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 life: He proposed to his girlfriend on the Champs-Élysées.

Florian Lipowitz planned a quiet Monday in Paris after a stunning third-place finish at the Tour de France the previous day. "I am looking forward to the break," the Tour debutant said after completing the final podium behind four-time winner Tadej Pogacar and ex-champion Jonas Vingegaard.

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.

By its final week, the 2025 Tour de France had devolved into a meander through Whine Country—this edition was too long, too hard, too wet, too unlucky with injuries and illnesses to be compelling in the way the sport’s grandest competition habitually was.

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

Like Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) last year in Nice, Lipowitz (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) was able to claim the third spot on the Paris podium behind Pogačar and Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) as well as the white jersey in his first-ever Tour de France participation.

Tadej Pogačar has won his fourth Tour de France title. The Tour broke with tradition this year by having riders climb Montmartre during the final stage on Sunday. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

The final stage of the Tour de France saw its competitive element largely neutralised on Sunday after organisers decided to freeze the times with about 50 kilometres left due to hazardous road conditions.