Tour de France riders in front of the Louvre Pyramid and museum in Paris, France, during the 2020 race (© Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images)

Tour de France riders in front of the Louvre Pyramid and museum in Paris, France, during the 2020 race (© Martin Bureau/AFP via Getty Images)

Grand finish of Le Tour

After a three-week jaunt around France, cycling's most prestigious race concludes today with a triumphant procession into Paris before a sprint finish on the iconic Champs-Élysées. The 21st and final stage of this year's Tour de France—the 108th edition of the famous event—begins in Chatou, a town in the western suburbs of Paris along the river Seine. Tour tradition dictates the overall race leader isn't challenged on the last day, so it starts out as a victory parade for the champion-elect, who will be wearing a yellow jersey, posing for pictures, and sipping a glass of champagne along the route. But when the riders reach the heart of Paris, the pace picks up as they dash around the Champs-Élysées, a tree-lined promenade often described as the 'most beautiful avenue in the world.'

The peleton—a large group of riders bunched together—enters the Champs-Élysées via the courtyards of the Louvre Palace, passing directly by its famous glass pyramid, as shown on our homepage. They then complete an eight-lap circuit, which takes them on a sightseeing tour around the Arc de Triomphe, past the Tuileries Garden, across the Place de la Concorde—the largest square in Paris—and back up the cobblestones of the Champs-Élysées, which is French for 'Elysian Fields,' the final resting place for heroes from Greek mythology. Quite the place then to finish a relentless race that covers more than 2,000 miles and includes brutal climbs in the Alps and the Pyrenees. Chapeau!

乐游大结局

经过为期三周的环法之旅，这场最负盛名的自行车赛今天以胜利的游行队伍结束，进入巴黎，然后在标志性的Champs-Élysées进行冲刺。第108届环法自行车赛是今年环法自行车赛的第21个也是最后一个阶段，在巴黎西郊塞纳河沿岸的一个小镇Chatou举行。巡回赛的传统规定，总的领队在最后一天不会受到挑战，所以这是冠军当选人的胜利游行，他将穿着黄色球衣，摆姿势拍照，沿途啜饮一杯香槟。但当骑手们到达巴黎市中心时，他们在香榭丽舍大道（Champs-Élysées）周围奔跑时，步伐加快了，这是一条绿树成荫的长廊，常被称为“世界上最美丽的大道”

佩尔顿——一大群骑手聚集在一起，通过卢浮宫的庭院进入香榭丽舍，直接经过著名的玻璃金字塔，如我们的主页所示。然后，他们完成了一个八圈的线路，带着他们游览凯旋门，经过杜伊勒里花园，穿过巴黎最大的广场协和广场（Place de la Concorde），回到香榭丽舍（Champs-Élysées）的鹅卵石上，香榭丽舍是“极乐世界”（Elysian Fields）的法语意思，这是希腊神话中英雄们的最后安息之地。这是一个很好的地方来完成一个无情的比赛，覆盖了2000多英里，包括在阿尔卑斯山和比利牛斯山残酷的攀登。起首！