Champs-Élysées
Finishing circuit
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 50Grand Tour days on this road
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- 18stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1975–2025first to most recent
- Approach
- Oneone side on record
The Tour's ceremonial finish since 1975. The peloton laps between Place de la Concorde and the Arc de Triomphe over the famous cobbles, usually ending in a full-gas bunch sprint.
The climb
The climb, from the foot.
The record
Raced here
18 of 50 open on the mapEvery Grand Tour day recorded on this road, newest first. The ones we hold the route for open on the map with that stage selected; the rest are the archive’s own account, most of them from before route data existed.
- 2025
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Wout van Aert
- 2023
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Jordi Meeus
- 2022
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Jasper Philipsen
- 2021
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Wout van Aert
- 2020
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Sam Bennett
- 2019
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Caleb Ewan
- 2018
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Alexander Kristoff
- 2017
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Dylan Groenewegen
- 2016
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by André Greipel
- 2015
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by André Greipel
- 2014
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Marcel Kittel
- 2013
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Marcel Kittel
- 2012
Tour de France · Stage 20
Won by Mark Cavendish
Cavendish won on the Champs for the fourth year running — led out by yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins, the first British Tour winner, in one of the most famous lead-outs in Tour history.
- 2011
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Mark Cavendish
- 2010
Tour de France · Stage 20
Won by Mark Cavendish
- 2009
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Mark Cavendish
- 2008
Tour de France · Stage 21
Won by Gert Steegmans
- 2007
Tour de France · Stage 20
Won by Daniele Bennati
- 2006
Stage 20 · first to the top: Thor Hushovd (NOR)
- 2005
Stage 21 · first to the top: Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ)
- 2004
Stage 20 · first to the top: Tom Boonen (BEL)
- 2003
Stage 20 · first to the top: Jean-Patrick Nazon (FRA)
- 2002
Stage 20 · first to the top: Robbie McEwen (AUS)
- 2001
Stage 20 · first to the top: Ján Svorada (CZE)
- 2000
Stage 21 · first to the top: Stefano Zanini (ITA)
- 1999
Stage 20 · first to the top: Robbie McEwen (AUS)
- 1998
Stage 21 · first to the top: Tom Steels (BEL)
- 1997
Stage 21 · first to the top: Nicola Minali (ITA)
- 1996
Stage 21 · first to the top: Fabio Baldato (ITA)
- 1995
Stage 20 · first to the top: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB)
- 1994
Stage 21 · first to the top: Eddy Seigneur (FRA)
- 1993
Stage 20 · first to the top: Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (UZB)
- 1992
Stage 21 · first to the top: Olaf Ludwig (GER)
- 1991
Stage 22 · first to the top: Dimitri Konyshev (URS)
- 1990
Stage 21 · first to the top: Johan Museeuw (BEL)
- 1989
Stage 21 · Versailles → Paris (ITT)
Won by Greg LeMond (USA)
The closest Tour ever. LeMond, using aero bars and an aero helmet, flew through the 24.5 km time trial to overturn Laurent Fignon's 50-second lead and win the Tour by 8 seconds — the smallest margin in history.
- 1988
Stage 22 · first to the top: Jean-Paul van Poppel (NED)
- 1987
Stage 25 · first to the top: Jeff Pierce (USA)
- 1986
Stage 23 · first to the top: Guido Bontempi (ITA)
- 1985
Stage 22 · first to the top: Rudy Matthijs (BEL)
- 1984
Stage 23 · first to the top: Eric Vanderaerden (BEL)
- 1983
Stage 22 · first to the top: Gilbert Glaus (SUI)
- 1982
Stage 21 · first to the top: Bernard Hinault (FRA)
- 1981
Stage 22 · first to the top: Freddy Maertens (BEL)
- 1980
Stage 22 · first to the top: Pol Verschuere (BEL)
- 1979
Final stage · Le Perreux → Paris
Won by Bernard Hinault (FRA)
Uniquely, the two best riders in the race attacked on the final day: Hinault and Joop Zoetemelk rode away and finished minutes clear of the bunch, Hinault taking the stage to go with his overall win.
- 1978
Stage 22 · first to the top: Gerrie Knetemann (NED)
- 1977
Stage 22a (ITT) · first to the top: Dietrich Thurau (GER)
- 1976
Stage 22a (ITT) · first to the top: Freddy Maertens (BEL)
- 1975
Final stage · first Champs-Élysées finish
Won by Walter Godefroot (BEL)
The Tour finished on the Champs-Élysées for the first time, moving from the Vélodrome de Vincennes. Walter Godefroot won the sprint while Bernard Thévenet sealed overall victory, having toppled Eddy Merckx in the Alps.
Elsewhere in France
No Grand Tour day on record has taken this road and another of the atlas's famous climbs. These are its nearest neighbours.