Alpe d’Huez

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Alpe d’Huez is a famous French Alpine ski resort and cycling climb renowned for its challenging hairpin bends and frequent appearances in the Tour de France.

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Alpe d’Huez canonical 4
Alpe d'Huez 1
Tour de France stage climb 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf climb
mountain resort
ski resort
averageAnnualSunshine over 300 days
averageClimbGradient about 8.1 percent
climbElevationGain approximately 1100 metres
climbLength approximately 13.8 kilometres
country France
cyclingClimbFrom Bourg-d’Oisans
surface form: Le Bourg-d’Oisans
elevation approximately 1860 metres
famousFor alpine skiing
cycling
snowboarding
firstTourDeFranceFinishYear 1952
firstTourDeFranceStageWinner Fausto Coppi
frequentEvent Tour de France stages
surface form: Tour de France stage finish
hairpinsFeature plaques commemorating stage winners
hairpinsNumberedFrom 1 at the top to 21 at the bottom
hasGlacier Pic Blanc glacier area
hasHairpinNumbering yes
hasLiftSystem yes
hasSkiRun Sarenne
hasTourDeFranceStatus iconic mountain-top finish
highestPointElevation approximately 3330 metres
hostsEvent La Marmotte cyclosportive
Triathlon de l’Alpe d’Huez
knownFor sunny weather
locatedIn Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region
surface form: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

French Alps
Isère
maximumGradient about 11.5 percent
nearestTown Bourg-d’Oisans
surface form: Le Bourg-d’Oisans
nickname L’Île au Soleil
numberOfHairpinBends 21
numberOfSkiRuns over 100
partOf Dauphiné
surface form: Oisans
SarenneDescription one of the longest black runs in the world
SarenneLength approximately 16 kilometres
skiAreaName Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine Ski
skiAreaSize approximately 250 kilometres of pistes
summerActivities hiking
mountain biking
road cycling
tourDeFranceStageType mountain stage
usedFor amateur cycling events
viewFromHighestPoint views of the Écrins massif
winterActivities skiing
snowboarding

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Isère contains Alpe d’Huez
Isère department hasMajorSkiArea Alpe d’Huez
subject surface form: Isère
this entity surface form: Alpe d'Huez
French Alps hasResort Alpe d’Huez
Col du Galibier isFamousFor Alpe d’Huez
this entity surface form: Tour de France stage climb