Highlights and best moments: Tour de France 2023 Stage 21 between Yvelines and Champs-Élysées

This is the general classification at the end of the 21 stages:

Top 10 - Overall Ranking
Pos.	Corredor (Country / Team)	Time
🥇	Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo - Visma)	79h 16'38"
🥈	Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates)	+ 07'29"
🥉	Adam Yates (Great Britain / UAE Team Emirates)	+ 10'56"
4	Simon Yates (Great Britain / Jayco AlUla)	+ 12'01"
5	Carlos Rodríguez (Spain / INEOS Grenadiers)	+ 12'57"
6	Pello Bilbao (Spain / Bahrain Victorious)	+ 13'27"
7	Jai Hindley (Australia / BORA - Hansgrohe)	+ 14'44"
8	Felix Gall (Austria / AG2R Citroën)	+ 16'09"
9	David Gaudu (France / Groupama - FDJ)	+ 23'08"
10	Guillaume Martin (France / Cofidis)	+ 26'30"

Now we can confirm it: Jonas Vingegaard is the 2023 Tour de France champion! The Danish rider is sure to be a two-time champion.

The win goes to the BORA - Hansgrohe rider... Very close with Jasper Philipsen and Dylan Groenewegen.

The end of the stage and Tour de France 2023 is coming.

We reach the protection zone. Jumbo Visma starts celebrating Jonas Vingegaard's title.

Remi Cavagna tried to move to the front, but the peloton quickly closed the gap.

Last lap! The peloton is now compact and looking for the end of the day.

The breakaway was controlled, but now it is Jonathan Castroviejo of INEOS Grenadiers who is trying to move the race.

The breakaway is going to end. Only six seconds difference with one and a half laps to go in the Tour de France.

The escape continues so far. This time it seems that there will be a little more tranquility to wait for the moment to hunt them down.

The escapees are trying to open up a gap. There is now a gap of about 10 seconds to the peloton.

A new breakaway is formed. Simon Clarke, Frederik Frison and Nelson Oliveira leave the group.

The breakaway is over. The peloton controls everything again.

The peloton is trying to control the escapees. We'll see if more riders come out to go with them.

Tadej Pogacar and Nathan Van Hooydonck are already 17 seconds ahead of the peloton.

Tadej Pogacar comes out to encourage the race. The Slovenian attacks and tries to form the breakaway with Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo - Visma).

First attacks in the peloton. Several riders try to form an attack before reaching the triumphal arch for the first time.

The closing circuit of the Tour de France 2023 begins. Jumbo - Visma controls the peloton and gets to work at the front.

We are approaching the start of the eight laps that the peloton will take on the Champs Elysées.

We follow a flat terrain route, which leads us to the entrance of the circuit in about 15 kilometers.

The Côte du Pavés des Gardes and with it, all the mountain passes of the Tour de France 2023. Giulio Ciccone, champion of this classification, passes first with the peloton's permission.

The climb to the Côte du Pavé des Gardes begins. It will be just one kilometer at 6.5% average gradient.

It's still quiet in the peloton for now. It's 35 kilometers into the race. Soon we will face the mountain pass.

We are now 25 kilometers into the race. The peloton will soon pass through Guyancourt, Versailles and Chaville, before climbing the Côte du Pavé des Gardes.

The peloton is still calm. We still have a long way to go before we reach the Champs Elysées.

It was the turn of the Australian riders who will arrive in Paris.

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— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023

Great moment for the photo... The four winners of the different classifications.

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— Tour de France™ (@LeTour) July 23, 2023

There are 100 kilometers to go to the finish line. For now, everything is very calm on the course, as expected. We'll have more pace when we pass the mountain pass, which will then lead into the entrance to the Champs Elysées.

We are ready to bring you the actions of stage 21 of the Tour de France 2023, which takes place between Yvelines and Champs-Élysées. We invite you to follow along with us the incidents of this day.

In a few moments we will share with you the opening moments of stage 21 of the Tour de France 2023 live, as well as the latest information from the course between Yvelines and Champs-Élysées. Don't miss any details of the race with VAVEL's minute-by-minute coverage.

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This is the start time for Stage 21 of the Tour de France on July 23rd, 2023 in several countries:

Argentina: 12:00 PM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Bolivia: 11:00 AM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Brazil: 12:00 PM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Chile: 10:00 AM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Colombia: 10:00 AM on Caracol TV, ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Ecuador: 10:00 AM on Teleamazonas, ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
USA (ET): 11:00 AM on NBC Sports and TV5 Monde
Spain: 5:00 PM on RTVE and Eurosport
Mexico: 9:00 AM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Paraguay: 11:00 AM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Peru: 10:00 AM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Uruguay: 12:00 PM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo
Venezuela: 11:00 AM on ESPN, Star +, DSports and DGo

🟡 Leader of the general classification: Jonas Vingegaard (UAE Team Emirates).

🟢 Leader of the points classification: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin - Deceunink).

⭕ Leader of the mountain classification: Giulio Ciccone (LIDL - Trek).

⚪ Leader of the youth classification: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates).

The city of light offers the most prestigious setting for the finish of the Tour de France, with a final circuit all the more exciting as the peloton will pass through the Louvre... guaranteed thrills for the giants who finish the Grande Boucle.And one of them will also experience a moment of absolute happiness: winning on the Champs-Elysées, the sprinters' dream.Mark Cavendish still holds the record here with four victories, although the final finish has already been conquered by seven different riders in the last seven editions:André Greipel (2016), Dylan Groenewegen (2017), Alexander Kristoff (2018), Caleb Ewan (2019), Sam Bennett (2020), Wout van Aert (2021) and Jasper Philipsen (2022).

The first visit of the Tour de France to Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines dates back to 1986, in a team time trial that already heralded an exciting edition.The riders of La Vie Claire, with Hinault and LeMond, were dominated that day by the Système U of Laurent Fignon.Since then, the town has become the capital of cycling, as the velodrome inaugurated in 2014 is also the headquarters of the French Cycling Federation and regularly hosts the most important world meetings for track cyclists. For example, in October it hosted the World Championships and again trials will be held here as part of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The last day of the Tour de France is coming. The victory ride will start from Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, which will start a quiet route, which as the only difficulty in the mountain brings the Côte du Pavé des Gardes, fourth category, before entering the circuit around the Champs Elysees, which will have to take eight laps to end the 2023 edition.

This is the general classification:

Top 10 - Overall Ranking
Pos.	Corredor (Country / Team)	Time
1	Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo - Visma)	79h 16'38"
2	Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates)	+ 07'29"
3	Adam Yates (Great Britain / UAE Team Emirates)	+ 10'56"
4	Simon Yates (Great Britain / Jayco AlUla)	+ 12'01"
5	Carlos Rodríguez (Spain / INEOS Grenadiers)	+ 12'57"
6	Pello Bilbao (Spain / Bahrain Victorious)	+ 13'27"
7	Jai Hindley (Australia / BORA - Hansgrohe)	+ 14'44"
8	Felix Gall (Austria / AG2R Citroën)	+ 16'09"
9	David Gaudu (France / Groupama - FDJ)	+ 23'08"
10	Guillaume Martin (France / Cofidis)	+ 26'30"

This is the top 10 of stage 20:

Top 10 - Stage 20
Pos.	Rider (Country / Team)	Time
1	Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia / UAE Team Emirates)	03h 27'18"
2	Felix Gall (Austria / AG2R Citroën)	+ 00'00"
3	Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark / Jumbo - Visma)	+ 00'00"
4	Simon Yates (Great Britain / Jayco AlUla)	+ 00'00"
5	Adam Yates (Great Britain / UAE Team Emirates)	+ 00'07"
6	Warren Barguil (France / Arkéa - Samsic)	+ 00'33"
7	Thibaut Pinot (France / Groupama - FDJ)	+ 00'33"
8	Pello Bilbao (Spain / Bahrain Victorious)	+ 00'33"
9	Tobias Johannessen (Norway / Uno-X)	+ 00'50"
10	Rafal Majka (Poland / UAE Team Emirates)	+ 00'50"

Tadej Pogacar won the penultimate day of the Tour de France 2023, which ended with a sprint against Jonas Vingegaard, Felix Gall and the Yates brothers. Thibaut Pinot was the most combative of the day, having a great moment on the climb to the Petit Ballone, where the people turned out to accompany him massively. Virtual champions defined and only remains the victory ride, heading to the Champs Elysées.

My name is Jhonatan Martinez and I will be your host for this stage. We'll be bringing you preview analysis, updates and live news here on VAVEL.