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Alpe d’Huez – ein Berg unter wechselnder Vorherrschaft. In der Nachfolge von Bernard Hinault übernahmen zunächst die Franzosen das Zepter: Pierre Rolland (2011) und Christophe Riblon (2013). Thibaut Pinot feierte hier 2015 einen seiner schönsten Erfolge, doch danach bestimmten die Briten das Geschehen. Geraint Thomas 2018 und Tom Pidcock 2022 durften auf der Alpe d’Huez jubeln. Zwei Jahre später schließlich wehte wieder die niederländische Fahne – gehisst von Demi Vollering bei der Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift, auch wenn sie im Gesamtklassement um vier Sekunden an Kasia Niewiadoma scheiterte.
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Alpe d’Huez Resort
Origin: development began in the 1920s
History and characteristics: the first ski lift with poles was inaugurated in 1936 by Jean Pomagalski, founder of Poma. It is part of the Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine Ski area: 250 km of slopes over 10,000 hectares (including 840 skiable), with a vertical drop of 2,223 m, 70 ski lifts, 135 marked runs (42 green, 37 blue, 39 red, 17 black), 2 snowparks and 1 ski/boardercross. The emblematic black run, Sarenne (8 km, 3,330 m → 1,510 m), was featured in the Tour de France in 2013. Famous skiers trained here include Fabienne Serrat, Laure Péquegnot, Alizée Baron, and Valentin Giraud-Moine.
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Church
Construction: 1969
Style: contemporary
Characteristics: original tent-shaped architecture, stained glass windows by artist Arcabas. The bell rings at every Tour de France stage finish. Built with concrete, copper, laminated wood and translucent glass. Formerly used as the Tour de France press room.
Pic Blanc
Altitude: 3,330 m
Characteristics: 360° panorama rated 3 stars in the Michelin Green Guide. Offers views of Mont Ventoux, Taillefer, Belledonne, Chartreuse, Meije, Muzelle, Mont-Blanc and Aiguilles d’Arves.
Brandes Archaeological Site
Foundation: 12th–14th century
Altitude: 1,800 m
History and characteristics: former medieval village for the extraction of argentiferous galena for the Dauphiné region, used between 1,750 m and 2,800 m. Includes a church, necropolis, dwellings and mine galleries. The remains provide insight into medieval life and social organization.
Listing: listed as a Monument historique since 1995.
Musée d’Huez et de l’Oisans
Characteristics: a Musée de France unique among mountain resorts, linked to the Brandes archaeological site. It presents the history of the village and its alpine pastures from the Middle Ages to the present day, with permanent exhibitions on the mountain, silver mining in the 12th–13th centuries, and World War II (“Summer 1944. The Maquis of Oisans”).
