The best race finish you will EVER see 🫨 | Tour de France 2026 Stage 21 Highlights

A shortened stage meaning no procession to Paris, instead starting and finishing on the Champs Elysees. 88km and 3 ascents of Montmartre, who has the fuel left to produce the power to party in Paris. After the traditional photo in a moment mixing with fans, the race underway, but who can can find the right kick to swing up and down the first climb of Montmartre. OK, the race is going to start properly now. Hello, the two leaders of 172, 172 Aspiren and the 205, the 205 Guernales. We leave the Champs Elysees circuit in the direction of Montmartre now. Pedersen in green, he starts to fly, Philipsen wants the stage win this afternoon. He's at the front. Yeah, Philipsen knows that if he gets over these climbs, he's the fastest man, but it's starting to be difficult. He's just swung out of the line. It's too much. The pace of Pedersen is too much for Philipsen. Pedersen absolutely… Mathieu van der Poel goes around. Oh, he's not here, Philipsen. He hasn't totally given up. Look at the yellow jersey back onto the wheel of Michael Mathieu. He's probably going to fly past Michael Mathieu to go and catch Mathieu van der Poel. The Gatcher in control with Mathieu van der Poel at the head of the race. And it looks like a few more riders have come across. Yes, Ben Healy is there. It will probably come back together, but you will have a warning, guys. It's going to be every lap like this. Using all the roads, every single millimetre there on the cobbles. The Gatcher forcing now up this climb. There's a split. Oh, Remco can't go with this acceleration. Only Mathieu van der Poel has an answer. Good job, guys. All together, we'll close it straight away. We'll close it if we can. You just closed four World Games together. You just closed four World Champions. This is impressive. Here comes the Gatcher and Mathieu van der Poel. They're going to go flying past Fred Wright. Oh, and it's a ferocious attack of Mathieu van der Poel. Look at him go. The Gatcher trying to match Mathieu van der Poel. He's just stamping. Here comes Abrahamsen. The final climb of Montmartre. The Gatcher and van der Poel with a slender gap back to the chasing pack. But behind them, the charge of the sprint teams. The fight to the line, truly epic. The Gatcher is still in the yellow jersey. He wants to win on the Champs-Élysées to just underline his fifth Tour de France win. The Gatcher checks. So does van der Poel, allied in battle. But Wismar are closing this steadily. Campenaerts trying to bring this back together. 54 kilometers an hour. They're going to see the finish line just in front of them. But look at that, the acceleration by Cofidis coming into that last corner. 500 meters to go. They're going to get caught in sight of the finish line. The Gatcher and Mathieu van der Poel. Look at Pedersen. Look at Philipsen. Olaf Koy is there. Michael Matthews is there. Mathieu van der Poel launches and tries to go away. The Gatcher doesn't have an answer to the acceleration of Mathieu van der Poel. The Gatcher wins the Tour de France. Mathieu van der Poel, huge crash behind. Can Mathieu van der Poel hang on? Here goes Mats Pedersen. Mathieu van der Poel with still a little advantage now. Mathieu van der Poel giving it full throttle. Pedersen and Philipsen. Pedersen and Philipsen in through the middle. Mathieu van der Poel wins. Mathieu van der Poel wins in front of Philipsen and Pedersen. Mathieu, you did it!