A few months after winning on a raucous Alpe d’Huez wearing the yellow jersey, Geraint Thomas snuck back to the place of his greatest triumph to check if it had really happened. Signposts on each of ...
L'ALPE D'HUEZ, FRANCE (REUTERS) - Tom Pidcock added an iconic Tour de France stage win to his impressive CV when he claimed victory at L'Alpe d'Huez at the end of a long solo ascent on Thursday (July ...
Even when you’re driving Alpe d’Huez, it’s steep—a brutal opening ramp, 21 switchbacks, and the July sun beating down on your back. Now imagine doing that with a single-speed bike that weighs 40 ...
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A melting pot of nationalities jostle for prime parking spots for their cars and caravanettes. Beers are already being cracked open, picnic tables appear on grassy slopes and throngs of fans head up ...
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The Tour is in its 39th edition when, for the first time in 1952, the course tries a new challenge, the 21 turns of l'Alpe d'Huez. The 262-kms Lausanne - Alpe d'Huez stage is the first mountain finish ...
The 2018 Tour de France reaches the legendary Alpe d'Huez on Thursday 19 July. In 2015, 5 live Sport's OJ Borg climbed the mountain's famous 21-hairpins to find out why it's dubbed "Cycling's Wembley" ...
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BOURG D'OISANS, France (Reuters) - Tour de France director Christian Prudhomme has called for calm after a number of incidents tarnished the 12th stage up to the iconic Alpe d'Huez on Thursday.