Given that the average green ski run usually starts at around a 6% grade, and skis aren't really made to slide on ancient cobblestones, it makes sense that this guy needed a hand from his friends getting pulled down the hill.

Team SD Worx-Protime’s Lorena Wiebes out-sprinted Team Visma Lease-A-Bike’s Marianne Vos to win Stage 4 of the Tour de France Femmes, her second victory in as many days. Wiebes was able to secure her eighth Tour de France stage success, taking her to 109 career wins in total, but had Vos on her wheel the whole way in to Poitiers.

Quinn Simmons rode 2,075 miles over the past three weeks in the Tour de France, which finished Sunday. And on the last day in Paris, he pulled off perhaps the biggest feat of his

French cyclist Kevin Vauquelin said on Tuesday he had suffered a leg injury carrying a suitcase downstairs at home just days after finishing seventh overall in the Tour de France.

Most riders would be happy to just finish the grueling cycling crucible that is the Tour de France. Only a few riders have won the Tour, and many don't even make it to the end of the more-than-2,000-mile multi-stage race.

Last year’s Tour concluded outside Paris for the first time since 1905 because of a scheduling conflict with the Olympics, with the final stage held in Nice. The Champs-Élysées returned this year for the conclusion of the 3,320-kilometer (2,060-mile) race.

Every year the Tour is a slice of a French summer – these are some of the most evocative images from the 2025 edition