Although its introduction to the Tour de France in 1952, made Alpe d’Huez an instant classic, the race visited the famous ascent again only 24 years later.
Listo of winners on the top of Alpe d’Huez
1952 Fausto Coppi
1976 Joop Zoetemelk
1977 Hennie Kuiper
1978 Hennie Kuiper
1979 Joaquim Agostinho
1979 Joop Zoetemelk
1981 Peter Winnen
1982 Beat Breu
1983 Peter Winnen
1984 Luis Herrera
1986 Bernard Hinault
1987 Federico Echave
1988 Steven Rook
1989 Gert-Jan Theunisse
1990 Gianni Bugno
1991 Gianni Bugno
1992 Andrew Hampsten
1994 Roberto Conti
1995 Marco Pantani
1997 Marco Pantani
1999 Giuseppe Guerini
2001 Lance Armstrong
2003 Iban Mayo
2004 Lance Armstrong
2006 Fränk Schleck
2008 Carlos Sastre
2011 Pierre Rolland
2013 Christophe Riblon (peloton climbed Alpe d’Huez twice within the same stage, at the first time Moreno Moser cressed the top)
2015 Thibaut Pinot
2018 Geraint Thomas
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