Tour de France final stage to be shortened due to wildfires
Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey in the Col de Sarenne ascent towards Alpe d'Huez during the 20th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France on July 25, 2026. LOIC VENANCE / AFP Tour de France organizers announced on Saturday, July 25, that they were shortening the following day's final stage due to the wildfires ravaging France southwest. The news came after the interior ministry had said that it would need to redeploy officers initially mobilized to provide security for the race, to areas affected by the fire.
- ▪Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey in the Col de Sarenne ascent towards Alpe d'Huez during the 20th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France on July 25, 2026.
- ▪LOIC VENANCE / AFP Tour de France organizers announced on Saturday, July 25, that they were shortening the following day's final stage due to the wildfires ravaging France southwest.
- ▪The news came after the interior ministry had said that it would need to redeploy officers initially mobilized to provide security for the race, to areas affected by the fire.
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Tadej Pogacar wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey in the Col de Sarenne ascent towards Alpe d'Huez during the 20th stage of the 113th edition of the Tour de France on July 25, 2026. LOIC VENANCE / AFP Tour de France organizers announced on Saturday, July 25, that they were shortening the following day's final stage due to the wildfires ravaging France southwest. The news came after the interior ministry had said that it would need to redeploy officers initially mobilized to provide security for the race, to areas affected by the fire. "In a spirit of national solidarity with the areas and communities affected, it was decided to adapt the route for the final stage from Thoiry to Paris," organizers ASO said in a statement.
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