Panini released in the spring 2023 the fifth consecutive edition of the Tour de France series started in 2019. The collection includes 388 stickers and an update set of 25 stickers to be placed in the album; this year, however, there are no cards. The album was released also in the hardcover version, but without the collector's box as was done for the two previous editions.
The album begins with the presentation of the 110th edition and the sticker of Maxoo, the mascot of the Tour de France. In the following two pages, Panini celebrates some winners of the past (Dans la légende - In the legend) with six metallic stickers: Chris Froome, Geraint Thomas, Egan Bernal, Tadej Pogacar, Jonas Vingegaard, and Annemiek van Vleuten.
The album continues with the presentation of the 21 stages of the 2023 edition. For each stage there is one sticker of the arrival venue and one sticker of the stage winner. The latter can be found in the update set . At the end of this section there is also one page with the stickers of the 2023 jersey winners: Vingegaard (yellow jersey), Pogacar (white), Ciccone (pois), and Philipsen (green). Also those stickers can be found in the update set.
The 22 competing teams are then shown in alphabetical order, with 14 stickers displaced over two pages: the team logo, the team in action (metallic sticker), the bike (metallic), the jersey (metallic), and 14 riders.
After the presentation of the teams, the album includes a section dedicated to the Women's Tour de France. First, the route and the competition are introduced (1 sticker), then the stickers of 21 riders (one per team) are shown in the next pages. The stickers of the 22nd team (logo and rider) are included in the update set, together with the jersey winners: Demi Vollering (yellow jersey), Cédrine Kerbaol (white), Katarzyna Niewiadoma (pois), Lotte Kopecky (green).
The last page with stickers of the album includes four cartoon stickers of a funny drawing about the Tour de France.
The 2023 Tour de France was a great fight between Pogacar and the winner Vingegaard. Jasper Philipsen won four stages. In the Women's Tour de France, the Dutch queen Annemiek van Vleuten had to abdicate and pass the baton to the rising competitor Demi Vollering.
Back side of the hardcover album
The 2023 Tour de France was another amazing duel between Vingegaard (winner) and Pogacar (2nd place)
Last Tour de France for two loved riders: Thibaut Pinot and Peter Sagan
The Women's Tour de France is included with the stickers of the leaders; here Demi Vollering (2023 winner) and the legend Annemiek Van Vleuten (2022 winner)
The 2023 Tour de France winner (Vingegaard) and white jersey (Pogacar) stickers from the update set "Les instantanées"; those stickers find place in the album and are numbered from T1 to T25
Album details:
Full name: Tour de France 2023
Publisher: Panini
Sport: Cycling
Competition: Tour de France
Year: 2023
Hardcover album: Yes
Number of teams: 22
Stickers per team: 14
Other sections:
- Introduction (1 sticker)
- Dans la légende (6 stickers)
- Les étapes - the stages (22 stickers)
- Women's Tour de France (22 stickers)
- Outro (4 stickers)
Update set: Les instantanées (25 stickers, T1-T25)
Total number of stickers: 388
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