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Alpe-d'Huez
L'Alpe d'Huez () is a ski resort in Southeastern France at . It is a mountain pasture in the central French Western Alps, in the commune of Huez, which is part of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is part of the Grandes Rousses massif, over the Oisans, and is from Grenoble. The Alpe d'Huez resort is accessible from Grenoble by the , which runs along the Romanche Valley passing through the communes of Livet-et-Gavet and Le Bourg-d'Oisans as well as Haut-Oisans via the Col de Sarenne. Alpe d'Huez is known internationally as an iconic cycling venue, as it is used regularly in the Tour de France cycle race, including twice on the same day in 2013. In 2019, it became the site of the first Tomorrowland Winter festival. History The site of the Alpe has been permanently occupied since the Middle Ages. East of ''L'Alpe veti'', a medieval agglomeration had grown from the end of the 11th to the 14th century under the name of Brandes. It was composed of a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Col De Sarenne
Col de Sarenne () is a mountain pass located in the Grandes Rousses massif, approximately east of Alpe d'Huez in the Isère department of France. The pass connects Alpe d'Huez with the villages of Mizoën and Le Freney-d'Oisans in the Romanche valley. The road over the pass was used on Stage 18 of the 2013 Tour de France bicycle race as this loops round to enable the cyclists to climb the Alpe d'Huez twice in the same stage. Details of the climb From Alpe d'Huez, the route used on the Tour de France follows an unnamed road initially, descending to before the final climb to the summit which is long at an average gradient of 7.8%. From the south, the road to the pass follows the D25 from its junction with the D1091 to the east of Le Freney-d'Oisans. From here, the road is km long, climbing at an average of 7.5%, although the first kilometre to Mizoën has a gradient of 11.5% and the maximum gradient is 13.5% at from the summit. The passage over the summit was used in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |