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Tour de France · Final weekend

Settled in the Alps: the Tour's last climb before Paris

Stage 20 finishes atop Alpe d'Huez on July 25 — the last place the general classification can still change before the ceremonial run to the Champs-Élysées on July 26. We read the gaps, the time-trial legs and the numbers that decide the yellow jersey.

Jul 25
Stage 20 · Alpe d'Huez summit finish
Jul 26
Final stage · Champs-Élysées, Paris
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Summit finishes at Alpe d'Huez this Tour

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Why the "overround" matters more than any prediction

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"Odds aren't a probability. They're a probability plus a markup. Our job is to show the first and never hide the second."

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Typical sum of implied probabilities in a match line — the extra 4% is the margin
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