US EditionTour de France's new Montmartre climb could be a game changer. It sparks controversy
- Race organizers announced last week that the 2025 Tour de France final stage in Paris will include a climb up the Montmartre hill.
- This change follows last year's final stage moved to Nice due to the Olympics, and organizers want to build on Montmartre’s successful Olympic atmosphere.
- The steep, cobbled Montmartre climb near the finish could disrupt traditional sprinter dominance and alter team strategies and race dynamics significantly.
- Remco Evenepoel opposed the change, warning it will add stress with 150 riders fighting narrow positions and deprive sprinters of a rare Champs-Élysées stage win.
- The inclusion may decide the yellow jersey in Paris and heighten final-stage tension, but it also raises safety and tradition concerns amid possible bad weather.
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From the dream of the organizers to the intervention of the head of state, the project of passing the last stage of the Tour by Montmartre was a race of obstacles where "the JO method" eventually prevailed.
·Paris, France
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