Re:Wins Again (Score 1)

Having stood along with the crowds along the Champs-Elysee on the last day of the Tour, I don't know if I'd call it "riveting".

I definitely agree in general: the final stage is usually a day of photo ops, and a last chance for a sprinter to claim a stage win.

The outstanding exception in recent memory was the 1989 Tour, when the final stage was a 24.5 km time trial and, as it turned out, the decisive stage of the race. I still remember a friend calling and telling me that Greg Lemond had miraculously taken nearly a minute out of Laurent Fignon: the leader by 50 seconds at the beginning of the stage. That was one last day that truly deserved to be called "riveting."