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| The famous La Plagne logo. More on the history of the resort (and the evolution of the logo) here. |
La Plagne has a more illustrious Tour de France history than Les Arcs. It's been a stage finish four times, and at least two of those finishes are among the recent classics. More here.
Here's Laurent Fignon, winning in yellow, and on the way to victory in 1984.
"It's Stephen Roche"! The famous comeback in 1987 (at 2 minutes in), followed by his collapse just after the finish line.
Alex Zulle wins in 1995 on the way to 2nd place. This stage was one of 7 back-to-back mountain stages....
And Michael Boogerd was allowed the freedom to escape and win in 2002. This stage finished 100m lower than the previous three:
According to www.salite.ch, the 21.4km climb from Aime, at 6.6.% gradient, with 1400m of climbing, has a difficulty rating of "130" which puts it in the same category as Alpe d'Huez....
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