The climb of l'Alpe d'Huez
( 1.845 metres ) starts from the village of
Bourg d'Oisans and
has 21 numbered hairpin, descending numbered from the
bottom to the top. A sign with information has been
placed together with one or two stage winners of the
Alpe d'Huez.
The climb has been 26 times the finish location of a
stage in the Tour de France. The first time was in 1952
and was won by Fausto Coppi. It was the first time that
a stage in the Tour de France arrived at the top of a
mountain. The arrival was at that time in the village of
Huez, about halfway the climb to l'Alpe d'Huez.
Alpe d'Huez is for us not the end of the climb. The road
continues with a short descent and climbs to just under
2.000 meters, the Col de
Sarenne of 1.999 metres. The road conditions to
this col are not the best, but the environment with
beautiful alpine meadows compensates a lot, if not
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