJTfzw9qq
— Team Cofidis (@TeamCOFIDIS) July 23, 2023
Tillykke to my Danish Dynamites. Look out for them at the Worlds in two weeks!!
Thank you peloton
🥂 Le dernier chapitre de cette 110ème édition du Tour de France.
🏆 Victoire de prestige pour @jordimeeus sur les Champs-Elysées, et deuxième sacre pour Jonas Vingegaard !
🫶 Merci à tous d'avoir suivi le #TDF2023, rendez-vous l'an prochain pour le #TDF2024 ! pic.twitter.com/gF7jqVCfAK
— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023
and Vive Le Tour!
Stage Results
“I think, I think, I think, Meeus might have stolen at the line.” 😮💨
Jordi Meeus wins Stage 21 in a photo finish only fit for the sprinters 👏 #TDF2023 pic.twitter.com/V63WosOTuO
— Eurosport (@eurosport) July 23, 2023