Tour De France
Plateau de Beille has been the finish for a Tour de France stage five times: 1998, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2011. On the first four occasions, the stage winner has gone on to win the Tour: Marco Pantani in 1998, Lance Armstrong in 2002 and 2004, and Alberto Contador in 2007. However, the stage winner in 2011, Jelle Vanendert, did not win the Tour. Although the Tour de France itself does not keep precise track of elapsed time on individual climbs, and occasionally changes their official starting and finishing points, professional coaches and media organizations have recorded the following times:
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