Tour de France stage 21: Tadej Pogačar claims fourth overall victory as Wout van Aert solos to victory over new Montmartre climb in Paris finale

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) lit up the final stage of the 2025 Tour de France to cap off a near-perfect race and claim his fourth overall title. With four stage wins and another yellow jersey, the world champion moved equal with Chris Froome on four Tour wins, only behind the four all-time greats who have five titles in the all-time list.

The yellow jersey finished fourth on a thrilling final stage 21 to the Champs-Élysées in the rain, getting dropped by Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) 6.4km from the finish after attacking several times, as the Belgian rode solo to a memorable victory. He celebrated over the line 19 seconds later after missing out on one final mic drop.

Despite the race organiser ASO’s hopes of more GC action unfolding on the final day, pouring rain in Paris meant that times for the overall had to be taken after four passages of the finish line on the Champs-Élysées due to safety concerns. The final 50.3km and all three laps up to Montmartre were taken on with no effect on the general classification, but with serious action.