Interesting statistic from Wiki
Plateau de Beille has been the finish-line for a
Tour de France-stage four times—
1998,
2002,
2004—including stage 14 of the
2007 Tour. All four
times the stage winner has gone on to win the Tour—
Lance Armstrong (2002 & 2004),
Marco Pantani (1998) and
Alberto Contador (2007)