“Souvenirs as sick”, the runners completely returned by the stage in Montmartre

The runners climbed the Montmartre hill in front of a phenomenal crowd on Sunday during the last stage of the Tour de France 2025, reviving the atmosphere of the 2024 Olympic Games to create new “memories of patients”.

“It was an incredible step. Therefore, ” said Tadej Pogacar, after having split the crowd on the sidewalks to go twice in the lead, before giving in the last ascent during an attack by Wout Van Aert, winner of this 21st stage.

“It’s incredible. In addition, memories of sick people, let’s take advantage of all that because it’s really crazy,” said French Kévin Vauquelin, who said that he had lived this stage “as at the Olympics, except that we were yelling (sound) name!”.

The last stage of this 112nd edition took rue Lepic leading to the foot of the Sacred Heart. For example, taking up the portion “souvenirs sick”, runners completely returned of the course of the online race of the Paris Games which had marked the spirits last summer.

Vauquelin. eighth of the general, said that she “really fed on the public to move forward”, calling the atmosphere of “indescribable”, with an “incredible resonance box”.

The spectators had moved in number. on Sunday morning, to take place in the climb going to the top of the Butte Montmartre, giving the hill of the football stadium. “Thank you to all the supporters, you are the Tour de France. You are monsters,” wrote Axel Laurance on X to thank the public.

“I was not too much for. but I had fun” – "souvenirs sick", runners completely returned

“I was not too much for this circuit in Montmartre but I had fun on these last three laps,” smiled the other Tricolor in sight on this tower, Valentin Paret-Peintre, winner of the Mont Ventoux stage.

“It was going too fast for me in the “souvenirs sick”, runners completely returned ascent. I got up and then I enjoyed the end of the stage, it was extraordinary,” said the sprinter and Italian green jersey Jonathan Milan, distant when the pace accelerated at the top of the race.

Asked about a return to Montmartre in 2026. the director of the Tour de France Christian Prudhomme explained that he was going to “look at all of this with a rested head with the prefect of police and the city of Paris”, which he thanked for having made this possible this year.

The prefecture of police welcomed a “security system adapted to this unprecedented. exceptional event” thanks to the mobilization of the 3,000 police and gendarmes. “But yes I have a smile. ” added Christian Prudhomme, also won over by this final bouquet between Montmartre and the Champs-Élysées.