PICTURES: Tour de France excitement at a glance

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Compiled by Michel Bega

Multimedia Editor


The 112th edition of the Tour de France is currently under way, with the three-week race ending on the Champs-Elysees in Paris on Sunday.


Alongside the Tour de France route, sunflowers and creative hats, among other sights, have made for a fantastic spectacle.

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Fans cheer as the pack rides by during the first stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 184.9km in Lille Metropole, France, 5 July 2025. Picture: EPA
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A fan wearing a cap stands at the finish line of the 5th stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an Individual Time Trial over 33km in Caen, France, 9 July 2025. Picture: EPA
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The peloton ride past sunflower fields during the 11th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 156.8km around Toulouse, France, 16 July 2025. Picture: EPA
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Spectators wait for cyclists passing by at the Col d’Aspin during the 14th stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 182.6km from Pau to Luchon-Superbagneres, France, 19 July 2025. Picture: EPA
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A man on horseback rides alongside the pack of riders (peloton) during the 17th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 160.4 km between Bollene and Valence, southern France, on July 23, 2025. Picture: AFP
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The pack of riders (peloton) cycles across Place de Thessalie in central Montpellier at the start of the 16th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 171.5 km between Montpellier and Mont Ventoux, southern France, on July 22, 2025. Picture: AFP)
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Spectators line the race route in the ascent of Mont Ventoux during the 16th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 171.5 km between Montpellier and Mont Ventoux, southern France, on July 22, 2025. Picture: AFP
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The pack of riders (peloton) cycles cycles during the 14th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 182.6 km between Pau and Luchon-Superbagneres, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 19, 2025. Picture: AFP
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A grey parrot looks on from inside its cage placed along the race route as Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe team’s Italian rider Gianni Moscon cycles during the 13th stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 10.9 km individual time trial between Loudenvielle and Peyragudes, in the Pyrenees mountains of southwestern France, on July 18, 2025. Picture: AFP
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Spectators jump in a makeshift swimming pool set up along the race route as the pack of riders (peloton) cycles past, during the ninth stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 174.1 km between Chinon and Chateauroux, central France, on July 13, 2025. Picture: AFP
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The pack of riders (peloton) cycles past “Geants du Nord”, giant figurines of northern French folklore, at the start of the second stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 209.1 km between Lauwin-Planque and Boulogne-sur-Mer, Northern France, on July 6, 2025. Picture: AFP

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