Briançon → Alpe d'Huez. Col du Lautaret, Thursday 23 July
The Ride · Stage 5 · Thursday 23 July

Briançon → Alpe d'Huez

Over the Lautaret, down to Bourg d'Oisans, and stop at the bottom.

Col du Lautaret
~50kmDistance
~+900mAscent
2,058mLautaret
The line we took
Briançon / Col du Lautaret (2,058m) / descent ↓ / Bourg d'Oisans / watch the Tour

La Meije the whole way up the Lautaret, then a long descent to Bourg d'Oisans at the foot of the twenty-one hairpins.

We finished at the bottom on purpose. The Tour rode the rest of it, and we watched from the base. Each of those bends is named after someone who won there.

The day in photographs
The route
Briançon → Alpe d'Huez route map
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