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L'Alpe d'Huez (French pronunciation: [l‿al.pə d‿ɥɛz]) is a ski resort in Southeastern France at 1,250 to 3,330 metres (4,100 to 10,925 ft). 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.
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A small chapel, built in 1940, situated in the center of the Alpe d'Huez, was initially dedicated to the Marian cult.In 1960, the priest, Jaap Reuten, asked Jean Le Boucher and architect Jean Marol to build a church-shaped tent, representing Abraham, the first Biblical patriarch, to replace the chapel with a structure visible from the Meije, in preparation for the Olympic Games of 1968.
Megavalanche (nicknamed "Mega") is a enduro mountain bike race held annually at the Alpe d'Huez ski resort in the French Alps since 1995, and annually on the island of Réunion.
A part of the Grande Galaxie area of un-linked ski resorts including Alpe d'Huez, La Grave, Puy Saint Vincent and Vaujany which offer limited sharing of ski-passes. [5] A six-day ski pass includes two days in Alpe d'Huez and one in Serre Chevalier. [1] Ski passes in the resort can now be used hands free.
Alpe d'Huez Arnold Jeannesson (FRA) 2002: 15 2 Vaison-la-Romaine: Les Deux-Alpes Axel Merckx (BEL) 1994: 16 2 Valréas: Alpe d'Huez Ángel Camargo (COL) 1991: 17 2 Gap: Alpe d'Huez Pello Ruiz Cabestany (ESP) 1982: 16 2 Orcières-Merlette: Alpe d'Huez Bernard Vallet (FRA) 1979: 18 3 Alpe d'Huez: Alpe d'Huez Bernard Bourreau (FRA) 1966: 15 2 ...
Huez (French pronunciation:) is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. The mountain resort Alpe d'Huez is located in the commune. L'Alpe d'Huez is often an ascent on the Tour de France .
Participants in Alpe d'HuZes 2012. Alpe d'HuZes is a Dutch fundraising event for combating cancer in which people climb, typically by bike, six times in a single day. The mountain Alpe d'Huez is well-known in the Netherlands as one of the main Tour de France mountains where Dutch cyclists have been traditionally relatively successful.