14 DAY TRIAL // Paris is lovely in the summer, filled with tourists, with islands of coolness dotted around the city, and its famous vistas and museums to explore.
Traditionally, Le Tour ends on Les Champs Elysees with a spring and a couple of laps that take into account as much of the beauty of the city as possible.
Even television cameras often spend more time on the sights than on the actual race.
At first, the various jersey winners show off their achievements and the peloton takes it pretty slow for the first hundred kilometers in order to give fans a chance to say goodbye to the cycling show.
This is one for the fast men of the peloton, and various teams will also try to get into the break to please their sponsors and their fans.
To make the 21st stage even more beautiful, the organizers have decided to wait until sunset in order to bathe the entire scene in the light of the fading sun.
After a slow start with little action, the breakaway was formed but never managed to get more than 2 minutes advantage and they were reeled in to set up a big sprint.
My team is already pretty tired by this point, but I try my best to create a train in the last 10 km.
Gallopin, my designated sprinter, is out of energy and I choose to try to get Cancellara to the front and contest the sprint.
He is clearly not a fast man but he manages a solid fifth with Peter Sagan taking the final stage of the 100th Tour de France.
Alberto Contador, the Saxo Bank rider, is the winner of the Maillot Jeaune for the year, which is quite different from the real world situation in the race.
In our version of Paris, Chris Froome is the winner of this edition of the race.