- Stage town for the second time
- Sub-prefecture of Allier (03)
- Population: 25,800 (Vichyssois and Vichyssoises)
Although the Tour de France has visited the department of Allier regularly in recent years, notably for the stage to Moulins in 2023 that was won by Jasper Philipsen, the department’s spa town has only hosted one Tour finish in its history, back in 1952. On the penultimate day of that edition, Fiorenzo Magni won a time trial that started in Clermont-Ferrand, although Fausto Coppi, his compatriot and leader of the Italian team, was already right out of his rivals’ sight by that point. In 2025, the peloton gathered in Vichy for a Paris-Nice stage that finished in La Loge des Gardes, where João Almeida was the victor.
