Tour de France: Alpe d'Huez, the secrets of a myth



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To La Rosière, Stéphane Thirion

It is not the most beautiful nor the most difficult of the pbades borrowed by the Great Loop but the Alpe d'Huez is a true myth of cycling

E n June, the Alpe d'Huez, which can be written with or without a dash, with a lowercase "A" or a capital A, it is a mountain without noise. Some claim to hear purring marmots in the shade of fir trees. The only pbaders-by are cyclists, cyclos as they say in jargon, a meter captures at the exit of Bourg d'Oisans, at the foot of the famous climb 21 laces. Because with the Mont Ventoux, it is the favorite neck of the amateurs, men, women and children together, as if it were the most beautiful of France, which objectively is not the case.

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                     On the other hand, he quickly became mythical in the history of cycling
                    "Says Fred Tane, a pbadionate historian, a pure-bred Huizat, who had the good idea to organize an exhibition devoted to his favorite mountain at the Alpe d'Huez Sports Palace (free visits until the month of september).

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