Between 1952 and 1988 Puy de Dôme was included into the program of Tour de France 13 times. Among the winners on the top are Fausto Coppi, Felice Gimondi, Federico Bahamontes Lucien van Impe, Luis Ocaña or Joop Zoetemelk. In fact, the two latter are those riders, who were able to win a Puy de Dôme stage twice.
List of winners on the top of Puy de Dôme:
1952 Fausto Coppi
1959 Federico Bahamontes
1964 Julio Jimenez
1967 Felice Gimondi
1969 Pierre Matignon
1971 Luis Ocaña
1973 Luis Ocaña
1975 Lucien Van Impe
1976 Joop Zoetemelk
1978 Joop Zoetemelk
1983 Ange Arroyo
1986 Erich Maechler
1988 Johnny Weltz
(Lead picture:
Lucien Van Impe and Joop Zoetemelk
on the Puy de Dôme at Tour de France 1976)
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