ONLINE - A SPORTING PERSPECTIVEbr The opinion of Jean-François Pescheux: The habit of sprintingbr br "As has become tradition since 1975, the Tour de France ended with a prestigious finish on the Champs-Elysees. From Créteil, we will have a thought for Laurent Fignon who was dismissed at the local club. In 1989, his duel with Greg LeMond had kept the suspense to the end of the result. On this one occasion, the final stage took place against the clock. Other times, the final has always competed in the sprint, but four times. The exceptions Alain Meslet in 1977, Bernard Hinault in 1979, Eddy Seigneur in 1994 and Alexandre Vinokourov in 2005. It is so hard to create a gap on this stage ... remaining almost always in focus of the pack.