Tour De France 1995 - Marco Pantani, Miguel Induráin - AIME LA PLAGNE - L ALPE D HUEZ - English

Marco Pantani sets the record up L Alpe Dhuez
Marco Pantani holds the record for the fastest ascent of the climb with 36' 50", achieved during the 1995 Tour de France

The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 23 July. It was Miguel Indurain's fifth and final victory in the Tour. On the fifteenth stage Italian rider Fabio Casartelli died after an accident on the Col de Portet d'Aspet.

The points classification was won by Laurent Jalabert, while Richard Virenque won the mountains classification. Marco Pantani won the young rider classification, and ONCE won the team classification.

Lance Armstrong's best finish in the Tour de France went down to his 36th-place finish in 1995, after his results from 1 August 1998 onward, including his seven Tour victories, were stripped on 24 August 2012.
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