Cycling-Montmartre finale for men's Tour de France, after punishing mountain stages

VIDEO SHOWS: TOUR DE FRANCE ORGANISERS UNVEILING 2026 PATH COMPLETE SCRIPT TO FOLLOW SHOWS: PARIS, FRANCE (OCTOBER 23, 2025) (REUTERS – Access all) 1. FRENCH CYCLISTS ARRIVING ON STAGE 2. VARIOUS OF CYCLISTS 3. (SOUNDBITE) (French) TOUR DE FRANCE GENERAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME, SAYING: "Just three years after Bilbao, the Tour de France will once again set off from Spain. And after the Basque Country, Catalonia. Barcelona, ​​the city of wonders, as the Spanish writer Eduardo Mendoza called it in one of his novels. Barcelona, ​​the city of Gaudi, the city of the 1992 Olympic Games, the city of the greatest sporting events. And tomorrow, the Tour, which it has hosted three times in 1965, in 1957 before then, and in 2009, but never for a grand start. So this will be a first." 4. (SOUNDBITE) (French) BARCELONA MAYOR, JAUME COLLBONI CUADRADO, SAYING: "Barcelona is a city absolutely ready to organize events. We will be the first city in the world to host the Olympic Games, a FIFA World Cup, the America's Cup, and now the grand start of the Tour de France. We will choose the best locations in Barcelona, ​​so that the Tour de France and the city shine.” 5. (SOUNDBITE) (French) TOUR DE FRANCE GENERAL DIRECTOR, CHRISTIAN PRUDHOMME, SAYING: "It's 12:22 p.m., time to set the course for the 113th edition of the Tour de France." 6. PRESENTATION VIDEO STARTING WITH MEN’S TOUR DE FRANCE 2026 PATH IN BARCELONA 7. TOUR DE FRANCE LOGO 8. PRESENTATION VIDEO SHOWING SEGMENT IN FRENCH ALPS, FROM VOIRON TO L’ALPE D’HUEZ 9. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING 10. PRESENTATION VIDEO SHOWING SEGMENT FROM LE BOURG D’OISANS TO L’ALPE D’HUEZ / SEGMENT FROM THOIRY TO FINALE IN PARIS 11. AUDIENCE APPLAUDING STORY: TO FOLLOW

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