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
Briançon
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Col du Lautaret (2,058m)
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descent ↓
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Bourg d'Oisans
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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.
