Colossal Showdown

is the 3rd episode of The Amazing Race 1.

Route Markers
Route Map = Choice A: Tough Climb Teams will have to find and ring Quasimodo's bell found atop the Notre Dame Cathedral. The church is nearby, but the teams will have to climb 297 steps.
 * -|Pit Start = The order of departure from the Arc de Triomphe are as follows:
 * 1) Pat & Brenda (9:06 pm)
 * 2) Joe & Bill (11:38 pm)
 * 3) Rob & Brennan (12:11 pm)
 * 4) Frank & Margarita (12:18 am)
 * 5) Kevin & Drew (12:27 am)
 * 6) Paul & Amie (2:18 am)
 * 7) Nancy & Emily (3:03 am)
 * 8) Dave & Margaretta (2:46 am) Though officially checked in at 7th place, Dave improperly performed the previous leg's Roadblock (i.e. both members climbed to the second level of the Eiffel Tower and saw the others teams doing the Roadblock and asked them for directions before finding the clue containing the Roadblock instructions), giving them a time penalty.
 * 9) Lenny & Karyn (1:52 am)
 * -|Route Info 1 = Teams will have to figure out that they need to proceed to the giant Ferris Wheel, called La Grande Roue, located less than two miles away. The amusement ride is in plain sight from the Arc de Triomphe. The clue, however, is written in French.
 * -|Fast Forward = Teams will have to find Mariage Freres, a 140-year old tea shop, and ask the store manager for a specific blend of tea. The Fast Forward pass is hidden inside the tea tin.
 * -|Detour =

Dave & Margaretta, Lenny & Karyn, Nancy & Emily and Paul & Amie choose to perform this task.

Choice B: Easy Walk Team will have to find a. It is the easier of the two tasks, but there are two Foucault's Pendulums in Paris: One in the, and the other (the one they need to locate) is inside the Pantheon. Teams must find a cat's statue right next to the correct pendulum.

Frank & Margarita, Joe & Bill, Pat & Brenda and Rob & Brennan choose to do this task.
 * -|Route Info 2 = Teams must find "the man in a blue suit" across from the . There they will find the instructions for the Roadblock.
 * -|Roadblock = The team member will have to dress up in a sanitary suit and walk through Paris' sewer and get their next clue at the Place du Châtelet.

The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
 * Dave & Margaretta
 * Frank & Margarita
 * Joe & Bill
 * Lenny & Karyn
 * Nancy & Emily
 * Pat & Brenda
 * Paul & Amie
 * Rob & Brennan
 * -|Route Info 3 and Pit Stop = Teams must ride a train to their next Pit Stop, . There are only two routes: the more known, but much further and the lesser-known shortcut in . If the teams know the shortcut, they would disembark at Avignon and ride a taxi to the Pit Stop, giving them at least a 1-hour advantage.

Leaderboard
Legend: First Place     •      Eliminated     •      Used the Fast Forward

Trivia

 * This is the first leg where a team finishes first without using a Fast Forward.