More epic visuals from the third and final week of the 2026 Tour de France.
“It feels amazing to be in such good shape in the Tour. It’s been a while since I’ve been on this level again, so to take two victories in a row is unbelievable.” – Remco Evenepoel after his stage win on Tuesday’s Time Trial.P4 in the Time Trial is a remarkable result for young Paul Seixas. The 19-year-old Frenchman is the youngest ever rider to wear a leader’s jersey at the Tour de France and is set to be the next superstar of the sport. As predicted it’s UAE’s race.This race is the pride of France. Vive Le Tour!Wednesday’s stage was mostly flat but with a few smaller rollers or semi-punchy climbs, served as a precursor for the end of the week.From charming streets to epic peaks, it’s been another spectacular show for France and bike riding.Van der Poel has just sat up from the lead out and is already on the radio – no doubt shouting support for teammate Philipsen. This finish was classic VdP, he kicked out of the final corner, did a huge pull and lead out for Philipsen who then took the sprint to win the stage. The battle for green is well and truly on.Philipsen celebrates his win on a must-win day. Merlier’s absence has put Pedersen’s green jersey under pressure.Heading into the final weekend, the race for the top five in GC is going to be interesting and a lot of how that final GC looks depends on what Tadej does in the last four days. Thursday saw more breaks, attempted breaks and action for the Green Jersey and stage honours.Ain’t nobody would be unhappy with the stage win by Richard Carapaz on Thursday. Fan attendance on Alpe d’Huez was estimated at 500 000.Tadej’s stage win on Alpe d’Huez was his 26th at Le Tour.On Saturday, the peloton faced 5450m of climbing across massive mountains.Mads Pedersen secured the Green Jersey.If there was a winner declared for each of the three weeks, the champion of the final week would be Richard Carapaz. His two stage wins and one second place finish – across three consecutive days – the three hardest days of the entire Tour – is simply exceptional.Big mountains bite.Two crashes on the final day in the mountains ruined Sepp Kuss’s shot at a win on the Queen Stage.Richard Carapaz takes the stage win and celebrates the securing of the KOM Jersey. (left) | Tadej Pogacar and Isaac del Torro will both be on the final GC podium in Paris – what a performance by UAE.Stage 21, before the fireworks of the Montmartre loop.No vantage point spared.Pogacar and VdP forced a gap on the final circuit.In the post-race interview VdP said a Champs-Élysées stage win has been a career goal and he sure went all-in to achieve it.Chapeau Tadej. C’est la classe.
