La Plagne
Summit finish — ski resort, 1,970 m
Show it on the map- Days recorded
- 2Grand Tour days on this road
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- 0stages we hold the route for
- Years covered
- 1987–2002first to most recent
- Approach
- Oneone side on record
A Tarentaise ski station reached by a long climb from Aime, host to a handful of Tour summit finishes — none more famous than the 1987 duel that all but decided the race.
The climb
The climb, from the foot.
The record
Raced here
0 of 2 open on the mapEvery Grand Tour day recorded on this road, newest first. The ones we hold the route for open on the map with that stage selected; the rest are the archive’s own account, most of them from before route data existed.
- 2002
Stage 16 · Les Deux-Alpes → La Plagne
Won by Michael Boogerd (NED)
Boogerd soloed to a popular win at La Plagne after a day in the breakaway, while Lance Armstrong controlled the general classification behind.
- 1987
Stage 21 · La Plagne
Won by Laurent Fignon (FRA)
Pedro Delgado attacked and looked to have broken Stephen Roche, who let the gap grow to a minute before an all-out chase brought him back to within four seconds at the line — where he collapsed and needed oxygen. Fignon won the stage; Roche saved, and would win, the Tour.
Elsewhere in the Alps
No Grand Tour day on record has taken this road and another of the atlas's famous climbs. These are its nearest neighbours.