Stage 21 profile
Alexandre Vinokourov sprung a massive surprise to win on the Champs-Elysees as Armstrong wrapped up his seventh Tour de France win.

Your Tour experiences and comments
I was once with a tour group, exited the train from below street level, and emerged on the street in Paris to a huge crowd, the likes I had never seen. I didn't even know it was the last day of the Tour. Rather than go to the Louvre, I had to stay and watch alongside a Dutchman who could speak English and explain to me what was happening. I was ready for the cycling group with my camera posed. A loud roar was heard approaching from the left and I expected a few riders out front after the 180-mile stage. What appeared was about 200 riders in one large group with chains grinding. I was so stunned that I just stood there with my mouth open and froze as they roared by never even thinking of taking a picture. It was the most fantastic sporting experience of my life. And, Greg Lemond won.
Merle C. Potter, Okemos, MI

Paris, 1998 - I met Marco Pantani on his one and only Tour victory. He was a real delight to meet and seemed almost fragile in build. Tbe following year my partner and I went over to see Lance win his first victory. He seemed so much younger then, almost baby faced in his appearance. I will cheer this living legend to his seventh win. Never again in our life time will we see someone dominate ANY sporting event.
Jon Johnston, Keston Kent

I was in Paris for the end of the 1988 race. Pedro Delgado won it, with the "failed" drugs test of a substance banned by one body but not by the one that counted. So he stayed to win, with the singing of "Pedro Delgado - zero positif" ringing around the Champs Elysees. The crowd was a sea of orange as the Dutch rider Stephen Rooks won the mountain climbers jersey that year. Hope it's as memorable on my return trip on Sunday
Larry Blacker, Cheltenham

Paris 1996 - the Champs Elysees and my fourth year seeing The Tour. The were lots of happy Danes, beer a-plenty and a new champion. At the end of the "showboat" stage, I spotted a certain Miguel Indurain, with a few of his team-mates, rolling quietly away on his bike into a siding below street level. A great era had ended, but his composure was superb to the last.
mike brooks, Northwood, Middlesex

I've just booked Eurostar tickets so that we can go and see the end of the Tour on Sunday. We don't get there til noon and we'll have a three-year old with us, so I doubt we'll get very near the front. We just felt we had to go and be part of the event, and hopefully cheer Lance Armstrong in.
Ssuan HB, London

We travelled to Paris for the final stage of last year's Tour. It was fantastic,the atmosphere was great and the French were very friendly. It was amazing to see Lance Armstrong win his sixth tour and Tom Boonen win the stage. It's a must for anyone who likes cycling.
Mhairi, Middlesbrough

If you're going to be at or near the finish, try to get there early. Otherwise the roadside will be full of drunken Columbians cheering on riders whose chances disappeared days earlier in the Alps!

The speed down the Champs Elysee is staggering! Sun, Beer, Ice Cream, Bikes. Summer in Paris. Magic!
Jon Gwinnett, Uphall nr Edinburgh

My wife and I saw the end of the Tour in Paris last year and it was spectacular from a spectator point of view. To witness the crowning of Lance Armstrong for his sixth Tour win was a moment that we'll always remember. The other highlight was seeing fellow Aussie Robbie McEwen winning the green jersey. The Place de la Concorde is a great place to witness the action and, if you get there early, you'll get a great spot and see the guys do eight laps at break-neck speed with part of it across cobblestones.
Nathan Parker, Australia

I've ridden up and down the Champs Elysees a few times. It's not as bad to ride on as you might think.
Andre Veloux, France

Here's a tip if you're going: There's a bar at the top of the Champs Elysee (on the right-hand side as you look towards the Arc de Triomphe) which has an upstairs room containing a TV set and a cracking first floor view of the u-turn at the top of the hill. It also sells massive litre glasses of beer at surprisingly cheap prices for Paris. or at least there was a bar like that in 1997 - I hope they haven't rebuilt it or anything because otherwise you'll be battling with crowds six-deep on the barriers.
Chris, York

Get there very early in the morning if you want to get a good spot (9am), take chair, picnic and an umbrella / good hat because you will be there all day and there is no shade from trees. Don't leave your spot straight after the race.... wait until the winners / all the teams do the lap of honour back up and round the champs elysee, very good photo oportunity.
mrsefletcher, Five Live messageboard

I was privileged to hanging onto the stem of a lamp post in Paris, watching the peloton career into view 2 miles from the finish line in 1982. It is a magnificent spectacle to see the sheer commitment of the pack to finish on a high. No champagne drinkers in the pack. I had never seen such quick athletes. Magnifique!! A bientot
Derek McIntosh, Ash Vale

On 27 July 2003, I was in Paris to take part in "La Randonn�e du Centenaire" and to see le Fin du Tour. La Randonn�e itself was a fantastic event - 10,000 people cycling through the centre of a car-free Paris, up and down the Champs Elys�es, seeing all the tourist sights, etc. After it finished, I figured I had time to cycle to Ville d'Avray and watch Le D�part of the final stage, and also to see the peleton as they passed back through the village. The challenge then was to get back to the Champs Elys�es in time to see the finale of the race.

This was proving to be a bit more difficult than I'd hoped, due to the main roads (the direct route that the Tour itself would be taking) back into the city being closed to traffic. At this stage of the afternoon, there were already crowds of people lining the route, staking their claim to a good vantage point. I thought I had to try to pick my way through the back streets and minor roads as best I could and hope I didn't get too lost! But then I noticed that there were a couple of people on bikes on the Tour route, not seeming to be cycling anywhere in particular, but just on their bikes to pass the time while waiting, or so I guessed. I thought I may as well take my bike on to the route and see how far I got. So I lifted my bike over the barriers and started to cycle towards Paris, and towards these two cyclists that I'd noticed earlier.

I was still wearing my special yellow cycling top from having taken part in La Randonn�e, and someone in the crowd cried out "Allez, le maillot jaune!" So I started to cycle as fast as I could and soon began to catch up with the other cyclists. The crowd kept cheering and the other two soon realised what was happening so they started to race as well. Soon our group of three caught up with another couple of cyclists and we were all racing towards Paris, with cameras flashing and the crowds still clapping and cheering ("Allez, le maillot jaune!"). This went on for about 4 or 5 miles (I think!), until we'd just crossed the Seine, at which point a friendly enough gendarme informed us that our "race" was over.

What a wonderful experience! To be cycling (racing!) along the route of the Tour de France, in front of the crowds, no more than 45 minutes or so before the race itself came along ...
Norman McMurdo, Edinburgh

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