Jul 29, 2016
In the Tour de France, the best and the worst often come last. The moments of greatest drama, daring and catastrophe often arrive when exuberance gives way to exhaustion. The race’s final days pack in the panoply of challenges that make the Tour the world’s greatest—and most challenging—bike race. Hungry mountains, torrential rain and imploding stars on the final push to Paris upended the race classification and made it a third week that will live in infamy in the annals of Tour history. Starting with the final day, let’s go back and look at the most striking images 2016 . We begin where the race ended for Chris Froome, relieved, triumphant and with the joy of holding his child after a hard fought victory.