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Sign at Bend 16 on the climb to Alpe d'Huez

Alpe d'Huez in summer

Rank Time Name Year Nationality

1 37' 35" Marco Pantani 1997 Italy

2* 37' 36" Lance Armstrong 2004 United States

3 38' 00" Marco Pantani 1994 Italy

4 38' 01" Lance Armstrong 2001 United States

5 38' 04" Marco Pantani 1995 Italy

6 38' 23" Jan Ullrich 1997 Germany

7 38' 34" Floyd Landis 2006 United States

8 38' 35" Andreas Klöden 2006 Germany

9* 38' 37" Jan Ullrich 2004 Germany

10 39' 02" Richard Virenque 1997 France

11 39' 06" Iban Mayo 2003 Spain

12* 39' 17" Andreas Klöden 2004 Germany

13* 39' 21" Jose Azevedo 2004 Portugal

14 39' 28" Miguel Induráin 1995 Spain

15 39' 28" Alex Zülle 1995 Switzerland

16 39' 30" Bjarne Riis 1995 Denmark

17 39' 31" Carlos Sastre 2008 Spain

18 39' 44" Gianni Bugno 1991 Italy

19 39' 45" Miguel Induráin 1991 Spain

20 40' 00" Jan Ullrich 2001 Germany

21 40' 46" Fränk Schleck 2006 Luxembourg

22 40' 51" Alexander Vinokourov 2003 Kazakhstan

23 41' 18" Lance Armstrong 2003 United States

24 41' 21" Samuel Sánchez 2011 Spain

25 41' 30" Alberto Contador 2011 Spain

26 41' 46" Cadel Evans 2008 Australia

27 41' 50" Laurent Fignon 1989 France

28 41' 50" Luis Herrera 1987 Colombia

29 41' 57" Pierre Rolland 2011 France

30 42' 15" Pedro Delgado 1989 Spain

31 43' 12" Ryder Hesjedal 2011 Canada

32 43' 12" Thomas Danielson 2011 United States

33 45' 20" Gert-Jan Theunisse 1989 Netherlands

34 45' 22" Fausto Coppi 1952 Italy

35 48' 00" Bernard Hinault 1986 France

36 48' 00" Greg Lemond 1986 United States

 

* The 2004 stage was an individual time trial.

 

A big question mark on this list has to be Big Mig. He ranks as one of my all time favourites, but hell, he weighed in at 80 kgs and 1.88m. A climber he definitely wasn't.

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