It's a mark of the great champions to raise their game when the challenges are at their toughest, and on a dauntingly technical and difficult final stage of the Tour de France on Sunday, Wout van Aert proved his star status is still fully justified with a spectacular solo victory over a rival of the calibre of Tadej Pogačar.

Analysis of the final day of action at the 2025 Tour de France – a 132km stage finishing on the Champs-Élysées in Paris

A thrilling final stage in Paris brought an end to a Tour de France competed at breakneck speed for all three weeks