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Winners on the Alpe
A list of the past 25 riders to win a Tour de France stage atop the legendary Alpe d'Huez climb, the climax of this year's mountain stages:
Winners:
1952: Fausto Coppi (ITA)
1976: Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
1977: Hennie Kuiper (NED)
1978: Hennie Kuiper (NED)
1979: Joachim Agostinho (POR)
1980: Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
1981: Peter Winnen (NED)
1982: Beat Breu (SUI)
1983: Peter Winnen (NED)
1984: Luis Herrera (COL)
1986: Bernard Hinault (FRA)
1987: Federico Echave (ESP)
1988: Steven Rooks (NED)
1989: Gert-Jan Theunisse (NED)
1990: Gianni Bugno (ITA)
1991: Gianni Bugno (ITA)
1992: Andy Hampsten (USA)
1994: Roberto Conti (ITA)
1995: Marco Pantani (ITA)
1997: Marco Pantani (ITA)
1999: Giuseppe Guerini (ITA)
2001: Lance Armstrong (USA)
2003: Iban Mayo (ESP)
2004: Lance Armstrong (USA)
2006: Frank Schleck (LUX)
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