3,000 police and gendarmes mobilized for the last stage of the Grande Loop

The last stage of the Tour de France with increased police monitoring. The Paris Police Prefecture (PP) announced, Friday, July 25, that one “important device“, Composed of 3,000 police and gendarmes, will be mobilized for”Guarantee the smooth running“From the 21st stage of the Grande Boucle, which will end on the Champs-Elysées. Last year, due to the preparations for the Games, the most beautiful avenue in the world could not host the final stage of the Tour.

This stage, which will leave just after 4 p.m., will be marked in particular by a triple ascent of the Butte Montmartre, organized instead of the eight traditional towers on the fields. For this event, the police will be supported by the Parisian municipal police which mobilizes 120 agents, adds the PP in a press release. A year ago, this emblematic Parisian district had been the place of an incredible fervor with 500,000 spectators agglutinated in the streets of the capital for the road cycling events of the Paris Olympic Games.

In total, eleven metro stations will be closed and one “Important general public road security system“will be set up in Paris, in small and large crown,”in order to combat delinquency and prevent disorders to public order“, Continues the body. Some streets in the neighborhood will be closed on Friday 6 p.m. and specific access points will be planned for the public who wishes to attend the passage of the peloton.”The terraces located on the Montmartre loop route will have to be closed and stored at 3 p.m.“Sunday, specifies the PP.