Tour de France to go through Paris' historic Montmartre district

The world's most famous bike race will finish with a sprint on the Champs-Elysees as normal, but the climb of the cobbled hill to the domed Sacre-Coeur Basilica adds a picturesque new dimension. At last year's Paris Olympics around 500,000 people lined the streets of Montmartre and the French capital. The men's and women's Olympic road race saw competitors speed through some of the most iconic streets of the capital, including the famous Montmartre hill, and the Moulin Rouge cabaret made famous...