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{{short description|Ski resort in France}}
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'''L'Alpe d'Huez''' ({{IPA|fr|l‿al.pə d‿ɥɛz}}) is a [[ski resort]] in Southeastern [[France]] at {{convert|1250|to|3330|m|round=5}}. It is a mountain pasture in the central French [[Western Alps]], in the [[Communes of France|commune]] of [[Huez]], which is part of the [[Isère]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]] [[Regions of France|region]].

It is part of the [[Grandes Rousses]] massif, over the [[Oisans]], and is {{convert|59|km|abbr=on}} from [[Grenoble]]. The Alpe d'Huez resort is accessible from Grenoble by the {{Interlanguage link|Route nationale 91 (France)|fr|3=Route nationale 91 (France)|lt=RD 1091}}, which runs along the [[Romanche]] Valley passing through the communes of [[Livet-et-Gavet]] and [[Le Bourg-d'Oisans]] as well as Haut-Oisans via the [[Col de Sarenne]].

Alpe d'Huez is known internationally as an iconic cycling venue, as it is used regularly in the [[Tour de France]] cycle race, including twice on the same day in [[2013 Tour de France|2013]]. In 2019, it became the site of the first [[Tomorrowland (festival)#Tomorrowland Winter|Tomorrowland Winter]] festival.

==History==
The site of the Alpe has been permanently occupied since the [[Middle Ages]]. East of ''L'Alpe veti'', a medieval agglomeration had grown from the end of the 11th to the 14th century under the name of [[Archaeological site of Brandes|Brandes]]. It was composed of a castle, a parish church with a cemetery, a village with about 80 homes, surface and underground mine workings, as well as several industrial districts. Its occupants operated a silver mine on behalf of the Dauphin. It is currently the only medieval {{Interlanguage link|Coron (urban planning)|fr|3=Coron (urbanisme)|lt=coron}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://la3m.cnrs.fr/pages/recherche/axes/axe-3/A3_Prog3/mine-Brandes/mine-Brandes.php|first=Marie-Christine|last=Bailly-Maître|title=L'agglomération minière de Brandes (Huez-Isère)|language=fr|trans-title=The mining community of Brandes (Huez-Isère)|work=Laboratoire d'archéologie médiévale et moderne en Méditerranée|access-date=10 May 2015|archive-date=4 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181004095209/http://la3m.cnrs.fr/pages/recherche/axes/axe-3/A3_Prog3/mine-Brandes/mine-Brandes.php|url-status=dead}}</ref> known and preserved in its entirety, making it a unique site in Europe and classified as [[Monument historique|historical monuments]] by a decree of 6 August 1995.<ref name="PA00125738">{{Base Mérimée|PA00125738}}</ref>

Excavated and studied continuously since 1977 by a team of the [[Centre national de la recherche scientifique|CNRS]], this site is registered as an historic monument.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Marie-Christine|last1=Bailly-Maître|first2=Joëlle|last2=Dupraz|title=Brandes en Oisans, La mine d'argent des Dauphins (12e-14e siecles)|language=fr|trans-title=Brandes en Oisans, the silver mine of the dauphins (12th-14th centuries)|id=Isère, DARA|location=Lyon|year=1994}}</ref> The medieval mining operation stretched from Gua (the {{Interlanguage link|Sarenne|fr}} Valley) to the Lac Blanc [White Lake] (Massif des Rousses). The massif was also the subject of mining operations, including copper, from the [[Bronze Age]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bailly-Maitre (M.-Ch)|last2=Gonon (Th.)|title=L'exploitation de la chalcopyrite à l'Âge du Bronze dans le massif des Rousses en Oisans (Isère)|language=fr|trans-title=The exploitation of chalcopyrite in the Bronze Age in the Massif des Rousses in Oisans (Isère)|work=actes du 131e congrès national des sociétés historiques et scientifiques, Tradition et innovation|location=Grenoble|date=April 2006|publisher=CTHS|id=2008|pages=207–223}}</ref>

It is also at Alpe d'Huez where [[botany|botanist]] [[Gaston Bonnier]] began his study of [[flora]] of France in 1871.

The station was developed from the 1920s. This is where the first [[platter lift]] for skiers was opened in 1936 with perches by {{Interlanguage link|Jean Pomagalski|fr}}, creator of the [[Poma]] company.

==Climate==

On average, Alpe d'Huez experiences 159.9 days per year with a minimum temperature below {{convert|0|C|F|1}}, 22.7 days per year with a minimum temperature below {{convert|-10|C|F|1}}, and 42.4 days per year with a maximum temperature below {{convert|0|C|F|1}}. The record high temperature was {{convert|29.5|C|F|1}} on 18 July 2023, while the record low temperature was {{convert|-25.2|C|F|1}} on 5 February 2012.<ref name = Meteociel/>

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|single line = Yes
|metric first = Yes

|Jan record high C = 15.5
|Feb record high C = 14.4
|Mar record high C = 14.0
|Apr record high C = 18.9
|May record high C = 24.1
|Jun record high C = 28.6
|Jul record high C = 29.5
|Aug record high C = 27.3
|Sep record high C = 25.6
|Oct record high C = 21.3
|Nov record high C = 19.7
|Dec record high C = 14.0

|Jan high C = 2.0
|Feb high C = 2.0
|Mar high C = 4.2
|Apr high C = 6.5
|May high C = 11.0
|Jun high C = 15.1
|Jul high C = 17.7
|Aug high C = 17.7
|Sep high C = 13.7
|Oct high C = 10.5
|Nov high C = 5.5
|Dec high C = 2.8
|year high C =

|Jan mean C = -1.8
|Feb mean C = -2.1
|Mar mean C = 0.1
|Apr mean C = 2.8
|May mean C = 7.0
|Jun mean C = 10.9
|Jul mean C = 13.2
|Aug mean C = 13.4
|Sep mean C = 9.7
|Oct mean C = 6.7
|Nov mean C = 1.9
|Dec mean C = -0.9
|year mean C =

|Jan low C = -5.5
|Feb low C = -6.3
|Mar low C = -3.9
|Apr low C = -1.0
|May low C = 3.0
|Jun low C = 6.7
|Jul low C = 8.7
|Aug low C = 9.1
|Sep low C = 5.6
|Oct low C = 2.9
|Nov low C = -1.7
|Dec low C = -4.5
|year low C =

|Jan record low C = -21.8
|Feb record low C = -25.2
|Mar record low C = -19.9
|Apr record low C = -13.1
|May record low C = -10.0
|Jun record low C = -5.9
|Jul record low C = -0.4
|Aug record low C = -0.4
|Sep record low C = -7.0
|Oct record low C = -12.0
|Nov record low C = -17.6
|Dec record low C = -19.2

|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 84.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 62.9
|Mar precipitation mm = 74.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 60.5
|May precipitation mm = 84.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 82.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 73.7
|Aug precipitation mm = 83.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 84.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 96.9
|Nov precipitation mm = 107.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 100.3
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|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 9.4
|Feb precipitation days = 8.0
|Mar precipitation days = 8.6
|Apr precipitation days = 9.2
|May precipitation days = 11.4
|Jun precipitation days = 10.4
|Jul precipitation days = 8.5
|Aug precipitation days = 8.8
|Sep precipitation days = 8.3
|Oct precipitation days = 9.4
|Nov precipitation days = 9.5
|Dec precipitation days = 9.9

|source 1 = Meteociel<ref name = Meteociel>
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|title = 1991–2020 Normals and Records – Station: Alpe-d'Huez
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==Economy==
Each year, the [[L'Alpe d'Huez Film Festival|Alpe d'Huez Film Festival]] is held in January.

Alpe d'Huez also has an [[altiport]], the [[Alpe d'Huez Airport]], built for the [[1968 Winter Olympics|10th Winter Olympics]] held at Grenoble in 1968. It was named for {{Interlanguage link|Henri Giraud (aviator)|fr|3=Henri Giraud (aviateur)|lt=Henri Giraud}} on 15 April 2000, in memory of the famous mountain pilot. The altiport hosts helicopters including those of [[Civil defense|civil security]], {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150413044354/http://www.saf-helico.com/fr/saf_helicopteres/transport_passagers/bapteme_de_l_air_helicopteres.php SAF Helicopteres]}} and the Dauphiné flying club. A gourmet restaurant is located on the edge of the platform.

==Local culture and heritage==

===Sites and monuments===

====The church====
{{Main article|Notre Dame des Neiges, L'Alpe d'Huez}}
Alpe d'Huez has a modern and original church, the appearance of which recalls a silhouette of the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]]. Under the leadership of Father Jaap Reuten, head of the parish from 1964 to 1992, it was designed by the architect Jean Marol in the 1960s (completed in 1970), and decorated with colour-rich stained-glass windows by the artist [[Arcabas]].

This church houses a [[pipe organ]] which is unique in the world. The organ takes the form of a hand drawn up towards the sky, designed by composer [[Jean Guillou]] and the German organ builder [[Detlef Kleuker]]. Each year, concerts are held around this instrument on Thursday night, winter and summer, as well as organ, pan flute and choral courses during the summer.

===Cultural heritage===
* The {{Interlanguage link|Heritage House of Oisans|fr|3=Maison du patrimoine de l'Oisans}} (or ''Musée d'Huez et de Oisans''), of the [[Musée de France]].

==Winter sports==
Alpe d'Huez is primarily used for [[Alpine skiing|downhill/alpine skiing]].

===Skiing at Alpe d'Huez===
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|number_trails= 123 ({{convert|249|km|abbr=on}})<br>(easy 38, intermediate 68, difficult 17)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snowplace.co.uk/ski-resort-reviews/alpe-d-huez-ski-review |title=Alpe d'Huez Ski Resort Review |publisher=Snowplace |access-date=2021-07-22}}</ref>
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[[File:chemineedumasclea.jpg|thumb|left|Skiing the Couloir des cheminées de Mâcle above Alpe d'Huez resort]]
[[File:L'Alpe d'Huez et la chaîne de Belledonne 028.jpg|thumb|Alpe d'Huez resort]]
Alpe d'Huez is one of Europe's premier [[skiing]] venues. The site of the [[Poma]]galski's first surface lift in the mid thirties, the resort gained popularity when it hosted the [[Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics|bobsleigh events of the 1968 Winter Olympics]]. At that time the resort was seen as a competitor to [[Courchevel]] as France's most upmarket purpose built resort but the development of [[Les Trois Vallées]], [[Val d'Isère]], [[Tignes]], [[La Plagne]] and [[Les Arcs]] saw Alpe D'Huez fall from favour in the 1970s and early 1980s.

With {{convert|249|km|0|abbr=off}} of piste and 84 ski lifts, the resort is now one of the world's largest. Extensive snowmaking facilities helped combat the ski area's largely south-facing orientation and helped Alpe d'Huez appeal to beginner skiers, with very easy slopes. The expansion of the skiing above the linked resorts of Vaujany, Oz-en-Oisans, Villard Reculas and Auris boosted the quantity and quality of intermediate grade slopes but the resort is mostly known for freeskiing, drawing many steep skiing enthusiasts to its high altitude terrain.

Aside from the Tunnel and Sarenne black runs, many [[Off-piste]] opportunities exist both from the summit of the {{convert|3330|m|ft|adj=on|abbr=off}} Pic Blanc and the {{convert|2808|m|ft|adj=on|abbr=off}} Dome des Petites Rousses. These include the 50-degree Cheminees du Mascle couloirs, the open powder field of Le Grand Sablat, the Couloir Fleur and the Perrins bowl. Up to {{convert|2200|m|abbr=off}} of vertical descent are available with heli drops back to the resort's altiport. The proximity to the exclusively off-piste resort of [[La Grave]] as well as tree skiing at [[Serre Chevalier]] and the glacier and terrain parks of [[Les Deux Alpes]] have made Alpe d'Huez a popular base for skiers looking to explore the Oisans region.

===1968 Winter Olympics===
Alpe d'Huez hosted the [[bobsleigh]] events at the [[1968 Winter Olympics]] based at [[Grenoble]] {{convert|65|km|abbr=on}} away.<ref name=owg68>[http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/or1968.pdf 1968 Winter Olympics official report.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226202636/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/or1968.pdf |date=26 February 2008 }} pp. 104–105. {{in lang|en|fr}} – accessed 27 February 2008.</ref> The track, built in spring 1966 for [[French franc|FRF]] 5.5 million, hosted the [[IBSF World Championships (bobsleigh and skeleton)|World Championships]] in [[FIBT World Championships 1967|1967]]. The cooling could not keep the ice solid in bright daylight – not least because the track faced south. The four-man event was cancelled because of thawing ice, and modifications were made that spring<!-- 1967--> to prepare for the Games.<ref name=owg68/> The [[refrigeration]] system was strengthened in turns 6, 9, 12, and 13; turn 12 was covered with [[Rock (geology)|stone]] and [[Earthworks (engineering)|earthwork]] to prevent concrete coming up, turn 12 was cooled with [[liquid nitrogen]], and shades were built on turns 6, 9, 12, and 13 to minimise direct sunlight.<ref name=owg68/> Thawing remained a problem and Olympic bobsleigh events had to be scheduled before sunrise. The track closed in 1972 due to high operating costs; the structure remains as demolition was not economical.

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==Cycle racing==
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===Details===
The climb to the summit starts at [[Le Bourg d'Oisans]] in the [[Romanche]] valley. The climb goes via the D211 from where the distance to the summit (at {{convert|1860|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}) is {{convert|13.8|km|1|abbr=on}}, with an average gradient of 8.1%, with 21 [[Hairpin turn|hairpin bends]] and a maximum gradient of 13%.<ref name=ledicodutour>{{cite web|title=L'Alpe-d'Huez dans le Tour de France|url=http://ledicodutour.perso.sfr.fr/villes_etapes/villes_a/alpe_d_huez.htm|publisher=ledicodutour|access-date=19 July 2013|language=fr}}</ref> Despite its notoriety, Alpe d'Huez is only the 56th hardest bike climb in France.<ref>{{cite web |title=France – Top Bike Climbs |url=https://pjammcycling.com/zone/61.France |website=pjammcycling.com |publisher=PJAMM Cycling |access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref>

===Tour de France===
L'Alpe d'Huez is climbed regularly in the [[Tour de France]]. It was first included in the race in 1952 and has been a stage finish regularly since 1976.<ref name=ledicodutour/> The race was brought to the mountain by Élie Wermelinger, the chief commissaire or referee.<ref name="Vélo, France, June 2004"/> He drove his [[Panhard]] Dyna car between snow banks that lined the road in March 1952, invited by a consortium of businesses who had opened hotels at the summit.<ref name="Chany, Pierre 1988">Chany, Pierre (1988), La Fabuleuse Histoire du Tour de France, Nathan, France</ref> Their leader was Georges Rajon, who ran the Hotel Christina.<ref name="Procycling, UK, August 2002">Procycling, UK, August 2002</ref> The ski station there opened in 1936. Wermelinger reported to the organiser, [[Jacques Goddet]], and the Tour signed a contract with the businessmen to include the Alpe.<ref name="Chany, Pierre 1988"/> It cost them the modern equivalent of €3,250.<ref name="Procycling, UK, August 2002"/>

That first Alpe d'Huez stage was won in 1952 by [[Fausto Coppi]].<ref name="Vélo, France, June 2004">Vélo, France, June 2004</ref> Coppi attacked {{convert|6|km|1|abbr=off}} from the summit to rid himself of the French rider [[Jean Robic]].<ref name="Vélo, France, June 2004"/><ref name="L'Équipe Magazine, 17 July 2004">L'Équipe Magazine, 17 July 2004</ref> This was the year that motorcycle television crews first came to the Tour.<ref name="Vélo, France, June 2004"/> It was also the Tour's first mountain-top finish.<ref>L'Équipe Magazine, 20 July 2002</ref> The veteran reporter, Jacques Augendre, said:

:"The Tourmalet, the Galibier and the Izoard were the mythical mountains of the race. These three cols were supplanted by the Alpe d'Huez. Why? Because it's the col of modernity. Coppi's victory in 1952 was the symbol of a golden age of cycling, that of champions [such as] Coppi, Bartali, Kubler, Koblet, Bobet. But only Coppi and Armstrong and Carlos Sastre have been able to take the maillot jaune on the Alpe and to keep it to Paris. That's not by chance. From the first edition, shown on live television, the Alpe d'Huez definitively transformed the way the ''Grande Boucle'' ran. No other stage has had such drama. With its 21 bends, its gradient and the number of spectators, it is a climb in the style of Hollywood."<ref name="L'Équipe Magazine, 17 July 2004"/>

Augendre omitted [[Laurent Fignon]], who, along with Coppi and Armstrong, took yellow on the Alpe without winning the stage in [[1983 Tour de France|1983]], [[1984 Tour de France|1984]], and [[1989 Tour de France|1989]]. He held it into Paris in [[1983 Tour de France|1983]] and [[1984 Tour de France|1984]] but in [[1989 Tour de France|1989]] he lost it on the final stage to Paris, a time trial, to [[Greg LeMond]] to finish second by 8", the closest finish in men's tour history.

After Coppi's win, the Alpe was dropped until 1964, when it was included as a mid-stage climb, and then again until 1976,<ref>Cycling Weekly, UK, November 2001</ref> both times at Rajon's instigation.<ref name="Procycling, UK, August 2002"/> The hairpin bends are named after the winners of stages. All hairpins had been named by the 22nd climb in 2001 so naming restarted at the bottom with [[Lance Armstrong]]'s name added to Coppi's.

Stage 18 of the [[2013 Tour de France]] included a double ascent of the climb, reaching {{convert|1765|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} on the first passage, and continuing to the traditional finish on the second.<ref name="tdf2013-18">{{cite web|title=Stage 18: Gap / Alpe-d'Huez|url=http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-18.html|work=2013 Tour de France|publisher=Le Tour de France|access-date=19 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711005752/http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/stage-18.html|archive-date=11 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Only one rider has won the Alpe stage while in yellow, [[Geraint Thomas]] in the second of two back to back Alpine stage wins in 2018. He also held on to win the overall Tour.

French journalist and ''[[L'Équipe]]'' sportswriter Jean-Paul Vespini wrote a book about Alpe d'Huez and its role in the Tour de France: ''The Tour Is Won on the Alpe: Alpe d'Huez and the Classic Battles of the Tour de France''.

====Spectators====
The Alpe has chaotic crowds of spectators. In 1999, [[Giuseppe Guerini]] won despite being knocked off by a spectator who stepped into his path to take a photograph. The 2004 [[individual time trial]] became chaotic when fans pushed riders toward the top. Attendance figures on the mountain have to be treated with caution. A million spectators were claimed for 1997. Eric Muller, the mayor of Alpe d'Huez, however, said there were 350,000 in 2001, four years later despite acceptance that the number rises every year. "We expect more than 400,000 for the centenary race in 2003", he said.<ref>Journal du Dimanche, France, 13 July 2003</ref> The author Tim Moore wrote:

<blockquote>As a variant on a sporting theme, Alpe d'Huez annoys the purists but enthrals the broader public, like [[20/20 Cricket|20/20 cricket]] or [[beach volleyball]]. Last year, a full-blown tent-stamping riot had required heavy police intervention. During this year's clean-up operation, down in a ravine with the bottle shards and dented emulsion tins, a body turned up. He'd fallen off the mountain and no one had noticed. When the Tour goes up Alpe d'Huez, it's a squalid, manic and sometimes lethal shambles, and that's just the way they like it. It's the [[Glastonbury Festival]] for cycling fans.<ref>Procycling, UK, September 2004</ref></blockquote>

Alpe d'Huez has been nicknamed the "Dutch Mountain",<ref name=climbbybike>{{cite web|title=Alpe d'Huez: Bourg d'Oisans |url=http://www.climbbybike.com/climb.asp?qryMountainID=5|publisher=climbbybike.com|access-date=19 July 2013}}</ref> since Dutchmen won eight of the first 14 finishes in le Tour De France. British author Geoffrey Nicholson wrote:

<blockquote>The attraction of opposites draws [Dutch spectators] from the [[Low Countries]] to the Alps each summer in any case. But all winter in the [[Netherlands]] coach companies offer two or three nights at Alpe d'Huez as a special feature of their alpine tours. And those Dutch families who don't come by coach, park their campers and pitch their tents along the narrow ledges beside the road like sea-birds nesting at [[St Kilda, Scotland|St Kilda]]. The Dutch haven't adopted the Alpe d'Huez simply because it is sunny and agreeable, or even because the modern, funnel-shaped church, Notre Dame des Neiges, has a Dutch priest, Father Reuten (until a few years ago, it was used as a press room and was probably the only church in France where, for one day at least, there were ashtrays in the nave and a bar in the vestry, or where an organist was once asked to leave because he was disturbing the writers' concentration). No, what draws the Dutch to Alpe d'Huez is the remarkable run of success their riders have had there".<ref>Nicholson, Geoffrey (1991) ''Le Tour: The Rise and Rise of the Tour de France'', Hodder and Stoughton, UK, {{ISBN|0-340-54268-3}}. p. 173</ref></blockquote>

====Significant stages====
[[1952 Tour de France|1952]]: Jean Robic attacked at the start of the climb and only Fausto Coppi could stay with him. The two climbed together until Coppi attacked at bend five, {{convert|4|km|spell=in|abbr=off}} from the top. He won the stage, the lead in the [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]], and kept it till the end of the race.

[[1977 Tour de France|1977]]: [[Lucien Van Impe]], a Belgian rider leading the climbers' competition, broke clear on the Col du Glandon. He gained enough time to threaten the leader, [[Bernard Thévenet]]. He was still clear on the Alpe when a car drove into him. The time that Van Impe lost waiting for another wheel may have been enough to cost him the Yellow Jersey, as Thévenet and [[Hennie Kuiper]] charged on to the finish with Thévenet remaining in the lead by eight seconds over Kuiper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bikeraceinfo.com/tdf/tdf1977.html |title=1977 Tour de France |website=BikeRaceInfo}}</ref>

[[1978 Tour de France|1978]]: Another Belgian leading the mountains race also came close to taking the yellow jersey as leader of the [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]]. [[Michel Pollentier]] also finished alone, but he was caught soon afterwards defrauding a drugs control and was disqualified. Due to this disqualification Dutch rider [[Joop Zoetemelk]], who finished 3rd on the stage and would have climbed to 2nd in the General Classification, took over the yellow jersey, but would lose it on the final time trial to Bernard Hinault. Zoetemelk has his name on two of the hairpin turns at Alp d'Huez being one of the select few riders to win this stage twice; once in [[1976 Tour de France|1976]] and once in [[Tour de France|1979]].

[[1984 Tour de France|1984]]: The Tour invited amateurs to take part in the 1980s. The best was [[Luis Herrera (cyclist)|Luis Herrera]], who lived at {{convert|2000|m|abbr=off}} altitude in [[Colombia]]. None of the professionals could follow him. He won alone to the cacophony of broadcasters who had arrived to report his progress.

[[1986 Tour de France|1986]]: [[Bernard Hinault]] said he would help [[Greg LeMond]] win the Tour but appeared to ride otherwise. The two crossed the line arm in arm in an apparent sign of truce creating a moment that has become one of the most iconic photographs in [[Tour de France|Tour history]].

[[1997 Tour de France|1997]]: [[Marco Pantani]], who won on the Alpe two years earlier, attacked three times and only [[Jan Ullrich]] could match him. He lasted until {{convert|10|km|1|abbr=off}} from the summit and Pantani rode on alone to win in what is often quoted as record speed (see below).

[[1999 Tour de France|1999]]: [[Giuseppe Guerini]], who broke away on his own, collided with a spectator but got up and went on to win the stage.

[[2001 Tour de France|2001]]: [[Lance Armstrong]] feigned vulnerability earlier in the stage, appearing to be having an off-day. At the bottom of the Alpe d'Huez climb, Armstrong moved to the front of the lead group of riders and then looked back at [[Jan Ullrich]]. Armstrong later commented that he wasn't looking back at Ullrich but was actually looking back to see the position of his teammate Chechu Rubiera. Seeing no response from Ullrich, Armstrong accelerated away from the field to claim the victory, 1:59 ahead of Ullrich. Armstrong would later be stripped of this achievement and his tour win by his [[Lance Armstrong doping case|conviction for doping]] in 2012. His name however, is still honored on one of the 21 signs of previous winners, lining the hairpin turns of Alpe d'Huez.

[[2013 Tour de France|2013]]: [[Christophe Riblon]] won the stage at the summit of Alpe d'Huez during the 100th edition of the Tour. For the first time ever, riders rode up the climb twice with the descent over the [[Col de Sarenne]] in between.

[[2018 Tour de France|2018]]: [[Geraint Thomas]], [[Tom Dumoulin]], [[Chris Froome]], [[Romain Bardet]] and [[Mikel Landa]] were able to catch [[Steven Kruijswijk]], who had been on a 70&nbsp;km solo attack, about 2/3 of the way up the climb and with about 500 meters to go Thomas dropped the remaining elite riders to become the first rider to win the Alpe d’Huez stage while wearing the [[yellow jersey]].

[[2022 Tour de France|2022]]: World cyclo-cross and Olympic mountain-bike champion [[Tom Pidcock]], riding his first Tour, broke away on the [[col du Galibier|Galibier]] descent, before going solo from a break including four-time Tour winner [[Chris Froome]] with around 8&nbsp;km to go and won on the Alpe, the youngest winner on the Alpe in Tour de France history.

====Winners====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year
!Stage
!Start of stage
!Distance (km)
!{{tooltip|Cat|Category of climb}}
!Stage winner
!Leader in [[General classification in the Tour de France|general classification]]
!Bend
|-
| [[1952 Tour de France|1952]]
| 10
| [[Lausanne]]
| 266
| 1
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Fausto Coppi]]|ITA}}
| 21
|-
| [[1976 Tour de France|1976]]
| 9
| [[Divonne-les-Bains]]
| 258
| 1
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Joop Zoetemelk]]|NED}}
| align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lucien Van Impe]]|BEL}}
| 20
|-
| [[1977 Tour de France|1977]]
| 17
| [[Chamonix]]
| 184.5
| 1
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Hennie Kuiper]]|NED}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Bernard Thévenet]]|FRA}}
| 19
|-
| [[1978 Tour de France|1978]]
| 16
| [[Saint-Étienne]]
| 240.5
| 1
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Hennie Kuiper]]|NED}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Joop Zoetemelk]]|NED}}
| 18
|-
| [[1979 Tour de France|1979]]*
| 17
| [[Les Menuires]]
| 166.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Joaquim Agostinho]]|POR}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}
| 17
|-
| [[1979 Tour de France|1979]]*
| 18
| Alpe d'Huez
| 118.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Joop Zoetemelk]]|NED}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}
| 16
|-
| [[1981 Tour de France|1981]]
| 19
| [[Morzine]]
| 230.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Peter Winnen]]|NED}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}
| 15
|-
| [[1982 Tour de France|1982]]
| 16
| [[Orcières|Orcières-Merlette]]
| 123
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Beat Breu]]|SUI}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}
| 14
|-
| [[1983 Tour de France|1983]]
| 17
| [[La Tour-du-Pin]]
| 223
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Peter Winnen]]|NED}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Laurent Fignon]]|FRA}}
| 13
|-
| [[1984 Tour de France|1984]]
| 17
| [[Grenoble]]
| 151
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Luis Herrera (cyclist)|Luis Herrera]]|COL}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Laurent Fignon]]|FRA}}
| 12
|-
| [[1986 Tour de France|1986]]
| 18
| [[Briançon]]–[[Serre Chevalier]]
| 182.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Bernard Hinault]]|FRA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Greg LeMond]]|USA}}
| 11
|-
| [[1987 Tour de France|1987]]
| 20
| [[Villard-de-Lans]]
| 201
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Federico Echave]]|ESP}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Pedro Delgado]]|ESP}}
| 10
|-
| [[1988 Tour de France|1988]]
| 12
| [[Morzine]]
| 227
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Steven Rooks]]|NED}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Pedro Delgado]]|ESP}}
| 9
|-
| [[1989 Tour de France|1989]]
| 17
| [[Briançon]]
| 165
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Gert-Jan Theunisse]]|NED}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Laurent Fignon]]|FRA}}
| 8
|-
| [[1990 Tour de France|1990]]
| 11
| [[Saint-Gervais-les-Bains|Saint-Gervais]]–[[Mont Blanc]]
| 182.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Gianni Bugno]]|ITA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Ronan Pensec]]|FRA}}
| 7
|-
| [[1991 Tour de France|1991]]
| 17
| [[Gap, Hautes-Alpes|Gap]]
| 125
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Gianni Bugno]]|ITA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}}
| 6
|-
| [[1992 Tour de France|1992]]
| 14
| [[Sestrières]]
| 186.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Andrew Hampsten]]|USA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}}
| 5
|-
| [[1994 Tour de France|1994]]
| 16
| [[Valréas]]
| 224.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Roberto Conti]]|ITA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}}
| 4
|-
| [[1995 Tour de France|1995]]
| 10
| [[Aime]]–[[La Plagne]]
| 162.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Marco Pantani]]|ITA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Miguel Indurain]]|ESP}}
| 3
|-
| [[1997 Tour de France|1997]]
| 13
| [[Saint-Étienne]]
| 203.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Marco Pantani]]|ITA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Jan Ullrich]]|GER}}
|
|-
| [[1999 Tour de France|1999]]
| 10
| [[Sestrières]]
| 220.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Giuseppe Guerini]]|ITA}}
| ''Vacated''<ref name="Armstrong"/>
| 1
|-
| [[2001 Tour de France|2001]]
| 10
| [[Aix-les-Bains]]
| 209
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| ''Vacated''<ref name="Armstrong"/>
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[François Simon (cyclist)|François Simon]]|FRA}}
| 21
|-
| [[2003 Tour de France|2003]]
| 8
| [[Sallanches]]
| 219
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Iban Mayo]]|ESP}}
| ''[[Doping at the Tour de France|Vacated]]''<ref name="Armstrong"/>
| 20
|-
| [[2004 Tour de France|2004]]
| 16
| [[Bourg-d'Oisans]]
| 15.5 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]])
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
!colspan=2|''[[Doping at the Tour de France|Vacated]]''<ref name="Armstrong">{{Cite web|url=http://www.usada.org/lance-armstrong-receives-lifetime-ban-and-disqualification-of-competitive-results-for-doping-violations-stemming-from-his-involvement-in-the-united-states-postal-service-pro-cycling-team-doping-conspi/|title=Lance Armstrong Receives Lifetime Ban and Disqualification of Competitive Results for Doping Violations Stemming from His Involvement in the United States Postal Service Pro-Cycling Team Doping Conspiracy &#124; U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)|date=24 August 2012}}</ref>
| 19
|-
| [[2006 Tour de France|2006]]
| [[2006 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 20#Stage 15|15]]
| [[Gap, Hautes-Alpes|Gap]]
| 187
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Fränk Schleck]]|LUX}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Óscar Pereiro]]|ESP}}
| 18
|-
| [[2008 Tour de France|2008]]
| [[2008 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 17|17]]
| [[Embrun, Hautes-Alpes|Embrun]]
| 210.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Carlos Sastre]]|ESP}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Carlos Sastre]]|ESP}}
| 17
|-
| [[2011 Tour de France|2011]]
| [[2011 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 19|19]]
| [[Modane]]
| 109.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Pierre Rolland (cyclist)|Pierre Rolland]]|FRA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Andy Schleck]]|LUX}}
| 16
|-
| [[2013 Tour de France|2013]]†
| [[2013 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 18|18]]
| [[Gap, Hautes-Alpes|Gap]]
| 172.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Christophe Riblon]]|FRA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Chris Froome]]|GBR}}
| 15
|-
| [[2015 Tour de France|2015]]
| [[2015 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 20|20]]
| [[Modane|Modane Valfréjus]]
| 110.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Thibaut Pinot]]|FRA}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Chris Froome]]|GBR}}
| 14
|-
| [[2018 Tour de France|2018]]
| [[2018 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 12|12]]
| [[Bourg-Saint-Maurice]]
| 169.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Geraint Thomas]]|GBR}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Geraint Thomas]]|GBR}}
| 13
|-
| [[2022 Tour de France|2022]]
| [[2022 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21#Stage 12|12]]
| [[Briançon]]
| 165.5
| [[Hors Categorie|HC]]
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Tom Pidcock]]|GBR}}
| align=left|{{Flagathlete|[[Jonas Vingegaard]]|DEN}}
| 12
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>In 1979 there were two stages at Alpe d'Huez.<br>
† Stage 18 of the 2013 Tour climbed to Alpe d'Huez twice.<ref name=Stage18>{{cite web|title=Stage 18:Gap to Alpe-d'Huez|url=http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2013/us/stage-18.html|publisher=Le Tour|access-date=2 June 2013|date=2 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921080329/http://www.letour.com/le-tour/2013/us/stage-18.html|archive-date=21 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Moreno Moser]] was the leader at the first time over the summit.

====Fastest ascents====
[[File:L'Alp-d'Huez.JPG|thumb|Profile of Alpe d'Huez]]
[[File:Lacets AlpedHuez.jpg|thumb|Panorama of the famous 21 bends towards Alpe d'Huez with outline]]
[[File:Alpe d'Huez - Bend 16.jpg|thumb|Sign at Bend 16 on the climb to Alpe d'Huez]]
[[File:Alped'Huez43.jpg|thumb|Alpe d'Huez in summer]]

The climb has been timed since 1994 so earlier times are subject to discussion. From 1994 to 1997 the climb was timed from {{convert|14.5|km|1|abbr=off}} from the finish. Since 1999 photo-finish has been used from {{convert|14|km|1|abbr=off}}. Other times have been taken {{convert|13.8|km|1|abbr=off}} from the summit, which is the start of the climb. Others have been taken from the junction {{convert|700|m|abbr=off}} from the start.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.gastrobiking.com/region/alpe_dhuez.html| title= Alpe d'Huez| publisher= gastrobiking.com| access-date= 21 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080724221317/http://www.gastrobiking.com/region/alpe_dhuez.html| archive-date= 24 July 2008| url-status= dead}}</ref>

These variations have led to a debate. Pantani's 37m 35s has been cited by ''[[Procycling]]'' and World Cycling Productions, publisher of Tour de France DVDs, and by ''Cycle Sport''. In a biography of Pantani,<ref>{{cite book |first= Matt |last= Rendell | title=The Death of Marco Pantani – A Biography |url= https://archive.org/details/deathofmarcopant0000rend |url-access= registration | year=2006 | publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson | isbn=978-0-297-85096-0}}</ref> Matt Rendell notes Pantani at: 1994 – 38m 0s; 1995 – 38m 4s; 1997 – 37m 35s. The Alpe tourist association describes the climb as {{convert|14.454|km|3|abbr=off}} and lists Pantani's 37m 35s (23.08&nbsp;km/h) as the record.<ref name = NEWS>{{cite web| author=Tim Maloney | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results/stage16 | title=Armstrong dominates on l'Alpe d'Huez  | publisher=cyclingnews.com| date=21 July 2004  | access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref>

Other sources give Pantani's times from 1994, 1995 and 1997 as the fastest, based on timings adjusted for the {{convert|13.8|km|1|abbr=off}}.<ref name="grimpee">{{cite web
 |url=http://grimpee.alpe.9online.fr/references.html
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040528164151/http://grimpee.alpe.9online.fr/references.html
 |url-status=dead
 |archive-date=28 May 2004
 |title=Les temps de référence dans la montée de l'Alpe d'Huez
 |publisher=grimpee.alpe.9online.fr
 |access-date=20 July 2008
 |language=fr
}}</ref> Such sources list Pantani's time in 1995 as the record at 36m 40s. In ''Blazing Saddles'', Rendell has changed his view and listed it as 36m 50s<ref>{{cite book |first= Matt |last= Rendell | title=Blazing Saddles |url= https://archive.org/details/blazingsaddlescr0000rend_o1u3 |url-access= registration | year=2007 | publisher=Quercus (United Kingdom) | isbn=978-1-84724-155-9}}</ref> as does CyclingNews.<ref name = NEWS/> Second, third, and fourth fastest are Pantani in 1997 (36m 55s), Pantani in 1994 (37m 15s) and Lance Armstrong in 2004 (37m 36s). [[Jan Ullrich]]'s time in 1997 (37m 41s) makes him the fifth fastest, highlighting how the 1990s had faster ascents than other eras.

A number of cycling publications cite times prior to 1994, although distances are typically not included, making comparisons difficult. Coppi has been listed with 45m 22s for 1952.<ref name="grimpee"/>

In the 1980s [[Gert-Jan Theunisse]], [[Pedro Delgado]], [[Luis Herrera (cyclist)|Luis Herrera]], and [[Laurent Fignon]] rode in times stated to be faster than Coppi's, but still not breaking 40m. [[Greg LeMond]] and [[Bernard Hinault]] have been reported as having the times of 48m 0s in 1986.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2003/tour03/?id=features/alpe_dhuez | title=L'Alpe d'Huez – The first strike | publisher=cyclingnews.com| date= July 2003 | access-date=21 July 2008}}</ref>

It was not until [[Gianni Bugno]] and [[Miguel Indurain]] in 1991, that times faster than 40m were reported, including in the 39m range for [[Bjarne Riis]] in 1995 and [[Richard Virenque]] in 1997.

====Ascent times====
Some times based on 14.454&nbsp;km{{clarify|date=July 2013}} according to Matt Rendell's first book, other times based on 13.8&nbsp;km.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! Time
! Name
! Year
! Nationality
|-
| {{0}}1† || 37' 35" (14.5&nbsp;km) || [[Marco Pantani]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{Flagu|Italy}} 
|-
| {{0}}2*† || 37' 36" (13.8&nbsp;km) || <s>[[Lance Armstrong]]</s> || [[2004 Tour de France|2004]] || {{Flagu|United States}} 
|-
| {{0}}3† || 38' 00" (14.5&nbsp;km) || [[Marco Pantani]] || [[1994 Tour de France|1994]] || {{Flagu|Italy}}
|-
| {{0}}4† || 38' 01" (13.8&nbsp;km) || <s>[[Lance Armstrong]]</s> || [[2001 Tour de France|2001]] || {{Flagu|United States}} 
|-
| {{0}}5† || 38' 04" (14.5&nbsp;km) || [[Marco Pantani]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{Flagu|Italy}}
|-
| {{0}}6† || 38' 23" (14.5&nbsp;km) || [[Jan Ullrich]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{Flagu|Germany}} 
|-
| {{0}}7† || 38' 34" (13.8&nbsp;km) || <s>[[Floyd Landis]]</s> || [[2006 Tour de France|2006]] || {{Flagu|United States}} 
|-
| {{0}}8 || 38' 35" (13.8&nbsp;km) || [[Andreas Klöden]] || [[2006 Tour de France|2006]] || {{Flagu|Germany}} 
|-
| {{0}}9*† || 38' 37" (13.8&nbsp;km) || <s>[[Jan Ullrich]]</s> || [[2004 Tour de France|2004]] || {{Flagu|Germany}} 
|-
|10† || 39' 02" (14.5&nbsp;km) || [[Richard Virenque]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{Flagu|France}}
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> The 2004 stage was an [[individual time trial]].

†[[Lance Armstrong]], and [[Floyd Landis]] admitted to doping and had the Tour de France titles withdrawn. [[Jan Ullrich]] also admitted to doping and Virenque was implicated in what, at the time, was the biggest doping scandal [[Festina Affair|in Tour history]].

Based on 13.8&nbsp;km<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.chronoswatts.com/watts/19/ | title=Alpe d'Huez |publisher=chronoswatts.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Rank
! Time
! Name
! Year
! Country

|-
|1 || 36' 50" || [[Marco Pantani]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|2 || 36' 55" || [[Marco Pantani]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|3 || 37' 15" || [[Marco Pantani]] || [[1994 Tour de France|1994]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|4 || 37' 36" || <s> [[Lance Armstrong]]</s> || <s>[[Tour de France 2004|2004]]</s> || <s>{{USA}}</s>
|-
|5 || 37' 41" || [[Jan Ullrich]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{DEU}}
|-
|6 || 38' 00" || <s> [[Lance Armstrong]]</s> || <s>[[2001 Tour de France|2001]]</s> || <s>{{USA}}</s>
|-
|7 || 38' 10" || [[Miguel Indurain]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|7 || 38' 10" || [[Alex Zülle]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{SUI}}
|-
|8 || 38' 12" || [[Bjarne Riis]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{DEN}}
|-
|9 || 38' 22" || [[Richard Virenque]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{FRA}}
|-
|10 || 38' 36" || <s> [[Floyd Landis]]</s> || <s>[[Tour de France 2006|2006]]</s> || <s>{{USA}}</s>
|-
|10 || 38' 36" || [[Andreas Klöden]] || [[Tour de France 2006|2006]] || {{DEU}}
|-
|11 || 38' 40" || [[Jan Ullrich]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{DEU}}
|-
|12 || 38' 44" || [[Laurent Madouas]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{FRA}}
|-
|13 || 38' 55" || [[Richard Virenque]] || [[1994 Tour de France|1994]] || {{FRA}}
|-
|14 || 39' 01" || [[Carlos Sastre]] || [[Tour de France 2006|2006]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|15 || 39' 06" || [[Iban Mayo]] || [[Tour de France 2003|2003]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|16 || 39' 12" || [[Andreas Klöden]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{DEU}}
|-
|17 || 39' 14" || [[José Azevedo]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{POR}}
|-
|18 || 39' 15" || [[Levi Leipheimer]] || [[Tour de France 2006|2006]] || {{USA}}
|-
|19 || 39' 22" || [[Francesco Casagrande]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|19 || 39' 22" || [[Nairo Quintana]] || [[Tour de France 2015|2015]] || {{COL}}
|-
|20 || 39' 23" || [[Bjarne Riis]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{DEN}}
|-
|21 || 39' 30" || [[Miguel Indurain]] || [[1994 Tour de France|1994]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|21 || 39' 30" || [[Luc Leblanc]] || [[1994 Tour de France|1994]] || {{FRA}}
|-
|22 || 39' 31" || [[Carlos Sastre]] || [[Tour de France 2008|2008]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|23 || 39' 37" || [[Vladimir Poulnikov]] || [[1994 Tour de France|1994]] || {{UKR}}
|-
|24 || 39' 40" || [[Giuseppe Guerini]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|25 || 39' 41" || [[Santos González]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|25 || 39' 41" || [[Vladimir Karpets]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{RUS}}
|-
|26 || 39' 45" || [[Gianni Bugno]] || [[1991 Tour de France|1991]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|26 || 39' 45" || [[Miguel Indurain]] || [[1991 Tour de France|1991]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|27 || 39' 46" || [[Luc Leblanc]] || [[1991 Tour de France|1991]] || {{FRA}}
|-
|28 || 39' 47" || [[Denis Menchov]] || [[Tour de France 2006|2006]] || {{RUS}}
|-
|28 || 39' 47" || [[Michael Rasmussen (cyclist)|Michael Rasmussen]] || [[Tour de France 2006|2006]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|28 || 39' 47" || [[Pietro Caucchioli]] || [[Tour de France 2006|2006]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|29 || 39' 50" || [[Nairo Quintana]] || [[Tour de France 2013|2013]] || {{COL}}
|-
|30 || 39' 52" || [[Claudio Chiappucci]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|30 || 39' 52" || [[Paolo Lanfranchi]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|31 || 39' 53" || [[Joaquim Rodriguez]] || [[Tour de France 2013|2013]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|32 || 39' 54" || [[Beat Zberg]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{SUI}}
|-
|32 || 39' 54" || [[Udo Bölts]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{GER}}
|-
|32 || 39' 54" || [[Roberto Conti]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|32 || 39' 54" || [[Laurent Madouas]] || [[1997 Tour de France|1997]] || {{FRA}}
|-
|33 || 39' 56" || [[David Moncoutié]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2006]] || {{FRA}}
|-
|34 || 39' 57" || [[Carlos Sastre]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{ESP}}
|-
|35 || 39' 58" || [[Tony Rominger]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{SUI}}
|-
|35 || 39' 58" || [[Stéphane Goubert]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{FRA}}
|-
|35 || 39' 58" || [[Ivan Basso]] || [[Tour de France 2004|2004]] || {{ITA}}
|-
|36 || 39' 59" || [[Jan Ullrich]] || [[2001 Tour de France|2001]] || {{GER}}
|-
|37 || 40' 01" || [[Piotr Ugrumov]] || [[1994 Tour de France|1994]] || {{LAT}}
|-
|37 || 40' 01" || [[Alex Zülle]] || [[1994 Tour de France|1994]] || {{SUI}}
|-
|37 || 40' 01" || [[Pavel Tonkov]] || [[1995 Tour de France|1995]] || {{RUS}}
|-
|}

===Other cycle races===
The peak is also the finish of [[La Marmotte]], a one-day, {{convert|175|km|0|abbr=on}} ride with {{convert|5000|m|ft|-1|abbr=on}} of climbing.
 
Stage 8 of the [[2024 Tour de France Femmes]] will end there.

===Mountain biking===
The resort caters for mountain bikers during the summer months, the pinnacle of which is the [[Megavalanche]], a 'Downhill Enduro' Event that takes riders from lift station at the highest peak, Pic Blanc, to Allemont in the valley floor.

===Triathlon===
Since 2006 Cyrille Neveu has organized the [[Triathlon EDF Alpe d'Huez]], which has become a major summer attraction.

=== Zwift ===
In 2018, the virtual cycling training and racing program [[Zwift]] released a recreation of the Alpe d'Huez climb called Alpe du Zwift. This virtual version of the climb was created using GPS data from the original route to copy it perfectly in both gradient and distance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schlange |first=Eric |date=2020-04-27 |title="Road to Sky" Route Details (Watopia) |url=https://zwiftinsider.com/route/road-to-sky/ |access-date=2022-08-19 |website=Zwift Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>

==International relations==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

===Twin towns – Sister cities===
Alpe d'Huez is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Bormio]], Italy, since 2005.

==See also==
* [[List of highest paved roads in Europe]]
* [[List of mountain passes#Europe|List of mountain passes]]

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=Mapping Le Tour|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=Glasgow|year=2014|pages=274–275|isbn=9780007543991|oclc=872700415}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Alpe d'Huez}}
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* [http://www.alpedhuez.com/ Ski Resort Website (in French & English)]
* [http://www.peakretreats.co.uk/winter/ski-resorts/oisans/oz-en-oisans Oz-en-Oisans info]
* [http://www.cycling-challenge.com/alpe-dhuez-five-different-rides/ Map and details of 5 Cycling Routes up Alpe d'Huez (in English)]
* [http://www.alpedhuez.net/ Alpe d'Huez] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070407183147/http://www.alpedhuez.net/ |date=7 April 2007 }} – Independent guide to Alpe d'Huez in English
* [https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=103696868414170297075.000443654c0cac2b72ddb&z=12&om=0 Google Map of Various Cycling Routes and Landmarks]
* [http://www.cyclingascents.com/alpedhuez.html Alpe D'Huez Average Power Calculator]
* [http://cyclingup.eu/english/France_Alps/Alpe_d'Huez-south.php Cycling up to Alpe d'Huez: data, profile, map, photos and description] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305102701/http://cyclingup.eu/english/France_Alps/Alpe_d%27Huez-south.php |date=5 March 2016 }}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20161220080309/https://snowcomparison.com/skiresort/alpe-d-huez Snowcomparison]}}
* [http://skiresorttrailmap.com/trailmap/alpe-d-huez Ski Resort Trail Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006001004/http://skiresorttrailmap.com/trailmap/alpe-d-huez |date=6 October 2018 }}
* [http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/interviews/pez-interviews-historian-jean-paul-vespini/#.WWInUYgrLIV Interview with historian Jean-Paul Vespini's book "The Tour Is Won On The Alpe" by Matt Wood]

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