Alpe d'HuZes
Alpe d'HuZes is a Dutch cycling event in which one of the main mountains in the Tour de France, the Alpe d'Huez, is climbed several times in succession under the motto "Never, ever quit!". The name, Alpe d'Huzes, is a combination of the Dutch word for "six" and the name of the Alpe d'Huez mountain.
The aim of the event is to raise money for research into cancer. The event runs on volunteers and all costs are borne by the participants themselves. In other words, each euro donated will be at least one euro donated to the Dutch Cancer Society (KWF).
Facts
- June 6, 2006: Alpe d'HuZes
- six consecutive climbs
- 66 participants of which 61 have achieved six climbs
- Total amount collected 370,081.98 euros
- June 7, 2007: Alpe d'HuZes+1
- seven consecutive climbs
- 69 participants of which two individuals achieved six climbs and 67 individuals achieved seven climbs.
- 9 relay teams that achieved all seven climbs
- Total amount collected 1,043,155.11 euro.
- June 5, 2008: Alpe d'HuZes 2008
- six plus (if possible) two consecutive climbs
- 100 individual participants
- 54 teams
- Total amount collected 3,611,540.62 euro
- June 4, 2009: Alpe d'HuZes 2009
- six, seven, eight or nine consecutive climbs
- 1300 cyclists
- Total amount collected 5,864,762.42 euro
- June 3, 2010: Alpe d'HuZes 2010
- six climbs
- Enrollments of 250 teams
- Enrollments of 250 individual participants
- Total amount collected 12,117,999.34 Euros
- June 9, 2011: Alpe d'HuZes 2011
- six climbs
- 4661 participants, 3786 men and 875 women [1]
- Total amount collected 20,176,381.45 Euros
- 6 and 7 June 2012: Alpe d'HuZes 2012
- six climbs
- 8000 participants, of which 3,000 climb on 6 and 5000 participants climb on 7 June
- Total amount collected 28,484,341.90 Euros
Ambassador
Peter Kapitein, one of the co-founders and participants of the first Alpe d'HuZes event in 2006, is ambassador for the Alpe d'HuZes foundation.
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