The streets of Paris deliver passion and pain in equal measure – Olympic Games road race gallery

Paris is no stranger to the world’s best cyclists battling it out on its cobbled streets and boulevards, yet the Olympic Games have opened the cycling world’s eyes to arrondissements often left untouched by the caravan of the Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes. 

While the Champs-Élysées is synonymous with road cycling, the 33rd edition of the Summer Games saw the road races venture onto the cobbled streets of Pigalle and Montmartre before finishing at the Trocadero, in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower.